The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1920-04-01

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who was reading, that ''he was 60
ing to ask him about it," A few
minutes later, looking out of her
window, she saw Brabham at his own
house put on his coat, lock the door,
put the key in his pocket, and start
down town, it being necessary to pass
Williamson's house. AS he got in
front of Williamson's S house, William
son hailed him and asked him if he
had called his wife d liar and
that he would kill the whole family.
Brabham said "No, no. that he did
not want any fuss, but that If Will
hanson wanted to fight for him to
come out in the road or street. Mrs.
Williamson then joined in the con-
versation and said that he could not
fight Brabham, that Brabham was
too large, or something like that.
Brabham then said to wait then until
he could get his gun, and the first
shot fired. Witness did not see the
shot, because she was expecting it
and turned away to keep from seeing
the man killed. After the first shot
she heard Mrs. Williamson say that
Brabham was not dead, and for her
husband to get his pistol and finish
him. Brabham said "For Gods sake
don't shoot again. Then another
shot was fired.
On cross examination the witness
added further that during the con-
versation Brabham said Williamson's
wife had put herself in mans place
and he had talked to her like she
was a man.
George Burnett corroborated his
wife's testimony, except that he was
busy reading and did not pay much
attention to what she said previous
to the shooting. When the first shot
was fired he looked out of the window
and saw Brabham in a STOPPING po-
sition.
This closed the testimony for the
state.
Counsel for the defense stated that
Mrs. Williamson is in a delicate con-
dition and that her physician had ad-
vised against her coming to court.
Her testimony in affidavit form was
read to the jury. In this was related
the cause of the beginning of the
trouble. The son of Mr.. Brabham
had smeared coal tar on the new suit
Of her little son. She told Mrs.
Brabham of it across from her house,
and when she did so Brabham's boy
denied it, and she said she knew it
was so because her boy had said Sc,
and added that if she had him she
could kill him, explaining she said
this to scare the boy so he would not
do it again. She told her husband
of the incident, and then told Brab-
ham of it in passing. She told him
she had not said it, or something to
that effect, wSereupon he told her
she was a D. liar, and that he
would kill the whole family. Dur
ing the conversation Sunday morn
ing Brabham had said he would get
his gun and started back to his
house when her husband shot him.
H. A. Hughes testified that in
passing Kirkland's store he heard
Brabham telling some one he would
kill the whole family if they put their
hands on his son.
Mrs. E. F. Zeigler said that she was
in the store of J. NJ. Kirkland some
days before the shooting, and that
Brabham had related the incident
Said he told Mrs. Williamson she was
a d liar and that he would kill
the whole family; that the trouble
started about nothing, that he had
loaded his gun with buckshot the day
he had cursed Mrs. Williamson, put
ting it beside his door. expecting
Williamson would come to him about
it. Witness thought this was or
| Thursday before Easter Sunday.
R. Ehrhardt testified that Will