The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-05-19
TWO DEFENDANTS
TELL OF KILLING

With Ira Harrison's confession, in.
volving himself, Treece and Jeffords
heard during the morning and Glenn
Treece on the stand, admitting piece
by piece under cross-examination his
participation in the crime, the JEFF
fords-Harrison-Treece trial was
brought to a temporary halt at $3.50
o'clock yesterday afternoon by forced
recess due to the illness of member
o. the jury. Court will be recon-
vened at 9:30 o'clock this morning
with Treece still facing cross-exami-
nation and Jeffords expected to take
the stand in reply to the direct accu-
sations made by Harrison and Treece
that he was the originator and ring
leader in the plot to slay J. C. Ar
'nette, Jeffords' partner and Harri-
sons and freezes employer, who was
killed at the filing station Tuesday a
week ago. The case is expected to
reach the jury today. All persons
were searched for weapons by officers
before being admitted to the court
room yesterday.
The closing incidents yesterday fur
nished the most dramatic scenes of
the three day trial. Treece, under the
fire of Solicitor Spigner's questions,
had abandoned his original story of
his being the blind dupe Of Jeffords
In the crime and bit by bit was ad-
nitting his guilt. Suddenly w. M.
Taylor of. Blythewood, one of the iu-
rors, interrupted the cross-examina-
ton to ask to be excused and short
recess was ordered and the jury led
from the room. Mrs. David s. Treece.
mother OF Treece, who had previously
testified in her boys defense, had
broken into tears as admission after
admission was elected from Treece
by the solicitor. AS the jury passed
out of the court room Mrs. Treece
troke down completely and was car
ried out of the room, exclaiming hys-
terically over and over again, "My
boy, my boy. He's all I have" freezes
two sisters and his brother-in-law,
who had also listened through the
cross-cxamination, were crying.
Treece, himself, was noticeably ner-
yous during the ross-examination.
: The illness Of Juror Taylor was
then announced and the court adj
jouraed for the day, Mr.. Taylor being
taken to the hotel for medical aften-
eti5E Hhs 0thsF & 5;s;s 80 IS VIZ all5wSd
to take walk together and the hour
Of the reconvening Of the court was
set for 9:30 o'clock this morning,
when, if the condition of Mr.. Taylor
permits, the trial will be resumed.
Physicians who treated him last night
were of the opinion that he would be
able to attend the sessions of the
court today and no undue delay in the
case is therefore anticipated.
The jury yesterday for the first time
in the trial heard full and detailed
story of the plot and crime in the con-
fession of Harrison. freezes final
story, made under cross-examination
agrees with Harrison's version in
practically every detail that Treece
by his own confessions, could have
been cognizant Of. And for the first
time yesterday the jury heard the
story of the crime from a person who
admitted participation in it, the en-
tire case for the state being based up
until yesterday upon the portions of
the story as recalled by officers. The
day also revealed the first direct ac-
cusation against Jeffords, who, both
Harrison and Treece claimed, suggest
ed the crime to them and directed
them in the commission of it. Jeffords
according to officers testimony, in
like manner places the blame upon
one Of the others, saying, 81 was over
persuaded"