The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1922-05-24

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the run to the state prison. Led to
the death house, Jeffords and Harrison
showed no more emotion than they
had previously exhibited. Treece, how
ever, broke into tears when the Rich
land officers, who had seen him every
day since his arrest the morning af-
ter the crime, and goodbye" to him
in the cell house that for "the re-
mainder of his natural life" under
the sentence, must be his "home."
Court Doors Opened
Sentence passed an dthe three men
escorted from the court room, the
doors were then opened and the crowd
still silent and depressed, surged out
The jurors left their seats and Judge
Townsend announced the adjournment
of the court until 10 o'clock Monday
morning. 1t was the end.
The trial, begun less than a week
after the commission of the crime
morning, the court being occupied with
the hearing of arguments by attorney
for Trcece and Jelfords and the clos
ing argument for the state by Solici-
tor A. Fletcher Spigncr. These were
concluded at 1:05 o'clock and the
court was then recessed until 2 o'clock.
At 2:05 o'clock Judge Townsend be-
gan his charge to the jury and less
than an hour later the case was in the
jury's hands.
r. Beverley Herbert, attorney for
Trcece, who was the first to address
the jury yesterday, based his argu
mcnt for mercy for his client upon
the plea Of his yoth. "I wish we
could go back" Mr.. Herbert said, "to
the time when these three men were
innocent. But we can't. "rhe moving
finger writes and having writ moves
on l would not ask that you acquit
Glenn Treece, but I do argue that
Frank M. Jecords, his employer and
friend, a man 20 years old, led him
astray. Glenn Treece, do believe, is
not made Of the stuff that such mur-
dercrs arc made Of"
Asks for Mercy
eve are asking only for justice,
justice tempered with mercy" James
II. Hamomnd, who made the closing
argument in Jef'ord's benefit said.
"Jeffords has told you that he did
not strike a blow and I think that
the physical facts Of the blood stains
will bear him out. He admits that
he did not give the alarm, that he
helped load the body. From there on
in the crime he is as guilty as ,.he
can be. There are so many things
that he left undonc, that he ought
to have done. But he is not the mur-
dcrer of his partner. The whole case
against i'm is based upon the testi-
mony Of Harrison, an escaped convict
and self-confcssed thief"
Solicitor Spigncr began his asgu-
ment at 1870 o'clock and for an hour
and half went over with the jury
the details of the crime and the part
each of the men. as he saw it, had
taken in it. "In the criminal annals of
the state there has never been a
crime" Solicitor Spigncr said, chat
has touched this one in it's brutality.
Tcse men did not seek stranger.
They did not seek man deserving
ncath-but they chose the husband Of
a good woman, the father of children
They chose their own partner and en-
ployer. They took the life of their
friend"
In order then the solicitor took up
the defense put up by the three men.
"Thcir lawyers" he said, "ave adj
mitted their clients guilt and they
only ask for mercy. Harrison and
Treece only say, we are young; we
told it first Jcffords told you story
that | do not believe you can stulify
yourself to say yoh believe it. He
admitted to Lieutenant Swearingen
and Policeman Banks that 't!ey had
planned the thing aboht week in
advance and yesterday on the stand
he said that he did not say so. Are
Licdtcnant Swearingen and Mr..
Banks perinrers and liars or did JEFF
fords tell them this?
"Mcrcy they ask for, Mcrry What
merry did they arcord John c. Ar