The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-11-24
FARES TRIAL
BEGINS TODAY

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York, Nov. 24.--The. members O
the jury to try William c. FAIRIES o,
the charge Of killing Newton Taylol
last September at Clover, were select
ed before noon today. This ID first o.
four charges Of fnardar against Earle,
growing out Of; The shooting Of mem
bers Of the Taylor family.
The court room was crowded to its
capacity, and an extra force Of deputy
sherifs were on duty. 81.
Faries' kinsmen raagad Sth6nselves
around him In the ecdfg room.
York, Nov. 23.-The tftal OF vii.
Ham C. FAIRIES, so year old textile
worker, for the turder of Newton
Taylor, one of the four alleged fou.
victims of Faries' rampage at Cove1
September 6, will begin at 9:39
O'clock in the morning, Judge James
2. Peurifoy this afternoon having re-
fused two motions by FAIRIES counsel
first. Tor aschange Of venue and then
for continuance of the case to the
April term fcourt.
Both motions were based on the
ground that the inflamed state Of
public feeling in York county Is in
compatible with a fair and impair
tial trial for the accused. Defendants q
counsel figured that the mind Of the
public was first infamed by the ma
ture of the crime committed by FAIRIES
and that this attitude was strength
ened and deepened by abusive and in
cendiary newspaper stories that ap-
peared in the daily and weekly press.
Supporting the claim that FAIRIES had
been given infiammatory publicity
was submitted scrap book Of clip
pings from daily newspapers Of Co.
lumbia, Charlotte and the local semi
weekly. FAIRIES had been denounced
as an old Republican, a man who
knocked out one Of the eyes Of his
father, as Fighting Bill" and charg-
ed with other undesirable roles in
these newspaper stories, argued his
counsel. Arguments for q change of
Venue or for continuance were made
BY sExs1. Blease of Columbia and
Thomas F.. Mellow of York. while
arguments against the measure were
made by Solicitor ]. Monroe Spears
af, Darlington and John r. Hart IF
York. The state submitted afiidavits
,hy. nearly az 4thss count "a a14ciels and
BY d humber Of representative citi-
zens, in which the opinion was ex
pressed that three was no reason why
FAIRIES could not be given here a fair
and impartial trial. Counsel for the
defense submitted no affidavits to
;huttress their claim to the contrary.
In refusing the motion for a con
tinuance or change Of venue, Judg"
Peurifoy called attention to this lack
Of affidavits to support the claim that
FAIRIES could not be given a fair trial
He also pointed out that he had
granted a continuance at the Septem
her term of court, which was held
only few days after the homicide.
He said it was fact that great pub
Lefty had. been given the case AMI
that there was no question but wha
the public mind was influenced by
what was read. He took the ground.
however, that to remove the trial to
a nearby county would not insure its
being heard by jurors uninfiuenced
by newspaper publicity, as the &C
counts Of the tragedy had been pub
lished in detail in all the county news
papers. The only way to obtain p
jury not susceptible to what had been
written about the crime would be
to get one composed Of persons VIII"
could not read or write, said his
honor. Further, Judge Peurifoy ex
pressed the opinion that FAIRIES could
be given fair trial here. He had
observed no evidence of excitement
or angry feeling toward FAIRIES since
the converting of court. In fact, tho
crowd in attendance on court was
smaller than present at ordinary ses-
sions in other counties, he declared.
Counsel for FAIRIES had already had
the benefit of one continuance and is
the financial condition of FAIRIES wa
such that there had been no oppor
tunity to have him studied by alien
lists, as it was claimed, Judge Peuri
fov saw no help for It.
Impassioned arguments for a
change Of venue or. q continuance
were made by Mr.. Blease and Mr.. Nc.
Dow. The people are so wrought no
that nothing but the blood Of FAIRIES
will satisfy them, declared Mr.. Nc
Dow.
The trial of FAIRIES will begin i'm
n,ediat"lv upon the conveying Of
court tomorrow morning. He will be
tried only for the murder Of Newton
Taylor, 13 years old, the indictments
AGAINST him for the murder Of Fred
Taylor. Miss Leila Taylor and Claude
johnson being held In abeyance for
the time.
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