Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-14

John Hunsinger said he talked with
Mrs. Huggins the morning the body o
her husband was found and she said to
him: John, l never put over such
night as l did last night. The witness
said he asked her why she and The
children didn't come to his house when
her husband did not return and she
said tina. she was afraid to como anc
that the children were afraid.
Testifies Against Mother.
a Arthur Huggins, in his 18th year,
oldest son of Mrs. b IGSins, was the
star witness against his mother ant
Zimmerman. a bright youngster, his
was straight forward story, delivered
without wagering. He admitted h'
was telling much at the trial that he
did not tell at the coroner's inquest be-
cause he did not remember then. He
had been living with his grandfathc.
at the Cannon mill since the family
home was broken up. His grandpar-
ents had not prompted him relative to
what he was TO tell, he said 80.
He was in his fathers little shack
near ii ir home on Charlotte road of
and on all of Sunday prior to the death
of his father on Sunday night, he said
His Uncle John Hunsinger was there
in the store part of the time and final
ly his father told him to go into th'
house. He found Albert Zimmerman in
the house with his mother. They were
just talking Then Pink Huggins, his
father, came in and short time later
the elder Higgins and Zimmerman
went out of the Shack" He saw them
no more.
Heard Some One Walking.
He lay down at the foot of his moth
er's bed. His mother told him to
bring his younger sister from another
room and put her to bed, too Later
nc heard some one walking about out
side and wanted to take his papa's gun
and see about it; butt his mother took
the gun away from him.
Found His Father Dead.
He was up early on Monday morn
Ing with his mother and they started
TO walk down the road where man
was camped They met colorcd boy
who told of u man he saw lying, beside
the road. His mother said, 81 expect
that is my husband" With the little
, negro they approached the body and
when near it he saw his mother pick
up hat or cap--he didn't know which.
She hid it in her apron. He hasn't
seen it since, but he remembered it
was "a black looking something
His attention being drawn to
blue steel Colts 25-calibre automatic
pistol which the state offered in evi-
dence as the alleged weapon with
which the elder Higgins was done to
death, the boy said that he had on two
occasions seen Albert Zimmerman with
a pistol just like it. He corroborated
the statement of his Aunt Minnie Hun
singer that Mamma told me to shut
up when told Aunt Minnie that Alb
had been there" He said, Mamma
said if Alb was here last night didn't
know it."
Told of Family Row.
He told of q family row between his
mother and his father some time prior
to the murder. Mamma said she was
going to leave" he said, land she put
her things in a suit case. Papa said
she wasn't and stamped the suit case
with his feet" He didn't know whcth-
p er or not they quarreled about Zim-
norman. He said that he had mailed
letters to Zimmerman for his mother
and that his father had written to
Zimmerman also.
On cross examination he said that
when his father came into the house
on the night of the murder he got
some ginger which he carried to the
shack" for he and Zimmerman to
drink He had seen Zimmcrman's blue
steel automatic in Shelby and Lancas-
ter.
]. w. Bumgardner testified to seeing
Zimmerman on Southern railway
train travelling between Rock Hill and
YOrkville the afternoon of the killing.
He couldn't say positively whether OF
not Zimmerman got off at Yorkville !;
but thought so.
Il. L. Youngblood, Southern railway
agent at Tirzah, said that Zimmerman
got off the carly afternoon train at
Tirzah on the Sunday afternoon and
stayed until the late train left at C:51
for Yorkvillc.
Sam Allen of Tirzah. talked with
zimmerman ut TirZah when he got off
the train there the afternoon of thc
killing. Zimmerman told him his name
was Jones.
Clothes Identified.
Sheriff Fred Quinn Unidentified clothes
that uuggins wore when he was killed
He testified that Mrs Huggins had
told him voluntarily of her Illicit re-
latiOns with Zimmerman, and she SAID
child born to her in Lancaster was
the child of Zimmerman. Deputy
Sheriff Tom Quinn identified hand.
writing of Zimmerman,