The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-05-12
TRIO TO FACE TRIAL TUESDAY
FOR MURDER OF COLUMBIA MAN

Frank Nj. Jeffords, Ira Harrison and
Glenn Treece, self-confessed central
figures, according to officers, in the
Staying last Tuesday night of j. c.
Annette, will go on trial on charges
OF murder in the court of general ses-
sions in Columbia next Tuesday MORN
ing. The three men, true bills having
been returned against them by the
grand jury yesterday morning, were
arranged on the charge of murder
before Judge w. H. Townsend yes
terday afternoon, their pleas of mot
guilty" recorded and the date of the
trial set The case, under present
plans, will be called at 10 O'Clock Nav
l6, the trial Of the three men being
begun therefore within six and a half
days after the crime was committed
The three men were brought to the
court house at $50 O'Clock yesterday
afternoon and at 3.42 o'clock were
placed in the dock and their handouts
removed. None of the men showed
any sign of emotion as the indict
ment charging them with "wilfully
end maiciously and feloniously slay.
ing Annette was read to them by
Clerk Hinnant Their answers of
mot guilty" to the question, care you
guilty or not guilty?" and their re-
sponses to the other usual questions
OF the formal arraignment were bare
ly audible five feet away. John
Hughes Cooper, who was acting as at
torney for Ira Harrison, served as
counsel for the three men in the ar
raignment, R. Beverly Herbert, at
torney for Glenn Treece, being absent
from the court, at the time. Frank
NJ. Jeffords, the third member of the
trio, told the court that he had not
engaged an attorney and James H.
Hammond was named by Judge Town
send to conduct Jetfords' defense. At
Mr.. Hammond's request John F.
Quinn was selected by the court to aid
Mr.. Hammond in the case.
The three men were then handcuffei
again and placed in an automobile
with officers and carried back to the
state penitentiary, where they are be-
ing confined since the city Jail is now
BEING repaired and the county Jail is
overcrowded. Over score of city
and county officers We're in the court
room and grouped around the three
men during the arraignment. There
was no. sign of disturbance in the,
~ frr.
brought in ami many Of the persons
present were taken by surprise when
they learned what was taking place.
The fact that the men were to be ar
raigned yesterday afternoon had been
kept secrt by cfficrs, who recalled the
record breaking crowd which attended
the inquest, and with the fact known
to only a few persons there was only
small crowd at the court house when
the men were brought there to make
their pleas.
Solicitor A. Fletcher Spigner pre-
sented the Indictment charging the
trio with the murder of Annette az
9:30 O'Clock yesterday morning and AT
lO:37 o'clock the grand jury returned
true bills against the three men.
The arraignment of the three men
yesterday afternoon, approximately
40 hours after the commission of tn,
crime, probably establishes a new rec
ord for speed in the Richland courts.
The grand jury brought in true bills
against the trio at 10:37 o'clock, les;
than 80 hours after the crime hai
been committed and hardly more
than 80 hours after their arrest.