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WAR TIME TALE A Confederate Soldier's Escape from Prison and Death, WHEN THE CIVIL WAR Was Oiling On, as Told by His Daugh ter la the Confederate Veteran Alag azlnc. He Was Under Sen tence of Death, but Gave Sherman the Slip. The following interesting sketch from the diary of the late Capt. M. A. Miller of how he made his escape from "Irving Blcck" prison at Mem phis ls furnlsbed by bis daughter, Mrs. Wm. It. Vawter of Richmond, Va. "I have one man ucder s?nterce of death for smuggling arms across the lines, and 1 hope Mr Lircolu will approve it." The above is a quotation fr?m a letter of Gen. W. T. Sherman to his brother John after the capture of Memphis, Tenn. And herewith is a sketch of how that "one man," Capt. Matthews Amos Miller, made his escape from prism. Capt. Miher, was assistant city engineer of Mem phis at the commencement of thc war: A number of thc engineers and ar chitccts formed a con pahj of sappers and miners of which we va re the e lli cers and some of our best mechanic; the pr?vales. This company dre^. up thc lir.-.t works of foruti ail ma on thc Mississippi riv_r. b Binning feiur miles from Memphis, th n at Kort Pillow IsLvud No. 10. New Madrid and Columbus. At the latter place we had our first infantry light. Memphis was (apt ure 1 by Gnu. Sher man in Juue, 1802. Ao that time 1 was hoinc on si,k leave, having just passed through a si -ions spell ot ty phoid fever, lt was true, us s'.ated in G(?n. Sherman's letter lo h's broth er John, that tbe nure nary spirit of his people enabled ii -, t. > ney any t inti,.: we wanter! for gold or colt in. When Sherman ti-st to lc possession of Memphis he Issued an on er de claring gold, medicine and salt, cm trabanel, and as such prohibited their sale to our propl?. Hut i ii order were practically reversed, and we go anything we wanted. So greed) wei they for money that they actually sold us arms. The pe ?pie with whom wc dealt were mostly camp followers and merchants. Pinding that arm could be easily pr cured lu ibis v.a>, and knowing our o ?opie ne., d :! them badly, 1 determine t > get a quantity of them. I represented no o' C but myself, and al! that 1 purchas d were paid for by me cut. cf my own inn s I was the means of equipping thc best part of two companies of cavalry be fore my operations were c?.-c vered by the enemy, lt v.as rather dilllcuit to get the arms lo tbe sou tb om holdlern after I bought them, fr in aid i lion to thc gunboats, t e liv. r wa cl ?.? ? \ . patrolled by picket boat1!. My plan was to put my gi ods mostly sabers and plf.tols, cn board a skill :i:d carry them over to the Arkansas side, where the cavalry would get them. Fora month 1 was steadily supply ing our soldiers with ami i and mel with no serious ditlicull.y. But uno afterncon, In the. latter p .rr, nf July, my good luek deseited me. I was carrying over two boxes o? officers' swords, and was in tho middle of thc river, when a picket boat, that 1 did not see when I started out, ran upon me. 1 at OUCB knew that danger was ahead, and, jumping on th.: guuwales of my boat, I tried to sink il; but i; was too heavy and wai ld not "dip." The ctllcer in charge of thc ? picket boat arrested me, and the skiffman also, and took us with the two boxes to a gunboat nearby. H iv t e Lox s were opened, and as so in as the nature of their contents wau d s io ed 1 was at once carried to thc military prison in the "Irving Block," in bncceotre of the city. In two or three days there was a court martial. The evidence was, of course, conclusive, and 1 co fl make no defence. What the verdict was I did not learn, as it wa' nor, pronounc ed; and it was not u t il some live weeks afterward that 1 bec ime .'.war,.: of lt. 1 was fi rs i, made aware nf tbe seriousness of my position in a tensa tlonal way. Late one afternoon i.; July, 1862, a friend, a Miss Girsntt, who bad been calling on me, after glancing around cant iou - y t...-;:;; : and whispered tu me: "Capt! i:i, you are under sentence of death, and arc io be ?hot at an parly d ly. T. li : my ad vice; getaway from here bafore they put shackles un your ankles and wrists, for I hen you cm do nothing." My idea is thal the i iii-.: r i': < ha ge had no autbi ri ty tu car y such .i v.r diet Into execution without the p proval of the p . sid ni i tiding which I wa? kept in ignorance. Later, the same d?j on wi ii li I wr.s told I was to die (I "'ii k it. must I been about Aug-, i 13) li u Sil noan came 11. tu ny cell, ac-. ? tiled by two merni ers i f bis . tail, whotei amii I did not know. 1 Unt w t e gen- ral as soon as 1 saw him. ile sat there some 10 or 15 minutes talking to mo He was very polite, nm. si ii; bis man ner was positive. In th? lir;r, parr, of his conversation he -aid tua' i was probably aware that the sentence of court martial was death. 1 told him I had no way nf knowing, as thal was the first official notification of it that I had recoven. As we talked o i Gen. Sherman told me that In th discharge of Ills Official duty it Wi md bo ne.es sary for bim in l, ive toe sentence ot the court executed, which he propos ed todo un tho Friday following. This was Monday. Although I knew t-hc .sentence, had been pas-sod, lt did not Impress Itself cn my mind as something that was actually going to happ n. Lo kli g Gen. Sherman straight in tho f:?J laughed, not boisterously, but in a manner that 'Sugg* st? d i: credulity. Thc general did nut resent my belia vlor, remalnb g perfectly silent and courteous. One of his si ifT ; 111 ;crs, n major, spoke up ?.uri ly. Bay] g, "Slr, do you know whom yi u aro address ing?" I repl ed In language quite forcible, with tb.- inquiry as !?> wbi t. he had to do with lr. S on after thc officers K ft. 1 pul. my witi I < work to arrange for an ese ipo. I I ad any number of friends in thc city who were trying lo help mo ?sc ip:. S av ?rai plans were suggested; one that 1 should get. on tho roof nf the prison, tin n go down through an ad joining building, lt wai arranged that one night all the gas was t > bo cut off from that portion of tho city, but the scheme failed. My wife brought me a strong rope with which to >(scale" the walls, but I was too closely guarded to use it (several of the other "bojB" did get away on it, and 1 still have the rope in my po%>eB f-lon). Another night the guard on du tv was drugged, but that plan faileu, too. After considerable work, I finally succeeded in bitting on a successful scheme. In the prison chere were, be sides the regular guards, what were known as "supernumeraries," whose business it was to accompany prison ers to various places lu thc ol ty. I had gotten on quite friendly terms wit h one of them, a Canadian named It .dmond, who belonged to an Ohio regiment. He did not know of my sentence. 1 told him that my child was sick, and I wanted him to go t o my house with me so I could see the little one, as lt was not expected to live. Tbls was true. Tho man re plied that he, too had a wife and cbildrcn, and if they were sick he cer tainly would like to see them, so granted my request. I had sent word to my family that I would be home and they must make arrangements for me to get away. It was quite easy for mo to get a message home. As the prison fare was unlit to eat, some of my friends always brought me my meals; so when I got my breakfust next morning I sent the message. Wben 1 hud been borne a few min utes, Mrs. Miller asked me if 1 would nob like to take a bath and change my linen. She bad prepared a bath In tho adjoining room. The guard took bis position at the door. The room into which I went, after taking uti ruy hat coat, ve:;b and boots, had a second d ior, which Redmond could not ?-ce from where ho was standing. In the meantime the younir woman who was nursing my child attracted the (.maid's attention by showing him some hand some pietmios in a bo de. 1 was not idle, and quickly stepped in oa second suit nf clothes which my wife had pro vided in the room io which I was bath ing, or suopo ed to be bathing, for In reality my wife WHS splashing the wa ler while I was g.ittinis' away. I left, the house at once. To do this 1 had lo jump out of a window, aud to my consternation lauded rijjht in the middle of a company of feder.d caval ry that was camped in a Int near my holtze. Luckily, they took no notice of me, and a vicious build' g, whioh came up about that time gave mea good excuse for breaking into a run. 1 crossed the street in a hurry, ac.d at abound cleared a six- f cot fence, which ilTectually bid me from view. A carriage was iu wal tit g fur mc in fr au of my house, but in sncii a posi tion as to he lu plain view of the guard. While I was crosslrg the -ircct I signaled the drivdr, au Inti matc friend of mine, who VHS acting In that capacity, and by the time 1 reached thc alley on the other side of ;he high fence he was there waiting for rae. I shall always think that jump over the Tenes saved my life. Duce in the carriage, I was rapidly driven a short distance outside of th cit;-, wh- ro 1 shopped at the house of Judge Woodruff. 1 wanted tu keep on that night. There were titree lines of pickets to be passed and thc Jud^e advised me to wait until morning, which 1 did. Tue next more i au my host put a pair of navy sixes in my hands, with these I made my way safely south. It was a casj of life un i death, and I would have fought a liniment 1 rejoined the Conic de-ate.-, under Gen. Holmes. Subsequently I was transferred to Ccu. E Kirby Smith's command, where 1 rcmaiued until the close of the war. Mr. Redmond was st ill interest- d in thc pictures, but finally said to Mrs. Mdler who had just returned to the room, "Mrs. Miller you had bet (er call your husband " Sin; rep'.ted, "lie ls r ot there.'' Mr. Elsdon nd said, "I did not think that of you." My wife sild, "ile ls my husband." Mr. Redmond thought a moment, then looking up, said, "I rion't blame v. u. My wife would have done the ~amc for mo." Ii dmond was suspected of he !ng been Instrumental in aiding mi to escape; but it was newr proved against h ui, for no une nutlcjd when wo went out or paid any attention to lied mond when he returned. The tx.et hour of my escape was not known, anc1. the guanis were chat god so often that it i' dd not be found out who was on <:> ty at the time. When my escape was discovered, 1 liad been gone S' v nral hours. The .strange par? of i "J allair was that when Redmond was tried ena of the witnesses swore Hut hes-aw him return with me. At tile ti.te of my escape thc news papers stated that, having had access to the city engineer'.-, t iv e which Gen Sherman was using, 1 had enrried otr plans of all tho works around the city. On the strength of this, a reward of 52,000 was oifered for my capture. This statement was not, however, true; for filth ?ugh I was at. Mb r y t. i go in and out of the engineer's killoe at will, I did not carry ell any plans with mo. I was able, through mem ory, to give Gen. l'Vrre-%1 some Infor raation as to the location of tito ene my's works, which proved of great i vice to him in making his rain into Memphis. I learned after the war was over that by the Intercession ol Mr. Mc t'nerson (who had been a college mate of mint) atid some of my relatives and ; r minent frit nels in thc north, t'resl li ni Lincoln was prevailed upon to pardon me. Toe papers, though, were n t. received until after tim day np in which I was to have been executed, s p it was lucky for me that I did not walt for the n. A Pat?! KiK>it. A dispatch from Hon ton, Texas, SAYS Edward Calhoun was shot and killed on hoard an Incoming San An tonia and Afansas Pass trai l at Wallis Wednesday by W. T. Eldridge of sari Antonio, Texas formerly vice p >--i dent and general, manager of ti e. (.Vue Heit railroad. Calhoun ls a brother in law of Capt. Wm. Donovant, wh was killed by Eldridge abnut three y.ars go on a passenger train on tho same mad, Aldridge was recently acquitted of murdering Capt Donovaut. The tragedy grew out of tho niurlor of Poiiovunt and subsequent attempts made upon the. life of Eldridge. Eld ridge was shot through thc lungs by au unknown party bul, recoven fl. Dis secslon over the control of ihn Cane Holt, railroad in which Eldridge and Donovan', were jointly interested re suited in the killing of Donovaut, since which time a feud ls said to have, ex ist? (I h tween relatives of tho tb c>as ed and E drldge. All of tho parties are prominent. Murder Anti Suicido. At Richmond, Va., mentally un balanced hy ill health, Frederick W. Hill machinist, killed lils wife early Wednesday morning and then com mitted suicide, making orphans of tile eight children of the couple. .Mill used a revolver, and before ending his own llfcattompted to shoot his twelve year-old son. The boy was uninjured. i I "JNOT GUILTY. Jury Sets the Men Free Who Were Held for Murder of Bookhard. Tho Kn mo UH Katavrvtllo Caso Which Hau Attracted Mnoh Atten tion. Ended Friday. The trial of the five white men charged^ with the murder of Keitt Bookard at Eutawville was commenc ed in the oourt of general sessions at Orang^burg on last Wednesday and ended Friday afternoon in an acquit tal. The men accused of the crime were J. II. Palmer, S. A. Eadons, An drew Martin, Benny Martin and Pen ny Martin. The followirg gentlemen composd the jury: D. N. Smith, fore man; W. C. Brickle, G. B. Holman, K. P. Baldwin, ft. S. Willingham, E. Grady, George Robinson, G. M. Dick son, Ilenry Sande1, G. T. Ayers, W. J. Wbetsell and It H. Riley. Mr. J H. Gaskin-* was drawn on the jury, but was taken sick and was excused. The State and the defence exercised great care in the selection of the jury. There were many challenges on huh sides. The prosecution ofL.rt d three objections and the defense objected to six of the regular panel. Wheu the name of A. S. Salloy was ctlled and Judge Dantzler was catechising thc juror a~s to whether or not he was in auy way Interested in or connected with the cate, Mr. Salley stated that a friend had exprossed the wish that Mr. Salley would be drawn on thc jury so that he could vote to acquit the defendants. Solicitor Hildebrand smilingly accepted the juror, but Hie defense obj jeted. When ttie regular panel had teen exhausted there wore 10 juror ; tho State had off n-.d three objections atv' the defense six. When the ex .ra pant 1 of 12 jurors was cal ed and ar. sembler! after about an hour, no jur- r was obtain.tl, the State bari u ed one of its two remaining challenges and Hie defense four. Another extra pened of 12 jurors was summoned, and from this panel the jury was completed as above named. Aftor the jury was drawn tho tak ing of testimony was comm -reo i. Tne State put up Magistrate Wiggins and others to Identify thc body found with tho weight tied to it as that of K ti Book hard. W. E. Jackson, a white man, who conducts a store at Eutawville stated, that among others lu his store tho afternoon of July 11th were: H. 0 Ed ir da, Andrew Marlin, B nuy Martin, Adger Butler. John IV.Irr.er, rt. A. Eldons and others. They had ?orne packages which were left In the store, among other things two bottles of whiskey. He gave them permis sion to ti kc a drink iu there. T. S. Gelzor, a prominent merchant, who served on the coroner's lury scated that J. H. Palmer was on the c.?roller's jury the night they went down to tile river, but did not serve on the jury subsequently. E. P. Winter, another merchant and member of the jury, declara! that Palmor had been a merni er of the jury thc first night, but was not subsequently. Solicitor Hildebrand wanted to bril g out a declarati >n made by Pal mer when thc foreman of the coron er's jury called for a private confer once of the jurors. The statement of Palmer was admitted. lld had sal 1 that the jury must excuse him a min ute as it was more than lie could b^ar. Peter Gibbes, colored, was working for S. A. Eldons at the time of the Eutawville affiir. At ti o'clock the morning after the disappearance Mr. E dons was not up. Toe buggy was out in frout of the buggy boil !. Taere was a lantern, a piece of cotton rope a foot and a half h ug, and a hatchet. Ho stated on cross cxa idna tion that Mr. Eadons was always up except when sick. At that time Ead ons bad a carbuncle, bad had it for two weeks. THU UOKUIIlLK CHIMK DKSCHIIIKD. Henry C. Edwards was then sworn. Tiie principal witness isa youth of 22, small and pale in appearance, with sharp features but a not unat tractive eye. He gave his evidence in a lat ored manner as if lie feared that he is despised and wa.s cautious against being trapped. l>i a native of Orangeburg, 22years of aj;e and an orphan. Work d ni ar Eutawville last jear for Andrew Mar lin, a d fendant, for six months. The weik before July 11th he went tl di ing with bi ie defendants, Lowis Mar tin, Eugene Washington and Keitt Bookard Coming hack In the wagon no and Keitt Bookard got Into a dis pute. The negro cursed him, he cursed back. Lie said he was unable tu defend himself against the negro and tiie other white men were nor dn-po-ed to help him. That nigh: si ttl: g on thc plazzi Andrew Martin started the taik about having a war rant sworn cut for Keitt Bookard. Tiiey kept on after him Sunday co have the negro arrested because bc hould not talk that way. Toe next tlaj Andrew Martin went with him to Eutawville and had thc warrant sworn out for Lue arrest of Ki Itt. Af ter Hie trial they sent him to get some whiskey, a q ian and a pur . some of v.lilch tiny drank up In Jack si n's store. The men there com menced to talk about "putting tue negro away." Tin: men in the crowd were: Palmer, Eldons, Piney Mar tin, Adger Butler, Peony M irtin, Andrew Martin and Benny Mutin. He. went, home early in the night and was in bed when "Old Man" Lewis Martin came to his window. (Conversation not admitted ) Wit tie s then g <t up at 12 o'clock at nightl and rode lils mule to Eitaw viile. There he mei in front of eJiu sey's store Hanny and Penny Martin, about luo feet from thc public well rhey said they were going for buggy. Ile moved on over to tho well and t here was j hied by Eadons and P..1 mcr, who were talking abiiit putting the negro out of the vvay. In a few minutes B moy and Penny Martin came willi the buggy. Eldons .sai ! lets get away from here. B orny trot nut and picked up a piece of iron like the gruie har placed lu evidence, and put it 1 ir- the buggy and Eldons and Painter went to the guard house, Benny and Penny went toward the roid and told him to follow, which he .lid. When they passed Eadons house they were joined by Andrew Marlin, who came out of tho bouse and got in thc buggy with B nuy and Penny. They were j lined down the road hy Palmer and Eldons, who had the ne gro with them in thc buggy. Keitt was handcuffed. When they had proceeded to a point noir thc riv. r, about a quarter of a mile, they stopped and Eldons and Palmer and Penny took a drink. Bjiiny stood by tho buggy in which Hie negro was. When they arrived at thc river bank, Eadons said, "Wo have arrived at the river Jordan your time basc?me." The "-:-' ./ negro began to beg and said he would work all his life for Eadons for notb& lng if be would let him off this timi?. KoUt was made to get out of the buggy, and Bonny and Penny 'tletf him to the grate bar. Palmer had gono up the bank a little ways and soon came back with a boat. Benny got into the boat. Eadons threw Keltt across the bow, face downward, and Palmer made a flirt with the boat when lie had got out in the Htream about 25 yards. The second time tbab Palmer ilirted tbe boat wit rv ss turned bis back and heard a splash. Ile then got on his mule and went back to Lewis Martin's. He stayed at Lewis Martin's until Monday following when he went to Charleston, having been sent at Lewis Martin's suggestion. Lewis Martin gave him money to go and took him to Pregnalls in a wagon. Lewis Mar tin gave him $15 in part payment of cotton crop. Stayed in Charleston from Monday to Thursday, came up to Kidgeville and stayed with his aunt until the next day when Mr. Pina Martin came and took him to Augusta at Mr. Lewis Martin's suggestion. Pink Martin carried him to his son's In Augusta. Pink Martin's son got work for li lwards at Bugg's sawmill at Dun barton, Barnwell county. There he stayed until tbe 14th of October, lie went by the name of Allen at Dun barton, at thc suggestion of Lewis and Pink Martin. In October he came to Oraugeburg to ace his cousin, J. R. Mo Canis. Alter seeing his relatives he made a statement to Mr. Dimalo. At Jackson's st'ire, when they were talking about pu.ting K-itt away, orr.e wanted to hang him: Palmer was one who wanted to put him iu the river. E idons and the others wanted to hang him to a limb. They talked about half au hour. Ile left Eulaw ville to go home between 7 aud fi o'clock Piney Martin aod Adgcr But 1er were with him. Ile and Benny Martin occupied the same room. Benny Martin did not come horre until aftei the negro was put in the water. Tbe solicitor then led the wltces! over the whole story, which was tole without any corillicl of evidence. Th?, course taken as described by the wit nc3't was the same as that described by ls dab Ellis. It was a rather dari night at thc river. Nobody had a lan tern tnat ho saw. Ile got on his muli then and rode home. Lewis Marth gave him the money to go to Charles ton. and put him on tho train. Tlc me Andrew Martin in Chariest cn. Andrev told him that Lewis Martin told bin to come to Bideville. Lewis Marth also came to uharle.-.ton. Mackey Mat lin is the name of the brother in Au gusta, lie stayed there Friday nigh and until ;j ion Saturday. He paid bl: railroad fare out of the 815 Andrev o ved him for Iiis work on the farm am had not paid him. Ile stated that th reas .n lin bad come to make a state meut to tlie solicitor waH that h wanted to cl? ar bis conscience. Tbe cr. ss examination was conduct id in a V'ry skillful manner by Ml Wolfe, who was unable to bretk th witnrss d jwn. This cross examtnatio wai bhc feature of tho trill up to thi time. Mr. Wolfe endeavored by a nsul t.ltude of questions to show that EJ wards gave himself up through fear c the detectives and that ever since h bus been putty In the hands of Mt Di mato. Tais was a strong play, a tilt re is so much resentmect her against the Pinkerton man. Mt . Wolf made the witness report tho1 vile lat guage applied to Edwards by Keit Llooichard and ho asked when ha woul ever be a man. (The offensive lat guage is such as to make the jur think rather unkindly of a white ira to whom it would h.* applied by a negt v l'h tit rosentmeut.) Oo another poit Mr. W< lfe wt i ked hard to m ike wi ness declare what was the m 'asm nf force used by Lr.vls Martin tb m il him get np out of bi d to take pa In a lynching Instead of running awn to hi* (E iward ') uncle who lived thn mile; fri m Lowls Martin. As noi of h's l o s bad gone borne from E tawvllle, how did Liwis M min koo of the plot, a-.ked Mr. Wolfe. Wittie deni'd having any conversation wil Lewis M irtiu between Sund iy ai: . he night of thc lynching when Lew Martin carno to his window. T1IK DEFENSE BEGINS. The defence thou introduced the witnesses. Among the number w Le " is M i rt in. He is a very large ma white haired, til years of age. He hi two sons under indictment, L. Andr.: Mania and Ben 1<\ Martin. Penny Marlin ls a n phew and S. A. Eadu is a relative by marriage. Witness h lived near Eutawvllle all of his Hf II. C. H lwards has been living: ar. ui there for about fourjbars. He w workb g for L. Andrew Mattln, wi bad a petition with Kallnskl i Vouug's island and was at home tin on a visit. lie declared tobe "utterly false ? lwards' ttati ment to being edle I the night. Ile stated that Ed war came to him during the day Mond! and asked about the wording of tl warraut. (E lwards bad stated that! had not talked with Lewis Mart M nday ) lie went to Charleston to see his Bi Andrew and saw Edwards but did n advise Edwards to leave there ai mire his name. Ile explained I Inter st In getting. Edwards to lea ? llawville because E IwarJs lived thc house with henny and he w afraid fri m threats he had heard th f ie negroes In trying to hurt Eiwar might do something to Benny. So mov? d ll Miny up to his own house a sent E lwards away, as thc latter w an orp.ian and lils mother in the a lum, tho old mau declared naively. I paid E lwards 315 on his crop hut t crop Mid not briug that much. He t( on cro:;s examination that he went Charl sion to see his s in Andrew private business, although Andn h ui been at home just the week 1 fore. Denied saying to Dr. Gilmore H dly Hid that somebody's neck woi be broken. Mrs. Cirrie E. Eldons, wife of o of the defendants and aunt of t nth rs, was next sworn. She reme bored t ie lilli of last duly because the disappearance bf Keltt Bookhai whom Mr. Eadons had arrested ti: afternoon. Andrew Martin came supper wi th Eadons. The latter carri supper to the prissier. Eadons wt to bcd in the room in which sho v sleeping. Her daughter, Mrs. Colem; was in the same room with a sick hal E idons was Buff iring with a carbun and widlo giving m d lot ne to the ba slie poulticed Eldon's nrck seve times. At .'I o'clock she wok ? him that he could go to Monck.s Cori witli tho prisoner. Ha was not out of tho house night except to get up at li o'oloi He w nt to tho guard house in a bi t y and was gone about half an bo He had gone lo Moticks Corner lots linn s and always left at 3 a. m., it ls a titi milo drive. Andrew Martin slept at her ho that night. Ile was up until nea 12 o'clock playing games '.n the pal und then went to bed and slept iu i front room adjoining her room. An drew was to go to MoDOk's Corner with Eatons and she rapped on his floor to wake him up. When Eldons ; came baok from the guard house he took oil his shoes and coat and laid down across tbe bcd. Andrew Mar tin went back to ber house in com pany with Mr. Jeff D. Wiggins and Mr. Coleman to get ber statement as to EadonB' whereabouts the night of the 11th. She had not seen any writ ten statement, Mrs. Eadons has a good face and her evidence made a marked Impression. Mrs. L. A. Coleman, daughter of Mrs. Eldons, corroborated the testi mony of her motlier a9 to the time her lather was called and his return to the house. No other buggies passed thero that night. If there had been any passing she would have beard it. Miss Maud Owens of Manning was at Mr. Eldons' the night of July 11th. She also corroborated the testimony of Mrs. Eadons. She ls a nelce of Mr. Eadons. Between 2 and 3 o'clock sile weut out to get peach leaves with which Mr3. Eldons was to make a poultice. Mr. Eldons was in the bed then. Mrs. J. II. Palmer, wife of one of the defendants, testified that her husband, who was town marshal came in that night about 7 o'clock and went out again cn duty. Ile came in between I) and 10 oclock and did not leave the house until Eidous came for him about li o'clock, for she heard the clock strike. She testified that he was gone not half an hour. She said that after Palmer's arrest Diuua io had como to lier house and had said that he wanted to say something | in her husband's behalf, but she de-1 olined to say anything to him. She had bDcn married just one year to the day that her husband was arrested. Oa cross examination she denied having berated Mr. Palmer In Weath erford's sturc for being out so late at night and that ho had replied that he had been tis ling. She stated that her mother was at her home on that day and she did not leave the house. Slie said it was customary for Palmer to go with Eldons to the guard house when thc latter had a prisoner in there to be taken to the county jail. Mrs. Luella Martin, wife of Penny Martin, was next sworn. She swore that she was living at Eutawville and her husband was at home a'l night after having come in at 8 o'clock for his supper. She went to bed about 12 o'clock. Her mother slept in the adjoining room. Her husband could not have gone out that night, for she was awake nearly all night. lier husband has been away tive months ano she lias had to depend upon her fattier for support. Mrs. Katherine Martin, mother of Mrs. Luella Martin, corroborated the testimony of her daughter as to Pen ny Martin's whereabouts. She ls a sister of Lewis Mirtin. Mrs. S. C. Martin lives about Ave miles from Eui aw ville. She is the wife of Pin^y Martin, who was at home plo wing all day until la?c in the afternoon, when be went to Eutaw v ile. Came home that night about So'olock. U..nnie Martin and H. C. Edwards spent the night at her house. They came together afc 10 o'clock. The two stayed in bachelor's quarters just across a little brauch, and stayed afc her house almost as often as they did at their home. Ban ny Martin was dunking a little, just enough to make him sle?p good. Ed wards was horribly drunk and hbe could hear him vomiting in the ad joining room. They had breakfast a little aft r sunrise and Edwards could eat nothing, drank a cup of coffee. P.ney Mirtin corroborated the testi mony of his wife. 1 C. H. McCan's of Charleston, a first cousin of Edward-, said tint they havo always been ,-ri. nds. He and L. A II >ok met El wards at the cor ner of Line and Klug streets. Ile swore that Elwards had told him that he knew nothing about how Keitt Bockard came to his death. Thia was a direct contradiction of Ed ward's testimony, the first and only contradiction. L A. Hock was call ed to verify McCant's story but Rock did not answer. After thc testimony was concluded spreche i wore made for the defence by Messrs. Baysor, Donnls, Wolfe and Haynes and by Solicitor Hildebrand for the State. Tne charge to the jury was then debbcred hy Judge Dantzler. Ile ap pealed fur the jurors to rise ab ive any prejudice and to arrive at a verdict upon thc evidence. His charge was that of a high-minded maa and con scientious jurist and made a marked impression. A little after five o'clock the jury, after being out sixteen min utes, returned a verdict of not guilty and the defendants were discharged. STA BR BD TO DEATH. A Prosperous Sumter County Farmer Killed hy Hiu Tenant. A dispatch from Sumter to The St:'.te says Colclough Stokes, negro, cut and stabbed C ipt. David D. Wells of Tinrir.il more than 20 times Friday about 1 o'clock. Capt. Wells died from his w< unds. Tiie negro used a dull, hawk bill, ont-blaled barlow knife. The first cut began at. the right templo and went down to the throat. The next began on the loft side of the thrott and went around nearly to the right eur, severing the guttural and und jugular vein; then down the scalp of the head from the bick. Two bad slashes were made, on the left hand. The victim fell on his face and the negro jumped on the dying man's bick and plunged the knife more than three times into his hack, six times in a Space no larger than a man's band into his lungs, at the same time Revering three ribs from the back bone. The. negro and his wife occupied onohalf of Capt. Wells' dwelling, lt being a double pen h mse, divided by a ballway. This is where the tight be gan. Stokes, it is said, had a bad reputa tion. J Ie was under Indictment for disposing of property under lien, and Cipt W?lls went on his bond and took him Into his employ. The ncgroe's wife kept house and cooked for Capt. Wells. Tue dispute arose about some do mestic trouble and, it ls said, Capt. Wolli; threatened to withdraw his bond and turn tho negro over to the county. Theu the light br gan. The negro was captured this side of Tindal by M igistrate Ingram and a posse. II : claimed tnat he was on his way to Sumter to surrender. Ho is now in jail. Capt. Wells was about 45 years of agc and unmarried. Ile was a very thrifty and prosperous farmer, owning a large number of aores of land, lie was worth about 825,000. THE St. Paul Dally Globe has sus pended publication. The Globe was a "democratic" organ that al mr st in variably supported republican poli cies. TAGS NOT USED, tinny ot Them Bought and Soatter in the Cars. rimt Is the OtaarKO Mudo In Manf Ii ot tor? to the Hoorctary of the Cotton AH BO o I nt ton. A dispatch from Atlanta says addi tional letters received by the South ern Cotton association show that the fertilizer,tags, the sale of which has been reported in large quantities of late, are being scattered over the country by putting them la cars in which fertilizers are shipped and by placing two, three, four and ?ve tags on each sack of fertilizer. These letters arc from people who are ac quainted with the situation and who bave seen these things with their own eyes. This wholesale distribu tion of tags is not confined to any one section or State, but extends through out the whole cotton growing belt. The following arc some of the letters: W. P. Gaffney, LaGrange, Ga.: I notice tbat much hos been Bald re gard ing guano tags tbat have been sold. Did you ever stop to think that the tags may have been sold, bub not the guano? I have been investiga ting Troup county and find more guano on band than lost year by sev eral thousand tons. LaGrange ls heavily overstocked as I heard several parties who know say Cbipley has not I sold to date more than 25 to 30 per cent, of "last >ear. West Point and Hogansville are way behind last year. This probably explains the guano question-that tags have been sold, but not tho actual guano. I know my section around Troup factory has reduced both acreage and guano and am loath to believe that every section of the county and State will not do likewise. John G. IO.y. Welsh, Ala : Cotton acreage here (Chambers county) un doubtedly reduced about 20 per cent, and fertilizers under cottun reduced 30 per cent. More corn planted and more fertilizer used under lt than heretofore. It is also a notorious fact that thousands of unused tags are in fertilizer cars in bundles, this In ad ditP n 11 those on the saoks. Oae small dealer says he has half a bushel. Two other dealers whom I have heard upon this matter make the same re ports There is fraud or collusion somewhere W. n. King, Weston, Ga.: You will ?lease lind encksed fertilizer tags that were sent here loose in car. You will notice that they have not been sepa rated or broken loose. These tags are extra ones, besides all the bags baing properly tagged. Other people are having enrs shipped in same condi tion. Seems that lots of tags are being used besides those that are re quired. G. W. Everette, Lumpkln, Ga.: The big increase in the sales of guano taus may be accounted for in a very different manner, and au unexpected one, as well as unusual. There have boen several cars received here in which there were several hundreds of tags other than those attached to the sacks-some in bundles of 50s, some in boxes and many scattered about loo^e in the car. This to me is some thing new and startling. There is no use to read between the lines to tinda cacse. There is something dead up the creek. G. H. Laramore, Leesburg, Ga.: Mr. Jordan, 1 think that the guano tags that are claimed to have been sold ought to be looked into. Mr. Tomp McDonald, at Sumter City Ga., found 25,000 tags in oDe of his sacks of guano. The same is reported In Di Soto, Ga., in my home town. What is more shameful than that every tffort is made to keep the poor farmer down? If lt can't be done honestly they will dc lt anyway. F. W. Traylore, White Oak, S. C.: The reduotlon in the cotton acreage is far greater in tnt country than the man sitting on a dry goods box in town is aware. Now, as to commer cial manure: In Lins section there has been less bought and less used in the cotton crop of 1005. Lotsof guano has been and will be used until corn planting and working ls over. G. C. Williams, Empire. Gi.: Now, Mr. Jordan, ab ut the tags: Mr. Horsford said there were 390 or 400 to orne to Empire loose in a car and bad never be-n on a sack; and lt was said that one half peck of them came to Dubois in a car and some came to Yonker, four and one half miles from F. m pi re. F. B. Doyle, Bowersville, Ga.: A very large number of tags can be ac counted for on account of unsold nuanouowin hands of dealers, and most of it will r-maln unsold for this season. The sales for April this year will be lighter than any year which I have been in the business. It is no exaggeration to say that there are not less than 7000 tons of guano between Toccoa awi Elberta now stored In warehouses that will nut be sold this season. 1 know of three loaded cars rl^ht herc at Bowersville that dealers are trying to get the company to take hack. 1 have sold 20 per cent, less than last year, and believe thp.t this has (tot been exceeded by any other dealer. The sales of guano here are less than last year, lt don't matter what the bear crowd say, and there is treing to be more carried over than ever before. H. Y. Brooke, Lu ve rue, Ala. :T. W. Shows, Luverne, Ala , informed me that all Hie cars ho has received con tained a numher of loose tags in ad dition to those on the sacks. L. C. Williams, Sr., of Lu verne. Ala., bought a carload of fertilizer, every sack of which contained two tags. G. W. Bowen, of M ?iretield, Ala., writes me that a carload of fertilizer came to his p'ace with six tags to the sack. At Union Springs, Mr. .J. M. Els showed me 150 ta^s that were picked up loose In a car of fertilizers, and ho a ?(led that he had a bushel bu-ket of them In his otllce which came in the s'vtne maimer. These cases come from different portions of the State and lead me to believe that the practice is m?nerai. Last in Mareil the Virgin ia-Carolina Gnomical company pur chased f>5,000 tags; this year t hey pur chased 150,000 tags for Alabama. Last year thoy could not get their stuff hauled by the railroads, this year they buy nearly three times as many tags. How is that for trying to rob the farmers? S. H. Christopher, Buen* Vista, Ga.: A gentleman told me that Rome where in his travels he had noticed a large number of loose tugs scattered promiscuously on the Moor of cars. I was talking to a representative of the Virginia-Carolina Chemical company a few days ago, and ho says tho out put from that concern in Georgia will fall far short of last Beason. My in dividual guano bill will be about 1-3 less than last season, and nine out of ton farmers will toll you that they ?.?.?.??.????.?.?.?.?.?.?.I : THE GUINARD ] ? COIyUMBl 1 Manufacturers Brick, Fire Proofr. i Flue linings and Drain Tile. Pre] f or millions. KILFYREI KILFYRi That is exactly what it ls, a F ii day at the otate Fair showing its fir? Every Farmer, Oil Mill, Saw Mi property should have them. For sal , _ COLUMBIA SI Columbia, P.C Thoma? ? ?ti; sk/ i Morphine i Clgaret Habit. Habit | Habit ..Cured by Keeley J 132a Lady St. (or P. O. Box 75) Colo se c-itd. have made a cut both as to cotton [acreage and guano. Hon. O. B Stevens, in an inter view on April 27th, says: '"If we are I tn judge by the sale of tag*, it scorns that the farmers bave not decreased their purchases of commercial fertili I ?/.')'H. R?poi ts, however, come to this l ouies to the effect that a considerable I amount of the fertilizers shipped out [havenot yet boen sold, and may be left on the hands of the agents. We ?are also informed by letter from mauy sources and conversations with per sons representing every section of the State that a much greater percentage of fertilizers than ever before is belog I applied to crops ether than Cotton, ?and that the farmers are standing by their pledge to reduce the cition acre aye." WEATHER AND CHOPS. Completo Review of tho Crop Situa tion in South Carolin?. Section Director Bauer Wednesday issued his weather and crop report as follows: The temperature during the week ending Monday, May 8th, was much above normal, and the daily maximum rauged generally above 80 degrees during the last half of the week; the Dight temperatures were also slightly above normal. The precipitation was heavy, in many places excessive, and damaged lands by erosion and llonri ing. Farm-work wa3 Impracticable during the greater part of the week, as the lauds were too wet to plow, plant or cultivate. The prevailing high temperature and cjpious rainfall caused crops ot all kluds to grow rap Idly, and were particularly favorable on small grain and truck crops, anet (or transplanting. Many li dds have beoome foul with grass and weeds and stund in urgent need of work, this be lug especially true of early planted corn and cotton; though much early corn has received its tirst cultivation Corn has good stands as a rule. but. bud and cut wcrms are thinning stands on low lands; some com is trun iog yellow from too much rain. Cotton planting is nob ti.iis.hed in the western parts, though practically finished in the central and eastern counties, except on bottom or iow lands that have been too wet recently to plant. Stands vary greatly, bel rip generally good for that planted since the April kilting frost, and very poor for the early plantings, much of which ls being replanted. Som-i being ?e planted on acount of cat worms, an-: some on account ot being too foul to rid of grass and wee^s. Some cotton has h en chopped. Tobacco transplanting ls about tin Ished, and is doing well generally, though grasshoppers aud cut worms have damaged stands locally. There has been a marked Improve ment in oats, which is cptite promts lng. Wh'iat is not deb g so well on account of the Hessian Hy and some rust. Truck crops and gardens have improved rapidly, though melons are. still poor. Tile weather was favorable for rice. Peaches are dropping In the eastern and southern counties, with enough left to make a good crop; in the western counties the fruit pros pects are very poor; apple and pear trees are blighting badly. Pastures are line. The shipments of beans, peas and strawberries are heavy. California Tomato Story. Throughout the winter mouths, when easterners were crouching about. , their tires and shivering, and nature growths were either asleep or frozen stiff with the cold, F. J. Hates, of Pasedena, Cal., was in his garden climbing aa 18 foot ladder to gather his various crops of tomatots. II has three plants which have reached a length of 30 feet. Tne seeds were planted in May, and three months from that time they had climbed tq the top of a 20-foot trellis. Whet) they reached this remarkable he'ght they waved their lljwer tassede'? heads wonderingly, then turned around and grew backward until they have attained a length of :io feet They have had no especial cate or cultivation, and have had no protec tie?n from the weather, yet, in spite of every disadvantage, they have kept on growing aud fruiting in the most astonishing fashion. T h e trunks of tht se vines are one anda quarter inches in diaiheter. Tne fo Hage is thick and luxuriant, and at all times blossoms, green fruit and ripe fruit can be seen on the vines. Kiiormous quantities of tomatoes have been picked from these three plants. Tne fruit ls of unusual ?size and has an extraordinary line llavor -Sclentillc American. MIHH Kit/. Struck lt Hloh. Miss Francis Fitz, wno left Boston, Mass , live years ago and went with a party to Alaska sent out by a New York syndicate, has returned to her home in Med ford with a fortune esti mated at over 8500,000. She has lueu United States deputy recorder, o-vner of a newspaper, keeper of an Insane woman, land staker, lani owner, mine owner, and ls now at the head of a big mining company State Equitable Policy. Emil H. Neumer, a clerk employed by the Equitable Life Assurance so ciety, and Thomas Lobley, Jr., have been arrested charged with compli city with Samuel Lobley, who was taken into custody at Spragueville, Penn., a few days ago, charged with fraudulently obtaining a $27,000 loan on a polloy which ls alleged to have I been stolen from the society's vaults. ....?.HMIIHUNim?. BRICK WORKS, i ?A, ?. O. Terra Gotta Building Blocks, for 5 pared to fill orders for thousands 2 S Bli KILFYRE111 re Killer. 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