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Abbeville Press and Banner Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, Friday, April 9, 1920. Single Copies, Five Cents. 76th Year. KENNETH GOSS COUNSEL FC State Rests C and Con Prosec JOHN GOSSETT ACQUITTED ' I The defense rested its case at 5:30 o'clock and Judge Sease immediately directed a verdict of not guilty in the mo .lohn firms pit. After the VU^v VI Willi -WWW jury had taken action John Gossett was at once taken out of town by officers. Argument by the State in the case of Kenneth Gossett is now going on. The defense and state has two hours each. The case ought to go to the jury by 1 or 1:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon. Just before going to press John. Gossett was placed upon the stand j and made an excellent witness for! the defense. He told substantially i the same story that was told by K-n- ! neth Gossett during the time he was with Kenneth. A motion for a directed verdict of i not guilty as to John Gossett. which! i was temporarily overruled Judge] Sease. or until after the defnse hasj introduced its testimony, Kenneth I Gossett's own story from the witness j stand of the affair which resulted in I i his indictment, and t-he heavy scoring j "by the defense in cross examinations | tending to break down the direct tes- J timony of state's witnesses, were the? three outstanding features of the, morning session of court. The state rested its case at 12:40,^ whereupon consel for defense offered ] a motion for a directed verdict of not : guilty as to John Gossett. Judge Sease ' hesitated for a moment but overruled j the motion temporarily, saying he' would listen to argument after the de-^ fense had introduced its testimony. Kenneth Gossett's story from the! witness stand was the principal feat-| ure of the morning session. He told j' a straightforward story in which he entered denial that he had violate.!,1 the prosecutrix. He readily admitted having taken certain liberties with! her. but stopped when she informed | him she was not the kind of girl whoi would commit the moral sin. j. Principal witnesses for the prosecu-j trix this morning was Dr. C. C Gam-1, brell, who was called in to see the j prosecutrix the day following the commission of the alleged crime. De-| fens? counsel ^was merciless in th3| cross examination of both the physician and the prosecutrix's sister, and testimony given by the latter was j widely at variance with that given bvi the physician. !, Several other witnesses were exani-i ined for both sides but little they had to say was of great Importance. Court recessed at 1:30 and will re-| convene at 3:30 o'clock, when cross examination of Kenneth Gossett by the prosecution will begin. Among the witnesses examinea. were Deputy Sheriff Cann, Deputvj Marshal C. J. Bruce. For the defense M. L. Tullis and P. L. Hutchison said they passed ihe( Ford on its way back to town and! saw the two girls and the two boys' and all apparently were in the best of , humor. .r. v 1 I - Jury 'Completed The selection of the twelve jurors' was completed at 4 o'clock Thursday i afternoon. Seven were selected in' the morning, when the first pan-1 off! 33 jurors were exhausted/ the de- j fonse Havinjr exhauted 13 of its 20 | f; ' '-V . t\' XMMk ' 'A: IETT ON STAND IR DEFENSE MO lase-Witnesses Fc ipanion on Stanc utrix Says Kennt to Kill challenges, the state having used 4 tl out of its five. Nine jurors were k stood aside bv the court, three tem-' P porarily and the rest for con- j sanguinity. Judge Sease ordered a ^ second venire of 30 men to be sum-j. nioned just before noon recess to ap-j^ pear when court reconvened at 2:30 i c< p. m. Of these 30 men whose names} were drawn 27 appeared and two of 1 e hese were excused, leaving 25 jurors! in the panel. Fifty-one veniremen | ; ' --.l u.il, were examined anu uum u.c uuich.t. j and the state had exhausted all their 5 challenge before the final juror was. sworn. I The jury is composed of T. M. i i ] Cheatham, local oil mill superin* | endent, foreman; J. E. Mundy, far- j ner; G. E. Link, farmer; J. A. I Kamey, merchant; J. H. Shaw, far-! 01 ner; C. M. Kay, farmer; Paul Link, armer; J. T. Gibert, merchant; L. 5. Botts, blacksmith; J. W. Little, mployee local utilities company; C. A. Smith, carpenter, and M. E. Link, armer. M. E. Link, the last juror g 'rawn, is the only single man in the anel. The Trial Begins When Judge Sease formally openi j_ Tr ed court snerm curts Drougnt jvenc eth and John Gossett into the court oom, placing them at first in seats o one side, but later were placed in ^ the prisoners dock. Both defendents were neatly dressed. Kenneth Gossett, generally understood to be the principal defendant, appears to be a ^ mere school boy. He is only eighteen ^ years of age. ? When the indictment was read by Clerk Perrin both young men an- ^ swered "not guilty" in clear voices. ^ Proctor Bonham, of defense, in- q terposed the same objections to the ^ jury venire and to the court that he j, made in his four motions Wednes- , day. Judge Sease ordered the trial to proceed. I, Jurors Called The first juror called was W. A. e King, excused by the court as he is related to one of the girls. M. G. Sherard was objected to by the State. j Mr. M. T. Gossett, father of Ken- sg neth Gossett, at this point was called to the side of Attorney Bonham to assist in the selection of the jury. Next man called was Walter B. Wilson, rejected by the defense, J. W. Powell, was objected by the State. J. F. Gray, stood aside by Judge Sease. Hugh R. Sims, was ob- 0j jected to by the defense. R. R. Tolbert, excused by the State. c- Hb< Bowen, excused by the State. R. P. Parnell, was objected to by the de- re fense. R. H. Purdy, objected to bv the defense. . ? The eleventh man called was J. D. Mundy and he was the first man se- rj ected. It was now 11 o'clock. C? Twelfth man called was J. A. Ramey was accepted, making two men for the jury. w B. C. Kay, stood aside by the P' Judge. ' nr fourteenth man called was G. E. Link, was accepted, makintr the liird man for the jurv. s\ P. O. Price was objected to by; jt the defense. W. D. Wilson was called. Stated i IN OWN DEF YES FOR DIR ;>r Defense Call 1?Dr. Gambrel ^ n ^ tl.. tui vaosseu i nr Her !iat he had formed and express* is opinion. Attorney Bonham ask( ermission to ask Mr. Wilson a fe uestions. Granted. He asked M ifilson if he had not positive fee igs on this case. Mr. Wilson sa e had, but said that he felt that 1 ould give the boys a fair trial noA Paul McCurry was excused, rela d to the prosecution. Lamar Richey, objected to by tl efense. Nineteenth man called, J. I haw, was accepted. J. P. Wilson and W. J. McKe oth related to the prosecution ar lerefore told to tand aside. Twenty-third man, Juror Kay, Wi L'cepted. Eugene Martin, stopd aside, rela J to prosecution. B. F. Nickles, defense objects. Paul Link, accented. Twenty-seventh man called, . Gibert, accepted. W. P. Hill, objected to by tl tate. Earl Murdock, defense objects. J. J. Bigby, State objects. R. S. Ellis, defene objects. J. 0. Camm, stodd aside, relate i prosecution. W. J. Milford, defense objects. 0. T. Bradberry, defense ol sets. Thus exhausted the first venire. Afternoon Session Begins Of the thirty men summoned fc te second venire 27 answered t leir names when the clerk of coin illed the venire when court recoi ;ned at 2:30 o'clock. Of this nun jr two men, J. A. Hill and M. I ochran were excused by court. M ill was excued on doctor's certif ite and Mr. Cochran because he ws ie only man left in Ramey and Gi am's store. U. Graves, married, lumbc jaler, rejected by defense. J. B. Green, fanner, married, r< ;cted by defense. T. M. Cheatham, married, oil mi anager, accepted and sworn. T. M. Miller, married, member c ty council, rejected for cor mguinity. R. W. Adams, married, salemai liected bv defensp J. T. Simmons, married, merchan )jected to by State. R. 0. Edwards, married, rejecte 7 defense. W. H. Busby, married, cotton mi jerative, rejected by defense. R. G. Hagen, stood aside by coin ?cause he was kinsman. W. L. Power, furniture salesmai ijected by defense. M. B. Cann, married, salesmar ijected by defense. F. B. Jones, insurance agent, mai ?.u * i.-u, tvuiu not {five rair trial in ttt ise of one of the defendants an as stood aside by court. J. W. Little, married, connecte ith Abbeville Water and Eleetri lant, accepted and sworn. C. A. Smith, married, carpentei rcepted and sworn. S. L. Link, rejected by defense. M. E. Link, single, accepted an vorn and the last of the twolv irors selected. Testimony of Prosecutrix The testimony of the prosecutri ENSE; ECTED VERDICT ct h ed--Prosecutrix I n 1 Testifies ic |S1 eatened * >p I si jh iE I" jd was begun shortly after four o'- p jd clock and was given in so low a voice fi w that it could hardly be heard and r. throughout * was punctuated with 0 i " '1_ sobs. She told how she and her girl id 1( companion had started out on Sun-'_j 10 day afternoon, March 14, for a ^ v. , young ladies meeting at the Bap- h -A itist Church, when on North ?T?in 0 ie street they were accosted by Ken-jn neth and John Gossett in an auto-l !a mobile. It was brought out later that^ ! the two defendants had been riding xi | ^ | L e> with two other girls during the after-.^ u^lnoon and had been seen by the prose-; jcutrix and her companion. The prose-jw iS!cutrix told how the two of them got > i I !into the Ford car, with the under-, ] I 1 t-|Standing that they would be let out'^ !at the Baptist Church, and that ^ .when the church was reached she in- ja sisted that she be let out, buti_ | |a J. thought no great deal of it when she (< was taken through the Square, butj ^ ie all the time insisted that she be let I ut. She testified that about, twojjy miles out she had met Mr. Richard !v Sondley in a car with some otherb men and had made no out cry. I ] id She told of how they had first stopped on a bridge over Long Cane j reek, where they had stayed about jp )- 5 minutes, during which time the^tl prosecutrix continued to urere a re-L turn to town. Later said the wit-'g ness the car was cranked by John r >r Gossett and they went about a mile g. olfurther, another bridge being cross-|B rt ed. After the secondbridge was tV j. rossed they went a few hundred i_ yards up the road, turning off into a jn> 5 cleared place, stopping a few yards |p' r in clear view of the road. |tl i- j*? When the final stop was made testi- hi j mony was given by both girls today ft j'that Kenneth Gossett threatened to p, : keep them there until midnight if the t !r prosecutrix did not get out and walk ,p( with him down the road to find a place. j -- to turn the car around. It was at thisi ,S time that the younger girl started to . 11 walk back to the city. John Gossett, | \vr followed her, the two returning to the! ,f car in five or ten minutes. accordingls j. to the testimony. When they got back,^' I to the car Kenneth is said to have told;?l them he was not yet ready to go back. ''The younger girl started to walk si home again and went a short distance st down the ronrt nut nf ? wmv wi 015tit Ul 1116 SU" tomobile. ohn Gossett followed. They ca ^ remained away 15 or 20 minutes. Re' rning to the car, the prosecutrix , 11 u came running to meet them, crying, and told the other girl, "He has ruin- Sa t ed me." cc The prosecutrix testified that Ken- m , neth Gossett had cursed her and held Wi her in the car. She swore she resisted ^ him until she was exhausted. She is V subject to spells and she testified that!sh she became so frightened that one of ;th these spells came on during the Strug- sj, e gle and she became unconscious. Tn co (' fighting her alleged assailant she toro;F1 her clothing, her waist came from n . !U. a under her belt and her hat was crush-! I JT? c ed. She cried all the wav hack to] . 'th Abbeville, and told her sister whntj f( had happened as soon as she pot honiejm J. Olin Sanders, sheriff of Anderson county.' was a witness for the state. p? , The (lossolt bovs were taken to An - S( dL... iitMson wikmi tiicv wore arrested Mar. H 1". The young womon were also taken! there to identify the hoys, the prose-'pj x (Continued on Page Four.) "HE WOMANLESS WEDDING PROVES HUGE SUCCESS; OPERA HOUSE CROWDED "Woman, without her, man is savge," as against, "woman without er man, is savage," illustrates both he moot question of punctuation nd the matter of the "Womanless Vedding" that was held here in the Ipera House Wednesday night to uch a large, satisfied and appreciate audience. It was forced upon the ublic in truly male and ruthless tyle at that de-feminated wedding ow savage, how lacking in the races, man can be without the tonlg influence of woman. It showed ar example the futility of man's efarts to breast the tide alone. It was a pot pourri, a salmagundi f all fhnf i<5. r>r pan hnrlnsmiprl i that which is called marrriage. It ras a hasty scrambling of all that is idiculous. all that is conceit, all nat is affectation in a man; it was istronic talent carried to the point f betraying man as he is and ought ot to be. With so much local talent?and 9 11 of it was local?such a show could ot fail to intrigue local interest and lie building was crowded. The perormance did not fail to amuse, to rovoke laughter. How could it fail ith such a bride as Mr. Fred Cason. rr. Cason is just fitted by nature in le matter of nhysiognoi.iy to be ho antithisis of a what a sweet. oatuiful, plowing, loving, devoted nd winsome bride should be. The ccoutrement was all right; Mrs. ason should be congratulated, and the ceremony had only been held nder the auspices of Allah in a foslem temple, the bride heavily eiled, 'twould have been all right: ut it is a fearsome sight to see a rocodile face in bridal "things" eeping. When one comes to Capt. Jack errin one is almost convinced that le impossible is possible. Capt. Jack as to all intents and purposes the rana aame. n was incongruous to npose on such a kind, gentle and racious lady such a bride-daughter, ut then the show depended upon le matter of incongruities. Two characters in the show were Dt burlesqued, the groom and the reacher. As usual the groom went irough his part meekly, unprotestigly. Sanford Howie as groom can irdly hope to do better at some lture. date at a ceremonial less imjrmanent. Major Fulp, as preacher, perstrated a number of things in a ear, resonant voice from a huge irvicc book that kept the audiance i gales of laughter. The major does ell in the cloth and were he not ich an excellent educator it might ; suggested that he found and aerate a Gretna Green. Mr. Roscoe as Sis Dora was irrestible. He has a stage manner, a age voice. He entered easily into le spirit of his part and did much to irry the show through on the crest. It would be impossible to mention 1 of the characters further than to ,y that all were splendid; and well stumed, each doing his part to ake the ensemble the success it as. The music was furnished by Miss ictoria Howie and her help but ows that man cannot pull off anying worth while without some as>tance from the fairer sex. In this! mnection the singing of Miss Leila j His and the reading of Miss Mary! recne introduced the show and1 ive it the proper send-off. Bothj ese younp: ladies fulfilled their, ission splendidly. The mill band gave their services! the show and their playinjr on the' ]uare and in front of the Opera ouse was greatly appreciated. From an financial standpoint the rformnnec was an unprecodent oces:--. The house was full to ovc-r ALLIES REFUSE t" AN n mi f a 4* IU M hKANub Delicate Sit nation is tlip Result? Loiiff Conference is Held in London ?United States Turns Down PU,n-Frankfort Zone Quiet London, April 8?(By the Associated Press)?After a long conference which the French ambassador, Paul Cambon, had with Premier Lloyd George today, and a full discussion of the French-German incident by th? cabinet council, at which the French j view was fully explained to the Britj ish ministers, an authoritative stateI ment was issued to the effect that j France acted entirely on her own iniI tiative in deciding to occupy German J towns; that Great Britain, the United i States. Italy and Belgium were all op| posed to the plan, and that France's r.ciiD:: hi.:; caascd a delicate situation. I The matter is under discussion of j the British and French Governments, j and the hope is expressed that the situation may be eased. Various Expedients The statement recites various expedients suggested for dealing with the Ruhr situation, among others, the sending of Allied officers with the German troops to supervise the German withdrawal. Another alternative was that the decision should be let', with the German Government, with 1 the German Government, with the stipulation that unless the status quo was sufficiently restored the Allies themselves would occupy German noints to enforce their demands. The I | statement proceeds: "ine uerman uovernmeni appears to have acted precipitately, and France to have responded by adopti ing a plan which was only intended as a last resort method, and even then to have been the affair of the Allies and not of any one of them simply." RADICALS WHO FIRED ON ARMISTICE PAIpVDE GET LONG SENTENCES j Montesano, Wash., April 5.?The j even men convicted here March 13 of second degTee murder ior tne laying of Warren 0. Grimm ,of Centralia, armistice day parade victim, were sentenced today to not ess than twenty-five years nor more than forty years each in the j State penitentiary by Judge John iM. Wilson, after he had denied a 'defense motion for a new trial, j The seven sentenced to twenyive to forty years' imprisonment J C. C. Bland, Bert Bland, John I jamb, Eugene Barnett, James Mc| nerney, Ray Becker and Britt j Smith. The defense attorney took exception to the sentence and gave no ice of an appeal. BODY OF ONE OF TEN DROWNED FOUND TEN MILES FROM THE SCENE Searching parties Wedneday night recovered the first body in their combing of Savannah river, Wftere ten persons were drowned last Sunday when a flat boat in which they were crossing Harpers fery capsized. The body of Lucy Brads haw was [found lodged on an island near Cal|houn Falls ten miles below the I - -B J_T a * istene ui trie tragedy. Kewards of I $100 each for the recovery of the bodies have been offered. i mmm 'flowing. The money will be used by the Library to buy new books. The U. D. C. emboldened by the I ucccss of the library is now plan[ ing to ho!:1 nn "Old ?T:.i I'.i Oanventon." The date of the show will be nnounced later. SJBMEIBfSISJSJBJSJSMSM5J5j'SJSjEIE/Ej5i5.,2!5JSI COTTON MARKET. Spot Cotton 4-'>.00 May . 41..r.0 July . - o9.29 n.-tohi-i- "* IVt-embc:- 34.31 i!L^^lII5.,5f?3.rS,,5.'5j3J3if3j'cL'5J5j3!3f213M2j5J3.r5;