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Robert Roof and Will Caswell Found
*ot Guilty?Negro Assaulters Were
Convicted and Sentenced to Serve
25 Years?Other Cates.
Robert Roof end Wfll Caswell, tbe
two young white men who were being |
tried when we went to press last j
Sf week for entering the store of Mr. T.
Williams at Irene, were acquitted
after a trial of three days. This case
.attracted much attention and was
t closely contested by the attorneys on
both sides. Solicitor Timmerman
was assisted in the prosecution by A.
D; Martin and E. L. Asbill, while the
defense was hawked by Hon. W. H.
Sharpe and Graham & Sturkie. The4
< -arguments were all of a high character.
Mr. Sharped plea for acquital
along sentimental lines, was eloquent
and at times affecting.
^ > Cal Stonde mire and John Caugh**
man, the two negroes who, it was
I r charged, shot Mr. John Bickley and
fci attempted to criminally assault his
wife, Mrs. Sally Bickley, at their
home in the Fork several weeks ago,
were tried, convicted and sentenced
i to serve 26 years, each, in the State
i / When the case was called it was
[ ' agreed to fcrythe twotogether. Mr.j
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eloquent and convinci^ to .
nation that Mr. JSickley had been in
the habit of running %; blind tiger.; ;
f that he soki principally to negroes and
this also had ite effeet upon the Judge,
for he lectured Biekley severely aloflg
this line.
'JE4 Mrs. Biekley, nervousand trembling
with emotion, told of her experience
with Stoudemird, whom .she
identified as her assailant. Her story
was to the effect, that Stoodenfire
and Canghman came to their house
> early in the night; that Stondemire
P said he wanted to bay some c]oth and
f while she was in the store waiting
f upon the negro, her hnsband was shot
t on the onteide; that when she made
an effort to go to the door, Stoudenmire
ran up behind her, pat his arms
aronnd her waist at ttie same time
throwing her to the floor; that she
t was choked, braised and scratched,
.andnot until her husband crawled
Into the door and reached for his gun,
: ~r<Hdthe culprit leave.
During the time she was on the
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stand and throughout the trial, Mrs.
Bickley was visibly affected and it
was necessary for Sheriff Corley to
assisther to and from the stand. She
was not questioned by Mr; Dreher.
Mr. Bickley testified that he was
shot by Caughman, otherwise his
story was about the same as that of
his wife. However, he did not get
off as light, for he was roughly handled
by Mr. Dreher, who fired questions
at him the same as if they were
coming from the mouth of a cannon.
, Bickley denied ever having sold whiskey
to either of the defendants or any
one else.
. Several other witnesses were put on
the stand by the' solicitor, among
them Sheriff Corley, who testified as
to a confession made by Stoudemire
a lew aays aircr uc waa iuuj^cu xu
jail.
Mr. James W. Shealy, of Little
Mountain, told how he captured Stoudemire
and of a confession made on
the train.
The State closed, Stoudemire took
the stand in his own behalf. He had
no lawyer and Judge'Wilson told him
to make whatever statement he desired
to make to the jury. He denied
that he and Caughman had entered
into a conspiracy to do injury to Mr.
and Mrs. Bicklev; heajjo denied ever
having touched Mrs. Bickley; that
another than' Caughman shot Mr.
Bickley because of sqpne previous
trouble^ That when tjie shot was
fired ho*||flhCKi offi pf house; that
,the reason heteft the community was
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the papers that he and Caughman had
been accused of committing the
crime, and he was afraid he would be
lynched; Denied having confessed to
any one that he was guilty.
Paughmah, who is 36 years old and
of ordinary intelligence, .denied having
shot Mr. Bickley. His version of
the affair in substance is as follows:
He had bought a pint of whiskey from
Bic^tey a few days before the crime
in question, and that the whiskey
tasted like kerosene; that on the
night of the ferhne he went to Ifr.
Bickley's for tiih purpose ot getting
him to exchange Che whiskey. This
he agreed to do and went to get him
another pint; that while he was waiting
for him to return with the * 'booze7'
and When Bickley was within 20 feet
of him on his return with the whiskey,
he was shot from behind by some
one, he didn7t know who. He knew
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Bickley; that be immediately went
back home and told his wife what
had happened, not even waiting to
see how badly Mr. Bickley had been
injured and without getting the liquor.
Said there had not been any
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plot between him and Stondemire, to
' do Mr. and Mrs. Bickley barm; that
he just went up to Mr. Bickley's to
get the kerosene whiskey exchanged,'
and happened to meet Stondemire
there. Stoiidenmire said he wanted
some smoking tobacco, and it was
while Mrs. Bickley and Stondemire
were in the store that Mr. Bickley
was shot. That his reason tor leaving
was well grounded; he 1 'knew
Mem white folks and Mey would have
lynched him shoV'
Mr. Dreher addressed the jury for
about an hour and he was followed by
the Solicitor, who spoke with usual
vigor and earnestness. .
The jury was out for About three
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Other Cases.
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Smith Moody,' colored, was tried"
for lolling Henry Jeter, another negro,
near Cayce a few weeks ago. He
Was acquitted upon the charge of
murder, but w as convicted of carrying
concealed weapons. He was sentenced
to pay a fine of $40 or serve 20
days on the gang. Moody was represented
by T. C. Sturkie and W. W.
Hawes. .
Lonnie Jackson, a negro youth, was
was acquitted in short order. He
was charged with having killed a
negro at Leaphart's about two months
ago.
Eighteen negro gamblers were tried
and each found guilty. In the num^
ber was a woman, who claimed to be
only looking on. She received a sentence
of $15 or 30 days. The others
got $30 or 40 days. Only one paid the
fine.
This ended the criminal court of the
week. Three prisoners are now in
jail, and about 30 cases are still on
I the docket. 1
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The common pleas court opened
Monday, but aa the attorneys were
not ready in any case, the jurors were
excused until Tuesday morning.
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?-;After some delays the case of Mrs.
tilmma M Ornlrrifl 4-Via XXT r%n
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iUnionTelegraph Co., for $2,000
(damages for the failure to deliver a
telegram, under the mental anguish
law, was taken up and consumed the
dqy. The verdict was for $500.00.
Messrs. Graham & Sturkie brought
the action.
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^This,morning trial was begun in a <
case of J. M. Thompson as administrator
of the estate, of Charles A.
Thompson, against the Seaboard Air
ftphe Hallway Co., brought by Messrs.
Graham and Nelson & Nelson, asking :
for.$10,000 damages because of the
kilting of the said Charles A. Thompfion,
ati.the Two Notch road crossing, .
in Richland county, about 9 o'clock
p. m., March 9th* 1905. The dead
man was driving a two-horse wagon,
loaded with whiskey, and the mules
were both killed. The case will take
more than a day. Messrs. Eflrd &
Dreher and John J. McMahan represent
the Seaboard.
. Fire in Swansea.
Swansea, Jan. 25.?Last night between
2 and 3 o'clock the house owned
by Mr. M. J. Rucker and occupied by
Mr.'E: O. Limmer was found to be on
fire. The flames spread so rapidly
that almost all of Mr. Limmer's household
effects were consumed, the family
having barely time to escape.
Mr. Rucker'9 los9 amounts to about
$1,600 with insurance of $1,000. Mr.
Limmer's loss is $300 with $150 insurance.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
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Negro Silled by Deputy Sutte.
Walter Lowe, colored, was shot and
killed in Brookland at a late hour Saturday
night by Deputy Sheriff Hutto,
while the latter was attempting to arrest
Lowe. The officer used a doublebarreled
shotgun, the load entering to
the right of Lowe's mouthjandlodging
in hifl npnt Villintr him nlmnaf in
stantly.
At about 10:30 Saturday night Berry
Gilliam, colored, went to Magistrate
Bachman and told him that the negro
Lowe was at his house raising a disturbance
and that he wanted an officer
sent there to arrest him. Gilliam said
that Lowe came to his house and asked
if a woman whom he called "Linnie"
was there. He was told that she'
was not there, but Lowe was not willing
to take anybody's word and proceeded
to kick down the door. On
entering the house he drew a big Colt's
revolver and began a search' of the
premises, Gilliam running out of the
back door to get an officer.
Officer Hutto was sent to Gilliam's
house to make the arrest. When he
reached the place Lowe was inside.
When ordered to give up the negro
drew his gun on Hutto, but before he
had time to fire the officer shot with
the result noted.
An inquest was held yesterday, the
verdict of the jury being that the negro
came to his death at the hands of
Officer Hutto while in the discharge
of his official duty.
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Lowe wore a belt with a scabbftlNl
and cartridge pockets and on him a
38-calibre, six shot Colt's revolver,
Loaded all around, 23 extra cartridges
in his pocket and aix extra cartridges
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School Entertainment
at Brooklaad.
The graded school of New Brookland
will give an entertainmet next
Friday night, the 31st at Shull'? Hall.
The entertainment will consist of a
debate, recitations, choruses, dialogues,
readings, solos, duets, instrumental
music, etc.
Subject of debate is, Resolved,
"That Compulsary Education would
be beneficial to South Carolina."
Admission 10 and 15cts. Funds to
go to the school.' Begins at 7:30.
A short address will be made by
Supt. J. E. R. Kyzer, after the exercises.
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in his belt. He also had on hie perm
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sun in muiicj auu a> uaun. uw&
of the National Bank of Spartanburg,
showing that he had deposits in that *
institution. Lowe was a notorious
gambler and the negroes of Columbia
regarded him as a desperate and
dangerous man. He has only recently
been discharged from the penitentiary,
where he served four years for killing
a constable in Laurens county:- At
the penitentiary he was for a long
time a ''trusty."
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The woman whom he went to Ejew
Brooklarid to inquire about was Lillie
Davis, the daughter of Berry Gilliam.
Her husband is in Tampa, Fla., and
it is said that she has been living with
Lpwe since he got out of the penitentiary.
Saturday it is said that they
had a "falling out" and he proceeded
tp look her up and it was in the home
qf this woman's brother that he met
his death.?The State, 27th.
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