ISSUED TWICE A WEEK?WEDNESDAY ARTE SATURDAY. l m. grist & sons, publishers, j % r daughter's heart, and that summer West Point won the mother even if did not win the lady of his love. All t-hnt-. winter TCIHs had continued 5r coarse at school, but was to come it in May, and during the long months om September 6ho was comforted in ie oomfort her mother found in the mpanion that had been chosen for her, gentle, refined and evidently well ed woman, who came upon the rccnmendation of their rector, and who as introduced as Mrs. Daunton?Heli Daunton, a woman with a sad hisry, as the grave old pastor frankly Id them, but through 110 fault or foie of her own. She had been married, it her husband was unworthy of her, id deserted her some years before, aving her to struggle for herself. Dr. organ vouched for her integrity, and lat was enough. By the time Ellis was to return to ;r mother's roof Helen Daunton was 1 thoroughly established there, so jcessary to her mother, so dovoted to ;r in every way, that for the first time : her life, even while glad to mark the eps of improvement in the beloved inilid's health and appearance, Ellis arrar felt the pangs of jealousy. And this was Will's graduation Burner, and they had a lovely time at the ashore. Kitty was there, and Kitty as an accepted fact?and more so? >w. Will would be content nowhere ithout her and would have married )r then and there but for his mother's mtle admonition and Kitty's positivo iiusal. sne naa neon rearea irom girix>d by a doting aunt, bad been petted id spoiled at homo and at school and it had not a little fund of shrewd good >nse in her bewilderingly pretty head, he wouldn't wear an engagement ring, ouldn't consent to call it an engagelent. She owned, under pressure, that 10 meant to marry Will somo day, but ot in any hurry, and therefore, but >r one thing, the mother's gentle heart ould have been content. And that ono thing was that Will ad applied for and would hear of no ther regiment in all the army than that t the head of which his father had ied, the Twelfth cavalry, and no one luld understand, and Mrs. Farrar juldn't explain, how it was, why it ras that that of all others was the one he had vainly hoped he would not hoose. He was wild with joy and 011lusiaam when at last the order came, nd, with beaming eyes and ringing "Hivcti save as if it Usn't really Masther jjj ITiDMl ?r tit.- . voice, he read aloud: " 'Twelfth regi- * ment of cavalry, Cadet Will Duncan jj1 Farrar, to be second lieutenant, vice !*! Watson, promoted, Troop C.' Leale's troop, Queen Mother; blessed old Maicolm Leule. What moro could I ask or you ask? What oaptain in all the line can match him? And Kitty's uncle in ^ command of the regiment and post! 01 Just think of it, madre, dear, and you'll ai all come out, and we'll have grand " Christmas times at Frayne, arid we'll 8<; hang father's picture over the mantel and father's sword. I'll wire Leale this ?l very minute and write my respects to Fenton. What's he like anyway, moth- c* er? I can't remember him at all, nor b< can Kitty." ol But Mrs. Farrar could not tell It to was years, too, since she had seen him, >Q "but he was always a faithful friend of w your father, Will, and he wrote me a hi beautiful, beautiful letter when we came away." at And so, late in September, the boy hi lieutenant left his mother's arms and, th followed by her pra. :rs and tears and st blessings, was borne away westward to d< revisit scenes that were once familiar as the old barrack walls at West Point at Then it required long days of travel bi over rough mountain roads to reach the ni railway far south of the Medicine Bow. in Now the swift express train landed him p< at the station of the frontier town that cc had grown up on the site of the prairie (0 dog village he and his pony had often jr "stampeded" in the old days. Here at cc the station, come to meet the son of their p( old commander, ignoring the fact that m the newcomer was but the plebe lieuten- q, ant of the Twelfth, were the ruddy faced old colonel and Will's own troop 8e leader, Captain Leale, both hoartily, ai cordially bidding hirn welcome ana oom- w mentiug not a little on his stalwart 8e build and trying hard not to refer to the yv very downy mustache that adorned his q boyish lip. And other and younger offi- jtj cers were there to welcome the lad to ar his new station, and huge was Will's to comfort when he caught sight of Ser- q geant Stein, the veteran standard bear- ^ er of the regiment, and that superbly punctilious old soldier straightened up like a Norway pine and saluted with rigid precision and hoped the lieutenant ^ was well and his lady mother and Miss ,p Farrar. "There's nothing," thought . Will, "like the discipline of the old regiment, after all," as the orderly ^ oame to ask for the checks for the lieu- , tenant's baggage, and all went well 1 until the luckless moment when the ca colonel and Leale, with some of the elders, turned asido to look at a batch of te recruits sent by the same train, and 8t Farrar, chatting with some of his fellow 10 youngsters, was stowing his bags in the H waiting ambulance, and there in the ^ driver Will recognized Saddler Dono- a van's freckle faced Mickey, with whom ce he had had many a hunt for rabbits in e3 the old, old days, and then an unctuous, P1 caressing Irish voice fairly blubbered B out, "Hiven save us if it isn't really cc Masther Willi" and there, corporal's H chevrons on his brawny arms, was old g' Terry Rorke, looking wild to embrace al him, and even as Will, half ashamed of tl his own shyness, was shaking hands w with this faithful old retainer of his tl father's household in years gone by, the a 5 ? ? * " noaf n i squuu Ul rocruito UUUiO Uiuivmug jpuuu. ?. The third man from the front, heav- hi ily bearded, with a bloated, ill groomed w face and restlessly glancing eyes, gave ol a quick, furtive look at the new lieu- 01 tenant as he passed, then stumbled and tl plunged forward against his file leader. b< The squad was thrown into momentary hi disarray. The sergeant, angered at the w mishap at suoh a time, strode quickly n< up to the offender and savagely mut- ci tered, "Keep your eyes to the front, le Graice, and you won't be stumbling up hi decent men's backa " And the littlede- P tachment went briskly on. hi "I thought I'd seen that man before," said Leale an instant later, "and bi now I know it, and I know where." ri TO BE CONTINUED NEXT SATURDAY. A Read Vour Letter Again. ^ Never mail a letter written at night lj until it has been rereud in the morning. You may materially reduce the number of your correspondents by persisting in al this course, but you will gain in reputation for prudence and common sensa What seems philosophy by candlelight c< is but folly by day, and the brilliancy of J*' night lacks sparkle in the morning.? " Exchanga Gaining Ground. () Only the ill informed believe the f, cause of woman suffrage is making no D headway in the world as a result of the t( agitation of the subject during the last generation. It is one of those reforms 5 which, if meeting multitudinous re- a verses, is nevertheless steadily gaining ^ ground, and there is hardly a year that w some substantial progress is not made j, ?Troy (N. Y.) Press. n A Living Statue. ti A man at Marseilles has made a bet that tl he will stand for 28 davs on a pedestal and h pose as a statue, with only 28 hours off h during the whole time. The scene of the bet is to be Marseilles, and the living statue will bo watched night and day by those ^ betting on or against him h (The Criminal Court. suilty or wot guilty? 'hat Is the Absorbing Question In the Reese Case. SENSATION ON TOP OP SENSATION. oraprehensive Report of One of the Most Remarkable Trials That Has Occurred In the Connty Since the War. The Reese-Anderson-Luckie murder -ial was resumed last Friday afteroon with the cross-examination of tr. Robert S. Withers. The subance of Mr. Withers's direct examiation has already been published, n the cross-examination the defense illed upon the witness to explain an lleged diagram of Mrs. Anderson's ouse, and locate the door that be ad seen opened on the night of the illing. In effect, the witness testified iat the door was not down in the iagram. The next witness was Mr. M. F. uncan. He had seen the deceased i the morning of the 6th of Febru y at about 10 o'clock. He was on te same street on which Mrs. Anderin's house is located; but was some stance away and walking in the jposite direction. He saw Dan uckie after the killing in the council lamber, in the presence of the dead )dy. Luckie said Williams was an d friend of the family and bad come > Blacksburg for the purpose of helpg to patch up the divorce case that as pendiug between his sister and tv husband. J. B. Allison re-called, testified that 12 o'clock on the day of the killing, i saw Williams sitting on the steps o 1 le Presbyterian church, on Lime reet, about 150 yards from Mrs. Anjrson's house, reading a note. Mr. T. H. Hughes saw both Reese id Luckie on the streets of Blackslrg between 7.30 and 8.30 on the gbt of the killing. Reese was walkg along slowly with his bands in his >cket, and bis head bent down Reignized both positively, and talked Luckie on the sidewalk opposite the on City hotel. Luckie bad his coat illar turned up and a slouch bat illed down over his eyes. Thestateent that had been made in The Enuirer to the effect that witness had stified at the coroner's inquest to eing Reese on one side of the street id Luckie on the other, and that both ere looking into the stores as if in arch of some one, was incorrect. rituess had not given such testimony, n cross-examination, witness wasposive that the men he saw were Reese id Luckie, and said that he bad not Id M. M. Freeman it was John Boyd. re-direct examination, witness said at, M. M. Freeman had advised him wronged me, I would not testny fc against her ; but that is a matter that is entirely for you. You will be your ? own judge, except that I shall not per- t< mit you to testify as to any communications, or as to facts that took place ci between you and her when you were tl living together as man and wife." In answer to questions by the solici- a, tor, Mr. Anderson stated that on the d 6th of February last, he was in Avacaliente, Arizona. He fi^st went to Ari- y zona in November, 1894, and during the past two years had been in Mexico, New Mexico, California and several other states. He had resided, in the i( west continuously since December, 0 1895. This, however, was his third j trip to South Carolina since he took up d his residence in the west. tl "Were you ever in Blacksburg?" a "I was, sir." 1 "Do you know M. R. Reese ?" ft "I had an introduction to him; 8j yes, sir." s, "Under what circumstances did you IS see him, Mr. Anderson ?" p "The first time I saw the gentleman, a my wife and myself? a Colonel Youraans interrupted with tl the stutement that he wanted to know tl wheu this was. Witness said it bad a: been two years ago, and Colonel You- si mans objected. With the understand- p ing, however, that the state would connect the circumstance with the t< sstify against niraseii or nerseu, arm, he re fore, such an admission, if it had een made, could not be used against er. Mr. Jonn M. Quyton, the postroaser, identified the notes as being in the audwriting of Mrs. Anderson. On >t to say anything about the matter. James J. Jackins was put up to ove the relations between M. R. eese and Mrs. Ellen Anderson, here was a tilt between counsel as i the competency of such testimony, id his honor ruled it out. Witness, iwever, testified that Dan Luckie id asked him not to testify in the ise. Mr. J. C. Duncan, chief of police, stified to about the same circumances that had already been testified by Mr. J. W. Thomson and others, e said that when he went to arrest uckie, Luckie came to the door with revolver in his band. It was a 32ilibre Smith & Wesson. On crosscam ination, witness was asked as to evious tragedies that bad occured in lacksburg, and as to whether the immunity was not a very lawless one. e was also asked if there was not a eat deal of promiscuous shooting lout the town at night. He thought ie people were as law-abiding as ere those of any other town of le same size, and admitted that such thing as shooting about the town at ght was not altogether uncommon ; it did Dot thick that this snootiug as so promiscuous as to be a source ! danger. He denied that be, or any le else in bis presence, had pulled le covering oft' of Mrs. Anderson's id in search of somebody who might ive been concealed there, or otberise acted rudely iD her house. Witess testified that Reese owned a 38tlibre pistol, and indentified the bult that had been extracted from the ead of the deceased as of 38 calibre, istols of this calibre he admitted, owever, were very common. Berry Stokes and James Gresham, Dth colored, testified to baviDg cared notes from Williams to Mrs. nderson. The notes of Williams ere received at Mrs. Anderson's ouse by Luckie. Luckie told Stokes mt Mrs. Anderson was sick and lat there was no answer. Gresam, however, delivered two notes nd received two answers. These ere delivered to him by Luckie, and e delivered them to Williams. He juld not read ; but identified one of le envelopes as looking like the note e had curried. Gresham said be had iiried the first note between 10 and 1 o'clock, and the second about 2 'clock. In each case he was gone om 15 minutes to half an hour. The oles were received from aod delivered ) Williams at the Southern depot. Mr. D. D. Gaston, who was a inemer of the jury of inquest, was asked s to whether or not Mrs. Anderson ad admitted in his presence that she fas the writer of these notes. This, is honor ruled, was incompetent, as o defendant can be compelled to - * ' " i ] I cross-examiuation, Mr. Guyton said h that Mrs. Anderson bad fallen out c with bim about something or other; but afterward, they became friendly w again. Mr. J. F. Whisonant was put up to ? testify as to the ownership of the d bouse that was being occupied by Mrs. a Anderson. The testimony was ruled s< out as incompetent. It was now time for adjournment, a and the court took a recess until Sat- e: urday morning at 9.30 o'clock. a ROBERT A. ANDERSON. 11 It was not until Saturday morning that the first real sensation developed. tj Up to this time there had come out ' At--* t__J . ?1 "I out little testimony tnat nuu jjuu at- ej ready Oeen published. Certain facts ^ had been corroborated by witnesses, of fcj jvhich the general public bad no pre- ^ vious knowledge ; but that was all. The state bad not been able to sntisfac- ^ torily prove a motive on the part of the accused, for the murder. There w had been introduced in the evidence ^ a great pile of letters which there was g, reason to believe would throw consid- w erable light on the whole matter; but Q) the handwriting in these letters had ^ not been identified so positively that ffl tbey might not have easily been de- r( nied admission. In the opinion of a majority of the spectators, it looked as though the presumption might be very great, there still remained to be gl produced a great deal in the nature of a| positive proof before the state could fairly be said to have made out its ]e case. |j, Everybody believed there was still jj something important to come out; but tl there seemed to be no suspicion as to 0j what it was. So when the court room g, doors were opened on Saturday morn- 8N ing, there was an immediate rush w for seats. Within less than two min- 8C utes, the entire auditorium was packed and jammed with interested spec- v< tators, and upon the arrival of his ti honor, shortly afterward, the proceed- $ ings were commenced. "Robert A. Anderson," called the hi solicitor. qi Here was the expected sensation, ai Robert A. Anderson was the husband pi of the accused woman. There had been in circulation a story to the effect It that he was the murderer of Williams, ai The understanding was that he was a qi fugitive from justice. Mrs. Anderson tl had said, at the inquest, that when she pi wrote the notes, she thought she was ic wrHinor m her husband. In the Dub- tl " ??? r lie miDd this man was an unbearable, brutish sot, whose only idea of bappi- T ness was to fill himself with liquor, hi But this was not the man who answer- y< ed the call of the solicitor. Instead, there stepped up to be sworn, a man who appeared to be all that was just the opposite of what had been de- tc scribed. About 5 feet 6 inches in height, he looked as if he would weigh perhaps 160 pounds. He was dressed fr in a neatly fitting suit of black with a cutaway coat. His hair was brushed hi straight back from a broad, intellec- tl tual forehead, and a prominent nose, wide mouth, thin lips and piercing black eyes were so combined as to in- n< Btantly stamp him as a man of experience in the ways of the world, bright ni intelligence and strong determination. But be did not appear to be alto- n< gether at ease. He showed just a w little sign of nervousness. The law- fo yers began squabbling as to the compe- tt tency of his testimony. Colonel You- fu mans quoted some law, and then, in tt the language of Bulwer, said that if w husbands were allowed to testify hi against their wives and viae versa, society would become the riot of hell, ni While the argument was going on, the witness stood still, silently looking on. Small beads of perspiration broke ni out on bis forehead and the veins of hi his neck and face enlarged to distinct- c< ly visible cords. What was going on hi in the roan's mind nobody but himself re knows; but iu view of subsequent hi developments it is not unreasonable to rs infer that it was a mighty conflict p< between wrongs that had burned into A his soul, and the recollection of a m frinrJ lnuo o fpw snnrks of which h< UUtO 1UUU IVfVj M ?w?? ~ ? - were still flickering in his heart. Be- e\ yond question, the man's feelings were re intense. tt After waiting patiently for the law- fu yers to get through with their wrangling, Judge Watts ruled that the tes- fr timony of the witness was competent. In effect, his honor said: "Understand that you are not compelled to testify H against your wife, and as to whether or not you do it, is a matter for you to determine. You may refuse to answer any question that you may not care to fc answer. If I were in your place, no G matter how this woman may have omiciae, nis nonor ruiea me question ompetent. "State the circumstances under y( fbich you saw him ?" "The first time I laid eyes on Mr. ieese, I hadn't met him. I was out h< riving with my wife. We came back nd be came up to the buggy and was bi w earing"? Colonel Youmans protested that the yi newer was irrelevant. The solicitor ir xplained that he was going to show lotive, and in order that the court light better determine whether or y< ot the statement would be relevant, k squested that the jury be retired un1 the matter should come out. Wit- e< ess went on with bis statement to the Tect that Reese was abusing Mrs. tl nderson for having left the door of le store open and gone off with the le eys. "State any other circumstance un- tr ar which you saw him." Witness remained silent. After aiting perhaps a quarter of minute, tl le solicitor repeated the question, w till tbe witness did not answer. He tl as very much agitated and it was m Dticed that tears were trickling pi own either cheek. He wiped his \\ ice with a handkerchief and finally c< splied : . ai "I did not come here to testify w gainst this woman." H The solicitor at once changed the m ibject. The jury was brought back, m ad the witness was asked to identify t? ie handwriting in a big pile of m ttere. He went over the letters one y one. Two or three be laid aside. h< .e could not swear to them. He lought be was familiar with some e( f the characters, but was not altoather certain. Most of the letters he tt vore to positively as having been ritten by his wife, Mrs. Ellen Ander- in >n. ai "Answer this or not, of your own w alition. Do you know what rela- ol ons existed between M. R. Reese and [rs. Anderson ?" Defendants' counsel objected. His tt anor did not rule positively on the no Liestion ; but witness hesitated about is aswering, and the solicitor did not ash tbe matter further. pi Then came the cross-examination. , was conducted by Colonel Youmans ad was sharp and searching. The aestions came thick and fast; but cl ie witness managed to retain his com- fa asure throughout. His answers were ivariably sharp, stormy or mild, in w ie same tone as the questions. Witness said be was a native of w ennessee, but went to Georgia while a was quite young. He is now 30 m ears of age. ai "What time did you leave Georgia ?" li "I have left there several times." "Have you ever left there intending ) leave for good ?" "Yes, sir." d< "Did you leave there as a fugitive if om justice, or not?" in The solicitor objected, and the court aid that the witness need not answer ie question. fy Witness? I refuse to answer. lil Colonel Youmans?Answer it or pi at, as you wish. "Well, I can answer it. I did not? w 3t at that time." Defense began to try to press wit- te ?ss, and it came out that witness was anted by the United States courts r whitecapping; but he did not learn lat there was a bill against bim until illy two months after he left. Then si ie examination proceeded to carry itness over all the different places he id visited in the west. bi "Were you at Crescent City, Califor- as a?" n< "No, sir." ai Colonel Youmans banded the wit- as 38s a letter which he identified as g< iving written. It was dated Cres- w :nt City ; but witness explained that H 3 had dated it from that place for a iasons of his own. He bad mailed it, jwever, on a little narrow gauge sc lilroad out in Arizona, and it was so if istmarked. The letter was to Mrs. hi nderson. It contained several state- w ents that made the witness appear to tt 3 a terribly bad fellow. These, how- ti /er, the witness said he had made for gi *-*- J a4 n. iftsons or nis owu, uuu ucsiucs a> tt ie time be wrote the letter, be was d< ill of whisky. w "What justice were you fleeing al om ?" tl "The United States government." "Well, how do you come here? C 'ave you got a special leave ?" "I have given bond, sir." "When did you give bond ?" 11 "On the 3d of November, 1896, beire Commissioner Jones at Daltou, -A a., in the sum of $500." f1' "Why did you not give bond be>re?" g "I was making a little stake out ^ here I was, and I thought it was best > stay with it." "You never gave bond until you u ame to testify against your wife on h ie charge of murder?" b "Did I say I came here to testify J gainst my wife on the charge of mur- sj er?" T "Isn't that what you are doing ? s< Phat did you come here for ?" w "To protect my name and to try and a et my baby." li The last question was asked in a n >ud, angry tone. The answer rang V ut distinct, clear and equally loud, s] 'he impression it produced was evi- d enced by what followed. First, b here settled down on the courtroom w stillness that could almost be felt, tl 'hen there was a slight scraping of n >et on the rear benches. The noise h pread out in different directions, and w uddenly become a dull, heavy roar, b lot less than 75 per cent, of the peo- tl le in the courtroom were appiauamg ij lost vigorously. The sheriff com- st landed silence; but it was not until ai ae voice of his honor was heard over d ie din, threatening to make wholesale 01 rrests for contempt in the event that ol jch a demonstration should be reeited, did the noise stop. w "Is that part of your business now Si ) try and get your baby ?" n< xes, sir." "You did not come to testify against our wife?" "I did not. I said I did not." "But you are here to testify against sr ?" "I heard that she was not going to b indicted at the trial." "You found out this morning when ou came in the court house she was idicted ; didn't you?" "I did sir?" "Do you pretend to tell me when ou started to testify you did not now your wife was indicted ?" "No sir ; I did not say w hen I start1 to testify ; but when I came back." "Are you not identifying letters lat your wife wrote ?" "I did sir. I have not read those itters." "Don't vou know vour wife is on ial for her life ?" "I do now, sir; yes sir." The cross examination next carried >e witness over the two marriages ith his wife. He did not remember le date of either marriage. The first arriage was terminated by divorce roceedings instituted by his wife, fitness was asked whether or not the >mplaint alleged drunkenness, cruelty id adultery, and threatening her ith a pistol. He said "it may have." e did not read the paper at all. The atter bad been settled by the payent of $3,000 for the benefit of the vo children, and several sums of oney to the divorced wife. "What was your object in marrying ar again ?" "Well, sir ; I thought my child need1 the protection of a father." "Was it not to keep from paying tat money ?" "No, sir; the money had been paid > cash. I paid it every cent in cash, id the guardian has it in control, ith the exception, of the half for the ,her child." "The other half has not been paid ?" "The half has been paid; and at le child's death, the law of Georgia akes the father the heir ; the mother not." "You have paid all that you were to ly by that decree ?" "I have paid all." "What did you marry her for?" "I told you, sir, that I thought my lild needed the protection of a ther." "You did not care anything for the oman ?" "I did, sir, to a certain extent. I * anted to uplift her." "Did you not promise when you arried her to love, honor, cherish id protect her as long as you should ve ?" "I did, sir." "Have you done it?" . Again the witness began to break }wn. His face became contorted as in an effort to choke back sobs, and i a broken voice he answered: "My God! I tried to do it man." "You are trying to do it now, testiing against her on her trial for her fe. Is that your idea of honor and rotection ?" "I think, sir, when I have been ronged like I have"? "How long did you live with her afr the second marriage ?" "Only a few days." "And then you left her?" "I did, sir." "And have never lived with her nee ?" "I have not." ' v With this the cross-examination ancbed off into numerous questions, ikiner the witness as to whether or it be bad lived tbe life of a libertine id despoiler of virtue, etc? He was iked as to whether or not be was jilty in several specified cases, all of hicb be denied most emphatically, e was also asked if be bad not bung woman. This he also denied. On tbe redirect examination, tbe ilicitor asked witness as to whether cruelty, drunkenness aud adultery ad been charged in tbe divorce case, ere the charges true? Witness said iey were not. He also said at that me be was worth over $15,000, and ratified every wish of his wife that as in bis power to gratify. He also Bnied that be bad ever whipped bis ife with a horsewhip. It came out' Iso that witness bad been informed lat an effort was to be made to make appear that be was tbe murderer of barles T. Williams. Finally tbe socitor asked witness why it was be ;ft his wife the second time, after retaining with her only a few days. Witness said that be had seen Mrs. .nderson come out of a room. He -ied to open tbe door and found that > was being held from within. He ot it open, however, and inside be saw [. R. Reese. SOME LETTERS. The balance of the was taken p in tbe reading of tbe letters, tbe andwriting of which bad already een identified by Mr. Anderson. It eveloped that tbe letters, though ungned, were to Charles T. Williams, 'hey were written during a period of )me lour yet?r?, wvenujj tnc time sue 'as living with her husband, on up to few weeks before the killing of Wilaos. The letters showed that the 'Oman was more infatuated with Williams than anybody else. She demised her husband and she said she espised Reese. She only lived- with im on account of bis money, and it as because she could make money iat she lived in Blacksburg. She did ot like the people there. In one of er letters, she told Williams that she as afraid to invite him to Blacksurg, for something might happen, and len the letters that she bad previousr written him would tell the whole ory. Most of the letters were filthy ud obscene beyond expression, and uring their reading Judge Watts rdered that the courtroom be cleared f all boys under 17 years of age. With the reading of the letters, hich was concluded at about 6 o'clock aturday afternoon, the state anaunced that it had closed its case,