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THE SALUDA COURT. Great Interest in the Trial of Morgan W. Thrailkill-Other Mat ters. Saluda. Augiut 17.-On the open Ing court yesterd?ay the Miller b-ys and 31Carmick were arraign ed for the n-rder of the negro Tru esdale. and entered a plea of ,ot guil ty. Corrie Green, charged with ar -;on. entereda . like plea. The Thrail kill case was then resumed. Morgan IN. Thrailkill is charged with murdering Benjamin B. Burton at Monetta last April. Thrailkill's son was also charg-ed with the crime, but the solicitor handed out no indict ment against him, and the old man was placed on trial alone. The case has excited a great deal of interest, and a large number of witnesses were examined on the first day of the trial. On the first day Lecky Burton. a brother oi the dead man, testified as follows: Lecky Burton. brother of the dead man, stated that about 8 o'clock on the morning of tragedy the Thrail kills drove up in front of his store. He went out and said: "Good morn ing. Cousin Morgan. what can I do for you?" The reply was he had come for his pistol. Witness inquir ed what pistol he meant and explain ed that a negro had left one there a day or so before to secure 33 cents obtained. Defendant was told he could get pistol upon payment of amount due. Witnes then seeing defendant in act of drawing gun on him caught it un til shot by younger Thrailkill with pisto!. Mule became frightened and ran off. While witness was going to Cato's store was told :hat Thrailkill was coming with -un and. looking back. uw him frilowing him and try Ing to shoot. Was suffering with wound and unable to leave room. The court ho.use was again pack ed yesterday. and the hear was fear lul throughout the day. Two addi tional witnesses were offered by the state, and the state then rested. By one of these it was shown that after Lecky Burton was shot witness went to dead man's home and delivered a message to Mrs. Burton. Th.e other witness was Mrs. Burton. wife of the dead man, who testified to receiving the message. and then went to her husband, who was sitting in the room nursing the sick baby, and re peated the message to him. Her hus band then left and went down town. About twentv witnesses were of -fered by the defence, but none of these except the defendant and his son, likewise charged with the crime, saw any of the shooting. A string of sixteen witnesses, one after an other, testified to the good reputation of Morgan W. Thrailkill for peace and quiet. and the bad character of the dead man for violence. On cross-examination only three specific acts of violence were enum erated. Brooks 6Cato saw Ben Bur ton, a iew~ years ago. diraw~ a pistol on E. A. Perry when Perry had drawn a knife and was in the attitude of cutting Burton. stating that he would have done as Burton did under sim ilar circumstances. George Thrail kill, a brother of defendant, testified that deceased had cut him on one oc casion when he went where deceased was running a gin. The circum stances of this case were such that Solicitor Nelson had nol prossed it. The third specific charge was testi fied to by a negro, who stated that deceased had shot him, but added on cross-examination that he was to blame, as he was "fixing to strike Mr. Burton with a plow." Morgan W. Thrajilkill. Morgan WV. Thrailkill, the def en dant, then took thestand. H e seemed cool, and was very deliberate in his statements. only warming up a lit tle apparently under Solicitor Thur mond's rigid cross-examination. Was 45 years old. WVen: to Texaz when 22. Remained there 3; years. and then came back to where he was nOw lv ing. Said dead man came to his field early in March *.f this y-ear and madte threats. Nen.r Spo(ke to any- one about it. On day ni killing wvent to Monetta with purpi se c: seeing the teacher abo'ut a litt!-: troub!e. Car riedl a double-barreled Thor gun n his son a pist''i. Had nothing against anybody. Drove in front of Lecky Burton's store and stopped. Lecky came out and after asking what could e (lone for them witlness demanded if him a pistol which he had in pawn irom a negro. Demand re fused. Burton then reached over in witness buggy and grabbed gun. Witness also seized it. Told Burton turn gun lioe. Refused. While lth had hohi of gun his son Clar ence shLt Lecky Burton, )ut :1)t u;i til Burion itirned gun loose with right hand and reached back for a pistd. At Ire (,f pistol mule ran (ti. Checking him. witn-ss turned and droxe back. Got (.ut of buggy near depot with gun. Denied following Lecky Burton or attempting to shoot him while he was running to Steven's store. as testified to by several wit neses for the state. Vent a cross the street to Hartlv's store, and was told by Hartly to go home, as word was being sent to the dead man's house. Remained in store two or three minutes. Then went out to buggy. It was in about fifteen min utes he saw Ben Burton coming with a gun. and didn't have time to leave. as advised by Hartly. Burton was approaching the platform in rear of Stevens' store with gun on the left arm and hat pulled down over eyes, where E. A. Perry was standing. XWitness advanced three or four steps. angling the way Burton was coming. Saw Burton take right hand from pocket. reach around, seize gun, and made attempt to raise it. At this juncture witness raised gun and tired. Shot because he thought deceased was going to shoot him. Then un breeched gun. returned to buggy. came to Saluda and surrendered to the sheriff. Young Thrailkill. Oung Thrailkill corroborat his f.athcr's satm.n ent that deceased was h whiile ma,-king effort to raise n. Denied! shooting at deceas4ed h Ime. denied shooting at dleceased .vhiile on th-: ground. Said pistol .:n: off accidentally in moment of excitement. Did not know which wav bullet wvent. Denied statement of youn- Holston that he bought cartridges at Hartly's store between time Lecky Burton was shot and -n Burton killed. Tn reply the, state put up some wit nesses on reputation of deceased. The opening argument was made on the part of the state by B. WN. Crouch. followed by E. F Strother for the defence. Then came E. L. Asbill for the state, followed by E. S. Blease for the defence. Court then adjourned -until 9.30 o'clock this morning. Today Attorney Gregory made the last of the three arguments for the defence, and Solicitor Thur mond closed for the prosecution. Tnterest in the case has not abated one jot or tittle. The ju'-. have been in charge ot two special constables day and night since they were em Ipanelled. Judge Watts deliv4red a sti'ong charge and the case was given to the jury. Saluda. August 17.-The jury in Thrailkill case rendered a verdict of guilty of murder wvith recomme'.nda tion to mercy, aftebinoutw hours.erbigutto A Fly Killer. WV. XV. 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