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S.v7 17 U ")- ,C FRO RL a.: 19040 QUICK-ICQUITTIL FOR E. S. BLEASE HE SENATOR FROM SALUDA 30XONRATEDVBY JURY. The Trial Tok But One Day-The e Defendant 0wooned'as He Left ( the Staid, After Telling His A Dramatic Story.' The State. . Sa luda April 10.-When eourt wam I ,alled this morning a rush was made i to the court room, and soon every i available seat was occupied, and the f siqles were. filled. It was known that the case against 4 Eugene S. Blease, charged with the I murder of Soo Ben Coleman on the streets of Saluda, in September last, V 4ould be called for trial. The defend- t Ant, accompanied by his attorneys, by *his aged mother, by his sister, Mrs. .Zison and by his brothers, Cannon I and Cole, and by his little seven-year 1d lughter, an only child, Saluda I reached the courtroom in a few ' uside the bar sat Mr. G, W. Cole- 1 0, Sr., the .aged father of. Soe Ben f Coleman, 'While narby was . is rother, William Coleman, and hig I Insmen, M. A. Coleman, W. L. Cole- i an, I. W. Coleman and others. I At the request of Solicitor Cooper udge Prince granted a half-hour in A 6-ich to allow Mr. T. S. Sease, coun- t a for thep rosecution, to arrive. He i eached Saluda promptly at 10 1 fclock, and after a few minutes of 1 nsultation with Solicitor Cooper, he State announced. k'ady. Mr. f lease was immediately 'arraigned, d i eathly stillness pervsding the court- i oom during the arraignment. With t mphasis and with a steady. voice, the ,t risono- answer gd,.''I an not ,g1il- .1 i.*HoWiiydu,"te. ied I ' ask-' Ay," as the answeV, 'in i firm' Aud I istinct' voice. The. following jury I as then placed in charge of the case : t P. Shealy, A. H. Stephens,. George -1 Long, R. B. Bouknight, B. D. t opard, B. J. Waits, W. D. Holston, R.. Quarles, J. A. Bledsoe, J. L., 'gsby, A. B. Hallman, J. P. Bodie. The State exhausted its challenges. efendant made four objections. The lection of a jury consumeA just 20 inutes. a I All of the jurors are maried men. I D. Leopard is the oldest member the panel, and the only one above < 0. Mr.. J. -P. Bodie was appointed oreman. The following are the unsel in the case: For the prosecu on, Solicitor Cooper and Mr.. T. S. ease, of Spartanburg; for the de nse: Messrs' J. William Thurmond, 0. Evans, C. J. Ramage, E. W. ble, -Daniel & Dakiel and B. W. I rouch. Dr. J. J. Kirksey, who held the ost mortem examination; was the rat witness sworn. He testified as othe entry and direction of the ounds.' One would in the right side, nd another in the shoulder. Bullets enetrated the hings. Wounds caus d death. On cross-examination that the wife of Joe Ben Coleman ad long illnes at Blease's home and ied theree ..lease and olman mar ed- jst .Whe retiti'oa-fColmanl 'id ''lease was th6 closest I' ever new not to be brothers.' Soon after soting, witness reached the. deceas-, d, andi deceased said, ''Doctor, he as killed me-has shot me through he bowels.'' Deceased was con cious up to a short time before death. he. State objected to the inquiryv as 'whether 'the decessed at any time dde any.jststem~ent about the cause heshooting. The objection was erue, nd itnes said deceased qev alluted to .ie' cause of the' oting, 1e only said, ''Doe, go out ~et him an let him come iind fin I wish he hbdi killed' me on and kept si out of'this suf ngColemnu knew IMrs. Blease d mrpliine dud Colemati knew ~ iae obetdfdl treated Mrs. ouas fi~ a number og ears. ' ob-. ~ Wtnqs t fp that the use ithe heI iontradthig'. the, morphine ,i"bits lease appeared not tj like my mak n such as tatemnent., 'Co)6nan knewI 1f ,py making the ptateni4,,. which as six m6ihths' before'- iie1iomiN"Ide'. C. C. Mathis testified to hearing tho h1ts, saw Coleman fall 'at the cor ker of Smith Brothers' store; did iot ee Blease at the time. Deceased Yell on his back as he turned the corner vent around Coleman and fired twice it deceased. At 'the same time Cole nah pulled something from his pants >ocket and present hand-so (indica ing), and then thiew it. Very small veapoiX Coleman had. Tw6 reports it first, said witness, and I think our more. Pointed weapon at Blease. temember nothing said.' Too far 'to listinguish statements. R-eard Blease; ell sheriff few minutes afterwards, 'Com.e h6re, sheriff; I am ready to ,ive up.'" Did not see deceased when he first shots were fired. . The Principal Eye-Witness. H. 0. Crouch, who is a brother-in aw of both deponent and deceased, ining ,maifried a sister of Mrs. 3oase,nd 'Mrs, Coleman, testified pa o seeing Blease on afternooi of trag idy. .Soon saw something was wrong vith defendant from expression on ace. Witness inquired if d6fendant vas drunk. Answere4 in negative. )efendatit then .inquired if witnes vas a friend to him, and whether a oetter friend to him than to'.Joe Ben oleman. Defendant thei t4d me his vife ha,d made confession of her in imacy with Joe 1en Coleman-. Told vitness that defendant's suspicions vere aroused months ago ond he had orought the matter to Mrs. Blease's ittention. She denied-All. 'Deponent arther told me of finding a note ih vife's bedroom reading,, "Pear Lu ie: I cannot g,t you any more of hat stuff. You know I would do any Iing 'I could for you.' Deceased 's iame ;as signed to note. Defendant t,atd. .h,t he l1ad gope t6. Coleman ilid: told- him '?fA heote aind that.if c 'wantted .4udie'to take her and,go. efendant had whiskey and stated o witness that it had no effect on iim, that he had .4runk a quart a day rying to 'drown, trouble. Witness insisted.that defendant not lo anything rash. Blease was raging it. times like a wild man. At other ;imes was quiet. Defendant told vitness that he would take his wife nto his home but not as maji ahd vife, -provided she would never speak o Joe Ben. Defendant asked witness, 'If I kill Joe Ben will you help me >nt''" Witness urged him not to do inything rash. When witness reached store of Joe' Ben, he saw deceased and defendant talking.- Blease said, "Joe Ben, I nen' what I said. If you don't leave md never come back I'll kill you.'' Doleman then said, "'Rather than take life or lose life I'll leave, but I will iot leave tonight.''. -Blease asked. de eased if he was armed and pulled out amall Derringer and tlrew it lown to Joe Ben, and put his h'onds in pioeket.. Defendant became 4exeited, wild and was raging. Witness caught tletendant and told Coleman to run. Thought Coleman gone and . turned Bloase loose., Defendant reached door and shot once, then advanced and shot again. Colempi'i turned corner of Bnii.th: Bros. Bloase shot at Coleman on ground two or three times and threwv pistol down, saying, ''I shot hila about my wife.'' The Derringers were exhibited to witness, and identified and condi tion of themn described, it appearing that Coleman had one of them. Thii one showed loaded cartridge and that it had been snapped on but not ex ploded.. 'The Colts magazine pistol' used by Mr. Blease was exhibited and ildenti (led by 'WM iG Tt is air awkward shaped longn affair. Deceased had three children. He did not say he could niot leave on ac count of his children. Thes.e children are from three to about seven years of age. '1 Rey; J.' A. Careon alsQ noticed som'e thing unusual in defendant 's appear ancie when he saw him in store just before thme shooting. Described man nier of shooting and said defendant ran sa4r OComan. He realled nothing that d6fendant' or deefased "aid at time of or . after~ the shootitig. Did 'iot. see Coleraan drswv pistol. WNe %bout 00 yards away at time of shoo4 ing. Saw Colemiap on ground. *it less uptioed: leise. more particularly than, he did Coeman. Did not see'e ginning of diffleutty. D. N. Smith's testimony developed 11othing new. Saw Coleman pas my 5tore door runiing or walking rapid ly. Blease followed anSI shot at de eased twice after he fell. Coleman's right side was towat'ds Blease while iai ground an# head against the brick wall. Found Derringer Qn sidewalt near Coleman after shooting. Blease looked wild. Paid no attention to me. .Tatrwer of Mrs. Blese. After examining M'r. Ralph Grant, the State had Mr. J. W. Herbert, fa ther of Mrs. Blease, put on the stand. He is probably 65 years of age, and a man of coinmanding appearance though modest and very reticent. The oasual observer could notice that 1e labored under deep feeling but held himself!unider complete centrol. Mr. Heibert, testified that -Aii daughter, Mrs. Blease, made in his presence to her husband, a full con fession of her intimacy with Joe Ben Coleman. Mr. Herbert said that this confession was made at his home and that it was not extorted by threats or any other compulsion. Mr. Humphreys testified merely to the fact that he was with.the deceas ed nearly all of the time after he was shot until he died. Coleman stated to, him that hq didn't think 'Eugene would have shqt him. Coleipan real ized that he was going to die.. The only wittiesses for the defense, were: H. C. White u'nd the defenl. ant,'E. S. Blease. White testified to. wildness of manner ana -'appearance of Blease at time of the shooting.. No more dramatic scene has ever been witnesses in a court house than when 1ugeip S. Blease told in tears and sobs of his friendhip and love for Joc Beii Coleman, their associa tions fot niany years; his exertions'U) secure Colnian a position and thbn of the ruin of his home and the ap palling weight of shame and dishon or the information of. his wife's in fidelity brought him. At the conclu sion of this dramatic scene the.situa tion was rendered even more dra matic when the defendant swooned as lie was leaving the stand and became limp as death. He had to be carried to the jury room, where hie remained during the entire -time of the argu ments, attended by his physician. The argument was opened by So licitor Sease for the State. He was followed for the def6iise by Messrs. B. B. Evaing, B. W. Crouch, N. G. E7vans and 'J, W. Thurmond. Solie itor Cooper closed for the State. The argument. consimed five hours at the conclusion of Afich Judge Prince de liv?rgenthe ehdmie to the jury. It waifter eight o'clock when the jury retired and after supper was served to them, they returned to the court room at 9:30 o'clock with a verdict of not guilty. Dots .From St. 'Philip's. St. Philip's, April 13, 1900. Several pof our farmers are through planting corn. St. Philip's selhool,:which is taught by Miss Essie Pearson, closes today. Miss Essie 'is one-fE.the best. tegeh e.rs that we ever hiad and N. loph that the trustees will eleit 'herligain. She will present those on the honor roll with a nice book. I am glad to know that. the people ate taking more int,rpst p fruit trcee as there are sevejIka of onr'neighiborn who have purchased' a lot of tres for their orchard. Mr. G. 'W. Hill is going 'to bore a wvell foi' Mr. W. L. Kibler, which wvill add much to tile comfort of his home. Mrs. IAzzie teWalt has returned hoine, after a visit to Mr. and Mrs. James KCibler. Miss Ethel Clintoh from Newberry9 college spent Satiurday aid Sunday with"her ,aunt, Mrs. W. B. Kinard. Mrs. Josephine. ,1igh de ;v isiting at the homne of Mfr.4W B, orniink. 'iss ithel Halfaere is visiting her sister) Mrs. Go WsSetaler, of Ponmaria. , .~ , Wade. Some men are b:jotteighted they Woulint be Wjjito pay,the inheri tance ta i4ly~ the dbnce. 01SO" WINTS. EIGHT IUNDREI W SPEND $25,000 ON EREO tION ANOTHEI DOXMITORY. ibjiovei'ents to be Made--entra Ueatng and 'wer Plant to Be Brected at 00st of About $30,000-Increased Revenue. T p tate. It 's the purpose of the trustees o: Qidi4on college to increase the ca 0ioity of that institution so that a th9 o,enjig of the term iiext Septem ber the Aehol will accommodate 80( di 85 boys. The board of trustees a th6 'teeting 'yestekday decided upoi th .xpenditure of about $70,000 t( siope this additional equipment. SThe following were present at th( r'eting: R. W. Simpson, chairman W. -D. Evans, of Cheraw, Dr. J. E Tindal of Summerton, J. E. Wanna mak6r of St. Matthews, B. R. Tillmai of Trenton, G. D. Bellinger of Co limbia, M. L. Donaldson of Green ville; Ivy M. M1auldin of Pickens Alan Johnstone of Newberry and 1R l, iowen of Pickens. The absentee were: Mr. J. E. Bradley of Abbevilk who is very sick, and Mr. W. K. Seas of Newberry, who has sickness in hi family. tol. 'W. D. Evans, Dr. Tindal ani Mr, Wannamaker, who were in Co lumabia last night, gave the State som i!nterestig information. The dormi tory, equipment will be enlarged t a.conmodate 200 boys additional t h'e'(060 now in attendance. This ii not.td exceed $30,000 in cost and thi details are left with thed executiv committee, Messrs. Donaldson, Tit dal, Bradley, Johnstone and Bowen. 'Anqther important step was the d< eisioifof the board to concentrate tb hdMidd nd pwer-plats. Thles have'beet scattered, and . are no barely adequate. Some of the boi ers have been in use for 15 years. I was decided to build a central powe plant at a cost of $25,000 in additim to using the available'material. Thi work also will be under the manag ment[ of the executive committee. An act of the last legislature re quires the inspection of cotton see meal used for foodstuff. This ii creases the amount of privilege ta and also increases the -work exacte of the department. Therefore t: board has decided to erect an add tional building at a cost of betwec $5,000 and $6,000. The entire fert lizer inspection plant will be remoye from the chemical laboratory. Ti committee in charge of this work the regular fertilizer committee, J. I Tindal, J. E. Waunamaker, W. I Evans, G. Duncan Bellinger and B. I Tillman. The trustees were much lplease withI the general wvork of the institia tion. The class room work iss exce lent and the deportment and -disi1 line exemplary. The wvork of Cap Clay of the. United States army, til commandant of the institution, wi highly commended. A beautifuf~ state flag was pu chased by the trustees recently at wtis.pr'ofnted: to the regiment on tl p)araddegrounds yesterday afternioo This i&a-blue flag wvith the white pa met to tree and crescent emblazont thlereoni. It is also stated that the collet now has a teaching force adlequate f< a school of 1,000 young men. Trhereo room in every department for il creased attendance and the new do mitory is all that will be neededi the way of space. SThere are 250.sboys in the agriceu tural department..v.The building < the agricultural hall and the requhr ment that the study of agriculturq 1 a part of the regular curriculum hi given new interest to this departmeni The Southern Cotton association work and. the revival of interest farm work 'has also helped a grel deal. In the mechanical departmem every member of the graduating cla already has .profitable employme1 promised 'and there' are not enous men to, fill the vacancies offered. Under the recent aet of congro the Adamne fund, snnnlementary the Hati .fund, will give the experi- lutte, ment station $7,000 for experimental oveti research. Next year this will be in- er's creased to $9,000 and each ye.ar there- less after it .will be increased by $2,000 poss until 1010, when the appropriation the will be $15,000. From that time it- the will remain a fixed amount. Clemson Said L now gets $15,000 froln the Hatch to ti fund for the experinment station and " $12,000 from the Morrill fund. The drin additional $7,000 this y6ar will be ap- B preciated on account of the improve- deai ments to be made. The principal thril source of revenue for the college Is thir the privilege tax on fertilizers which livei - this year 'vill show an increase of glig $25,000 over last year. The figures for the laet few years from this tax M are: 1 1903,$98,909.40. 1904-$118,974.15. A 1905-4130,439.53. B 1906-$140,797.29. prot The current year shows an increase nece of $10,000 to date over the entire re- goo( ceipts of the whole of 1905. The ap- way - propriation for the University of resi: 1 South Carolina, the Citadel and Win- mal - throp would not equal- the amount podi - which Clemson receives in a year of ; , from the "tag tax.'' lion The board has not yet settled the Nial c claim for damages from farmers on lowl adjoining estates who claim that the of 3 dam that the college authorities built mul 3 on the Seneca river damaged other XP" fartms with back water. thei Usu C-RQSSING THE DESERT. T of t Six Newberry Tyros Initiated. Coll mee The nobles of the Oasis Shrine of for< the Carolinas held their spring con- forr clave in Columbia Tuesday nigt. One tion hundred and ten candidates were fom initiated. Among the tyros initiated en were: Governor D. C. Heyward, of amt South Carolina and Lieutenant Gov- old e ern'or Winston of North Carolina, and thei e thd following. Newberrians, Messrs. drii v J. Y. McFall, H. H. Rikard, Jas. P. tioll Wilson, E. E. Williamson, H. T. Can t non, and J. C. Duncan. Among the r nobles: Hon. G. S. Mower, Messrs. r A. C. Jones, F. H. Dominick, Harry , s )ominick, J. G. Daniels and A. J. S.i. Langford, of Ne,wberry, and J. L. son Wise and Dr. 0. Y. Hunter of Pros- whi I)erity. sai. The following from the Augusta Chronicle with relation to last night's r X conclave is interesting by reason of by d the fact that a Newberry boy on the the e staff of that paper is credited here as and its author: ()o On Wednesday next, 11th inst., the her Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, Oasis, one d temple, Charlotte, N. C., will hold a' ani convocation at Columbia, S. C., which cli s about fifteen Augusta Shriners will I attend. tha In more than one res)cct this Con- Cer vocation gives promise of being re- is I corded as a red-letter day in the his- teh tory of the order. Word has gone out the that 125 weary pilgrims will cross the bu: huot sands of the desert on this mem- eas Sorable occasion, and hosts of nobles cal 'from all over tile two Carolinas, as whi e wvell as the brother Shriners from av bs Georgia, will be on hand to see them the safe across tIhe dreary waste. hoeu Governors Glenni and Heyward, to Schief executives o~f the two sister e states respectively, both enthlusistic ti 1candidates, will >travbi haild-Ii-hand wVo withith cai'avan. a aI . Years ago there occurred a mome:gt- 1ng ens event in the'history of the Care- all e lins-a -eircumustanee perhaps better bri r known to tile great American masses ph< s than even tile story of George Wash i- ington 's disastrous venture in the ( r- lumber business, an episode emblazon- Poc ni ed in woerds of fire upon the brighlest be: pages of our country's annals, and fre Sdestined to go. sounding down the wh: ,countless ages until tile glorious ma lighlt of Anglo-Saxon' supremacy hlill shball b)e but as the dim flicker of a sma lightning buIg's tail on ft foggy even- wri t. ing in a wet June. On this well- re- Old .menibered occasion immortal words He twere uttered, before which the elo- he it quence of Patrick Henry is stricken Dr t with tile death for which lhe asked in do a preference to bondage, and in corn- old tparison withl which the flowing e- an hi quence of Demonthenes seems due to bei the attempted mastication of a Balti- it more cobble-stone rather tlian .a peb- Sp ble Th orsthnspnanosl u red are echoed, in a certain sense, by the hungry babe at its moth breast, and are quoted more or. correctly on all possible or im ible occasions by a majority of male population of "the land of free and the home of the brave." I tie.governor of North Carolink te governor of South Carolina: It's a d------d long time between ks.'' reathes there a man with soul so I that lie has never in all his life lIed with sympathy for those two sty executives? If such a one i let him pray the prayer of Kip 's British Soldier: Ship me somewhere east of Sues 'here a man can raise a thirst, 'here there ain't no ten.command ments nd the best is like the worst." ut the same old thirst seems to be ty. widely acquired, without the I of a trip to the Orient. It Is a I deal like the poor who are "al a with us.'' It is fortunately no >ector of persons 'or classes, and es its abiding place with rich and r alike. Mount on the golden wings %raft to the palaces of multimil aires where champagne flows like Zara: it is there. Descend to the .y hut of the South Carolina son Ham who sells another man's e and spends the money for "Fust at the state Grog-shop: it Is e. You can't get away from it. ally you don't want to. his is not the least off the subject he convocation of the Shriners at Limbia next week. For at this ting will be wrapped in oblivion ver the portentious remark re ed to above. If the merry tradi 8 of the Mystic Shriners are Ided on verity, the present gov >r of North Carolina will have to mnd the saying attributed to the governor, and if on this occasiol r0 is any time at all between iks it will be p pow'fnl 81)all.fre t of an undeigrowin m1inute. The Telephone Girl. Birmingham Age-Herald. While it is. possible the teleplhone has hter faults, she does not d e all the adverse criticism to cli she is some times subjected," I an old telephone mal yesterday. It is of course trying to be inter ted in tile midst of a conversation having the line 'cut in on,' getting wrong connection, bad connections I all those little thinilys that try '. patience, but we shiould reniem that the telephone girl, like every else, is liable to make mistakes I that all tile troubles are not rgeable to her. 'or instance, it is often charged t the telephone girl claims that a tain line you want is busy when it lot. Now, as a matter of fact, the 3phone girl can more easily give desired connection than report it iy. Making the connection is an y matter and if you notice, when ling for a number you can tell ether she has made an effort to e you the number you want. If niumber you call is busy you will r a distinct rattle as she attempts join the linies. 'Tile telephone operator has many ngs to try hecr. ierves and it is a saler she is really as good natured she is. The position being so try it is absolutely impossible to avoid the annoying little things that ng abuse On the head of the tele me girl.'' jolonel Holden, of the Fort Gibson it, who sympathizes with every ly in hard luck, printed this letter m Rtichmard Benge, a Cherokee, ose pack of trail hounds has often de mitsic among the port Gibson ls: ''Wijl you pleasQ let mehave a all space in your paper? I won't ite much. I just want to tell you 'Drum,' py good old dog, is dead. died of Fdon 't know what-only just sick and died. Poor old um is dead and.gone where all good is go. I feel sorter lonseome since iDrum died, for I've only old Spot a Mimes left. Old Drum was the it. When lhe barked, you knowed was a 'possum or .a coon. Old ot is all right, but he won't bark, at wagrs his tait.