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j I O -1- _ gene % I Anythii I l? Q/>In Ill uvti sale ai lets, In es, Rul Loose Paper. i I Founts for the and b< Bette IMaye The ALLEGED ASSAILLANT IS NOT GUILTY, SAYS JURY VERDICT RENDERED SATURDAY BY SPARTANBURG JURY. When Negro Was Arrested Mob Attempted to Blow Down Jail and Deal Out Vengeance. I Spartanburg, Sept. 20.?At 12:15 this afternoon the jury in the Will Fair case returned a verdict of not guilty. The jury had been out since 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon and deliberated on the case all night. It is understood that what detained them so long was that six of the jurors were holding out for a mistrial, wishing to shift the responsibility unrvri anntlipr inrv. fearine. it is SUD posed, public sentiment. | The verdict came as no surprise, as after hearing the evidence it seemed to be a plain case of not guilty. Many witnesses testified that they had seen the negro, Will Fair, pass the woman's house in question and that be <?id not enter. It was shown on the stand tnat tne woman is physically a wreck and subject to hallucinations. When Foreman Joseph Lee announced the verdict the judge <made *he following statement: "Gentlemen, irrvii Viairo >> a rl tno -muTiVinnrl fn _ IX\^ J V/U iiU ? V iiuu ?v pronounce the prisoner not guilty, T oinraend you. Time will prove your ,_ordict was a righteous one In this "ase there was evidence which could -.01 be t:ou?ht into court, but you did J your duty in bringing in a verdict of .irt guilty." It is understood the vote of the jury j -vas unanimous in finding a verdict | nf not guilty. The accused negro, Will Fair, it will I ',e remembered, was charged with as-t ~au!tiug a white woman at White nooT haro A 11 diet 18 anrl o ft or >>01710 aced in jail here the prison was formed by a mob using dynamite but was repulsed by Sheriff White, who "n the early hours of the morning' ?p!rit?*d the negro out of the building ^nd took him to Columbia where he ] 1 . . ^ , 1 C V\ 4- Vn V\ M i ^ 1 /\ MT* ^*? \ :s <.'u i: i;if ijemitMiudiy iui gfP ^eepii'g until the trial should be called. Xeithei the woman who brought the -hnrgo a^i'nst the negro nor her husnnd was i:i the court room when the -nrrHpt wr.s announced. The verdict seems to have met with j t'ie genera1, approval 01 the people. 1 iff and Eve You Need iool Sunnlies. \ id Retail: Pencil ik, Penstaffs, Cc es, Composition I Leaf Notebook The best Self xin Pen in Nev . ?:? nn k. t pntc, ipi.vu, ui 3 convinced. :r Goods at Same M s' Book House of 1,000 Thi 'Spartanburg, Sept. 19.?The jury in the case of Will Fair, the negro tried today on the charge of criminally assaulting a young white woman near White Stone, in this county, on August 18, is still out. The case was given to the jury tMs afternoon at 6 o'clock and at 11 o'clock tonight no word had come from the jury room, and Judge Gage instructed the court's officers to keep the jury locked up until morning. HPVi/s friol rvf fh a nntrrri tl*oc 'hocnn of liiV/ ti XUi VJL tlXU UV/51 U " UU K/ V* 11 fc*v 11 o'clock this morning with a court roonrthat had been cleared of all persons who could not be given seats, as quiet and orderly as might be the case were the civil instead of the criminal docket was being cleared. The corridors of the court house were r?r? r\ti*r} art Knf of r> r\ timn tito c f Vi nr* n | v/w ugU) uui* a. l li. \j ?? wo tuuiv the slightest demonstration against the negro, who was carried through them three times during the day. Ably Represented. The negro was represented by C. P. n J J T? Tr ? ~ t 4-V* r\ oaixutris axxu xv. xv. vaxsuxx, iwu ui luc oldest and most able members ofthe local bar, while Solicitor Kill was as' sisted in the prosecution by C. P. I Sims. Messrs. Sanders and Carson i | had prepared their case thoroughly and so ably presented tne detense tnai few in the court room when the case was given to the jury expected the 12 men to be in the jury room more than a few moments. There were two incidents that 1 served to create this impression. The | first was the jury's statement that it j j did not care to visit in person the j scene of the alleged assault, and the } second was the decision, when all the , evidence was in, that the members did not care to hear arguments in the case. So the case was submitted without nr<nimpn1- on pither side, but with a charge from .Judge Gage that was interpreted by many as most favorable to the negro. , The prosecution depends entirely upon the testimony of the woman. She told on the witness stand the story of the assault as given to her husband and to the officers on the day the deed was reported. She was given the utmost consideration by the coun sel for the negro and was not cross| examined at any length. | Many witnesses testified that Will I Fair was in that vicinitv that rn'otnj ing and that he did pass the home of j the young woman. His movements ! worp traord throughout the day un til his arrest. Necrro on Stand. Fair was put on the stand and made a good witness. His story fitted into plies iL: l! xyuiuig Vhole s,Tab mpas Books, s, Box filling vherry I Iy uiic 1 nnpv V11VJ Store ngs II IHBnHBHHHnW the testimony of all the other Tvit nesses. vvnen asKea tne airect ques-1 tion whether he had entered the hor.:e i of the young woman he replied: "No sir, boss, I ain't the man." Will Fair was employed at WcII-or.! on the works of the interurban railroad. His home was near White iStone and on Saturday night, before i.1- - J T~ me lvioiiuay uii wmuu luc assault. alleged to have been committed, he agreed to meet two of his negro neighbors at White Stone Mcnday morning and accompany them to We'llford, where he had told them they could get better wages than they were making in Spartanburg. On Monday morning he was late in reaching White Stone and missed the train. The two negroes who were to accompany him caught the xrain. Having missed the train at Weliford, the negro turned across the country about three miles to Glendale to catch a street car. In this journey he passed the home of the young woman and according to his account he} aici see me young wuxucm auu ivuc?i that she was coming down the road back of him, but he never stopped nor looked around, pushing on to Glendale. At Glendale he had some time to wait for his car and while there bought a watermelon and ate it. He was there when -parties rode into the j village and announced that the :rime had been committed. He heard of it, and remained near the crowc'. that was discussing the matter until his car came which he boarded and came to this city where he went to the | Southern railway station and bDught! his ticket to Well ford to join the ne-1 IX Tin. Ji . Hi. TT - I groes ne miFsea ai wnue sione. ne was in the waiting room when taken j by the police. j Possibly the strongest testimony in I the negro's behalf was given by Dr. | W. B. Lancaster, who testified as to j the young woman's condition. He said ! there was not a mark of violence upon j her person. Dr. L. J. Blake, of this city was put on the stand as an expert and testified that it was possible for young women in the condition this young woman was at the time the assault is alleged to have been commit- i ted to suffer such an hallucination.' The young woman testified That she j had been in ill health and subject to ' fainting spells. 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