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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.
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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,
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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 ]
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\ :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
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'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
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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
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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
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| 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
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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
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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
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groes ne miFsea ai wnue sione. ne
was in the waiting room when taken j
by the police.
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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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W. G. Peterson,
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night in Klettner's hall, at 8
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I. H. Campsen,
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