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KENNETH GOSSETT ' 1 ACCUSED ON STAND h j' Alleged Victim Says He Threatened t To Kill Her?Companion of . r Prosecutrix Declares John A Gossett Very Considerate. * ? ; News and Courier. 1" Abbeville. April 8.?Amid sob? and ( tfViw.ii \va<; h;irdlv audible } Hi vuac ?nnu a few feet from her, the prosecu- v xrix in the case against Kenneth and s John Gossett, accused of criminal c assault, acknowledged under cross- f examination here today that she sub- t mitted, because she was in fear of a ; her life, as Kenneth Gossett had r threatened to kill her. Her com- 5 panion. who took the automobile ride t ^ with her and the two Gossett boys r i testified that John Gos-' J VSil ?UU1V1> Hn sett, at no time attempted to get her t WB to leave the automobile, where it was > stopped four miles from Abbeville ] W 'on a lonely country road, but that on f f .^he contrary she loft it of her own \ volition and that John Gossett was considerate of her feelings. The theory on which this young man was neid was that, as he was in conspir- ( racy with Kenneth Gossett and lured this girl away from the automobile in < order that Kenneth Gossett might . \rl-nYh he IS 1 commit tne crime vi j^T accused. W The testimony of the prosecutrix was contradictory to that given at c the preliminary hearings, as pointed ? out by the defense, in that she testi- \ tfed then that sh? was unconscious' c and could not swear that she was t criminally assualted, but today swore i that she knew everything that Ken- c neth Gossett did to her and that she I p was assaulted twice. ^ Hard Fight For Jury. . 1 The defense put up a hard fight r on the drawing of a jury today, and r l. almost two panels were exhausted be- s J ffore the twelve men were secureu. The last man was taken after both v ! the state and the defense had ex- * hausted their challenges. The jury is composed of married men except one, * and their average age is about thirty- * rtwo years. ? : S The personnel is: T. M. Cheatham, c local oil mill superintendent, fore- u man; J. E. Mundy, farmer; G. E. * Link, farmer: J. A. Ramey, merchant; 1 J. H. Shaw, farmer; C. M. Kay, far- e mer: Paul Link, farmer; J. T. Gil- a bert, merchant; L. G. Botts, black- s h ;smith; J. W. Little, employe local 1 utilities company; C. A. ,<5rnith, car- ^ penter, and the last juror drawn is * the unmarried man in the panel. i * The composure of the two aefend - j -j ic *'A At I ^nts in the couri loaav WitS VVIidiuered remarkable, neither seemed to be in the least nervous. M. T. Gos-' * sett and Mrs. Gossett, father and * mother of Kenneth Gossett, and a sister of the youths were in the court v room today; so was Dolph Gossett, s rather of John Gossett. The prose- ' eutrix and her companion were ac- 3 companied by many members of their * families, of both sexes. This after- v } noon, during the grueling cross- F examination of the prosecutrix, who v remained on the stand for one hour ^ and thirty-five minutes, facing a * crowded court room, her mother v 7 fainted and medical assistance had to ? be given her. The girl sobbed r throughout her testimony and exami- J3 ration and hid her face behind a big 1 ." draping hat and her handkerchief. a Reiterate Accounts. c The two girl witnesses substantially reiterated previous accounts of their automobile ride. However, the g companion of the prosecutrix testi- f " "fied that she spoke first to the Gossett boys just before they picked her up ostensibly for a ride to the church, c She said that after they had passed j the church she asked them three j times to tura around before they ? reached the bridge where the auto- ( mobile stopped, but she was not' ^ angry until this halt was made. ! ( The prosecutrix, haltingly atid en-;j couraged by prompting, told of inti-* j s mate circumstances surrounding the j. ^ alleged assault upon her, in these de- c tails she was substantiated by her companion. j r There was one strong bit of con- c ^ tradictory evidence between the prosecutrix and her companion. The j .prosecutrix told how. when she found ? she was in danger, she called her \ companion,- who had gone down the road, and her companion averred that f she did not hear this call. The c prosecutrix likewise testified that } when John Gossett and the other girl f ^ot out of the car. the latter to walk home, she was in a fainting condi-',] tion, due to spells to which she is ^ * subject, and she told both John Gos- i sett and the other girl about this, but: r that both walked off xnd neither at-'t tempted to assist her. The other 0 girl said that the prosecutrix was in a an extremely nervous condition. j c The prosecutrix admitted that she n was in bodily pain and very weak f and exhausted when the car was f turned around and came back to t Abbeville at a high rate of speed, but } on cross-examination she admitted ,J that she walked at least a mile to her c home after reaching Abbeville, came back in an automobile with her; n other, did not retire until beyond 11 icr usual hour that night and did not; c eceive medical attention other than I ( hat administered at home, until the ' J iext morning. i I iff* Threatened. She Says. ] The allegation of the prosecutrix ! hat Kenneth (lossett had threatened \ ler life is she called out to John i iossett and the other girl after they 1 md left the automobile, and that it i cas that threat which caused her to -< ubruit, was brought out on cross-. ( xamination by Proctor A. Bonham, t or the defense, and was the first i ime that anv such allegation has ^ i ippeared in the record of the case, jr J. Olin Sanders, sheriff of Ander-. on County, told of the identitica ion of the Gossett boys by the two j < * ' ni. U : 4 drls and testified that aitnoug-n; i venneth Gossett denied that he had! < i ommitted crime on the prosecutrix, (1 te inferentially implied that he had ( aid his hands on her, Parts of his^ estimonV Were substantiated by J.; j >V. Clamp, his deputy. j Court Room Jammed. j < Court convened at 10 o'clock and : i udge Sense immediately ordered the < I oors opened to admit spectators, who , 1 vere jammed and wedged on the out- i ide. It was as if a dam had broken ( ?a stream of humanity poured s hrough and quickly filled the seats < nd compacted in the aisles. j; Judge Sease ordered the aisles, < leared and all who could not tret i eats to leave the court room. Then,;* vhen there was no move made to < >bev his orders, he exclaimed: "Clear i ] i hese aisles, you! You who are look-, ng at me, I mean, have to get a seat! i >r get out. Sheriff, clear the aisles, j f they can't get a seat make them j ret ou\;." Sheriff Burts and his dep-:( ities began clearing the aisles and 1 nany were forced to leave the court J oom. but approximately one hundred < tood in the rear. . ] XX ^ ^ T aU v% "L am nf U riACCotf 1 VV /It*II juim diiu nciinciu uuMcit vere brought into the court room ' hey were placed in an frtcove in the < tar of court and were invisible to i he spectators. They were arraigned , 1 :t 10:10 o'clock and both pleaded not ;uilty, Kenneth Gossett in clear, resonant voice, and John Gossett hi an < mdertone. The father and mother of. Cenneth Gossett were in the court, oom. Both boys were neatly dress-, d in greenish brown suits. Neither; ppeared to be nervous. As they I tood in the dock they appeared to! c ?e nothing but lads just out * of ( nickerbockers. The younger boy, i Kenneth, appeared to weigh about' 10 pounds, and his cousin, John, ? hmtt tpn nnnnds heavier. Both have lear cut, intelligent features. J i The defense, before the drawing of! he jury, interposed the same objec-! ions which were made during the,( rst three days of the trial. They i /ore overruled, but noted by the Is tenographer. The defense by these | 1 actics is laying the foundation fori! n appeal should the case go against j J heir clients, it is believed. All the ( enire, thirty-three in number, were , 1 ilaced on their voir dire. The state 1 t*as allowed five challenges and the j ^ [efense twenty. The state exhausted j' our of its objections on the first.] enire and the defense thirteen.;s udge Sease set aside six of the ve- js lire for cause, principally because 1 ?f relationship, and three temporar- j 1 ly. Seven jurors were sworn when ;1 i recess was taken at noon until 2:30 ,1 'clock, in order that the new venire j1 if thirty names drawn in open court j ' night be summoned. j' First Juror Excused. W. A. King, a farmer, married, the ' .i . i, irst venireman, was excused Dy me ; i ourt. - i 1 Of the first venire panel, M. G. j Jherard, Walter B. Wilson, J. C. W. ! ?owe!l, Q. W. Sims, R. C. Parnell, R.! X. H. Purdy, T. 0. Price, D. E. Nick- j i ils, Earl Murdock, W. J. Milford and j1 ). T. Bradberry were objected to by J he defense. Practically all of them j' >n their voir dire admitted that they iad either read or discussed the case, j 1 :ome of them forming an opinion | >ut all claimed that they would be j < 1 i roverned by the weight of the evi-!! lence attd the law. "They are far-, < ners and all married, living jn van- j ?us parts of Abbeville county. C. Lamar Richej, a bookkeeper of' Abbeville, single, hnu R. S. Ellis, a ' alesman of Abbeville, were objected o by the defense. 11 The state objected to R. B. Talbot, j1 armer, married; C. L. Bowen, mer- < hant of Lowndesville, single; W. B. 11 lill, farmer, married, and J. J. Hill,! < armer, single. {< Judge Sease excused J. F. Gray, > . A. Ramey. C. C. Kay and W. J. < IcKee, all farmers and married. ^ 'hey were objected to on account of < elationship except Mr. Gray, who j t estified that he had formed such an j 1 pinion of the case that it would take greater weight of the evidence to ( onvince him of the defendant's intocence than it would if he had not ormed this opinion. W. A. King. I armer, married; Carl McCurry, coton mill operative, married; Gene lartin, insurance agent, single, and 0. Cann. farmer, married, were r xcused by the court because of reationship. 1 \V. E). Wilson, a merchant uf Ab- > Seville, married, excused by the ;-ourt because he testified on crossexamination by tlie defense that he lad stated shortly after the commission of tiie alleged crime that the )Vrpetrators if guilty, should be ynched. Jud^e Sease requested him o make a statement to clear himself n tlie eyes of the community. Mr. * * ' 1 " 1 ? - 1 - i.1. . ..i... A. .. u Hsoii s; Kl inai ne maue une ^iau-vor.i i:j l ie heat, of passion, when he ,vas labo.ing under the indignation mused by the enormity of the at:empted crime, but if a lynching were ittempted in Abbeville county now he would be one of the iirst to try to ire vent it. Extra Venire Required. When the court reconvened at 2:30 >'clock there was an extra venire of :wenty-tv;o present out of which *}o-htopn had been exhausted before he jury was completed at 3:30 /clock, making a total of fifty-one reniremen examined during the forenoon and the afternoon. * . Of this panel the defense objected ;o C. F. Graves, lumberman, married; J. B. Green, farmer and merchant, married; R. W. Adams, salesman, married; R. 1. Edwards, carpen er, married; W. H. Busby, textile operative, married; W. L. Powers, salesman, married, while the state 1 J m n ? !)0jeere? 10 J. l. Oimiliuns, u laimvy ind merchant, married. The court excused T. M. Miller, salesman, marked; W. T. Cason, a special deputy ruardinjr the prisoners, married; R. Gt. firman, salesman, married and M. B. Canr, salesman, married. After the completition of the jury :he court went into the testimony, the :Tr~t w^'ness for the State being the prosecutrix. J. Olin Sanders, sheriff )f Ande:*son county, and his deputy. \\\ A. Clamp, also testified. The last witness wrts the girl automooue companion of the prosecutrix, who lad just completed her testimony ,vhen the court adjourned at 7 o'clock o meet again in the morning at 9:30 j'clock. VIORE SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED BY Y. M. C. A. ^ommitiee Meets in Columbia and Distributes $7,506?S. C. Colleges *. ?i - . J rtwaraeu. Scholarships ivere awarded by the" National Young Men's Christian Association through its South Carolina ommittee at Columbia last week as :ollows: Forty-five collegiate scholarships imounting to $4,585. Fifty-three general scholarships imounting to $2,921. Total, $7,506. This takes up all the remaining i 1 :ollcgiaie scholarships ana aiso an additional allotment made to the state of $3,000 to take care of the arge number of ex-service men strugrling through the various colleges to ret their degrees since the war. The ?ollegiate scholarships were divided proportionately among the colleges and between the two races, and the Following received awardc; Clemson, College of Charl eston, Erskine, Furnan, Presbyterian, Citadel, University of South Carolina, WofFord and several outside of the state, as follows: Emory University, George:own College, Kentucky, Lincoln TT * JL University, Princeton university, University of Chicago, University of Boston, in all of which there are South Carolina boys finishing their education. The general scholarships are for academic work, that is all not collegiate, and were distributed among the following schools: Atlanta Southern Dental College, Atlanta; Automobile College, Nashville; Benedict College; Berea College, Berea, Ky.; Cecil's Business College; Extension Division United - - " ' -1- /rt/vr_ Y. M. (J. A. scnoois, XNtSW 1 Via y vvj. respondence courses); Friendship College, Rock Hill; Morris College, Sumter; Bodee Medical Schools, New York; Piedmont Academy, Demorest, Ga.; Textile Industrial Institute, Spartanburg, Y. M. C. A. Radio School, New York. The college fund has been entirely ovkallt exhausted, but there remains ?uvu* fcivo-tbirds of the original general scholarship fund, which was $30,000 md which can he applied for through :he county committees, names of uhich are posted in all legion posts iml over the state generally, and nay be used for taking elementary courses, grammar school, correspondence bourse, agriculture and prep vork. They are for men whose education was interfered with by the var. An honorable discharge is the >nly prerequisite to applicants, and he benefits of scholarship are imited to this calendar year. j 3NE BODY LOCATED IN SAVANNAH RIVER I Remains of Miss Lucy Bradshaw Found About Seven Miles' From Harper's Ferry. The State. McCormick, April 8.?Seven miles >elow Harper's Ferry, where ten rour.g people lost their lives on last I . ?? ! ll gmt i I ! : 1 j I A ^ i t\ J & r rtrr* 1 * : | At Indian was driv< days and | This is a I than the c |] City. T1 ing effect j | of materia ! A h I, i r ! v t 1 j j ? - V j Sunday afternoon while crossing the | i c.tto-nr>at-> rivfr. the body of Miss j I UUIUI11 mi. ... , 1 Lucy Bradshaw was discovered late ('last night. A large party has been I scouring the river since the awful tragedy. The body of Miss Bradshaw was found lodged on an island , near the trestle of the Seaboard Air Line railroad below Calhoun Falls. Thousands of people visited the river again today and searchers could be found for miles up and down | the river. The finding of the body j i of Miss Bradshaw seems to nave; ! given the searchers some idea at least of the distance that the bodies could have drifted, and today they 1 extended much farther down the | river. Up to 5 o'clock this afternoon no other bodies had been found. A reward of $100 each has been offered for the recovery of the bodies by friends of the unfortunate young J people and their families. The water has greatly receded since Sunday, and with favorable I weather conditions the river wm oc > normal in a few days. The search j will continue on until the bodies are j found. ; Subscribe to The Herald and News, j ______ i DR. FREDERICK JACOBSON SAYS, j 75 PER CENT. OF WOMEN NEED j PHOSPHATES TO GIVE THEM I STRONG, HEALTHY, ROUND ED FIGURE AND TO AVOID NERVOUS BREAKDOWN. THOUSANDS OF WOMEN GROW STRONG IN ?<r?Tisr?c u/iY IN A A UACi ft r? m "Consider the Lilies of the Field, How They Grow." The life of the lily is but a few j weeks or months. The life of woman is ''three score years and ten." 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Watts. ^ These are. therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Jim W. Watts deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the court of probate, to be held at Newberry on Wednesday, April 28th, next, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any J > i ?l? i-T? :J J iney nave, wuy cue aaiu aumiiaauration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 8th day of April Anno Domini, 1920. W. F. Ewart. ? P. J. N. C.