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W. E. AND HARVEY GRIFFIN
HELD FOR NIVENS MURDER
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Nivens was first shot befor,e the
store was burned. Nivens began
hoarding with him on Friday
and was shot the following Monday.
He thinks Nivens previously
did his own cooking. Since
Nivens left the employ of Griffin
the two men have had business
relations. He was unable to say
whether they were on speaking
terms.
On cross-examination Bayne
said Nivens was shot once before
and indicted a negro for the
shooting.
W. W. Warren was the next
witness put up and he testified
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tutiL ne iiau not iiuaru v?rmui
talk a g:reat deal about Nivens,
but that Griffin had stated to him
that he would rather see a dead
horse in front of his place than
Nivens. He had never heard
Griffin say anything: else about
Nivens other than "something:
about Eb gfoing to court. He
asked me if I would come up
there if Nivens would g:et shot
or if anything: hapi>ened to him
at nig;ht. I told him I would not
be a (I fool about it, but if I
was needed I would come. Mr.
Griffin hung: his head and said he
was on the top rail of the fence
and did not know what step to
take. And he said he wanted
freedom or death; it would not
cut him out of many years of
life " He had never heard Griffin
say anything: else about Nivens.
On cross-examination the witness
stated he could not g:ive the
date of the conversation Griffin
had with him about coming: up if
Nivens should be shot, but it was
"in the fall of year before! last;
it was about a week before the
court at which Nivens had the
negro tried for shooting: him."
He does not know why Griffin
talked so freely to him. Nothing:
that he remembers was said leading:
up to the conversation.
E. A. Merritt testified that W.
E. Griffin had told him of asking:
W. \V. Warren what Warren
would do if Nivens were shot,
and "he asked me if I was living:
wh.re Walter is if I would be
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would not want to have anything
to do with it. He said it was
mighty bad for him to have to
live right close to Nivens with
1 the conduct Nivens had. Ho
said. *1 don't see how 1 can stay
hero and nut up with it.' That's
all he said about him."
Cross-examined, Mr. Merritt
said that the conversation with
Griffin occurred some time after
Nivens was shot?between the
time Nivens was shot and the negro
was tried; it might have been
a month before. The conversation
took place in Griffin's store
one night about 7 o'clock, and he
thought t here was no one present
except Griffin and himself. They
just got to talking about Nivens
being shot, and he could not recall
whether the conversation
occurred in the spring, summer
or winter. He had never thought
anything more of it until Mr.
Warren said to him about three
weeks ago that he would "have
to tell the tale." At first he did
not know how Warren learned of
the conversation between Griffin
and himself, but later recalled
that he had told him of it as the
two were going home from Fort
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trouble with Nivens, but does
not know that Nivens had threaten
d to shoot him. He had
heard that Nivens had threatened
to have him indicted for slander,
"lie passed my place and told a
darky to tell me to report him
for carrying a pistol. * *
C. P. Blankenship swore that
he knew little of the relations
between Nivens and Griffin, other
than that they were not on
friendly terms. Griffin had once
remarked to him that he did not
see how he could live so close to
this man; "he lays around here
drunk, uses vulgar language in
the presence of my family," and
otherwise acts indecently. He
construed Griffin's words to mean
that Griffin would have to move
away. Mr. Blankenship knew
that Nivens did not like Griffin.
Ho had never heard Harvey
Griffin say anything about Nivens.
W. H. Jones saw both defendants
the evening of the killing?
W. E. Griffin at his store and
I v Harvey Griffin half a mile away.
j?i The latter had a gun and was
|| going away from home. He next
|| saw Harvey in his father's store
it that night, "two hours after I
saw him hunting." Mr. Jonea
P? went to the Griffin store after
ggg the shooting, but did not see any
mB of the Griffins go where Nivens
H g; i was. He knew of the unfriendH
liness between Griffin and Nivft
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ens, which began about the time J
Nivens put up his store.
J. M. Gamble, son-in-law of
W. E. Griffin, testified that he j
did not know where Harvey Grif- j
fin was the evening of the shooting;
He had heard Harvey say
he was hunting. "I understood
he came to my house after I left
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ior tne scene 01 tne snooung.
Harvey was at his house in the
middle of the afternoon before
the shooting, and he saw him at
the store after the shooting.
Neither Griffin nor his son Harvey
went to Nivens' body while
he was there. He heard Harvey
say that he (Harvey) did not
hear the report of the gun.
The last witness of the hearing
was W. C. Perry. He went upon
the stand in response to the request
of Solicitor Henry that if
there was anyone present who
knew anything bearing upon the
killing and who had not already
testified he hoped he would come
forward and give the Commonwealth
the information. Mr.
Perry told of a difficulty he saw
between Nivens and Griffin in'
the latter's yard some months
ago. Nivens had gone into the
Griffin yard to get a bucket of
water and Griffin told Nivens to i
get out of his yard and stay out. i
Nivens agreed to do as Griffin j
ordered. Both men had pistols I
when the difficulty occurred, but
neither attempted to use his fire- I
arm. Mr. Perry also told of a
remark made by Griffin while
Nivens was in Yorkville attending
the trial of the negro indicted
for shooting Nivens. Mr. Perry
asked Griffin if Nivens had returned
from Yorkville and Griffin
replied that he had not and that
it would be a fine thing for him
(Griffin) if Nivens never returned.
Mr. Perry was on the stand !
only a few minutes. After he j
was dismissed Solicitor Henry
arose and stated that under sec
tion 24 of the criminal code the
State had made out a probable
case. He contended that in cases
of felony, such as he construed
this to be, the magistrate has no
authority except to bind over the
prisoner for trial in the general
sessions court. Solicitor Henry
spoke less than five minutes, but j
his argument was clear-cut and
incisive. .
Mr. Wilson, counsel for defendants,
made a 15-minute speech in
which he argued that the State
; had not made out a probable case
I against the prisoners and that
: they should be discharged w it.li!
out day. He said that not a
scintilla of evidence had been
adduced by the State during the
! investigation to connect Harvey
I Griffin with the murder of E. P.
! H. Nivens and that a probable
case had not been made out
against W. E. Griffin. Mr. Wilson's
argument was listened to
with great interest and he made
a strong plea for the discharge
of the prisoners.
After Mr. Wilson concluded
his "argument Magistrate McElhaney
read carefully section 24
of the criminal code and then
stated that a probable case had
been made out against both W.
E. Griffin and Harvey Griffin and
| that he ordered hoth remanded
i to jail to stand trial in the genI
f>r:iI eoccinnc (>nnft
der of E. P. H. Nivens. Magistrate
McElhaney thought, however,
that bail would oe granted
both prisoners.
There was no sign of either approval
or disapproval over the
decision of Magistrate McElhaney
and the crowd of three
hundred or more citizens of the
| community that had listened intently
to the four hours' testi1
mony and the speeches that fol:
lowed filed quietly out of the
! court room. Thus ended the
hearing of the State against W.
| E. and Harvey Griffin, charging
them with the murder of E.
P. II. Nivens, on the evening
| of December 12, 1910. The prisoners
were taken back to the
; county jail on train No. 27, at
] 5:15 Monday afternoon. It is
understood application for bail
j will be made at once.
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