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GUILTY OF ATTEMPT TO KILL
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more,'I didn't fall down the step*.
♦They were trying to kill me. They
Were trying to kill me. They hate
me so." The defendants did not say
Snything.
Cross examination by Mr. Knight:
When she accused them they did not
Say anything ? They only said
"Hump."
Mrs. H. a Hearn
Mrs. H. D. Hearn, testified she had
heard when Mrs. Catherine Young
was going to the mountains she heard
Mrs. Alice Young say she hoped the
car would Jump 75 feet and kill her.
Don't know whether they ever became
reconciled or not.
Mrs. Elmore Young
Mrs. Katherine Goggans Young
aaid she is 28 years of age, been mar
ried since September 11, 1922, and
lived with her husband, Elmore
Young, his mother and aunt, the two
defendants.
On February 7 of this year, we had
breakfast after which went to my
room. I decided I wanted to use the
ironing board. I do my own ironing.
Tasked if I might use it. They re
fused US let me have it. I said I
would like very much to use it. They
flatly refused in a very ugly man
ner. I told them it isn’t right, so I
will call Elmore. His mother said
go on and use it, in a very ugly man
ner. Miss Stroud said you can get
it as soon as I iron the (Jollies. I was
expecting a phone catt.' I went down
and brought the board up stairs. I
proceeded to comb my hair, when the
phone rang. It was % very cold morn
ing. I ran down-stairs and talked a
few minutes. Just as I put up the
receiver, they both came upon me and
attacked me. The mother said, you
are trying to run this house, you are
a devil and a pest and trying to take
my son from me. Mrs. Young held
the iron piping and said, "Here Em
ma, hit right here." They struggled
together and each held the other’s
hair. I screamed for help and to
avoid the licks I tried to protect my
self with hands and feet. She told
Miss Emma Stroud to get rags. She
got some old dirty dish rags and
crammed them in my mouth. She
bfld my nose to keep me from
breathing. She could not stop my
breathing, so she started to step on
my stomach. T squirmed and she fell
across my body. She had to rest
then. I began kicking and trying to
keep Miss Stroud off gf me. Mrs.
iToung said “go get a rope’’. She did
not do that. Mrs. Young said, “I
want you to understand I am not a
mother of yours. I am Mrs. Young
to you." . She got me on my feet and
•bumped m* against the wall. She
left me alone with the aunt and I
tried to make my escape. I pushed
Miss Stroud against the table. .1
staggered to the door and found it
locked. They pulled me back again
and dragged me to the side of the
stairs. Mrs. Young came back into
the room with a hatchet and proceed
ed to strike me. I fought as well as
I could but finally one blow collapsed
me and I gave away. To make sure
that I was dead she hit me ig the back
of the head and said, “Humph, your
head is like a gourd.’’ I felt I was
dying. Tell Elmore Goodbye.
I shook witfe a chill, Mrs. Young
lid, There is nothing the matter with
you. They kept asking how I felt.
' "Her t eye balls are not set yet. It
takes a long time to die. She cer
tainly did fight though.”
Mrs. Alice Young said to her sis
ter: Go. up stairs and get that old
blanket. Miss Stroud went up and
got it and brought H down and said,
“You had quiU a fall, didn’t you?" I
realised then what they would say.
Mrs. Alice Young went out and
washed her own face where she had
gotten blood on it, and then said “Her
nose has been bleeding.” They called
fo? Dr.. Bub Young and Dr. Hayes,
but did not find thqgi and then called
Miss Lidie Blakely.
Cross examination by Mr. Long:
Mrs. Young said all the incidents, are
very clear. The last two licks 1 re
ceived were the worst ones. The last
time she struck me the dock struck
eleven. When I complained of being
cold, they sqnt up and got the blanket
and wrapped me up in it.
I had nothing to do with the house
whatever. They didn't allow me to
touch anything. They did all the
work.
“There had been some disagree
ments before?" asked Mr. Long.
“Some, she replied.' “I tried not to
talk back. I did not tdl them that
she and her aunt had to get put. •
There was considerable jealousy.
She would not even let me pour a
glass of water for Elmore. Witness
denied drawing an ice pick on one of
them one time, nor threaten to use a
gun on them. - - —-
Haven't you from time to time ac
cused your husband of planning this
whole affair? I believed that he had
something to do with it. I had told
him I would rather live in a tent on
bread and water than live with
them.
I have been disposed to settle it, but
denied that any outside pressure has
been brought on her to push it.
The State rested its case here.
W. G. Reid
W. G. Reid, civil engineer engaged
in building post office at Clinton, said
he made a diagram of the Young resi
dence. He testified that the bannister
posts were sharp, paving the way for
the defense plea that Mrs. Young hurt
herself on these sharp projections
while falling down the steps.
Mrs. Alice Young
Mrs. Alice Young, said she is in her
64th year and has been a widow
since Elmore was 6 years old. He is
the only child. Resides with him.
Miss Emma Stroud, a sister, has been
living with me for 80 years. I am de
pendent upon my son for support. He
has the express office in Clinton. ;
Mrs. Young, you are charged with
assault and battery upon Mrs. Elmore
Young, I am not guilty.
In the morning early, my sister Em
ma said she wanted to iron. I washed
the dishes and commenced the dinner.
Katherine came down and said she
wanted the iron.. Emm&sifcLl'T w«pt
to finish these doilies. She was in the
dining room. I was in the kitchen
Emma said, “You can get it as soon
as I finish the doilies.’’ When Emma
finished the doilies, Emma calle<
Katherine and gave it to her. She
came down and carried it upstairs.
Emma says,' “Sit down and I will fin
ish the dinner." I did not sit down
but was turning the clothes, when she
came tumbling down the steps with
the ironing board. She was at the
foot of the steps when I first saw her.
She was all tangled up in the ironing
board. I took the board off of her
and stood it un by the stair-case. She
identified the chair which was at the
telephone.
- She hollered “Oh" and I called Em
ma to bring water and towel. I said
Katherine has fallen and gotten hurt.
When I put some waMr on her Kath
erine said, “Don’t put any more wa
ter on me, it is cold." I then put ao»e
warms water on her and then sent for
the blanket. She then asked Emma to
carry her upstairs and they said they
couldn’t do it on account of lack of
strength. We tried to put her on the
blanket and couldn’t do it. We told
her to help, which she did, then we
succeeded in getting her on the blan
ket. I took her bed-room slippers off
and rubbed her feet which Katherine
said were cold.. I phone for Dr.
Young and couldn’t get him. Tried
Dr. Hayes and couldn't get him. A
lady answered Hie phone. I then
phoned' for Miss Lidie Blakely. She
came at once and I told her Katherine
had fallen. Mias Lidie called for El
more to bring a doctor. Miss Lidie
said somebody ought to get water
for her feet. I remarked “None of us
have had enough sense for that."
Miss Lidie went over to her house and
got a little kettle fulL I had already
bathed her face some. The blood on
the floor got there before she was
put on the blanket.
Between me and High Heaven, I
haven’t had a piece of iron piping in
my hand, I never laid the weight of
my hand on her in my life. I don’t
want the blood of her or anybody else
on my shoulders. “A delusion" she
aaid, “A delusion."
Shfe says one of you went to the
kitchen to get .rags to put in her
mouth. “A delusion."
push the case. At one time Mrs. Bes
sie Greenwood, sister of Mnu Young,
tried to prevent me having a conversa
tion with Katherine at the hospital.
I have tried to see her on neutral
ground, but have not succeeded. I
did not go to see her while she was
with her people, because I did not
think I would be treated with courtesy
by them. I have been contributing to
her support since then. I have tridd
to get her back since then and told
her I would do all I could to make her
happy. Her people wouldn’t let her.
Mrs. Katherine Young, testifying in
reply, denied that she drew ah ice pick
on Miss Emma Stroud.
John T, Duncan
For Governorship
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State Insurance Commissioner Quali
fies Shortly Before Entries Close.
McLeod’s Rival Attorney. 4
Columbia, June 9.—A fourth en
trant into the race for United States
senator was revealed today when
State Insurance Commissioner John
J. McMahan filed his pledge with the
State Democratic executive commit
tee.
John T. Duncan also filed his pledge
and fee to enter the race for govern-'
or against Governor Thomas G. Mc-
1H Leod. Mr. Duncan is an attorney of
Did you try to step on her a* shofColumbia. A number of other- last-
solicitor of the seventh district.
Wendel E. Ackerman, of Charles
ton, for solicitor of the ninth cir
cuit
GOBS TO ATHENS
FOR ROAD MEETING
J. F. Jacobs Sr. spent yesterday
in Athens where he attended the an
nual meeting of the Calhoun
organisation. Mr. Jacobs Is aM
ficer of the association and m
supporter of the work being
the organisation.
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said, and fall across her ? “No, I have
one foot in the grave and the other
nearly there and I wouldn’t have any
such thing charged to me. I now
have high blood pressure, bright* dis
ease, a skipping heart and practical
ly live on Bashum’s treatment. I was
not an activa person at the time and
haven’t been for years. Haven't
walked without a stick for several
years."
During the married life of Elmore
and Mrs. Katherine Young we did all
the drugery. I tried to please Mrs.
Katherine Young. She found fault
with the cooking, said it was filthy.
She made consent complaints. My
son said, “KatWine, you don't see
nothing?" It was very hurtful to any
respectable person.. She often told
Elmore, “I wish you would make them
leave” often in our presence. I would
say, “If anybody moves it will be
them as the house was given to me as
much as anybody else."
Nothing unusual had occurred that
morning. There was no $ron piping
in the house. Borne wfis lying round
out doors. She knew it was there.
She has used the hatchet.
Denied emphatically ever making
the threat testified to by Miss Lidie
Blakely and Mrs. Hearn. Never
threatened anybody.
Did not hear any conversation with
Miss Lidie Blakely until after Dr.
Hayes and the rest had come in. She
said* “Oh, Elmore, your mother <n|
it.” I said I did not. That was the
first I heard of it.
^ Miss Emma Stroud
Miss Emma Stroud testified she is
69 years of age. I assist in the gen
eral housework. Mrs. Katherine
Young only kept her own room. She
didn't know how to do anything else
but her music. I was in the kitchen
when Mrs. Alice Young said Mrs.
Katherine Young fell down the steps.
My sister called me when Katherine
fell. When I got to the room, Alice
was trying to get her sraigthtened out.
She was lying on the floor and I got
The blanket and brought it down. We
placed her on it. I got the cold wa
ter and my sister applied the water to
her face. Then we got warm water.
I did not hear her tell Elmore and Dr.
Hayes that we did it. My sister heard
that. We did all we knew how to do
before Miss Blakely and the doctor
came.
Miss Stroud denied the story of Mrs.
Katherine Young in every particular.
She said that Mrs. Katherine
Young had spite against them and on
one occasion flourished an ice pick
at her and threatened to use a gun on
her.
Elmore Young
I have been express agent at Clin
ton for the past four years. I am 40
years old. We were married Septem
ber 11, 1922 in New York. We were
living as one family when the alleged
incident occurred. A few months af
ter marriage she began to complain
and I told her I could not support two
families and if anybody left we frould
have to leave. Katherine complained
about the meals. A constant com
plaint, a sort of nag all the time. I
tried to talk to her and get her to be
have. I did everything in my power
to get them reconciled. I thought it
would blow over.
I never saw the alleged attack.
When I heard from home I went and
got Dr. Hay%s. I caught him by the
arm and said “Something has hap
pened at home.” When we got home,
Katherine was lying on the floor with
her head near the stairs and her feet
toward the door. She said “Mother
did it.” Didn’t say a word about my
aunt. Mother said, “No, I didn’t do_
it, you fell down the steps.” On the
way to the hospital, she said, “She
did it with a hatchet.” I said I didn’t
believe she hit her with a hatchet. She
ater said something about the pipe.
She wrote me and told me she be-
ieved I was the instigator of it.
Here counsellor the defense intro
duced a letter from Mrs. Katherine
Young to her husband after the al
leged attack and accused him of be
ing a partner to the alleged crime.
In answer to Mr. Knight, Mr.
Yeung s«ld Mrs. Young bftJ
agreed not «» push the ease hut thet r
other people told him that they would
minute pledges were received also.
The candidacy of Mr. McMahan
was filed shortly before the time for
closing entries at noon. The other
three candidates who have already
filed are Senator Nathaniel B. Dial,
of Laurens, the incumbent; Congress
man James F. Byrnes, of Aiken, and
former Governor Cole L. Blease, of
Columbia. Mr. McMahan’s home is
in Columbia.
Others who filed at the last mo
ment are:
Major John D. Frost, of Spartan
burg, for adjutant general. He for
merly held this office.
C. C. Brown, of Spartanburg, for
secretary of state.
I. S. Hutto, of Charleston, for con
gressman, first district, to succeed
Congressman W. Turner Logan, in
cumbent, who, also is a candidate.
Cornelius Otts, of Spartanburg,
former solicitor of the seventh cir
cuit. *
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