The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, March 16, 1967, Image 7
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Bell Attorneys Seeking New Trial
Columbia — Attorneys for mation about the Bridges
Clinton Negro Willie James slaying. As such, Perry ar-
Bell asked the State Supreme gued, Shelton became an ag-
f Court Monday for a new trial ent of the state.
based on grounds that Bell is Defense attorneys had only
^ probably insane anti that the t wo months, from February to
state violated his rights in get- April> to
prepare Bell’s de-
* ting evidence to convict him j enge
of murder. r|- hat cour t enre( j j n no t
Defense counsel also argued delaying the trial until a psy-
*■ that it was not given sufficient chiatrist could have sufficient
I, time, to prepare Bell's defense time and opportunity to thor-
» before he was brought to trial oughly examine Bell and give
[ in Greenwood County in 1965. testimony relating to his san-
M Bell was sentenced to die in *ty-
‘r the electric chair for the brut- That certain testimony con-
* al 1963 slaying of Mrs. Justin ceming the brutality of the
| A. Bridges, wife of a promi- crime was inflammatory and
* nent Laurens County attorney without probative value.
and former member of the That certain evidence intro-
* South Carolina House of Rep- duced by the st^te was ir-
I resentatives. relevant, prejudicial and ob-
Mrs. Bridges was beaten to tained from the defendant
. death with a blunt instrument, without his consent.
“ Her battered body was found Perry said the state did not
in her husband’s Clinton need to present certain evi-
1 branch law office .Over a year dcnce because “it had other
later, Bell was charged with evidence to prove the despic-
; the slaying and brought to able crime. “We simply do
* trial. not believe the evidence here
Columbia attorney Matthew was necessary to prove mo-
, Perry, speaking for the de- live',’ the attorney said.
2 tense, set forth several Eighth Circuit Solicitor Wil-
grounds lor a new trial. ij am t. Jones of Greenwood'
Among them were: , belittled the argument that
Law enforcement ofl icerg^ell is insane.-
and Negro prisoner Jobie “j w ji| sav tMg defendant
Shelton violated Bell s consti- was not insane,’ Jones said,
tutional rights by eliciting in- “Up was shrewd and foxy,’’
formation from him to be .Jones added,
used in a criminal -proceed- “We border on the weak-
ing without adivising him of kneed position of saying too
rights to counsel and to waive many people are insane when
counsel. . people do wrong..”
Perry cited landmark crim- An insane person is not in
inal cases ot Escabedo and touch with reality and a Crim-
Miranda which deal with the j na i simply doesn’t care,
rights ol legal counsel at all Jones said, assisting Bell to
stages of questioning by jio- the criminal category,
lice olticcrs. . Jones arguedJhat introduc-
Perry said Shelton, while a tion of evidence concrning the
. prisoner himself, made a deal mutilation of Mrs. Bridges’
with officers and went into a body was not prejudicial or
cell with Bell to obtain infor- inflammatory.
fHB CLINTON CttnONTCLB
“The method of killing goes
to the crux of establishing
malice in the heart of this
man,” Jones said, adding that
it becomes the state’s respon
sibility to show a motive in
a murder case.
“We take the position that
the introduction of certain
evidence proved the motive.
The solicitor also argued
that law enforcement officers
involved informed Bell of his
rights to counsel several times
during their talks with him,
meeting requirements set forth
in the U. S. Supreme Court’s
Escabedo ruling.
The solicitor argued that the
legal principle of a defendant’s
right to waive counsel was not
applicable in the Bell case,
since the court decision estab
lishing it did not come Until
after the Bell case, and under
another court precedent it
could not be made retroactive.
As for Shelton, Jones said
it was not incumbent on the
prisoner to advise Bell of his
rights. He said Shelton be
came a police informer after
wards and merely listened in
the cell to what Bell had to
say.
Perry argued in rebuttal
that the state had evidence in
its possession a month after
the slaying which pointed to
Mrs. Bridges’ killer as he
sought to show the Escabedo
case was applicable.
Other court appointed attor
neys representing Bell are
Thomas A. Babb of Laurens,
Cecil E. White of Clinton, and
W. H. Nicholson, Jr., pf Green
wood.
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A. Best for this are shots of the office of the Clerk of Court NortbtMt by lands,
graphite powder, obtainable for Laurens County.” formerly, of M. W.
at any hardware store — at . , 4All ... on the Southeast by Tract
least once a year. Lead penr ikaui nu. ah that j described; and on the
cil-point shavings can be used certa,n tract, piece, or parcel, goathwest by the Columbia,
as a lubricant, too. or lot of i la , n f d ^ bein g and Kewbtfry, and Laurens Rail-
Q. Can you sugest a subsU- Sltuate in Hunter Township of fottd <fhig tg a tract of land
tute for chamois? Laurens County, South Caro- rno r 9 fully shown and deline-
A. Pieces of velvetten are ,ina ' containing sixty-six and ^tad as Tract No. 2 of the D.
excellent substitutes for cha- ni,ie ty - one one - hundredths Luther Boozer lands accord-
(66.9 1 ) acres, more or less, in* to plat of Tomlinson En-
and being Tract No. 4 of sur- g ineerinf Company of Cohim-
vey of D. L. Boozer land after blaf ^th Carolina, dated
cutting off about one and January 12,1920, and recorded
one-third (1 1-3) acres, bound- plat Book ^ at p age 146>
ed, now or formerly, as fob ^ ^ offi^ of the Clerk of
lows: On the North by land, Court for Laurens County.
mofis, do a fine polishing job,
and are easily laundered.
SPECIAL REFEREE’S SALE
State of South Carolina,
County of Laurens
^laudTB* Su^TTur a now wr f °rmerly of M. W. Ox- Carolina, LESS, HOW-
ner; on the East by lands, now f£YER: Three (3) acres of
or formerly, of^mith Mercan- land in ^ Southwestern cor-
tile Company; on the South by get off to MorrU
the right-of-way of the Co
lumbia, Newberry, and Lau
rens Railway Company; and
on the West by Tfact ,No. 1
Irene Suber Bundrick, George
W. Klnard, Mary L. Kinard,
Carolyn Kinard Garrett,
James T. Kinard, Mrs. Lee
ard, and Clark O. Kinard. Jr.,
Kinard Leitzsey, Carl D. Kin
ard, and Clark O. Kinard, Jr ,
above described. ..This being
Plaintiffs, | be identical tract of land con-
vs
P. Johnson,
Pr Johnson.”
TERMS OF SALE: Cash,
the successful bidder, immedi
ately upon the conclusion of
the bidding, shall deposit with
the Special Referee the sum of
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Thornwell Key
Club Officers
To Attend Meet
Mike Thomas, current
Thornwell Key Club president,
and Joe Daughtery, president
elect, will attend the Carolinas
District Key Club convention
at the White House Inn, Char
lotte, N. C., March 17, 18,
and 19.
Approximately 1600 boys
and advisors from North and
South Carolina will compose
the session.
At the last meeting of the
Thornwell club new officers
and a new board of directors
for 1967-68 school year were
elected. New officers are:
President, Joe Daughtery;
vice - president, Craig Brock;
secretary, Jerry Chandler,
and treasurer, Scott Wood.
The board of directors con
sists of the officers and Keith
Kemp, Sam Daughtery, and
Pat McKee, who was also
elected news reporter.
An Interclub meeting with
Greenwood High School will
take place March 20 at the
Presbyterian College dining
room. Tommy Edwards, Lt.
Governor of Division IX of
Carolinas District. Key Club
International, will be the guest
guest speaker.
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Joanna Baptists
Schedule Cottage
Prayer Meetings
The First Baptist Church of
Joanna will have cottage
prayer meetings in prepara
tion for the spring revival,
which will begin March 26,
with Max M. Rice, lay evan
gelist. as the guest preacher.
The prayer meetings will b*
held at the following times
and places:
Thursday, March 16, 10:30
a. m.—Mrs. J. P. McCarthy.
204 Laurens St., hostess, W. C.
Holsonbaek, .leader.
Thursday, March 16, 7:00
p. m.—L. II. Poag, 215 Sum
ter St., host, Norman Case,
leader; Mrs. C. C. Johnson,
610 Milton Hoad, hostess, W.
C. Murphy, leader; Mrs. G.
E. Lehman, 204 E. Calhoun
SL, hostqss, J. B. Johnson,
leader; T. G. Murphy, 427
Browning Ave., host, Maurice
Davenport, leader; Mrs. W. S.
Bates, 512 Whitmire Road,
hostess, W. S. Bates, leader.
Rogers Trains With Seabees
Ledr. E. W. Rogers Clinton, (centei* foreground)
attends a “dry net” exercise at the U. S. Naval
Amphibious Base, Little Creek* Vo. He was on
two*.weeks of active duty as chaplain for Naval Re
serve Mobile Construction Battalion'24. composed
of 325 officers and enlisted men from five Southern
States. The “dry net” exercise preceded an amphi
bious landing by the Seabees. They were loaded
aboard the USS Burleson, clambered down “wet
nets” into small landing craft and went ashore at
Anzio Beach 1 for a skirmish with the Marines.
Chaplain Rogers is the pastor of Broad Street Meth
odist Church in Clinton. v
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J F Reeder na ’ ^teore* and Ira Dominick.
The body is at the home and
Joanna—J. frank Reeder, bc p| ac0( j j n the church
66, of 300 Moorchead St., died at 2:30 today.
Tuesday at 6:00 p. m. at his
Morris P. Johnson, Sunie”
Johnson Wilkins, and Vera
Kinard Livingston,
Defendants.
BY VIRTUE of decree of
the Court of Common Pleas
home after a sudden Illness.
Native of Newberry County,
son of the late Willie and Cor-
rie Wheeler Reeder, he had
lived in Joanna for 38 years,
and was a member of the
First Baptist Church. He was
employed by Joanna Mills for
36 years.
How Can I?
By ANNE ASHLEY
veyed to Thomas J. Oxner by
deed of Andrew
dated October 6, 1919, and re
corded in Deed Book 43, at
Page 131, in the office of the
Clerk of Court for Laurens
Count y, South Carolina,
for Laurens County, hereto-*'LESS: One and one
fore granted in the above slat- G L3) acres thereof at the
ed case, I, Ihb undersigned Southeastern corner of said
Special Referee for Laurens tract of land adjacent to lands
County, will sell on Monday, of Smith Mercantile Company; tom* of sale, the
April 3, 1907, at 11:00 A. M. the dfscnption of which will ^ ri lnnrt<r . hal , hp rM „ lrt
before the County Court House more fully appear from the
door, Laurens, South Carolina, records of Laurens County.”
to the highest bidder, the fol- TRACT NO. 3: “Ail that terms, at risk of the defaulting
lowing described property, to tract, piece or parcel of land purchaser.
wit: ^ lying, being, and situate in The purchaser to pay for
1RACT NQ. 1: “All that Laurens County, State of South papers, stamps and recording,
tract, piece, or parcel of land Carolina, containing seventv-
Hunter Township in the tvvo ( 7 2) acres, more or less,
ot located near Kinards, South
as Carolina, being bounded on
the Northwest by lands allo
cated to Morris P. Johnson
and by lands, now or formerly, Attorney for Plaintiffs,
of Andrew J. Bethea; on the March 15, 1967
t te n (10%) per cent as a guar-
j. jonnson q{ his good faith in the
bidding. The same to be ap
plied to the purchase price up
on his complying with thi
terms of sale, otherwise to be
'“"“I paid to the Plaintiffs as liqui-
ir dated damages or costs. In
the event the successful bid
der should, fail to make such
deposit, or shquld fail to com-
ile, the
said lands shall be re-sold
on the same or some subse
quent Salesday on the same
in
County of Laurens, State
South Carolina, known
Tract No. 3 as shown on a
plat made by Norman Silber
in August, 1919, of the D. Ly-
ther Boozer lands near Kin
ards, South Carolina. Said
tract containing eighty - eight
and 75-100 acres and bounded,
now or formerly, as follows:
On the North by lands of M.
W. Oxner; on the East by
Tract No. 4 of said plat; on
remedy an the South by the Columbia,
THOMAS A. BABB,
Special Referee for
Laurens County
J. HEWLETTE WASSON,
Laurens, S. C.,
Q. How can I
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. a l uminum skillet or pot thht Newberry, and Laurens Rail-
Annie Nix Reeder; a daugh- * s warped on the bottom and wa y Company; and on the
ter, Mrs. Jo Ann Japart of does not sit le vel on the stove? West by Tract No. 2 of said
Clinton; two sons, Alfred K. A. Heat the pan until a drop plat, reference to which plat
Reeder of Hayes, Va., and of cold water dances on it, then made by Norman Silber which
Maxie L. Reeder* of Joanna; take it to the workshop, turn is recorded in the office of the
two sisters, Mrs. Florence it upside down, place a board County Clerk of Court of Lau-
Dominick of Newberry, and on it, and hit the board quite rens County, South Carolina,
Mrs. Myrtle Wallenzine of hard three or four times with Plat Book No. 1, at Page 126,
Clinton. a hammer. The pan should here made. This being the
Funeral services will be emer & e ? r om this rough treat- Identical tract of land convey-
held this afternoon at 3:30 at ment as fla t as when new. ed to Thomas J. Oxner by
the First Baptist Church of Q- What is the best way te-deed of Andrew J. Bethea Sep-
Joanna, conducted by Dr. L. keep the locks on my door in tember 6, 1919, and recorded
Byron Harbin. Burial will be smooth working order? in Deed Book 43, Page 87, in
in Laurens .County Memory
Gardens.
Pallbearers will be Burton
Reeder, Algie Abrams, Rhett
Abrams, D. V. 1 Wright, John-
NOTICE!
Whiteford’s Restaurant
:101 NORTH SLOAN STREET
Is no longer owned by Frank Whiteford. He
is now* associated with Whittford’s Drive-In
on South Broad Street.
The restaurant has been purchased by Mr.
Billy Willard who will continue operating
and serving the community.
Mr. Whiteford wishes to thank the people of
this city for their kind business. ^
101 E. Main St.
Clinton, S. C.
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