The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 05, 1929, Image 8
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King Placed on Trial
For Murder of Wife
Chester, July 2.4-,The state's esse
against Hafe King, on trial here for
the murder of his wife, Mrs. Faya
Wilson King, whose body was found
in an outhouse at the King home at
Sharon in York county on the night
of January 26, went forward wpace
today when more than a dozen witnesses
for the prosecution took the
stand.
After testimony at the morning
session of court had brought into the
court record the blood stdined garments
which were taken from Mrs.
King's body on the night it was found
and much correlative testimony had
? been offered, the state went into the
expert side of the case in the after- |
noon, calling the two doctors who
conducted the first autopsy and an
expert from Olemson who made an '
analysis of a portion of Mrs. JKh'g'i
stomach and gave a complete report
to the court. '
The defense scored its first success
of the day during the afternoon in
the cross examination of Dr. C. O.
liurruHH, family physician of the King
family, as attorneys drew from the
physician an admission that he had
no previous experience in the conducting
of autopsies and that his
connection with the King autopsy had
been more or less limited. Mr. Hoey
of Shelby, conducting the cross examination,
questioned Dr. Burruss'
authority for certain statements made
in connectioji with the technical and
medical side of his testimony and
when asked to name persons or books
on which authority he based his assertions,
the witness was unable to
answer.
The. prosecution devoted much attention
during the duy toward following
up the testimony of the opening
day. Other witnesses, who were
trrthe King home on the nignt MrsT
King's body was found, testifying
that King while in bed kept his face
almost hidden from view.
Stress was laid on the wounds and
bruises on the body of Mrs. King, one
witness after another, who had seen
or assisted in preparing the body for
burial testifying to the fact that
when found her head was matted with
blood, that there was a flesh wound
on her forehead and that there were
fresh bruised places on both elbows
and knees. Testimony was also adduced
to the effect that Mrs. King's
lips on the inside were burned and |
also underneath her tongue, while on '
top of the tongue, there was no
evidence of burning.
The two bruised places on the neck
of Mrs. King were also mentioned
frequently in the testimony, the
prosecution seeking to bring out the
bruised and mangled condition of the
muscles and blood vessels while the 1
defense sought to show that if such '
lacerated places existed, they were
apart and separate and could not bo ^
used as a basis for the prosecutiofl's ^
charge that Mrs. King was strangled j
to death.
That the defense will seek to prove
that Mrs. King met death from
poisoning was indicated by the trend
of cross examination today.
The state has several more important
witnesses to put up ami) inindications
were tonight that the
prosecution might extend one or two
days longer. Considerable expert
testimony will probably be adduced
and this is proving a bit tedious. . i
I No announcement has been made
, regarding the plan of the defense for
introducing testimony, but it was
thought in one quarter that the defendant
would take the stand in his
own behalf. !
| The court will not adjoi^m for July
14, it was announced today. King sal
with his counsel today, the expression j
on his face not changing throughout
the day. Members of his family, including
his father and mother, one
brother and several sisters sat with 1
him. Three sisters of Mrs. King
were also in court.
'lestimony during the morping was
taken up almqst entirely with events
at the King home just before and immediately
following the discovery of
Mrs. King's lifeless body in the outhouse.
Prominent among the witnesses
who were placed on the stand during
the morning was Judge J. Lylea
Glenn, who was solicitor of the Sixth
district at the time the case orig- '
inated in York county. Judge Glenn's j
testimony reached a high point when j
he related having heard a brother of
King tell the defendant to stop talking
to the solicitor and the > sheriff,
that he had talked "too damned j
much already."
The introduction of the clothes:
worn by Mrs. King, when she met
death were introduced during the '
testimony of Mrs. J. II. Saye, wife of ;
the physician who made the autopsy j
and a neighbor of?the?Kinge^?
identified the exhibit which consisted j
of a bloodstained lavender dress, a ;
pair of knickers and a heavy red
sweater. Stockings and shoes were
introduced a little later, all articles
except the shoes were stained, the
witnesses who identified the garments
without exception testifying that the
stains were similar to the blood they '
noticed when they removed them from '
the body.
Another high point in the morning '
testimony was the introduction of a 1
bloodstained union suit, which was '
found in a trunk in what is called the 1
plunder room of the King home. This j
garment was discovered by two
ministers, Rev. C. K. McCully and '
Rev. E. B. Hunter, both of who m were 1
on the stand during the morning.
The afternoon testimony was taken 1
up chiefly with the evidence given by 1
Dr. S. C. Burruss who gave in detail '
his movement as the family physician
and also his participation in the
two autopsies which were performed.
He said that he noticed no corrosion '
ill the stomach at the autopsy. He 1
said the contents of the stomach had '
the odor of coal tar. J
The closing witness of the day was
Prof. B. F. Robinson, of Clemson col- 1
lege, assistant state chemist, who
made the analysis of a portion of'
Mrs. King's stomach. He made a i
full report of his experiment to the '
court, concluding with the statement
that he did not believe Mrs. King '
died from Lysol poisoning.
Federal Judge J. Lyles Glenn, who
was solicitor of this district, whose '
elevation on the Federal bench pre- !
vented his being the prosecuting at- ^
tomey In the King case, was the '
next witness for the state. Judge j
Glenn testified that on Wednesday
after the Friday night that Mrs.
King's body was found, he made a
careful examination of the King
premises, particularly the out-house,
where the body was found. He said
that at his request the inquest was
postponed until he could attend, the
session of court at York preventing
his giving his immediate attention to
the case. On the day of th?> inquest
at the Sharon school house, Judge
Glenn stated, that he saw the de!
fondant and Sheriff Quinn of York
county talking on the school
grounds. They were alone. Walking
up on the two. Judge Glenn said that
Quinn remarked to him that King
wanted to talk to them. ,He said that
King seemed eager to talk without
any encouragement declared that at
first he had believed that his wife
had killed herself but at that moment
he didn t think so for he knew
that she could not have?mrrved her
own body. The witness went on to
say that King told him and Sheriff
Quinn that his people were not giving
him a square deal, wouldn't let
him see the newspapers. He said
that he wanted to tell more about it.
As n crowd was gathering where the
three were talking. Judge . Glenn
stated that they went into the school
and went into a room. Here the
witness stated that King reported his
belief that it was not a case of auicide.
He later walked up and down
the aisle between the deeka, Judge
1 ^
Glenn said, and looking intently at
the floor, said she muet have com1
mitted suicide. He told Glenn and
Quinn that he and his wife had had
trouble, that they had sent something
pff to a doctor which had been diagnosed
as a serious disease which had
left his wife in a despondent condition.
As the conversation wore to a close,
Judge Glenn said that Wilson King,
brother of the defendant, came along
the corridor and seeing Itafe King,
asked what he was doing there.,
'judge Glenn said that the two Kings
wont up the hall together with he
and the sheriff a few steps behind
| and heard the brother tell Rafe: "you
ought not to talk to them. You have
talked too damned much already."
| Testifying'as to the autopsy, Judge
Glenn declared that from a layman's
, viewpoint, the body was in an excellent
state of preservation, ile
stated that all physicians present had
ample opportunity to make whatever
examinations or observations they
| wished. He told of place oq Mrs,
King's throat, which the state contends
was made by a cord or wire, i
saying that at the autopsy the skin
was lifted back U> expose horrible
blue and mangled blood vessels.
Judge Glenn also testified that the
inside of Mrs. King's lip was badly
burned and that underneath, her
tongue was burned though the top
was not. He stated that the autopey
revealed bruises on both elbows and
knees. The autopsy also made it certain
that Mrs. King was not pregnant.
On cross examination Mr. Hoey,
for the defense, brought out that
King had la-en a willing witness at
the inquest. Judge Glenn stating that
the defendant answered questions
with remarkable rapidity. The witnesses
also testified that during the
inquest King asked at least twice to
be allowed to mtike statements before
the coroner's jury.
McCoy of McBee
Grape Pioneer
William Lloyd MeCoy, who died
suddenly last evening at his home in
McBee, at the age of 55 years, was
a man of energy and sagacity, who
had built from nothing a large plant,
ing interest, owned extensive peach
orchards and dewberry fields, maintained
a fruit tree and ornamental
shrubbery nursery and was a pioneer
in the introduction of Pacific coast
types of dessert grapes.
Mr. McCoy, in co-operation with
the Seaboard Air Line railway, put ip
some years ago, on his property
alongside the Seaboard main line 1
above McBee, an experimental and,
demonstration vineyard containing
more than a hundred varieties of
grapes not usually grown in this region.
This vineyard has attracted
much attention and the tests there
made are regarded hopefully throughout
the sandhills areas.
One term in the lower house of the
legislature as a member of the Chesterfield
delegation was the sum of
Mr. McCoy's political service, but he
was notably public-spirited and did
much to promote the economic interest
of his community.
J., N. McBride, general agricultural ;
agent of the Seaboard Air Line, telephoned
to The Ttate last night from
his home in Savannah to ascertain
the day and hour of the funeral
(which will be hold in McBee at 11
o'clock Saturday morning), saying
that he wished to be present, in respect
to the memory of his friend
and collaborator.
Mr. McCoy was often in Columbia
and had many good friends in the
capital.?Friday's State.
MRS. T. B. BLYTHER.
j Everyone has a mission in this'
world, said a well known woman, and
I have been thinking of Mrs. Blyther, |
whose funeral was hold at her home j
near Camden Monday, June 3rd, 1929.
She was the daughter of the late
James E. Crosswell, and of aristocra1
tic lineage. None but those who
I knew her intimately can estimate
[what her passing means to her famiily,
her friends and the community.
' .^ nature, itring and strong^.living
an<T loyal. -:.e embodied a character
of unalloyed worth and beauty. Sincerity
was :'m key note of her life,
I both in mv.ate and among her
I friends. Shi . .ved and valued her
i friends hi -i ?. ,s loved and valued in
I retiirn. B. ? the best of mothers,
[she has lef* ,-r children a good heritage
of \\: . they may justly h.
proud, and her friends the sweetest
and deare.-- -m-mories of loving Inter
course.
But iibu\i all her Christian char
acter shone clearest and most stead
ily. God was always so real ih such
because she lived in such constant
communication with him.
When she was told previous to her
death just how serious and critic. .
her condition was, it did not disturb
he#*and she replied, "I am in the
hands of God." To the last of heearthly
consciousness her faith ne\?r
wavered and she went down into the
Valley and Shadow of Death, fearing
1 no evil; her spirit truatflll and valiant.
Her friends and loved ones will
, And it difficult to adjust their, lives
without her. She ia>* precious and
'honored memory that can never die.
'I , A Friend.
i
' 1 11 ' I I J'.'P I'
Look Out For
Check Fraud
In an effort to curb a mild epidemic
of frauds perpetrated upon
business establishment* of the cltyt
President S. A. Freeman of the
Chamber of Commerce Retail Merchants
Bureau, has addressed letters
to members of the organisation warning
them to be on the lookout for
swindlers using fictitious checks for
extracting cash from retailers, ,
A well known Main street clothier
was the victim of an imposter who
used a fake cashier's check for extracting
|40 in merchandise and
money from the merchant. The
swindler purchased a suit for $26 and
hunded the merchant a cashier's check
on a Philadelphia bank. The merehajit
handed the swindler $16 'in
change and the suit of clothes. Later
the merchant discovered that the
cashier's check was a forgery. The
check was, to all appearances,
genuine. The name of the bank as
Well as the inscription "Cashier's
Check" which usually appears in the
|ower lefthand corner of these checks
was neatly printed-. The amount of
the check had been filled out with one
of the check writing machines commonly
used by banks as well as a
great many business houses. It turned
out that there is no such bank in
Philadelphia as that on which the
check was drawn.
The perpetrator of this fraud was
described by the merchant as a man
between the ages of 55 and 60 years,
of slight build, weighing about 115
pounds, five feet and four inches tall.
Two other mercantile firms of the
city were victims of fraudulent
checks. In this instance the swindler
presented a check for $12 made payable
to a well known contractor of
the city and signed by tfn offker'Of
a Greenville bank. In the lower lefthand
corner of the check was a notation
"wages to date." The swindler
represented himself as the contractor
to whom the check was payable and
claimed that the bank official was
paying him for some work which he
had done at the latter's residence, As
the contractor whose name appeared
on the check was not known to the
merchant, the hoax was worked and
the swindler got away with his spoils.
I>ater in the day the swindler
worked the identical trick upon another
merchant, cashing a check for
the same amount, payable to the
same party, and signed by the same
bank-official.
The perpetrator of this fraud was
described as a man of some 30 years
of age, five feet eight inches tall,
weighing about 165 pounds, and
wearing a dark gray suit. An unusually
large and conspicuous nose
was said to adorn the face of this
particular harvester of easy money.
In the communication to members
of the Chamber of Commerce Retail
Merchants Bureau, President Freeman
asks that business men be on the
alert for these crooks and advise him
in the event they have reason to beieve
the guilty parties are known.?
Greenville News.
Matty Cotton Mills Are
Idle All Present Week
Charlotte, N. C., June 28.?Cotton
mill operatives throughout much of
the manufacturing district of the
Carolinas will be idle for the next
week or more. Manufacturers are
both giving employes a vacation and
hope by further curtailing production
to bring about a better tone in the
cotton goods and yarn markets.
In the Greenville section virtually
every mill will close at noon tomor-,
row and will not reopen until July 8.
In other sections reports show varying
periods of idleness and methods
are being planned to augment the
curtailment of production started several
months ago when hundreds of
mills throughout the South shortened
operations to five days* a week.
Although there have been sporadic
labor troubles in both North and
' South Carolina, causing some of the
largest mills to lay idle for several
weeks or at least further curtail oporations,
mill men report the market
-till in a soft condition. Except
where they are operating on conTacts,
making automobile tire fabric
< r similar materials, few mills are
: eported working more than one shift.
Last summer the most of the textile
plants -wore idle" one week out
each- of the three summer months.
There have been no indications, however,
that this would be done this
summer.
Fifteen employes of a - Louisville,
. Ky>, paint factory were overcome by
the fumes from burning nitrocellulose
on Saturday. It was feared for a time
that it was to he a repetition of the
, Crilja hospital disaster oi Cleveland,
Ohio; a Tiftf weeks ago. All the men
Miffectod were rendered unconscious,
; but it was belieVed that they would
recoror.
Newspaper Views.
Toledo Blade?Looks as if President
Hoover has selected a crime commission
that will be strong enough to
absorb punishment.
Cincinnati Enquirer ? Educator
says that before long school children
will be taught by movies, and reformers
say that children are learning too
many queer things from the movies
now.
Tampa Tribune?Sinclair, jailed for
contempt of the Senate, probably is
glad that the sentence is not for the
duration of the offense.
Louisville Courier-Journal? Cole
Blease calls the President "Mussolini"
Hoover. But Mussolini allows no
opposition in his Parliament, and look
at "Congress, including Senator Blease.
Macon Telegraph?Probably 1929
will go down in history as the year in
which the farmer was relieved of the
idea that he was going to get relief.
Philadelphia Inquirer?What seems
to be needed to enforce prohibition is
a campaign of education to get everybody
in favor of it.
Detroit News?If the government
is sincere in the burft for the stronger
adhesive for stamps, it could examine
whatever it is Willy leaves on the
piano keys.
Majestic Program
WITH A LARGE SUCTION FAN* IN '
OPERATION
THE COOLEST PLACE IN TOWN t
Monday and Tuesday, July 8-9
BELLAMY TRIAL"
Who killed Mimi Bellamy? Is justice
blind? Your eyes will be open when ,
you see this great picture. Your verdict
will be the same as the lawyer .
and newspaper men who have seen
our big murder trials. If you can't '
stand suspense then don't see this
but what thrills you will miss. With
Leatrice Joy and Betty Bronsoti.
Also Metro News.
Wednesday, July 10
"VOICE OF THE CITY"
With Willard Mack, Sylvia Field,
Robert Ames and John Miljan. A
thrilling story of a great city. A
man at bay. Human bloodhounds on
the trail. "The Voice of the City"
travels like a swift limited of melodrama.
Fast, ever faster! This plot
keeps you on the edge of your seat.
Also Pathe Review.
Thursday, July 11
"THE WOMAN FROM HELL"
With Mary Astor and Roy D'Arcy.
An eternally interesting story of an
infernally beautiful woman. Imps in
her eyes and fire in her soul. She
was the woman from hell and there
was the devil to pay-?but a single
kiss breaks up the court of Beelzebub.
Also Metro News.
Fridav, July 12
"NOTHING TO' WEAR"
With Jacqueline Ixigan and Theodore
von Khz. If you are in love, have
ever been in love, or ever expect to
be in love you'll want to see this delightful
drama of a woman who never
had clothes enough to satisfy her
needs and who had to start for a
ball in her teddies. While she bathes
some one steals her coat and then the
trouble begins. A comedy, "When
Money Comes."
? Saturday, July 13
"SAND"
With William S. Hart. The beloved
, Western star is back again. See twogun
Bill at his best in a great story
of the wild West. Full of thrills and
action. Also the second episode of
"The Police Reporter" and a two-reel
comedy.
PRICES, EVERY DAY, 35c and 15c
No. 4M).
report .of the condition or the
jflRST NATIONAL BANK OF CAMDEN 1
- ?' AT THK ' I
RtKMurcci
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Loan* and discount* $1*'}.''* '4^00.62 I
Overdrafts L20Mi |
United States Government securities owned .... ,... 62,700 00 1
Other bonds, stocks, and securities owned 119,910 to I
Banking house, $20,858.26; Furniture and fixtures, *
$3,940.52 i., 33,807.78
?Heal estate owned other than banking house ....... v vvrr.. 4,867^9"^
\ Reserve with Federal Reserve Bank ...... 18,414.70 I
? Cash and due from banks , 26,943i()
^ Outside chedks and other cash items ...... 228 62
, Redemption fund \vitb U. S. Treasurer and due from !
U. S. Treasurer 2,500.00 *
1 Other assets 373 54
Total II
Listbilities. ?
i Capital stock paid in 76,000 00 !
* Surplus 2b,OOo!(K> 1
Undivided profits?net 18,231.81
I Reserves for dividends, contingencies, etc . 9,846/21 I
Circulating notes outstanding 50,000.00 I
Due to banks, including'1certified and cashiers' checks out- j
standing ... . .... .... 3,307.92 |
Demand deposit** ..; ..% * , ... . 160,624.06 1
Time Deposits 336,902 12
Bills payable and ftjjgfgggfeg; 45,743.00 I
T?-al " : amm. n" ' iaam* !" ' V ''' -.i. ase'' I
State of South Carolina, of1 Kfershaw. " v i :
I, S. W. Van Landingham, Cashier of the above-named bank, 80 !
solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my know!- f
edge and belief. H
1 S. W. VAN LANDINGHAM, M
Subscribed and sworn to before me this third day of July, 1929 ( I
R. T. GOODALE, Notary Public. I
Correct?Attest:
C. J. Shannon, Jr. 1 fl
L. A. Wittkowsky ' j
Henry Savage, Jr. f I
Directors.
Ne. 318 fl
STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF
LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK
s LOCATED AT CAMDEN, S. C., AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS I
7 i_ JUNE 29, 1929. _ J,//
Resources. I
Loans and Discounts $306,697.52?
Overdrafts _j668.00W
Bonds and Stocks Owned by Bank 83,708.06
Furniture and Fixtures 4,000.00 I
Cash 011 hand and due from Banks 55,156.36
Checks and Cash Items * 3[546.01
Total $453,775*95 1
Liabilities.
, Capital Stock Paid in $100,000.00
Surplus Fund 6,000.00
Undivided Profits, less Current Expenses and Taxes Paid .... 9,274.10
Due to Banks and Bankers NONE
Dividends Unpaid 18.00
Individual Deposits Subject to check.. _j204,308.51 -----
Savings Deposits '<*?& " * * 69,487.23
Time Certificates of Deposit .. 9,534.64
Certified Checks 143.86
Cashier's Checks 97.61 288,521.85
Notes and Bills Re-discounted 4,962.00
Bills Payable, including Certificates for Money Borrowed .... 50,000.00
Total ..... ..... ..... $453,775.95
State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw. T. . ,
Before me came John S. Lindsay, Cashier of the above named bank,
who, beiug duly sworn, says th .t the above and foregoing statement Is a tros
condition of said bank, as shown by the books of said bank.
JOHN S. LINDSAY, Cashier.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 3rd day of July, 1929.
Correct?Attest: * J. E. McKAIN,
Thos. J. Kirkland Notary Public for S. C.
John T. Nettles
J. H. Clyburn
Directors.
A Summer Trip To
HAVANA, CUBA
I Ancient, Historic, Exotic and Gay Capital City of the
Republic of Cuba
A MOST INTERESTING*PLACE TO VISIT . - ?
Contrary to the general impressi-on, the climate in .
Cuba is pleasant during the summer. The hotel rates
are unusually low, and a trip can be made there at
small cost.
Average summer temperatures, as furnished by Belen College
Observatory are as follows: -Minimum
Maximum
June 76.14 88.53
July ,.... 73.8 88.55
August . U.UJ ,,..75*7. . .... 89.45 j
September 75.07 89.02
; . . 'j . v ;
I The nights are always cool and pleasant, due to the ever present
Trade winds which sweep in from the ocean. '
| All Year Tourist Fares to Havana are in effect via all railroads,
going either to Port Tampa or Key West thence P. AO< D
Steamship Co. Popular excursions at half fare or lea* -JM
offered by the rail lines at intervals during the summer season.
Stop overs permitted at all points in Florida. Consult your locw ?
ticket agent or passenger agent for detailed information. I
Steamer reservations made, descriptive literature, hotel rate?.
and any further information desired will" be cheerfully fufniabw1 [
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