The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, October 02, 1919, Page 11, Image 11
COOLER AM) DAVIS ACQUITTED.
Son of Former Changes His Previous
Testimony.
Walterboro, Sept. 26.?The jury
returned a verdict of not guilty in
the case of Aleas Cooler and Will Davis,
tried for the killing of \V. D.
Thomas, the woods rider for the Okatee
Club. It took them only a few
minutes to arrive at this verdict,
which was announced at 5:30 Wednesday
afternoon. Thus has ended
one of the most interesting murder
cases ever had in this part of the
State.
The trial of the case did not take
an entire day here, while on a former
trial at Ridgeland it consumed eight
davs The emnanellins: of a iurv took
only a few minutes when the case was |
called Wednesday morning and the |
trial of the case proceeded rapidly.
Solicitor George Warren was alone
\ ' for the prosecution, while the defendants
were represented by Senator H.
K. Purdy and J. P. Wise. Esq., of
Ridgeland, who were of counsel for
Aleas Cooler, and W. W. Beckett, of
? Beaufort, counsel for Will Davis.
The first witness for the nrosecution
was Mr. Thomas, a son of the
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deceased, who testified as to the missing
of his father and the subsequent
hunt for him when he did not return
, the night of December 20, 1919. Further
details of this were brought out
by the testimony of I. Floyd and D.
O. Fleming, who were also employed
by the Okatee Club as woods riders.
They described how the deceased was
found on the afternoon of the 23rd of
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and a half miles from any human habitation,
being under his horse, also
... dead, both having been killed by buckshot
wounds in the head. Mr. Thomas
had thjB reins of his bridle grasped in
both hands with gloves on. He had
a pistol, but it was in a holster in a
haversack, and this was found underneath
the horse.
Sheriff H. H. Porter, of Jasper
county, at the time of the killing,
testified to having arrested Cooler and
Davis and of confessions they made
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, to him, that they had been hunting
the day of the homicide.
The first surprise of the trial came
when the solicitor placed Owen
Cooler, the seventeen-year-old son of
defendant, on the stand. At the preliminary
trial and at the first trial of
the case young Cooler had testified
i to having been near when his father
and Davis shot the deceased. He
gave the testimony on which the
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i former trial and Solicitor Warren
I expected that he would corroboratb
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j when he was placed on the stand, he
said that he had lied at the preliminary
trial and at the former trial.
He claimed that his grandfather hated
the defendant. Cooler, and had
forced him to testify as he did at the
former trials. His grandfather is
now dead and the restraint removed,
and he. in consequence, could tell the
truth.
The defense did not put up any
witnesses and argued that the State
had failed to make out a case. The
jury rendered a verdict in about fifteen
minutes after going to their
room. Cooler and Davis, who were at
one time in the shadow of the electric
chair, sentenced to be electrocuted
April 10, 1017. were thus enable to
walk out free men.
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COLUMBIA RACER KILLER.
Rob Norton Loses His Life When
Auto Leaves Track.
Dillon, Sept. 25.?Bob Norton, of
Columbia, was instantly killed in the
seventh lap of an automobile race
here this afternoon when his car
headed through a fence, turned completely
over and burst into flames.
Norton's body was mangled and
badly burned. He was dead when
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spectators reavjucu uim.
driving a Studebaker car in the last
race of the day and was running last
in the field of racers when he lost
control of his machine and plunged
into the enclosing fence.
Approximately 3,500 persons witnessed
the fatal accident.
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Rodenberg Wants to Probe Humors
Coin erning President.
Washington, Sept. 2.".?Declaring
that it was "tlie grave constitutional
duty of the House of Representatives
to ascertain whether any gifts were
received and accepted by the President
of the United States in violation
of the constitution/' Representative
Rodenberg, Republican, Illinois,
introduced a resolution today
directing the judiciary committee to
investigate the reports and obtain an
inventory of such gifts and their
value. The committee also would be
authorized to ascertain what custom
duties were paid.
Representative Rodenberg said he
introduced the resolution "to clear uo
rumors that the president and members
of his family were recipients of
gifts while in Europe aggregating in
value more than $r>00,000."
"If there should be no foundation
for these rumors," he said, "a great
injustice .is being done to the reputation
of the president and he is entitled
to exoneration."
Getting Out of the Old Rut.
The American Scandinavian founddation
announces the name of 10
American college students who will
receive $1,000 each to study in Sweden
in exchange with 10 Swedish students
who will study in the United
States.
aii zu, it is aeciarea would nave
gone to German universities if conditions
had remained as before the
war. Some first-class schools are gettig
a chance of which an unreasonable
tradition had deprived them.
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of The Bamberg Automobile
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stockholders is called for 11 o'clock:
a. m. on Monday, October 20th, 1010,,
the meeting to be held in the office of:
G Frank Bamberg in Bamberg, S. C.,
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resolution to liquidate and dissolve
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NOTICE.
The undersigned will on the 22nd'
: day of October, 1919, apply to the
.Bamberg Cotton Mills Company for1
: one new stock certificate oi preferred
stock of said corporation in lieu of!
one stock certificate No. 101, dated;
July 9th, 1 906, for one share, which;
has been lost or destroyed.
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