The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, April 15, 1920, Page 6, Image 6
FORTY YEAR SENTENCE
FOR KENNETH GOSSETT. j
(Continued from page 1, column 6.) ;
the girls attempted to crank the car !
herself, but she testified today Ken-!
neth Gossett removed the switch key {
and put it in his pocket. They then j
drove about a mile further on and i
turned into a side road. Here a!
stop was made and the testimony
was given by both girls today that!
-Kenneth Gissett threatened to keep)"
them there until midnight if the j
prosecutrix did not get out and walk j
with him down the road to find a
place to turn the car around. It
was at this time the younger girl
started to walk back to the city.
John Gossett followed her, the two
returning to the car in five or ten
minutes, according to the testimony.
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w IL611 mey got oacK iu tiic o<xi ivtu- j
neth is said to have told them he,
was not ready to go back. The
< younger girl started to walk home
again and went a short distance down 1
the road out of sight of the automo?
bile. John Gossett followed. They
remained away 15 or 20 minutes.
Returning to the car, the prosecu- '
trix came running to meet them,
crying and told the other girl, "He ;
has ruined me."
The prosecutrix testified that Ken- '
neth Gossett had cursed her and 1
held her in the car. She swore shej
resisted him until she was exhausted. 1
She is subject to spells and she testi- '
fied that one of these spells came on m
during the struggle and she became ~
unconscious. In fighting her alleg- t
ed assailant she tore her clothing, her
waist came from under her belt
and her hat was crushed. She cried j
all {he way back to Abbeville, and r
told1 her sister what had happened f(
as soon as she got home. p
J. Olin Sanders, sheriff of Ander- ^
> son county, was a witness for the h
state. The Gossett boys were taken
to Anderson when they were arrested
March 17. The young women were
also taken there to identify the boys,
the prosecutrix fainting that day
when she walked into the jail and
came face to face with Kenneth Gossett.
Sheriff Sanders said Kenneth _
Gosgett told him in the presence of
three other officers that "he took the
girl out for this purpose and thought
if the girl would go riding with him
that she was crooked." p
Sheriff Sanders also testified that
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Kenneth Gossett, in answer to the question
if he had put his hands on J]
the girl, said of course he had, when b
he went out for the purpose he did. q
W. A. Clamp, deputy sheriff of An- ?
derson county, testified in substan- tiation
of what Sheriff Sanders had
sworn.
Both are. Sixteen. ,
'Both of the young women are 16
years old, each reaching this age last
fall, one September 8th, and the qth
<er November 25th. Some
of the jurors who were rejected
were frank in their statements
as to having formed opinions. F. B. ?
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said he could not give an impartial
trial in so far as one of the defendants
were concerned.
All jurymen were examined on
their voir dire and while W. D. Wilson
was being questioned it was developed
that soon after the crime was
committed he had said if one of
the defendants was guilty as charged,
"he ought to be lynched." Mr. Wilson
admitted saying this, but explained
that he had said it when the
community was first swept by passion
after the crime was committed.
He did not believe in mob law and
spoke hastily when he thus spoke.
Kenneth Gossett is only 18 years
old, but is married. Like his father,
he is a brick mason and is said to be
an efficient workman. W. T. Gossett,
Kenneth's father, laid brick on the
court house in which his son is now
en trial for his life. Both parents
were at his side today. D. E. Gossett,
father of John Gossett, is also
here, as well as a sister, Mrs. Lula
VlcCullough. His mother is dead.
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