The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, March 16, 1911, Image 8
The Haycs Not 0u ilty!
Continued from PageSevej).
she did not leave. Floyd and his
daughter had gone on before. That
day, said witness, Mrs Hayes complained
of feeling unwell; she was
dull and did not appear to be euJ
\ying herself: th it night Mrs Hayes
mv w.f) a "id m f w nr. n > chutvn
F.oyJ and 111/ diugit^r w_>.it t >gainer
ivh* b\o/d ua1 boon pvying
court to my daught r sin jc 1908,
Witness keeps one of toe several
b ?arding bn.usos at Soutbpirt
Mrs DOFusmIi saw Mrs Haves
?ii n ng in h* r backyard.
p I C*V. U I _ w p, _ ^
GRButiton testilie 1 to having
heard Hayes s w that ie aud his
wife were pr ic'iiiing targ ;t sbo )ting
aud tut Mr, Hue; ouli handle a
gun ubou* as ?v> 1 a^ he could and if
a man went ub ut Lb-. housoand aot
ed iu an> way wrong clio wouldn't
inind using it.
Frank O iusey, H;lly Cains, Mrs
M*rv l? Prince and Annie Matthews
tei-t (i d as to alleged statements of
Liloyd Haves, but s h ?y were irrelevant
at.d immaterial.
Thursday's Proceeding.
Whlteville, March 9?The climax
of .uterest w;;s reached today in the
trial of Mrs R >s i D. Hayes when
the woman herself went on the stand
and told the details of the killing of
R- bert Floyd. Mrs Hayes' story
was not exactly the same that she
told at the coroners' inquest, but
the difference was in the details and
she gave the same reason for the
act Apparently without the least
emotion sue toiJ the jury that the
deceased pinched her cheeks, asked
her to kiss him and theu seized her j
and forced her to the bed where her
sleeping babe was lying, and then
in desperation she reached for a
pistol under the pillow aud shot him
in the endeavor to make him release
his hold of her.
Features of the Day
The State rested its case today
after some further testimony in support
of its coll ection that p:que
and jealously were the motives for
the crime. The introduction of
testimony 11 establish the ex:steneo
of a letter wii'ten to the decease'1
from his slayer last fill from Loris
in which the woman unbosomed her
hear'; to him, telling him of her uo
u ?nnv h une 1 fa an i ulradipir with
r.i
him to com i back to lxer in the relations
he bad once born to her,'
the direction of a v?rd?ct of ' knot.
guilty" as to L'ovd Hi.yes and hisubsequent
release; the in trod notion
of the bullet riddled garments of
the deceased over which his father
and sister weu - and sobbed ai d the
appearance of Mrs Hayes ori thj
witness stand were the features of
the day.
The first witue-ses wero Aut\
Baldwin and Roland Baldwin, wh >
corroborated the s'a'emnnts made
yesterday by Vaughn Watts as to
having seen the shooting from
Bildwin's stables
Herbert Floyd, a brother of thf
victim, and his roommate in Charleston,
both being studen's at the
College of Charleston, slated that
he found among his brother's papers
the day f ?ll >wiog the killing
the three letters introduced yesterday,
one from N. M Haves and two
from Mrs Hayes, which witnets said
he read when received by his brother.
In laying the foundation of th?
[Jf'UUl III Ult; CAIftl'dJCO ailU UUII ir u uo
of letters received by Floyd from
Mrs Hayes, postmarked at L' r s
and signed "Rosa," the State
br ught, out, through this witness,
that a thorough search of his brother's
room aud papers failed to
lind such a letter. Floyd's sis'er.
Miss Reba Floyd, of Galivants Fer
ry, in corroboration, said ihat she
thoroughly searched her brother's I
belon^intrs in a trunk at his home
but failed to find any letters from
Mrs Haves to him Following this
line of testimony G M. Perry, a
student of the College of Charleston
identified letters received by Floyd
from Mr and Mrs Hayes already introduced
and had also the alleged
contents of two le't( rs, said to have
been received by Floyd from Rosa
Hayes, and postmarked at Loris,
durirg X ivemb r of last year. Witness
said he advised Floyd to de
atroy tuem and believed he did.
Wiimss stated that the letters
already intr< duced in evidence and
the twosaid to have been received
by Fioyd aud behoved to have been
destroyed w? re written by the same
person.
The Letterr.
Witness then ^avc the contents
i i - . . r .,1 t :
Of 106 ifjii'orjs ruit'i rt;u mj, muuiij^
tha' he could give c?utent3and proceeded
us fullo^s with the first letter:
"My Dear Robbie: I miss you
very much and wish you could return
in same relations which you
once bore to me. The?*e were some
veiy pleasant days in the past and I
do wish tbt-y could return. Itoobie,
you have always been very dear to
mo, and I wish you could return to
me, for my iife at present is far
from happy. How are you getting
along with your work? Hope you
are doing well. Write to me soon.
As eyor, yours, Rosa."
The second, claimed to have been
received just before Thanksgiving,
with a similar salutation in substance
retd, according to the witness:
'Why have you nafc answered the
letter which I wrote you some time
ago? It pains me so much to know
that you care no more for me than
to ignore my letters. I wish very
that vou would come bndk to
m0 for J have always regretted that .
\
r
,<??.* Hill ill ,
we hid to pa?*t V.>n * vou will ?
come bacl; N vthing wouid make
me more L oy than to know that I
was you Write to me, Kobbie, ,
for you mow my b?art is hunger- i
icg for your love. I am, as ever, i
yours, Rosa." I
Cross-examination.
On cross-examination the witness
9tated that a few days following the
killing he went to Taoor and in
company with the town policeman, !
K H, Seals, and entered tho Hayes |
hnmn lato in the afternoon: that in
company with Mayor Leon Lewis he ,
again entered the home after dirk; ]
tint he took out and turned over to ,
the mayor a box containing som? ,
ste^l nosed bullets and one or two
oth3r things, including two p:>st
cards from an alburn which he said
were in the baud writing of Flojd, i
addressed to 4'Miss Rosa Harrel
sou." These cards were put in
evidence.
Witness uuderwent a severe ar- :
rangeinent on cross-examination, .
testing his memory of tue two letters
above referred to. Ho staged
that he had read the three letters
introduced in evidence yesterday an
equal number of times with the
ones quoted by him, but on being
asked their contents he said he remembered
very little that was in
them.
Victim's Clothes.
An overcoat, vest and trousers
were exhibited as those worn by
Floyd on the night Qf the kiIli ng and
was identified by Fred B >ot.h, who
stated that he helped undress Floyd.
Coroner L, C Miras, who conducted
the inq lest on the night of the
killing, produced the pistols which
he identified as those used in killing
Floyd, He said he found the Colt's
automatic lying on a table in Mrs
H ayes' bed room, empty. The
other was found in a drawer under
the hat rack in the hall with empty
shells in it. He found seven empty
shells King in the b?d room, and
cigns of two balls having hit the
tt;>or in this room.
State Rests.
At 2:45 this afternoon the S^ate 1
rested its case. 1
The defense opecea its case with
the introduction of Oscar Sarvis,
who stated he was in the barber <
shop the evening of the killing, !
with Fussell and others, when Floyd ;
came in He corroborated the State's !
witness as to what was said by 1
Floyd and Hayes, but added thai !
following Hayes' inqu ry about his
(Fioyd'.-) hor>e, the latter taid: '
* How long before vnu are going to
supper," and ascertaining from him.
"A pout an hoar " Fioyd said: ' I 11
go have my horse shu*< up "
E C. Wat's was introduced to 1
break down Vaugn Watts' claim to (
Laving seen the shooting from B.dd- 1
viu's stab es, the witness saying
that only a few minut's before he
heard the shooting he saw V^ugn in
a near-beer saloon
Dr J. W. Floyd, who testifi d for
the State was called for the defense (
And related a codversatioa had with
N. M. Hayes some time prior to the 1
tragedy, when Hayes asked him for
a little alcohol to wet his wife^s
moles. To at he had asked Floyd tj
come treu', m, that he could not
come at o> , and had written him
(Ha.ye.) .eep the moles wet with
alcohol tnrss saying Hayes "ex
pressc confidence in Floyd's ability
to treat the moles."
Sh >wirg further Hjyes' friendship
for It. M. Fioyd, witness said
that prior to the above conversation,
he was in the barber shop wh n
Floyd was treating a mole on Hayes' J
lip. Hayes asked Floyd to spend
that night wi<h him.
Defendant on Stand.
Mrs Haves, as she stepped alertly
to the stand, abandoned her attitude
of complete unconcern maintainor!
even up to the moment she was called,
assuming a complete change of
attitude from one of lifeless indifference.
She readily, cooly and
distinctly related her story, step bv
-tep, having a ready answer for every
question asked her, but was absolutely
averse to branching off from
i he direct question.
Her only restlessness was shown
in a continual handling of the fui
held in her lap Her Genial of p .iuted
questions on cros--examination
was snappy, at tim.*s fierce, her eyes
beaming foith h? r auger t? which
she gave expression in a quick gesture
wh?-ti denvir.g evri* tribng anybody
that her life was an unhappy
one.
Mrs Hayes' Story
Of the killing, Mrs ..ayes told a
story somewnat different from that
related by her at the coroner s inquest.
She said that ab^ut an hour
after dark she had put her?>aby to
sleep, laving it across thapfoot of
the bod in her room, had a fire in
the fireplace, but did not remember
whether the lamp was lit or not;
hearing a noise at the front door
she went and unlocked it; 44iMr
Floyd stood about two steps from
the dcor on the plazzt. I spoke to
him and said 'Good evening.' I
asked him to come in and he walked
in and hung up his hat. I said,
4 Wait a mioute, I will get a lamp
and go iu the parlor.' He followed
me in ray room and asked me about
the moles; put his finger on a mole
on my face, then examined some lit
Ue moles on my neck and asked me
if I wanted them treated, too I told
him, 4Yes.'
Pinched Her Cheek*.
Then he felt a little mole on my
lip again and pinched my cheeks up
just so (indicating) Then he said: Won't
you kiss me?' I said 4No.'
He smiled and said; 4It will do the
THE HORRY HERALD, THU
rrJe sfod.' J said: 'No that !s
?ot me way I want It treated
^hen h* said* 'If y?>u will kiss me
md subuiit to me 1 will treat the
mole for nothinc.' I said: 'No,
sir, my husband is gdng to pay you
for the work,'and he said: 'What do
you mean?' He said: Uf you submit
to rao I will treat the mole for
nothing and give you $5 " 1 said:
'No sir. I have a husband working
jor me,' and said: 'Turn me loose
and get out of ibis house ' He put
both arms around ire and pressed
mo toward the bed-pressed ue
down across the bed. I told him o
let me alutie. Ia the tussel I got
one of thoso pistols which was uu
der the pillow.
* We got t IV the bed in seme way
1 usseling on the 11 >or standing up.
I said: Tarn mo loose or I am going
t) shoot you.
Began Shooting,
;$He would not turn uie lco^e and
I shot at him but don't know whe*e
? i !. L ! 1 ?.X l-io nwm
I nib rj 1 III. i uj^iiiio tu duui;u uio hi ?Aj
loose from me. H) grabbed at the
pistol and was trying to lake it
awa3' from me and I was shooting
him right on l)o not know how
many times I shot thh pistol. In
the tussei I lost the pistol in some
way; don't know whether he got it
or whether 1 dropped"^. Then 1
grabbed the other pistol an I walked
backwards toward the doer,
kerpirg my face toward hiru. lie
followed me right on and 1 was tiring
at him right on, but don't know
wheth' r I was hitting him or not.
He keep following me till he foil ai
the door on the porch aod I fell out
at the door?out the door step on
the ground.
"When I fell out the door the
first thir.g I remember I heard the
oaby in the bouse crying and rar
back in the house, got the baby oil
the bed, ran bick out and was hollering
for Neill and jumped off the
lower end of the porch. I ran to
the gate and Neill met me, took the
baby and asked what was the matter.
Continuing, witness said she then
went to home of King Sjals. the
town policeman, where she remained
in his cus'o ly tiil Mor.d ly wh, n
she was first brought to jail.
Witnoss admitted having gone to
the barber .' hop twice \he evening
of the killing, but went there to consult
her bu-oand about her feeliro s
?th .t she was feeling uuwtl', adding
that she was expecting to ba a
moth-r within three mou'hs. She
id d h r husband had nothing to do
with h-r l-iilicg Fioyd. no- had thry
\uy agreement, ab >ut, ge ting F1 yd
to the house f ?r #hat purpose.
Witness corroborated Mary Holi s
testimony in so far ..s u related to
her having been in the Hayes home
last summer and that they walked
down the street and met Fiovo
driving in a buggy, but flatly denied
that-shd talked to Floyd that afteif.^inn
nr t.n!d Miss Holt or ever tide
aoyou % atements made by Mis:
Hoit .ai her home life was unhappy
and that if her husband did no'
quit fussing with her she was going
to leave home and that Floyd wuu d
come to her.
Tne witness also cor;oborated
practically all Mrs Mims' testimony
as to her interview in the jtil, but
said that Mrs Mims represented heiself
as a friend of witness; said sh?
I "See I
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BSD AY, MARCH 10, 1911.
Ipcseeoeoe*
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|| Horse &M
for the past 60 days. We have
SI take us take us long to do anj
greatful for the kind and liber
ul Half Profit at the Store and ha
of People of Horry are beginn
Thompson would close you out
xfjjy the perpetrator's as we were c
ness principles, and that is all
Our buyer is now on the Is
JjoV and when the latest novelties
SjjS all seem to be after, at prices
Viflr stayed at the stable, but we f<
Jilft town, and as others cant get 1
moss growing. All things con
for us to quit,? business,--and
one or the other of our Growii
?&Zk Watch this space on our r<
Ginghams' only 6c yard. 500 <
Shoes and Hats, to fit and suit
plugs good tobacco, sells quid
Gross. Star Lye only r2.85 ca
Ladies and gentlemen, car
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Get your wife a White Se>
Tfct a divorce as it will be sat it
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pud Your business is solicited <
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iii i And I '
li A. C. THOM ' -'SON
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prasi^l
lai "I know what is crood SI
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If after usii$ the entife con^J|
||?k tents of this can,you afe 0M
fesf'tiot satisfied in every re-c?J?
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Notice.
All persons who are the owners of .
lumber, matorial or buildings on
site of the Kanawha Lumber Corporation
are notified to remove
same without delay, as the space is i
meded for the erection of the plant t
of Georgetown Lumber Company, t
who has leased the premises. All c
such property not moved within C
thirty days from this date, will a
be otherwise disposed of to make
room.
M G Anderson,
For Leasto.
seoecsoss"
R BUYI
iule Market or
sold more Mules and Horses than than
t hing in the trading line if we can get j
i.l support given us, In the Mule, Wi
If profit at the Stable, means money fo
ing to realize it. That old lie that you
the day the paper was due has been ou
onfldent it would, We give all the timi
any one could expect.
Jew Englur.d Markets, purchasing barg;
of the Season begin to roll in, purchase
neA er before heard of. Competitors wi
eel lliat a live wire is needed to keep
1 - ? -I " -??? ?> 4h/im Kuuv i
ah I;u?y, aim ?t" inn i iuvin , ?.<
ne to those who wait, and we suppose o
just as soon as we can find a nustling s
t*g Business, and we are not careing whi
aturn, and come and buy while we are a
:joz< n Cotton 1 bread, all sizes and c<
I the eye and pocket book. Best plat*
c for $5.00, our price only $2.G5. Bail 1
se.
i call and have their measurejtaken for t
ir.g Co., and International Co,, the best
ving Machine, and If she is not perfectl
faction in trying1 to live with her. O. I
price and guarantee the back for 10 yeai
ONLY on the grounds that we give yo
i for the same money.
IVE STOCK COM
, Owner of E
I 1 Buildings covered over twenty yet
B never needed repairs. Fireproof?Stor
0 We have local representatives almost <
r| mediate locality, write us direct for Bt
| CORTRIGHT METAL I
R 50 North 23rd Street
CnM'.vnv Mollinrliuf f'hlirrh.
S( r vit os for Sabbath, March 10th:
iundav school at 10 a ra, Preachng
a*. 11 a m. Subject; 4,Tho Plica
?f Revivals on R digious Growth."
Cpworm League at 3:30 p in.
" reaching at 7:30 p m Subject:
lTne Call of Wild " Prayermentngou
Wednesday nig'it. Preachng
at Homewood on Sunday afterloon.
Rlissionary Mass Meeting.
To-morrow (Friday) night ao 7:30
>'clock there will be a Missionary
Mass Meeting ih the Methodist
;burch to which all ar.} most coriia'lv
invited. Mrs R W McDonell ,
* - i ip- T ?r ?u . I
u iNa^nvine, ieau,, uuc ui mc
(Teneral Secretaries of the Methodist
B >ard of Missions is to address the
congregation. Mrs VV L Wait of
Piedmont, S. C,, and Mrs O N
Bourne, cf Sampit, S. C , State
officers of the Woman's Missionary
Society will also be present. The
meeting will be rich in information
and inspiration.
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To the Corn Club Boys.
Mr L. L. Baker informs me That
he expects to on hand Saturday,
18.h and will give you bovs a long
talk on se<d selection hi d the cultiv
it ion of corn With the expedience
you boys have had, J think Mr Baker's
talk can be very helpful to you
We hope the formers will attend
also We will begin about l.HCLp.
m , in order to accommodate tho.-e
who may come on the train, but I
would suggest that all who can
some in time to be enrolled before
we oegin, S. H Brown.
Trespass Notice.
All persons are hereby forbidden
to hunt, fish, trap or enter, or in
iny manner trespa. s on our lands,
situate in Floyds township, on Lake
^warao and adjoining lands of Gerald,
Strickland and others.
Franklin B. Graham,
S. D. Graham.
Trespass Notice.
All persons are hereby forbidden
inder the penalty provided by law,
,o hunt, fish, or trap or in any
nanner trespass or enter upon aoy
if our lauds situated in Simpson
3reeU Township, County of Horry,
md State of South Carolina.
G M Long,
J H Long,
D B Holmes.
] ted Feb. 17, 1911.
i the Move x
ever. In fact it does not %
n pardnar, and^we are very
agon and Buggy business. W
r you and the good people wv /
have heard so ofton, that -Mf U
t lived, and has reacted on \
i consistent with safe busisins
for the Bargain House, KB
d with the hard dollars, that jK
11 say I wish Thompson had g g
something doing in the old
ere must not be too much flrB
if <>nmnpfitnrH nre waiting
ucccssor, we will turn loose
ch 011c.
way. 40 yards Calico for 85c
>Iors, 52c. dozen. Clothing,
5 meat only 10c pound. 50 X
Road Miils Snuff $5.70 the SB /
heir Easter Suits, as we repand
biggest in their lines.
y satisfied, go to Nevada and
i. Cooking Stoves and Heatu
the same goods for less KV
House i
PANY K
k ji #^I . i; S^m
EOin uorpurauuns. j
gSggBOOQOQt
irs ago are as good as new and have I
mproof?Handsome?Inexpensive. I
sverywhere but if non? '" v"'?f im- I
imples, prices and full p*.. cic.ilars. I
HOOFING COMPANY I
Philadelphia, Psu I
NOTICE OF SALE.
Under and hy virtue of a decree of
f I\i?nnlneii.i a nt\ u.lu miHu liv ITiu ITftnrti*
i w t rv/iwou iu (4AJU o?' u J t??o ???/* <#
T S Sease, Presiding Judge in the cam
o f Worth Company, a corporation, plaintiff.
vs 8 P Hughes, et al. Defendant?,
a nd dated Kept. 28th. A D 19P>; NOTICE
IS HEREBY GIVEN, thut the undersign i
will sell he fore the Court Z/ouae door
during legal hours of sale, at Conwily,
8. C.,to the highest bidder, for cash, on
sulesday in ^Ipril next, it b dng the 3rd
day of aald month, those certain track*
or parcels of land situated In Horry
County, and described as follows to wit:
Tract No, 1. Beginning on a light1
wood knot corner in the Thompson lint i
and runs about East with the said
Thompson line lo a stake corner in Said
line, Joseph M. Hard wick's corner;
thence about south to a lightwood tree, a
corner in Wm Hughes and R M Butler's
line; thence about west with said it It
Butler's line to a ditch: thence with said
ditch about north to the head of aald
ditch; thence an agreed line running
about north to the beginning corner,
containing one hundred acres, more or
less, and being the same tract of land
conveyed by JVin Hughes to J J Hugh1!*
on the first day of January, 1893,
True/ Nr? 2. ItAainni n cr at .1 U
B J'"B ? w ?
Hughes snd W J Sarvla'corner in edge
of canal and runs south to VV J SarTli' i
and K C Graham's corner, in edge of J
canal; thence with said canal west to 4 ?t
It () Gore's corner; thence north to N ft r
Hit d wick's corner at Lead ditch; thsoc*
with said dlfch to a ?anal, J. B Huzh'tf
| line; thence with said canal and J B
| Hughes'line to the point of beginning,
I containing fify-four acres, and being the
same tract of land conveyed to J J
' Hughes by >Vm J Htanley, and W K
Carter, the said tract !>ing and being in
Hulls Island Swamp, in the Stgto of
South Carolina and < ounty of Horiy.
Terms of sale cash. Purchaser to pay
for papers,
Conway, 8. 0., March 5, 1011.
B. J. Session*, 7'
Sheriff Horry Cd?
II. H. Woodward,
Plaintiff's Attorney.
Notice.
2All persons are hereby forbidden
to hire my minor son Alva Tompkins,
and to give him food or shelter
Persons violating this notice will doso
at their peril,
Ben ThomDklns.
1
Notice of Discharge.
Notice is hereby given that S. V.
Causee, Guardian of Uriah L. Causee,
Minor, has appUed to the
Probate Cjurt in ana for Horrr
countv, for a final discharge as suon
guardian, and that the 24th day of
March A. D. 1911, has been appointed
as the time for hearing the said
application.
J S. Vaught,
Probate Judge Horry Counts
February 22nd, 1911.
td.