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GAFNEY, 8. C. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1906-
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GEORGE NASTY’S TRIAL
SET FOR TNORSDAY.
STORY OF THE KILLING OF MILAN BENNET AND
GEORGE ABBOTT DAVISON.
Self Defense Will Be Set Up as the Defendant’s Plea. One Non-Resident Attorney to B e
Employed On Hasty’s Side. Misses Bishop and Sheridan, the
Principal Witnesses, Are In the City.
Outs illustrating this article are used by courtesy of the Charlotte Observer.)
(By Jas. Brian Bell, Jr.)
As the spring term of eourti for
Cherokee county convene,! on yeeter-
Jay the all absorbing; topic of conver
sation on our streets is thei Hastv
trial. George Hast'* will probably be
arraigned on the first day of the
tjerm. Hot will then be entitled to
three days after arraingment before
ABBOTT DAVISON.
trial. If his attorneys claim the three
days he cannot be tried before Thurs-
'.lay, March 1. This case will prob
ably be the most hotly contested one
that Cherokee county has experienc
ed since l‘s formation In 1897. Soli
citor Sease, who will have charge of
on the afternoon before. Miss Bishop]
and Miss Sheridan testified that Mr.
Bennett walked over to where Hasty
was sitting, amd tihen told him that
‘'he owed Miss Sheridan an apalogy;
that no gentleman would look over a
lady’s transom;” that Hasty denied
having done so, and asked Mr. Ben
nett to come outside. That Bennett
followed him out) of the dining room
and that Mr. Davison also followed
them, and that while Hasty and Mr.
Bennett were talking, Mr. Davison
said, “that is the same fellow,” and
struck Hasty. Immediately Hasty
shot twice at Mr. Davison, one ball
taking effect in his side and the other
going astray. Mr. Davison, grappled
with him trying to ge<t the weapon.
Hasty jerked loose and shot Mr. Ben
nett through the heart. Mr. Bennett
threw his arms across his body, ran
down the hall and in a moment f'dl
dead. Miss Bishop’s testimony is
practically the same as Miss Sheri
dan’s. Will Hasty, a brother of
George, testdfled that he saw the
shootling. and that his brother shot
Bennett and Davison In self defense;
that they had attackefd him, Bennett
having hold of him and Davison with
a knife, and that George shot in self
defense. It will be seen from the tes
timony of Will Hasty that his
(George’s) plea will be self defense.
The supreme court of South Caro
lina says: "That when a man is at
tacked, ho may repeal force with like
force, and that when he sets u’' self
defense he must show that the difi’--
culty was brought about by no fault
of his own.” -
The gentlemen who represent Has
ty are successful praetdoners and will
der and the place for the trial, it
might not be out of place to give a
few facts which will no doubt be re u
ceived with interest by the eager pub
lic.
Abbott Davison, (one of the men
killed by Hasty) was the star and
part owner of the “Nothing But
Money” company. He was a man of
Bishop: the Helton Sisters and Miss
Beebe were from New York.
Interest in Trial.
Great interest is manifested in
Gaffney and South Carolina generally
as to the outcome of the trial, what
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GEORGE HAS."
perhaps thirty years of age. One of
singularly pleasing iMirsonallty. He
wan a in ember of the following secret
orders: Knights of Pythias, Masons
an 1 Elks. The home of Mr. Davison
was New York. He was reported to
have been engaged to be married to
ABBO'T DAVISON
as “Ole. Sport Davie.”
evidence will >e introduced, etc. As
has been wid ly published Mr. Ben
nett, was kill, i almost instantly, Mr.
Happenings All Over the State Taken
from Our Exchanges and Tersely
Told to Ledger Readers.
Although expected to come up at
this term of court at Abbeville, thet
j case of the nine well known citizens,
of the Honea Path section, charged)
with the lynching of Allen Pendleton, |
1 a ne -o, was not called up Friday ati
the expected time and* will not be!
: tried at, this term, which came to an :
end Saturday night.
Commander Johnson, who was con
victed at the last term of court for
Horry county for the murder of Rev.|
Harmon D. Grainger and sentenced
j to hang on the 8th of Dece’Sber last-,
but which sentence was stayed pend
ing an appeal before the supreme
court, was Friday rearrainged and 1
sentenced by Judge Gdge to hang on
i the 30th of March next.
Clarence Thrailkill will serve his
sentence in the State orison or on the)
changang of Saluda county if ha so
orefers. The State supreme court
Fridav handed down * opinion in
which it set aside the appeal made by
Thrailkill's attorneys. This means
that the young man will serve a sen
tence of three years for having taken
) the life of Ben B. Burton at Monetta,
in Saluda county, on the 27th of April.
1904.
The efforts of the Presbyterian con
gregation of Chester to secure a pas
tor are at last successful. On las
Sunday a unanimous call to the pas-
ed and tried a few years ago upon the
charge of stealing a mail pouch in
transit from the railway station to
the postofflee.
R. C. Hamlet, a “news butcher’
on the Atlantic Coast Line, commit
ted suicide at 7 o’clock Friday morn
ing in a house of ill fame at No. 19
Beresford street in Charleston. Ham
let had occupied the room with a wo-
by the name of Stella Sheppard. She
claims to have) been awakened by the
report of the pistol, and gs far as
could be learnel there was no wit
ness to the affair. The other occu
pant^ of the house at the time was a
young woman and a white boy and
their testimony on the subject was
all subsequent to the tragedy, they
having entered the room upon hear
ing the pistol shot.
Civil engineers who are engaged in
making the survey of the proposed
South and Western railroad from
Spartanburg to Clinton, thence to Sa
luda and on to Aiken, hare finished
the survey through Spartanburg coun
tv and are locating the line now to
Clinton in Laurens county. The line
surveyed so far runs from Spartan
burg to Glenn feprings down through
Snartanburg county east of the
Charleston and Western Carolina
railway, passing within a mile and a
half of Enoree couton mill, crossing
Enoree riv^y: just above Yarborough’s
bridge, thence to Tylersvtlle. in
Laurens county, and passing witnin
four or five miles of Laurens.
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Robbs, Feb. 21.—Farmers are be-
ginnig to brelak their land very rapid
ly. The weather has been fine for
a good start.
Some of the small grain is looking
well, whilul some is so thin a good
crop can’t be expected.
I am glad to say this part of Chero
kee affords some of thei best farming
land to be found in South Carolina,
and from the number of young mules
bought here this yefir, I think farm
ing will be carried on on a large
scale.
Superintendent J. L. Walkefo* visit
ed our school a few days ago and ex
pressed himself as finding everything
in perfect order. He thought the
behavior of, the school was extra
good.
Miss Maud Thompson is teaching
her fourth term for us. She says
her school is more interested and do
ing the best work she has seen
since she has been teaching,
and the parents agree with her. as
they seel their children more closely
associated with their books now
than an* time in the past. Miss
Thompson delighted her school with
a valentine party the 14th inst. They
all had a jolly time.
A committee has been selected to
decide on a plan for Grassy Pond
church to remodle the old or build a
new brick church. X,
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Hallway of Piedmont Inn, where shooting occurred. X shows about the spot and dotted lines show Davi-
son’s course down the steps.
the prosecution will be assisted by
Hon. J. C. Otts, Capt. J. B. Bell and
J. C. Jefferies, Esq., of the local bar.
Hasty, will be represented by Butlor
& Osborne of the local bar and Geo.
Johnston, Esq., of Newberry. Iti is
understood now that no other non
resident counsel will be employed on
either side.
Some Testimony.
It will be remembered that on De
cember 14 of last year “The Nothing
But M mey” company came to Gaff
ney to give a performance on that
night, stopping at the Piedmont Inn
conducted by Hasty Brothers; t'nat
on the morning of the 15th when
George Abbott Davison, the star per
former, Milan Bennett, musical dlrec*
tor, Miss Verne Sheridan, and Miss
May Bishop, members of the com
pany were in the dining room taking
breakfast, George Hasty came Into
the room, and Miss Sheridan told Mr,
Bennett that Hasty was the man who
had tried to get Into h r room the
night before and had looked over her
transom, and then tried to get In at
a window which opened out on a bal
cony. Miss Bishop then told Mr.
Davison that the same man had In
sulted her while she was In her room
ItJave nothing undone to secure an ac
quittal for their client. On the other
hand, Mr. Sease, the solicitor, has the
refutation of being one of the strong
est prosecuting attorneys in the
State. He Is able, conscientious, and
with the assistance which will be ren
dered him by local counsel, It is
thought that Hasty will have a hard
time in convincing the jury of his
right to be acquitted.
It is beflieved by the public in gen
eral that there will be no motion for
a change of venue nor for a continu
ance. If a motion for a change) of
venue should be granted, the case
would have to be tried In either
Union or Spartanburg, as there are
only three counties In the sewenth
Judicial circuit, Spartanburg, Union
and Cherokee.
Young Women Will Teatify.
Miss Sheridan and Miss Bishop
and possibly other members of the
“Nothing But Money” company will
be here to testify at the trial. Misses
Bishop and Sheridan will be enter
tained in the homes of private fami
lies while here.
At this time whem the whole South
and a good many other sections are
looking toward the scene of the mur-
Mlsg Bishop, a lady of his company
and a witness at the coming trial.
Milan BenneOt was describe^! at
thrf*tlme as not a “showman” as they
are called but was with the company
on account of friends. He was musi
cal director of the company. He was
the composer of several operas,
among the number. “The Gibson
Girl,” which had a successful run In
both New York and Boston. Both
Miss Sheridan and Miss Bishop were
from New York. Both these ladles
appeared In the play “Nothing But
Mone(y.” Mr. Austin Walsh was
manager and part owner of the com
pany with Mr. Davison.
Miss Sheridan was reported to
have beefri engaged to marry Mr.
Bennett, leaving been said that the
day for the wedding of both this
couple and that of Mr. Davison and
Miss Bishop had been set.
Other mebers of the. company
were: Frank Bennett (not a relative
to deceased) wtlo played a leading
role, that of Harry Mann, advance
agent In “Nothing But Money.” John
F. Peck who acted as Prof. Conn,
Gus Carney as Buttons. Robert Tay
lor, advance representative. Other
ladles besides Misses Sheridan and
Davison, however, living about thirty-j
six hours, not passing away until;
Saturday evening. Before his death;
he made a statement which will be
used as evidence at the trial.
In a criminal case the jury must,
be convinced beyond a reasonable I
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doubt of the guilt of a defendant) be
fore they can find him jullty and
<$very man under the law of this
State Is presumed to be Innocent un
til he Is proven guilty beyond a
reasonable doubt. So, whether the
outcome of this most deplorable trag
edy. it Is to be hoped that & generous
public will realize that nothing has
been left undone by those whose duty
it is to see that justice is done! and
the law vindicated.
torate was Extended to Rev. S. J.
Carteledge, of Anderson. In a letter i
received Thursday by the chairman!
of the committee. Elder M. S. Lewis, 1
Mr. Cartledge signified his accept-j
ance of the call, and will enter upon
his work here on the third Sunday
in March.
In the court of general sessions for
Pickens county the first case tried
was that of Vaughn and Henderson,
charged with assault and battery
with intdnt to kill J. D. Hawkins.
Hiawklns was found below* Calhoun
station with his skull fractured, and
other wounds on his body. He testi
fied to the court that Vaughn and
HonJeliison inflicted the wounds on
a trip from Greenville to Easley and
robbed him of his money. Vaughn
and Henderson nroved an alibi and
were cleared.
In the presence of about .3,000 peo
ple who congregated in groups and
bunches and clusters in and about
the intersection of Walnut and North
Church streets in Spartanburg, who
clambered all over the handsome
'$60,000 federal building which will
soon be the home of the Spartanburg
postofflee, the corner stone of that
structure was laid with the ceremo
nies and pomp of Masonary Thurs
day at noon by Acting Grand Master
W. P. Smith, who is grand chaplain
of the State.
A large and enthusiastic meeting
of citizens of Greenwood was held at
the court house in Greenwood Thurs
day night in the interest of the pro
posed Greenwood and Saluda railway.
The meeting was called by J. T. Sim
mons president) of the chamber of
commerce of Greenwood, and was al-
dressed by B. W. Crouch, of Saluda.
Mr. Daniels, of Saluda, accompanied
Mr. Crouch. Bo‘h gentlemen apoear-
ed in Greenwood some days aeo and
this meeting was called in order to
secure a larger number of citizens to
consider the proposal of Saluda.
Denuty Sheriff Carroll, of Chester,
has lust returned from Woodbinei
Ky., bringing with him Alex Gilliam,
colored, a sacrilegious thief. More
than two years ago Gilliam broke
Into the hc*i«e of one of the members
df a colored church in Chester and
stole, conveyed and carried away an
entire communion sendee. He was
“spotted” In Kentucky by a clever
device on the nart of Chester’s chief
of poli& and is now behind the jail
bars. This same fellow was arrest-
Ensnaring Victims
Steps Shopld be Taken at Once to
Prevent Futher Trouble.
Here in Gaffney, as In other cities
and townsj dyspepsia or stomach
troubles are ensnaring victims in a
most insidious way.
Nearly evety mother’s son of us
and daughter, too. expects/the stom
ach to accustom itself tj? Aill manner
of ill-treatmentv but theAime comes
when we cannbt abuse/it with im
punity. How much banter it would
be to take steps one/ to strengthen
the stomach and prevent further
trouble.
Use Mi-o-na no\y /and soothe the
Irritated walls of ,4he stomach and
strengthen the gaitric follicles so
that they will pour out their daily
sunply of digestive \ materials with
regularity. Then the headaches,
sleeplessness, specks before the eyes,
poor appetite, tired,- feeling and
nervousness will disappear, and you
can eat what you want at an’* time
you like.
Mi-o-ng is a combiatipn of reme
dies, some of which are. but little
known in this country, ahfl is a posi
tive guaranteed cur« for a^l diseases
of the stomach excepting cimcer.
Just one little tablet out\of a 50
cent box before meals, for few
days, and you will soon regain^per
fect health and strength, and hav^.no
fear of Indigestion or stomach trot. v
hies. Ask Gaffney Drug Co. to show
you the guarantee under which they
this remedy.
G,
—Dr. J. M. Hfcnter, th
ialist, of Rock tlill
Commercial Hob
Wednesday, Feb
will be pleased
who may be affl
tumors, or any /)f\ the diseases of
cancer spec-
ill be at the
hey, S. C., on
28, 1906, and
consult with any
d with cancer.
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which he makey a Specialty.
Have you been betrayed by promis
es of quacks, swallowed pills and bot
tled medicine without results except
a damaged stomach? To those we
offer Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea.
35 cents. Gaffney Drug Co.
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—Blue RtbtiM
What Is It? Au
ger Ale. It^/flu
i, JO cents a yard,
i for Bine Ribbon Gin-
—Hats fdr M
dren at bargalg
ratt’s. ^
ep, 'Youths and Chll-
\ prices at J. I. Sar-
y
—Nowhere wf
bargain- as at/
If you find such real
(orison's.
—Shoes for «
prices at J. I.
lerybody at slaughter
[arratt’s.
—Big lotJfcf Quilts from 86c to tt,
at J. I. strait’s.
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