C.w VOLUME XXIX. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1914. IS UNAL TO AGRI C urt Orders Mistrial and Case Goes Over to Another Term DEFENCE ENTERS PLEA OF SELF DEFENSE (.ontrary to Expectttion the ('use was Easily Edned in Two Ilays, the Jury Doing to Its Room Saturday Even ing. Understood Ihat Seven Stood for .Murder, Three for Manslaught er and TIwo for .Aequittal. . After remaining out all Saturday night the jury, in the case of Jos. G. Sullivan charged with the mardt,r of .kohn M. Cannon, reported early Sun ddty morning that. they were hopeless ly disagreed and Judge Gary ordered a mistrial. And thus a case which has attracted statewide attention Is prolonged until the September term of court. It is understood that the jury stood seven for conviction of murder, three for manslaughter and two for acquittal. This alignment is said to have been formed early in the night and to have remained approxi nately the same until morning. The case was called Friday morn ing with an immense attendance upon the court. The attorneys for the de fense asked for a continuance of the case to the next term on the grounds of unpreparedness and illegality of the court's continuance into a sec ond week in case the trial should go over Saturday night. Judge Gary took the practical view of the case stating that . ti situation as to the trial lasting over until another week would be met when it arose. lie the. fore ordered the trial to pro ceed, no objection coming from the stat:. Judge Gary, of Abbeville, was pre sidi;g and the other officers of the court were in attendance except Sheviff Owings, who was very ill at the hospital. Solocitor Cooper, who had been wit h the campaign party, had arrived the night before and took charge of the prosecution, lie was assisted by F. Harron Gfrier, of Greenwood. W. R. Richey, of the lo cal bar, and Alvin H1. Dean, of the Greenville bar, conducted the defense. Though the brilliant array of attor neys stoutly contested every inch of ground, both sides sumaed to be anx ious to confine themselves to the rules of the court, making possible the expeditious disposition of the case. Testimony in the case consum ed about one even day, selection of the jury, addresses to the jury and the charges of the court consuming another day. The case was given to the jury a few minutes before six o'clock of the second (lay. One hour was consumed in select Ing a jury. That the plea of self defense would be set up by the de fendant became apparent when the first venireman presented himself to beo sworn, Attorney Richey requesting the court to ask him whether or not. "he believed ip the law of self de tense". .Judg3 Gary refusedl to put1 the qluest ion just in this form, but did agree to ask the followving ques tion "If the courat shioul d tell you that self (defense, wvhen prop~erly made out, is a perfect dlefenste are you in a frame of mind~ to heed the instrue tion of the egurt " IUesidles being re iiuiredl to answer this in the ailirma tive, echcl veniremnan was sworn on his voir dire and several were r'e jected because of having proviously formned or' expressedC~ opInions as to the guilt or innocense of the accused andl that it woutld be with some dhii culty to dislodge that opinion. The followig juirors were dIrawn, eight being f~amers, oune a lverymnan, one a barber, one a lIank emaployee and one a clerk. TIhg following ,geitlemen :omnposed ihe jury M. I". WVorkmnan, foremran, .Johan L. Ba gwell, Geo. W. P'rofitt, Frankh Abercrombie, La. . Mfartin, T1. Li. Moyc, W. Clyde Fowler, D. R. Simpson, S. J. Davis, J. Wofford .Anderson, W. F. Medllock, 1U. W. D)av enport. Thea jtury was secur'ed from 26 veniremen. Defense's Plen. - In making out the plea of self de fense, which the defendant set up, the case revoived larelvy around the ALL NIGf JURY f ON SULLIVAN CA8[ question whether the Sullivan boys left the waiting room purposely and "maliciously" to attack the deceased attorney who had just preced,:d them from he room, or that it was merely by chance that they struck up with him outside. The state's contention was that judging from the actions of the Sullivans in the room while Col. Cannon was there, that they purpose ly followed himt outside to accost hin. It was agreed by both sides that Col. Cannon was in heated conversation with at neighbor of the Sullivans when the Sullivan boys emer ged from the waiting rooim and that .Josph (1. Sutl livan took up the conversation which his neighbor, Air. Levi Wood, had let drop. On the stand, Joseph Sullivan testillied that he mildly remonstrated with Col.- Cannon about his severe treatment of the Sullivan family, say Ing to Mr. Cannon "You haven't shown any respect for the Sullivan family, you haven't treated us right", and that Mr. Cannon replied "You're just a lie". Sullivan said lie replied "You have made false statemeints" and Cannon replied "You're a G 1)-- lie" and drew his walking cane with which he struck Mr. Sullivan ov er the forehead. S'ullivan, according to his testimony, staggered from the blow and as he partially recovered commenced shooting. The defense contended that Mr. Sullivan had the legal right to "mildly" remonstrate with Col. Cannon about ti etrial in the court room and that it was fol lowing his remonstrance that Col. Cannon called the defendant a ( D- lie and struck the blow with the walking cane. The defendant testi fled that he then shot in defense of his life. 'rhe state denied that Col. Cannon ever called Sullivan a lie and that he was the aggressor, having Introduced testimony that when Sullivan accused him of making falst statements Mr. Cannon replied "Don't call me a lie" and that Sullivaoi replied "You're a -- I}-- lie" and that following this the blow irom the walking cane and the shot 1r0111 the pistol were so close together as to appear simlllltan cous. An interesting point in the trial whi(1h 1 neither side attempted to lay much stiess upon was the conflicting testimony as to the number of shots. The at'endcing physicians found indi catio:.s of ilve bullets in the body of Col. Cannon, four of which were pick ed out of the wounds and clothes and the fifth lodged in his body. One loaded shell 'was found in the gun of Mr. Sullivan after the shooting, ac counting for six bullets, yet, Mir. Ar thur Willis, standing to the side of the combatants, received a bullet in his leg, making seven in all. Solicitor Cooper asked "Where did this bul let come from ?" initinlg thait 0110 of the Sullivalns staing near' the deo fendant thad a hlandi in the shiootiing. Dr. Rogers, who 'exainled tihe (d eansed immiiediately after thle t ragedy, testified that Inl all Ilikelihioodl the dIlate causes of death, thlough It would have been1 tpossill for' one of the front wvounds to, have been uiltlimately' fatal. 'Testlimony. Dr. C'. E. Ilogers who attIended the dteeased immelldilately a'fteir the( sho0ot lng testifled thalt ttheire wer'e eight woudilfs iln thle body two of 11triane and two of exit in the front. Tiwo of entranice In the baclk and one of entranlce in the back of the (elbow~ and1( 0o1e of entrlance in the0 front. indieat. ing five shots in all, two ini front which did nodt l)enttraite the body13, two inl tthe reari tint did penlet ralte and1 one ini the elbiow. Hie said 1it w'outld have bleenl possIble foir one of the shiota fromn tthe front to cause decath 1but1 Ithat it was mlost likely thai the shiot d ini the backt weire thie mnortal Iw~ounidsa Dr. Rlogersn also testife'd to at td( tig the de'fendiant inunllediately' at teir tihe shoot ing, stating Itihat he fouind a gash abou0t3 I I-? iiaches long oil th for'ehiead a tpjarently (:aused by a luniit inistrumenit. Thec stick witth wich~t .1 r. Ca:nnion at ruck 31ur. S I ight wal1kl1ug ('anii ablout 3-i of ai I nei ini dtiame101te brokenI nar' a knaot about eight1 inchles firo:n1 the tin td t. IDr. C. P'. VIncent testified thaot Mr!. Cannon w~a s weakeneud phbysical ly bie cause of a br'oken leg which hadi' not enitirely healed. Hie gave it. hh, opinion that Mr. Sullivan was a stronger man than Mr. Cannion. Preacher Testifies. R1ev. T. W. Munne'tyn testified to) (Continued on Page Four'.) MRS. R. A. COOPER DIED MONDAY MORNING Wife of Solicitor It. A. Cooper Sue enbls to Brief Illness. M1rs. Manic Machen Cooper, wife of lion. R. A. Cooper, S0olicitor and aspir ant for governor, d"d1 at her homse in this city Monduy mho. ning after a very brief illness. Si(( bid heen in disposed for several wceks at Sun day afternoon her con(titioni began to take on a serious aspect. Sie reitain ed in a very precarious condition throughout the 1j,!i!t ad .\ltndlay morning about 1I ::W lI:med away. IHer husband, who had lef the cam Z paign. party a few days tetore to at tend court, did not leave the city when her condition he; n:a serious and he was at the bedside when the (ud came. A little girl, about five years of age, is the only child surtviv ing, live childrent having di-l in in fancev and buried} at Princeton. Mrs. Cooper was in th( tIirty-eighth year of her age. Wh was the daugh ter of Air. and .\l s.. Ja1us T. .\lachen, of Princeton, the fo0 I(c r of whot 'is still living. Besides her father, hus band and little child, she is survived by the following sisters and brothers: Mrs. A. J. Monoe, of Princeton; A1rs. 0. 1). Riddle, of Greenville; Messrs. 1:. B. and 'Ernest Machen, of Laurens; Rev. J. Hi. Machen, of Yorkville; and Mr. John Machen, of Princeton. Mlrs. Cooper was a most estitaable Chris tian woman, a member of the Baptist church and a woman of many excel lent traits of character. The bereaved husband has the sympathy of the en. tire community in his great loss. The funeral services were held yes terday morning at the Laurens ceme tery, Rev. M. L. Lawson, assisted by Rev. W. E. Thayer, conducting them. Many beautiful flowers were placed over the mound as a token of the high esteem in which she was held. Numerous friends and relatives of the deceased and her husband came from surrounding counties to attend the last rites. The following gentlenten eited as pall bearers: Active-Ross I). Young, C. A. Power, T. B. Rabh, W. L. Taylor, C. I). Moseley, C. I). hIarksdale, C. W. .\Martin, J. F. Talbert, 10. P. Mlinter. 'T. C. Switzer; Htonorary--Col. If.y Simpson, It. L. Uabb, N. B. Dial. A. C. Todd, F. P. Mcowan, I l. :ie(;owan, C. ). lIarksdale, V. It. }?ichcy, Sr., W. it. Knight, J. WV'. Fergutom, Ii. S. Blackwel, .f. II. Sullivan, A. (. Iart, J. S. .Bennett, V. 1. Bobo, Dr. A. J. Christopher, J. A. Franks, Dr. l. E. Hughes, Dr. W. D. Ferguson, W1. 13. Culbertson, Coo. T. Bryan of Green ville, J. K. lenry of' Chester, h'. It. Ilttff. CHAUTAUQA WEEK IN NEARBY CITY Clinton PeOplo to inatug-unrte ('hau. taIuquaa Week Monday with Booster TIrlp to Lanrens. 'Clinton, Jlunc 2.-TIh~e Clnton Chiautatuqua wi'll openi Ont July 6th andl contind'e thbrouigh the 11thI, w ith ani enttertainiment1 aich night as well as two afternoon mati nees. A sp)irit of i unaniity 13 is be lng created thItroughtout the (:1ty over' the f'act that the town is h ti havye a secondl chauttauqutt, and1( irt pre0jlisenti Indications It is going to lbe a big sue cess In ever'y par'ticuilar. Tfhe umove ment has the endo rsement and1( skup lort of the busIness mten of thle (ity, andi those In char'ge have suceceded ini securinl g ana arr'ay o1f entertainmnt Ithat will please5 even the miost cr1itical1. .ictinday the C.th of .in1ly, will b' obI ser'ved htere as hiolid(:' y intt <:ttl (of Sat - urday the 4th. It will be "'i,((pteri IDay"' for the Chautauquaa. Prompj~itly at ntine o'clock, a parade o auitOto biles, dec~ked In chiantamnina Penancts anid advertIsIng liter'ature, will waave Clinton for' a little booster trip lo the( chlauittata biefore th Ipeopi't; o: ouis Wattliitionls. It is I'ope:II !.at ii o ILauiretrs tp(opii '' I hr le~ t1