The Index-Journal from Greenwood, South Carolina • Page 3

THE INDEX-JOUrJUL. GHEENfiTOOD. S. C. SUNDAY.

AUGUST 2S. 1927. Detective is Star t0 Rogers' record. In reply to a question he told the attorney that he came evtry cinnty, dwnt rtes.l be had ever worked with EUle Con to this state from Atlanta. stable Burley.

(It is nnderttood wanted to get cWar in his mind, and requested that sh again tell him Just what happened, the reiterated her former statements ws to the trip to town, her return home, the, shooting. The attorney wanted to know if 10 Mr. Hurley Is a witness for the da- you knew that the warrant would be Issued. Why did you want a private interview with Mrs. Willi?" had no more idea of issuing a warrant then than 1 have now of Jumping off this building." on what evidence did you I.

'ft lli i.j lli.i J. 1 "la i i 4:. a.r i--any CI.rc-itil i r.V!'. "CJI ye mr -w I t' Performer in Greenville Court Drama CuntlnuvU trvta f-ajf warrants hadn't been Issued In At lanta for bad checks and the detective etc. replUd that he had never heard of reuse.) The nameg ot Sheriff Swear-in gen of Edgefield and Sheriff Lelloy ot McCormtck were also called and the wltnes was asked if they had anything against aim "You say your husband has never the cases.

But he added that he once arrest hlmr given you cause 10 uuuui did pay some money in a municipal court la which he had served as a He laughrd and replied: "Let them il I i I r'i i i win marshal. He was asked aboul the lb d-'t'-'A 11 question i I tl 1. ia Crcr-' t. Sheriff "V.il.U i tell it," and added that he dlitnl recall all, that, He knew thoasanda ot theft of a Studchaker car aad replied "She had told you about the killing i the day before. Why did you go back and not allow her to have a friend with her when you reported the charge against her husband?" "Twenty-four hours had elapsed and she could have heard the report in that time.

I bad no desire to tear the little lady's heart to pieces. I heard she had heard the rumor aad 1 it she had she probably would have told me and that would have helped further In iny Investigation." "You admit you told Mrs. Willis about a man with a scar had been seen running along the street." "I probably talked to Marshall and many others, but as I said It is 1m-posRlblo to remember everybody." "You say you investigated all clues? "Yea. all that we wersble to find out anvthinc about," people In South Carolina. He found a pier of plank removed front (be roar side of the garage and on the euttide, at the rear, noticed mjiuu footprints and knee prints, some cigarette stumns and two or three matches, the surrounding leading him to believe that 80nie one nad be-en siting there and looking into the garage.

1 Intcnlew With Widow. "Not -I have heard rumors giving statements about Bob Le Goings." -VShat did that dirty scamp sayf Rogers said in reply to this question from Mrs. Willis be told of the report that Sherirt Willis wa the father of a baby born to Mrs. Goings. There uf not 4 word of truth In It." the widow indignantly declared, caliy every oTrer i.i si't Thai W.i tiMt 1 5t atxarrr rams to tho quejilo-i If ii? Peak Inter few mg Weeum.

Going hack to the question "of the Sometimes murderers act funny "Don't make a speech. Tell me of any evidence you had to induce you to Issne the "In inj" investigation ot this murder I learned ot the intimacy that nad existed from o'clock in the afternoon to that night Argumen by counsel followed fof a few mlnntes and Mr. withdrew the question. The examination then was resumed. "Didn't you tell Sunday afternoon before" ner husband' body bad grown cld that nioxt men liked a little party nd then and that man a running away from tae um it 'fwtsend made taf su.terani that he knew nothing about It.

"On December a. 1916 were you not charged with robbery in tho sum ot $1,250. and wasnt there a mistrial?" The charge was framed against ma by two boy who I had caught robbing motor meter. The Governor ot Georgia represented me and I was acquitted after a mistrial at first." whether W1M8 kliiwr If he (To-, ji- home, Rogers denied that he inter vteved a Putnam, but said ht recalled talking t0 a Mr. WUs who had plainly seen the man turning.

send) was at hofU the tilf ht in "Is tt customary tar you to leave The wiiutMs couiuiued that he then 1 a''iif oc At 11:30 tU ti'Goj-crjnlnation end. IU bose.it st." afl.l tiist. the "Did not your partner in business saw Tawnmt wm ed and Judge Smith resumed rdirct' examination' with the question: at Charleston indict you for breach of trostr went la the Willis home and sought an 'Interview Mr a. Witjis. He later 'vsj admitted hi the room and fuund in btd.

Coroner 1'irks aud Deputy Sheriff I'rzlna were with hint. Jii-4. ilU, mother of the sheriff, was biulnj; oa lUu toot of the bed aud uu-otbsr Ikdy ind were there, lie epolnKked tor tn his niia-tnui in whem there you lilted one yourself?" itemoow. hrfore ti Itl the hospital wtioft ViU effarei to help. Twwnshd.lSrinrt;-:ty.

"lis put hl viW cn hl heat! The answer was that this charge resulted in a fight and he lost an eye, both being charged with assault and groceries in your carT' was another question. "No, but 1 am glad you asked me that," Mrs, Wi Us said. 'When I drove in Saturday night I felt like somebody- was looking right at me and 1 grabbed a box of bacon and flew Into the houpo. "Did, yon take time to close the enrage doorsTt "I dc know whether 1 did or nt No, I did not say it. I Asked AkiHit Ualiifa.

"Didn't you lei I her on Tuesday! made this statement." said Rng battery with Intent to kill. "Didn't you discard all witnesses that did no lead t0 Townaend and Mrs. Willis?" "I did not discard any whose lesti-mcney lei to anything." "Didn't Marshall tetl you what he "Who hbart a (tt Br MW Mr. Price then asked It the late have a wife and five little children you had subpoeMed' Iverybcdy you ta'kcd to about thl case how much room would you have had?" 1 "There would have to be a room of special "Have you ever, ben convicted of ny crlrar "No, not even spitting on the sidewalk." "What Covertor reprttented tb trial is I and a nice little home, but all of us Judge Memtuinger had not made a statement derogatory to the witness, bat Judge Bonham would not permit Uko a little party occasionally, and Prlc. No oh.

tift'Twhnl iaf I he rfd hlv no lre to trll anjlUUa fnt what After kw.WWrtor'a- then didn't you refer to tbe Goings van mi inu.Jt,satlnes A itf thru asked the yt.ung widow wh. lial happened tlie uicht li'uere. Tbft detective said Mrs. Willis told saw ana neara inai niuu ie What he told you." Thc'deUctlve said during this con an answer matter?" Th dntecttve would not mase a Rocers then was asked if he had I asked about Goings. 1 deny tb versation Mrs.

Willis made a remark relative to the coroner saying in et- eomhiodaUus fur im Jnry toart too'x not wcrked about over the state and uarty poFltlve statement, but in the wrangle with the attorney admitted he knew twt: "Sam has been good to you. ow a reces antil tomorrow o'' rs "Governor Hugh M. OotUi. 'j ttk Tb examination ihea was twitched) he replied that he had been In nearly you murt be good to me.H lots in favor ot those defendants. LL j.VwJUl.i-Jll-S- The witness also said mat no neara "Wereryw Bt weddeo to, 4 Townsend ask larks if there was any 1L the theory that tne man wn Willi ran Into the house and never left IhereV" "Built On Value-Growing Ori Denhs Talk a Kepnfr The attorney contUiucd by a iklng If i.

I I me i I I Jf the detective did not. on Jjue ian give an Int. rvkw to Itcvtrlr "Wilt- mlre, a reported ior me ureeouto piAtlmiiiit tn which he imuw a num bin that the sheriff had come home Saturday nUjht between 7 and, 7:30 'clock, lla ppor.a of wishing some I raiiui aid egg for aupper and she went "'with hini up town to get It. AliPf. suppur Bhe drove the sheriff to 4 iikf tiinewuere around 9 or 9:30 o'clock.

When ha gut out of the tar iiu laid he didn't feel well and she atked him not ti out hut to return home with' her. hut he said he was I I ready ut arid would She then tirove by store and arrived home 6. 3D and 10 o'clock, uud went to bed. She was lying there in a kind of dazed condition and thought she heard an automobile stop tnd to a few minutes a pistol phot rang She heard someone running by her window and saw a man. At first the thought it was the sheriff vh.o might he chasing a chicken thief sonuone tine from the back yard.

ifhi noticed jfit tho runner had on a while shirt aud overalls and then know it ftui Ktranppr Shit lair In danger' In his going to the sheriffs oltice. "Helt no, come on up, wa the rtply. "lt you haveirt' done anything there Is nothing to worry about," The wit lysa next reached the stage in his Investigation where, after conference with legal advice, he Issued a warrant for Townsend and Inter one tor Mrs. Willis. Banning Down Hoes.

The detective was, aked aboul I)ewey Surrat. an alleged bootleggef and the information was brought out that the sheriff told Mrs. Willi" he would be home late Saturday night btauso he bad planned to block the mad and catch Sr.rratt. ber ot assertions nEanJiH; theftry of the case, 'Vwr mrn nearly worried to rfPBih Roaors reniied. "Didn't von tell WLitmlre that me slayer ran Into the bouse?" Mr.

ITIce rartinr from the interview in the "Didn't you Way that Hie man "seen Another question had to do with the running might have beta most anyone name of Ed Cuffy who had been men-t luiicd in connection with tho killing. negro evenrv No." bed a I Civ tniuules and then went up- Did yoa' tell Whttmlre that Town id carried a 'pistol all the Not that 1 remember. He might Itogcrs said he had neara vunya name mentioned In the sherlffa office, The state attorney then wanted 10 kn-w, what, if any action, had. been tuken on various clues suggested, In answer, to Implications that the do-toctive had centered on ihe Mrs, have ot that Iniorinatlon from some other onicer. I nave nar r.r i nr him that, mt i mow mnldnt have liiiaEined it.

Tne attorney then read" several paragraphs fYdm "the Interview and Wlllis-Townsend theory from the limo of his arrival and after talking to deputies In the sheriff's office. Sloan Jones and "a man named Guy asked Rogers it ho had wen quoieu air a ami aked Miss Klstler to her to the yard, The two. "walked cut jf tbe front door to the driveway and tovrards the garage and when she reached the corner of the hone and saw the sheriff's body she bcreamed. knew of Mo Enemies. Tho detective said he asked Mrs.

Willis if she knew of any enemies her husband might. have aud she replied that the did not. He then asked it any bootleggers might 'have In" for hint and, she intimated that the wrecked, car. in the yard might be Home reaatm. This ca waa seized from Dewey Surratt and It was that Surratt wa planning to net it back.

correctly, and his reply was: -iri iihiT siisnects mentioned. I never talked to Wnltmire taai Thn witness rcDlled hat he, had much In my life" worked on all of these clues and had Mr. Price then referred to Mr. nn round nnfhine on which to base an mire's funning from t.heS Willis to the Townsend home ana usitea me aeiec action. "What abor.t the tracks in the rear tlve If he did not switch his theory of tho slayer running' Into tn bonsa i if ihe earuce?" lnvestleated that and decided when lie read this In the- paper, to test the Credibility of Ujo TOwnsen to It would eau to "Wnat about Bob Leo GolngsT' "We investigated him thoroughly "Do you know of any threats against your UusbaidXUa another question.

Itogcrs jaaid be dianT.know yie pur ipoBe of rth and; know an acUoa. you at any time doting your the, instance had been run. I IMdat tlaj IW entire investigation work Wane "Someone was with me all the time, 4 "In that same Interview with Wk It- nil parka nr Craico. or both of mint dldnf yon tell him Mr. Willis fhotn." was not in her night gown?" "I didn't Bay it" "Wb anvthlnc said about a switch I don't remember whether the "Didn't yon tell Whitraire you naa discarded the bootleg theory The detective denied this also and then disclaimed authorship of all io, WPm- vmun uwwn-jiw enemy In the bereaved wido replied1.

"Well, it look like somebody was liii enemy." the ilwcdive said lis told )irr, "ber-aiine he has been killed." lie added that Mrs. Willis appeared to lie In nervous state and continued running' her hands through her harir. "lias jour husband ever given you nv reason to doubt him?" was queried." Ni." wan Ihe reply, "except afjcr dinner on Saturday he was lying on the bed and said: 'Kthel, I have never loved anybody for Chrysler had one." "Wlhnt about conditions inside the I i i JBsV, statements in the interylew. He con tinued that he discarded the bootleg "I pot, there Sunday afternoon ana don't know about that." rroNS-examlnatlon. theory Sunday night.

"When you talked to Mrs. waits on Kngrrs' narrative and direct exami- Tuesday hadnt you discarded all ation was concluded at 10:07 o'clock theories except the one connecting nd the irons-examination began oy her with the case?" James H. I'rlee after Mr. Frtce ana "I was talking to her then about oh iH-au had cr.aferred a minute. Rob Lee Goings and the bullets from What lime did you arrive on Sun his pistol." day was the first question.

Wasn't that to dear No, If the evidence had pointed to I think it wai anout 12:20. What time lid you go to the Willis him I would have arrested him and home!" i if the painter bud identified Goings I would have charged him (Goings) Oliseive Crowd. Kogers stid he told Mrs. Willis he wxuld do his Lest to ferre out. the murder and left: Between 5 and 6 o'clock he returned to the home with Deputy f'ralgo to observe the crowds that had gathered duriag.the day.

He waited awhile on the porch and said he wanted to view the body but did not. He llun asked for Henry Towu-rend and upon information from Mrs. Townsend went orcfind and found Townsend 6 the rear of an automobile. He shook hands with Townsend and expressed his sympathy In the "lienrv. have' yon rot any Idea, any "1 think it as about 2 o'clock." "After talking with ParrisH and with the murder." 4 The detective said he got a report Cralgo about this case didn't you go to the home with the suspicion that the following Sunday on the Goings fTownsend and WUlls were guilty?" "No, I Old not.

My nrst conclusion was after seeing iracas pistol to see it cartridges could have led sqltttlon Of the shooting They dlfl hot. "He took the pla-t3 lO'CUumbla and a man named 1'erry inspected the weapon. Terry doesn't pose as an expert, said the cross-eiaminer, "Didn't he send it off and wasn't it along in July before he gave you his final decision rear of the garago-that it was the work of an assassin, but I soon found In The Finest Fabrics, READY MONDAY out otherwise." The detective sald Chief Deputy lead as to who killed Sam WillisT' tho detective asked. "Rogers, 1 haven't the slightest idea," Townsend said. Tho detective sa-M chortly after tlia he mentioned Iteldv Johnrou and Townsend Imme rarriah did not give bis ttews, out Smartest onlv told him what hsd been done on and More you got this Information r.

Shades Larger Yczitn the lid Cuffy clue. He declared not a word was said about Townsend. He you arrested Townsend." "No." "Hasn't the whole Investigation diately asked: "Have you seen hlmr The two then went luto the kitchen and 'discussed the Baldy Johnson piriKC. told Townsend of the denied asking Mrs. Willis if she did not catch un with Sam and another THREE GROUPS $5.75 been to settle on these two?" "No, but the result ot that invest! $4-98 woman, nut saM ha asked a similar question in different words, and added gatlon led to the arrest of these two unfortunate neonle.

informntion he had received. Town send mndo uo comment and the de' tcctive lft. The Second Interview. that Mrs. Willis "emphatically emphasized' 'that she had not and there was nothing to Didn't a lady and her daughter ten you that they bad stepped In the gar Didn't you her that a man ItogerR continued that on Tuesday he went back to the Willis home mi age and didn't you try to persuade her that they bad been only on the OUtSidcf with a bad scar on his lace had been seen running from the house? And ttotiKht another interview with Mrs, A remarkable group pf.

Dresses shown for the first tfcnp Every one bdmduallyjQlecte wd.tmdeiprice Each so new ana different A wonderful demonstralion of our cuprccicy in didn't you know that Bob Lee Goings (Willis. He first sent Cralgo tp ask if ih nolieitor's "No." "Didn't Mrs. Sam Lantord has each a scan" oilice. but later she said Bhe would At this Point attorneys engaged In a. conversation you with her In an argument to the form of thin that she, made np the bed bpc mem ai nome ana tue i trocK values in styie in ncvness, cera went there.

Mrs. WH1I is and question, the state contending that it "She only said sh had arranged It. waa Information received from a third Townrcnd met them. pulled up chairs and Townsend sat down with -Didnf yon try to get her to say that hadn't made it up, but had person and Col. Dean made in effect Any one of the excliiiye newTall frocks will add tiie needed tciidi 'ct ness to milady's immediate waVdrobe.

'Ji them and thA detective asked If he the following statement: "We charge just turned back the cover" would mlud going out to permit bint that this man (Rogers) accepted an already adopted theory as to Town- to have a private Interview With Mrs. Townsend then, according to send and. was making a partisan In- a Sl. the wita his pistol buckled the questions that strong leads, In around htm. Vanted to know "where other directions' were absolutely ig ccrtrin rumors had got started." "I probably did." What A boat (bUkratT "Didn't Rqy Whllaker, a special deputy tell you that Willis and bJs wife separated Saturday night In a playful and affectionate mood and that Willis said he would be onliotne "Yes." "Didn't Mrs.

Willis tell you that sh got the eggs at Towasenil' house and BUY COTTON GobOis NOW "They certainly didn't emanate bored and we want to show that Rogers had reliable Information from from'any of us three" replied the. detective, meaning himself, Coroner other lines which were ot invest! Turks and Deputy Cralgo. i 500 pair Blankcb fo co cii tide Men-' daymorninjat gated." -y Well, where did they atart from?" crt-nwood lines. Townsend inquired. 4 Itogcrs was then, asked if he had that Townsend gave them some chick not talked to representative eltliens ens." Sheets, Pillow Cases and all Cotton Goods, priced on the bafcis of 12 "If yof, omoTlp tlfe office and help In Ihe investigation you could And regarding the running of a man from! "No." out more about It, Townsend was the lnnse and the name of, Jack C.

''When did Townsend ask If there $2X3 to advised. was any danger of his coming tb the cents cotton. At this point Del ecttre. Roger sa.ld sheriffs office?" i i Airs. Townsend.

addressing the coron "I told him on Tuesday thai If he er, declared: know John and feel would come he could get some.lnfor safe with him." mation." "It you are scared ot me." the de Did you expect him to go thor 1 among a nest of enemies wanting to tective suggested', "you can bring in the whole neighborhood, but' I might i Marshall, who Jives near the Willis houie was one of those mentioned. Mr. Marshall, who was sitting about haf way of the court room, was asked to stand. The dotectlve replied that he did not remember talking to Mr. Marshall, but he did recall discussing the natter with palntsr whoso nam ha could not remembef.

"I cant' remember all ot them, there were so maay" headed. i "Yet yon went back the' next day and asked that little woman if her husband wasnt tha father of a nas- put him In tha electric chair? Don't ask some questions yon wouldn't like you know that rumors Were afloat on for them to hear." Monday that he would be arrested?" "There, were Turners -that he had Rogers said he Mien gave Townsend a letter which he himself fiadnl been WA Great Store A treat City don able to read and Townsend went out '0 on tho porch. Greenwood, S.C. Rogers again expressed his regret "Do you blame him for not going to the office?" "I told him frankly that I had not etarted-inr orthr-tale." "At 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon over the killing, he said, and told ilrsJUrd.ehlld.t- W4lis there were Mm thing be "I didn't ask her in those 1.