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r t tr :ka in tho yv tv ." Tlie line Includes tho 5 embroidered; let novelties of the season of Linens, rl-Ia Leather goods. an J i v'.' i II r. Henry Kirseh waa i v ;;i an assault on the person - ' i;4i;nia Lemmond, of Clear i'nc-YAp, last Saturday after 1 - aeUJ.-iSnsc her In a . .buggy h r will and carrying her, to , Carolina, where a marriage was gone through with be idlra Daile 1 , c. was called at a little later nooa" before 'Squire Hilton, with i "Saulre T. P. Ros3 sat. icny was ' concluded about 5 i, after which, argument was j by the 'attorneys. .; , ; : ; ; . EllISTLED WITH FEATURES leen degre of Interest' had been d by .'the 6try of the alleged !pn In yesterday's . Observer .e crninal court room was full pie, ,vnen tna trial waa cauea. ji.dant was represented (by F. Marion Redd and J. I Hey, while Messrs. Plummer Ste iand F. R. McNinch defended terests of he prosecutor. . The abounded In features and inter t, often, amusing, situation IHirsch, or Miss Lemmond, as nsisted on being called, . was a Kitness, by reason t the prom 'part she played In the trial, 8Jid lion of her good looks, for she 1 favored' - The defendant, Mr. j, contributed much to the lnter- Jhe proceedings. He is a man or spjenaia appearance, wiui shoulders, a high forehead and 'nead of . black . hair. He Is bred and possesses lntelll far above th ordinary. Phy ourage and aggressiveness and nee was evidenced by hla de nt throughout the trial. But for let that a display of temper was to Injure him under the clrcum- k he displayed good Judgment yng .his answers, vr ,U3 BAILES TO THE FRONT. lhaiy star witness, though 'In a jot way, was 'Squire Bailes, the y marrying artist, who resides steps below the South Carolina rhe squire was beyond ' the Jur- ln of - the court And probably not have come had he known .rriflo. arraignment which waa ig him , at the hands of Mr. h, who attacked his character, ord and hia way, of doing ibus- oa cross examination for the lGid opportunity was afforded many peculiar olnta and in iquasiiona growmg out or mis I .case, for the attorneys on o jftldes, to earn their money, y uid. One not versed in the f the learned craft might have d them to fly at each other s at various stages of the 'game. re, Hilton, who kept his' head imes, remarking that, although never tried a case exactly like p nad been tryingcases for S3 TUled somewhat by common that Questionings of witnesses m allowed covering events up inducing the marriage, but no The question of the mar jvasl . Incidentlal," so far as the fassauit was concerned. . S LEMMOND TESTIFIES. testimony of , , Miss Lemmond substantially , that v expected, she said, asked : her, at the f Mrs. J. M. Brown,, her aunt, urday morning to ride up town m and she consented, the un- llng being that he was tt 'K to a -dentist's office. He drove arding house, that of Mr. and . Q .Rogers, where he left her tew minutes,, going Into' the .Chile she sat in the buggy and changed a few words with the yl the , porch. On coming t began to drive rapidly around y, but-she supposed he was towards the dentist shoo. "Fl ispectlng something, she told her to-, take her back or let and she. would find the way best she could. ' "Then,' ea'ld, ing lady, J.'he told me he loved that he' was going to marry he had -to be arrested for It Jiim I Wasn't ready to marry wasn't fcoin to be married." R't make any threats - while t en route down?" - He said he had a revolver aid kill me if I didn't jnarry V'e,( went on to 'Squire Bailes,4 1 .'"miles from here, and got bout 5 o'clock In the efter I protested against the mar," ut he took hold and held me hst my will. We stayed there nday morning." , & H AD PAID, 'j. COURT, f oss-examinatlon, the witness hat she .4s 20 years old, hav J reared in the countv. She j'wn the defendant since last I 'ft year ago. She had got Loin mm una naa wriuen . She discontinued wrltlnjr. she' heard that he was mar- e had been to ee her recently, en her to church and had night there. '.Adverting to lament of the witness, which atod frequently, that she was 11 the time she ' was r with Saturday, Mr. Redd ques- tr closely. She didn't run aim che didn't know what he j t .you . tell him ; you would !, Itv. '.:. . i . , .', 1 I. would do it In September. io put mm orr, i cidn't t you stand up and : cross the time of the ceremonv?" I was scared to do any other . Ulrica tell cf iatt.r.Uo-r.8 1.3 s!:o";ved Mi3 Lemraond, ail of whSeh, he said, she received arparently with rks ure. Ho wert, as he expressed it." "to pay court to her." It was un derstood between them that he wad to meet her at 1 o'clock. He quoted something that he had told his ofilce boy, but counsel for the prosecution objected, whereupon he said he would tell all that he thought had any bear ing on the case.j The counsel in ques tion protested vigorously to the court against being spoken to in such man ner by a witness and asked that he be fined for contempt of court if he did so again. The court cautioned Mr. Hlrsch not to answer when coun sel objected, until the court had ruled on the point. " hjntSCH'S STORY , OF THE TRIP, "I met her finally, after having passed her on Seventh street, she be ing with some one, about s o ciock. tasked her to go with me and talked about it all the way to Mr. Rogers' house. Previously she had told me she would marry me in September, She knew all about the trip and where we Were going, yet she sat in the buggy- alone at Mr.; Rogers. As we arove on oux oi wwn bus my leit hand with my right and kiss ed me several times. She , made no objection to going then." . , - "Then she went willingly 7" "Willingly, complacently. Joyfully, gladly " replied the witness, v W ! 'When we got there," he conunuea, "we went into -the parlor and sat there making . love, v She kissed me several times and I didn't ask her to, either. - Soon we were married." "Did you hold her up?" "That I did not do," said- Hlrsch dramatically. A . LIVELY CROSS-EXAMINATION. Then Mr. Plummer Stewart took charge of the. witness and the latter took a brace. He was born, he stat ed, in New. York City, March, 1879. "What nationality are you?" "German-American." j,v ' "In other words, a Jew, are you not?" ".. -T' )::';. vv ? - " ; I might be called a Jew. That however, is not , a nationality. It Is a creed. I am a Baptist now." . Continuing Hlrsch testified, . with conscious pride in look and tone, that he Wad served six years in the United States army, three , in New York and three 'at Fort Caswell. "Were you wounded ?" "No, I don't look wounded, do I? I was a corporal for sir months."' . "How many battles have you 'fout In?" asked Mr. Stewart sarcastically. "I didn't 'fout' either, I fought," retorted the witness angrily. ? ;-' , Here Mr. Redd explained that the witness was not used to court ways, and asked him to answer courteously. "He's doing very well to r suit me," said Mr. Stewart, with a laugh. "Did you have any fights in New iork?" "Every man," began the one Interrogated, but .a chorus of objec tions put an end to his generalisation. The witness admitted having courted another lady in, the same neighbor hood not long ago, but ' grew i irate and wouldn't say whether she was t- you kiss him, after the new. rnrj . dults -v. Made of soft glove kid, with large glit buckle; other styles of a firmer . leatherfine calf, both dark and light shades of Tan, with large, new medium gilt buckles. Special values BOO. BLnei? kid arm leather belts Made of good quality kid, with buckles of black gilt and nickel; some with extra back mountings to match." Special value 50c. - The better, grades graduate in prices according to mountings, .. ... 75, $1.00 and $1.50. Colors: Tan, Brown, Navy, Light Blue, Gray, Green, Blacn; also Plata ' White. WASH BELTS .We are showing a beautiful line of these novelties. The wide plain Linen Belt (a favorite in New York); we have a large line of these, with gilt and pearl buckles oval, square and oblong shapes. Prices 25c,, 50a, 75C., $1.00 and $1.50. BELT BUCKLES v We carry a complete line, of Belt Buckles; every style Imaginable caf be found herefrom the 25c quality to the J2.00 gold filled' buckles. "DtatW la-button Kid Gloves In , Tan and Browns. .......... . . .$2.98. PIKBTS 16 N. thyo.w -4 V- - 'repeated Miss Lemmond, in Kcarea. : -; j tion as to , whether or not .ed the young man to kiss l ui was uui uressiia. ing; to Charlotte, they went oarding house 'where they UU Monday when the broth. ' bride, Mr J. R. Lemmond, n im scene-, as to the ques oldlng handa at dinner. Miss f said" Hlrsch shfe didn't shake him off. f'Jfr, Hirsch buy you a tooth 4 didn't you ask Mra; Rog o use it?" asked Mr. Redd. Me ask how to use a tooth t's ridiculous exclaimed 1i Indiriantly. " ; i - .HuUeiv pastor . of the PLAIN'S COLIC. C!IOLT:n I DiAr.ritOEA RErirnr. - rrofcably. no medicine ml lic-'i upon with nore l:v :t - thin C" - " f T'g ( ' 1 young or old. When pressed to swear If he didn't know, he said things were being carried, to extremes, that when a girl is mature, you, can't guess within 10 years of the age. He "knew not" what he did with the letters. He had failed to get an an swer to his last, but had received answer "by word of mouth" from "one of the principals" to wit: the young lady who apologized, "no, not on 'her knees." ' HESITATED, BUT WAS PERSUAD ' . ED. On further cross-examination Hlrsch testified that when the time for, the marriage came his bride grew unwilling, -or at least hesitant, saying that she was engaged to , marry an other and that she didn't have the rjght kind of a dress on. .In about 20 minutes, during which , time they were left alone in the room, they talked It over and" she, agreed. ."All this time," he said, "we were making love. .She had her arms around me even in the presence of the Bailes She ea-id she didn't lqve the other fel low, but loved me." : u t Then walked forward and took the stand 'Squire Bailes.; "I am out of office now," he admitted. , "I -used to be a notary public, but am not now, This couple oame late Saturday af ternoon. I supposed they wanted to get married. They came in together willingly. The woman shook her head on the question of marriage and the ? man said 'We're - engaged, but She's not willing to, marry now.' So I left them alone in my parlor to come to an agreement. A half hour after, I got word they were willing, I ask ed each one the question If they were ready and each answered yes.' I told , themL Just to stand out there then, and tnej got up. I told them to Join hands and she caught his hand. She looked like a -woman who had made up her mind." - , , .,! Then came the cross-examination of the "squire" by Mr. McNinch He thundered, leading questions at the noted character - who defended him self but feebly. "He asked him If his commission was not taken away from him by the Governor on , account of the protests of the people against his "Infamous" way of. carrying on the marrying business. Bailes - ascribed this : to the work of enemies. ' He forced from him an admission that he had submitted to a charge of for nication and adultery. The question as to whether an enforced marriage resulted was not pressed. AN AMUSING INCIDENT. - Mr. j. A,. Durham testified to the good character of the defendant. Mrs J. W. Brown, the aunt of the nlain. tiff,-related the story told her by the girl when she returned from the trip, which was the same as told by her on the stand. One of the most amus ing Incidents took place when Mrs Ernest Browa was put ott the stand. cross-examination Drought out the fact that she Is 20 years old and has been married six months. , r "Where were you married?? asked Mr. Redd. . " :.. ' voh, I was married all right," said Mrs. urown as sne colored and lauVh "I ask you," s'ald Mr. Redd. " if you wereni marriea secretly by this Kame--;Pqulre--I3aUes,'-Tiothi'.-. l.t;, - A. 1 & ... A. Known aDoui n ior iwo montr.3?" "If your honor . pIea.A,", lt'T"!. ed Mr. McNinch. "I'd Hie to mase our position on this point clear. - It the defense Is willing to admit that it is a discredit to be married by 'Squire Bailes this is a legitimate lmpeacnmg question, j Otherwse, we object." "Stand asiae." saia Mr, iteaa, leav ing the question without a formal an swer. ';';:'''. :"V'-' ' - This closed the taking of testimony. VOTE FIVE TO ONE. t Spirited speeches to the, Jury were made by Messrs. McNinch, Redd, De Laney and Stewart In order, after which 'Squire Hilton charged the Jury briefly defining the term simple as sault and read instructions by coun sel on both sides. The Jury retired with the case at 6:30' o'clock, but at 7' returned and stated that it had been unable to agree. Adjournment was then taken and the matter con sidered again - by the ''Jurymen. Fi nally, about 9 o'clock, they agreed to disagree and were discharged, r The Jury, which was composed of Messrs. E, F. Creswell, - J. N. Hunter. John Smith, T. C. McKenzie.-W. A. Gresh- am and John Stedman, stood. It Is un derstood on gdpd authority, five to one in favor of conviction, Mr. smith, the only unmarried man, cast ; the single vote; for acquittal, though he had plenty of company in the court room crowd.,:- - .-, -v. - When the mistrial was ordered Mr. Redd asked that a reasonable bond be fixed and this 'Squire Hilton set at $200, which was given. The date for the next trial was set as June 11th, at 10 o'cloek. . ;V I A peculiar feature of the trial was that, being only a simple assault, the maximum punishment possible on conviction Is only an imprisonment of 30 days and J5Q fine. It was the per sonal equations, the contradictions and other unusual features , which gave to the affair its peculiar interest. The Jury for awhile stood divided, three to three. ' DON'T PAY ALIMONY ; to be divorced Iran your appendix. There will be no occasion for It if you keep your bowels regular with Dr. King's New Life Pills. 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