Show TRIAl OF i THE WHlTtCArrfRS FOR PERSECUTING MORMONS IN i SOUTE CAROLINA Six Idea Tried Yesterday and tho Case Nan Gone ta tho 3 nry Great Interest IttanifcstcJ Special to The Herald Columbia S C Sept 3The case of the Fairfield whitecappers is tonight in the hands of a jury Of the 30 names I in the indictment as originally drawn j I the grand jury threw out all but Joseph I Jo-seph Nettles Charlie Dinkins George I lieore Levi Hears Jctin Moore and John Hansell The witnesses I were handled with great expedition little time being lost Nina women testified several of the pretty girls and all Mormons They I were Martha Eastlow Mrs Lyda East ler Miss Rachel Eastler Mrs Artie Freeman Mrs Sallle Branhosn Miss raggis Branham Miss Alice Branham I Miss Ella Collins Miss Mamie Collins Ths state endeavored to show through its witnesses that an armed mob had II invaded the habitation of certain persons per-sons who had expounded the cause of the Mormons and of converts to that faith and that the prisoners were members of the party The defense in I the main made an effort to prove an alibi and to impeach the testimony I given by the witnesses for the prosecution prosecu-tion Arguments ware mode for the defense bv Messrs M L Smith and Boydkin Clark of Camden and Messrs E Rags I dale and G W Rassdale of the Wins hero bal Solicitor M K Henry made an able argument for the state being assisted by R A lease of Ridgeway This afternoon the case was given to the jury fifternoon nfer a forcible charge by Judge Bennett At this late hour the jury is still deliberating A mistrial is considered probable Great interest was manifested In the case but there was no unusual excitement cae excite-ment throughout the trial Miss Maggie Mag-gie and Miss Alice Branham are the girls > held the mob at bay with I hunting for Mormon suns when they wore mon elders They testified positively to Having recognized several of the accused ac-cused The men f masks but they looked underntatli and besides recognized recog-nized their voices |