FORTY YEAR SENTENCEFOR KENNETH GOSSETT. j

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the girls attempted to crank the car

herself, but she testified today Ken-!neth Gossett removed the switch key {and put it in his pocket. They then jdrove about a mile further on and iturned into a side road. Here a!stop was made and the testimonywas given by both girls today that!

-Kenneth Gissett threatened to keep)"them there until midnight if the jprosecutrix did not get out and walk jwith him down the road to find a

place to turn the car around. It

was at this time the younger girlstarted to walk back to the city.John Gossett followed her, the two

returning to the car in five or ten

minutes, according to the testimony.' * A 1 «* ZTan

w IL611 mey got oacK iu tiic o<xi ivtu- jneth is said to have told them he,was not ready to go back. The

< younger girl started to walk home

again and went a short distance downthe road out of sight of the automo«bile. John Gossett followed. Theyremained away 15 or 20 minutes.Returning to the car, the prosecu-trix came running to meet them,crying and told the other girl, "He ;has ruined me."

The prosecutrix testified that Ken-neth Gossett had cursed her and 1

held her in the car. She swore shejresisted him until she was exhausted. 1

She is subject to spells and she testi- '

fied that one of these spells came onm

during the struggle and she became~

unconscious. In fighting her alleg- ted assailant she tore her clothing,

herwaist came from under her beltand her hat was crushed. She cried jall {he way back to Abbeville, and r

told1 her sister what had happened f(as soon as she got home. p

J. Olin Sanders, sheriff of Ander- ^> son county, was a witness for the h

state. The Gossett boys were takento Anderson when they were arrestedMarch 17. The young women were

also taken there to identify the boys,the prosecutrix fainting that daywhen she walked into the jail andcame face to face with Kenneth Gossett.Sheriff Sanders said Kenneth _

Gosgett told him in the presence ofthree other officers that "he took thegirl out for this purpose and thoughtif the girl would go riding with himthat she was crooked." p

Sheriff Sanders also testified that*

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Kenneth Gossett, in answer to thequestionif he had put his hands on J]

the girl, said of course he had, when b

he went out for the purpose he did. qW. A. Clamp, deputy sheriff of An- £

derson county, testified in substan-tiationof what Sheriff Sanders had

sworn.

Both are. Sixteen. ,

'Both of the young women are 16years old, each reaching this age lastfall, one September 8th, and the qth-<er November 25th.

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said he could not give an impartialtrial in so far as one of the defendantswere concerned.

All jurymen were examined on

their voir dire and while W. D. Wilsonwas being questioned it was developedthat soon after the crimewascommitted he had said if one of

the defendants was guilty as charged,"he ought to be lynched." Mr. Wilsonadmitted saying this, but explainedthat he had said it when thecommunity was first swept by passionafter the crime was committed.He did not believe in mob law andspoke hastily when he thus spoke.Kenneth Gossett is only 18 years

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