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f|e ?W?jKm aub SouibrojL WEDNI:^:DAY, JANUARY 4. The Sun?e. Watchman was founded m 1850 and the True Southron in 1866. The Watchman and SoiUhron now has tile combined circulation and influence ef both of the old papers, and is mani? festly the best advertising medium in Stinter. Attention Advertisers. The Watchman and Southron will hereafter be published on Wednesday, and advertisements should be sent in not later than Tuesday afternoon. Changes of contract advertisements must be made Monday morning. IMm BLA CK FMI . Bloody and Fatal Affray. Trial Justice Haynsworth an Inno? cent Victim of tbe Keels Bowman Feud. Our Citizens Give Paulie ?xj, 'c$sion to Their Feelings. INQUEST AND FINDING OF THE CORONER'S JURY. P. G. Bowman, W. I. Harby, K. Pennington and J. B. Keels Held for Trial. The killing of Trial Justice George E. Haynsworth in the bloody encounter on last Triday is tbe blackest stigma that bas befal? len ip this County for generations. The Sumter National Bank's defalcation cannot compare with it. These two outrageous cases axe without parallel. The first was an utter disregard for the ownership of dollars and cents, and the otjier a reckless disregard for tbe Hies of those who were not only preserv- j ers of the peace, but friends of all of the par- [ tidpants in the tragedy in which one of the ' best, truest and noblest citizens ever raised in this County was killed without the slightest warning for. the fate teat so cruelly awaited ^him. The sad occurrence has cast a deep gloom over ocr entire community that only time can dis? pel, and the sad featnre of the whole affair is that the innocent victim to the temporary J anarchy which reigned supreme at the time j in hts office was killed while at his post of j daly-while endeavoring to maintain the peace and dignity of the laws of his State. The feelings of the citizens of the entire County are deeply stirred over the bloody deed of last Friday, and expressions of the .ame can be found elsewhere in this issue in the remarks made by several gentlemen at thc mass-meeting held for that purpose on j j last Monday at Music Hall, and. also, in the 1 t resolutions unanimously adopted at this Mass j ( Meeting. The light in which Sumter County is plac . ed before the world at large is not a cheer fal one to contemplate by any means. Her j . citizens are regarded as bloodthirsty beings, who are ready at the slightest provocation to .hoot or to be shot ; and once the idea gets j -abroad that life is cheap in any particular j , locality, it makes no difference how 6ne and j T salubrious the climate may be, how abund? antly rich in natural resources, there land and everything else will be 'bund dirt cheap, and business generally as near dead as such circumstances can make it. How much the material prosperity of Sumter County will .offer by the sad occurrence on last Friday so one will ever know. A rich Kew Yorker, j { s who has been advised by his physicians to locate somewhere io this section of the country, i ; who is io Columbia now, and who bad made } s - np hi? mind to look around in this County | c for an investment informed Mr. T. J. Tuomey ? * on last Monday that now be would not, un- i-1 der any consideration, come, much less live in j j this County. i s _ r,?f? jp'flanim? ?ka* money, and where there ? s is SO guarantee that life is safe at all times, !" what can be expected but a continual decline 1 i in business and in the valuation of the real ? 1 ..tate in that particular section. The law- j * le? hand of %iole?ce under any circumstan- } ces unhinges everything and diminishes the j e quantum of business of ali kinds. The j c troupe that was to have performed in Music ! 1 Ball ou last Monday night telegraphed that i under the circumstances they could not j ? come to Sumter. Poor Sumter. How long ? will it be thu?? What is done in the past is ; 1 irrevocable, but it is to be boped that weha\e j x arrived at the turning point, where right is j \ mightier than might, and the law is greater j * than phys?ccl force and /iolence. ! c - ! 2 History of the Feud j, Mr. P. G. Bowman, Jr., of Bishopville, and j <. John R. Keel?, Esq , of Sumter, had a quar- ! 1 rel at Bishopville some time ago about the j j charges for some legal papers which Keels i f had drawn. Mr. Bowman contended that k they were exorbitant and Mr. Keels that they j 1 " ir were not. The bali commer.cea to roll from ; t this time. Shortly after this these two par-I r ties bada ?ght in Sumter in Rosen do rf* s sa- j s loon. What followed at Bishopville between ? "v these two bas already been published in this > c paper. Mr. P. G. Bowman, Jr., is a cousin. ? " and also, a brother-in-law of P. G. Bowman^ ! t Esq., of this town. The day after the diffi- j -: eulty at Bishopville between J. P.. Keels and | j "_ J*?<G- Bowman, Jr., P. G. Bowman, Esq., ' \ and hts brother, John Bowman, grossly iusult- j c ed on the streets of Sumter, C*pt D. E. Keels, ! s who was at Bishopville the dxy before with ? ' bis son when he and Bowman got into the dlfiS- ;: culty in which Bowman was shot. Ever s ginee that time everybody believed that there ; v would be a bloody encounter oetween the i Keels and Bowman families. Ti:is belief was j g confirmed beyond a doubt on last Friday b in Trial Justice G. E. Ha;, nsworrh s office. Meddling and Talc-bearics. .' t It appears that the feelings of bot ii parries : had been excited and inflamed bv warnings f ? h and messages bearing npon their recent diffi- i culties until each felt that their lives were r. hanging as it were by a tiiread. it is a great ' pi?y tatt these would be-friends had not di- j: rec ted their efforts towards peace in a differ- j eat way, for unfortunately for their good in- . tentions a number of the bitterest remarks ' :! attributed to born sides were denied bv the principals, ia the investigation by the Cor- n oner. i K The AfT. ay. Another great pity, and one that should serve as a warning io oSiciais in making .ir retts under similar cirAnm??anres ia future, is " that uo precautions we;e taten to disarm the L) persons arrested, or to prevent the hali of jostles being invaded by armed men excited ni by both hate and fear. Mr. Bowman and v.h . (rifi&?z bad armsand no questions wer? *ske ? * Tba only precaution taken was to prevent the j MeMrs. Keels from earring the weapons cc which they voluntarily called the Sheriffs Attentfo*. s s.?, partfei were taken iuio a email room * & =oare, in wfcic? were assembled some pie/ and, acting apoc his im- at, Bowman dresr a pistol and of. Dinmenced firing upon Mr. D. E. Keels, .hereupon the firing immediately became so .eral that no one has been able to give a onnected account of exactly what took place, 'hat P. G. Bowman, WT. I. Harby, K. Pen ington and J. R. Keels had pistols and were booting was testified to by several witnesses ; bat other persons had pistols and fired them ?as also testified to but was not as fully cor oborated; but that there was more shooting han was proven is very plain, as the holes in he walls and in the clothing and bodies of he occupants of the room, call for some 4 or 15 shots while the pistols, seven in all, ?aly show nine empty chambers. Had the uthorities arrested and searched every per. on as soon as the affray was over, important nformation that will never bc obtained might ia ve been secured. The Coroner's Jury has done the best they :ou!d to sift the facts, and were assisted in the lamination of the witnesses by Attorney General Earle, and it will remain for Court >f General Sessions to vindicate the majesty >f the law. The Coroner's Inquest. Our limited space preveuts the giving of all he testimony taken by the coroner ; but we jive a large part of the most important, omit? ing what would be a repeti ion of the same Batter, and leaving out entirely the testimony if some, where the information did not appear to have important bearing. The testimony af the principals in tbe affray is given entire. ._No I j Chic - fW. Bowman.i ^P?lic?^ ' H.'s Desk. j Hayns worth. -1* I t Police.f Police.f I fP.G.B fPolice. I Window. [ j D The diagram shoves the position, as establish? ed by the testimony, of all the principal par? ties named as being in the room when the iSray began and wdll supply the place of >omeof the testimony omitted. Several other jersons were in the room, who do not appear in the diagram, viz : Sheriff Sanders, who aras at the desk making his return upon the tvarrants, Messis. J. D. Wilder and Alex. Morris who were in the northeast corner of he room and went through the door into the )ack room. Sammy Chandler, who left when :be affray began, and J. A. Schwerin the constable of ilr. Haynsworih. The jury was organized on Friday night md adjourned until the next day at 10 o'clock, vhen the official investigation began. The ury was composed as follows : N*. G Osteen, foreman, P. P. Gaillard. Tracy Walsh, A. C. Phelps, Wm. M. De? forme, J. H. DeSchamps, R. A. Brand, E. ?: Green. Neill O'Donnell, E. S. Carson, saac schwartz, W. H. Yates, W. ii. Pate, F. I. O'Connor. Testimony. The first witness examined was A il. Veeks, a member of the Sumter police force Ie testifi d that he was present at Trial Jus ice Haynsworth's office. He came with C. I. Jones, Sam Hurst, M. Sanders, John KeeUj Lad his father. He fcuod Trial Justice laynsworth, P. G. Bowmau and W i. Harby dready there. When he came in all was [uiet. The trial justice was sitting at his abie. D. E. Keels was at the window oppo? se the Justice : Pennington and Harby were m the right of the fireplace. P. G. Bowman valked from the fireplace to the door several imes, closely watching D. E. Keeis, who was itting near by. Keels was also vi a tching >OA-man. After walking across the room everal times bi turned suddenly when oppo ite Keels and fired at Keels. C. H. Jones hen struck him with his club, bul' Bowman, .onlinued firing until his pistol was emptied, (eels had no pistol that be saw. Ht caught ?old of Harby and seemed to be trying to put Jarby between himself and Bowman. Pen? nington, wno was still standing near the fire dace, then shot towards Bowman, who was .ngaged in a scuffle with Jones. Then Harby aiucbed Pennington, and the witness got told of Harby's pistol and took it away, and nd also took Pennington's knife, winch he VHS then holding at Harby:s throat. He put hem under charge of a policeman, who look hem out. Jooes had in the meantime taken Jowman out. Witness does not know when Haynsworth va< shot. First Saw bim lying on the floor .. hen he was taking the pistol from Harby. Joes not know when Pennington was shot. ). E. Keeis was taken out by a policemau ; lid not see John Keels go out, but met him :fter the others had been arrested, some twenty Ttrds from tbe cflice, coming towards the ?face with two pistols. Did not see John ?eels in t: e office with a pistol. The pistols aken from John Keels had not been fired. )i? not hear Harby say: ''Bowman, ook mt: Keels is going to shoot you." Does not mow who shot through the window Did lot arrest any of the parties to the difficulty lefore the riot occ .rred. Saw all the parlies o the difficulty on the streets during the norning of tie day. When he came on the treet about 10 in the morning everything vas quiet. D E. Keels ?nd Pennington ame in on the local freight train and passed brough the town towards the Jervey House, md half an nour afterwards Keels came down he street and went up into his son's office. Vbout this time he heard that P. G. Bowman ras standing with a gun lu front of Music bill. He was not holding the gun in his mud, but it was lying behind a bracket. In irder to ascertain if it was a gut? he went up tairsso as to see it ra??redistiri "dy. He came ?own and went to C. H. Jones, chief of police; od Told him of the condition of affairs, und ie (Joae?) stationed Hurst oejr Bowman and ?.nt Drayton up to John Keels's office and ramed D. E. Kee's to be on his guard, tba: ?b wornt? was standing in front of Music Hal! Pith a shotgun. Tbe uitne s heard Keels ay that he had brought guns from Ly neb lurg, but they were where he had i eft them. About ? o'clock lie was Standing in front .f '.he market talking to a policeman and P. ?. Bowman was standing near. In answer o a remonstrance for his standing on the treet-S nilli a gua. Bowman replied thal be ?ad receive:'! ;i message that i). H Keels v.as orrong to Sumter tc; make him ip. G. Bow viu) and John Bowman ' ino* the dust te had beard af erwards tha? Keels had ar ived with two anus Keeis told mm about is having brought his gun las: night a!>ou: U o'clock. Day br- fore y cst erda v, while standing n**.tr he market, lie '-.oked up th- s're.-i and saw oh ti Bo w mari shaking !.;s hand a: .?...ne-, one Landing in Col. Earps office. He walked o. ard them ann when io eaishol if rv. irels Standing io lin- piazza and heard Jubb o\. msn say ;.. John Keeis, ''Von are a ?bite livered - -. ' Toe witness then i:?.de Bowman leave. Keels did not reply, or did Bowman sac aay-thiit'g more. Did r>t know if Bow-:.aa had a oistol ar the time, ul not kr.O'.v where Joh:. K< s . Lace wfis. s-t-heard.it vas-ov?-r Buitmnr.'s s-ror?*. Ar ie fray H?voswoi;h was killed : P. <? Bow? an. I;. E. Keels, W I. iU : hy, were ws.ond 1. W. ?. Barby admi t' d having fired at euri ir; g ton d'iring the fracas. I ?-.)..* not :<!.?: that anyone at tem?te.] -.j attack Jotm eel i alter the fracas. i C. H. .TON">S. C. ii. Jones, di? chief of police, bc rig rere, testified -.hat hs was pres? a: at the ; looting. When the Keelses were arrested, i asked wfie^KBowma:; rv.M. and bearing.; at Bowman wasiV-^?h? triai justice office, id anticipating trvun!c"^^^^?:? on to trie 'ice ahead of'Ked;;, a:; i vT^^h'.: /o' tb r J Bowman was-walking up and down the floor. I After the Keelse9 were seated on the opposite j side from the justice, Harby standing near the j fireplace on the east side and Pennington j staudiog by the fireplace with bis right arm j on the mantlepiece, looking toward the door. I Bowman continued bis walk and when oppo i siteD. H. Keels, after walking up and down' j several time?, he suddenly turned, and draw ! ing his pistol fired several times at D. E. j Keels. The witness struck at the pistol at i the first fire and hit Bowman, but Bowman j continued firing until his pistol was emptied. . He saw Keels sitting unarmed, was posiiive j he had no pistol in his hand. Would have ; seen the pistol if he had held one. After he I was shot he threw out his hands and ran over ; towards the fireplace. i D. E. Keels did not grab at Mr. Bowman, j. but caught Barby around the waist, as if try ! ing to get him in front Bowman shot twice ! before any one else fired. Hay ns worth was ! writing, and as the pistol fired he sprang to ! his feet and turned slightly towards the door. I ls confident he WHS standing when shot, but ' the first pistol shots were not those ih:it hit ! b^m. Knows when one shot was fired through the window and Mr. Hainsworth was then : down on the floor. He only knows of one ! shot through the window, and Haynsworth ; had been shot before that lie was shot before j Bowman said, "Stop that man from shooting ? out there." He heard \V. I. Harby say that j he had shot at Pennington. Saw Pennington i shoot towards Bowman in the southwest cor ? uer of the room twice. At and during the ; shooting Peuniogton was standing between i Harby and the trial justice. No one was { standing near the trial justice when the j scrimmage was going on who was engaged j in the shooting. Bowman was not between j the window through which the shot was fired ? and the justice. Bowman was in the south rth. I Door. [: tinev. Harby .f f Pennington. Beard.t : ? i o .SJ D.E Keels.f! J^.R.Keels.f I - owman. o'.ice. Table.: oof. ? Window ; westside of the roora when the shot wa3 fired I : through the window. j John Keels disappeared during the shooting j i just as it commenced, and when he saw him-j the shooting was then over and he was com- j j irur towards the office with two pistols. He j : (tue witness) ordered Policeman Drayton to j ? arrest bim. and Drayton turned over a pistol I to him, which was claimed by the sheriff and j . which Keels was said to'have snatched from j the hands of the sheriff. One chamber of; this latter was discharged. The witness after- j wards turned it over to James Hurst to help j guard Keels and it was returned to witness i this morning. Heard about the Keelses coming from ; Lynchburg and saw Bowman standing in j front of the Music Hali. After speaking to j Bowman about hird Hunting, he sent Drayton j ; to warn Keels about Bowman, and afterwards j ' went himself. After telling Keels about Bow- i man he warned him not to provoke a riot on j j the street. Keels asserted he was not there to i brirg about a fuss: that he and his son had ; . been abused by the?oxvmans, and he intended I I to defend himself if attacked, nut would not ! Start a fuss. The witness then went to Mr. j .: Winn, as an old settled citizen, and asked j . him to see if the parties could not be arrested ! ? and troulile averted. During theconveisatiou j j betweeu Bowman and witness, after Drayton ; was sent to .vam Keels, Bowman asked where i Drayton was going, and said that he had bet- : j ber stay where he was and attend to his own ! j business. Witness heard that Keels had j ! brought shotguns from Lynchburg, but did ; I not see them. Mr. Harby v.as his informant, j DR. J. S. UL'GIISG.W j Dr J. S. Hughson, being sworn, testified ! ; that he had made a post mortem examination i '. of the body of the deceased and found a wound \ j under the right eye, which penetrated and ; ? passed through the brain, fracturing the j ; skull nboui two inches and a half back of the j i right ear on a line nearly one inch higher i ; tlmn the tip of the ear on the right side of the ? i he-.id The hail ranged a Hine upwards and j backwards until it struck the skull. The b.-.ll j ; struck in*: ur der the lid and passed under ?he | j bone that supports the orbi:. That wound 1 ? caused death. No other wound was found. \ j He did not die immediately. The upward | I range of the ball, which was about one and a : j half inches, was not caused?by any glancing, j I but it passed directly through tile brain. J. A. SCHWERIN*; j J. A. Schwerin the constable of Trial Jus- j i tice Hayosworth, testified that he was in the j j office yesterday when the riot occurred. Was !. j not in the office when P. G. Bowman was j j brought in. While witness was standing in j front of tbe fire warming his hands ?he shoot- I j ing commenced. The first shot came from | I his back, but does not know who did it. j D. K. Keels and J. Keels were at his back, j and also P. G. Bowman, Pennington and j j Harby were standing to the right of witness, I ! ne-.r the fire. During the progress of the : j firing he caught hold of a pistol that some j i one was holding, but does not .know who, ! j and turned ft aside. After that he saw Mr. j j Haynsworth lying on the floor, and he called j j ont to stop the shooting, that they had killed . j Mr. Haynsworth. Does not know who shot ; ?hrough the window, nor th.it anyone did j t that. Did not hear any one say : ;*'Look out ? j Bowman, Keels is going to shoot you." j j Heard P. G. Bowman say : "Stop thai man ? I from shooting out there," and this was said ' ? before he saw Haynsworth lying on the floor. I S. F. HURST, JR. S. F. Hurst, Jr., testified that he was a po? liceman, and was present at the shooting. He came into the office just after the Keelses en-. tered and was in there during the en'ire lime. j Bowman was walking up and down the floor, j While facing toward D. E. Ri e's he exclaimed: i "He is goUig to kill me I" and the firing com- j I men ced and Was very rapid fur a few mo- I i merns. The witness was standing back of j i Bowman ard could not see 1>. M. Keels. ? j When Keels eanie in he had his coat buttoned j j np and his hand in his breast? Hi- -lid not ; j see anyone shoot, hut took a pistol from W. j j 1. Harby s hand. Ile caught the arm of Mr. : I Pennington justas he was about, to strike1 j Harby willi a knifr. He saw Hainsworth j ! sitting in his chair when ihe shooting com- I i meneed and thinks lie frei fro ai his chair; j ; Heard one shot after H?y.iiSwcrth fi ll. The } witness arrested D. E. Keels after s h e. s hoot- : j ing and pot him in thc guardhouse. He did I ?:??t search him, but Keels opened his coat ; at.d offered lt.- be searched. The witness ..'.?ii ! j not think I?. E. Kee!* h id a pistol or !.?. ? would hiv.? searched ihm. VYap-r I bi rb vj I toM wiiaiss he had riot fired a rho: durin?' ! the riot. ? J T HURST, j J. T. Hur>'. a member of thc p?lice force. : was present diving the shooting, lin d on lie ro nu .oat lim- w.jiKieg up and clown the Penhuigt.'n ami Harb? ivre on the h- firephv.:..; D E. Keels was sitt'i.i.g rieht hand hi hi ; brWs? a? d cross ii riii i: .1 of 17 whea the fri':' <.emhav/eed, in ;?.?? mean- I time 1?. E. Keels had mar- d over lo v. h? re ' .?.om'a:-d ? '?:.!: 1 ' :: in 'ie brea?!, nnd hts* 1 ?S h** eaii?h? Ha: ! i\ Pe* nfogt'.fi cot !.*. .'- on 1 rhfci.and ar.d Harby en thf head. The Kee Nt s, ' ' as far ai the wi tn os s coo-d ?ee. ?ve se not arm- ! ed. Witness ar-s-'-d Penr.?M?fton Imf did not i see hitts have a p;3?!?? after th?1 ?hoo*ing. He did not put !/. E. Kee's in the guardhouse, i Witt?e?s thought that the bullet which killed ? Mr. Hay ns w^rth came from Pennington's ' .i-fol. W he., Mr I'avpeau-or'h fell it '.V i ? on t .rs right sid-', wi-h his face toward tbe door, s Ie fell near the commencement of tbe firing ie jumped np as soon as the firing com" nenced, ?nd in a moment afterwards fell down Each of the Keelses left a pistol on a table in John Keels's office before they left for the ustice's office. In all, the witness saw iou pistols on that table. At 2 P. M., jury, adjourned until 4 P. M. At that hour ihe examination was continued, the first witness being T. S. DitAYTON, a policeman. While Bowman was shooting and struggling with Jones and witness, who were trying to arrest him, firing commenced over in the northeast corner. The two Hurst?, Ilarhy and Pennington were strug? gling over there, IC. Pennington with a pistol, saw John Keels run out of the room dur? ing the shooting. ?Saw him next coming after the shooting with his bands fut! of pistols. Went to meet him with Weeks. Witness thinks he took three pistols - from Keels. Air. Kaynsworth was sitting down when the witness entered the room. Did not see bira standing up but saw him falling. Witness took another pistol from Keels after he had arrested him and was on the way to the guard, bouse. SAMMIE CHANDLER. Sammie Chandler, being sworn, tes ified that be was standing near the door in the'trial justice's office when the shooting began. P. G. Bowman walked across the floor, and just as he reached a point opposite D. E. Keels he turned quickly and fired at D. E. Keels. Tbe witness iben left. Saw Keels, wbo was not armed. Witness went out and was followed by Sheriff Sanders and John Keels. Keels jerked a pistol from Sanders and fired once through the front window. MARION SANDERS Marion Sanders, the sheriff of the county, being sworn, testified that he is sheriff of Sumter County. Ile arrested P. G. Bowman, D. E. Keels and J. R. Keels under a warrant issued by Marion Moise, and brought to him by Trial Justice .Haynsworth. While lodging the warrant Bowman came into his office and he arrested him. He went next to the office of John R. Keels and arrested both father and son. He fold them to leave their pistols which were lying on the table, and they did so. They came to the office with the sheriff and he reported them to the trial justice. Both cf the Keelses took seats on a bench on the east side of the room. P. G. Bowman was walking up and down the room. The sheriff gare the warrants to the trial justice and while endorsing the warrants the firing commenced. Witness' back was to the door and be could not see the pistuls in the hands of any one. Does not know who was shooting. When he turned around he saw several rushing out, and drawing hts pistol witness commanded the peace, aDdJohn Keels, seized it, jerked it out of his hand and ran out. Ile followed and attempted to get the pistol, bin did not succeed, and Keels finally shot through lhe*window in a line parallel with the east wall of the house. He took no aim. Does not think he fired but once. Keels then ran towards his office, car? rying the pistol with him, and it was finally taken from him by a policeman. Did not sec Mr. Haynsworth when he was shot. When witness came bace in the office he saw Hayns? worth. ly ing?n. the. floor. Witness heard no threats while arres-ing the parties. Bowman asked the justice the amount of the bond that would be required nf him, and when told it was $1,000 demurred at the amount. When the justice intimated .that it cot; ld be reduced he said all right, he could get Mr. Pierson to go on the bond. The fit ing in the room ceased before the shot was fired by Keeis. MAJOR W. J DCA El?, being sworn, testified that he was present at the shooting in the trial justice's office. He was in the office when D. E. and J. Il Keels were brought in. The Keelses were silting on a bench on the east side of the room. ? Bowman wa? walking up and down the room i and Pennington and Harby were over on the i east side of the fireplace. Lex Morris came in \ and pressed through the crowd in the north- ; east corner, at. which time be heard someone say: ''Look out he is going to shoot me now,*' : and immediately a shot was heard. The j words and shot were almost simultaneous. : AH this time John-Keels was getting out of; the doer, and D. E. Keels was standing in a bent posture near where he had been sitting. : Thesecondshot struck the witness, slightly' grazing the inside of bis thigh. Witness i d:d not see a. pistol in D. E. Keels's baud.! Just after witness was shot Pennington, who was standing near him commenced firing j toward Bowman. Witness tried to stop Pen- ' nin^ton, and just then he saw Bowman fall ; and witness went tow?id Bowman, When j he reached Bowman lie had gotten up and j started toward D. E. K- els. Hainsworth was j then lying on the floor. Witness followed j tbe crowd into lite corner where Pennington : and Harb}- were strugling. and assisted in I disarming them. He pullrd the knife out j of Pennington's hand. The shot through the j window was the third'or fourth fired. Does j r:ot think Mr Haynsworih was ?own befo.e l the shot was ired through the window, ilt-.trd \ some shots after the shot through the window; j Is sure thal Hay us worth did not rise from : his chair before he was shot. During tue \ struggle D. K. Keels had bis arm around ! Barby's neck and Bowman laid his pistol j against Keels's bead, but did not fire. Wit- ; ness did not see Harb;.- shout at any time. He j bas an impression thai someone shot frm the j corner where the trial js~tice was sitting, j Did not see D. E. Keels with a pistol at any i time during the fracas. Keels's back was to ? witness and the room was obscured by smoke, but be could see bim shooting toward Bowman. After inking testimony from J. D Wilder, j which developed no new points, the jury ad- ; journed uutil Tuesday morning, IC o'clock. Un Tuesday morning testimony was taken | from E. W Dab bs, who was in the office and ! left before the Keels were brought in: from j Dr. E. F. Darin-, who dressed Pennington's j wound upon his return home, and who tcsti- j fied to picking the burnt powder from Pen- I uington's face, and also idi-ntified ot*e of the j pistols in possession of the Coroner as belong- i ing to Pennington. It was fully loaded, and j the same pistol that was afterwards identified ! by others ?s Pennington's pistol. J. M. Tisdale testified as to the occurrence j at Kt el's office in regard to pistols, corrobo- : rating testimony of oth**r witnesses. Junios A. P.hame testified shut he knew Pennington's pistol and selected it from the . lot of pistols. He saw the same pistol on ' Friday night in possession nf policeman ! Weeks. Il was then in same condition as ? now. K. PENNINGTON. K. Pennington testified that he was in Sum- j ter Friday. Decemlx-r 30, on business. Came ! in with I). H. Keels and attended to his t-:.\- ! pacing and some other business. Keels brought two gun?, but witness know? nothing i about them. They were left ?it Epperson's j stable?. Parted with Keels at bis son's office and did not ste him any more till the sheriff called to him to come and arrest tin.' Keelses. : He wen: with the sheriff, v. ho went to their ; office and told them he had come to arrest ; them to requitea peace bond. Keels asked bim what the\ mu?* ?io with their pistols. There were three ur four on the table.. Witness told j Kee!? to ?eave, 'ni? pistol. Sheriff also for? bad*: (hem to c?rr\ tneir pis luis, and they ; were all left So far as be knew. Policemann Hurst was', alon jr-and said : "! won't advise . yon not tu carry pi's to ts " They ali left them. ; Keels said nothin;; tu witev.-s about antirip?i ling- trouble bi-rb:e he ?;o! to Sninieri- They ai! came to thc justice? ?iii.-i together. When witness cane tn be went to the fireplace ?ind leaned on the mantel with right arm. at east- j ern side and looking toward door. K-dssai over on ri^iit of door y.:>>\ P. il. i! >wman was : walking the floor. Harby was Standing di- I reef ly back ul witness i:i the corner, liayns '.vortb wa? writ i J: g at ?.is desk. Bowman suddenly sn#j>p-d walkin-- wind shot D. E. Keel?-. lb- >'...,! st-vrrai nm/>: As soon as Bow-man (ir-d witness was shot by fhirb'v. lin- wi tr. ess turned su.idctii\ and saw Harb* : poi nt ir bi? pistol toward bim. i l." rn-xi j shot passed his fare, bwrni?g ?? and leaving bow der marks. Tb:? v. .? the second shot (bed by ilarhv. ni ?ii as soon a? the shot UM? li'rrd if-: v :>'!. ' ?.] r,..? ;;..-;r ...... .'a.*, ..Bowman, look oui." tu>r did ile ia ar j !.. ;v i:-.u: ?.. .. . ?Ic is foin-' ;.! uii i eoe." J. I i). Wilder wa, st-.ndiug n-a;, and in the | OM: o? witness when ii ?\ ii j; couimenCrd. Does ?Vol retu'-mbe: v.',.. wu? in 'he corn?-r with *|nV5? Witness rhea drew his pistol, j c.-! iii cb w;is prompt!? wrenched from him. 0 l ia -. <l;t.w i.-s knife aad went to y-irk or. .'?alby. Ibo by wa? apparently '. : ? i: :.: shoot witness, an-i la defended himself, j \ '.-.?'? :.:.! ;?( :? ; iy trying to get toward?, !.'? . o: ncr where"the witness WHS standing. ?id not S'-e JJin Keels after the firing. Po icem-m We: ks sad another man took his-' mi fe from him. Witness stated that he was i >ii friendly terruS with ali partier. Ile had i ..ad a talk iv:lb P. <T. BOW man aval Harby. j .hieb was entirely friendly. In speaking : bou I the difficulty with the Keelses, Ute wi t- . ? es? uri_'ed them lo try and make friends and : I fop Hits i rouble. This conversation occur- : ed in the sheriff'^ office several hours before - i 1 ev ? ere were arrested. Bowman, in reply, i 1 .id that before he t;?vould shake his paw, t ; t -white-livered-. he w rather drink his blood.''" Bowman seem appreciate I he Jtand tn ken by the witne: prevent a riot or difficulty. He never 1 any th rents" from J. Keels. The witness a conversation with Jones,, in which he u that the town authorises should maki effort to prevent bloodshed. The wi th rough ont endeavored to act as peacem; James Hurst was in the of?iec at the tin the conversation with Bowman. Witness in sheriff s office when asked by the sher go with hun to arrest Keels. He was ii sheriff s office when Bowman was arre and Bowman said "Take Keels*s namec the bond : he is a-coward, and w fight anyhow." After the shooting o< rfd, and while the parties were all in ?li fice. Hsrby said : l'K , why did yon me?" Witness answered. "Because you me." Harhy replied that the shot was dental, and witness said, ,:if you die shoot at me you shot at the trial justice, your second shot killed him" Harby that was a lie. Harhy admitted shoe witness, but insisted it was accidental, that he was sorry it had occurred. Wii does not believe it accidental. Believes fh intended killing him. Witness was cat to the guardhouse against his indignant test. Witness reiterated his statement the second shot by Harby killed the jus Haynsworth had turned in his chair and ed, ''Gentlemen, are you ready ?" The fi then begun. Does not know if the justices up or not. While up before the mayor the n after the shooting he asked that h?3 p might be brought out, examined and id fled. The mayor s lid the pistols were lo< up. While at John Keels's house that n Weeks, who was there, took out a pi; which he said he thought was J.R. K pistol. The witness identified the piste his, and Weeks said it was in the same dition as when it was captured J. A. Rh was also present when Weeks showed the toi, identified it and said it had not been fi In the scuffle over the pistol during the sh ing Beard and another man took the pi from witness. J. B. Hurst testified as to conversation tween Pennington and Bowman in Sher office. Bowman said he would not si' hands with the Keelses. Don't pr?tent give the words used by Bowman. Di know if Bowman prefixed bis remarks profane larguage ; witness was present? ing the entire interview and swears Bow; did not say he preferred drinking Ke< blood He paid strict attention to all conversation. G. C. Bacot testified; corroboraMug t< moby in regard to J. R. Keels taking pi from Sanders and shooting into window, Being informed that D .E Keels wa danger of growing worse and that he was abie to come before the j:iry he was wa upon at his son's home on Calhoun Sir Was found propped up in bed and suffer from wounds in irs thigh and ?eft arm. D. E. KEELS'. D. E. Keels testified that he caine to Sun December ZO, 1ST7. for the purpose of get: some money ont of the' hank on a note h by witness, ile brought with lura a fi; and two shotguns. He brought the ai because when in Sumter a few ca; s previ he had been at tacked by John Ba wm? n. that the difficulty had apparently been sell when P. G. Bowman canse cn the scene f attacked him with abusive language, dar him to meet him (Bowman*i at our place of town. He also heard from other sour that Bowman had boasted that he had I witness out of town and would keep him o Witness pitt the guns in the omnibus and tl were left in charge of the driver. Wim then went to J. R. Keels's office and remaii there until arrested hy th*esherill". The she was accompanied by Pennington and poli man Hurst when he came to make the arr? Witness was notified soon after became his son's ? fiice by Policeman Drayton that G. Bowman was standing in front of Music Hail with fl gun, and it was their op ion that Bowman intended shooting witne Jones afterwards came m. and gave sim", information and asked witness not to go dov or walk in that part of the street. Wi to promised not to LO. and said it was not 1 purpose to attack anyone. Witness car nothing for what Bowman had said about 1 being a coward. Sanders, Hurst and Pt nington arrested him just as he was going dinner. Witness objected to going then as xvas his dinner hour, and he wanted io ? some one to gi un his bond. The sh? insisted that he should go immediately, ai then discussion ensued as to whet Her th should carry pistols or not. John Kef wanted to carry them. H ii rs t, the policema thought it would not be safe to go wilho them. Pennington advised that they be lei The sheriff positively forbade the pistols heir 'ak<n. and the party finally left, leaving J. ' Trueluck, and one Chandler in charge cf tl office and pistols. They then went dow Stairs and across the street. Just before read ing the effie witness noticed C. H. Joni walking quickly towards the office, and 1 went into : lie office ahead of tee party. Win witness reached the office he took a sean the right on a bench near the centre of tl room, with Hurst and his son sitting neat AH three sat on the bench. When he wet in all was quiet. Xo one was talking. Bow man was walking the floor, and after walli ing and turning three times he stopped sue denly, and turning towards witness he fire' directly rt witness; missing him,he fired a se< Cond :ime_ again missing 1dm. Witnes jumped ap and Bowman fired the third time striking him in the leg. As Bowman fire third shot Jones struck Bowman across th head, and just then he turned to the right firing having commerced on witness's righi Turning in thal direction witness saw Harb, with a pistol pott)ting at him, which, whet fired, struck witness' Ieftarm. Witness mad towards Harby, and when near him think Harby shot again. Witness still advance* and Harby shot a third time, striking hi clothing near the wrist, and setting it on fire Witness?then, while in the act of seizin; Barby's pistol, was struck in the face with it and before Karby could strike again some^n seized bim. (Witness exhibited coat showing bullet holes and burns-nine holes alto ge-her, made probably with five bullets Witness was also struck on thc head but doe: not know who or what did it. He alsc showed a out in his hand, which he does no know if it came from a hall or knife. Hayns worth was sitting at his desk writing. Hid not see him at all aiVr firing-began. Die1 not*-know whether Pennington had been shot when Ha roy's first shot struck witness Knows nothing of the movements of J R. Keels after the shooting commenced until he saw him coming toward the office with his hands tull ot pistols after the snooting; wn? (?vcr. Witness dbl not carry a-pistol'?n the room, did not get one after he got in the room, nor did he have hold of one, except 'Harley's, which he had partly in his hards during a s:rug>-!e. Witness liad grasped Harby's pisto! while the hitler was shooting ai hun but did not gtt control of: Witness never ai au;, time made t'vreais against P. G. Bowman or Harby. Bowman ii.-.J said lo parties at IJishopvill^ am: elsewhere that he had run Keels out nf .Sumter. Witness frc $ Rent ly tarries his O? um? i:; hts breast. Wit? ness did am have ph'tOi o! hrs own. but got one from Henry Wilson i:i M^gmdia while coming to Sumter, lo- lr-.! never owned a p'S?wl ii. los life, ? nd sen rceh ever carried one. Bowman Said nothing before he tired. Ile merely turned -.ra: fired. Witness was look in:: direcT'?y a! 1!.o\ un ii w le ;i be fired._ W hen witness mei his son v. iib pistols he called to bim .-tot to shoo: Mr .lotus. Witness had no idea ofd ffic??ty when he went !o the office, aind Wai astonished w-hen ii began. The jury adj urned until -1 P. M. and upon reassembling look testimony of another of the principal wijneSSes. Co!, Earle .-lated to the wi j.r. cs's J ir. advance of his inter roga!cricS. a* he also dru "beach ."! thc otuers, thai he would not Le oblicd <o answer Miry questions rhe response '? which ?i'ieht tend ip crimir.aii: himself Mr. Keels ! replied, quite cord ml!y M rid i? ?Trkly, that he v. a? qai?e wi il-, nu ?.? a rsv r any question f hat might oe propon nd ed. il.-te.-mfi-oihat he'saw ms luther on the ita; of rbohoedng. about 12 M . iv rds office 1? M K*- ls cnmr to rowu, he sn ;-posed toi: et some money out >>t ::.->-? bank. Witness had gorm dnhcui'.; on th? day previous: j with John T. Bowman, a bro her o! P. G.Bow? man. Witness mentioned '.ios difficulty to his father ina business Itt ter, and also told liitn lie thought wa?, hs lara* witness was concerned, at ah end. D. H. Keels told wit? ness thal he not only did no I come lo have ; ?av"difficulty with the Bowmans, but would not haye any except in Self-defence. Penning? ton carne with ?. E. Keels io witness' office l>. K Keels remained lhere tiii dinner unie. W hile t lui e Drayton came up and i u 1 d him (D. ii. Keels] ihat P. G. Bowman wasstaning j in fru.it oi the Music Hail with a double bar? relled gun, and be thought it was for the pur- . pose ol shooting him (Keels.) keeii replied' iii at he did not come to have any difficulty, ino did not propose to have one. Jones at- . [erwards came up and he gave the same mswer, assuring Jones that would not go ou ; he street nor .attack Bowman. At dinner lime, just as tm and D. E. Keels started for and Pennington, came up and arrested them j to bring them over to the trial justice office to ! sign a peace bond. Keels made some objection as it was dinner time, but the sheriff overrul? ed them. The question of taking their pistols was discussed, and Sanders said they could not carry them. Hurst said it -would not be ! safe to go w ithout them, as he could not pro- j tect them against them all. Pennington ad- j vised that the pistols be left, but the witness j refused to go without them. Sanders said, j tney had to go without them, as he Would ? protect them: the other parties, Sanders said ! ?md been arrested, disarmed, had giveu their j hond and left the office. O.E.Keels told him to | come on, and he did so, all the pistols being j left on thc table. John Trulnck, was call- i ed and left in charge of the office and the ? pistols. The parties came on to the office and ! sat down. Haynsworth was at his desk. ? William Howman was behind, in the corner. Harby was r ear the fireplace, on the opposite j side from Ilaynsworth, and Pennington was i leaning on t lie mantlepiece, justin front of j Harby. P. G. Bowman was walking up and l down the room. Sanders went to the desk to make the return to the warrant. After the party sat down, Bowman waiked across the I room two or three times. He suddenly turned and fired at D. E. Keels. William Bowman jumped np just after P. G. Bowman fired, and shotat witness. Witness exclaimed, "My God, they have killed father and Pennington," and at this 'ime shooting was geing on in all three corners. Before the shooting com? menced everything was quiet. The constable had said, ''Hats off," and the justice, turning around, said, "Gentlemen are you ready?" ] and just then the firing" commenced. After: he saw the tiring becoming general he ran out ? of the room to go to his office to get his pistols j and as he passed the door he saw Sanders ; with a pistol in his hand Witness took the! pistol from the sheriff by force and running ? to Hie window from the outside, shot at P. G. j Bowman. Witness was standing with the ! point of the pistol three or four feet from the j window. Witness shot but once, for the ! ?ustol would net fire again. Bowraam hoi- ! lered just after witness shot. Witness thinks ; he hit Bowman in the hand, and thinKs so j from the way he hollered. Then someone ! shotat witness through the window, the ball passed very near his head. When he shot at Bowman the latter threw Ids hand up near i bis head and hollered Witness thinks if| Bowman had not done this he would have hit ; him in the head. Witness thought that Pen- i ni hgt on wjis shot because he saw him ree!. ! Witness then went out and saw no more. In j the midst of the shooting witness saw Major: Beard standing, near where D. E. Keels had been sitting, with a British bulldog pistol rn ? bis hand. The witness then ran to Ids office for his pistols. (The witness identified his position or. the outside when he fired the shot ? through the window. He also identified the ristol D. E. Keels brought from Magnolia, j He identified his two pistols, one a Coil's and the other a 32-caiibre Smith and Wt-ssen. He showed his positon near the centre of the room when William Bowman fired at him.) Witness stated that L> E. Keels almost habitually carried his hands at his breast with his thumb resting ona button or iti Iiis vest .armhole. The day before the . shooting John Bowman met the witness near \ Col. Karie's office Bowman when he came . up said : "Come out here, you-white livered coward, and I wit! kill you. We haye run your father a-coward, out cf the town, and you will have to leave too, the witnessat the time standing on the piazza in j front of Col. Earle ? office. After lue shoot- i ing affray, while in Andrews's resturant, under coard, eating dinner, Dave Sommers, a color? : ~: :n? told him that John tJowmau was endeavoring to gel lo him to kill him. ; Witness"endeav\,red to get a pistol to defend j himself, when Andrews and several others j came in and said that the witness should be j protected: He then finished his dinner, after ? which he was placed in a cell in the guard- j house SO as to be out of the way of danger. I Mr. Weeks came into the resturant and told i Mr. Keels that John Bowman was outside j waiting, and ordered Policeman Hurst to be . on his gund. Afterwards Chief Jones came ! in, and the three policemen then took ihe j witness to the guardhouse. rEYTON G. BO WM Ay. * , On account ot' his condition .from the in-! jury to his head Mr. Bowman was reported j unable to come out, and was waited upon by i the jury ai lits home. He testified that lie j was arrested by the Sheriff somewhere near j the Court House on the day of the fracas. He j was arrested to give a peace bond before I Trial Justice Haynsworth. Went with Sher- j iff and found the justice at the office. Harby, j Lex Morris, W. A. BowrnaD, Major Beard i and sever*.! others came in afterwards while the justice was preparing the bonds. Witness j was not seated while in the room. While iu ; thc- room. D. E. Keels and John ft. Keels and J Penniugtop. came in with several policemen. ! Witness was standing by the fire when Keels j came in, and Harby came up and advised j wito?ss to keep his eye cn D. E. Keels. Wit- j ness kepi walking up atid:dow^ still keeping | his eye on Keels, and in a few moments Keels ! pulled his hand out o: his breast, and witness j seeing thai he had a pistol in his hand, puiled j out his pistol and commenced firing after ex- j claiming : "Look out he is going to shoot j me!'' Witness found himself getting up | from the Soor, a few minutes afterwards,, with ? his head very bloody. Witness had heard, from Sam Hurst that morning, that D. E. Keels, with a friend, had gotten off the cars with two double-barrelled shotguns, and that he had belter look out for his life- Having some time after heard that a warrant had been issued against bim by Marion Moise, he went over to the Sheriff s office to give him? self up. Sometime previous, during the day, , the witness met Pennington, who urged him to. make friends with Keels. Witness declined making friends with Keels, saying he did not like Keels nor did Keels like him, and he ? would es soon take a dead fish in his hand as j Keels's hand. After he had recovered from j the shock which felled him to the floor, and j which he afterwards learned resulted from a blow given by Jones, who, in trying to knock | his t-istol from his hand, hit him in the head, j lie probably continued shooting. He saw j Keels and Harby clinched, Keels's head being j close to Herby's. .He put his pistol close to j Keels's head but immediately dropped it from ! his head without firing. At this moment he j saw Keels with a pistol in his left hand, but [ he was not using it as he saw. The last time | he saw Haynsworth he was sitting by his j desk writing. Xever saw Haynsworthstand- . ing up. Never saw a pistol in the bands of ? any other of the parties. Last time curing ] the shooting that he saw W:u. Bowman he j was sian-iing in tho northwest comer of thc-j mom, behind Ki'-y ns worth Did not see John j , Keeis d;:ring the melee, and after bein?-}-., brought out he saw Keels. J. Fl., coming to- ! ward tile office from the direction of Main ; street, about ten yards away, with a pistol in j each. hand. Keeis seemed lo be trying to : shoot witness, and he said to Jones, w ho had hold of !:im, that if he wanted Keels to shoot ? hint, just hold him out. but if not iel him get behind a tree. A fer. days before Mr. Ed. I ' Stuckey, of Bisbopvilie, said D. E. Kee:.' had 1 said that he intended killing witness aud his j . brother the first time he came to Sumter: j ( Pm te a numcer of messages of a similar na-| .ture -.vere driiwrd to witness. W. ll. Kuper- j ' sou told witness several days before that he , knev. thai some one would oe killed v. ho was ? not:engaged in the Bisbopvilie difficulty. W. : S. Dinkins delivered a similar message to : witness. Scarcely a day passed in which bc i (tid notliearof some threat. Witness brought . i 'ni.- gun do? n to the foot of Music Ila!; stairs. : after hearing thai Keels lia i co ne to town . i armsul with shoguns toe the purpose cfattack- ', I ing !:;:::. Thc Shel ii- did .not know that wit- . I ness was ::;::ed tile day he was taken to the ' justice's office. Witness did not telL Sheriff . ti: :t ia' might us well take D. ? Keels's ' name off of the hond. for he w -sae- ward : a: ai ' _1 .. '"ghi any way. Never said he : wo;:id :?. '.. , drink Keels's blood than to 1 I.'.ive lits hand. Never made the remark about ? any cf the Kcc?s?s. Never said he intended r4 to run any of the Keelses "GU* of town. Wit? ness told his brother; W. A. Bowman, not to < go to the uiuee armed, that he (witness) ? would be arrested in a few ?.::::?:*es, :;ud that j if !fe ( V\". A . Bowman ) had any anns to take ? lbern off. :?::." not g" to thc office armed.. ? Witness .lid not attetnpt 'o shoot Keeis -A hen . < i ? and Marl v '.vere elita-!:.-:! Kvau.-e he feared i killing Hurl v. and because Keeis made e.o re- j i sistaisce. Dbi ne: know at ihe lime that his i ' own pisto! ? as empty. j ? The taking of test i rr o ny was continued ; 1 into the night. . * Mr Chas. H. Moise gave accounts of sev- . ' eral conversations with both the parties to ; 1 the arti ay, going into a history of tne tren- 1 hie between them and his efforts to effect a ! ' reconciliation which failed because Bowman : said he would have nothing to do with the j 1 Keelses. ? ' W. I. IIAI5BY. being sworn, testified that he was on his j , way to dinner, on the oOth December, when ' he rnet Wm. Bowman, who told him that P. i , G. Bowman had boen arrested and was then ? ? in Trial Justice Haynsworth's office. Wit- | , ness went to the office and found P. G. , i Bowman, Sheriff Sanders and Haynsworth. ; As far as h* knew he came alone. Wm. 1 Eowman came afterwards he-thinks. He ? bad startsd out of the office when he saw the Keelses coming. They came with quite FI crowd among which were several officers, also Pennington. "When they came tn, the witness was standing in the northeast comer. The Keelses occupied a bench on the east side of the room. Pen? nington, when he came in. took the place at the mantel piece occupied by witness and he. the witness, moved back a few steps, y. G. Bcrtrmtan at that' time was standing, as Ue thinks, most of the time before the fire place. Beard was between witness and J'errHington. Witness was in the act of laying his cigar on the ledge near him when with his bend turned first shot wa? fired. Could not cei? whence the shot came. Witness looked np and in about ~> seconds drew a pistol. Saw both I Keels and Bowman. ' Keels was firing and I standing np. but somewhat bent over, j giving the impression of having been | wounded. He was aiming in a direction j toward th? southwest ?ide of the ofiVse. j Bowman seemed to be in the hands of Jones at this time, and struggling to free ! himself from Jones. Cannot say how roany times Keels fired. In the meantime. Bested ! had left the corner and Keels (D. E.) ran I toward him and rammed a pistol into his, witness* stomach. "Witness grappled with Keels. Keels was soon after taken from . witness when his attention was turned toward Pennington who was approaching him with an uplifted knife. Ti itness shot at Pennington, and think* he hit him. Thinks this shot was the fir?t one he had made and does not believe he shot Pen nington again, because he was confident he had given Pennington a mortal wound. His pistol was then taken from him by an j officer, either Weeks or Hurst, thinks it i was Weeks. (Identified his pistol as 122,- ! 76?), Smith ?fe Wesson, 33 cal., self cocking.) : Witness saw pistols in hands of P. G. Bow- j man, D. E. Keels and Pennington. Did j not see J. R. Keels after the shooting began, j Knew nothing of" the shooting through the j window. Saw Pennington shooting, but ? does not know how many times; thought i he fired more than once. Did not see j Haynsworth after the firing commenced. ; Does not know if he was sitting or stand-1 ing. As the firing began, witness heard i some exclamation from Bowman, but did ? not know wh-it ?' was. Witness warned P. G. : Bowman of Keels when he saw him coming toward the office. Was not aware of any ' threats made by Keels against Bowman, the morning of the difficulty. P. G. Bow? man had informed witness of the fact that Keels had brought guns from Lynchburg to attack him. Bowman. Did not see Wm. Bowman with a pistol. Did not see Beard with one. When witness last saw-Hayns worth he was sitting at his desk and ac? cording to thc- position he occupied it was a physical impossibility for any shot he. ! the witness, fired to strike Mr. Haynsworth ; as he was struck. Witness did not fire at ! Keels. Did not hear Pennington tell wit- i ness that his. witness*, shot was the one j that killed Haynsworth. Did not say he ' had shot Pennington accidentally, for he j did it intentionally, ns Pennington was ai- j tacking him. The witness was attacked j by Pennington with hi< knife after he ?aw j Pennington firing with his pisto L ^nd j when Pennington attacked witness he had j his knife in his right hand and his pistol in his left hand. Witness" pistol had four ! balls when he came into the office, and j willie he does not remember having fired but one ball, may have fired three. Wit? ness warned Bowman against Keels because he had heard a number of citizens of Sum? ter say that Keels (D. E.) was treacherous and vindictive and would shoot Bowman in the back. Alex Morris testified and corroborated the testimony as to having charge of Wm. Bow? man's pistol. Sheriff Sanders was called back. Said he j did not confider Pennington as his constable | in making the arrest of the Keelses. Did not j tell Keeis that Bowman was disarmed. Did not hear Hurst say he would not advise thc j Keelses to go without arms. Dr. Chin* testified as to dressing wounds, &c. W. A. Bowman testified that he did not have a pistol nor shoot one. Did not see D. E. Keels have pistol or shoot. Saw P. G. Bowman shooting ?i.D. E. Keels. W. E. Epperson testified that be never re? peated any threat or message from the Keelses nor ever heard of any that they made. G. C. Bacor, called back, testified to being present at Sheriff s office during Pennington's and Bowman's talk. The reply of the latter j in regard to reconciliation WHS that he would ; as soon take a rotten Ssh in his hand as to j shake hands with either of the Keelses. Heard j all that Bowmau said: he said notbingabout drinking Keels's blood. Heard Bowman say to the Sheriff "Voa cac scratch Keels's name off the paper and put me uuder arrest,*' that Keels would not fight. A H. Weeks-called back-corroborated the testimony of others as to the pistol claim? ed by Pennington. Is confident he saw Pen? nington shoot twice in the direction of Bow? man and Jones when they were in a tussel in the N. E. corner of room. Testimony closed. Verdict of the Coroner's Jury. J After a sitting of over two days and a i thorough investigation of ail of the facts and j circumstances of the tragedy which occurred ; in Trial Justice Haynsworth's office on last ; Friday, the Coroner's Jury completed their * 1 work about midnight on Tuesday night, and i agreed upon a verdict in substance as follows: ! \ That George E. Haynsworth canuto his death ! during a riot participated in by P>G. Bow-!1 man," W. I. Harby, *\. Pennington and J. R. ' ; Keels, from a shot fired from a pistol in the . \ band of one of the above named parties to j ' the jury unknown, and that the others were j * aiding and abetting. The Sheriff was immediately sent for andi' the parties named in the verdict have oeec j : taken in custody under an indictment for j ] murder. 1 ' W. I. Harby had been placed under arrest i ' dunns the afternoon and was already io j jail, J. R. Keels is in jail also. P. G. Bow- ; 1 man is under guard at his home. K. Pen- j j nirgton was sent for. and Sheriff Sanders re- j ! ccived. a telegram 'rom his Deputy to-day M that he is too iii to be moved. ? ! Ir is stated that Keels has telegraphed for ; < ex-Judge Melton, of Columbia, to conduct i ; habeas corpus proceedings and that the other ; ! parties will also commence similar proceed- ! ] ings. ! < Slass Mectir.g After the meeting had been ca!ted to order, j jri motion cf Mr. C. H. Moise, Capt. W. R. ' Deigar was elected chairman, and Mr. Frank j Vlelleit, of Privateer township. secretary. The ? , jbject cf the mtcitng was stated bv D. B. An- j < ierson. " ; 1 D. B. Anderson said: "Wc. as citizens': jt S i niter County, are o.iiufuiiy aware ot the : j . a.i tragedy which occurred in our city on as; Fri lay. and we are here for ?he purpose, jot to persecute or condemn any of the par- ? ti ci pan is in the unfortunate affair; nor to ! , diane'public opiniou. nor to ir. 5 nen ce the ? " annus <<; thc Colonel's Jury in the investiga- J , iion vf :. ?; same ;:i the least, bat are here for j \ the soi purpose ot co asia er i nc the gravity of j \ thc otb icc, the character O' the deceased, rfre j ; ;>facial p. sill?n he he? ?. and the tact that he w .t.- ki.a i v. is, ; ii: the dis?.barge of his duly : j ind, further, that i; lias been published i ? .broad ii; the mess of tile State ?hat he was i ?cilied by ti.e citizens of Sumter, and it is ? - thought that a public expression of our true j ?enti:nen.ts on this occasion is necessary.*' !n conclusion D. ii. Anderson moved that a ! ( H'utmit'ee of nine be appointed to retire and 1 . Ira ft suitable r?solu dons for the occasion. j j Mr. Chas. H. Moise then arose and said : ( "fellotc-Citizens-: If I have established a j character for an^vthing in the nineteen years j j >t* my residence here, it is that I mean wharT | ^ .aj\ 1 say, then, that I am not here to de- j , lou nee any man or set of men. Ail the par- ? :ies to this tragedy were friendly to rae and ? ;o them : from the Chief of Police to the ! ? lead Trial Justice. 1 have therefore no feel- | ng in this matter, except abhorrence of the ;r;rae, and con tem pi for the cowardly law- < breakers who carry concealed deadly weapons is a habit. This disgraceful, this cowardly felice caused the death of Trial Justice 1 day ns worth. Five hundred fights might take place in this towu to-morrow, and without deadly ? weapons, no one need be killed ; certainly ' ! Trial Justice Ilaynsworth could not have ' ^een killed if pistols bad not been carried by some of the parties to this tragedy. Why ' was he killed ? What had A?"done to any of j the combatants? The slaughter of this unof- j ' fending citizen, while in the discharge of bis | 3rd mary duties is ten times worse than the killiog of your most deadly enemy ; for if there is any excuse for taking human life, it is the apprehension on the part of the slayer that his enemy will or may attack him? But who coulai suppose Mr. Bayosworth would ittack bhnf^Wrhy is be dead 7 Why are lia children left orphans? Why are hiss's-' lers and that honored citizen, William F. B. Bayosworth, deprived ?f a loving brother 7. [ will te? \-oa why. It is because when I, without any malice, bat simply doing a plain Ju ty, endeavored at the last term of the Ses? sions Court, to have the law against carryiog ?oaceaie? weapons enforced, I stood alomf md not a man in the County aided me. ' For myself, I never carrv weapons. ? am* fifty-eight years old, and I have not found life so much a bed of roses as to shed the blood of my fellow-man even to save my own life. But others think differently ; and if thi* disgraceful, this cowardly practice be. not stopped then will men generally move about, magazines of death to kill and murder their1 fellow-men.'7 After some farther discussion, the motion made by D. B. Anderson was- unanimously carried, and the Chair appointed as a com? mittee to draft resolutions ; Messrs. D. B. Anderson, R. M. Cooper, E. C. Green, CC. Brown, C. K. Moise, D. J. Winn, J. H. Wil? son, J. W. Bradley and J. R. Phillips, five of these gentlemen being from the city and four from the country. While the committee wac ont Col. J. J,. Dargan Tras calied upon and responded a? follows: "I respond cheerfully to year cordial call* I didcot intend to speak, but possibly I may say a word to our advantage. I hope th?r meeting will do nothing rash-nothing pas- * sionate, denunciatory or extreme. If itsboalc? do so it may defeat the very end it rs called to serve. Mass-meetings are not the proper agencies to investigate eharges against any one. They are often used to defeat the at? tainment of truth and justice. If this meet? ing expresses the horror of oar people at the bloody deed committed in a Court of our Coon ty on last Friday and its high appreci? ation of the citizen who fell at the post of duty by the hand of violence; while it de? clares its earnest purpose to see that the ma? chinery of the law is net interfered with in its action upon those who are to be tried for this crime, we will do a good work and Ma? tice will be subserved. If our countrymen are ali right our juries will be all right. Our jurymen are our countrymen. You and I sit on the jury in the persons of oar representa-' tires. If the people ?re what they ought to be in Sumter County ibe law will triumph in all causes-in this cause. I must say a word for the noble man who fell a victim to thia dreadful act of lawlessness and \ am done. I knew him well and loved him much. Be waa my personal friend. As a citizen be was as patri?ticas any man I ever knew. Always responding gladly to h's country's call. He fired the first gan of the war at the Star of the West, and one of the last, if not the lastat Ben tonfilie. lo our dark days he was ever true and when the lime of supreme effort to over-' thro.v corruption and misrule in ocr State came. George E. Ilaypsworth wes always ready to do bis full duty. His mental metal was very fine, his heart as pure, gentle and brave as ever throbbed in a human breast? Re knew no halting where manhood was re? quired for the task before him, though he was as loving, sweet-tempered and retiring asa woman. This good man has been taken from us-has been struck down at the post of pah* lie duty. Thus struck, when 'he fell, you and i andall'of us fell down.* Weabhorlhe deed of violence that took him from us,.we abhor the practice of carrying concealed deadly weapons that leads to so much vio? lence. Let ns try to see to it that at the next Court the word will go forth to all lands that law and not the pistol mies and governs ia Sumter County.'* After Col. Dargan had concluded, Attorney' General Earle was called out. He said that this wes a most sad occasion because we were called not only to ronjider the death of one of the finest of our citizens, bot to consider the greatest outrage ever perpetrated in this or probably any other coxmanity. Thenr were reasons, the speaker said, why he conld not speak bis feelings, or he would say more* We bad assembled together to consider an act of lawlessness and ru {Sanism, and he hoped that this meeting would so condemn the-, abominable practice of caryl og concealed weapons that ali men, whether brave or cow? ards, would hereafter be ashamed to begailty^^ of the offence against the law. Col. EarJji said that be was not there to accuse, but to sal that the guilty mac must suffer, and.as prose^B cuting officer he wduld pledge himself to doV everything in his power to bring the guilty ^ parties to justice. ^ Just after Col. Earle's remarks the com? mittee returned to the hall and reported the following resolutions^ which were anani mously adopted : Resolved, That we, as citizens ?f^Su rater County deeply deplore the uniimeiy death oC Trial Justice George E. Iiaynswortb, shot down by the lawless band-of violence: Resolved, That we, as citizens of Sumtes? County, denounce the practice of carrying: deadly weapons, concealed or open. Resolved, That we demand of the. pubKir officers of ibe Slate, County and City of Sum? ter to enforce the law against carry ing-con? cealed weapons. Resolved, That we, as citizens of Sumter County'confidently expect from .the Jory of inquest that they win, in this grave emer? gency, perform their whole duty fairly and fairlessly. Resolved, That these resolutions be publish? ed by the press in Sumter, Charleston and Columbia. Funeral Services. The funeral services of Trial Justice Karns worth were conducted by Rev. C. C. Brown on last Sunday morning at^iie Baptist Church which was filled to its utmost seating and standing capacity. Rev. C. C. Brown's remarks on ibis occasion were peculiarly ap? propriate, and these ringing words of candor and truth have been very much complimented by the press generally ia the State. Toe* following is the funeral orajirwa as delivered on that sad occasion : I know not how to speak, nor where? to begin. "May-be a single passage from the Sacred Scriptures, a simple prayer, and then a profound silence would bc most Utting*to these sad sur? roundings. But my office demands a word, the character of the dead de? mands it. and these wounds, 'which, [ike dumb mouths do ope their ruby tips, beg the voice and utterance of my tongue." If ever there was a fitting place tor eulogy, this it is. We have 20me to bury a man whom well we tnight praise- When I reflect upon the tact that I static! in t he midst of his com? panions, tho friends of his youth, his 3omrades at school, his fellow soldiers from thc tented lield. I can but feel that my own words, who am but a stranger in comparison to many of you. my own words are weak and hr?pty. What I know can be briefly :obJ. " I stood before him on his bridal night,, and' heard the plight and troth ?i'his love to the woman who was the cherished l iol of his heart. WheD pro? tracted sickness came to her I watch? ed with him hythe bedside of his dy? ing loved one. Then was his soul ;riet>and the light of his life went >nr. From that day he has given his life to his little children, and few could better have filled the place of mother ind father. Thu* have I noted him in his joy and in his sorrow. I have moved for yearsf'among his kindred, ils comi>anion?tand his comrades, and rou are-hero this day to bear your tes? timony to his worth. . 'His life was gentle and the elements 50 mixed in him, that nature might stand up ind say to ali the world, this was a man/ "If there has ever been the shadow )f dishonor on his character, jl was most industriously concealed/ Yea, it was hidden from his own/self. A iishonest desire would bitve created havoc in his brain as gr^at as the bul? let that caused that brain to spillitself apon the earth. :* 'Set honor in one eye and. death in the other, And he would look on both indiffer? ently." "His gentle, unobtrusive ways, his ^uiet. dignited demeanor besp&ke the man. The world would never have known riot, bloodshed or murder if the perpetration of these crimes had been left to fyim. Truth had found her paragon m him. He was truth embrodied, truth living, breathing, speaking. If he had his choice he would rather lie where he lies to-day, - j with the bullet through his brain, tbaa^i tell the smallest quota of the lie* which his assassins will tell to cover their guilt. His escutcheon gleams pure and bright ia the light o? his exalted character and pure manhood. If his blood has flowed down^empaj* piing his raiment, the stain jsoc*w ers, not on him, if the men who pre? cipitated this issue had but atmmmum 1 - -. .". ..."- * .