*
" witnessesitate "1
mobjred first
Declare Sheriff Hood Only Fired
to Protect Prisoner.
BOULWARE INQUEST HELD t
jury nays im-easra vaine i? nis
Death by Wounds at Hands
of Ernest Isenhower.
Winnsboro Special to Charleston
News and Courier, July 12.?Did
Sheriff A. D. Hood fire the first shot
of the court nouse tragedy here that
stirred the entire state on June 14?
This question was answered in the
negative by the testimony of five or
more witnesses at today's inquest
held over the body of the lamented
officer, whose Spartan courage Illuminated
the horrible tragedy. Sensational
testimony was offered hy
Alexander Broom and E. V. Cameron.
Mr. A. L. Scruggs, county treasurer,
was the first witness to testify.
He introduced the mysterious fellow
who wore dark clothes, but was in
his shirt sleeves at the time with a
, dark hat cn. This was alleged to be
Marion Stewart. On examination of
Mr. Scruggs by Foreman J. E. Coan,
Mr. Scruggs said he could not say
who it was. The. remainder of Mr.
Scruggs' testimony was unimportant
except that he, too, testified that several
shots were fired before Sheriff
Hood attempted to return the pistol
shots.
"Now, boy3, let's all get around
him," waB Sheriff Hood's statement
as the posse alighted from the automobile,
as precaution against the
tragedy, according to Mr. Beckham,
who accompanied the posse across
from the county Jail to the court
house. On reaching the middle step
of the stairs, according to Deputy
Beckham's statement, Clyde Isenhower
drew his gun from under his
cum anu ucfir.ii in me at tuv uv^,. v.
He attempted to Intercept the negro'-?
rapid flight up the stairway, but he
could not do so, owing to the confusion.
SAW SHERIFF HOOD FIRE.
t . The witness also saw Sheriff Hood
fire, but not until the officer had been
hit by several pistol shots. Deputy
^ Barnes Beckham, after being shot,
' made his way back down the stairs,
where Ernest Isenhower covered him
(Beckham) with his pistol. Mr.
Beckham's plea, "What, do you want
to Bhoot me, I can't do any harm?"
caused isennower 10 lower nis gun.
"The biggest thing to me at the time
was the pistol," concluded the witness,
amid the laughter of the court.
After Mr. Hood had shoved Clyde
? Isenhower back, said Mr. Alexander
Broom, in opening his testimony,
Isenhower went right on shooting at
Mr. Hood, "while several shots came
from the back,".and then the sheriff
begeUkJ.tr fire, asserted Mr. Broom
FirKiP^ on in his testimony Mr.
Broom swore that Ernest Isenhower
James Hawls and Jesse Morrison
whose name he learned afterwards
were the three men behind the columns
and that all three had pistols
Mr. Broom concluded his testimony
at Air. noon. air. noou stopped wnei
?f Clyde Isenhower started shootlni
and he reached back to get his gun
There were three or four shots flrei
before Mr. Hood got his gun out, am
jr 1 saw luni grab himself. I saw Mi
Hood get out his pistol and point 1
down and shoot two or three tlmei
They were shooting so fast I coul
not tell who was shooting. ( v as ou
^ : liflttf' 11 ^kin' i i i ^ . Jt M..
saying that ho drew his pistol or
Ernest Isenhower, who meanwhile
had covered Constable Joe Richard
son, who was in the act of holding
James Rawls at bay, who spoke t(
Mr. Richardson as follows: "Woult
you shoot a white man for a negro?'
All of the parties quickly put up theii
guns. That Sheriff Hood did rot an
ticipute any trouble was the opinior
of Mr. Broom, who had been in con
sulfation with Mr. il^od the previoui
Saturday afternoon.
IN PULL VIEW OF TRAGEDY.
Mr. E. V. Cameron, who guve tin
most sensational evidence during tin
progress of the inquest, testified ai
follows: "I was sitting out here ii
the court house yard when Mr. Ree
brought the negro in. As the sherif
and the others were bringing tin
prisoner out of the jail yard Ernes
Isenhower, Clyde Isenhower, Jess<
Morrison and Jim Itawls followe(
them across here to the court house
As tjfey rarae In the gate of the oour
house Clyde Isenhower was foolini
with his pistol, getting it out. The:
separated then and Clyde Isenhowe
came towards the steps and Ernes
Isenhower and Jim Rawls went to
wards the column, and Morrison wen
that way, too, but I did not see him
Clyde Isenhower stuck his pisto
through the banisters and commenc
ed shooting, but I don't know wheth
er he was shooting at the negro o
in the yard. The only ones I could i
see were Ernest Isenhower and i
Rawls. and they were behind the
columns. 1 saw him with a pistol, but i
column. I saw him with a pistol, but
I did not see him shoot. After the
shooting had stopped I saw Mr. Boulware
coming down the steps, and
Ernest iBenhower shot again. At
that time Rawls was behind the col- j
umn. After Ernest Isenhower shot
in the direction of Mr. Raleigh Boul- I
ware, who was coming down the
steps, Jim Rawls came from behind
the column. That wbb the last shot
made. I was sitting on one of the
hon /-?V* no 1 r* frnn* r\f Ko V*????
wvuvuvo < MJk 11 V/U V VI V UV V VU I v UVUDC
and bad full view of it all. Mr. Boulware
never flinched. I bad seen
these men on the streets a good many
times and knew them when I saw
them. I have been knowing Mr. '
Raw Is for several years, but I never
knew Mr. Morrison until that morn- :
ing. Some one told me berore the
shooting that that was Mr. Morrison
with Mr. Isenbower. When Mr. ,
Raleigh Boulware was coming down
the steps before he shot he did
not have a pistol in his hand, and it
he bad one he bad it in his pocket.
SAW STRANGE MAN.
I
"I saw another strange man shooting
that morning, but I have not seen
him since. He had on dark clothes,
but he had his coat on his arm. He
had a dark hat on. If I could see
him I would recognize him, but I
have not seen him since. I did not
see Mr. Ernest Isenhower, Mr. Clyde |
Isenhower, Mr. Rawls, Mr. Morrison
and that strange fellow together before
the shooting, but they joined
each other out on the streets. The
three went on, but Mr. Ernest Isenhower
stopped. I saw Mr. Clyde
Isenhower, Mr. Ernest Isenhower,
Mr. Rawls, Mr. Morrison and that
strange fellow all with pistols, and
then the deputies, too. I saw Mr.
Ernest Isenhower shoot and Baw Mr.
Rawls with a pistol, but did not see
him shoot. The column kept me
from seeing him. He could have
shot, but the post was was in my
way.''
A. W. Brice's testimony was of
little value, since he was not in position
to see much of the ragedy, except
that he saw Ernest Isenhower
shoot from behind the column and
that Isenhower fired the last shot of
the fusillade.
The coroner's jury then took a recess
until 3 o'clock to await the arrival
of Edward Lathan, a farmer.
Some members of the jury wished
to proceed without Lathan, a lively
tilt ensuing, but it was finally agreed
that Lathan be hvmmoned. As a
proof that Clyde lser.liower was prempHltatin?
on hi? net while the
sheriff and his posse was crossing the
street was brought out ;n the examination
of Mr. Lathan. The witness
' erlared that the decease J Isenhovor
war fumbling with something hidden
by the coat on his arm. and that
Clyde Isenhower fired the initial
shot, protruding his pistol through
. the banisters.
With the testimony of E. B. Mason
and James Montgomery that four or
five shots were discharged before
SherifT Hood attempted to return the
fusillade, the coroner's jury returned,
bringing in the following verdict:
"We, the coroner's jury, find that
Adam D. Hood came to his death by
gunshot wounds by Clyde Isenhower,
Ernest Isenhower, Jesse Morrison
and Jim Rawls, and possibly others
unknown to the jury."
J BOULWARE INQUEST,
j The inquest was also held over the
body of J. Releigh Boulware. The
rural policeman was wounaeu iaiauy
in the pit of the stomach by a lone
shot, as sworn to by every witness
except Lee Scruggs, who could not
say positively that Boulware was shot
by Ernest Isenhower's pistol. Ur.
James Douglass described the wound
of the dead rural policeman, who
- suffered one wound in the abdomen
2 causing six or seven perforations.
3 The county superintendent of educa1
tion, W. W. Turner, was next put on
' the stand, ' he making the direcl
' statement that Ernest Isenhower shoi
B Boulware, adding that this was tht
' last shot fired. Jerrerson Boulware
3 and John Stone, one of the deputies
' and S. Y. Iloss all testified that Boul
' ware was the victim of Ernest Isen1
hower's bullet. The dead officer at*
tempted to pull his gun out, the>
Y said, but his efforts were fruitless
r owing to his wound. Ernest Isen
' hower stepped from behind the first
" column and fired, the witnesses test!
w ilea. I ne nrst 01 nm oroiner omeen
' I
'* j Const'put ion Cured Overnight.
A email dose of Po-Do-Lax tonigh
- ! and you enjoy a full, free, easy bone
r nuwoment in the morning. No gri|
n tiK, for Po-i>o-I.*ix Is Podophylli.
May Ar>;:le) ' ithout the gri; e. Pt
K Do-Lax corrects the an. e of const!
i. cation bv i.oetdn:* th? liver. InTeo?
d ing the flow of bile. Bile is nature'1
(j antiseptic i:i the bowels. W.tl
proper amount ot bile, digestion ir
' bowels is perfect. No gas, no fcr
t mentation. no constipation. Don*
i. be oic'/ nervous, irritable, 'let j
(j bottle of Po-I>G-Lnx front your drug
gist now and cure your constipatioi
x overnight. 1
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TTTF, T.ANPASTET? NE
to reach the rtricken Boulware was (
0. C. Cauthen. He said that Boulware
told him "Ernest Isenhower
shot me; get me-to the doctor quick."
J. H. Gibson, who came to the aid of *
tbe vouuded man shortly following
Mr. Cauthen, repeated the conversation
passing between him and Boulware,
which was as follows:
"Mr. John, I am shot, and shot
bad; get me a doctor. Ernest Isen- I
hower shot me, for what I don't '
know; just because I was doing my
duty. I asked him not to shoot me. j
1 can't stand it; I am wounded bad- \
ly." Four physicians shortly arrived ,
on the scene and nave Rural Police- ! .
man Boulware medical assistance. ' ,
The coroner's jury rendered the ,
following verdict: "We, the coro
ner's Jury, find that J. Raleigh Boul- |
ware came to his death in the discharge
of his duty as deputy sheriff
from a gunshot wound at the hands | ,
of Ernest Isenhower, inflicted on the ,
14th day of June, 1915."
Solicitor Henry and Arthur Gaston, 1
an attorney of Chester, were present
during the proceedings. Ex-Gover- i
nor Cole L. Blease was in town, but 1
did not attend the inquest.
iHi n*n miniHMi mmi
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-K THE CATAWHA NATION.
* * I
I ? I I IH< > M H I I I I I I I I I ? I 1 I
Columbia Record.
What are we going to do with the
Catawba Indians?
That is a question which has arisen
because of the dispute among the In- 1
dians themselves as to the rights of
inheritance. The Indians have an old
law that the child inherits through i
the mother and not through the '
father. The attorney general ruled
recently that the distribution of i
! 'unds given by the statQ. should be
based upon the eligibilfr of the father
! also.
It appears that if the father were ;
an Indian and the mother not, some
members of the tribe did not want
the children to participate in the
$7,500 appropriation made by the
legislature. The matter is in the '
courts now, and the Indians will not
have to bother about a portion of the
fund, for lawyers can't work for
nothing.
Tho Potait'lma u- a a nn <>n ? irroat
; tribe of Indians, friendly to the
whites. An amiable band of people,
rather more industrious and more
! civilized than other tribes. But after
the white man came and introduced
strong drink, tuberculosis and other
evils, the Catawbas dwindled to a
mere handful!.
They had had vast hunting
grounds. Today they have but a few
hundred acres, permitted them by
the state of South Carolina. There
are about 90 of them, about half a
dozen being "full bloods." The Catawbas
sent soldiers to the Confederate
states armies, and their widows
were pensioned by the state. The
Presbyterians and Baptists have set
up churches and schools among the
Catawbas?but the Mormon church
came in and got them.
The Catawbas claim the land upon
which the city of Rock Hill is located,
also the Wi?throp College cite.
They claim to have given merely a
99-year lease, which has expired. An
interesting discussion of this matter
was presented to the general assembly
by the late Marshall P. DeBruhl.
who as assistant attorney general,
gave it a lot of study.
The state of South Carolina appears
to have given the Indians
! $7,500 a year as a sort of compro1
niise. A few years ago this fund was
' not more than $500. The new ap!
propriation makes a per capita of
1 about $75. Some of the Indians have
sworn never to work, for "the government
must support me."
The agent of the state in dealing
I with the Indians is O. K. Willfams,
1 publisher of The Rock Hill Record.
- lie prorated tlie fund upon tty whole
population and found that in some
' families there were nine children.
1 This would mean about $000 a year
l of the state's money for that Indian
: family.
s Now that the Indians have raised
i among themselves this question of
. who is entitled to share in the fund,
the outcome may be that the legisla
ture may cut out the whole thing.
The C'atawbas are governed on their
' reservation by a chief, who is a full
. blood and is elected by the Indians.
- One of the Harris boys has been
t chief, but a CJeorge is now the head
- of the "nation."
' When Mr. Wi)lin*ns took charge,
he found that the Indians had given
??<lii?n/>o fc.tr ohnut $ 1 0 000
t or more than the annual appropria1
tlon. Therefore, to cut them off
' short might now work a hardship.
The state of South Carolina may
- be In duty bound to do something for
* the Indians, but $7,500 seems a
whole lot for a landed people who
, have issued an ultimatum against
- work.
t - ?.
Optimistic Thought.
j If you mean to profit learn to
please.
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WS JULY 16,1915.
GOVERNOR VISITS 1
STATE PENITENTIARY w
N?
Unkro Anollicr I'nannounced ('all j
and Talks With Accused in the
\VinnslN>r?? Tumtnly, q,
Columbia Special to Charleston As
S'ews and Courier, July 13.?Gover- N<
lor Manning made one of his fre- N'1
juent unannounced visits to the state
N<
h iu *wl 1 ?
ipectccl the condition of prisoners
ind the prison. He puid particular Hi
attention to the care which the prisoners
who are in the state prison for ^
safe keeping are receiving. Among *
others he talked to the men from ^
Winnsboro, who are charged with a,
participation in the killing of Sheriff
Hood and others there on June 14, Bi
and who are in the penitentiary for
safe keeping. They .%re Ernest Isenhower,
Jim Rawls and Jesse Morri- 1 \\
Bon. These men told the governor F"i
they were being treated all right, except
that they feel the need of exerclse.
They are confined on the F
fourth tier of cells and told the governor
they were cool and as comfort- i able
as possible, but would like more
exercise.
The governor promised to see that
they are given exercise and talked
with the prison management, which
promised to see that the men are afforded
every opportunity for getting
exercise. They will be allowed to
walk about the grounds under the
eye of a guard and will have the run
of the large prison corridor in the
daytime.
The lack of exercise was the only
complaint they had and expressed
themselves as satisfied with the treatment
accorded them. They expressed
their appreciation of the interest
of the governor in their care and
well being, which prompted him to
make his early morning visit to the
penitentiary today.
Governor Manning is deeply interested
in the humane treatment of
prisoners and has adopted the habit
of making unexpected visits of inspeciton
at the state institution for
prisoners. He has made visits to the
state penitentiary before unannounej
ed and inspected every detail of the
prison and has seen ror himself how
the prisoners are treated and the
daily routine. He is giving time and I
thought to the more modern methods
of dealing with prisoners and it
is thought that the information which
he is gathering may be laid before
the general assembly in his annual
i message.
Quiet Shoes.
To make nice sick-room shoes in
which you can step about softly, cut
from old felt hats sole and heel
pieces. Glue these on and you have
a quieter shoe than those sold as
nurses' shoes. The patter of little
feet, so hard on some people's nerves,
is easily deadened by the same method,
also helping to keep the little leet
warm wueu :>iuj iiik uii u lum i.vi.;
Made 8lave-y Hereditary.
The first formal recognition of ne- .
gro slavery in Virginia was March 1. |
1661, when the assembly declared that
"negroes are incapable of making satisfaction
for the time lost in running
away, by addition of time," and slavery
was made hereditary in Virginia
in 1662 by an act of the assembly that
the issue ot slave mothers should follow
their condition.
T rouble.
"Are you coming when 1 call you,
or is there going to be trouble?" said
papa to his four-year-old daughter. "I
t'ink dere's gnin' to fco trouble, papa,"
replied the tot, keeping out of reach.
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jw-fangled songs may be more
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i' may be all the rage; | '
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ke those of yester-age? ]
vathleen Mavourneen," "Bonnie
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