The press and standard. [volume] (Walterboro, S.C.) 1890-current, November 10, 1909, Image 7
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UNKNOWN TO JURY
| Jiessrs Garris and Davis had pisto’s,
nut l did not know where they jrot
" them.from. 1 did riot see them pull
CORONER S JURY RETURNS VERDICT anv"' i k, T' lf J’ ;lvis fhot '
,VI 7 n > -. * not see him shoot at
THAT ISRAEL MANICAILT’SSLAYER jav,s - t 1 1 ’' 1 nut «ny shooting
. I was there. He had his pistol out.
~ IS'tiiKNOWN. 1 said shoot—unless you
ha\e it to do. As the nej^ro stepped
' The following is the testimony
in the case of the killing of Isreal
Manigault at the Colleton Cvpress
Company’s mills last Wednesday
morning, October 27. The State was
represented by Solicitor Peurifoy
and the defendant by Col. J. G. Pad
gett, of the firm of Padgett and
Lemacks. ^
Df. H. M. Carter, being duly
sworn, says: Upon examination of
the deceased before and after death.
I find a pun shot wound in the head
on the nght side about two inches
above the ear. Upon the apparance
of the skin wound and the wound
in the bone, the ball entered at the
angle of about 45 degrees and
anged downward toward the neck,
from the wound there es&ped about
one ounce of brain matter, this be
ing syfficient to cause death in a
short time.
H. M. Carter, M. D.
Alfred Bethea says: I was down
in the swamp on the morning of
Oct. 27th, 1909. There were four
white men who came down in the
swamp where we were at work, but
only three of them were in the fuss.
There were two of these men I did
not know The one in the fuss that
I know was Mr Joseph Garris. Mr
Garris walked up and asked, where
is John Lastic and said, I expect to
kill him todav. I told him John
Lastic had gone down on train. He
asked me what train he went on.
Mr Fontman’s train. He walked off
about ten steps. He then turned
back and said: you son of B-had
better tell me the truth or there will
be hell here today. After I told
him, he asked Chaplin if he had
been to Williams last night. Chap
lin told him he was there. He then
asked him who was with him. He
told him there was another man
with him, but he did not know him.
So you are the son of a H rhat
brushed against me last night com
ing from Williams. He told him to
step off a little piece. He did not
step off. He said 1 have a great
mind to shroot you, and threw the
pistol in his face, and then threw
the pistol on him and shot him in his
legs. 1 was on the opposite side of
the track and he threw his pistol on
me and made go on the other side of
the track. Isreal Manigault was
standing behind him. He looked
around and I ran behind a tree. He
then fired on Isreal Manigault.- 1
don’t know whether Manigault fell
when he shot or not 1 was running
the other way from that pistol shot.
Manigault is dead. Manigault was
standing near Mr Garris when he
shot. Mr Garris shot both men.
There were several men shooting at
the same time. He was coming to
ward Mr Garris when he shot.
Manigault hollered when he was
shot. I was about ten feet apart
when Mr Garris shot. There was no
quarreling nor any licks passed. Mr
Garris and two of the others had
pistols.
his
Alfred X Bethea.
mark
Robert Chaplin sworn, says: Mr
Joe Garris said I have a great mind
to kill you. He had a pistol in his
hand. He threw his pistot on me.
One of the other men said, don’t
shoot him. There were two men
who shot at Isreal Manigault, but I
cannot say which one of them hit
him. The man that was with Mr
Garris I did not know. He shot at
, Bethea before he shot at Manigault.
They asked Isreal if he could not
run and they both shot. Isreal was
standing straight when he shot him.
his
Robert X Chaplin,
mark
Edward Ryneheart sworn: I have
been in this community three weeks.
I saw Joseph Garris, Gary Davis,
Robert Padgett at the hotel on the
night before Isreal Manigault was
killed. I saw thes^tnree men the
next morning about daylight at the
crossing, and at daylight I saw them
on the railroad toward the swamp I
was going to my work. I did not
come back any more until about six
'o’clock in the afternoon. Garris,
Padgett, and Davis were with me
down there. We missed the lirst
train and I started to walk. I did
not see John Lastic at the crossing,
and if I did I did rad know him.
Several other negroes and several
men were there talking when I went
down there. 1 did not know who
was there. I joined the crowd at
the crossing. If John Lastic was in
the crowd I did not see him. I do
not know who shot the pistol at the
crossing or near there. I heard the
pistol. 1 was on the railroad about
thirty feet from the crossing towards
the mill. I was waiting for the
trrin. 1 waited there something
like one hour. I left there to go to
the swamp. Messrs Garris, Davis
and Padgett were together. I saw
several negroes as I was going
down. I did not know any of them.
There are four or five men who
work down there. I did not ptay
there long—I suppose from three to
fiv^ton dies. I Know Mr Fontman.
I caught at the train as it passed by
me. I cannot say how far it was
from there to where the killing took
lilace. 1 did not know Iweal Mani
gault. I saw Chaplin there on the
6th. I do not know who 4>ot Isreal
Manigault Mr Garris shot one
time. He shot CJiaplin, a negro.
! towards Garris with the shovel in
his hand, Garris said put vour
shavel down if you want to talk to
j*! 6, , 1 must have meant t<0
hit Garris, was the reason he drew
his shovel. Mr Garris was not at
tempting to do anything to the
negro when he drew the shovel on
him. He drew the shovel on Garris
when he asked him if he was not the
negro that ran ^over him. 1 don’t
know that it was not the one that
got killed. It was the one shot in
the leg. I did not have any pistol.
I did not take any part in the dis
turbance. One was all I saw shot
uiere, and this is the o've shot in the
i®?- Davis did not do anything
with his pistol. Davis did not say
anything when he his pistol down,
except he said, don't crowd around
this man, to the negroes. I was
about ten or fifteen steps away
standing up. 1 was not saying any
thing. John Lastic was not there.
1 saw two pistols there. 1 was not
present when Manigault was shot in
the head, I was away, but cannot
sav how far it was. 1 did hear
report of pistol. I left some negroes,
2 or 3. when 1 left. 1 left three
white men there, Messrs. Garris,
Padgett and Davis. 1 did not run
away. I saw one negro run but do
not know what his name was. One
was all 1 saw mn. I did not see
anyone shoot at him. He ran when
the negro was shot in the leg. I
left when the negro was shot. I
don’t know if anyone shot at Bethea.
I don’t know if this negro had pistols
t»r not. I did not see any. There
was no difficulty going on when I
left. I don’t know if there wa* any
cutting, 1 did not see any. 1 did
not tell them not to shoot these
negroes they were not the ones they
were hunting. 1 had taken two
drinks. I had' no pistol and had
nothing to say to these negroes. My
home is in North Carolina. 1 have
been here nearly a month. I went
to my work after the fuss. 1 never
saw Manigault after he was killed.
I have no interest in Garris, Padgett
and Davis. Never saw them until 1
came down here. I was arrested
and put in jail. 1 never saw any
warrant. 1 was turned out by
Sheriff Fox. 1 saw Garris when he
shot the man in the leg. It looked
to me like Garris had to shoot in
self-defense. He had the shovel in
what 1 wobld consider a striking
position when Garris tired. 1 signed
a bond in Walterboro. No
signed the bond with me.
E. L. Rheinhardt.
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County Of Colleton.
An inquisition indented taken at
Colleton, in Colleton county, the
27th day of October, A. I). 1909, be
fore P. J. Wilson, magistrate, acting
as coroner for said county, upon
view of the body of Isreal Mani
gault, of Colleton, then and there
being by the oath of Thos Crum, J
C. Redish, H. J. Harrison, J H
Hucks, A Q Warren. Henry Carson,
Charles Carson, H H Vaughn, Sam
Jones, Jos. Gillman, E E Demeryand
C A Tavlor, being a lawful jury of
inquest, who being charged and
sworn to inquire for the State of
South Carolina, when and by what
means the said Isreal Manigault
came to his death, upon these oaths
do say:
We, the undersigned jurors, upon
our oaths, do find that Isreal Mani
gault came to his death by gunshot
wound in the hands of party to us
unknown.
E E Demery Foreman, Thos.
Crum. J C Redish, H J Harrison,
J H Hucks. A Q W'arren, Henry
Carson, Charles Carson, H H
Vaughn. Sam Jones, Joseph Gillman,
C A Taylor.
P J Wilson. Magistrate,
Acting Coroner.
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