The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, June 14, 1916, Page PAGE SEVEN, Image 7
AIKEN MAN SHOT
BY SISTER-IN-LAW
Chester Boyd Lies at Point of death
-Sixteen-Year-Old Girl Fires Shots
Which May Prove Fatal.
Aiken, Juno 7.-Chester Boyd, fire
man and driver of the Aiken fire de
partment automobile truck, was shot
and probably fataly wounded about
10:30 o'clock Tuesday night by his
sister-in-law, Miss Inez. Berrie, a
,l0-year-old school girl, who was liv
ing at his home. The girl fired three
shots at Boyd from a 32 calibre re
volver two shots taking effect and
Boyd lies at the Aiken infirmary,
where he was operated on this morn
ing, at the point of death.
Immediately after the shooting the
girl disappeared and the police
searched all night and all this morn
ing for her. 'T'his afternoon she gave
herself up, having spot the night and
morning at. one of the winter resident's
homes. She is in jail awaiting the
.outcome of the injury of Boyd.
The cause of the shooting Is shroud
ed in mystery. When questioned . by
the police Tuesday night as to the
cause of the shooting, Boyd declared
that the girl shot him about money
matters. Her father died in April of
this year.
Little hope is entertained by the
attending physicians. of the recovery
of Lloyd, who was shot twice through
the groins, the intestines being punc
tured in two places. The girl has
made no statement.-The State.
Needles for all makes of Sewing la
chines.
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ILE iASi OF (IJII,"'y
IN CIARILJES''ON
Four Diefendants Must Serve Sentence.
es. Violate Liquor Laws.
Charleston, .June 10.-Four more de
fendants under indictment for violat
ing the liquor laws pleaded guilty and
were sentenced in the court of general
sessions today. A. Tsiropoulo was
tried in his absence on a charge of vi
olating the dispensary law and found
guilty, but was not sentenced. The
grand jury made no report to the court
today.
Those entering pleas of guilty of vio
lating the liquor law were: S. Alpos
talatos, C. .1. F. Rabens, Peter Ma
goula and G. G. Farado. All were
sentenced to six months In the pent
tentiary or on the chaingang with four
months of the sentence to be suspend
ed upon payment of a fine, or two
months on the gang.
The fine in the cases of Apostalatos
and .\lagoula, which pas paid, was
$75. - In the other cases the fine was
$100 which Rtabens paid. Trarado was
given until 2 o'clock Monday after
noon to pay his fine.
A hench warrant has been issued
for ''siropoulo.
The second week of the June term of
court with Judge I. W. Menmminger
presiding and Solicitor William It.
(I"imball prosecuting, will begin at
10 o'clock Monday morning.
Antonio Rlosa, round guilty yester'
day by a jury of selling liquor in vio
lation of the law and sentenced to the
Penitentiary or gang for three months
with t wo, months sus pended upon01 Pay
ment of a fine of $100 and during good
behavior, is in jail andl may niot begin
servinig his sentence until after the
ptresent term of court is over.
JIA(JSDALjE IS CLEARLED
OF? ALL THIE CHlA ROES
('ase Thlrownt Out of Court before his
Attorneys Complete the Reain~ig of
Th'ieir Answer.
Washington, June 3.-Justice McCoy,
presiding in the District supreme
court, dismissed the rule which was
issued by him two wveks ago against
J1. W. Ragsdale of the Sixth South
Carolina district, ordering htini to ap
.Pear in court and state what had be
come of certain notes which sonme
mIotlh ago were sent him for- collec
tion by the Free Sewing Machine com
Patny against iparties in South Caro
lina.
When the case was taken upi the
machine iteople desired to have the
case continued but, on motion of
D~ouglas, Ruflin & Obear, attorneys for
Mr, Ragadale, this was not done and
before they had -comutleted reading
their answer to the compiaint .Justice
McCoy orderedl that the ease be dis5
mnissed,
it was shown that all the mo~ney
involved ira the case, about $1;c00, had
b~eenl collected by the sowing machine
company andl tihe pturpose of the
action against Mr. Rlagsdale was to
get the notes in handl. Mr, Ragsdale's
answer that they had been uninten
tionaliy mislaid or lost was entirely
sullticient, htence theo dismissal by Juis
flee McCoy.
This action is a complete exonera
tion of any carelessness or negligence
on the ptart of Mr'. Rlagadale and the
,tact that the case was dismissed be
fore his attorneys had finished reading
their answer indiicates that there ivas
no case upon01 which to bring action
against the South Carolina congress
man,
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