Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1869-07-29
SERIOUS AFFRAY IN BARNWELL.

The Augusta Chronicle says that serious Of.
fray occurred last week, at the "Upper Three
Runs" place situated in Barnwell, on the Sa:
vannah river, twenty-five miles below Augusta.
The cause Of the difficulty was township election,
the opposing candidates for Clerk Jno. S. Greene,
Democrat and Pickcns Woodward, Radical, being
among the prominent participants. Woodward is
said to be well esteemed in the county, and bis
name was put on the ticket on account OF his pop
ularity with the negroes The Chronicle says:
There were present at the election, besides other
white men, the Democratic candidate, Jno Greene,
his son, Frank Greene, his son-in-law, John ltol-
land, James Tyler, Wyatt Tyler, and three Sor
four others of the same name, Pickens Wood
ward, the Radical candidate A. p. Woodward,
his brother and w. j. Woodward, his father.
After the election was over and it was known what
party had been successful, Il crowd Of the white
men were standing around the store discussing it i;
in which crowd were the parties above mentioned
At length one of the Tylers, an ardent Democrat,
remarked, that while he hated very badly his par
tvs being defeated by the negroes, still he attach
but the men he did blame were the id white
scalawags who ran on the negro ticket" At this
remark A. P Woodward stepped up to the speak
er and said that his brsthers name was on that
ticket; that he was no scalawag and Tyler must
withdraw the offensive epithet The latter de-
clined to make the required retracton and an al-
tercation between the parties cnsued, while their
respective friends gathered around.
While the quarrel was progressing between Ty-
Ter and A. P. Woodward but before blows had
passed, the Radical candidate stepped into the
crowd with drawn revolver in his hand to take
his brothers part AS soon this was observed,
John Greene, the Democratic candidate, fell upon
Woodward and knocked the pistol from his hand
from Tyler, drew his revolver and shot John
Greene killing him almost instantly. Here John
Holland drew his pistol to defend his father naw,
but before he could fire. Woodward shot him. in
Hioting a mortal wound. The melee here became
general, and of it, it is impossible to give any de-
tailed description. The negroes retreated from
the precinct as soon as the firing commenced, and
the field was left to the Tylers, Hollands, Greenes
and Woodwards As fast as the combatants emp
tied their pistols, the useless weapons were thrown
aside and the knife was drawn and freely used by
both parties. We learn that as John Holland lay
dying on tho ground, with the balls whistling
around him, and the parties dealing murder9us
revolver and shot A. p. Woodward twice, one of
the balls penetrating his back, the other taking
effect in his kidneys-the latter wound, it is be-
lievcd, being mortal Frank Greene was also shot
and severely wounded and stabbed with knife.
James Tyler, Wyatt Tyler, and two or three others
were badly stabbed, but none Of their wounds will
prove mortal. Thus closed this terrible com bat,
in which one man was killed outright; two others
mortally wounded lone of whom has since died) !;
in which every man engaged was, we believe, more
or less seriously wounded, and which will carry
mourning and desolation into 50 many families.