The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-06-15
Full rartioularu Ss the IIiliing or Col.
EIournox.

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SASpERsvrILE. GA Juno 10, 1868.
Editors Chronicls and Sentinel:
At the inquest held by Coroner Brant-
IL over the remains of the lomented Col.
Flournoy, the following facts were eli.
cited:
While he was sitting in his room read
ing to his wife, on Tuesday last, he no.
ticed, from the window overlooking n
field to the right of the house, that the
negro Pompey was plowing his (Mr. F. 's)
buggy horse unusually hard, when he re-
marked to his wife ''I must go out and
talk to Pompey- about the horse. had
to scold him once before, and he is mad
with me-" He arose and went to the
field, bnt had not been gone more than
five minutes when Mira. F. heard the re-
port of pistol. She called Esther,
(Pompey's wife, who was about the
house,) to run and see what the diff
Guilty was; and as she started, q second
report was heard by Mrs. f., who imme-
diately ran out of the house, when she
heard Pompey call from the field. Miss
Phelin, come here; Mass Bob has shot
hisself" She ran down the lane, follow
ing Esther, who got over tho fence first,
and to where Mr.. T. was lying on the
ground, about ten steps from the fence
On getting to the fence, Mrs. L. snid
"Pompey, you have killed him." and in
trying to get over the fence she failed,
from weakness or excitement, and called
Pompey, who was standing about four
rows from where Mr.. T. was lying, hold
ing the horse, to assist her in getting
over. which he did. When she got to
Mr.. F. he was lying on the ground, un-
conscious, with hole on the top Of the
right side OF his head, from which blood
and brains were oozing out, his right
hand laccrated, and signs of having been
bitten on two of his fingers. His hat,
with hole in it, was lying under his
head, and a Colts revolver about four
feet from him. Mrs. F., with the assist
ance of Pompey and Esther, carried him
to the house. She then ordered Pompey
to go to town (about one mile) after n
physician, which he did, after delays of
one sort and another. Riding up to DR..
Mathis office, about q quarter past 1U
o'clock, he called out, in the hearing of
several citizens, Doctor Mathis, Miss
Phelia says come to see Mass Bob; he
has shot hisself!" DIR. NJ. and several
citizens at once started for Mr.. +. s
house, where they found him in the con-
dition above described, in which he lin
SS1Su uhpAA 4u., WHICH, uc ulcu.
Pompey denies having had any diff
Guilty. But his testimony is so contra
dictory to that of his own wife and of
Mrs. F., that the jury had no hesitation
in coming to the conclusion that "Robt.
W. Flournoy came to his death by pis-
tol shot wound, inflicted upon him by
Pompey, and that we find him guilty Of
murder"
The ball entered the upper part of the
right parietal bone, going in diagonal
direction through the brain, and lodged
little under the left ear, where it was
found by the physicians who made the
post mOrtem examination.
No event has ever cnused such excite
ment throughout the County as this has
Everybody views Col. Flonrnoy's death
as personal loss. He was the pride of
the County, and it will be long time
ere we will look upon his like again. He
was buried by Hamilton Lodge, No. So,
a. +. NJ, in the presence of a large con-
course of citizens, at 9 A. NJ. to-day, at
his plantation. All places of business in
town were closed until noon. n.