The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-03-05
DESPERATE AFFR4Y IN EDGE
FIELD.
From the Augusta Chronicle, March T.,


On yesterday morning there Was an auction
sale OF bank furniture in Hamburg i'll front OF
store on the corner Of Centre and Mercer
streets. While tho sale was III progress Mr.
Sharpton. with two packs Of fire crackers in
his pocket, aided by q young man, William w.
Kennedy, the County Marshal, set fire to on 2
of rue packs in tho strests and then slipped
back Into the crowd without being detected.
The noise made by The explosion was heard
hy the County Commissioner. j. j. Kennedy,
an uncle OF tho marshal, who attempted to dis
cover the authors Of the disturbance, hut
unsuccessful,y. He having retired, Will
liam w. Kennedy and a young man.
j. Henry Koyes, procured more OF the
fire-crackcrs, and the former holding, the
latter SCI them on ire. Inns repetition OF inc
offence again brought out tho commissioner,
and still unable to discover the perpetrators,
in very ex tied manner he exclaimed aloud,
that whoever did it was Cd id rascal.
At this remark Kcycs stepped forward, and
said, 'I shot the crackers. and am no more
Cd id rascal than you are."' The elder
Kcnnc then drew pistol from his side, and
Keycs whipped out largo knife. while at the
same time the younger Kennedy, taking his
relatives part, drew revolver and fired on
Keyes. but missed his target Keyes imme-
diately turned and left the place, saying that be
was unarmed, but would return III little while
better prepared. When lie hal gone, keine-
Uay, tQC SA'SANo AousS iS"A
the corner, whlo Kennedy, tho marshal, re-
manned to await his antagonists return. In
fey minutes kevG, was seen advancing down
the street toward Kennedy. with pistol pre-
seu,cd, and the latter jumping behind the
trunk of Il arge tree winch grew on the edge
OF tho pavement, fired upon the fornicr, but
again missing Without returning the tlc,
Kcyos still advanced when Kennedy fired
| again, but silll without EJECT, but at tho
second tire Kcycs himself shot and, por-
| ton of his antagonists person being uncov-
| cred by bend" in the trcc-;ruuk, the ball
entered his groiu, iuh h.ctiDg u very dau-
| gerous wound. Though shot, Kennedy fired
twice agalu, but with no bettor success
than formerly. and then, his ammun-
tion being exhausted. he stopped from behind
the tree, begging Keyes not to shoot, as he
was unarmed. Keycs' friends also lntcrposng
he put up his pistol. and Kennedy, sinking rap
idly, WAS carried away i'll what was supposed
| to be dylag condition. While the fight was
progressing below, the elder kennedy, from q
secOnd-story window, is said tn have tired OIL
MIR. Robert Kernigban. one of Keycs' friends,
but did not hit lis mark. pr. Flournoy Car
! ter. summoned 10 attend Mr. Kennedy, pro-
/ nounced the wound dangerous, but, perhaps,
not mortal. We understand that there has
been, for somc lime, bad blood between the
tn o families caused by Commissioner Is, me-
tly's believed completely in the arrest OF young
Kcyes' futher last year, and subsequent brutal
treatment. By the Federal soldiers at Aiken,
which fact may throw some light on the bloody
affair, No arrests have as yet been made ol
anv of the parties concerned.