The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-08-05

tsble.' deponent ran to where the fuss wLs goipg
on; colored man raised stick to STRIKE some
one; before deponent could catch the stick 1t DIS
appeared. AS well as deponent could see the
man that had the stick was he same that got
shot; before deponeat could reach him ne started
to run toward Bergard street; deponent tnen sor'
ed aud tried to s.op Mr.. Lyons who'll drawn
knife In his hand, making toward the running
man; while striving to get the knife frQn Lyons
deponent heard the report OF the gun anu rusnto
to see who had fired; went up to sergeant
Maloney and asked who had fired; the sergeant
did not answer, and seeing the. crowd running
across the sire t deponent went-over 10 see who
was Shot; saw the man lying In the gate bleedlngi
took his horse and went 10 the upper Station.
Grant strike at some one In the crowd with his
stick; did not see him quarrel with auy one; Lyons
| was arrested by Sherln Mackey and Captain Hen
bricks; saw yons, Jr, trying TO take care Of his
father; did not see him trying to create disturb.
ance; he said to deponent "tney have struck ny
deaf Iather;n old Lyons had a.pocEet knife In his
hand the blade opened; the soldiers prior 10 the
fring, were standing on the sidewsEon the other
side 1i the street fr0m the polls, about thirty feet
towards Borgard street; did not hear any officer,
civil or military go up TO sergeant aud say that ne
did not order hin TO IRE; was not 8 deputy snefl1
on that day; could not have seen the soldier who
fired The sho;; was about twenty -dVe or tnirty
PAGES or from where the shot was fired. There
was riotous conduct prior 20 and after the nIlng;
deponent couid have settled the row wtnous lne
aid OF the soldiers; the report seemed to be from
musEer or rife; at the time the shot vas fred
deponent and the two Lyonses were twenty PAGES
from the soldiers, and deponent was trying TO get
the knife from old Lyons.
W. G.. Jefrords was at the polls when deceased
was killed. stood just opposite the polls on the Side
walk; the disturbance began, and the crowd, In
creaslng in size, swaYed into the middle OF the
street, and there was 2 mass Of men fighting;
saw large numbers Of colored men orandisaing
cluUs, and press back white men, with colored
men also; In the dense crowd SAW colored man
raise astick and strike white man on The head;
the crowd was too dense TO see more, and directly
deponeut heard the shot fired; could not see who
fred The shot; the soldiers then left and colored
man cried ont Soys guns ana ana rally
the one who stuck the blow; does not know Ba-
laam Grant,
F. j. Pugh was at the polls In Sires street when
the firing tOokplace; waH at the time In o yard,
corner Spring and Sires streets, looking over the
fence al what was going on; saw the row CON-
mence, colored man being In collision with tw o
white men; saw colored man running; the sol.
diers were standing In the middle OF the street;
heard some one say, T'shoot the nlggeri" does
moi know who this was; deponent 1dentl1es the
two Lyonses as the two white men who were In
collision with the colored man; the colored man
ran towards Borgard street as 1aSt as .tne crowd
Would let him; the soldier who dred was ser
geant; deponent identified Sergeant Ma!oney as
the man who fired; saw no disturbance between
the sergeant and the deceased; the two Lyo seq
ran after the deceased, but were stopped by 8
not see the sergeant reload: there was not mucu
Of crowd around The sergeant, and IT, was pos.
sbe for him to take aim and shoet; the sergeants
gun was pointed In The direction OF the place
where the deceased fell; deponent heard the row,
and this caused him to look over the fence; saw