The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-11-01


()9ayAn} }rout tRAoEous ASSAULT OF
TRIAL JUSTICE T. }. MAcKEY UPON A
r'S'RErREsENTATivE OF THE News, az
TheI otowda Of loaflng lSdlitioiabs,
nj Whosy at all bourslofi the day. may be
s4foNnq idlipg away, their time at'the
> i Intersection! of Meeting and Broad
Irstroets, were: thrown ipto an. unusual |
al Aqtter yesterday by apiexchango. Of
shots betweep TtialnJustioc Thomas
,i.Joffersou Maokey and Mr.. w ", War
uclcy, of tho city staff of tho Naws. ~
.,n in, the News, of Thursday was print.
ed aIreportof tho doiDgs iof the Kadi.
- oal caucus on the preceding evening.
Y,Mackcyi who is VIGOROUSLY ayerse,t t O
.onoming before tho public, occupied a
ot'Promiuent place ip tho picture, and,
c,ln the course Of Thursday morning,
nomade an attack upon Mr.. w., j.
.cWhalay, who repellcd onslaught with
ibis, umbrella. In the News of yes
2,tordayy tho rencoDtre was described in
lively: style, which lod to what might
.7fhave proved a very serious business.
v.Tho fapts of the fracas as ascertainod
FROM "a, number Of oye-witnessess,
nWele ssl fpllowsi,, n1,a.,t ..,L
y.lAt Rquartcr to eleven O'Clock yes.
.ateRday. y.mornipg, Mr.. Whaloy, accom-
i,painedg BY q friend, whom, bc had
s.'casusllyt met, was walking along tho
north side Of Broad street to- the
City Hall corner. At this point he
vehanged his ,direotion, and walked
diagona w. olqng Meeting Street to-
wards the Guardhouso, whore he was
about to make his usual morning visit.
Upon. the, corner hy' tho Gunrdhouse
lstpod Mackey, whotwas. in company
with acolorod oonst able. When Mr..
Wbaley wac about halfway between
the City Hall and tho e uardhuose,
Mackcy turned and handed to his oom.
panion tho club walking.stickwhich he
usually carries. lie thon drew large
army revolver and fred deliberately
at Mr.. Whaloy, just rs that gentleman
had reached tho middle oC the GROSS.
ing. Mr.. Whnley drew his pistol and
when Maokoy fred, halted and re-
turned the fro. ALTERNATE shots were
exchanged at distance of about
eighteen paoes, until the Eve loads in
Mr. Whaley's pistol a small four-and-
tA-half inoh Colts revolvor) wore cx.
hausted, when he raised aloft his
empty weapon in tho air. Mackcy
then advanced and, holding his pistol
in both hands, Grod sixth shot. Mr..
Whaloy, unarned as he then was,
stood his ground without fincing,
facing his enraged assailant, who
now drew u second revolver, whilo
pouring forth torrent of abuse At
this point tho police intcrfercd, and
both parties were taken to tho Guard
house, where they each gave bonds in
the sum OF one thousand dollars to
keep tho peace, and were discharged.
Mackey, it will DO noticed, was the
aggressor. lie fred the irst shot and
the last shot, six shots in all while
Mr.. Whaley fred but five times. All
the eyo.Sithesses concur IN saying
tbat Mr.. Whaley behaved through
pnt the affair witha a conspicuous cool
ness i'll marked contrast with the con-
duet of his ,doubly7 armed assailant.
The epcounter Was tho subject of
general talk IT, tho pommuuity yes
terday. AT hall, past five O'Clock in
the, afternoon Trial. j ustioe IT. j..
Nlackeyy was escorted. to tho island
lbnat by n. sqaud Of policemen and
colcrcd constables, thirteen in number
emong whom were Captain Hen.
dricks, Detective Herandcz and
Deputy Coroner Fosberry.-- Charles
ton News. ..,.,.