The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-09-10
A BRUTAL MURDER.
Trial Justice L. I. Woolf shoots "h"
Kills the Clerk OF the County oo""
mfssfoners.

About eight o'clock last evening, Henry L.
Perrin, clerk of the board of county comm.s.
sioners. was shot and Instantly killed oy Irla'
Justice L. 1. woolf, on Meeting street. oppo-
site CITY Park. The two men, In company
with Deputy United States Marshals hen.
bricks and Reid, had been conVersing IN iron'
of Wulbern's restaurant, a short dlstahce
above
Woolf. who was in liquor, took offence az
some trivial remark OF Perrin's and cursed
him "a q id blackguard. Perrin SAID,
..Woolr. do not call me q b~lacEguard."
WoolE, however, repeated the assertion
wbereupon Perrin struck him In the face with
his hand. WooIf made an attempt to return
the blow, but WAS seized by Hendricks before
he could do 30. The latter led him Into the
restaurant, and endeavored to persuade MIN
that the blow had been struck In jest. In the
meanwhile Perrin and Reid walked down
Meeting street In the direction OF Broad street.
After some persuasion on Hendrlcks's part,
Woolf consented to make no further attempt
to renew the alteration, and on saying that
the matter would be dropped there, the ior-
mer released his hold. Woolf then went 70
the bar in a rear room and called Tor arlns'
| Hendricks remaining in the vestipule. WINE
drinking the liquor Woolf told the proprietor,
! MFR. Wulbern, that he
INTENDED TO SHOOT PERRIN,
and ga soon az he left the bar Mr.. Wulbern In
formed Hendricks, who was still In the Vestl-
bule. to that effect. Woolf by this time hao
stepped into the street whittier Hendricks iol-
lowed az soon as he learned OF Woolls aVoW-
al of a murderous intention. The latter over
took Perrin and Reid In front of Major Cor
bins residence, n drew a revolver. Perrin
turned partly round and cried, "Don't shoot,
I am unarmed." Woolf fired twice, however,
in quick succession, and 1t is alleged, was
about to fire a third time, when the pistol was
wrenched from his grasp by Hendricks. Per-
rim fell to the pavement and Instantly expired.
Several detectives and a policeman having
been attracted by the reports of the pistol,
now appeared upon the scene,
ARRESTED THE MURDERER
and carried him to the Guardhouse, where he
is now confined. In the meantime a dense
crowd had assembled upon the scene, and
pressed around the body with all the eagerness
OF excited curiosity. Lieutenant Chapman, OF
the police force, being present, ordered a city
ambulance and had the body conveyed to the
residence of County Commissioner F. c. MIL.
Ter, on Meeting street, opposite Water. Here
a Jury of inquest was impanelled by Coroner
Taft, which Immediately afterwards adjourn
ed, to meet at ten o'clock this morning, In the
coroner's office.
THE MURDERED MAN
Perrin is said to have been of o remarkably
inofenslve nature, unobtrusive aud ]oVial IN
disposition, and was much liked by all who
knew him. He was thirty-elght years old,
and a native of New York, but has beena resi-
dent ofthis oty since 1865. His father was
celebrated for his love OF tpe turf and fine
horses, having once been %he owner of the
renowned Flora Temple. He was also for q
number Of years presiden. of the Butchers and
Drovers' Bank, of New York city. An elder
brother of the deceased is now president of
that institution. Perrin was for a long tim
A MEMBER OF HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY, NO. J.,
of this city, In which organization his congo
NAL manners won him many friends. He is
represented as having been perfectly sober at
the time OF the shooting. He was struck by
one ball, which entered the right breast near
the dividing line, q little below the collar
bone, with an inclination to the left. and
probably passed through the heart.