Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-10-03
The Caldwell Tragsdy

The Caldwell Traged&
From. the Charleston Meas 4. .
:. = COLUMBIA, ssps o. i.
Upon, the commitment Of tie cor
onep, Captain Geo. E. Tupper is still
confnedi1 IN Jail for killing captain
Jno,rD. Caldwell, Of this ely, las
Saturday. 1t is rumored thai effort
will be at once made to effect his re
lease by an application for awnt o
habeas corpus. His brother from
Charleston, and others Of his friends
have arrived in the city. The Hon
G. w. Montgomery, one fthe par
ties engaged in the fight who Ta'
Il Yesterday released from confinement
BY his own optisn shares the fare O
&e cell with Tupper. Captain Tup.
per's statement Of the facts %.
the affray differs widely from that
which has hitherto been nsgiyen. The
reporter of The News, in On inter.
view with the prisoner thiss evening
found him in as cheerful aHstate d
mind as the circumstance permit
he occupies the roomy prison cell in
the ;iail in which the alleged Ku'
Klu3 Of Union were confined Many
people-hare. visited ham during the
|day. A cot, bench and two chairs
pmake up the furniture of He room.
Tupper expresses much grief at the
fatal result of the ,reneontre, but
claims that the trial willSshow that
he acted in se1f:defence. Tie follow,
ing is the verbatim statement made
to your reporter this evening BY
Captain Upper, which is. confirmed
by CIV. Montgomery, whe!was pres
ent during the interview in the
presence Of one other person. he
says, eo - 100
:. Colonel Charles W. Montgomery,
his friend Of long acquaintance in
Charleston, where they both formerly
resided, called upon him at his resi-
Ptenee On the nightprior tosthe publ.
Shs'o6 fhs # aSa5ss5}E assa %
|seyerely upon Judge samll ". Mel
ton and drtqneste that Tupfer should
ACCOMPANY him 10 the PhHliz Office,
! S1d also that he should read the
card which he proposed to publish,
and &lich was to appear the next
morning. Tupper dressed. himself
Immediately and went with. Mont
gomery to the Phoenix Office. On
the way there Montgomery explain
ed to him the article that had ap-
peared in the Beaufort Republican,
giving the language Of Judge Melton
in recent speech at that 4place; re-
hecting upon Montgomery. Upon
arriving at the Phe6ix Office, Mont
gomery showed the card to Tupper,
and the latter says he,endorsed his
course, and the card*appeared the
next morning in the Phoenix. During
the day. of the. publication of Colo
mel Montgomery card, Upper states
thatshe was Informed BY several aap- s
tlemen that, Captain Joia ssrapfl-
ed ed 70 several p6ifiJs f6f Ss1snrfge Mel
ton to return to Columbia immedi-
ateiy and meet Colonei Montgomery !;
also that Colonel Montgomery had
asked Tupper to- serve him as his
friend in the matter, and he (Tupper)
had agreed. TO do so. At about one
o'clock on Saturday afternoon, Colo
mel Montgomery came to Tuppers
Office and stated that Judge Melton
was on Main street with his friend,
Captain Caldwell, and asked him
(Tupper) if he (Montgomery) had
not better show himself on the same
street and give Judge Melton an op-
portunity to approach ,hinif he should
have any desire to do &c The pris-
oner states that he acqsiesced, and
at about two o'clock j,ined Mont
gomery, and walked down Richard
son street, the main stre&in the city,
on the west side, for several squares,
as far ais Muller's, at TIE corner Of
Lady street, and there mt Mr.; James
Brennan, editor Of the Suthern Celt,
and SECRETARY and treaurer Of the
State Central .Committeof the.Bolt-
ing wing of the republican party, |
where a, ,ooayersation .ws engaged in |
for abont halt an hour,whens sBren-
nan proposed that the 'rrty should |
walk to Pollock's Saloo for refresh |
ments, which they. did There the
party partook Of beer. When they
came out.d the saloorpn Richard
son street again, Tuppt states that
he saw Captain Caldweland Judge
Melton on the oppositeide Of the
street ia front Of Geor! Symmer's
grocery store, and he ates that he
observed they recognize Montgome-
ry and him (Fupper.) 'Ls opposite
party. then walked upit'street slow
ly, and when that partlad reached
tie corner BY Peixdto' store, (the
southeast corner Of Rardaon and
Washington streets,) PIPER asked
Montgomery to walk tn him, up /
the street, on the oppos side III the
same direction. Monomery said
yes" and they walketp the street
slowly for. the purpo Of giving /,
Judge Melton an oppolnity to as !
sail Montgomery, if ne ose to do 80. 1
When Judge Melton i'd Captain
Caldwell arrived at the.lmetto tree I;
which stands on the oosite corner
from Peixottos store, icy crossed
Richardson street, an@hen they 8
! reached the opposite g, the two {
parties were but ftte or twenty t
feet apart, both walkipp Richard '
son street, Upper andont]gome,ry t
walking behind Melt and ,oald- ii
vsp;,'At . distance ofOut, twenty E
feet, When they haeached the t
club-room door, about utsquars and s
a half from the corr mentioned, n
Melton and Caldwell sped, and as {
Montgomery and Tuppasas,ed them g
slowly, walking alonge other par '