The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-12-08

BLOODY WORK IN FLORIDA. AT Eliis.
vile, small hamlet near, the Southern
border OF tbiB County. terrible tragedy
was enacted on last Saturday evening.
john Barre and James Barre, two men
III the vigor Of youthful manhood, were
shot down in cold blood and brutalty
murdered. The circumstances, as We
have been able to gather them, we're as
follows: There had been a feud for some
time between man named Charles Gar.
roll and James Barre, from which more
than once serious results had been ex-
peoted. On the afternoon OF the day
named above, Charles Carroll, accompa-
MED by his brother William and his
brother.in-law. Daniel Wingate, visited
the store at Ellisville, kept by james
Barre. Charles Carroll being armed with
double -barreled gun. The other two
had no visible arms. In little while q
furious quarrel sprung mp between
Charles Carroll and his brother in. inv
Wingate, and the party left the store ap-
parently in great anger, for the purpose
OF having settlement. The two Barres,
John and James, followed almost imme-
diately afterward, for the purpose OF pre-
venting, if possible. what threatened to
bea very serious difficulty between the
two brotherR-in. law. both of whom were
known to be reckless and desperate men,
The two Bsrres. nnsuspioious of danger
to themselves-for no word of quarrel
had passed between them and the other
partles-had no sooner emerged from the
building than they were Immediately
shot down by means of the double-bbr-
relied gun in the hands of Charles Car
roll. James Barre received charge Of
seven buck-shot in the upper portion of
his right breast. and John Barre was
wounded with an equal number of buok-
shot IN the left breast, the charge shat.
terlng the upper portion of his arm to
such an extent as to render subsequent
ampntation necessary near the shoulder
Joint. Besides these injuries, which were
the fatal ones, both men received wounds
IN other portions of their bodies from
pistol shots, which they afterward, in
their death-bed testimony, declared were
inflicted on them by Wm.' Carroll and
Daniel Wingate, who, they declared,
came up and shot them with pistols after
they had fallen. Tho quarrel between
Carroll aud Wingate, it is now believed,
Was only sham and intended as ruse
to decoy the Barres ont of doors away
from their arms, where they might be
more safely slaughtered. They fingered
IN much agony until the following Mon.
day. when both died. John in the fore
noon OF that day and james in the even
ing. The two men were cousins, and
John had been only about a month in
the neighborhood. He was citizen of
South Carolina. and, it is said, was
fugitive from justice, having recently
killed Deputy United States Marshal
In his own State. There was no cause
OF quarrel between him and the Oar
rolls, but he was murdered probably be-
cause his name was Barre. and it was his
misfortune to be in company with James
, Barre at the time it was determined to
put him out of the way. About an hour
or two before the shooting of the Bnrres,
Wingate had shot q negro man named
Jenkins, ut Providence, in Bradford
County, about two miles distant from
Eliisyille. Lake City Herald.
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