The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-12-06
BLOODY WORK IN FLORIDA.
HORRIBLE MURDERS-EsoAPE OF
THE MURDERERS.

HORRIBLE MURDERS-Es CAPE OE
The MURDERERs.
A Trio of Observation-Disclosures In
Columbia County.
From the Lake City Herald, November SOL
At EIlisville, a small hamlet near the south
ern border of this county,
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY
was enacted on last Saturday evening. John
Barre and Jas. Barre, two men In the vlgor oil
youthful manhood, were shot down In cold
blood and brutslly murdered. The cireum.
stances, as we have been able to gather them,
were as follows: There had been q feud for
some time between a man named Charles Car.
roll and James Barre, from which more than
once serious results Lad been expected. On
the afternoon of the day named above. Chas.
Carroll, accompanied by his brother William
and his brother-ln.law, Daniel Mingate. vlsl.
ted The store at EIllsvllle kept BY James Barre,
Charles Carroll being armed with q double
barrelled gun. The other " had no visible
arms. In q little while
A FURIOUS QUARREL
sprung up between Charles Carroll and bis
brother-in-law WlngaIe. and the party left the
store apparently ln great anger, for the pur-
pose OF having o settle ment. The two Barrea,
John and james, followed almost Immediately
aIterward, for the purpose Of preventing, II
possible, what threatened to ba q very serious
difficulty between the two brothers-ln-law,
both OF whom were known TO be reckless and
desperate men. The two Barres, unsuspicious
OF danger TO themselves-for no word OF quar-
rel had passed between them and the other
parL'es-had no sooner emerged from the
huildl than they we're Immediately
sHoE DOWN
by mean tbe double. barrelled gun 10 the
hands II :. Carroll. James Barre received
a charge OF even buckshot In the upper por-
tlon OF bis !. ut breast, and John Barre was
wounded wit an equal number of buckshot
In the left bt 1t, the charge shattering the
upper portion Z. his arm to such an extent as
to render subsequent amputatlon necessary
near the shoulder joint. Besides these inju.
rIes, which were the fatal ones, both men re-
ceived wounds In olher portions Oh their bodies
from pistol shots, which they afterWard, 10
death-bed testimony, declared were In
nlcted on them by Wm. Carroll and Daniel
Wlngate, who, they declared. came up and
SHOT THEM WITH PISTOLS
after they had fallen. The quarrel between
Carroll and Wingate, It IL now believed, was
only q sham and intended as q ruse to decoy
the Barres out of doors away from their arms,
where they might be more safely slaughtered:
Immediately after the sn0oling, which occurred
lust before sunset William Carroll came In oil
haste to this city for 8. surgeon and at once
taking with him DR.. P. A. Holt.
Everything was done for the wounded men BY
Dr.. Holt that skill or experience could sug-
pest, but no human aid could benefit them.
They fingered In much agony until The follow
Ing Monday, when both died, John In the fore
noon OF that day and james 10 the evening.
The two men were cousins, and John had been
only about q month In the neighoorhood. he
was Q citizen of South Carolina, and lt ID SAID
was
FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE,
having recently killed q deputy United States
marshal In his own State. There was no cause
of q quarrel between him and the CAROLS,
but he was murdered probably because bis
name was Barre, and 1t was his misfortune to
be- In company with james Barr at the time 1t
was determined 10 put him out of the way.
About an hour or two before the shooting OF
the Barrea, Wingate had shot q negro man
named Jenkins, at Providence. 10 Bradford
County, about two niles distant from ELLIS.
Vile. He then cams deliberately over and
participated In
TEE DOUBLE MURDER
of the Barres. We have not been able to learn
whether the negro las since died, but Inc
wound as described tn us was OF q character
almost necessarily fatal, the ball having
passed entirely through the abdomen, lace
rating the intestlnes In Its passage, hucn
by this series OF murders, but, strange to say,
the perpetrators have been permitted TO make
good their escape. William Carroll was ar.
rested on Monday following the shooting, and
was placed In the keeping OF two men, VINO
permitted him 10 mount 9 horse IN their
presence and deliberately ride on. he hae
not been seen since. The others, Carroll ano
Wingste, have not been seen since the SHOOT,
Ing. From eighty to @, hundred men, MOUNTED
and afoot, black and white, have
SECURED TIE COUNTRY
in eyery direction since Monday last. But
thew started too late. The murderers had e.
capped before the pursuit began. we suppose
this case will turn OFT like too many others
that have preceded 1t. Men SHOOT eacn otneI
down 10 cold blood, absent themselves Tor 9
time. until the excitement blows over, then
return, and nothing is ever done about IL.
And vet we fatter ourselves that we live 10 8
civilized country. Unless the laws agalnst
murder are executed, lite Ia no more safe In q
so.calIed Christian community than among
the veriest savages In heathendom.
Another Account Of Assassination OF
John j. and James d. Barre.
The Newberry Herald prints a letter written
by Mr.. John j. Barre TO his uncle, ID. Barre,
of Newberry, giving all account Of the Florida
murder. TheIletter Is dated BarresVllle, NO
vember q, and the writer says:
II becomes my painful duty to convey to
Won and family the sad Intelligence OF Inc
death OF your SOD, John J. Barre. He and my
brother, James D. Barre, were assasslnated
by a party OF dssperaioes. They were each
s6ot at the same lime, a1d died yesterday,
thew were shot on last Saturday evening. l
was t%elegraphed Immediately OF the iact.
NV father, VIM. J.. flarre, myself aud my
mother left Immediately for them. When we
reached them on Sunday We found them slnH-
lag rapidly. John WIS shot IN the 1911 arm
and side; aim entirely Shattered; ne wa MI
with seven balls and shot; his arm was taKsn
of as soon as possible, but he sank rapidly
until he died on Monday. His dying moments
were soothed by hls relatives and friends, who
were endeared to him by his many noble traits
of character. A drawer, truer or nobler mar
never lived. To you and family beg TO ohei
NV heartfelt svmpathies In this sudden ano
unexpected affection, and TO MS peloVeo
mother I would say that bis last WORD Was
smother" and his only desire TO stay mere
longer seemed for bis parents. He had every
ATTENTION that could possibly have been given
to him-the best surgeons the State could
afford-and any and everything that could
nave been done for him was done. ny
brother James was bhot In the breast Will
nine balls-any of which would have killed
MIN. I had John buried at the Lutheran
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