Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1873-12-25
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Kentucky Tragedy

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citement, caused by the difficulty which
happened in tile Court House gesterdaJy
afternoon and which resulted in theH kilIesr
ing of three men and che wounding
three others. The PARTIES engaged in the i;
ARRAY were Phil B. Ehoaspsons sSna5s
Iold dsand distinguished lawyer of orr f9ws
and brother of ex Senator s.. B.
sona and his three sons, viz d. NJ.
son. Phil G, Thompson. Jg.s Conamol,
wealth's Attorney for this districtf snd
]. B. Thompson, j r., county Attorney
against Theodore ii. DAVIS, Esq. and
his three sons, Theodore, Jr, Larue and
Caldwell. Circuit Court has been ia Ses Il e
sioh for several days, and was at the sinion,
the shooting occarred, With Judge YiekrDe
life the bench. The petit jigEy he'd 4,
just retired for few minutes, when of s.
sudden a.pistol shot was heard, followed =
by twenty-five or thirty Others simultane~
iorsly, inside of the house, which was
crowded at the time Tie excitement
was Intense. Men tumbled feadlohg1nsac
of the windows and doors. ii Doctors, layFs sse
yers, citizens and the Judge himself.
rushed for q place Of safety, pileipg one
upon top Of the other, secreting under and
behind benches and pillars. The stove ~
and Court House walls were literally y.ffdso
died with bullets, while twof mem laYnr
dead on the floor, one, other mortall and /,
three others slightly wounded, Theodore .
Davis, ,sr,, was shot through the heart
died Immediately, and his son, Laftias g
Davis, after receiving four bullets iil his
body, fell and died In q few ininutess7
Theodore DaSis, sJE, was shot through4
the body andaalsoiin the eright, hand He
lived until this morning and expired
about ten o'clock He walked from the
Court House to the Adams Expfiessi
,lspiiise & after bic iSas shot and a fiid not s
the time think he was seriously hurt
Phil: B. Thompson, Sr., was shot through
the, rightithighSiiJ. B. and his brothers,
~, b., Sr. We're wounded slightly and
several had shots through their;clothing.:
%. NJ, another brother, also had his
clothes perforated with bullets lOnea
ball passed through his hat.s The fghtts
though sudden, was notwholly uneSpectS
ed, for it was generally known that both
parties were armed and Judge Wicklifs
had the day previous ordered the sheriff
to arm himselfan deputies, and be ready
to quell any disturbance that might arises
and to snip i'll the bud"at all hazards
However, when the difficulty did begin
the danger. WAS, thought to have, been
over, and the sheriff, with the Judges
permission, had gone home. The 10th !
Of December has been set for the examih.
ing trial. and until then no further par
ticulars will be brought, to light Ths
cause ofthe fight was about q suit which
had been brought by one, Meux against
Theodore Davis for $4,000, Davis swors
that he had the money, and produeea
the note as eTidenoe, ind NJ, Thompson,
ssr., contended that the note had not heen
paid, and that it had been surreptitiously
obtained from his desk, Such, ], am IN
formed, was in substance the origin of
the difficulty which terminated so seri~
ouslY. A father and the three sons were
arrayed against n father and three sons;s
and whilst write father and two sons
lie dead in ono house while father and
two sons lie wounded in another, Both
families live on the same street, not!far
apart. The battle, for such it maybe; !
called, was short, fierce and decisive
There was no fLickcring All the pavties
were cool and determined, and not o shoe
was fired at random or without sim. The
dead will be buried in one grave to-mor-
row, and Wednesday, the Goth of No
vcmber, 1873, will hereafter be. known as
the Bloody Wednesday" in the history
of Harrodsburg. q = iisis3g
AN ENcouSTER- A ferocious bull
dog event for the Janior Of this she.
bang last Tuesday. The owner Of said