The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-02-05
The Shooting Of Lockwood.

Nv' wv olio"iun &C
count "fthc shooting OF Lockwood
IN that city on tho day previous
rstcrday morning Coroner
Herman wcntto Bellevue Hospital
aud took the ante moUcm desposi.
ton of Clarence Johnston Lock.
wood, who was shot at l54 Madi.
son street 10y Marshall Mayruder
ON Monday evening. Lock wood
is "a years old and native of
South Carolina. Ilo made this
statement :"
"'On Saturday night last we
had party Of young ladies and
gentlcmcE in the house where |
boarded, l5l Madison street. | ~
we'll IN others, drank considerable.
At O'Clock Sun,iay morning |
took Il few invited ladies' TO their
home ut l33 Grand street. | then
went back to my boarding house.
arriving there at 7 O'Clock in the
morning. met several of tho
party in tho parlor, and | went to
Nlss Brown, Il young lady with
whom | had had somo misundcr-
standing Somo time ago, and told
her that che should not bo angry
with me any more, and to let by.
cones be passed., rs | wanted to be
friendly with everybody. While
speaking to her, Marshall Magru.
der, who was sitting noar hor, said
to mo you have no right to speak
to her while | am present. lilo
then pushed mo back. While ho
was pushing mo back | slapped
him in tho face. lie thcn said to
me, I'm shoot you like dog, as
You are, on Monday. Ithon went
to my room and stopped until tho
afternoon. On Monday | went to
my work rs printer on the Clipper,
in the Clipper building in Ccntrc
street. Not caring to work, took
a walk and returned homo about
3 o'clock, and laid down for
couple Of hours.
"'At about 6 o'clock in tho owe.
ming, Magrudcr camo to my room
and said to me: Iook wood, I
told you that would shoot YOU
like - dog, as you arc. Now,
----- you, [ will do it, SO saying,
nc shot at mc--at my face, as /
thought-but he missed. | then
stepped toward him, whom no
again shot at me. This took effect
in my abdomen. 7 then booamo
unconscious, and | think l fell.
when l recovered consciousness,
Magruder said: g. you, [ told
you that [ would shoot YOU, md
| havc done it. You hnvo got
enough now. | shot you, and |
am glad Of it,. lIo said that in
tho presence Of several persons.
| had no pistol, nor any other
weapon about mo at tho timo, and
havo mover had since | camo to
this city. | came to this CITY
about Il year ago. am Il native
OF Spartanburg S. G.. ncvor had
any quarrel with Magruder, and
rather like him.
&c. j. LOCKWOOD
"Thc jury found in accordance
with this statement, and Coroner
Norman committed Magrudcr to
answer.
"a reporter visited Magrudor
in his cell yesterday. He was
standing ut the door, with hat and
oVcrcoat on, rs if ready to step at
once into Freedom. In appearance
he is not unpropossessing, about
tlvo toct ton inches in height, and
sparely built. There was nothing
in mould or feature that indicated
tho desperate character evidenced
by his crimo. His oycs wore some
what sunken, and tho black circles
around them might bo attributed
cithor to tho habitual dissipation
Of his life or to a night made sleep.
less by thoughts of his crimo.
There was nothing in his domoan-
or to indicate the latter cause, as
his manner and matter Of speech
oVlnccd q coolness that tho most
casual commentator on such a
decd could scarcely havo attained.
"Whcn asked If no desired to
make any statement concerning
tho affair, ho said that he beloved
he did not just then. Tho fact
was he did not feel quite we'll, and
had rather not talk about it. In
roply to questions about his histo-
ry, he stated that no was born in
tho noighborhood Of Iynchburg,
w., and had boon q resident in
this city for some nino years. He
came Of tho samo family as Gem
eral }. b. Magruder, tho Confod.
crate leader. Having given these
answers, ho turned to tho rounds.
man and asked If anything moro
had boon heard about that --.'
jerking his head to Indicate tho
victim. The roundsman could
give him no news, and told him
30, adding, 'Ho may got ovor it,
Il hopo he may rcjoined the
prisoner, in u tono as devoid of
feeling and apprehension as if no
had no possible interest in tho ro.
suit. He then INQUIRED how long