The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-09-28
shots 6rsddu fapid succession, and the
fipon the mind of Rates

Upon the mind ofk Bates
at once that the bank was in danger
Mr.. Waldo stating that he cried out,
"Them men are going for the town, they
mean to rob the bank" although Mr..
Bates does not recollect saying anything,
he became 80 excited. He remembers,
however, rushing to the door, and seeing
some men ride. .lpfrom the bank; they
came riding towards him with long pis-
tolls in their hands, and called out, "Get
in there, you son of a D."
r -Mre Bates atesce. .seizeda shotgun and
srah sbackto tfe, door, but ,He gun wonld
sha I'D off, He tberl put down. gun
and seized fine seven-shooter, which
was not loaded, and as the men came
down again, (they were riding to and fro,
evidently intent upon keeping people
from the bank, he standing behind the
door:iams, called out, snow I've got
you," and pointed the empty pistol as if
drawing beadT ON them They turned
their horses ,sbda aefilY and fired at! Mr..
Bates, the ball crushing through the
plate glass. This ruse he practiced over
and over again with the same effect.
There were other men at the bank firing
down the street.
The next he saw was Mr.. J. S. Allen
running down the street from the bank,
and two shots were fired, a, him. ~
y Mr.. Manning, Of Mir Square, whose
store is in the same block as the bank,
next came npoff the scene.' He ran out
of his store with Remington repeating
rifle, and took deliberate aim and fired
from the corner, Mr.. Bates calling out,
.'iump back nov or they'll get you"
Next Mr.. ]. B. Hide came up with a
double-barreled shotgun and discharged
the two barrels, and retired to reload
The Rev. Philips also took turn at
the scoundrels, and L. Stacey delivered a
cool, deliberate >ain.g Mr.. Bates next
heard report over his head and saw
.qpe. of the desperadoes fall from his
6otse.s The horse made a faltering
plunge forward and then suddenly
slapped -the-nan~pitehed~ operron
his face to the ground and in few mo-
ments was dead. This shot was fred by
.HenryrWheeler from. an. old, .earbine
from out one of the windows of the Dan
pier House, from the very room in which
this report is written 4 Mr.. Manning was
still firing, and, as he crept to the corner
to- fire., Mr., Waldo called, "take good
aim before you fire." Immediately after
this,shot onesof the-horses started,up the
street, and be rider. .beganS toSreeI5san
sway TO and fro, and suddenly fell to the
ground ! just aopposite Elridge's store.
Another horseman Immediately rode up,
dismounted and spoke to the sprostrate
man, who was stretched outat fulllength,
superintendent on his outstretched
arms, when he relied over on his back.
Then Ithe other man took from him his
tc:aftrridgebolt and two pistols, and, re-
mounting his horse, rode of.
Another Eorseman, finding Mr.. Man
ning's fire too hot, dismoubted from, his
horse and got on the opposite side Of it
for protection; when an unerring ball
from the Remington brought the horse
down, the man running behind some
boxes which were piled beneath the stair
case before mentioned, and now ensued
aliveIy fusilade between this fellow and
Manning, the scoundrel keeping himself
we'll under cover. But ball from
Wheeler's musket struck the fellow in
the leg, half.wayuaboye, the knee. He
at once changed his pistol to the left
hand and grasped the wounded limb with
the right ystillytryingeto get at Mapninga
Finding himself getting weak, he tutBeF
and limped off up the street, but seeing
Bates with a pistol in his hand he sent
ball whizzing towards that gentleman,
grazing the side of his cheek and the
bridge of his nose and burying itselfiu a
collar box in the store. Mr.. Bates says
he feels the ring of that ball in his ear
still, and the ball, he says, he will ever
keep as a sopyenir of the hottest day,
ever saw. ..-9.i.g, asD..i
The man limped away as he got oppo.
site to Mr.. Morris store, when he cried
out to his retreating companions: "My
God, boys, you are not going to leave me
II am shot," One of the party riding
sorrel horse with light tail and name
turned and took The wounded man up be.
a Swedel who evidently understood
but little English, was passing down the
street, He was ordered to stop, but paid
no attention, and one of the horsemen
fredsarshotswhich inficteda won1dupon
his head; ;which-was not believed to Sc
serious, but this afternoon, the doctors
fear that he cannot recover.