The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-08-23

had Just seized Albert Stark'S hair when
the report of q pistol was heard. This
was Immediately followed by another re-
port, and the heap of struggling men sep
arated. Francis Starks jumped up and
ran down the street, and Blanchard fol-
lowed, firing three shots at him. Then
he turned back, and seeing Albert stag
gering toward the church, he went to
him.
"Hold up your arms," said Blanchard
to the dying man.
Starks did so. "Now go down on your
knees" said Blanchard, pointing the re-
volver at him.
Starks Frustrated himself, and then
Blanchard, turning on his heel, marched
proudly up to the church steps where The
congregation were standing looking
quietly on this strange scene. Blanchard
saw Mrs. Laura Haskins, who is a friend
of the Starks family, standing on the
church steps, and pointing his revolver
at her he said. "Damn you, I've good
mind to shoot you too"
"Herbert, stop this" said the mild
school teacher, Zebulon Kemp, and then
Blanchard pointed his revolver at Kemp,
who struck it just as it was discharged,
the bullet ploughing the ground. Just
then Blanchard's father seized him from
behind and held him while somebody in
the crowd at last mustered courage to
take the revolver away.
Blanchard was then released, and,
rushing into neighboring house, seized
shot gun, and said he was going to get
even with some of the rest of them, but
the gun was taken away from him. He
then walked coolly over to the church,
where Albert Starks lay gasping, the bull
let having entered below the left shoulder
and passed through the body. Blanchard
looked at Starks momenteand some one
told him Stark Ks was dying.
"Served him right,' was the only re-
sponse.
The men who had stood around and
seen all this, who saw Albert Starks, ap-
parently breathing his last, and who
knew in a few moments THAT Francis
Starks had been shot through the groin,
and who had seen the attempt made to
shoot Mr.. Kemp, aud heard the threats
made to Mrs. Haskins-these men appear
to have done nothing to- arrest Blanchard.
He moved around among them without
anything being said to him except, per.
haps,, mild remonstrance. Blanchard
himself, however, at last thought that it
would be we'll to make his escape. He
saw Francis Starks' son driving down the
road. The boy had been sent by his
grandfather for doctor. Blanchard
seized the horse and then got in the wag-
on, compelling the son of the man whom
he had shot, and who was going for med
-ical aid for his father to drive him
(Blanchard) to a man who owed him
some money. Just at the top of the hill
Blanchard turned and saw the congrega-
ton still standing on the church steps
looking at him. Taking off his hat, be
waved it to the crowd, and then disap-
peared. Then he told little Starks that
he was sorry he had shot his father, and
Immediately after said he was glad. "It
was good enough for the old man if he
couldn't mind his own business" Then
he added in great glee, II made Albert
20 down on his knees and beg like beg
gar"
It was late on Sunday afternoon before
the people of Savoy realized what kind
of tragedy had taken place, and then
an attempt was made to find the man,
but he was far away over the mountains,
the ride which he made the Starks boy
give him had helped him good five
miles on his way. But the local author
tiles, to show that they were at last alive,
arrested two young men who had ex-
pressed sympathy for Blanchard. But
where to look for Blanchard they did not
know. Clear-headed officers in an ad-
Joining town, who knew something of
Blanchard, surmised that he would 60 to
Vermont, where he had relatives, and
they vents as rapidly as possible to the
town, South Readsboro, where these rel
atives lived. Other parties secured the
mountains all night in a driving rain
storm. Deputy Sheriff Gould and posse
on horseback rode up at daybreak Mon
day morning to within short distance
of the house where Blanchard was be-
lieved to be. Then one of the posse went
to the door and asked if he could buy a
horse there. Satisfied that Blanchard
was in the house, this man made a signal
and the posse came rapidly to the house.
Blanchard was found in bedroom
armed with shotgun. He had peered
through the blinds, and saw that he was
overpowered.
"I give up; I have lost my DEAL" he
said. as the officers rushed into the bed
room "but if the hadn't been so many
of you, should have shot you"
The preliminary hearing was held here
yesterday and to-day, but no facts other
than those given were brought out. The
two young men who were arrested as ac-
cessaries were discharged, there not being
any evidence to hold them. But Blanch-
ard will have to stand trial, probably for
murder, as there is no possible chance for
Albert Starks to recover. His physician
saws he cannot live more than two or
three days. Francis may recover.
Blanchard has most repulsive face.
He has the swagger and loud airs of a
country dandy; wears a big silver ring
on one of his little fingers; his hair is
oiled and pufed out with BARRIERS curls,
and parted very rigidly behind, after the
fashion of rural young men. His fore
head is very low, his eyes steelly blue,
and he has very faint moustache and
goatee.
The little girl, Clara Starks, is not out
of short clothes yet. Her short, yellow
hair is cut close around the neck and
hangs loosely. She has handsome dark
eyes and fresh complexion, and in her
calico dress and straw sun bonnet looked
like romping school girl who hadn't got
over her fondness for dolls yet.
Blanchard in the court room acted in
reckless, bullying fashion yesterday,
laughing with his friends, and apparent
ly>perfectly Indifferent. His manner has
changed completely to-day since the tes-
timony has been brought out that he pre-
meditated his crime, and he realizes that
he is in great danger of being hanged, !,
for he knows that one of the men must