The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-07-12
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OF them. did not want to kill him. bowcv.r
TINS was said earnestly an! fcengly,l .lihoucl,
knew that he had threatened reveatedlv tn
Xiii me or take me. | said to him thai ! had
not come prepared to fight him, i,.t he only re-
pneu, .lha' d'unt make any diference! So
lie went up to the side of his horse and ,ook tyo
pistols from the holsters and point.d one of
them In my face. sue Me fire boNs ;u n.
c"dmbcTs Several men were sitting nround
ana Jim Paxton now came up hc had Neon
win them and had heard what they were poinc
10 uo. lie spoke to me and drove on He too
khe" they iad no warrant for me- and tbougbt
wouldn be taken without one So ho 81
o"' as ne didn want TO any fuss Duck.
wtrth's pistol was aimed at me, and I said
LOOK here, Alfred, don't want any man 70
draw pistol on me- lie said, Get out of that
muSon. H., 'ola MN again to put up his pistol,
ana SAID Il have given you no occasion 10
urnw weapons on inc, and L want to fuss lie
men dropped his pistol from my face to NV
breast. was sitting in the wagon whittlinq n g.
stuck; had no weapon. but my driver had n
PISTOL Derringer, belonging to Inc, and which
l nau given him to carry. l had killed n rab-
bit with it as we came on. When badc Duel
worth second tim to put up his weapon, 7 said
Alfred, | want you to understand that want
no trouble with you.'
THE FATAL SHOT,
then dropped my hand into the wopsncr's
pocket and took the pistol and cooked II and
sara again, the third time, alfred | want no
fuss with you-l want only n eentlemon's
chancc. lie replied, Get out of that wagon y
MS pistol was cooled and aimed ut me-
drew mine and fired OH him. As did so and
when the ball struck him, his pistol went ot,
ana the Dali struck under the wagon wheel. I
suppose his hnger contracted when he WAS hit
anu hred OFT his weapon. lie fell against the
renee landlord was behind the wagon and
mau Two pistols IN his hands -,Liul..
pretty iast In such moment, and thought ube
best thing can do is to run around and take
landlord pistols from him. Then tbougbt
'hat would be risk, rs lie might kill me.
started up the road and had gone about thirty
yards, when Landlord shot at me and kent
snoonng untii ne had shot four times. lie miss
ed me every time, and thought .if that is tho
this you can do will go back and kill YOU rnh
a roeH Then thought as he had two pistols
nc might Kill me, so l crossed the fence and
went on up up the hil waited for nv wagon
10 come on, but man met it and turned il
back. ~
VISIT TO SOUTH CAROLINA
came over into So nth Carolina, and the next
uay me news came to me that they thought it
% was al I'gnt with Duckworth-the doctor had
attended him and dressed his wound. NJ was i'm
the throat,) ald said he would get well if thew
didn't move him. They moved him. the wound
bled afresh, and he died that night. They ex-
amined him and found that he had no warrant =
,or me- Ihree men, however, jumped on their
horses and went to Frank Cases to get the war
rant ana ne wouldn't give ii up. Case soon
alter sent me word that if would come and
give him tive dollars and half (costs) he would
give me the warrant. Thought il would do me,
no good, and so didn't 60 for it. lie has it
yet. The names of those who were present and
saw the killing were Peter Lince his son, Will
liam Llnce, and Joe and Bass CLASSIFY They
could prove all | have said < DucE
worth's father told Jim Cantrell, the other day.
that his son was hgh-strung and had done
wrong That when he was first killed he wanted
'hen 10 get me, out since had been so persccu-
leu ne would do anything he could to help me.
lie hoped he said, that Awould get out Of the
way. lie said, at the same time, that lie sup
posed Redmond would kill him, too, ow, .f he
got chance; but would not hurt him or any
other man, unless they force ME to do So Cam
trell told him rs much, and that | would come
laughing and if | had anything to drink he
would get it. lie would be Just a, good to YOU
as he would 10 me-
WILLING TO SURRENDER
'ihe feeling against me account of Duck
worth s killing has died out in North Carolina"
said Redmond, in concluding this portion of his
story, "and would be perfectly willing to 90
there and surrender myself any day for trial if
my case could be tried in til c State Courts lam
not wiling TO stand trial in United States
| C0urt' where the revenue officers would have it
all their own way and could swear what they
pleased against me, or pay some one else to do
it," W Nv
Inc remainder Of this story will be given to-
morrow. c. Mex
CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.
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