The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-07-04

were in the house Is also obtained from
atidavits now on file, and eorroborates
the foregoing, except IN one essential
particular, that Of Ladd's attempting 10
shoot the oseeer. One of the yomen. it
may be aajd here, is known as Reimoati's
"sweetheart,n = as he is the father OF her
children. The fact Of her connection
with Redmond has caused her TO be
closely watched by the revenue force.
and accounts for their presence or, this
occasion. This woman testifies that on
the Sunday morning liz question four
men came to the house who're she was
with her mother and two brothers. and
one of them, called by the party the can.
tain, came into tho ffouse y:sh his run
cooked and presented il towards her
brother Amos. She called to him and
said, "Don't shoot don't shoot. for Il Is
my brother" He made no halt bnt
fred on him Immediately. "My broth.
r,"!ehe continues, "was standing at the
door and at the time seemed. to be in the
act OF picking. up something he had
cropped out OF the door, and almost at
the instant of The first shot, but little
later, two other shots were fIzd by two
men out OF the door on the opposite side
v. |ho hous1 anu my cr0thef
died instantly" One of the balls passed
through the fiesh of his left arm between
the wrist and elbow, the other penetra-
ted s'',e tight side passing near his heart,
out at the left side, and through the left
arm. The third shot passed through the
cloth of his pants without touching the
tieah. "Aa soon as they had shot him
the captain (Kam) asked, who is it p
i told him it is my brother, and you
have killed him. Hesaid, isn't it Red.
mond p ard told him Nor He said,
1T can't be helped now and then they
all fwsns of without saying another
a'essa.p -
THE BRoTHER's STORY.
Solathiel Ladd, the brother of the dc.
ceased, Who Yves ehelling .cozn. near the
fire, place when the shooting occurred.
testifies that the captain rushed into che
house and fired upon Amos without say.
ing word. Amos was opening the door
to go ont, when the GIN fred he then
"starfea to' fall', aud receiVed two moro
ahots as he feil. DeponefiS then started
of from the house, but was met by q
man with a cooked gun in his md, who
ordered him bach. Both went to the
spot where deceased was lying, and de.
ponent said to the captain, "Y0u ought
not to have killed him." The reply was.
II couldn't help it."' All the officers had
these shrrt.cartridge shooting guns'
(carbines..
THE MOTHERS STORY
i, The mother, Milly Ladd, testifies that
the officer shot s'as soon as he could p
and while she was crying to him "don't
shoot.n Amos, she says, "Ras apparent
ly going out of the door, and seemed to
be STOPPING down, aad had one arm
up on the door, and as soon as the gun
fred he fell towards the gIound. and in.
stantiy. two other guns fred. Amos
of this month" The officer who fired
the second, and probably the fatal shot,
was IIurham. w ,.l.i.l5 {
A WORD OF EXPLANATION.
If ! may travel outside of the record
gust nrr5, i. Insy s,s .sunyiksls !n.s ,ie
failure of Ladd's family to deny, in eheir
afidavits, the alleged fact of Ladd's hay-
ing attempted to shoot the officer. ia
doubtless owing to the fact that they did
not know of the charge having been
made against him, as they had not, of
course, seen tho affidayits made. by the
officers 4 II add had q gan in his hand,
it mag be further said, this cannot bs
considered evidence of any evil iEtsa-
ton on his part, az no oIs; Of the noun
taineera ever leaves his house without
bearicg on his shoulder the familiar old
squirrel rifle, which is always carried
for the purpose Of killing such game as
they can find in their ramblings in the
woods. Ladd was just on. the point Of
leaving home on such q short journey 70
::.e;sh,>Es a5;is0 and h5d siiunE over
his shoulder haversack containing d
COW belr and one or two plough points
which he intended taking to neighbor-
ing blacksmith shop to have mended.
The evidence of the officers goes plain.
'iy to show that they thought they were
dealing with the 9redcnbtabie Redmond,
whom they feared and whom they in.
tended to, kill on sight, and it seems safe
to conclude that Ladd fell q victim to
their errori
1t is COMMONLY reported, both here
and IN Greenyille and Spartanburg, that
the warrant which they now show, con-
tainiog Ladd's name, was made out or
filled in after his death, and while I will
not pretend to say that this is even prob.
ably tru9 in this case, I arn at perfect
liberty TO say that there is abundant evil
dence in my possesaion which proves
that they have made numerous arrestb
heretofore without such warrant, and
this evidence / will submit in q. .subaeI
quent letter. 81 4., {
P1OKENs. @. H.. June q.
AS already stated in my first letter
from this place, upon my arrival here /
went diligently to work TO collect eyi.
dence as TO the. outrages alleged tqhage
been committed by revenue officers upori
unofendi,g citiSens Of the county. Bel
fore had proceeded very far, however, /
was Informed that the Same work had
already been thoroughly accomplished
by COMMITTEES OF che grand Jury apt
pointed for the purpose, aEl tho iRst term
of the court, and as the results Of theft
lAbors bfe nov. on fife5 iG the clerks
office, and "a the testimony coliechshIby
them had been given under cath, I did
not hesitate for obvious reasons % sub.
,stitute IL for, TINT which I had myself
taken, gu0 IL 10 nereWltn stsnu.sE.e9 ac-
cordingiy as the most cpnclusiye that
could be given at this stage of the inyes.
tigation. No part of oil the mntter that
follows has ever been published before.
The report of the committee is also it.
self such strong statement Of the lately
existing condition of affairs in the county,
that i haseicdrfed it also ia full ana pre-.
sent il as s. Sufficient introduction TO lhe
matter under Qqpsideration. s It - as fol-
~, - GRAND JURY RoopE, Ssl
p;:cggss;s g. T., Y G G. 9 g., :. ,f;.sssse e. S91
10 Hon. u. %. Klsrshaiu, RFesidisg Judge:
The undersigned, members of the
grand jury for Pickens County; having
been. at the last term Of The CircniE