Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-08-21
A FAMILY FEUD.

Resulting IN the PrO,aiscMOlts Slaughter of
Members of Que Household by Mem6ers
of Another.
Augusta Special aug. 13) to New York
Times.
About 9, 900 men assembled at Edgefeld, s.
c., yesterday to listen to speeches from Wade
Hampton, Gen. Gearey, Judge Mackey. and
others, on the occasion of the opening of the
political campaign. Among those present were
several panies of State troops. platform
was erected about half a mile from the village,
and procession was formed which marched
out there, when the speaking took place. In
the crown were Benjamin Booth, James Booth
Thomas Booth and s. Booth, and BROKER
| Toney and Mac Toney. The Booths and Toneys
had long been at enmity.
1t appears that about 1869 or 1870, several
| men named Booth went to the house of Adam
Jones to attack him, some bitter feeling exist
! ing between the parties. The Booths were ac-
companied by young man named Luther
Toney. Jones was prepared for the attack,
and the assailants, discovering this, aban-
doned or postponed it. By some mischance,
however, young Toney was shot, and, as was
claimed, accidentally killed by of the
Booths, In whose company he was. AT the
| same time the relations of Toney regarded the
killing as Intentional and the affair became
the occasion of deadly family feud between
the Toneys and Booths. The enmity led to an
encounter. a few years ago, between members
of the two families, but did not result fatally.
| BROKER Toney. a few weeks ago apparently
to keep his hand in,' killed Gus
Harris, colored deputy United states mar
| shall, under circumstances not generally known.
| Early Monday morning the first indication that
there was to be serious trouble was apparent in
| an encounter between Toney and James Booth.
Ioney walked up to a man named Herring who
| was abusinga Democratic negro wearing a red
shirt, and begged him to desist. While he was
still talking James Booth came up. drew his
pistol and remarked that he would defend Her
ring. Toney drew his pistol ALSO and both
| jumped beeind tree. Toney told him to come
out from behind the tree and he would ''shoot
with him." About that time person in
| terfered, and the difficulty was stopped. The
Booths, however, followed Toney during the
| day, to get an opportunity to renew the diff.
Guilty. About 2 o'clock Toney left the
| ground where the political speaking going
on and rode over to the village. The Booths
followed him. Toney's friends, noticing this
rode after him, and the whole party met in the
public square in Edgefeld. and genera
| melee began. It is said Broker Toney killed
one of the Booths before he was shot himself
While To ney and Ben Booth struggling
| In desperate encounter, some one shot Toney
in the back five times, and he fell dead. Anoth
| er version is that Toney was killed by Der
Booth during the struggle in which the latte
was MORALLY wounded. It is pretty certain
however, that James and Thomas Booth wer
killed by Toney in the early part OF the fight
Ben Booth was accused of the murder of Luthe
Toney some years ago, and was tried, convicted
and sent to the penitentiary for that crime
BROKER Toney, though but 26 years of age
appears to have been desperate character
Besides killing Gus Harris, mentione
above he murdered another negro. BENJAMIN
and James Booth were old and gray-hairee
men. Thomas Booth was almost boy.
The result of the fight in casualties is a
follows: Rrooker Toney James Booth, an
Thomas Booth, killed; Benjamin Booth, MOI
| tally, Mark Toney and w L. Coleman, seriou.
ly and S. Booth, d. Sanders, s. Ryan, an
Clarence Seigler, slightly wounded. Several c
| these were innocent spectators, not at all COZ
t cerned in the affray. All the persons engage
e in the encounter, and all the killed and wount
3 ed, were white men. When the firing bega
) the shots were heard at the scene of the Pr
litical meeting. half mile distant. and Go,
Hampton, who was ignorant of the cause, ser
: Adjt.-Gen. Noise and the Edgefeld Rifles, or
. of the State companies assembled for review
e | to the village to suppress the dsturbanc
t | When they reached the of the conhic
! Noise ordered the crowd to dispense but the
/ refused. He then ordered the military con
t pany to get their ammunition and fire on IL
crowd if they did not dispense. By the tin
! the ammunition arrived the crowd had left.