Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-07-11

age; that be has wife and one child months OF
age; that he is farmer by occupation, and re-
sides miles north of Yorkville, near Allison
creek; that on the 4th day of July, 1873, whilst
he and his employee, Grace Jackson, were hoeing
corn about quarter of mile from his house, at
about II o'clock, A. M, he heard some one
s'fssng pso At hs eHsss eSsred i hi! s ~s the
child in her arms, approaching. When he went
to his wife, deponent found his wife very much
alarmed and excited, stating that an unknown
colored man had been at the house. endeayorlng
her child were alone that she endeavored TO &C.
cure herself and exclude the man by shutting the
doors, &C.; that as she endeavored TO close the
window, the colored man approached and asked
her for something to eat; that she replied that
they had nothing to eat on hand, but If he would
20 off and wait until dinner was prepared, she
would give him something to eat, to which the
man abruptly and defantly replied that she was
disappeared three different times In the yard,
having at one time two pieces Of iron metal In his
hands; that he was very insolent and defiant In
his manner towards hei that availing herself OF
the first opportunity, she gathered up her child
and abandoned the premises, fleeing to her hus-
band for protection.
The deponent hurried to the house in advance
of his wife, but did not find the colored man on
the premises His wife then came up, and told
deponent that although the man that had 80
alarmed her was not to be found on the premises,
he, deponent, must look around before he return
ed to the field, and assure her that he had gone
and would not return again, as he had disappear
ed and returned three times before she had fled
to the field, and would probably return after her
husband would return to the field ; that unless
she was assured that the man had gone off and
would not return, she would not stay on the
premises alone, and would not consent for her
husband to return to his work.
While deponent and his wife were having this
conversation, his wife discovered, and with great
ofko on,,k tto ontfn fha
man on the railroad trestle, some two hundred
and fifty yards distant across q ravine and in
plain view. Deponent told his wife that he would
60 and see what the man meant, starting of with
out his gun or any other weapon. Deponent's
wife stated that she had seen enough to know
that he was dangerous character, and urged de-
ponent to take bis gun as matter OF safety. De-
ponent to crafty his wife, went into the house,
squirrel shetland proceeded to where the man
was observed. When he approached, the man
had walked out on the railroad embankment,
some forty yards north of the trestle. After
the man on the embankment, deponent asked
the colored man, who was an entire stranger,
what he meant by going into bis premises during
his absence and frightening his wife? When the
him in any such manner" Deponent replied:
"You ought not to talk to me in that way, !" when
the man, putting his right hand hurriedly In his
pocket, said to the deponent, "You die your death
down the embankment towards deponent who
was then some five yards distant. AS he started
to advance, deponent told him to stop, or he
would shoot, deponent giving back one or two
steps to very near the fence. when the deponent
fired as the man continued to advance, being at
the time Of firing about five yards distant, as
aforesaid.
Deponent, when he fired had no desire to take
the life of his assailant; but feeling the necessity
of doing som ething, intended, in firing, merely
to disable the party assailing him, by directing
the gun to tale effect In his assailans legs. which
deponent believes would have been the result,
but from the peculiar position Of the parties to
deponent discovered the mortal effects Of the shot,
he sent for his nearest neighbor, @. M. Parrot,
and when he and others arrived, for the first time
learned who the party was that he had shot; and
to his great surprise and sore regret for the first
time deponent was informed that the dead man.
Alexander Grier, was reputed to be derangeds
Deponent at once came to Yorkvllle and sur
rendered himself to the sheriff. and had the coro-
ner informed, that an inquest might be held over
the dead body of the said Alexander Grier. De-
ponent would state in conclusion, that this Is the
first instance in which 1t has ever been his mis-
fortune to be charged with crime Of any charac-
ter whatever. sas. Nl.s j. B. WOOD
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 9Th
day Of July, 1873. J. F. WALLACE, G. c. Pls.
After full hearing of the testimony as
submitted, the State being represented by Mr..
Solicitor Castor, Judge Mackey granted the
writ and ordered that Mr.. Wood be admitted
to bail, in bond of FIVE hundred dollars. for
his appearance at the Court of Sessions, for
trial. On Monday afternoon the required
bond was made and Mr.. Wood was released.