The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-10-27

PENDANTS had COMB down when | went mp Btairs. Nc
Chung came down first, nearly bali q minute ahead ri
Martin. / didn't hear them say anything to each 9th
er. McClung llwln't cUmc down when heard the
stove pipe full. / dldn't See q knife un the iluur IN bill
lard rom.
X.-I was In front patt Of store about 6 or 7 feet
from door when they came in the back door, and Muir.
bach WINS near me. There was nothing In their man.
ner tn attract my attention when they came In.
Nothing particular drew me TO the front door. There
was nothing peculiar in the way Martin put down the
weight Murbuch WAS near thu: upper and l neur the
lower side Of tho door. Martin 10 much smaller than
Martin was nearer to ~ than McClung
when he On c him the pistol. 1t was openly done, so
| could SEE T.. saw no silver money handed by Mar
tin to McClung. They stood there about half u min
nte. There Is n door ut head Of steps OF billiard
room. l saw the pistol plainly. ! saw the silver
on 1t when Marlin hxnded il To McClung.
| saw nothing unfriendly between them when they
passed tnronsh sture. | heard no angry words In the
billiard room.
JOE LEE, sworn:
When Mr.. Gulin was killed l was standing over
there BY Mr.. knoS's store-.idc Of the corner. ] was
was III the billird room. When l heard irst shot |
looked up to billiard room md saw Mr.. GuiHn
stumble In my direction and fail. Alter no fell | saw
NcClung walk around to where Mr.. Gutin fell, and
scoop and l then heard tho pistol fire ugain. l
don't know how the billiard table sells. ! couldn't see
1t from where | soud. AMER first shot l saw Nc
Chung coIne from the oIhsr side OF billiard table from
that where Gnilin was standing. know where Can.
ISt o htAo ouhOo U AiSs <kikNA ths SS'f
came around the end Of thu able next to Cannon's
store. As he moved round towards Gutfin bis left
aide was towards me. When mctIung stooied he
was right bv the side II the table. ! saw the top nl
McCluhg's back as he stopped low down. / didn'I
See Gntfn's head. / wen, up after the firing and saw
q knife lying on the fuor, oil the far side from where
Gufln was. It was n pocket knife with large blade
open. / don't know II Guiin WAS dead then.
III WINS talking with Andrew Taggart III front oil
Knox's store, between corner Of store and lamr-mst
There are four windows In front OF billiard room. !
saw through the two middle ones. Jaw Gufln as he
Was falling. lie was falling sideways on the RICH,
side. saw Mrl;luh: come round the table utter frs!
shot. saw McClung also come dpwn the steps and
get into buggy. The head Of mule was turned to.
wards depot. Androw Gooldsby had been sitting in
the buggy.
When deceased wns killed J. had stopped neal
Knox's store and wa, talking to yu Lee. My face wa.
towards store dopr and left eide towards billiard
room. l looked up and saw defendants and deceased
In billiard room. They seemed to be talking
stairs l heard hrst shot. l looked up at tho first sh"l
and SAW deceased falling towards Mr.. Cannon's store.
in that direction. Flo seemed to be sinking down on
his face-mlling forward. ] snw him falling imme'
dlately after the first shot: just as he fell l saw Nc
wards where l saw Guihn falling. McClung then
stopped and l heurd another shot. saw that. Aftcl
McClung was arrested l went up there.
XII haven't had any talk with Joe Lee about the
matter. We Were summing nUbuL cEcu WILL upper
end Of store towards Mr.. Norwood's.
JOHN JOHNSON, sworn:
! live at Hodges depot. When deceased was KILLED
/ wns sitting in my buggy near lninp.post at the
here from Hodges and l Was waiting to 60 bach with
HIN. ] VAS looking up seeing them play bill iatds ny
stairs above Norwond's. l WAS then about thirty 6vt
feet from billiard salooi when the first shot was fired
McClung come arIund with his hand downward!
and out In fr,nt Ot him and then | heard second shot
lie came round the billiard table on lower side ncst tc
depot. His back was towards me and he Was bending
over lie stopped over throwing out hts arm In the
attitude Of firing n pistol. Icould most see his pisto
I saw the fash from It. McClung Was then betwoer
me and tho billiard tsble. l saw Gufln falling liz
fell with his back towards the depot, and bis face VI
this way. l went mp and saw the billiard table THU
m%urning. After the first shot and just before the Sec
ond deceased was falling on the sOntl side of the bill
| SAW McClung throw out Ills arm and draw his pisto
down on deceased and then ! heard the second shot.
X.-Iknow the defendant McClung he was pointed
out to me fur the frat time when | saw him coming
down the steps that day. When I saw deceased he
was failing rather on Ills side below the middle win.
dow with his back towards depot. When McCluns
fired bis last shot | saw him IN his shirt sleeves. Nc.
Chung went right at middle window and shut deceased
again. The last time he shot he was between ME and
the billiard table. Deceased seemed to be near the up.
per corner Of tho billiard table when be fell. / never
saw him after no got down below The middle window
Nobody wont with me to the billiard table this morn
ming. / wanted u 20 tnefc myself. lshW severn
thers in billiard room, one of them spoke 10 me there
| len Hodges ON day ofshoOting about II o'clock p. IN
| got here brtween 4 and 5 o'clock p. IN. Hodges is
IL miles from hers. | gut back three quarters before
Wednesday / told Mr.. Will Gunin what l saw when
I brought lin up here on Wednesday. | also told the
people 1T home. l didn't tell them at home oil | knew
st"nt It. ! told ". Guffn ! s,w McClung when hr
shot his brother.
J. n. KIRBY, sworn:
assisted in ~a-resti"g McClnng on day Of killing
after shooting. | saw McClnng come dow steps. ]
| didn't see Martin there. examined McCIunx't
shirt late that night When | arrested him | noticed
. torn place an side Of his shirt bosom, extending per.
baps to his wais. band. ! saw also o small wound on
tho side Of his breast. 1t looked like n b. uise, abuul
inch long, o red place which seemed to be made by
pressure. There was no bloU'l on 1: or the .hir
where 1t wns. The skin Is not broken. 1t was rot o
cut. You could see the mark through the lit with
out Interfering with the shirt. The shirt WIS torn
think on inch or two above the wound. Whrn |
went to Jail the second time at night l asked Nc.
Chung to let me see tho wound | then examined II
o biuise that drew the blood to the skin. and not u cut
| then examined The shirt, and found that the upp.l
part OF slit was q tear In the shirt, only torn, and ID.
lower part was cut A piece OF cloth that 10 torn
tears straight, and the edges of tear lrc furry, Will.
the sihes of the cut are clean md smooth. III,
bruise on McClung's breast was up under tho torn
part 81 the shirt. | didn't see Marlin until 4 minute
or two af,or We arrested McClun.. lie then cnInt
UP " suSStuHS Auu I1'k'H6 MIN WI u bNi III
to him, 'Cl,arlic, al l have is yours" Martin told
him OH the way u Jail he would do any favor for him
Hnd would stick up t. him.
X.-Th.rc was no cut on Meetings. breast Il
was . bruise sutiicient to draw the blood to the skin
1t could be SEEN l6 or IS feet nf. ! don't think there
was my sign Of breeding. There WAS n slight rub or
each side Of indenIation. lexamined 1t particularly
as many persons had asked me about It. II WIZ abuu
| or I Inch lpng, II wsB nfrrUw ~ Though Ilnne will
- dull instruInent. 1t Was not mOic thin 4 sixteenth
Of IN inch Wide. ! saw It. and felt II, too. 1h,
boy Of the shirt was cotton. | think. ! don't re-
member whether the bnsom was cutton als,. | didn'
noti:u texture. 1t was an old shirt. That was m,
i'm ressiOn. II Q knife VAS inserted In shirt and
downward cut made It nigh: make u rent IN = ricc- q
worn cloth that couldn't b. toll from q tear. Th,
rent In shirt began above tho bruisr, two or NOR,
inches. | was foreman Of the jury Of inquest Tit
shirt here shown Is the one | examined uI McClurg
to the best Of my knowledge. | recognize the rrooi
In the lower part ~ the cut purtlOr. | saw no blnO'
On the shirt when | examined 1t. | see q placc On !
now that l"uks rs " stained with b 0Ud.
III assisted In making the ares, in about thrc
minutes after / heard second shot. When he NIB nr
rested he said nnbUly must put his hands on rue bu
the constaLleM. lie handed NJ his pistol and snid Their
Kirby tax. this arm, aud be also said project lie frou
the crowd. lie looked then wild and excited.
XX.-Whsn we arrested McCluns there were o dog
en- or fifteen people around US. Nothing lik. = rio
there, everybody quiet.
xXXs-i heard iu cries Of shoot him, hang him, q
be- started off: 1t WAS long time before McClun;
'oI 10 VIA " vmt "ohe,
W. y. McauW AN.s"orhi
! went into billiard room suOn after the shooting ant
the pocket knife b. re shawn uu the tluOr with lar
gcst blade open. ltwps lying Mt the end OF The 0illiur'
table that Goines up at right angles to the table nea
which Gufiin was lying it was nearly under the req
table. The knife WAS about three feet frnrn the sid
Of tho fr'iit table. opposite side TO that on which Guf
fin Was lying. There was 4 little rust on blade.
mere was quite cro~d ~heh got IN there.
j. 8. WILSON, sworn.
sa{y,A kridl. al fho ,pu1o T., h,pr, Tie ,pp1
was starting 1t FIRST w;th head down Wnshingtoi
caught hold of mule. Marlin then came M md toll