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

lHE btllIU c NoulV Ipouiulg I'LL ~ mo ASh tioht ouSh
a wound. The effects Of wounds vary according To
whether the man WHO received them Is active or pas
s!vc when shot:
The defendant McClung is the husband Of my sis
ter. l saw him on tho day Of thu homicide. lie caln-
to my mothers about Il mills from town about II
O'clock d IN. He remained here about IN hour, and
took luncheon. lie then asked us to put up his din.
nr TINT he would be bac, that evening. The shirt
here shuwn Is his. ! visited the jail early on morning
after the homicide, at sun up lie Ind On this shirt.
lie raised up his ann then and showed me the wound
on Ii. he gave ME n silver half dollar that morning
Mt tho jnil, Tuesday morning.
CHARLES A. McCLUNG, sworn:
ain 30 years Old the 2ith this month. | rcsid e
about s mil-s N. W. Of this town in Abbrril!e county.
| reside ubolt " miles from j. G. Martin, down the
river. had not seen him for several days until
met him here on the dav Of homicide. l walked tn
the village Iron, my mu,he ,-in.law's that day.
| LEFT her house about 10 O'clock. came
here tu buy some quinine and calumet. Before l
reached town I didn't know that Martin was here. 1t
took he nbnnt 25 minutes To wnlk here. ! first saw
MAJ tin about / hour after l arrived here: l saw him
first In rear or kusscls bsr.roorn. didn't know he
was there until ! mot the little boy Lang who drives
his buggy. who told me Martin was In town and
wanted me 10 heel a chicken for him.. I first SAW
Gufin ! hour after l saw Martin. l saw him coming
out Of back door Of Christian's barroom. l went to
heel chicken fully I OF an hour after l first saw Martin.
The frat cock fght took lluee about half past one
O'Clock p. m. l put gnffs on It.. ] got Oufhns knife
and hsd 1t long enough to cut of tn" end OF stfing that
tied the gafs on. l asked II anybody had a sharp
knife or scissors. Some one handed Inc o knife but It
Was dull, md l gave 1t back, when Gufin tool out
bis knife and said to me Heres one as sharp as any
sci, sors you ever tried" | took It and cut the strings.
l think the knife here shown me 10 tho onc l got from
him, or nydcstmMe oft. handed Gnf1ns knife t"
Martin when I gut through with II. ! think l had q
broken blaled Knife VI my own there bnt 1t wouldn't
cut and threw 1t on the ground. The second cock
fight took place an hour and u hall or an hour and .
quarter alter the first. !, took place about 8 j. m. l
may mistake the time twenty-five minutes either
way. Gutin was at the second 6zht also. / think. i
had said to him while he was talking about billiards
game with bin. l agreed then to discount him.. He
refused to take ten points and play. l took no drink
! with Gudin that day until We went 10 billiard room
Guffin and Martin entered tho billiard room With mr.
l WINS coming out Of the back door OF Norwood's
store for the purpose of getting = drink Of whiskey
when I saw Martin cunning up past Christian's In the
direction Of Eussers barroom asked him to Join INC
In o drink and he said Yes, l will" We started Into
Russel's and Martin said bold On there's q full flask
II whiskoy in at livery Q able, let's drink It before We
buy any more. We went into livery stable, and Mar
tin turned into stall and stopped down to get flax:
As he stopped his pistol dropped out from his right
side or pocket right by me, and picked IT. up. Mar.
tin got up with the flask Of whiskey In his hand. lie
held ur flax In bis right hand and said there's just
about two good drinks In here, II you'll drink hail Of
1t would be just rs much as | would drink, and that
be had no business with half Of 1t. l drank q third Of
It and then handed 1t to Martin. l had the pistol In
my hand Just then and lio caught bold OF It saying,
| want my pistol. l told him he WASH no M to have
the pistol and refused to let him have It. He then
drank about one half Of the whi:key told HIN l
was afraid ha $pnll get into some difficulty, and
%would"'t let him have the pistol. l took fa's after
he drank, and WAS about to break II, but saw a negro
near by and gave him the whiskcy. The negro drank
II, and asked Martin II he wanted the flask back.
Martin answered NO. DO you think ! would drink
ont Of 1t after . damn Niger had 1t N his mouthf
Ipu. the pistol in my right hand pants pocket. We
then climbed the brick wall around TO-, about In the
Rear Of Russela. l hnye q pistol Of my own. ! len It
ut home that day. The reason | didn't give, GnN3n bis
knife back was that | was t0 pit the cots ahd the 9TH
er party said he was ready, and ] handed knife to Mar
tin who was nenr me. Amer we got oyer wall ! turn
ed round to mcet Guffin rs ] suw him coming from the
direction Of the scales. lie came up to us md said to
me: "McCluEg I'm ready to plAy that game Of bill:
didn't think | conld double discount him, but we would
60 aud strike ! lick or two on table and SEQ how We
played Our first agreement when 'he accepted The
single discount offer was to play for money. wethen
I was In the middle aud Gufan ahead. As | stepped
of on the front pavement | turned to Martin as !
thought l had overpalh him on the cock fight and sahl
to him: campbell you've got dollar OF my m 'ncy!'
lie then ran his hand in his pocket aid pulled out q
half dollar and tive quarters silver money and said
" ell here 1t Is" and gave them to me. l then pull
ed the pistol out OF my pocket and put It In my, len
hand and held my tight out for the mon'y which ! put
in my right pants pocket. As l was about tU put the
pistol back Martin caught my hand TO take 1t, styinG
he hud borrowed It uud had o better right to carry It
.han I had. told him he was not In n At condition
To- carry II. lie WIS drunken then than when | took
the pistol from him at first. l then put the pistol
back IN my pocket. My left pants pocket had a hole
In them, therefore l put tho money In the right peck
ct nnh removed the pistol to do so. for when the pants
were butloned they were too tight to put money In the
pocket safely without hr"t taking the pistol out. !
have on tho snuie pants now. l put 1t In my pocket
about s or 10 feet from the steps lsIding to the
tilliuah room. Gufin was then going up
lie had walked on ahead Of us. When got money
from Martin | saw ut least three INN near by In front
ur store Martin and then went up into billiard room.
Guttin and ! spotted the balls and he led off making
several good siots, | then said to him Fem III play
you u game ut discount but l believe JonIl beat me.
We then spotted the balls, and BIO said Martin keep
the game" took Il "a ounce cue and be OIL Is ounce
cue. We agreed tn plxy for a BALI d"l.nr q game. He
, took The black ball. and | the white one. The counter
string run north and sUuih. The white string MAS ut
! At tho north side. j. g. Wilson was the first prrs"n
who came into room after We entered. lie stayed
there perhaps 10 minutes. GuIin said II was q long
tiu,e between drinks, and Martin then borrowed n
quarter from me and thr, " out Of window to o
negro hoy and told him "a bring a half tint Of whiskry.
The whisky was broughtin, think by Wilson. and We
star:t d to take n drink, but ] told Wilson | wanted
water and a dipper full was brought, aud Martin and
Guthn xnd tuuk II drink together. The quarter that
was sent for whiskry wse one OF the li. ceso f money
that Martin banded me. b"uShta flask Of whiskey
u JNll VII bUS oSuSt ihoiS > h'i E'' sAiSS Snhy
Miller the half, dollar OH tho next day atjil. Wills n
went out Of room with the dirper after VIC drank and
/ don't think he returned. No one else came int
billiard room AFTER that except Lang Go olshy. q little
hr had sent fur that knife. Y hen Lang G0oldsby
came In Martin said u him did ynu give Mr. Gutin
TINT knife Hennswer.d M sir, | couldn't ind Mr.
Gutlin and | gave 1t to Mr.. Henry Norwood. Martin
then told Lang to 20 md got the knife and bring it t.
him, and La; z Went ont down the 9 cps. l don't think
he shut th- door when he went ont for 1t was open
when | started ont Martin was on the east side a
string kceling the game oil the time We We're playing
lie didn't leave the room while We were there from. thu
tiinv | entered. l won the GAME. Martin called III,
game saying tn inc Charley you're nut Gutiin ant
| had our coats uf, MLrtin did not take bis c"at of
When Martin said ! was out l ~ao stumbling near III.
ives, end Of table, and Gufln wss on the south side o
table. Gutin then raised up his cue touching th,
counters and look ling ut them and then said to Muriir
"you're udamncd liar sir !" With those words Gutir
laid HE cue down aud put bis coat on then took ~
cue In front Of him.. | said to hun "pem the game Il
out I've beaten you" ! VIA then standing when l sale
that about the centre Of the south side Of table, art
he answered. me you are a God damned liar! answer
cd back you're another aid just a. l said il be advnncrt
with n knife In bis right hand oIen. When he cursed
me, he was about 4 feet from ME, and tho next step b,
made the lick NJ me. ! Saw the knife MS he raised !
he took /. from. / didn't know he lad a knife.
thought he had It from his asking Martin for BIZ
knife. l gave back as he advanced and he cut hi
through my shirt, on the left breast. Tho cut wa
about II inch long. ! have tho scar yet. The knit,
caught Ia my shirt and came out near the waist band
don't know II he chi ut me with the big blade. Til,
shirt was o new one. As he struck me, l diew bacl
to draw my pistol. lie then drew back his cue will
both hands raising over lie bead ard behind him 4
strike me, and just at that instant ! fred. ! don
know what became Of the knife. l fred as ! pulle'
i pistol out Of my pocket. II fired the tirst time | pull
ed pistol down. AS ! fired, he struck down with cue
and / caught the blow on my lett nrm. ! cooked III,
PISTOL again and stepped easS' my leg striking some
slightly. / had some difficulty In cooking the pisto
he s. cund time as 1t did not revolve readily. / thiul
1reyolvrl the cylinder with my LEFT hand. ! CAV,
back Just before / fired I'd shot towards the west en-,
OF room. When ! fired the I'd shot / didn't know
whether the first had taken effect. us there wss o GOV,
deal, OF smoke In front Of me. When ! fired the q
shot Guftp fell backwards l think, At q sort Of
half turn. ! then put my pistol in my pocket, ant
stepped forward and as ! did 50 my hut fell off and
picked up the cue on table l didn't know my hat wa
of. As ] turned to 60 out after cDlning back for my
hat, the cue struck the stove pipe and 1t fell down.
picked up cue thinking that some one would try Il
ttop mr, and ! would knock them over the head will
The cue. The cue was lying on table nearer the wes
end. ] think ] putt there ~h,n | commenced draw
ing my pistol out. ! may bayu laid 1t there when
finished the game. or course l was cxcit d. ! start
I'd down steps and met two or three persons. ! til.
one to get out VI my way. ! showed where ! wa
cut and said ON the steps either thut l had ehot u
killed Guflin in self defence. ] got 10 bottom Of step
and recognized Martins buggy at door and jumped Il
1t. i would have COTTON IN any mans buggy standIn.
there. It was uoi There when l went up in blnisrt
room. ] didn't see 1t there or know 1t Was there be or
/ came down and saw It. When ] gotin 1t the mule
head was turned towards the DEPOT ! started to tnr,
the luulc towards h0mr. ] didn't se Martin amor
came down stairs until he caught hold Of the Birdie o
the mule. j. b. Wilson lad first grabbed the bride
l asked Wisun with an outh what IL hid to do will
1t, and told him to let loose. He wouldn't let loose 81
/ thought ] would nuke my escape come 0the
xyot. tuTnnc1 nnt nf huiuOy and my fact n , nuht Il