The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1880-12-22
The NimbEe Pistol.

. ne N!IlOiS T ISlci'
The co!ored people had not supper
Thursday night on Mr.. F. S. Coppock' $
plantation, three miles from town. A
difficulty arose during the festivities.
and the cver-present pistol was brought
into requisilion. Henderson Brown, q
very quiet and peaceable man, stepped
up to try to quell the row, and for his
pains AS peace-,naker got a pistol bail
in his knee. Young Starke got a
severe blow across the head with
stick ard lad the end of his nose
knocked eff witha pistol. Several shots
were fired, and it is strange that there
were not more casualties. Henderson
Brown says man named Howard Cam
non shot him. Warrant, have been is
sued, and Trial Justice Carlisle will in
vcstisatc the affair. The shot that
struck Brown was intended for Starkc.
THE NIMBLE PISTOL AGAIN.
A difficulty occurred at Mangum's
Store, near Bush River Church, Friday
night, in which Mr.. Bella R. Mangum.
the father Of the young men who keep
Inc store. was shot twice. There are
two versions of the affair. Mr.. Bella
Mangum says, that abont 10 o'clock q
negro came to his house, two hundred
yards from the store, and told him that
a party of men were having difficulty
with his son Polk at the store. lie
hurried there, and as he entered the
door he saw w. II. Workman with =
pistol drawn on Polk Mangum, and
thereupon be struck Workman down
with 4 stick; that then P. G. Smith shot
him twice. One ball entered the shoul-
der, the other the upper portion of the
hip-both are flesh wounds. and are not
serious
The other version, given by Messrs.
Workman and Smith, was that they
were fox-hrnting and being cold
went into the store to get some
thing to VAIN them up; that they
found q crowd of negroes in the
store gambling; some of the party be-
gan to abuse the negroes, when they
fed, and a difficulty sprang up between
Messrs. 4. G.. Workman and Polk Man
gum. While this was in progress Mir. B.
r. Mangum rushed in and struck W. II.
Workman over the head with club,
knocking him down. Smith seeing
this and knowing that Workman was
armed and would shoot as soon as he
rose, caught hold of Mr.. Mangum and
tried 10 put him out of the room to pre-
vent his being shot. In the meantime
Workman drew his pistol and fired
two shots. Both Workman and Smith
say that Smith did not fire at all. Du-
ring the row several shots were ex-
changed at short range between A. g..
Workman and Polk MangHm-nelther
was hit.
There have been no arrests made up
to this time and no warrants issued.
THE NIMBLE PISTOL YET AGAIN.
Saturday night Mr. Eb. B. Blease
shot DR.. W. f. Pelham through the arm
in front of Mr.. Crotwell's store on Pratt
Street. The trouble arose about raf-
he. DR.. Pelham put up fine lamp to
be ratfled for; Mr.. Blease took and paid
for chance; when the rattle was made
up and the throwing Of the dice began
Mr.. Blease was absent, and DR.. Pelham
sold his chance to some one else. MIR.
Blease didn't like this and used some
harsh language concerning DR.. Pelham.
About 10 O'Clock DR.. Pelham met Mr..
Blease in front Of Mr.. Crotwell's store,
and asked him if be (B.) had said that
he (P.) WAS "a id rascal''-or some
thing TO that efect-Mr. Blease replied
that he had. DR.. Pelham then struck
Mr.. Blease once or twice with his walk
ing-cane, when Mr.. Blease drew his
pistol and fired. The ball struck DIR.
Pelham between the wrist and elbow
and passed entirely through the arm
between the two bones. MIR. Blease
| was arrested, and is out on bail.
These are really hard times" and