Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-07-28


murderer. Their evidence was unimportant,
being only that they had heard the shots and
seen the man lying dead. They did not
see the firing or know who did it, being In
side the house.
Robert knight, the deputy marshal, testi-
fed to very much the same facts as Butler.
He said that after Mr. Brayton came up to
the house from the still, he began to talk to
Mellow, and advised him to surrender quiet
ly, saying: "This may not be much of scrape
you are in now, but resisting officers is seri-
Gus thing, and you may get yourself into bad
trouble by it." q,
Brayton walked up and down in front of
the window talking to Mellow, who still
said "Well, I can't 60 to day, sir" Finally
Mellow went back into the house, where he
seemed to consult some one, after which he
returned to the window and said declslVely'
"Gentlemen, I won't GO" -,
"Well, sir" said Mr.. Brayton, "then we'll
have to force you to CO."
eff you mean that" answered Mellow,
"I'll have to get my fxins' or "Ill have to
get to work." He was then heard to run up
stairs, and the women inside began to cry
out, one of them calling, "Dont kill brother,
to the raiders.
Mr.. Brayton, Knight says, called him to
the corner of the house and told him to 60
around to the upper end where there was
a door, Mr.. Butler being at the front. Mr..
Knight says that Just at that time Mr.. Bray
ton took his pistol from his pocket, and he
(Knight) drew his and cooked it. Andres
had been sent by Mr.. Brayton back to the
still. Mr.. Knight says he went around to
the upper end of the house and was trying
to see into the open windows of the second
story, it being then nearly, or quite. sunrise,
when three shots were fired inside, the first
being from the lower end, and two following
very o.ickly and almost simultaneously from
the front and upper windows, after which
there were several other shots, rapid, but at
distinct intervals; the reports were apparent
" those of guns, being too loud for pistols.
Eight or ten shots were fired in all. Knight
could not see either Butler or Mr.. Brayton,
and could see nobody in the windows, from
which however he saw smoke coming he
ran towards stable, two balls whlstling over
his head and very close to him. The second
was fred as he turned the corner of the stable
and went to his left. He heard very coarse
voice shout from the house, Cd d-n you,
take that" As he looked back he saw Mr..
Butler running towards the bushes in front
in a STOPPING position, and thought he was
shot. He could not see Mr.. Brayton. He
lay behind the stable for eight or ten minutes
and then took wide ditch along which high
weeds grew, and kept through it to the woods,
where he met Mr.. Andres. The two went
to the still house and cut the still, taking
away the cap and overturning what beer they
could, although the large boxes were too
heavy to handle. He did not know of the
killing of Brayton until he reached Liberty.
Mellow is thirty. FIVE years old, little
above the medium height, and heavily built
He has blue eyes, light hair and wears red.
dish moustache, there being nothing at all
peculiar in his dress or appearance. he has
a fair common school education, being able
to read and write, is good and prosperous
farmer, owning some property, and quite In
telligent naturally. The last seen of him was
about o'clock on Wednesday, when he ap-
peared at the western end Of Central on foot
armed with Spencer rifle and accompanied
by colored man, who lives with him, and
who, it is said, will stand by him 10 any ex.
tremity. He was seen by only few persons,
and had apparently been drinking. He was
in search of men who had come to his house
in the morning but from all accounts said
little about the shooting. He leveled his gun
at citizen of Central, who seized and threw
it up, and was recognized by Mellow, who
said: "Why, is that you? wouldn't hurt
YOU for anything in the world" 1t is said
that he will not leave the State at present.
Mr.. Brayton, was about forty years old, and
had been living in Greenville since 1875, hav-
ing come here when his brother, E. M. Bray
ton, was appointed collector for the State.
He was born in Augusta, Geo., where be lived
with his parents until he was good sized lad
The family returning North, were there at the
breaking out of the war, when Mr.. Brayton
Joined the Federal army. After the war the
family removed to Florida, from which State
Mr.. Brayton came to Greenvills.
The Greenvile News of Saturday says:
"a reporter of the Daily Neaus visited Central
yesterday morning. No officers were there
or in the neighborhood, and it is understood
that Mellow was still "hiding out" One
gentleman stated that he had positive infor
nation that on the night Of the murder
Mellow returned to his house drunk and re-
fused to leave until next day. The negro,
Reed Hayward, was still with him at last &C.
counts. Hayward is the same man who, some
time ago placed distractions on the Airline
Railroad track, and subsequently made de-
termined effort to kill the track walker, who
reported it. He had to leave because Of the
crime and has been away until few weeks
ago, when he returned to McDow's house.
He is said to be as bad man as his chief"
GREENWOOD, S. c., Jan. 81, 1880.
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