The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-01-06
THREATS OF LYNCHING.

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dated last night says: "The shooting of
Walter G. Drury at Napoleon, Ohio, by
Gen. Robert X. Scott, formerly Colonel
of the Sixty-eighth Ohio Infantry and
afterwards Governor of South Carolina,
occurred this morning. Intense excite
ment prevails, and the danger of lynch
ing is so great that company of mill
tary tonight guards the hotel where
Scott is detained, by the Sheriff under
arrest"
THE DEFENDANTS VERSION OF THE
SHOOTING.
DEFIANCE, ONO, Dec. 26.-Your
correspondent called upon Governor
Scott to-day and was referred to his at
torney, C. H. Scribner, of Toledo, who
is here and whose statement Of the trag-
edy at Napoleon, Ohio, on Christmas
morning, is as follows:
Governor Scott, wife and son are board
ing at the Miller House, in Napoleon.
The son is about fifteen years Of age.
On Friday evening there was q great deal
of bad conduct on the streets, the young
men of the place drinking and carousing,
with a great deal of loud talk. Mrs.
Scott became alarmed at the absence of
her son, and got hotel clerk named
Stout to look for him. The Governor
had retired, and some time after, hearing
persons uttering threats on the street
about shooting Stout, Mrs. Scott urged
him to go and hunt for the boy. The
Governor dressed himself, and, having
found Stout, inquired if he had found
his son. Stout said that he had, and
had brought him to the hotel, but clerk
al drug store named Drury had got him
away from him. The Governor started
out in search of the boy, and was in
formed by g young man on the street
that Drury had him in the drug store,
The Governor went to the front door.
ratified and called, aud finally succeeded
in arousing the clerk, who opened the
door and said the boy was not there, and
insisted upon the truth of his statement.
Governor Scott told him that from in.
formation he had he knew he was there,
at the same time walking towards the
rear end Of the storeroom, and again
telling the young man he must find his
boy and take him home. The Governor
started to 60 to the door opening from
the rear of the storeroom into another
room, when young Drury placed himself
before him and told him if he attempted
to enter that room it was at his peril.
Again the Governor told him he must
get his boy, and made a movement as if
to enter the room. Drury reached over,
as if to take weight or otlier weapon
from the counter, and at the same time
made movement like drawing q pistol
from his pocket. At the same moment
Governor Scott drew pistol from his
overcoat pocket, when it accidentally ex-
ploded. The Governor says his first
thought was that he had been fired at by
some one, but soon saw that the young
man was hurt, as he sank back on the
floor. Immediately afterwards the Gov
ernor heard his son calling from up stairs.
He went into a back room and up the
stairway, and found his son in m intox-
icated condition locked in room at the
head of the stairs. He brought him
down, hurried him to the hotel and sent
men over to see how badly the young
man was hurt. They found him dead.
On examination the surgeon found the
ball had entered under the left jaw,
ranging upward into the brain, showing
that the pistol was not fired on level.
Governor Scott was brought here last
evening by the authorities and has been
placed in confinement here over Sunday.
His preliminary examination will be
held in Napoleon tomorrow morning at
8 o'clock.