Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-04-07

ClrcllnS mOIlOn, WlCn my lelt Ildlll uoHI
remember making any other strokes.
Redirect.-I am left handed. (Descrlbed
the crayat he wore on the night OF the difficult
ty, and showed that he could take off the
cravat without moving the scarf-pin, alleged
to have been bent.)
HAMPTON OWENS, SrOrn.-1 am citizen
of York county, and have resided at Rock
Hill about eighteen years-ever since | was
three years old. On the night of the 26th of
last February, Pardue and Duffy left Rock
Hill ina buggy. I and w. A. Cox left soon
after, on horseback. We went to Sally Hines
and there found Pardue and Duffy, and also
Austin Harris. Austin was in the house,
playing on fiddle. We went into the house
and remained some time, and then went out
to the buggy in the yard and drank some beer.
About the time we finished drinking the beer,
Wesley Harris came from the direction OF Mag
Hines up to Sally Hines. Before he got up
to us, heard cursing, but did not pay much
attention to it. Duffy remarked that he be-
leved the man was curSing us. | don't re-
member whether or not we replied to the ours
ing. Duffy went up to the house, following,
and Pardue after me. Duffy went into the
house little in advance of me. When step
ped to the door, 1 saw Wesley Harris strike
Duffy Oh the head with his fist. Before Duffy
got Strengthened from this lick, Austin struck
him over the head with fiddle. | and John
Pardue then took hold of the Indians and put
them out of the house. Just about the time
we got them out of the door, Austin struck
Duffy again and knocked him down. He also
struck Duffy again, and as the Indian passed
by me, after he struck Duffy the last blow, l
struck the Indian with piece OF small
chair. The Indian then went off did not
see which way. 1 did not see Wesley Harris
any more that night. We went back into the
house and stayed some twenty minutes. John
Pardue was also in the house. Duffy and my
self stepped out at the door fronting the field
where the Indian was killed. a few minutes
after we went ont, Iheard hallooing in the di-
rection of this field, and remarked that l
thought another drunken crowd was coming,
and proposed to 60 up and see who they were,
and if they proved to he a drunken crowd, l
proposed that we should leave. l called Par
due, and after telling him the same thing, we
started on to see who it was. Pardue proposed
to 20 back to Rock Hill said no, we could
90 on, and after we found out who it was, we
would then know what to do. We went about
| $50 yards, about the edge of the old field.
Here we heard Austin Harris say, "We will
get some rocks and 60 down and clear out the
ranche,'' or similar words. We were now
about eight or ten steps in the old field, and
Austin was about ten steps further III the
field, when he made the remark. Isaid "There
is no use of that we are here now." lie
came up to me and laid his hands on my shonl-
ders, with his knife in his right hand lie
said, ''Henry, they have been trying to impose
Oh me down there tonight come and &c
back with us, and we will clean out the
ranche,'' or words of that meaning. L told
him he was mistaken in the man that it was
Hamp. Owens he was talking to. At that he
removed his hands from my shoulders and
struck at me with his left hand !; but l knock.
ed off the lick with my right hand. He made
Il second lick at me with his right hand, and
l thought lie was trying to cut me, and
jumped out Of his way. At that time Duffy
came up, and Austin made a lick at him with
his knife. Austin was standing then, rather
with his back and side to me when he made
the second lick at Duffy. then caught Aus
tin around the waist. Austin made third
lick at jim, and about this time heard a
voice, which I supposed to be Wesley Harris
and let Austin loose, thinking the Indians
had come to attack u.s. Wesley appeared tC
be eight or ten steps off. John Pardue then
took hold of Austin about the neck or shoul
ders They were in holt a short time, when
Pardue said, ''Boys, I'm cut,' and Pardue
turned the Indian loose Pardue and Duffy
had both turned him loose at this time. Twas
then standing in the road above, and the In
dian passed by me in a trot. / made rake at
him to try to catch him, thinking he had cut
Pardue, and was trying to get away, but
missed him. / made second attempt tc
catch him, and caught him in the back OF the
vest collar, and it tore in two, pulling OIL hall
of it. About this time Duffy got back tc
where Pardue was, and 1 heard that Pardue
had been cut by Duffy. I did not follow or
| tGa ,,iooa of Voct
down on the road, and went back to where
Pardue and Duffy were standing, and Pardue
told me that his hands were cut and one OF
them was bleeding He said he was going
back to the house to have it fixed up. Duffy
and then went back up the road to look fol
my hat. While standing in the road, Thought
| heard some one grOaning, and on hearing II
| the second time, we went up and found an In.
dian lying behind log, about fifty or sixty
yards from the road l walked up, the log be-
ing between me and him. He said he was
bleeding awfully. Idon't remember that we
said anything. I laid my hand on his left
side, and told Duffy that he was cut on the
left side, and believed he would die. lthlnk
Duffy put his hand on him too, but am not
certain. We remained there while, when
Duffy proposed to 60. We went back to the
road. l found my hat, and also another when
thought was Pardue's and took it with me
to Sally Hines house, where I found Pardue
sitting by the fireplace with his hand bleed
| ing, and his hat on. then pitched the one
found in the house. On the way back to the
| house. Duffy and had some talk about going
with him to Fort Mill to see his mother His
reason was, as thought, that he wished to
| tell his mother about the affair himself. But
| he concluded to return to Rock Hill, and when
Pardue got his hand tied up, Pardue and Duffy
started, and about ten minutes later, Cox and
| started. Cox and I were on horseback.
When we got back, we found Pardue and
Dutfy's buggy at the livery stable lot, on the
outside. We hitched our horses and Duffy
came up. He said he had been down to see
Craige. lie also said Pardue was having his
hand dressed in Doctor Crawford's room. l
went to the Robertson house, but couldn't find
Dr. CrawfOrd's roQm, and from there l and
Duffy went to my aunt'S. we found Jolln
Anderson there, and he went back down town
with u.s. On the way down, l told Duffy |
was going to take DR.. Crawford and 60 back
and See see the Indian, and he said all right. I
found DR.. Crawford, and we went to Sally
Hines house, where we procured lamp.
From there, we walked out to the field and
saw the Indian. led the way and took them
to the body, when l lit the lamp. DR.. CraW-
ford examined the body and said he was dead.
| made some remark do not know what, but
do not think it was a loose remark, by any
means.
In reply to questions By counsel.-The Indian
was lying with his head next to the body OF
the log, with his head resting on limb, the
position of the body being reversed from what
it was when we left him. lie was alive when
we first left him. When caught him by the
vest as he ran, piece of it remained in my
hand, which dropped in the road. DR.. CraW,
ford examined his pockets and took some small
articles from them. 1t looked like there had
been some one at this spot struggling. was