Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-05-22
BOGGAN CASH KILLED.

The career of turbulent character had g
tragic ending on Thursday morning last
the bare facts of which are communicated
in the following official dispatch
CHERAw, May l5-9.35 A. NJ
To Governor Hugh S. Thompson went with
structed the men not to fire unless absolutely
necessary. surrounded the house and barn
placing two men between the house and barr
and two between barn and swamp. Finding
Cash i'm the barn ordered it surrounded. Cash
came out and fired on the posse. The fire was
returned, and after Cash fired several shots he
was killed, being riddled with bullets. None o.
the posse were struck except w. II. Hilton
whose fingers were shot off by Cash
E. IT. KING, Deputy Sheriff.
A correspondent of the Columbia Register
gives the following details of the affair:
CHERAw, May l5.-After Sheriff Spot
ford's disgraceful move last week to arrest
peremptory orders to turn over the papers
in the Cash matter to Deputy E. II. King
Last night Deputy King took posse
and proceeded to w. B. Cash's residence
about nine miles south of Cheraw. He
placed two men between the house and
barn and two men between the barn and
historic swamp. Subsequently, finding thai
Cash was in the barn, he surrounded that
building, giving his men instructions not tC
fire unless absolutely necessary. In the
meantime one of Cash's strikers managed
to get to the barn and give him the alarm.
At 4.3O o'clock A. NJ, w. B. Cash came out
of the barn, armed with doubled-barreled
shotgun and Winchester rife. AS soon
as he was ordered to halt he opened fire
upon the arresting party, who returned 'he
fire, resulting in the killing of w. B. lash
whose body was literally riddled with Win
ho1 roch On,,finnn1 frinr affpr
he was down, fighting till the death. Sam
uel Lee, w. B. Cash's particular henchman
and who was tried for his life few years
ago for the murder of young Presslar, but
by some means evaded conviction, was Sc.
creted under w. B. Cash's house, armed
from whence he fired upon the arresting
party, but was soon silenced by a bullet
through the leg. He was brought before
Trial Justice Mcqueen at Cheraw this
morning and committed for trial. The only
person hurt in the arresting party is Mr.. w
II. Hilton, who had one finger shot off by
w. B. Cash. The ball fortunately was turn
ed aside by striking the barrel of Hilton's
rifle, thus saving his life. The Sheriff's
posse were E. It. King, Deputy Sheriff, L.
L. Rhodes, Henry Jackson, j. F.. McNair
and Ned Avery.
THE INQUEST.
At half-past II o'clock on Thursday, q
jury OF inquest was organized by Trial JUS.
tice Mcqueen, acting Coroner. The jury
was sworn with j. S. Huntly as foreman
The body was viewed and was found tc
bear twenty wounds, including buckshot
wounds. An entire charge of buckshot en-
tered the right thigh, severing the femora
artery. At the same place there was rife
wound. There were other wounds, in the
back, side, breast and head, three of which
DIR. Kollock testified, would have caused
instant death. Five witnesses were exam
ined, and their testimony shows that w. B
Cash fired the first shots after being ordered
to halt, and that he had ample opportunity
to surrender without bloodshed. The testi
mony further shows that he fired three shots
after being down, aud that the shooting by
the posse was only resorted to when it was
thought to be absolutely necessary. All the
shooting was at very short range. Aftel
the examination of the five witnesses the
| inquest was adjourned over to Monday
morning at Cheraw, and the verdict has no
yet been published.
After the adjournment, the body was
carried over to Col. Watts, the only mem
ber of the family present.
Cash was buried at o'clock last Friday
afternoon in the orchard, about 200 yards
south of his fathers residence. The body
was followed to the grave by all the mem
bers of the family except Colonel Cash, Wht
stood, however, Oh his piazza, in sight O
the grave. No minister was in attendance
| and in fact, there was no service of any