The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-03-13
THE CHERAW TRAGEDY.
Another Version of the Bloody ARRAY.
II'ade,boro IN. o. mteliyencer, March /.

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Last week we gave the particulars of a
fight between Began Cash, the out.
law, and Mr.. w. Ii. III. Richards, Mar.
shai OF Chemw, which had It's origin in
the attempt Of the Marshal to arrest Cash
for drunkenness and disorderly conduct
on the streets of Cheraw, Saturday night.
February l6,h.
When we burlesqued the combat, in
our last issue, we little thought the affair
would terminate in so dcplorable man.
ner; for we deemed Cash man Of cour-
age and could not believe he would take
any undue advantage of man whose
only oflense was the faithful discharge OF
his duty and the possession of courage
superior to his own. We believed Cash,
we're he disposed TO pursue the matter
further, would face his adversary as be.
comes brave man, first warming him
and in this event, we had no fear of Mar.
shal Richards ability to defend himself.
The sequel, however, shows that Began
Cash is not only graceless reprobate, O
bully, bulldozer Of tiInid people, viii
lain, cruel, brutal wretch, but that he
is withal q con.ummate coward.
On Saturday last he went to Cheraw
submitted and paid his fine-forty dol.
lars. The Marshal, being just as we'll as
brave was satisfied, declined to prosecute
Cash, and expressed himself as willing
to let the matter drop. Aud so it did
drop. Cash remained in town several
hours, attending to certain business mat
ters, and appeared unusually quiet and
crcumspect. He passed the Marshal
several times during the day, but made
no hostile demonstration, and this treach-
cry led he Marshal to believe that he
had nothing to anrrchend. About i
O'Clock in the afternoon he was standing
on corner, leaning up against t-ee,
Stunning himself and convesing with q
friend, and thinking, per aaps, less of
world. While he thus stood, with his
UNDECIDED if not unobserved When he
suddenly wheeled and commenced dis
charging a No. 3S Smith g. Wesson pis.
toll. The first shot missed the Marshal
two feet, and struck Mr. James Coward
in one side, penetrating his body to the
other side, within short distance of the
surface, where it was cut out by the sur
geon.
When the Marshal heard the explosion
of the pistol, he turned to see what was
the matter, and as he turned Cash fired
4 again. The second shot struck the Mar
shal in the breast, pierced one lung and
4 lodged in the region of the spine, in about
the position that cowardly Guiteau's ball
A found lodgmentin the body of Garfield.
A third time Cash fired, but missed again,
& the ball grazing the Marshal's clothing
Z and burying itself in q tree.
4 Then there appeared scene we'll cal
culated to besmear the reputation for
s. courage which the Cashes have acquired
among timid people, and to establish the
8 fact that the younger Cash, at least, is q
craven hearted, black hearted, sneaking
coward, even if his miserable shooting
fwere not sufficient to prove that he was
Ecared out of his wits when he fired at
l8the brave man whom he feared to face.
AT the third shot Cash ran with all his
might for one block--ran rs becomes q
coward, with his back to the foe When
DE had run about hundred yards, ne
3urned and, seeing that he was not pur-
jued, bravely retreated backwards, brand
shing his pistol and calling for Iris boy
KS b bring his horse, which the boy failed
$50 do. He retreated backwards-very
rave indeed, as there was no one follow
bg him-to where the animal was stand.
! pg. He leaped upon his horse and gal
ssszspped away at full speed homeward.
When the up train reached Cash's De-
pSot, Cash the younger was standing on
be platform, armed with Winchester
file and putting on great many airs.
Che old man Cash was also with him,
but quiet. He pretended to be defying
5erybody, but when it is remembered
pat the train had left Darlington before
pc shooting occurred, and that the peo-
e st Doves and Society Hill, if they
Rd heard of the shooting, had no time
prepare themselves, aside from having
authority to arrest him, even if they
Rd the inclination to do 40.
When the train reached Cash's Depot,
bbody on board had heard of the shoot.
9g, and they did not hear of it until the
pin reached Cheraw. Cash had calcu.
Fed on this. He knew that no attempt
build be made to arrest him, and his
liant strutting up and down the depot
Atform was nothing more than the
aningless bra7ado Of coward. Cow
5R1lis are always brave when they know
ere is no danger. Why is it he has
shown himself around the depot
Zee the evening in question? Why is
not so brave aud defiant now as he
)s then2
Immediately after the shooting, and
fore Cash had got half way home, J..
McNair, Esq, the Mayor, volunteered
be one of party who should pursue
and arrest him. Others quickly
tg unteered, and the assassin might have
caught, but when they asked Depu-
Sheriff Wells to lead them, he not
~ refused, but actually got down on
knees and prayed them not to do
thing so rash.
"a ~ !shout u leader aud without authori
the citizens cared not TO act, but pre-.
led waiting till the Sheriff should
cute the law. I.was confidently be:
FED that the Sheriff would do his duty,
1t was time and again asserted,
men Spoford comes we'll have him" !"
!, when Spofford came and went out to
2 st Cash, it would appear that, unlike
he simply went, was seen and was
Auered.
irving at Cash's residence, accompa.
by only one man-Kipg Timmons,
of Perkins's pals and henchman Of
n-he was cordially met at the door
sue Colonel, who extended his hand,
X "a him In, and expressed himself as
eoyed to zee Sheriff Spo:ford. Tim
4s remained on his horse ut the front
ont the Colonel waved him to dis.
&3nt, insisting that he should enter
& Partake of his hospitality. He did
+ course, for how could gentleman
ing Timmons's calibre be so rude as