The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1884-02-27
PROBABLE MURDER IN CHERAw,
w. 3, Cash Shoots the Town Mar
hal Of Cheraw aud also a By
stauder..The Assault Probab bly, the
Outcome Of a Former Drunken
Spree-Cash Permitted to Escape.

u-,v February 2i.-On Saturday after
W r. Cash. - son OF Col. +. b. G.. Cash,
fH.m nnio Town, I'M after remaining about
hours walked up y" tme he.ce Queer, VINO
f,ront', ntnre. Passing him a few spaces.
{. =. nooiad round anu fired three shots In
msm snccession from II shtrty.eieht cnltbre
smith 4 Wesson shooter. Ine n nrS an mI, sb nu.ting
= oyst"nuvh Inc lungs, the second shot took
MN !. y ,ho rnrshal's left lung, and rs he fell
cieS' a. onmtber shot. but missed. DR. e..
t E,Snock who was called In. pronounced both
NOTICES "nncrous, though not necessarily To-
wn"hnu u"ehiatelv after firing the shots Cash
,aa nn his horse, which was near. and
made his escape. y, so,rrd,- .
4 warrant was issued on saturday. In q few
minutes after the Shoott"H tM'k pace. i"r the
nrrnst nj ". B. Cash. he being Charged with
as. o 8 and battery with intent to kill W. II
Richards, who was town marshal, and james
coward. a b%ystandcr. The warrant Was first
nIoccd in the hands of the constable, but up.
in second c"nsiheratio, by the properauthor-
warrant II as deemed best to place the war.
rant i'm the hands of the sheriff for execution.
Sheriff p. F. Spofiord. VINO lives ut the county
twelve miles from the scene Of the ARRAY,
arrived here inns rierning about u O'Clock
and with a deputy proceeded Immediately to
the residence of Col. r.. Is. G.. Cash, where 1t
was expected he w0uld tind the defendant, W.
n. Cash. am informed that Col. Cash init.
I'D III lIiil uIS WI " ID SuSu, "ttuIQ
evnde m Immediate arrest. us he judged thai
public opinion was too strong against him to
warrant his surrender.
Mr.. Richards Is. 1t is feared, fatally wound.
ell. Mr.. Coward H. also In Il critical condition,
hut his wound are not thought 10 Ike so dan.
as those of Mr.. Richards.
The above nfrray probably resulted from q
difficulty which occurred on Saturday, the
10th instant. between the marshal and Cash.
The Wddcshoro' (.N. CO. Inte1iqcncer, IN giving
nm account Of this affair, gays that IN Satur-
day night. the 10th. Cash went to Cheraw, got
g%loriousIy, drank and raised quite = distur-
6ance In the streets. Town Marshal Richards
demonstrated with him and told him that he
would have To lock him up If he did not b"-
caught the marshal bv the collar, "w]hereupon
the marshal raped Mr. Cash across the head
with his club. causing him to starger like un.
to n bull ycarllng when the butcher hitteth
him between the horns with an axe. How
ever. Cash recovered almost Instantly, and
still holding to the marshalS collar, struck ut
him. but the marshal having been we'll In.
structed I'm the art OF dotlging when a boy,
evadcd the lick. and ut once began to reign
terrific blows down upon Mr.. Cash's right
arm,w which he threw up 10 shield his head
Cash received n fearful g,sh over the left tenn
pfe-the flesh being laid open to the home
and his right arm and shoulder were badly
Continuing the Hddesboro' InteUiQencer
says: at was a terrific struggle. and the mar
shall would have succeed In caging his man,
but the for the fact that. M he walked back.
wards across the street, pulling the offender
AFTER him, III stepped or the end OF n bridge
and fell. Cash fell on top Of him.. and, having
thus the advantage. beat up the marshals
face and I amped him In a manner horrible
to behold. He would, perhps. have killed the
marshal had he not hcen pulled off by Mr..
Peter S. Terry, who had by that time arrived
npon the Scene. He then turned upon Mr..
Terry. bur tnnt gentleman quickly whipped
~ denomsnated Smith & Wesson, and levell-
ing the same at the breast OF Cash. warned
him not to advance another step or he would
speedily Introduce another face into that
Kingdom where there Is said to be no reInis-
sion q. SINS"