The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-10-15
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The correspondents Of tho Augusta
Chronicle writes that Stephtey RiIevis
funeral took place In Charlsstc,l, m
the 4th inst, amid great exci.cpanf. 4,
-Four thousand negroes collected I'm
front OF the Centenary Church, a littJe
after noon. 1t Ia tho reiigio .poIitieai
church of Charleston The iiegroesy
behaved boisteronsly.5 i On Went@orth
street, in front ofthe church. mllatto
militiaman saw Policeman Curley com
Ing up, walking leisurely on his beat.
He said 'PTherc Is the son oEta .------.
who killed Prince Bowen, ,"and cooked
his Winchester rifle, In front of the
church. Many knew If the rifle was
fired 1t would be the signal of q slaugll.
ter. The CORES pondent OF the above
named paper and Mr.. Travers, of
Cincinnati, came down tile steps to.
gether, accompanied by Gen. Lee, col
Oaed, and the Rev. p. w. jefferson.
They said "Stop!" and he did. Two
negro women tainted just then. There
was q fearful excitement. Four thous-
and people were running to and fro in
the streets, crying "Kill him! kill
him!"
1t is reported that the negroes at
tempted to mob two reporters in the
cemetery, John A. Moroso and Henry
D. Howren. This 10 not true as Mr..
Moroso was at home and Mr.. Howren
was at the Hotel Windsor, where he
boards, when tho report originated.
They both laughed at the idea and said
they'd like to see 1t going on for the pure
fun of it. Republican negroes started
this. They say there will be trouble,
but there will not.
There were many witnesses examin-
cd in the Bellinger-Riley killing on
Monday. Thousands assembled In
front OF the "fire.proof buildins," "a
they generally do on such occasions.
The verdict was that "Bellinger killed
Riley" No reason assigned. The
Correspondent is a personal friend OF
DR.. Bellinger, who 10 perhaps as
prominent a physician as there 10 in
Charleston. There was great ex.
citement at the inquest. IN fact the
| crowd was worse mystified after than
they were at the inquest. Nearly all
the witnesses swore that DIR. Belinger
shot Riley for calling him 'son Of o
-" on the night before the killing,
except one, Mr.. Roland Alston, WHO
was witness, was intoxicated while
testifying, and insulted both the coro-
ner and Edwin Il. White, Chairman of
the County Commissioners. They both
laughed him to scorn. lie testified in.
favor of Riley, as if prejudiced or paid. !.
The gist of the whole inquest wac
this, except ono witness. About a
dozen witnesses testified that Or. Bel.
linger unbraided Biley for Cheating" q
horse. and Riley said: "I am not
'6eating,' but whipping. the horse. :"
This occurred Friday night. The next
morning Dr.. Bellinger came in and
said oaths and vituperation had passed
between them. 1t is not known, but
the only witness whom tho jury trusted
much was Mrs. Holmes. She said: {:
III saw Riley leaning on his stable
fence. DIR. Bellinger came up. Dr..
BellinSer said, when first heard him: /:
Damn you, you were there, and you
know all about it, Riley said: Dock,
no don't; l was not there The
Doctor said: Damn you, you were.
am going to shoot you' drawing q
pistoD. Riley folded his hands snp>
plicatinSly in front of him and said {:
doctor, don't kill me, wasn't there. ,
Then the Doctor fired six times, his
victim falling after the fifth shot-all
the other witnesses making him fall at
the first shot" The general opinion
is that DR.. Bellingcr shot Riley for
some other cause beaides the fuss about
the horse. The correspondent has
interviewed twentyothree of the best
citizens of Charleston. They all be-
Tieve it was not the fuss about the
horse.
A later special from Charleston to
the same paper says: "The excite
ment here is undated, but the opinion
has crystalized that Dr.. Bellinger did
not kill Riley because of tic fuss
about the horse. If the killing had
been in self-defencc the last five ahots
would not have been fired, since the
first placed the deceased hors de COM
6dt. II is rumored about the CITY that
certain member of DR.. Bellinger's
family has entered the Dominion of
Canada since the killing, and he SAYS
he would rather die than disclose the
reason of the killing. The universal
opinion in this city is that the trial will
disclose social condition of affairs
that nobody dreamed existed here.
Much of tho evidence has been sup.
pressed on local accounts. Mrs.
Holiness account was only partly pub.
lished. There was o reason for the
suppression, which will come out