The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1885-10-14
THE RtLA
Curioslties Of the q
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The correspondent or

Chronicle writes that Stcl
funeral took place in Chi17ezz
the 4th inst amid great excitement.
Four thousand negroes collected in
front of the Centenary Church little
after noon. 1t is the rcliyio political
church Of Charleston. The negroes
behaved boiSterouslv, On Wentworth
street, in front of the church, o mulatto
militiaman saw Policeman Curley COM
ing up, walking leisurely ON his beat.
He said "Therc is the son of a.
who killed Prince Bowen" and cooked
his Winchester rifle, in front Of the
church. Many knew if the rifle was
fired it would be the signal of a slaugh-
ter. The CORES pondent OF the above
named paper and a Mr.. Travcrs, Of
Cincinnati. came down the steps to-
eether, accompanied by Gen Lee, COL
oaed, and the Rev. P. w. jefferson.
They said "Stop!" and lie did. Two
negro women tainted just then. There
was a fearful excitement. Four thous-
aad 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 i'll the
cemetery, John A. Moroso and Henry
D. Howreu. This is not true rs Mr..
Moroso was at home and Mr.. He wren
was at the Hotel Windsor, where he
boards, when the report originated.
They both laughed at the idea and said
they'd like to see it 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 eXasnin-
ed in the Bellinger-Riley killing on
Monday. Thousands assembled in
front OF the "fre-proof building" as
thev generally do cn such occasions.
The verdict was that "Bellinger killed
Riley" No reason assigned. The
correspondent is personal friend of
Dr.. Bellinger, who is perhaps as
prominent physician as there is in
Charleston. There was great ex-
citement at the inquest. Ii fact the
crowd was worse mystificd after than
they were al the inquest. Nearly all
the witnesses swoye that Or Bellinger
shot Riley for calling him "son ofa
-" on the night before the killing,
except ene, Mr.. Roland Aston, who
was witness, was intoxicated while
tcstifying, and insultcd both the coro-
ner and Edwin r. White, Chairman Of
the County Commissioners. They both
laughed him to scorn. He testified i'll
favor of Riley, as if prciudiced or paid.
The gist OF the whole inquest was
this, except one witness. About a
dozen witnesses testified that Dr.. Bel
linger unbraidcd Bilcy for "bcating"
horse, and Riley said: 81 am not
'beating,' but whipping the horse"
This occurred Friday night. The next
morning DR.. Bellingcr came in and
said oaths and vituperation had passed
between them. 1t is not known, but
the only witness whom the jury trusted
much was Mrs. Holmes. She said:
II SAW Riley leaning on his stable
fence. DR.. Bellinger came up. DR..
Bellinger said, when I first heard him:
Damn you, you were there, and you
know all about it. Riley said: Dock,
no I don't; l was not there The
Doctor said: Damn you, you were.
am going to shoot YOU drawing a
pistoD. Riley folded his hands sup>
plicatingly in front of him and said:
doctor, don't kill me, 1 wasn't there
Then the Doctor Hred six times, his
victim falling after the fifth shot-all
the other witnesses making him taA at
the first shot," The generaLopinion
is that Dr.. BslIinger shot Riley for
some other cause besides the fuss about
the horse: The correspondent has
: Interviewed twenty-three of the best
citizens of Charleston. They all be-
Iieve it was not the fuss about the
horse.
A later special from Charleston to
the same paper says: ''The excite
ment here is unabated, but the opinion
has crystalized that DR.. Bellinger did
not kill Riley because of the fuss
about the horse. If the killing had
been in self-defence the last five ehots
would not have been fired, since the
first placed the deceased hors de COM
bat. 1t is rumored about the city that
q 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 the evidence has been sup
pressed on local accounts. Mrs.
Holiness account was only partly pub
lished. There was reason for the
suppression, which will come out
soon."