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THE HOMICIDE At HODGES.
AND THEY TWO sTRovE TOGETHER,
AND THERE WAS NONE TO PART THEM,
BUT THE ONE sMoTE THE OTHER
AND SLEW HIM"
Brief Sketch OF the Actors In the
Trasady-..Somc Interesting Facts
and Incidents in Reference to the
Snd fair,

and Incidents in Reference to the
Sud Affair.
Las: Friday about sunset, near the quiet
village OF Cokcsbury, McCreery Olympic kill
ell his brother John Glymph. The circum-
stances immediately attending the Tragedy
are few and easily told, but the causes leading
up TO the act date back several years. Some
knowledge OF all the parties concerned may
be OF interest to the general reader. McCree.
ry Glymph and his brother John were sons OF
the late ID. Il. Glymph, who was long resi-.
HV this county. @ Naek @ rs he Is famliarly cali
ell, is about thirty-two years OF age. Some
years ago he was bookkeeper for the we'll
known firm Of McCreery & Bro. in Columbia,
and proved himself quite capable. Since
leaving Columbia he has resided at Hodges
engaged in business with his father. About
year ago ne removed to the Beacham place,
near Cokesbury and was conducting farm.
John Glymph was about twenty-five years OF
age and had no occupation.
About five years ago Mack Glymph married
Miss Jennie p. Townsend, a bright young wo.
man, quite attractive In person and manners.
She was of good family connections, being a
daughter of ]. F: Townsend and granddaugh-
ter of Rev. Joel Townsend OF Venerated men,
ory among all Methodists in this State. Her
maternal grandfather was the late DIR. w. g..
Norwood who discovered the uses OF uerat,7tn
vi,ide. She was educated Mt an excellent
Female College and stood high in her classes.
Some years ago she and Mack Glymph were
married quietly at the residence Of Mrs. Row
lett, his sister, by a minister Of the Christian
church. 1t Is said that when married Miss
Jennie was engaged to be married to John
Glymph, and also to another excellent young
man. Whether these things are true
or not it has. been common talk
that the married couple did not live
than Mack's ways" and they separated sever
al times. Her fondness for John led TO diff
Guilty between the two brothers, few weeks
ago, in which Mack was rather roughly han.
died. John lived at the Beacham place with
the couple, but her partiality for him became
so marked that 1t was annoying to Mack.
Friday afternoon, all the parties being at
Hodges an alteration arose between the
| brothers and Mack requested John not to
come to his house again. Mack and his wife
went home. John followed after them on foot
| man named Emerson. Soon after John reach
ed the house it seems that the alteration was
renewed and John was killed.
Perhaps two hours intervened between ar
rival OF John and his death. A load had been
taken from Mack's gun by John, at the re.
quest of Mrs. Jennie Glymph. Discovering
this, Mack recovered the cartridge from John
and reloaded the gun. During two hours it is
| i'm possible to narrate all the incidents that
occurred in the household OF Mack Glymph.
He went off for Trial Justice Moore TO aid him
| In Kidding his home of the presence of his
| brother. This officer of the law was absent
from lrome. Mack returned to his own house
| and went TO his room. Again he earnestly
| requested John to leave the place: John re-
piled that Mrs. Glymph had asked him to re-
main and protect her and "he couldn't refuse
to protect a lady" So matters progressed
until the fatal shot was fired. Mack used a
Idouble-barrel breech-loading shot gun. Sew.
eral shot took effect. One entered Johns left
| temple and one penetrated his eye entering
| the brain, and death was instantaneous. The
shot in the brain caused the muscles OF Johns
| hand, in which q British bulldog pistol was
grasped, to contract. He fell face downward
| In the passage way connecting the kitchen
and the main building. Mrs. GIymph went
hurriedly out of the back door, halted mo-
ment and then went to q nelghbors.
| Mack took his two children In his arms to
house near by, and then went to trial
the killing spread rapidly and persons who
| lived near by were soon on the spot. Nigh,
had fallen upon the scene and the house was
as silent as the grave; Lights were procured,
surrounded his lpros,rate form. His right
hand firmly grasped pistol his finger on
| the trigger. Trial Justice Moore ut once Or
ganiZed jury OF inquest, and evidence was
taken as to how the homicide occurred. In
one of the pockets of the deceased another
loaded pistol was found, together with q
memorandum book in which were various
entries relating to Mrs. Glymph, and the let
| ter which appears in the evidence elsewhere.
But little testimony as TO the actual kllllDs
could be obtained.
The inquest concluded, the deceased was
buried on Saturday afternoon in the cemete-
ry at Hodges, Rev. Mr.. Dantzler reading the
funeral services.
| McCreery Glymph has employed Messrs.
Eugene B. Gary and Frank Gary, and D. II.
Magill to act as his attorneys. They demand
\ ed preliminary investigation which was
| held by Trial Justice Moore at Cokesbury on
Monday. Some additional testimony to that
given at the inquest was taken II was of the
same tenor, as will appear in another col
umn. Application for bail will be made 10
| Judge Witherspoon at Anderson.