The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-03-20

assault ScenCu 10 ufc iilll up, dHd tNtl.N
now and then he would stand mp and
jescant on the unmanliness that would
brook such an insult as he vehe-
mcn1lv denounced it, The reporter hav-
ING read his notes over with the doctor,
and he having expressed his dctcrmlna-
ton not to say any more on the subject
until he could advise with his counsel,
the reporter withdrew.
BIOGRAPHY OF THE DOCTOR.
Or. Thomas Ballard Mellow was born
IN Camden, kerShaw County, thirty-six
wears aso. He was primarily educated
in his native County, and at matricu-
latiug age entered the Cumberland Uni
versitv, at Lebanon, Tennessee. There
he pursued a course of medical study
and graduated with the first honor Of
his class in 1874.
Subsequently he came to Charleston,
and became a student at the Medical
College of the State of South Carolina,
located in this city, and graduated with
considerable merit, being the valedictor-
ian Of his class, composed of bright ma
tcria!. His standing in the college en-
titled him on graduation to a position
as one Of the physicians of the city hos
p;tal, and there he served until his term
expired Afterwards he established
himself in this city, and has been prac-
ticing here ever since, and was getting
into professional business. Some years
ago he married he only daughter Of Mr..
G. .. AhrenS, the well-to-oo retired
grocery merchant on King street. One
child is the result of the marriage.
He is about five feet seven inches
high. and weighs, probably, 130 pounds.
he is "A brunette, and has features some
what strongly markcd-the nose being
slightly inclined to Roman He wears !,
deep brown mustache, cut close to his
lip. His manner is decided, and not
without the graces of good origin and
culture.
He is son of DR.. R. S. Mellow, who
is a practicing physician of Lancaster,
in this State. His attire is in keeping
with taste and professional require
mentS.
last night he telegraphed to his father,
requesting him to come to this city.
Mrs. Mellow and her child, soon after
the fatal occurrence, went to the Wav'
| erly House, King street, where her
father resides.
Two Hours With the Dead.
From the time Of the shooting. which
occurred according to the recollection
of the majority of the witnesses, about
twenty minutes of o'clock, to the time
that DR.. Mellow gave himself up to the
police, he was about two hours and &
half in the company of the dead. HI
saws himself that after the fatal Sho
was fred he remained in the Office fol
some time with the head of his victim
in his lap. 1t is fair to suppose, from tht
condition in which the Office was found
that. he had spent some of that time il
putting the Office to rights, and the res
in consultation with his wife and ar
ranging his papers. All of his pockets
were emptied. His keys were left in {
drawer in the Office, and everything put
to rights with the stricteSt nicely.
Mrs. Mellow went Immediately TO hel
father. She was not questioned con
cerning the matter at all. Her situa
ton was respected by everybody.
During the entire time that the body
was in DR.. McDow'S office there was al
immense crowd in Rutledge street
around the door They were very quiet
but greatly excited, and the police with
difficulty kept passageway clear fol
those who were obliged to use it.
The News Broken to the Family.
Capt. Dawson had been dead for sev
eral hours before the dreadful news was
broken to the stricken family. This wa:
done in the gentlest manner possible By
a particular friend, but the agony of thu
devoted wife and the young children
was most pathetic.
Among the crowds in the street ther'
were a number Of Captain Dawson
friends, for he had many. They wer
bitter in their denunciation of DR.. Nc
Dow for what they termed most heart
less and cold-b -blooded murder. Many o
them were weeping for, they loved tn
dead dearly.
TERRIFIC BOILER EXPLOSION.