The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-05-01
The Mccormick Riot.

MCCORMICK, April 22.-Yesterday
afternoon for six hours this town was in
fever of excitement. the result of diff.
ficulty between Town Marshal j. III.
Jennings and his assistant, NJ. L. B.
sturkey, on one side, and P. B. Calhoun,
druggist, on the other.
Calhoun had been charged with sell.
ing liquor and was fined one hundred
dollars by the town council. He refused
at first to pay the Gne, but afterwards
complied. According to jennings story
Calhoun stepped out of his store with a
gun in one hand aud a pistol in the
other, and said: "Now, Jennings, if you
want anything you can get it," where
upon Jennings told him to consider him.
self under arrest Calhoun at this junct.
ure blazed away at Jennings twice, the
balls glancipg by his legs. Jennings
returned the fusilade, wounding Calhoun
slightly in the head and other parts of
his body. His wounds were painful but
not dangerous, and Calhoun hobbled
about seventy-fve yards from the main
street and opened general lombard.
ment with his Winchester rifle upon the
stores of J. B. Harmon, M. L. B. sturkey
& Co., and Jenning and Sturkey, all of
whom, from their doors and windows,
returned the fire with their shot guns.
Calhoun eventually took refuge in the
woods, where he remained until an hour
before sunset. Upon his return he was
taken into custody by J. P. Black and
is now under arrest. 1t is marvel that
no one was seriously hurt, tor balls and
shot were as thick as Brobdignagbees for
half an hour, and the excitement among
the townspeople was intense.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
AUGUSTA, Ga, April 22.-Tbe fol.
lowing account of yesterdays riot up at
Mccormick, S. c., was received here to-
day. The row was opened up about 2
O'Clock, when the town marshall went to
arrest Mr. Preston B. Calhoun, a druggist
in the town, upon the charge of selling
whiskey on Sunday. Mr.. Calhoun was
great; excited at the presence of the
officer, and the two began firing at one
another. 1t is then said that outsiders
all began firing on Calhoun. Calhoun
was the first man shot by N. L. Sturkey,
who claimed that Calhoun opened fire on
him first. Calhoun'a friends say they
have sufficient proof that Sturkey shot at
Calhoun with q gun loaded with buck
shot before Calhoun fred at him. Cal.
houn was all shot up and is seriously
wounded from head to foot. After CAL
houn was shot he went into his store and
came out with a Al calibre Winchester
and stood in the middle of the streets,
and openly dehed any of the crowd of his
opposers to come at him. The offer for
a fight was not accepted, but the outsid.
ers stood beeind stroug doors of houses
and shot at Calhoun. Calhoun was so
badly wounded in the hands that he
could not fire his rifle rapid, but the
crowd did not repel him.
Calhoun is improving to day, and some
of the balls that lodged in bis body have
been extracted by his physician, but the
doctor has not been able to remove all of
the bullets yet. Calhoun is said to have
great many enemies in Mccormick.
The town marshal was shot in the leg by
Calhoun, but the wound is very slight
Calhoun hos been arrested, and the case
will now go the Courts for final adjust
ment.-,Special to News and Courier.