The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-03-14

month";. Then he said he would give me
twenty dollars more to attend to the office
work. !. / stayed with him from the 10th Of
August until about tho 10Th Of October.
had to 20 to see my wife, who was very sick
with fever. told Mr.. Schultz would have
TO leave and go to. see my wife. This was
about the LIST of October. He and Dir. Will
SON got sick and staid to accommodate him
for SIX or eight days. told him then
would have 10 60 homo, and asked him for
q settlement. When I started to 20 could
not find Schultz, who had gone off with oil
the commissary money. i boEyayed the
money (two 4ollars) aud went home on the
train. left'ail my clothes in the care Of
Schultz to wait until came back. The
clothes were under the bed In the office.
where Schultz aud slept. Aftcr / could
leave my wife went back to the camp to
make settlement. Schultx said was too
late, as he did not send the account to Jones
TO get the moucy. lie paid little on the
account he owed me. had left my mule
with him he hired 1t and he paid me the
hire of the mule. This was my third trip,
and still he could not pay me, so he said.
days work for my mule, when it had work
| ed twenty days. l waited and waited for
settlement aud couldn't get it.. My clothes
had been taken away and l put in . claim
for them and Schultz refused TO pay for them.
Schultz said NJ. B. Smith had taken the
| clothes, but knew he did not as he left
Fishdam with only grip sack in his hand.
l told Schultz would sue him for the whole
bill with tho clothes claim included. He
said::if did he would kill me. replied
that would DO 1T the killing"
| At this point letter was introduced toto
| the testimony from Lee Schultz to the pris-
oncr r-uhinh-a..e-s -ether thiugo uafd- -bc
wanted to see Moorman ss soon rs he come
back to South Carolina.
Witness, resuming, said al had nothing
mo money-and needed tho money Schultz
owed me to pay Mr.. Mclaughlin what
owed him. l have no monoy now, and my
counsel in this case will not get any pay
They volunteered their services. l put my
claim In j. G. Wallaces hands for collection.
My purpose ut Fishdam on the Sd Of Feb
ruary was to get my Witnesses to come TO
the trial on the 9th, when my claim was to
| be adjudgcd. l went TO SO oil the witnesses
l could. / took dinner at Mrs. Stokes s,
and while there took some quinino and bro
mide. take that medicine all the time for
neuralgia. At Fishdam got off the train
and spoke to several people. saw Dr.
Thompson at the depot and spoke to him.
He went off toward the camp. bought my
ticket and Pagan said the train was nearly
due. The ticket was from Fishdsm to Union.
was going to Union on the freight train TO
see Mr.. Wallace. went over to Mr.. Whit
mans store and he gave me- some- mach
! cider and askcu MIN what time the train
| would come. / then walk cd out Of the store
aud started to the depot to get my overooat
and grip sack. saw Schultz. Pagan and .
crowd standing At the depot. didn't want
to meet Sohults, and got negro to 60 after
my grip and overcoat. knew Schuuz had
been trying to drive me away from tho trial.
just after Gregory and bad parted Sohultz
you" He walked aside. He said: al
want to know something about this -rz--
letter you wrote Jones"
replied that was on my way to Union and
was suffering with neuralgia and WOULD moi
explain until the trial. He said, you shal
explain. told him not to advance, and told
him not to touch me. He cursed my wife
and children, Then the prisoner rel sted
the details Of the quarrel, in which he stated
how Schultz continued to advance and how
Schultz grabbed his pistol but didu't draw
it.; what the terrible curses were ths
Schultz hurled at him and his family anc
what were his (Moorman'sl replies. ;,
Continuing his narrative the prisoner said
he thought he saw pair of brass knuckc.
on his hand. He knew that he had pair
" .Asla4sh hycd. 'Dr. Thompson said to hin
| that h6cbuitz was not armed, but told hin
said: II told him m'ffaspiatfle- nM89qyp@sn an the'
stay at the camp there would have been nc
trouble. When got to Trial Justice Hilp.
house a crowd Of Italians, Irishmsu and ne.
groes came TO the house. They were armed
begged Mr.. Hill to send me to Union, and
told him that they would mob me, Mr..
Wint wallace came to the house ON his mule
aud said "for God aake to get away from
here 9. mob is coming after you" Then
Mr: Hill sent me on TO Union-at least we
all came gether. had TO kill Schultz to
save my own life. If had been a minute
later in shooting would have been killed:
Schultz was On active, powerful man, could
not cope with him in personal encounter.
l nave no concealments to make in this case
Cross-examined by The solicitor: had
my pistol in my satohel. When first saw
Schultz the day ofthe killing the pistol was
in my satchel; put II 10 my pocket when
my satchel was brought to me. Mr.. Sohults
had the letter In his left hand when he first
began to talk to me. did not draw my
pistol until he advanced on me. Yes,
could see his hand on his pistol. He could
have drawn II If he desired, that is, most
men could have drawn it. I shot when /
saw the pistol coming out Of his hip pocket.
by Mr., Johnstone: / meant to say that
l could have shot three or four times before
did shoot If had desired. i took no ad
ventage 1t would have not happened if the
other men had wanted to stop it. mover
got excited except when Schultz cursed my
wife and children, have owned that pistol
about one gear.
The jury, after an absence of fifteen min.
utes, returned with verdict Of ''not guilty"
Solicitor Shumpert, j. L. Orr, and VIM.
Munro for the State.
d. A. Townsend, i, G, McKissick, George
Johnston and J. G. Wallsce, for the defence.
Pressntmsnt Of the Grand Jury to tho March
Term Of Court. 1890.
To the Hon. y. n. Izlar, Presiding JUDGE:
We, the Grand Jury, would respectfully
make the following report: 80
we have examined the public buildings
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