The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-11-05
CORONEk'S INQUEST.
IN VIEW OF THE DEAD BODY OF sAM
sTARKE
After Hearing the Evidence They
Find That He Came to His Death
by Parties Unknown 10 Them.

EVIDENCE.
Carson Ballentne, sworn, says:
/ live In Anderson County. was WIN
Sam Stark in buggy when he was shot.
He was shot about S:I OF u mile from Abhe
Vile Court House In the public road. we
were riding In buggy together DRINKING
whiskey. Sam Stark srid 81 am going out OF
town and don't care dam what l say.
There was man riding along by the side o.
us. who said II do" The man who was rid
ing by hit Sam with riding whip: Sam then
put his hand behind himself. When sam
put his hand back the man fired shot Sam
put his right hand behind him. don't
know whether there was any body else pres
CARSON x BALENTINE'
F. E. Harrison, NJ. D., sworn, says:
live in Abbevile; am ,practicing Phy'
sician. examined the dead body Sam Stark
found gun shot wound piercing the ieit
eye penetrating the flow of the orbit passing
through the body OF the sphenoid bone en-
tered the cavity OF the skull passing through
a portion OF the brain substance. / found q
ball apparently OF 81 caiibre Eear the oGcl-
pital bone on the right side of the head. The
general direction OF the wound was horizon
tai back ward and 10 the left. That was suffi-
'''A' " ~ FEE. HARRISON. MD.
Charles Cunningham sworn says:
was at Mr.. Morses back gute wilt h load
ed wagon on the evening OF the 3rd day OF NO
vember. saw a white man come to the top
OF the hill where was. took the man 10 De
up behind him in a buggy. just IN the color
ed men came up 10 the white man. The color
ed man on the right hand side In the buggy
and the white man began striking al each
ors but beard pe4ve shot w Ths
top OF the hill between w. A. Lees aud A. g.
Morse's back gates. The white man was rid
Ing black horse. The coored man was
ssrhng gGIs Tts Sgggy hspn VIE hs wn;s nave
they were striking at each other. did mol
see the other colored man In the buggy DC
anything. I am not certain whether tne
do not know whether the man that was
killed was one of the two in the buggy. ]
was about ten yards from them. The man thal
was striking in the buggy WAS on the rlgnt
the right OF him. They were moving along
as they were stiking at each other. The fir.
Ing occurred further up the road from where
first saw them about twenty-five or thirty
followed that far up, the road or not as went
in'0 'ne Cha CHARLES X x CUNNINGHAM.
mark.
Mr.. J, A. Smith, sworn says:
NOV. 8, '9O) was between Mr.. Reese's house
and the Methodist PARSONAGE / heard pts.
tol shot. Then Mr.. Warren. Smith rode by OH
a horse. A short while after negro came
driving by in buggy in which there was an.
other negro lying with his head hanging over
the back of the buggy. This was short dis
tance on the Abbeville side OF Mis-. Perrin +
house. A hat was lying In the rond. Two
gentlemen to me unknown were riding along
and asked me to hand him the hat stating
that 1t was his negroes hat. Mr.. Warren
Smith was riding think a black horse. No
one was with Mr.. Smith. Mr.. Smith was
riding at a gallop. The negro whose head
was hanging back in the buggy was on the
left side of the buggy.