The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-02-06
ROBERT MooRMAN IN TROUBLE.
He Kills Lee Schultz, a Railroad Contr;tc-
tor at Fish Dam, Union CountE-ih"
Story of the Killing.

tor at Fish Dam, Union CountE-The .
Story of the Killing. j
We take the following from the !
News and Courier: i
UNION, February 3.-News has just !
been received here FROM Fish Dam lhaG !
Lee Schultz, a wealthy railroad c"n- !
tractor, was killed by Robert NORMAN !
at that place this afternoon about ) |
O'Clock. Sheriff Long has been teIe-
eraphed of the killing. Chief Of Police
Nav, armed with warrant Tor Moor
mans arrest, and accompanied by |
Coroner Gregory and DR.. tuIp, has
gone TO Fish Dam. An inquest VIII be |
held ut once.
Since the departure of the officers
Mr.. Geo. +. Miller, of Columbia: has !
come in, and he gives the following
account of the killing, having been ali
eve-witness to the entire affair.
It seems that Moorman has been
tinle-keeper for Schultz, who has
contract on the Georgia, Carolina and
Northern Railroad, with headquarters
at Fish Dam, and some time ago they
had a disagreement about the settle
ment of accounts. From this arose Il
lawsuit, which was to have been tried
next Wednesday. Meantime Moor
man has been appointed postmaster AZ
Newberry by Parson Wanamaker.
A few days ago, SO ruIuor says, after
considerable correspondence, Schultz
sent challenge to Norman to fight
a duel at Maybinton in Ncwberry
County. Nothing followed after this
until to-day, when Moornlan arrived
at Fish Dam on the train from Column
bia. Shortly afterwards he ana
| Schultz met and went out to have 4
talk. A quarrel resulted. After some
hot words had passed Norman drew
a pistol and called Schultz something
that cannot here be written down.
Schultz made motion as if to draw
his pistol, when Norman shot him In
the mouth.
Schultz cried, "Oh Lord!' and in-
mediateiy fell dead. Some time after
wards Moorman, not at all excited,
went to Trial Justice Hill and delivered
himself up. -,
Considerable excitement prevails
Norman is a Republican and Is not
very popular in Fish Dam. Schultz
was a Virginian, said to be wealthy,
and Lad plenty of friends. II is prob
able that Moorman will be lodged in
jail tonight.
E1-RTHER DETAILS OF THE HORRIBLE
AFFAIR.
UNION, February 4.-The killing Of
Lee Schultz by Robert Norman at
Fishdam yesterday afternoon is still
the cause of considerable comment
both here and at the place of the shoot,
ing. Both parties are well known, and
their prominence has, perhaps, more
to do with the excitement tran any
thing else. Late last night Moor
man was brought here and lodged in
iail where he now is.
Fears We're expressed by some OF the
people who knew the temperament OF
the force under the employ of Shultz
that summary punishment would be
meted out to Norman, and prepara.
tions for repelling an attatk on the Jail
were made quietly by Sheriff Long.
, All through the right watch was
kept, and though the supposed lynch
ers did not appear there were vague
rumors that quite crowd of inturlated
| EMPLOYEES were scattered throughout
the town awaiting the arrival OF rein
forcements before making an attempt
to take Moorman from the jail. These
were only rumors, which were
strengthened perhaps by the blowing
of whistles about daylight, an unac
Lnustomed event fesrar artiffi1esnt II IoaapNs 81
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was the signal for the lynchers to de- /
part. All this I doubt very much, for
it is hardly probable that an attack
would, in any such event, be made, as
Sheriff Long has reputation as man
of superb nerve and a sheriff who has a !
peculiar dislike for anything that
savors Of lynching. He has prevented |
other lynching and would have
prevented another ifan attempt had |
been made. He made no show Of any
defences, but be had prepa red them all |
the same.
THREATS OF LYNCHING AT FISlIDAM. |
Chief of Police May and Coroner
Gregory returned this morning from |
Fishdam. To your correspondent they |
said that there was a great deal of |
excitement over the killing of ShultZ |
in Fishdam, and that if the crowd |
could have caught Moorman he would !
now perhaps, be as lifeless as his victim.
The crowd was made up largely of the
employees Of SchultZ-men who were
as dangerous and vindictive when |
aroused as guerillas-and there was no
mistaking their purpose if hands could |
have been placed on the slayer of their
boss. Open threats were made, and the
prevailing idea was to enforce the old
Mosaic law of "a life for life.n Moor
man had been spirited away, however,
through the woods and by-paths to
Union, and though he was chased he is
now here safe and sound.
All this may seem to SAVIOR ofsensil-
tionalism, but the plain, cold, uncon-
trovertible facts are that Norman
barely escaped with his life, and fears
safety. So infuriated was the mob that
they would not allow an autopsy to be
held by one of the attendant physicians,
who had expressed an opinion rs to
railroad men generally which did not
coincide with their ideas. Pistols were
drawn on the doctor, and the cOnse-
quence was that another physician |
held the post-morten. 1t was an ugly |
crowd, utterly devoid ofany sense of
law and order, and but for the timely |
departure of Norman for Union the
result of their infuriated passion is
easily imagined. In my special dispatch
last night / gave the cause of the kill
ing. What stated therein is sconfrmed |
by the testimony taken by the coroner
last light. The quarrel arose about a
lawsuit for $50, which was instituted |
against Schultz by Norman.
AN INTERVIEW WITH THE PRISONER. |
Early this morning l went to the
Jail and had an interview with Moor
man. He was cool and collected. He said |
that he had to kill Shultz in self-defcnce
Time and again Shultz had threatened |
to kill him, and it was with some trepi- |
dation that lie (Moormanl ever went