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GEORGlE BIRD SHOT.
AGAINST THE PEACE AND DIGNITY OF
THE STATE.
Another Case Of Reckless FOOling
with Pistol-..A Ball Is Sent
Through the Brain Of a Negro
The STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
Abbevllle County.
e State again the dead body Of George

The STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
Abbeville County.
InquIsition taken this 94lh October, A. D..
| 1891, by W. T.. Cothrap, Trial Justice. acting
as coroner for said county.
Testimony.
d. w. Youngblood, NJ. D., being sworn
says:
| ann a practIelng physician located @
Bradley. s. c. being called by. the Trial Jus
tice to do so. have exam ined the dead body
of Georgie Bird and find pistol ball wound
on left side Of the hend. passing diagonally
through the brain, which wound was SUI
Sworn to and subscribed before on the 9th
W. E. Corthran, Trial Justice. acting Coro-
ner. D. w. Youngblood, NJ. ID.
Martha Slbert, being sworn, says:
Conner Shanks came to my kitchen door
laet night about7 O'Clock, and my sister
Georgie Bird were In the Kitchen, she had my
house. SO came out Of the kitchen, Conner
Shanks stepped In and set down In chair n
front Of her (Georgie) When 1 was only a
in the Kitchen. stood Without speaking a
little while then asked, what was the matter
In there, no answer. Conner Shanks then
came 10 the door and said "what must he do"
went bnck to the door and peeped through
the crack and saw that Georgie Bird had
fallen on the floor, and that blood was run
ming from her head. tLen come 10 my
and house are about Is or 90 steps apart.
Shanks followed me to the door continuing
to ask me what must he do. He said that he
thought he had taken all the cartridges out of
his pistol. I went after Hilery Henderson
and when 1 came back Conner Shanks was
gone. Conner Shanks and Georgie Bird had
had no falling out that | know OF. Conner
Shanks Is a married man. Georgie Bird is
Qhnnf 20 nl6 mQrripl-haa
I saw pistol in Conner Shanks hand after
the shooting. He came out OF kitchen with
1t In his hand, showed IL TO me, had 1t In his
right hand, had cartridges in left hand. and
IL was then that he said he thought he taken
them all out OF the pistol.
did not 60 Into the kitchen until after my
father had come; then several OF us went In
and found that Gcorgie was dead.
When Conner Shanks came into my kltch-
en- there was very little light in the fire place.
only just piece OF pine on fire and that had
nearly gone out.
her
Martha x slbert,
Ssesr Is @ and subscribed Ss1Es % sAs
Trial Justice, acting Coroner.
Henry Sibert, being sworn, says:
1 am the husband OF Martha sIbert AMI
lived on place when killing took place. / was
away from home at the time come back In
the night. know Conner Shanks well. he
lived at Mr.. Seymour's about IL miles from
my house. Georgie Bird was my wife's sister
and lived with US. Don't know that she and
Shanks ever had a falling out never heard
her Ia TX about him. Have not seen him at
my house since April last; somewhere about
that time he had thi ow q rock on my house.
was not at home then, nv vile told me Of
II. then had some words with him about
his conduct and that, suppose, was his rea-
son for staying away. Previous 10 that he
had been coming about every Two weeks, and
during that time had reason to believe he
had been too Intimate with the deceased,
George Bird. The throwing of rock on my
house by him had reason 10 believe was Il
signal to Georgie Bird TINT he was waiting for
her.
Henry X Slbert,
mark.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this Path
October, 1891.
WE. Cothran,
Trial Justice acting Coroner.
Nose Sibert being sworn. says:
live near Henry SiberL's and from time to
time have seen enough to know that Conner
Shanks wns criminally intimate with the de-
ceased, GeorgIe Bird, and was jea lous OF 9TH
er men. He could not bear 10 see another
man talk 10 her. He quarreled with me once
we like to have fought about II. That was
last OF July or first OF August past. Have
heard nothing recent to cause him to kill
her.
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