The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1892-06-01
\ Personal ENCOUNTER.
DIR. Pope Attacks Col. heitt on the Street
All Over in Ten IIinutes-The
"Casus Eel!i.''

| DR.. Sampson Pope and Col. LiiiSor
S. Keilt had a personal encounter on
Monday morning about ten o'clock, al
the corner of Pratt and Caldwell streets
where DR.. Pope had waited to meet
Col. Keitt.
| Col. Keitt was crossing the street
from Jamieson's corner and spoke to
DR.. Pope: Good morning, sir" Dr.
Pope quickly replied How dare you
speak 10 me, sir, YOU - lmpertl'
nent puppy" and az the same time
striking Col. Keitt across the head
with his walking cane, and knocking
off his hat. The cane was spllntered.
DR.. Pope struck three or four more
blows with the broken cane.
Col. Keitt did not strike back, but
warded off the blows with his hand.
He was not hurt. Dr.. Pope's cane was
quite small. Col. kei;t had no cane.
The combatants were separated by
some gentlemen as soon as they could
reach the spot. DR.. Pope called Col.
keitt coward as they were separated
and the Colonel linterrOgated: And you
call me a coward?" DR.. Pope replied:
"Ies, a - coward"
Chief Bradley came up at once and
carried DR.. Pope before Mayor Bullock:
.>r. Pope plead guilty and was fined
$40. The offence was violating Il town
ordinance. Col. keitt also appeared
before the mayor, but there was no case
against him and he was dismissed.
The Reporter did not see the affair.
It was all over-encounter and trial
in ten minutes. The gentlemen pres
ent all agree in their statemen 6, and
the Reporter takes their account as eye
witnesses of the difficulty.
The Reporter saw DR.. Pope about an
hour after the difficulty and asked him
the cause of his attack upon Col. Aeltt.
DR.. Pope said it was on account OF a
reflection on his war record made by
Col. Keitt in an article published in
The Herald and News last week. The
article is column III length, and after
a glorification Of the bravery and cour-
age Of South Carolinians in time Of war,
the only personal allusion is as fol-
lows:
"ln the late war between the States, South
Carolina led with a voting population OF six
ty thousand; she put sixty-tive thousand SOL
diers into the field. The annals OF the human
race tell US of no such people. VI that vast
number it would be curious to know how
many OF the Tillman gang who are pre-emi-
nently in for revenue only were IN 1or the
war. One, at least, who is loud in their coun-
sells, the first fight his company was in, he lit
out and left. He lifted his feet so fast bull
let could not catch him. H.; made straight
for the hospital and the yellow flag, and
never lessened his speed until be got safely
within the walls Of the one and under the
folds OF the other. He could never be in.
duced 10 return to his command. The end OF
the war found him under the yellow flag at
fencing to the sick and wounded. a safe
place. He is now in congenial company"
DR.. Pope also said that Col. keitt
had written the article because be did
not like the stand he Pope had taken
against the Third Party resolutions in
troduced in the Alliance caucus, where
Col. Keitt was present, the night be-
fore the recent State Convention.
The Reporter also saw Col. Keitt, and
asked him to whom did he intend the
language in the article to apply. The
Colonel replied: II have called no
names"