The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-07-27
SENATOR IRBY SHOWS UP.
HIS CONNIE CTION WITH The OAveN-
PORT-FUuuER AFFAIR.
statement" from All Prraons CoEcrrncd-

PORT-FUlLER AFFAIR.
Statements from All Prr.ons Corccrned--
Mr. Fuller W oil Pleased " Ith tho settle
! ment Made with Davenport Ni,t.p,
| ouihurs from Some Laurcns Ci,i1sns
LAUEENS. ). c., July lG.-~ro the
E@ltor OF the Greenville News: On last
! saturday your paper contained an artI-
Gle on the Davenport. Fuller scandal of
this county, signed "Carolnian." I'll
am not mistaken as to the true author,
IL would not have been unnecessary for
| me or any one else in this county or the
| lledmOnt section to answer it, for he
is known of all men.
! 1he hrSt OF last week, without my
knowing or caring abou, il, Samuel "
| Fuller, the huSbal.d Of the woman con
cerned in this scandal sent for me and
SAID that, as there were SO many lies
being told about this matter, ne
thought 1t best for all the parties con.
cerned that he should make a written
statement to the public; and askrd.mp
TO put in suitable language his idea of
what had really occurred. He made
his statement, ana | wrote ont what
was published. | read it over to him
and he made several eraSures and cor.
rtctlOnS to suit himself. After these
corrections, he said it was exactly as
he wanted it. ] then said to him: "If
tliS Is Just as you want it, sign it in
the presence of THESE gentlemen" and
he signed it in the presence Of two
men, we'll known citizens. After that.
| said: "One more question. before we
separate, which | wish YOU to answer
IN the presence Of these gentlemen:
Ibid try to influence You or dictate
any OF tins article to youp" He an
Swered; "N on did not" In Justice to
other men, who have been drawn into
this matter, ask, Mr.. Edltor. that You
publish the following statement ami
certificates. john NJ. i!rDGEN~.
:. W. FULLER.
voluntarily make tins statement TO
MIR. lludgrns in reply to criticism of
the article that wrote: "Iou publish
word for word what asked You to
write, and AZ it appears in the I.aurpns-
vile Herald over my signature, | de-
clare it to be the truth aud the whole
truth Of the matter.' | have no ilea
of writing any piece TO correct it, br.
cause ! have already said what | lee.
| iieved To be true. :. w. FILLER.
SENATOR IEBN'> STATEMENT
On Friday two or three weeks ago |
happened to be at Col. j. ID. Shaw'S,
SIX miles in the country. About II
o'clock a. m. William = BENJAMIN, the
father, and Samuel Fuller the husband
OF the woman connected with the
| Davenport scandal, came up and call.d
out Col. shaw. After talking awhil,
Col. Shaw came to the house and asked
me to join in the conference between
them. did so, when they unfolde(
their grievances and charges agains
MIR. Davenport. They said they wer,
on the way to see Mr.. Davenport &c
| md out what he meant by insulting
Mrs. Fuller. After going over in de
| tail her statement Of fact Col. Shaw
proposed to send for Mr.. Davenport
and have talk over the whole matter
IN the presence Of some neighbOrS and
relatives OF the woman. Mr. BENJAMIN
and MIR. Fuller invited me to come
down with Mr.. Davenport that after
noon. In The afternoon about 3 O'Clock
MIR. Davenport came. and he and Co..
shaw asked me to go down with them.
Upon assembling there were present
Mrs. Benjamin, Mrs. Fuller, Watt
Cunningham, John Fuller, the father
of Samuel Fuller, Samuel Fuller HnG
William :. Ben amin. The wOman
made her Statement, which was not
materially c)ntradIctcd by Mr.. Dtvrn
port. Al The conference everyone pres
cnt was of the opinion that there " e,
no rap" or intent to commit Il rape
upon Mrs. Fuller. ! stated, as Il fIrLd
TO both parties, that the element of
rape or attempt to rape was absolutely
wanting according to the statement of
0oth parties and that they WOuld have
u do one of two things: Either on ac-
count of the relationship bv blood rX-
lSLluG DrtWeru Samuel FulltrS wife
and MIR. DaVenport5 children. II drop
the matter affcr an humnie apology
from MIR. DaVer port, or prosecute him
in the courts for an assault Of an ind"-
cent nature. ThcreupOn, = imucl Full-
cr, husband of the aggrievpd woman.
said that he was willing to leave H. to
what his father and her father should
determine upon. The two fathers re
tired 20 the horse lot and were gone
for ten minutes and then called IN"
and said that they had agreed that Mr..
Davenport should LAY SlOU and that
the matter should then be droppcd |
| told them that it was one OF the kIrd
OF cases that couldn't be settled with
money, and that it would be IL cOmprO.
| mise OF the girl as well as of the whole
family, and advised against taking it..
| Ihey, however, insisted, and sad
that they would not be satisfied with
| anything but money and called Colonel
Shaw, who is Il nephew Of Mr.. Ddvru.
port, and told him that they would
have to have 500. Col. Shaw sad
| that he couldn't give them any money,
but II Mr. Davenport would settle it
| that he would loan him the money uu-
til he could get it mp. Samuel Fuller
seemed to be highly pleased with lhlS
settlement, especially the money part
of 1t, when | advised him that he ought
not TO accept money of this sort. Mr.
Davenport gave Mr. Shaw hls note for
Sl') which was written by himself
aud Mr.. Shaw paid Fuller $50 and CAV"
hlm his note, endorsed by myself, for
500 more in SIXTY days. drew an or
der on q. q. Thompson, signed by Mr..
Davenport, for the balance of what the
county owed him OavrnpOrD as school
commissioner, in favor OF Col. Shaw