The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-08-17
THE Wi!ISKEY WAR
A BLIND TIGER RUN DOWN OVER IN
SUMTER.

J. They are Abused and Guyed-One of
:, Them Made a Target for Decayed Eggs
, In tho Hands of tho Boys.
SUMTER, S. c., Aug. i.-Early yes
terday morning four strangers made
their appearance on our streets and
were quickly spotted as State consta-
bles. Thh presence in our city Of AS
sistant Attorney General Buchanan
confirmed the suspicion of a raid to be
made. n warrant was sworn out by
Mr.. f.. Minis Pitts against Mr.. Dave
Morris and the names of some eight or
ten OF Our citizens were named as ma
terial witnesses in the warrant.
All necessary papers were issued by
Judge Fraser and at 2:3O Constables NJ.
:. Westaad &. Mccarthy arrested Mr..
Nlorrls and went with him to make a
) search of the building on court house
) square in whict. Morris Brothers had
stored the remntnt of their stock left
over when they closed their saloon in
accordance with the DlspensarY law.
MIR. Morris unlocked his rooms and
exposed everything to view. The con
stables searched the two rooms in the
building and found the whole of Nor
riS Bros stock, most of which was
; sealed. by this time large crowd had
assembled on the green in front of the
building and guyed the constables
whenever they showed themselves.
Mr.. Morris sent for his attorney, Ma
jor Nj. Noise, and in the presence Of
friends submitted gracefully to the
search, even aiding hv showing every
thing. After the ST. lrch was cOmplet-
ed MIR. Morris asked vii It further they
proposed doing, and rs they did not
seem to know, he got tired of the crowd
and j. w. Holloway was posted at the
door to keep out all but officials and
newspaper men who were given every
facility to get at facts by Attorney Bu-
chanan.
The second door which lea Is into the
, store room was not so easily opened
| and Constable Mccarthy who, 1T is said
) WAS tull of corn or some other such
Stnil, eAcitedly made vain efforts to
open the door with hoe, tool that
J. he handled very skillfully, showing
z that some farmer has lost good hoe
n hand while the State has gained a man
o who undoubtedly makes a good officer
b Not being able to secure a tool to open
G the door, the rear window was partly
IL opened, by which time the large mastiff
D OF Mr.. Morris went trotting up the
V steps, causing the constables to make a
II prtcl pltate RET reat To the front ROOM
e. When the conStabes made their ap-
IL pearance on the green the bo began
II To unmercltully guy them. The crowd
II seemed to think that there was to be
IS another act III the comedy and fingered
IL around, fresh recruits arriving at every
N moDIent until large crowd was as
v s-nhl In Il short time these two
u crnstt | s returned with Assistant
& At'"r 'ey General Buchanan and j. w.
4 Holloway, ana IA the uir-c'i III Of the
Attorney, who now assumed charge Of
the affair, NJ. :. West Kicked in the
front door of the building. Finally
hatchet was found and the door was
opened, and gleetullv the constables
set 10 work to roll out the barrels, bot
: Ties, etc.
-, All the conScated stock was placed
on the piazza and then the contabIes
began to move IT. through the dense
throng to the sheril1's Office, accompa-
. MED 10y Deputy Sheriff j. f. Gaillard,
who went to and fro with them to
protect them. The crowd at one time
got 80 close that Mr.. Gaillard was
showed upon Mccarthy, VINO resented
1t, which came near resulting in diff
. liculty between him and Mr.. Gaillard.
Alter this Mccarthy was Quielly sent
TO the rear until the Xcitement abated,
for his intoxicated condition was liable
To STIR up some strife. The whiskey
was taken to the jail, where it has been
stored to await the trial.
By this time, 80, the crowd began to
thln out, and Il rain coming up drove
them under the alcOye at the court
hOulSe where the cOnStables were. The
crowd began to make it so unpleasant
for them that they left, but the crowd
followed them up Nam street Il short
distance, where gO-as- s-you. please fight
began, and Mccarthy received several
blows, one Of which cut his lip very
badly, and but for the interference
OF the police nlght have ended serious
lY. The witnesses were all bound over
TO appear at the preliminary hearing on
next Monday.
A Tum0r on the street that Governor
Tillman had been telegraphed for to
come over caused a rush to the Atlantic
Coast Line depot and shortly before the
arrival of the tram some one yelled
"Iierr comes whiskers" and soon a
crowd OF boys ran some distance up the
track 10 meet Holloway, who had taken
Il clrcultOuS route to the depot to
escape the boys; but Ne was in It good
and for half an hour the boys amused
themselves guying him, and he was
struck several times with rotten eggs.
Holloway became very much excited
and drew his pistol, but did not terrify
the boys, as they kept the sport up un-
I'll the tram pulled out. While our
CITIZENS naturally feel indignant, they
dld not approve Of the boys Carrying
things III the manner they did and re-
greet that the constables were treated as
they were, not through any sympathy
for them however.
All the gentlemen named as material
witnesses are reputable citizens and
what they say Can be relied upon
our correspondent interviewed all but
TWO who are not In the city, and they
All say they know nothing about any
illicit sales by Mr.. Morris or others.
Mr. Mo:ris has conducted himself very
crcditably throughout the whole affair
ana Is desilons of thorough investiga-
tiOn.
Official information is to the effect
, that other raids will be made shortly
. possibly today. The State claims to
have a good case againts Mr.. Morris,
y y and he as positively declares his limo.
) cence. We deem it but justice to say
that Mr. Buchanan showed every