Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-06-01
BLOODY BATTLE WAGED.
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john drove over to Buffers place,
after getting three guns and
several pistols, as be thought
that Butler would probably at
tempt to kill him when he went
to get the COWS.
When he arrived at Buffers
place he found there was no one
there and he and his sons drove
the COWS to his place only a short
distance from where they were
lpenned.
He was just about to relate how
the shooting occurred when the
wound in his side commenced to
pain him terribly and the doctors
caused all visitors to vacate the
room in order that the patient
should not be excited.
Mrs. Pettyjohn was seen a
little later and she stated that
Butler had fired on them before
they could stop the drag and get
out, that when they first saw him
he was standing behind a tree
with his gun in his hand ready to
fire when they had passed by.
She also stated they did not 60
over to Hamburg to have any
trouble with Butler, but went
there simply to get their COWS, and
went armed because they knew
that be would try to kill Mr..
Pettyjohn when he learned OF
their intentions.
Mrs. Pettyjohn was very cool
and collected while talking about
the affair and expressed no regrets
over what had occurred.
| Mr.. BUTLER SEEN.
Later in the afternoon Mr.. But
ler was called upon and seemed to
be suffering very little from his
several wounds, and consented to
give his side of the affair.
He said that he and Pettyjohn
had been good friends up to a
short time ago, when they had
some trouble over a man whom
Pettyjohn had hired, when he
knew that he was under contract
to work for him (Butler) that be
had called Pettyjohn a liar,
but that did not have any
hing to do with yesterdays
rouble.
He said that yesterday morning
he found twentY-eight of Petty
johns COWS in his oat patch and
that he had the right to pen them
and demand payment for the
damages they had done, SO be had
\ all of the COWS driven into his
lot and notified the owner OF
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out that Mrs. Getsen, his sister,
was pasturing the COWS for Petty.
John, and that he sent her word
as she was responsible for the
damage they had done he would
not charge her anything, and that
if she sent for the COWS she would
have no trouble in getting them.
He stated that in the meantime
Pettyjohn, his two sons and about
five other men came over to his
place while he was away armed to
the teeth with pistols and gus
and took the COWS without saying
a word to anyone.
He said that he was then told
that Pettyjohn and his crowd
were out cunning for him and
that they had said they were going
to kill him on sight.
Upon learning this, he said that
he armed himself in case they
would try to carry out their threat
and when he went down to
Shinall's saloon he had no idea
they we're going to drive by in a
short time. He stated that he did
not see the Pettyjohn crowd until
they were getting out of the drag,
but that when he saw they were in
for fight he waited until they
were all on the ground and then
he fired the first shot before Petty
john could fire himself.
He said that he was very parti-
cular in waiting for Mrs. Pettyjohn
to get out of the way and did not
fire until he knew that she was
out of the range of his bullets;
that he never shot at the youngest
boy, but paid attention to the old
man and Will.
He stated that be would not
have had the trouble with Petty
john but that he (Pettyjohn) had
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