The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-02-24
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sszl5| q <||1 10 m hour pistol sho
Mas.neNfd }e proprietor of ,hc hotcl,
Dahfei Maduep ard other attaches of tho
mouse hurriedsto' the hail and saw the
bla k.whiskercd man coming out Of room,
No; Q with asmoking pistol in his hand,
ana 'he caller staggering along the hall
win his hand to his had and blood flow.
ing down Hhis face. The pistol was
wrcnchcd from the m,n's hand. and tho
| wounded man was tax, to a room nd
joining No. 0. The police were notified
and q lctor and ambulance were sum-
moned. Polio, IN MCGOWAN responded
TO the call and took tie black whiskercd
man and his gray.headed companion to
Poiicc headquarters. The one with
black hair and wiskers gave his pamc rs
Ira lioe shead of Grcenville, S. c, and
said that the elder nan was his father.
in-law, Ephraim Cassie, and that he, too,
lived in Greenville. They told their
story as follows:
1--WE had been having corrcspon-
dcncc with man in New York city who
gave his namo as James Mansfield, and
ne offered to sell US $1,000 worth of
counterfeit money, which could not be
identified as counterfeit, for 500, and
W., o i'n'Se"hc"ts I" meet MN mere.
Mncn we le't Grcenviiie VIC telegraphcd
Inaa. a,m 'ns' VIC @ naa started, and when we
eu .eSo Inu1oeiPma on Saturday we
saioeiaPheu MN again: Our instructions
no.e ~ 20 10 inc New YORK Hotel,
o.snheeps,e, ano meet man to take
No % w Sew iork, we came up on the
o,e.".S 49,. S"ure p ,oaa 10 Newourgh, and then
p.,,s a ny goat 10 the Hud'on River
W. anu arrived mere at lo o'clock.
w. Men' ~ % tne new / iork Hotel and got
We nau oech IN IL ABOUT hah
n hvur when inc agent OF tho man We
""u or oeen corresponding with entered.
ia wa ypg On the pea, resting"
~ "ssnsSu, nha we nad talk about
sUns SScw.Saa Z 9sS'T INC man who
Rkea VITO 60, but We
Ard we{ ~ g! " Ssxay, riias .-We
were no trafnssuil night, aud we didn't
care TO 60 tosNew York to stay over
night. He wanted my tather.in' law to
give him some money to buy the tickets
with, and we DID give him IS, but he
continued, and his manner and talk were
such that considered my life in danger,
and shot bin, thinking he was going
10 MURDER ana TOD US.
When tho two men were searched at
fohce headquarters Hogshead had $l76
concealed IN ms ciothlng ana cassie mad
*1fo conccaisd ABOUT MS person. The
revoiVer usea was BRUSH bulldog, 3S-
cah5re, ana oeionged 70 cassie, put hogs
the valise to shoot his victim. Hogs
head said that they had brought it along,
thinking they might want to use it.
The wounded man was shot in the nose
at the corner OF the right eye. He was
unable to tax after he was shot, and
soon aferward became delirious. lie
was promptly admitted to Vassar Hos
pital, but before he was taken thither DR..
Line attended to the wound and went
with him in a carriage to the hospital
After nc had been there short time he
was able to talk, but would not answer
Ihief Humnhrev arrived Then bc said "
his nome was GEORGE Anno and that no
lived in New York hut he would not
sav wbers he lived In that citv
'.Thev tell ma 7 am shotn he so;d
uAm n" '
He was told that he wos Uc tber
said.
"Thc man must he crazv 70 shoot me :,
He then told the Chief that ho wanted ,
word sent To Lena Miller III S;x,v 'f;r. :,
street Nev York second A -, he w;to Is'
he said that he was in this citv IN v;s;i
a skater and tbot he Ind become ;ntoy;
Gated. He said he had No yre,n goods
= So eN''
l-snd -1:.st he ,wasn'ts IN the room five
minutes before he was shot. He said he
made no threats whatever He is small