The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-16
Jim Tillman Knocks Down Register Cor
respondent and Jumps on Him and
Beats Him Until He Is
Pulled OF.
Special to News and Courier. I

challenged Shelton to walk down the
road and fight it out. The challenge
was accepted. When they reached q
point in front of an old stable about
three hundred yards down the public
road from the Court House Tillman
turned to Shelton and said: "Here is
about as good place as any. I am
armed, and if you are we can fight it
out, Shelton"
Shelton said that be was not armed,
and therefore Tillman made no effort
to draw his pistol, but stepped up
closer to Shelton, and on being given
the id lie by Shelton he gave him
the regular combination Corbett-Sulli-
van lick under the chin, which sent
Shelton to the ground. Tillman jumped
on top of him and was Furnishing him
severely when the policeman Of the
town came up and separated them.
Both parties were fined two dollars by
the town authorities.
WHAT Mr.. SHELTON SAYS:
To theEditor of theNews ndCourier:
Please publish the following as an ex-
planation of the Tillplan and Shelton
fight at Edgetield:
81 was not armed; did not receive
but one blow and no blood was brought.
I could have managed him in a fair
fight if let alone. w. J. SHELTON"
Aiken, August 10, 1893.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
Especial to The State.]
EDGEFIELD, August 7.-Yesterday
afternoon Capt. James H. Tillman and
w. J. Shelton, travelling agent Of the
Tillman organ at Columbia, met on
the street, and had some words about
the voluminous Farley-Irby-Tillman
correspondence. The lie was passed
and Tillman knocked Shelton down
and straddled him. They are well
matched in size. Shelton had an iron
stick in his hand.
It is said that Shelton, while down,
acknowledged that Irby dictated to
Tighe the dispatch which so sbun-
dainty convicts himself (Irbyl, and
that Tighe translated his stenographic
notes to Shelton, and that Irby and
Tighe themselves filed the dispatch in
the Washington telegraph office.
''TIGHE AND ARRANGED" THE GRAD
DOCK LETTER.
GRANITEvILLE, S. c., August TO-
To the Editor of The State: Please
allow me space to correct part of your
Edge6eld correspondents report Of the
trouble between Mr.. J. n. Tillman and
myself, viz: "That while Shelton was
down he acknowledged that Irby die
tated to Tighe, his secretary, the Wash
ington dispatch, which so abundantly
convicts himself (Irby), and that Tighe
translated his stenographic report to
Shelton, and that Irby and Tighs
themselves filed the dispatch at the
telegraph office"
l made no such statement at any
time; but in conversation with Mr.. J..
H. Tillman, before the fight, I did say
that Tighe and 1 arranged the report,
and I sent the telegram off: Mr.. Tighe
introducing me to the operator as the
general travelling agent and eorrespon-
dent of the Columbea Register.
w. J. SHELTON.
NOT THE "CRADDoCK" LETTER.
10 the Editor of The State: A card
of mine having been construed as an
admission on my part I wrote the
"Craddock" dispatch, which would be
a foolish claim, as it has already been
proven that the dispatch on file in the
Washington telegraph office is in Mr..
Tillman's handwriting, desire to
make this statement:
Mr.. Tillman and were not discussing
the "Craddock" letter, but letter
written by Mr.. Tillman in which he
charged that Senator Irby dictated to
his secretary, Mr.. Tighe, dispatch
concernig the blacklisting conference
before Postmaster General Bissell, and
which contained some very compli-
mentary illusions to Senator 1rby. I
stated that this report, not the "Crad-
dock" letter, was prepared by Tighe
and myself, and that I filed it in
Washington telegraph office, Tighe
introducing me as the correspondent
of the Columbia Register.
This explanation should correct the
wrong impression given by hasty peru
sal of my first card.
w. J. SHELTON.
Columbia, August y.