The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-03-14

Killed Representative Jacks ,n, a Demo
crat-one Eystander Killed and Another
Wounded.
! New ORLEANS, March 3.-The Pic.
ayune's k0sciusko, Miss, special says:
| One Of the saddest and most lamen-
table events known in the history of
kosciusko occurred here today. The
noble, honorable and generous Samuel
4. Jackson is dead, the result of a
deadly duel with pistols with ". P.
Ratliffe: also two outsiders, Samuel
Ru5sel and Will Sanders, young men
living few miles from the city, were
hit by the leaden messengers of death.
The former was shot in the mouth and
killed instantly, and the latter shot
through the thigh and il 5 though
mortaily wounded The to IN is nat.
urally in a whirl OF excite tenent, and
well it may be.
1t all came out Of a newspaper pub
lication in Ratliff4's paper, claiming
that Jackson, while at the last meet
ing of the Legislature, voted for a
Popuiist in acommittee caucus,of Dem
ocrats. Mr.. J ackson claimed that Rat
life 1niseerresented him. When last
weeks Star came out with card sign
ed by Jackson, applying an epithet to
Ratliffe, the friends of both men nat
urally'fel very uneasy lest an encount-
er would take place between the two,
ana some advances were made to re-
concile the controversy p6nding, by
friends of both men; but 1t is a lamen-
table fact that it was not continued,
and now az result of the negligence
of the peace. makers or the obstinacy
| os the principals, two men lie cold in
death, one mortally wounded and one
behind prison bars, and a family and
friends stricken with grief that knows
no consolation.
The particulars of the deadly encoun-
ter was gathered by your correspond
ent, are as follows: Today about
noon Messrs. Jackson and Ratllfe met
on the lower floor of the court house,
and just in front of the sherif's Office.
where Deputy Sheriff Wallace was auc-
tioning off some goods. As soon as
the two men saw each other, a fight
ensued, IN which Ratlife got Jackson
down on the floor. The crowd thai had
gathered at the auction interfered and
pulled Ratlife away, and as ,Jaskson
arose to his feet, two shots rang out,
one, it is thought, from Jackson, one
from Ratliffe, without effect. Before
the men had time to fire again, Sheriff
Love and his two deputies caught Rat.
life and ushered him out at the south
entrance of the court house aud were
taking him across the yard when
Jackson came out west entrance and
going around the corner of the build
ing, came upon the party With Rst:if5
and shen again the dlel to the, death
began, each firing about three shots
one of which hit Jackson in the head,
killing him instantly and two other
shots, it is supposed, from Ratlife's
pistol, killing John Russell and wound
ing Sanders.
The principals of the affair were two
Of tho Oest known men 10 this places.
Mr.. Ratliffe was editor Of the Alliance
Vindicator, leader of the Populist.
party ID this section, and repres snting
the county in the Legislature, and toe
opponent of Hon. ]. S. Williams at the
last election for Congress, and needs no
further introduction. He is well known
all over theState. The more unfortunate
Mr.. Jackson was one of the best known
and most popular business men of
Kosciusko. A short time ago he at .
tended the best law school in the land,
came away IN every way fitted to inter
the profession, and was few months
ago elected to represent this county.
il the State Legislature, defeating
Populist by good majority. His death
is rendered more peculiarly sad by his
leaving loving wife and four little
children to suffer the loss of kind and
afectionate fathers protection aad
care.