The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-02-15

carry him home and take care Of him
and get a physician. We heard hollow
ering here at the house and supposed
he was here. When we got fifteen or
twenty feet from the house there was
man came out of the corn field to.
wards us. l could see the bright pistol
shining IN his hand. When we first saw
him ne did not have his pistol present.
ed. lie had one up. When he got
close to US he presented his pistols
both: | and Deputy Dean both de.
drop his pistols, but continued to ad-
vance, but raised the pistols as If he
was going TO shoot, and Mr.. Massey
hfed. Every man had his gun present.
ed except Jackson and he was about
twelve feet Of us and he raised his pis.
tol as though he was going to fire,
about the time Massey fired. BalleW
held on to his pistol. Jackson grabbed
him by the hand and pulled him up
from the ground. He left his pistol
on the ground. About that time a lady
ran out. He was In sitting posture
and she grabbed him over the neck and
said don't kill my man." She asked
us to bring him to the house. We told
her we could not just then as we have
to put down orr arms which would
put us at q disadvantage. Wildwood
Burgtss and Jackson brought him III
the house. We then went back into
the hollow for the man who first hol-
lowed he was shot. Not finding him
we carried the lamp back to the man
we borrowed it from and wanted to
get where we could notify the Coroner
with Deputy Dean j ackson and Pear
son went to Wexford. 1 think Ballew
died In the field near his house. There
were live constables and four or five
private citizens.
Perry Moore says: l was In bed as
leep at this, my house, last night, Feb
ruary 3. Some parties called ME up
and three men came in and asked me
TO get them some whiskey. They gave
me money and one quart bottle. I
went and got them quart and brought
1t back to them. They stayed in my
house while L was gone for the whis-
key.
One Of the party claimed to be drunk,
and they asked me to 60 over to the
road and help them get In the road. l
TOOK 3 lantern and went with them.
When 1 got over there I said boys If
you can't get over the t1estle l will
take a light and go with you. They
thanked me and said they could get
along all right. Just as l stepped off
the railroad somebody said "halt."
came on walking pert, and someone
hred on me. l had a pistol and I shot
one time: Mine was the second shot.
l fell and some one ran up and took
my pistol and lantern. l was hit on
the head by some one.
Just then Mr.. Ballew came to me and
put me on his back and carried me up
there to two oak trees, saying, If I take
you home they will kill you. Ballew
was in his night clothes. My wife and
sister was following and told Ballew
to go and tell them I was not hurt
much. He ran towards his house and
heard some one say "halt." Then one
shot fired and L heard Ballew hollow
and say l am killed. His wife ran out
and l heard her ask them what they
had killed her husband for? They re-
piled: What did be run out there with
pistol for7 BalleW had only one pis-
toll l am sure that Ballew did not get
my pistol when he came to me after
| was shot. think one of the men
for whom got whiskeys said his name
was Caldwell. l saw the man who got
the Whiskey turn back when the others
said "halt."
DR.: Dean testified that he, with Drs.
Black and Vernon examined the dead
man: They found bullet hole In the
right side and front, over the region of
the lower border of the liver. The ball
penetrated the abdominal cavity, pass
ed through the liver and the spinal col.
umn and lodged in the region Of the
left side.
The following is the Coroner's jury:
a. Z. Golden, w. b. Burnett, James
Snoddy, G: Lowe. Pink Taylor, L. w .
Burch, j. ". Croker, ID. Sexton, }. f..
Odum, William Hoy, f. Dorrah and
w. L. Griffin.
The verdict was that Crawford Bal
ley lev, came to his death February Sd,
1894, by gunshot wounds in the hands
OF e. G. Massey, while resisting officers
Of the law.