The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-08-28
MURDER IN ATLANTA.
ASOUTH SHOT DOWN
IN THE STREET.
The killing of III. o. King, n Former
Citizen OfGreenviile-AT Trivial Dis
pute Leads tOa Sensational Homi-

Capt. Hozekiah o. King, O nativ,
of Anderson County, and for som,
years resident OF Grcenville, wa
bruta'iy Jnurdered in the city of At
lanta on the 9th inst. by Alex. A
Carr, whom with he had u dispute abou
money affairs. The Atlanta Journa
gives the following account of tho
murder
fatal and sensational shooting af
Tray took placc at 3 O'CLOCK this after
noon on Broad street. Captain III. O.
King, q relative of Mr.. Park Wood.
ward, was shot down by Mr.. Alexander
Carr, and almost instantly killed.
hlng was thick, heavy-sct man
With u big, dropping moustacue, while
Carr is a very TALL muscular looking
man, with a srcooth shaven and deter.
mined looking face. The shooting was
witnessed by large number of people,
and intense excitement was created.
The two men were seen walking
across Broad street. They were talk.
ing very quietly, and there was moth
ing to Indicate the tragedy that was so
soon to follow. Suddenly, Carr jcrked
a,pistol from his pocket, and putting it
almost against Kings body, pulled the
Trigger. There was u muf1led eXplo-
sion, and q hundred eyes were drawn
toward the spot. They saw King stag
ger and fall heavily upon the belgian
blocks almost in the center of the
street.
Carr very coolly pointed his pistol at
the prostrate form and fired the re-
manning bullets into it. He then toss
ed his pistol toward the bleeding BODY
and folded his arms to await the ar
rival of an officer. People came run
nlnS from every direction, and some
one advised Carr to flee. His reply
was, that he did not care to escape. as
he had good cause for what he had
done. Officers arrived in the next few
minutes and took charge Of Mr.. Carr.
Great Indignation was expressed
against Carr, and several men in the
crowd wanted to go in and lynch him.
a great crowd pushed about the Off
GERS and their prisoner while q perfect
mob gapcd over the bleeding BODY of
the dying man. 1t was several mo-
ments before the striken man was re-
moved from the street. a number of
gentlemen bore him in their arms to q
vacant store just opposite where he
had fallen. Blood was flowing freely
from an ugly wound over the left eve,
and the unfortunate man was gasping
painfully. His clothes were cut from
his body, and three wounds we're seen.
Two of them were in the right breast
near the nipple. They were not moro
than an inch apart. Just below the
breast bone, on the left side, was
another round hole. showing where the
third bullet had entered.
King, old man, have you anything
to say :" asked bystander. He made
desperate effort to speak, but only
gasped and gave several convulsivc
shivcrs. The Grady hospital ambu-
NUn fnl f>,,
was summoned DR.. Eli Griffin re-
spondcd, as he happened to be near at
hand. He and the surgeon who az
rived with the ambulance did all they
could for the dying man. King did
not speak an Ineligible sentence after
bcing taken into the vacant store.
While the surgeons were dressing his
wounds, he groaned incessantly, and
implored them to let him alone He
was sinking rapidly when put into the
ambulance. On arriving at the hospi-
tai. he gasped several times and was
dead.
When seen by a Journal reporter in
his cell at police headquarters shortly
after his arrest Carr made this state
ment in very cool manner:
About year ago King was con
ducting mining business at Villa
ltlca. was among the hands whom
he employed and he never paid any of
us the money which was due us. Since
he has come to Atlanta | have de.
mandeu the money from him several
times, and he kept putting me of with
one excuse or another. This after
noon | met him on Broad street, near
the Exchange Bank, and we had q
quarrel about the matter.
Finally we separated and went into
III Ifnrpnt nttinnS Ru nhannn
out upon the street at the same time.
King had a pistol in his hand. | pulled
mine, and as | did so he began firing
at me. | returned the fire and when |
saw that L had finished him walked
away from the spot"
MIR. E. B. Bailey, who was with Mr..
Carr when the shooting began, and
who will be the main witness in the
trial that will follow, made the follow
ing statement to Il Journal reporter:
MIR. Carr and Mr.. King had some
trouble as to Mr.. Carr's pay for work
in the sulphur mine near Villa Rica.
and serious trouble was avertsd by
Carr's brother. | was walking uD
Broad Street with Mr.. Carr. / had
loaned him $50, and he promised to paw
me as soon us he could settle with King.
We met Mr.. King and Carr said: "Mr.
King, are you going to settle with me?"
King turned to him and said; "Well, I
can settle with you this way" and turn.
ing round with revolver in his hand
began shooting, and Carr, without any
backing. returned the fire."
This statement is denied by others.
who say that Carr fired all five shots,
and four of them took effect.
Mr.. Bailey was afterwards arrested
at the instance Of Mr. j. b. jacques.
foreman in the printing house of S. w.
| Postell. who saw the shooting. Mr..
Jacques alleges that Bailey was urging
Carr to go on. Jacques says that he
protested with Bailey not to push the
affair further. When ne saw that a
killing had occurred, he had Bailey ar
rested as being an accessory to the
crime.
Carr was on Decatur Street this
morning, accompanied by his brother
and railroad man named Bailey. IT
! is said that all of them were drinking
Before leaving the street, Carr bought
a pistol for $l.50, which he placed in
his top coat pocket, and carried il
there all the morning. Carr. when
asked about the pistol which was stick.
ing out OF his pocket, said: 81 am go
ing hunting for big rattlesnake, and
will bring him here and exhibit him
80 Atlanta people can see him.
Mr.. King came originally from South
Carolina. He spent quite while ir
is brother-in-law OF Hon. Park Wood
ward, city clerk.
SILENT AS A SPHINX.
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