Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-02-07
THRILLING STREET DUEL!
RSTBLOOD HERE OVER
THE LIQUOR LAW,
". H. MEETZE PROBABLY.
Fatally Wounded by Davis Miller.
A Perfect FuSilade of
BulletS-The COM
plete Story.

plete Story.
The Columbia State.
For the first time since the dis
pensary law became a law, blood
was shed On its account in the cap
ital of the State yesterday after
noon. Mr.. w. II. Meetze, the man
who shot and killed Clark a few
years ago, and the man who dehed
Governor Tillman and his cjnsta-
bles at the fair grounds last No
vember, got into a street atfray
near Columbia's famous street
fighting ground, the corner of Main
and Washington streets, where
every serious affair of any I'M
portance that has happened in re-
cent years in Columbia has taken
place, with Davis Miller, a stock
dealer hailing from North Caro-
lima, and the former fell with a
a bullet in his side within one
hundred yards from the SPIT where
Clark fell and expired when he
shot him. The extent of his III
iuries cannot yet he asccrtalned.
Never before has a pistol fight
occurred here in which so many
shots were fired without injuring
any ore except the participants.
The street was filled with people
at the time, and Miller, knowing
he had cool sure shot to deal
with, emptied two pistols, save one
bullet, in less time than it takes
to tell it. 1t was a perfect fusllade,
and created the widest excite
ment, especially when Mr.. Meetze
was seen to reel and fall to the
ground. All day long serious
trouble of some kind had been an
ticipated, but no one knew from
what quarter it WOULD come, or at
what hour.
Miller had been a witness III the
first blind tiger case and his testi,
mony goaded some of the liquor
men and their friends to despera-
ton. Long before he had con-
cluded the giving of his testimony,
it could be seen that he would have
to answer in one way or another to
somebody for some Of his state
ments. Some of the men looked
very angry. Miller evidently knew
too that he was to be "talked to"
for he had come to the court house
ARMED WITH TWO PISTOLS,
both self-acting, which he carried
in his outside overcoat pockets
At any rate, just as the recess was
taken things looked pretty squally'
Miller went back into one of the
Jury rooms and serious trouble
came very near resulting in there
two men tackling him and curslng
him pretty severely. Justice Clark
son went in there, however, and
pulled Miller out, taking him
down stairs. Mr.. Meetze and others
who were very much incensed came
on around on Main street, and
they talked very bitterly about
Miller. Several parties urged them
to 60 on home, Lut somehow they
got around Oh Law Range again
They went to a point in front OF
McMaster's law Office and stood
there talking. Among them werc
Messrs, William Sheppard, Meetze
Fry, and Herriot. Miller was
standing up in front of Shand's
law office at this time talking to
some young men. Fry evidently
wanted TO tackle Miller, for some
one heard Mr.. Herriott say to him
"No you ought not to do it." Just
about this time Mr.. Charles Hen
dirk, the defendant in another
case, pulled out a pistol near the
corner and appeared to be very an
cry. Police Sergeant Morehead
and Bell Towerman Dunning saw