The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-05
BLOOD FLOWS IN CAROLINA.
Tillmal'S Spies Make a Fatal Raid in
SpaTtanbuTg County.

One of the Men They Were After Shot
Dead and Another Wounded in the
Leg = The Constables Claim That
They Met With Hostile Reception,
But the other Side Deny 1t.
Columbia, S. c., Feb. 4.-The state is
being saturated with the blood of the dis
pensary. Coming on the heels of the
Meetze-Miller shooting here, is the SEEM
ingly cold blooded murder of one man and
wounding of another by dispensary
spies late last night at country place
called Wexford, in Spartanburg county.
The wounded man is Perry Moore, and
his brother-in-law, Crawford Ballew, lies
cold in death.
The coroner's inquest was held to-day
and the following facts were developed !:
Moore and Ballew were farm
ers recently from Greenville county,
this state, and they lived on
the farm of Capt. James Benson
About midnight one Of the spies knocked
at Ballew's door, pretending to be lost,
and asked to be shown to the railroad.
Moore procured light and led the man to
the railroad. Suddenly posse of con-
stables, headed by Chief FAINT, loomed up
and halted them. Moore was frightened
and began to run. He was fired upon by
the constables and fell with broken leg
The constables testified that Moore fired
as he ran. His DENIAL is corroborated by
two witnesses, named Gregory and Bobb
Moore's cries brought Balew from the
house. Ballew picked him up and went
toward his house with him. On the way
he was met by the posse
BALLEw SHOT DEAD.
According so the testimony, not word
was said, and at the crack of rife Bal
lew fell forward dead. The women who
had rushed from the house shrielSed, and
following 1t came the brutal voice of a
man demanding of them II there were
"any more men" about there,
The two witnesses named above testi-
fed that Ballew made no resistance The
constables swore that he advanced on
them with drawn pistol, and that they
repeatedly called upon him to halt before
they fired.
Constable Massey did not turn up at
the inquest, and it was testified that he
was the one who shot Ballew. 1t appears
that no effort was made to remove Moore
who was allowed to lay on the ground all
night. Attorney Andrew Moore, the
counsel employed by the dead mans fam
lily, raised a sensation by showing that an
attempt had been made TO pack the jury.
He called the coroner's attention to
the fact that one of the Jurors was drunk,
that another was a brother Of one Of the
constables in the posse, and still another
cousin. The first two were gotten off
the jury. On account Of the absence of
Massey, who is said to be the constable
who shot Ballew, the jury adjourned to
meet again tomorrow. The constab bles
have shown no warrant for either Ballew
or Moore. They have a warrant for
Moore's father.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
Charleston, S. c., Feb A special to
the News and Courier from Spartan burg,
S. G., says: IA warrant was placed in
the hands Of Sheriff Dean for Ballew,
William Center, Perry Moore and his
sons at Wexford, for violation of the dis
pensary law. About O'Clock last night
Boyce Dean, the sheriff's deputy and
Constables FAINT Massey, Jackson West
and Pearson, went out to make the ar
rest. They reached Ballew's about mid
night, but before they got to the house
the whisky had been taken out in a
swamp. They saw Perry Moore. and
Dean ordered him TO halt and surrender
He fired on them. The fire was returned
oy the posse, and Moore was shot through
the leg, Just below the knee.
TWENTY SHOTS EXCHANGED.
About twenty shots were exchanged.
The constables then went toward Ballew's
house and m 1T him out in field. Dean
ordered him to hold up his pistols and
surrender. He did not obey and Consta-
BILE Massey shot him in the breast, kill
ing him instantly. The firing then
ceased. No whisky was captured. The
coroner held an inquest to-day, but no
verdict had been reached when last
heard from. This took place about a
mile ana balf east of Wexford. Ballew
recently moved from the mountains.
Ihe Mnnres also came from the noun