The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-05-01

the door short while and Luke Jones
says: I suppose you said | burned
those rails. If you say so You are
liar. About that time Mr.. Ben Jones
walked up and Mr. Swearingen says
to Luther Jones: You are beneath
my notice. Mr.. Ben Jones spoke to
him and said: Il am here to take ms
place" Swearingeu threw his hands
on his hips and Mr.. Ben Jones says,
pull it" and repeated it a time Or
two, and about that time firing began.
I believe Mr.. Ben Jones killed MIR.
Swearingen. When the firing began
| was on the counter, but don't know
who fired first. Saw both pistols IN
their hands.
After the inquest had been adjourn
ed and the jury had ren-
dered a verdict that Swearingen had
come to his death by gunshot wounds
inflicted by B. L. Jones, 1t was found
upon further examination ofthe dead
BODY that there We're several other
wounds, two being in the back. This
developed the fact that six bullets had
been fired other than than the one fir
ed by Mr.. Swearingen, and a new
phase of the case was presented. The
facts indicated that Mr.. Jones young
son had been a party to the shooting
It was to investigate this feature of the
case that Acting Corner l.. q. Bell re,
assembled the jury and proceeded
with a further investigation today.
The proceedings were held IN the
county court house.
DR.. Devore this morning testified as
follows: The wound described yester-
day to the jury was not correctly de-
cribed. 1t entered the front
of the body about one inch
below the upper end of the
sternum and passed along just beneath
the skin to the point of the right shoul-
der and lodged just under the skin.
where it was cut out. In addition to
these two wounds, I found one on
rear of body entering three inches to
to left of the spinal column. passing
entirely through the body and lodged
Just under the skin about three quart
ers of an inch below the lower end OF
sternum.. l found another wound, the
ball entering about three inches to the
rear of the axillary space, passing for:
ward into the throatic calvity. | cut
out two balls: two balls remain IN the
body. The ball in the spinal column j!
think entered between the tenth and
eleventh ribs. The balls extracted are
of same caibre. :,
Mr.. D. T. Grice saw pistol, a small
Smith & Wesson, in Jones hand al
ter the shooting and told Mr.. Jones 10
surrender it to the sheriff. He did
not see any pistol in Luther Jones
hand. ;,
Mr.. Carter testified when recalled
that Luther Jones was little IN ms
rear. If Luther had pistol he did not
seeit. Luther did not change his
position during the shooting:
Mr.. Anderson, when recalled, SAID
the firing was over in fifteen seconds
he supposed. I did not have my eyes
on Luther Jones. 1 was watching
Ben Jones and Mr. Swearingen: did
not see any one shoot after Mr.. Swear,
| ineen turned to 60 behind the counter.
saw where a ball hit the window
| frame. A man outside could not have
placed the ball there The ball which
went through the shoe box must have
been fired from within two or three
feet of the store.
At this iuncture, owing to the fact
that several of the witnesses could not
be secured in time, the acting coroner
adjourned the inquest till tomorro"
morning. Public opinion here IS very
much divided on this case. Jones has
employed to defend him Messrs. Simp
kins and Sheppard Bros. Mr.. J. W
Thurmond has been engaged to assls
| the solicitor in the prosection OF Mr..
Jones.
It's hard to tell what the outcome
will be. Again there are some VINO
seem to think that the family
feud has not yet been buried, for there
are brave and determined men OF
both sides. 1t is certainly to be hoped
that the present lamentable TRACED.
will end the matter. -.
| Jones young son will very likely
be sent up for trial, but that vii! like
liz be all. 1t has been discovered tina
| Mr.. Jones pistols not in evidence
nor does any one know where it is
| Mr.. Jones stated 10 the sheriff that /
! had been handed to a friend immedla
tely after the stooting. Now 1t ha
| been proven that six bullets, othe
| than the one fired by the deceased
were fred. If Mr.. Jones pistol wa
la five-shooter the lad would come INT
| the case in serious light: NO plstc
was on the lad so far as the .evldenc
, shows, or so far as any one that ca
find knows.
i calledat the jail to see Mr.. Jones
, He is a handsome, distinguished look
: ing man. I never saw a cooler or MOI
5 determined-looking man. AS far a
appearances went he gave not the 81
, ehtest outward concern about ID
:. the tragedy. His son was sitting neS
: to him and both were in the Jallers O
fee. The boy is counterpart OF n
, father as far as determined appearanc
goes. Mr.. Jones was most courteous
+ He said he had walked across the stree
; to the jail and delivered himself to tn
sheriff. He said he did not care t
talk of the case as his attorneys ma
instructed him not to- do so. He thanE
:, | ed me for the offer to publish an
! statement he might make. He talke
pleasantly about many matters OF gel
, eral interest and really made one to-
oct that he was charged with so SCI
= ious an otfense. z. J. WATSON.
Its Silver Lining.
PARIS, April 23.-The Journal d.
publishes report of an lnte