Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-01

CEOSe Tails. Nr. SWeaTlJSell sdlu :
"I don't care to be bothered with
you; you are beneath my notice" )"
About that time Mr.. Ben Jones
walked up. He said: II am here; !;
if you want to talk to anybody,
talk to me-" Luther Jones had no
more to say. Mr.. Swearingen
threatened to pull a pistol or some
thing. Mr.. Jones said: Pull her
if you want to-" WHO fired first is
hard to say. I think Mr.. Swear
ingen pulled his pistol first. The
firing then began. 1 know that
Mr.. Swearingen fired. I was sit
ting there on the counter and
stayed there till the whole thing
was over, Mr.. Swearingen fired on
ly one time.
C. H. Anderson was IN the store.
He was another eye witness: He
saw Mr.. Carter and W. Sheppard.
Mr.. Swearingen came in the front
door. I saw Ben Jones walk up
from across the street. Mr.. Swear
ingen stood in the door a short
while and Luke Jones says: 81
suppose you said ] burned those
rails. If you say 80 rou are liar"
About that time Mr.. Ben Jones
walked up and Mr.. Swearingen
says to Luther Jones: "4ou are
beneath my notice" Mr.. Ben
Jones spoke to him aud said: 81
am here to take his place" Swear
ingen threw his hands on his hips
and Mr.. Ben Jones says, "pull it, F."
and repeated it time or two, and
about that time firing began. l
believe Mr.. Ben Jones killed Mr..
Swearingen. When the firing be-
gan l was on the counter, but
don't know who fired first. Saw
both with pistols in their hands.
After their inquest had been adj
inurned and the jury had render
ed a verdict that Swearingen had
come to his death by gunsho!
wounds inflicted by B. l.. jones. it
was found upor further examl-
nation of the dead bouv that there
were several other sounds, two
being in the back. This developed
tie fact that six bullets had been
fired other than the one fired by
Mr.. Swearingen, and a new phase
of the case was presented. The
facts indicated that MIR. Jones
young son had been q party to The
shooting. It was to investigate
this feature of he case that Ac'-
ing Coroner J.. G. Bell reass"n:.
bled the jury and proceeded with
a further investigation to-day
The proceedings were held in lhe
county court house.
DR.. Devore this morning t"stl'
fed as follows: The wound d"
scribed yesterday to the Jury was
not correctly described. 1t el'ier
ed the front of the body ah"u
one inch below the upper end O
the sternum and passed along jus
beneath the skin to the point O
the right shoulder and lodged jus
under the skin, where it was Gu
out. In addition to these tw'
wounds. I found one on rear O.
body entering three inches to thu
left of the spinal column, passing
entirely through the body ant
lodged Just under the skin ashfRBj7V asEhfRBV
S {al' end Of 4 fsrerhIm.. Ifouuc
another wound, the ball entering
about three inches to the rear O.
the axillary space, passing for
ward into the thoratic cavity.
cut out two balls; two balls remain
in the BODY. The ball in the spi
nal column I think entered be-
tween the ten:h and eleventh ribs
The balls extracted are of tbt
same calibre.
Mr.. D. T. Grice saw a pistol, {
small Smith & Wesson in Jones
hand after the shooting and tolt
Mr.. Jones to surrender it to the
sheriff. He did not see any pisto
in Luther Jones' hand.
Mr.. Carter testified when re.
called that Luther Jones was 6
little in his rear. If Luther had g
pistol he did not see it. 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.
was watching Ben Jones and Mr..
Swearingen. did not see any
one shoot after Mr.. Swearingen
turned to 60 behind the counter. ]
saw where a ball hit the window
frame. A man outside could not
have placed that 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 juncture, owing to the
fact that several of the witnesses
could not be secured in time, the
acting coroner adjourned the in
quest till tomorrow morning. Pub
lie opinion here is very much di-
vided on this case. Jones has
employed to defend him Messrs.
Simkins and Sheppard Bros. Mr..