The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-06-03
B%rother.in.laW Kills Brother.in.laW.

Aug Of whiskey, aknife and a friendly
wrestling contest are the elements that
enter into the account of another homicide
scored by Upper Greenville county. The
present status OF the case is that Mrs.
WIN. Lance is widowed, four children
are fatherless and q brother-in-law Is q
murderer loose in the outraged section.
The inquest has been held and five of the
six eye witnesses have made ont q strong
case of cold-blooded murder. The de-
Tense will likely rely upon the testimony
of the brother of the murderer for q plea
of self-defence.
out from Mayfeld on a fishing expedition
and entered South Saluda riverjust above
Blythe's shoals to seln. All day the sport
was carried on and in the evening the
game caught was carried upon the bank
hard by. A big fish fry was held and the
crowd during the feast good naturedly
snapped jokes and drank each to the
others health and long life.
ALL went we'll until about 10 o'clock.
The contents of the Jug were now about
exhausted and the crowd was feeling
very Jolly. Cares and sorrows badAbeen
thrown to the winds, and all were can
didates for good natured merriment but
we're not in a condition to measure con-
sequences. billiard Lance, son of VIM.
Lance, got into a friendly wrestle with
w. NJ. Robertson, Familiarity known as
"Bud," and Lance Jared badly in the
scu fife. Lance's father then challenged
Robertson for q similar contest and came
out victor. Robertson chagrined at bis
defeat proposed friendly fsticuff with his
copqueror and Lance again was getting
the best of this.
The struggle grew more heated and
angry words and blows were freely
spoken aud dealt. They clinched and
bit each others ears, punched each others
ayes and pulled each others hair. Round
and round they scutfied in desperate
combat, the witnesses not daring TO in
terfere for fear of originating q general
free-for all fight. They were all cousins
or connected by marriage besides being
neighbors and life time friends.
Finally the combatants fall and Lance
ia on top renewing his blows. A man
named Turner ventures to assume the
peacemaker's duty and seizes one OF
Lance's legs making aimless dashes into
the air and successfully separates the
fighters. But in q twinkling his good
object is frustrated, for already Robertson
rushes upon his opponent with an ugly
open blade. Fired with -whiskey and
goaded with repeated defeats before bis
friends and kinsmen, he drives the deadly
blade six inches into his brother-in-law's
unprotected breast. Blind with rage he
withdraws the knife from the cresking
bones and makes four more thrusts, one
of which takes effect in the neck and the
other three in the back as his victim falls.
The crowd frightened by the sudden and
unexpected result take to flight and the
murderer escapes.
William Lance was a resident Of May
field and "Bud" Robertson lived near
Riverview. The members of the party
are all well-to-do, respectable people of
that section and were Woodworking farm
ers but their fortitude broke down under
the influence of whiskey snd the whole
neighborhood is in deep distress over the
unfortunate occurrence. GrcenUlHe
News, May 26.