The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-14
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SHOT FOR NOT SURRENDERInG.
a POSSE FATALLY WOUNDS A MAN
SUSPECTED or MoONsHINING.

The Posse Claims He Was Reaching
For n Revolver when shot--Thc
Wounds Expected TO Result in His
Death-The Leader of the Posse
Warned to lie on His Guard
Against the Wounded MANS
Brothers.
Charleston, s. c., Dec. 1S.--A special to
the News and Courier from Cheraw, s. c.,
says "rhe usually quiet town of Ches-
tertield is all excited over a fatal shooting
that took place last evening. 1t is claimed
that much Of the contrabrand whisky
brought into this section Of the state comes
from the distillerles on the state line. Re-
Gently Marshal pink" Brantley of Chess
terrified, attempted to capture a man nam
ed Clark passing through the streets with
some whisky in buggy and the effort re-
suited in the shooting and severe woundina
of Clark by the marshal.
Soon after this reports were rife Of the
eXtensiveness of the hauling through Chess
teriield and a few days ago State Consta-
BILE George j. Brown turned up there and
has been on the lookout since. Early tha
past week he. with party, captured lot
of the stuff" committed to jail several
parties and warrants were issued for still
others.
Following close on all this the consta-
BILE had pointed out to him yesterday Al
man driving through town in a buggy
with fodder tied on behind and was told
that If he watched for him on his return
he would probably be able to make an
other capture. The constable summoned
Deputies Press Douglass, Swinnie and
Dock Chapman, and sta ioned himself
and his party on the road leading to tho
town and along which the buggy would
have to pass on its return. Near night-
fall the man was sighted. The four OFF,
GERS stationed themselves all on one side
Of the road so that in case OF any shoots
ing they would not hit each other. AS
the man in the buggy neared them Com
stable Brown says that he ordered him to
throw up his hands and surrender. He
leaned over, and the constable says rais-
ed long revolver and pointed directly at
him, and in an instant a shot was heard
from one Of the party and the man fell i'm
his buggy. The wounded man was found
to be Press Kelley from Darlington coun-
". He was taken at once to jail and ply
sicians summoned, who reported that he
had evidently beet shot with a shot gun,
one shot entering just over the right eye,
one over the left eye, and one on each
side of the nose. The physicians pro-
nonnced the wounds fatal and r was not
thought Kelley would be alive to-day.
The captured team and whisky are in tha
hands OF the sheriff.
Brown declines to say which one of the
party did the shooting, but 1t could not
have been him, for he says he was armed
with two pistols so that the fatal shot
must have been fired by one of the depu-
ties. Brown claims that he would have
been killed had not the shot been fred by
his party when 1t was, for Kelley had his
pistol almost In his face. The constable was
advised to be on his guard and change his
quarters last night by some of the citizens
Of the place as Kelley Is one of the Kelley
brothers, Of Kelleytown, near Hartsville.
and they feared for his safety He came to
Cheraw and spent the night here, claim
ing that he did so not through fear, but to
be able to communicate with the gover-
nor"