The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-02-07
FOUR BULLET HOLES
Bored Through the Body Of DR.. J. 8. Lennox
at Detroit.
Killed by Worth Duncan Al tho Latter
Stsre While the Deceased Was Try
ing to Draw His Pistol.

tne StreCts VI IarlS carly MouuaJ uteruooh
by the report that Worth Duncan former
well-known citizen, had shot and killed DIR.
J. 8. LennUx at Detroit. The report was
confirmed by telephone message to Col. d..
Z. Hodge to come u Detroi. on tho hrs
train. The message VAS IRON MIR. Dun
can. The killing occuicI between III and
IL o'clock ut MIR. Duucan's store. From
par ties who cume III dill Get from Detroit OIL
were cleaned.
Tho deceased had been owing MIR. Duncan
u store account for several months and hat
gwen him o mortgage .n u horee. lhe debt
became due OH the first Of October and Nh
duncan placed it in the hands Of lawyer
for collection. This ung rcd Lennox "hd
he called ut The store early yesterday morn.
ing and i, suid 10 have cursed duncan, WHO
ordered him out OF the store aud ,o.d him
that he did not want tU have auy trouble
with him, that the matter was i'll the huuds
VI his lawyer and ~ 20 and see him about
il.
Two or three urnks lie returned again. As
he started 10 enter Bloom duncan, the son
uf Worth Duncan seized dUub Z barrel shot
guu. His father maIv him put IL down nnd
said that he would attend to LeunoI.. He
walked 10 the door where the DECEASED was
standing and Lcnnox remarked. mo G-u
d-n muu can treat me the Way You have
aud live AS he made the threat he at.
tempted to draw revolver but it caught in
his clothing.
Before he could discngagc it duncan pull.
cd his revolver and fired four shots ut him
in rapid succession, all of which took effect.
one in the eye, another in the left breast, n
third in the abdomen aad o fourth in the
thigh. Lennox fell in his tracks and died
almost instantly.
After the shooting Dir. Duncan walked
back inside the store and locked the door.
The local constable weut to arrest him, and
Duncan told him that he would not be taken
to Carksville Us the deceased's relatives
lived there aud he didn't consider that his
!. life wonld be safe. lie said he Was willing
TO surrender if the constable would take
him to Peris and the constable agreed. They
got on q freight train and started to this
city, but the conductor made them get off,
it being positively forbidden by the Texas
and Pacific railway company for the freight
trains to carry passengers. The constable
then agreed to guard him at Detroit until
the examining triIl WAS held. The father
Of tho deceased, highly respected old geu-
teman, lives near Der oit, aud it is under
stood that he sent word to Mr.. Duncan
that he need not have nny fear Of attempted
violence ss far as he was concerned.
While the deceased was Of n most excel
lent family, who are among the best people
Of Red River county. AMI has Two brothers
who Gro prominent lawyers and respectable
citizens Of Clarksv'le, it seems that he was
regarded as u dangerous man. lie former.
ly lived in the territory and is said 10 have
been Involved in not less than three killngs.
lie and one Bob Jones were indicted by the
federal court ut Fort Smith for the killing
Ot one AhtS. lounp loui teen years ago last
May, and it was ten years before he was
arrested. For several years lie lived in
Waco Under au assumed name.
The second killing in which he W as char
ged with being implicated was the killing
Of Davo Layman in the territory some time
i'll 1888, but he was never indicted for it.
On January l3, 1883, he killed George
Howard in Red River county, Chociaw Ma
ton, opposite C!arksvl and was indicted
by the Paris urt. AS stated above, he
was indicated by the Font Smith court for
killing Tbos. Young. but as the evidence WAS
considered stronger against him in the last
killing he was turned over to The Paris
court and Was tried here May 10, 1898, Col.
Marshall Sims and his brothers, of Clarks-
vile, defending him.
The trial resulted in conviction for man
slaughter, but he was granted new trial
and the casci is still pending on the docket.
lie WAS out OH n ~, 800 bond when he vas
killed. - Inris, 7tr Aces