The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-11-16
KILLED BY A CONSTABLE.
Another Bloody Chapter In Dispcn-
sary History-An Innocent Man
Killed.

hiLLED BY "A CONSTABLE.
sary History-An Innocent MAJ
Killed.
Once more Spartanburg is the sea
OF an awful tragedy and perhaps b,
mere coincidence the scene OF murder
is just two miles below the spot here
wait Durham aud Jack Fisher were
murdered by State COnstables in June
1898, on the Howard Gap road.
The victim in this case is ]. Henr,
Turner, one OF the most highly
esteemed and influential citizens ir
the county, n farmer in good circum
| stances. He came to his death by a
pistol shot fred by State Constable
New bold
The facts of the case are about as
follows: A short while back New bold
received instructions from the COVER
nor to take q wagon and three men
and make touring expedition through
| Spartanburg, Pickens and Greenville
counties, as many people were com
planning OF the Illicit sale of whiskey
in these counties. So New bolG secured
the services Of S. II Howie, LaFar and
MoCaskill to assist him. Wednesday
! night he left two of the party at the
standpipe in the city limits and he and
Howie went up the Howard Gap road
until they reached the Stephen Grove
negro church, two and half miles
from the city limits. Here they
camped. About 5 O'clock in the morn
ing Mr. j. II. Turner passe,. by on his
way to Columbia to attend a meeting
OF the cotton growers in Columbia
during fair week. He was accom-.
panied by young man named Bruce
a nd h,,,r l. iaI>
pulling. Arriving near the church
they both saw the camp Gre, but
thought nothing of it. Newbold turned
to Howie as the buggy approached and
told him to go out and halt it. This
he proceeded to do but reaching the
vehicle he could see that there was
nothing suspicious about the buggy OF
its inmates, 20 he proceeded to let it
pass. Newbold hurried up and started
TO overtake the buggy, the mule then
trotting briskly. He succeeded in
doing so, and planting himself in the
middle of the road in front of the
buggy called on Mr.. Turner and Bruce
to halt. New bold had a cooked pistol
in each hand. The mule kept steadily
on and New bold raised tho pistol in
his left hand to fire. Just afterwards
the gun in his right hand also went
OF and tho ball took effect in Mr..
Turner's throat. The wound proved
fatal, for 80 minutes later he died
The victim was carried to town by Mr.
Bruce and xState Constable Howie.
DR.. Dean was summoned and he pro-
nOunced Mr.. Turner dead. His body
was then taken back to his home, six
miles above the city.
Newbold claims that the killing vas
Academia. purely. He says that when
he raised the weapon to fire to make
the mule halt the Other pistol also
went off inflicting the deadly wound. l..
This is the story he tells his attorney.
Judge w. >. IhOmason, and 1t is corro-
borated by his companion, S. II Howie
Newbold made his way to Spartanhurg
and went to the residence of w. S.
Thomason, his attorney. A buggy
| was procured for him and he left town
| Immediately.
Constable Howie, gave the follow
| ing statement to the Spartanburg
Herald reporter:
State Detective Newbold was or
dered here by the governor several days
ago, and proceeded with wagon and
mules and employed three men, LaFar,
MoCaskill and myself The reason oi
this was that there have been many
complaints recently of whiskey being
sold In this county, Greenvllle and
Pickens counties. We were camping
LsFar and McCaskill guarding the
road from Whitney, stationed near the
standpipe, Newbod and myself were
up on the Howard Gap road at the
colored church. Tuesday night we
were in the church building. Late,
on about d o'clock in the morning /
grew cold and we made fire near tn,
roadside. Newbold was lying nea
the fire warming his feet when tn,
buggy came by. The road there il
sandy and the buggy was passing b,
when we discovered 1t. New bold toll
mo TO run around and see who it was
| ran out and soon saw that there wa
nothing suspicious ard heard n
rattling OF tin cans in the buggy
which Is generally u sign of whiske
being carried along. and let the vehicl
proceed along, and went back to tn
fire.
BY this time Newboli had put @
I his shoes and came out to the roa
side and told me to run and Overtak
the buggy which was fifty yards /
, front then. | ran down the road t
the rear OF the buggy and looked bac
, Tor Newbod, but couldn't see him
4 thought he had gone back to the cam
| fire. ] went back to the fire mysel
| Just before reaching the camping spt
: L heard Newbold shout hold up,
< am State officer and want TO scare
4 your buggy. again he shouted whoa
g Then followed two pistol shots In rapi
! succession.
!. After the shooting he called to n
n to come on. walked down the roa
l. 300 yards TO where the buggy was.
It Was tired and run down and wake
n all the way. When l reached I'll
y buggy he was at the other side al
d asked what was the matter with IL
?. old man, and IL be was drunk. Tri,
b. to get him TO talk, but he would nc
g. Fhe boy who was driving said tho o
IL man VAS not drinking. Newbo
10 struck match and said the old M
i'd was shot. He was very much griev
over the fact, and asked who the q