The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-01-13

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i saw him with his gun IN his hand,
his face toward Mr.. Poppenhe;m with
his gun in his hands" Mr.. Poppen-
helm did not tell me to take the horses
away. Mr.. Brown sunk. went
home.
INTERESTING PARTICULARS.
Mr.. John Buzon went to the scene
of the shooting on the early morning
train yesterday. With him was Mr..
Edward Mazyck. the son ofone of the
victims Of the tragedy. Mr.. Buzon
made several sketches of the scene
where the shooting occurred and has
diagram OF the boat showing the po
sitions Of Messrs. Brown and Mszyck
at the time Of the shooting. These
will be used in the trial. Mr.. Brown
was shot in the right breast, the whole
load Of bUckshot taking effect there.
Mr.. Buzon said that if Mr.. Brown
was pointing his weapon or had even
raised it at the time the shot could
not have struck where it did, Without
some Of it hitting the stock of the gun.
The gun was ,ished from the bottom
Of the creek and there were no shot
marks on it. The two ham ners were
at the safety notch. Mr.. Mazyck was
struck in the top Of the head by the
load of shot from Mr.. Poppenheiu's
other barrel. Mr.. Buzon says that
! ne was sitting in the rear Of the boat
", ,ASSS gun lying under or beside
him HSGould seem to have lodged
his head doT6S1saSaN Nr- Poppenhelm
aimed at him. Sa,
Inc boat was very near the landings
upon which Mr.. Poppenhim was. The
distance between them was hardly
more than twenty feet.
at the raques! OF friends and rela.
tive Of the deceased an autopsy was Or
dered last night. Toe bodies were
brought down on the $40 train OF the
Northeastern Railroad.
Mr.. Mazyck leaves a widow and
nine children, the oldest being a girl
OF about 24years OF age. The oldest
boy, Edward, is 20 years Of age. Mr..
Mazych went to O:ranto Saturday
night. He took with him his two
young sons, Robert and Richard. to
keep hln company and to give them
the pleasure OF few days in the
woods. The boys were at Otranto
when their father was killed, but were
not allowed to see his body They
were sent down on the evening train
to carry the sad news to their mother
and brothers and sisters. Last night
nearly all OF the boys of the family
were atthe depot, and saw the coffin
taken from the train, and put in the
undertaker'S wagon. The grief in the
family is pitiable. Mr.. Mazyck leaves
very little for the support OF his wild
ow and children, aud this fact makes
the tragedy all the sadder to their
friends.
Mr.. DOUGLASS STATEMENT.
Mr.. George A. Douglas, who was a
member of the fatal hunting party
made the following statement last
night: - -
"On Wednesday, with q party of
kEgen.temenfamong whom were Mr.. L.
F. Brown Mr.. Stephen Mazyck, we
hunted Hickory Hill on Fosters Creek.
This place adjoins Mr. Poppenhein's
place, Cedar Hill. About 1880 o'clock
Mr.. Mazyck and myself in the drive
jumped buck, which ran to Mr..
Mazyck. He fred one barrel, shoot
ling the deer down. Mazyck was rid
ing fiery horse and the second barrel
went off in the air, the deer then took
for the creek and swan for the oppo.
site shore, badly wounded. We
! stopped our dogs and continued the
drive out to the stands. When Mr..
Brown came up Mr.. Mazyck explained
the situation to him and the sugges-
ton was made that Brown and Ma
zyck procure a boat and cross the
creek, which they attempted to do,
carrying one dog along and their
guns. l then drove for the other gen.
tlemen in the direction of Mr.. Browns
house at Goose Creek. We arrived
at his house at $50 p. ~. Hearing
nothing of Brown or MazycB we natu-
rally concluded that they had gotten
the deer and were delayed in getting
back. The party had to leave Mr..
Browns house to catch the train at
7:30 and while at dinner about
O'Clock a messenger from Mr.. John
Happoldt saying that Mr.. Brown had
been killed by Mr.. Poppenheim at
Cedar Hill Landing, and requesting
me- to notify the coroner. This I
promptly did.
Il then jumped into my saddle and
rode over to Cedar Hill. When I ar
rived at the landing, about p. m., I
could find no one, and not knowing
that Mazyck was killed I hallooed for
him. Received no reply and rode
back about half a mile to darky's
shanty. The darky sent boy back
with ne to show me the body of Mr..
Brown. When we got to the landing
he carried me to boat in a lead O.
the river, and asked him who was in
the boat. It was very dark and I
could not see. He said it was Mr..
Mazyck. l struck match and found
poor Mazyck dead. Then I asked for
Brown, thinking, perhaps a mistake
had been made. He took ne to little
island, fifty yards from the boat, and
there | found Mr.. Brown. Upon in
vestigation | found Mazyck, shot in the
top OF the head and Mr.. Brown shot
in the right side and the region of the
heart. / remained with the bodies all
night, and came back to the city with
them tonight.
Died Of Eydrophobis.
BALTlMoRE. Jan. Lawrence Will