The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-02
SHCT Gown HIS tlOUSE.--
Mr. ~. How1rG Ga3Ied &c HI. Door ss
NIehs and Kt!led.
Saturday night between Z and 6

Saturday night between 7 and s
o'clock Mr. j w Howard, who lived
about three nilss from here on the
Mount Lebanon road, was fouliy ss
sinatsd right lathe midst OF his fami-
lv. which consisted Of q wife and three
children The circumstances surround
ing ne dastardly deed points 10 one
Lawrence Hang 'piIler, brother in.
lar al Howard ss the assassin. It
s.ec1s from the s,imony brought out
before tce coroGers jury thaton Tues.
day week ago Bua&er2iller went TO
Jne field OF Ho9ArG aud abused him
round}y. Inward, not wishing to
have any difficulty, puf aungerpiller
in the road and told aim to go about
bis husirPss and let him alone. Hun
2erpiIler left aud IN 3 shors time re
turned with his g1n aud threatened to
shoot 4 ward. As soon as be could
80 3; h Vsrd got e warrant charging
Hungerpiller with assault.
Es was arrest. d and brought before
Magistrate Brunson, WAC found him
guilty and sentencsd him totha coun-
" chaings ng. Alter working on the
changing several days Hongerpiller
22id no his fine and was released Oh
last Thursday. Wniie IN jail Hun
gerpiller Tas heard to say that as soon
IS 10 got cle.ar ne would fix Howard.
and it seems that be has kept his
word. As We said above Howard vas
brother in-law Of Hungerp;ller,
having marris his sister severa; years
ago Howard lived On The place for
tGerIY owned by Hupgeroiller'S father
which he had bought. Oa Toe night
Of the assassination Howard vas si..
tirg down n lis nouss with his fa'ui
II conVers ng, when lie heard some
oDs cane up the steps. and. sus spectjng
no harm, opened the door 10 see who
tie visitor Was. Immediately he was
fl e1 oa, the whole load OF shot taking
efect IN his left breast, completely
riddIIHg his heart.
The shot use3 was No. 4, shot, and
tbef fact that they did not scatter much
shows that the cowardly assassin was
very near his victim when the shot
was free. Hungerpiller was suspici-
oned at once, and his arrest followe
He made a statement at the Inquest to
the effect that be WAS about one hun
dred and fifty yards from aoward's
house when he saw g fash snd heard
the report Of the gun. He hailed the
people 10 the house as soon as he could
get near enough and asked what they
were crying about, snd was told that
Howard had been shot. He then ran
snd told his brother, who lived
short distance from the dead man.
Hungerpiller says when the shot vas
6red ne saw wagon driving along
tee road about one hundred yards
beyond towards house, but he did
uot see any one leave the yard
Nc cne believes HuDgerpiller's story
aaa every o1e belives him to be the
dgsla.dly assassin Hungerpiller is
ia jaI, where he will remain u2-
Ill MS trial, the verde! OF the coro-
ner's jury having said ne was the
guilty dan. The coroner's jury was
composed Of the following welI-kuown
citiz9ns: z. E. Claiming, foreman;
Jah1 Car, R. E. Jennings, J. T.
Parks, w. 4. Edwards. A J. Inabi-
aet, T. A Irsbinet, j. &. Pearson, &.
3. Collier, q J. Cannon, J. B. Stro.
nan and 81. E. B1llver. Mr.. How
ard was a native Of North Carolina
and asd lived in this county atout
eight vears. He vas about forty. five
5ezrs Of age, and was well thought of
b. his neis
a NUMBER OF people went out from
Orangebarg to the scene Of the MUIR
der, and never did their eyes fall up.
on sadder or more gruesome specLa'
Gle. Lying on ths foor, just as he
fell, was the murdered man, his wife
prostrated with grief, and number
Of children too young TO realize the
sad situation, were standing around
the dead body gazing upon it in be-
wilderod a-naZsment. The scene was
heart-rendins.
Ibe Orangeburg correspondent Of
OF the Columbia Register gives the
following account of the terrible
criue: lawrence, q. Hungerpiller
IS g young msn about 80 years of
age, who nas figured in previous diff
cuit!es, having shoE a negro severely
onlg ABOUT two mon.hs ago. He is
regarded as utterly y worthless, without
u, lrcip.e, and dangerous when arous-
ed.
Some time lsst summer Howard
bought Hungerp;ller's interest IN the
oiG Hung erplller homestead; but the
ycung man remained there, making
Towards his home. About g month
ago Howard told him that he must
ether 90 TO work or move mis- lodging.
This incense9 Hungerpil!er, who
swore vengeance against Howard,
even going with his gun to Towards
ie,d oaly a few days ago and there
threatened 10 kill him but did not.
Last night the poor man was called
rom his house and brutally shot
down ike Dog.
HungerpilIer's own story convinced
Inc corouer's jury of his own guilt.
He Admitted being out with his gun
late Saturday afternoon, but salu he
8as hu1tiug birds. It was finally
pumped fron him that he had only
C~o shells with him rather small sup
ply ot.smmunilion Tor the sport of bird
hunting. He said ne Was coming
along Inc road near Towards and saw
fash and Immediately heard the re
port OF gun, He heard his mother
and sister screaming aud, though ne
was afmed, DC onl walked oriskly"
towards them. Upon MS arrival his
mother tod him The trouble, and be
vent on to tell his brother, Sam Hun
gerpiller, taking his gun with MIN
and leaving 1t at his brothers as usu-
al.
Just across the road in front of the
mufcer1d mans gate is a hole IN the
srou0d and bank OF sand beyoad.
Fhe ASSASSIN, IN escaping, ran into
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