The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-11-22

makes the affair very icplorablc.
DR.. +. j Wca'hcrly, Of Dillon, and
DR.. $. J. Watson. Of I.atta, are in at
tcndancr upon the Nc~Srs Sellers.
/ DR.. Npnr,r. If I.atta. Drs. Bodrcr
an' u MILAN, Of Marion, are attend
IL. VIZ Nr>>rs. Ilascl,icns and FL
~Af. \, this writiu. t!c parties
rit nins "a, wrll q, can be expected.
urid'rln2 TIE seriousness nr Tic
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SELLERS, November IL There are
np Mcw development, in the shooting
aiiar 10 day. All parties are getting
aIpnr aS 2cll as could Lc expected.
our correspondent met some parties
on the road, who Informed him that
Mr. D. Dudley Ilascldcn was going to
Columbia tonight, Which caused a
speedy trip to the IIascldcn home
stead. Upon arriving there he was
met by Dir. Luther " IIascldcn, who
promptly introduced him TO his broth
or, j. Dudley llascldcn, who is the
only one confined to his bed. Mr..
Ilascllcn gave the following state
! ,Mcnt
"lc>tcr-lay morning Mr.. Ben Sci
lcrs and myself had some talk about
the letters. ! told him I did not hold
him responsible for the letters. for |
did not believe that he wrote them.
told him heard that he had been
making reference 70 them, and that
could not and would not allow it. I
then asked him if lie had made suc1
reference, that it was hard for me to
believe it, and he did not deny it. [
told him he would either have to affirm
or deny. 1t resulted in my striking
him. Afterwards we apologizcd to
each other, shook hands and then
transacted our business. AS he was
leaving | said. Il suppose we shall
meet as friends or how?' He sus-
gcstcd that We meet without speaking.
| suggested that he seemed unsatisGcd
and that it would be best to settle it.
!! told him | would give him satisfac-
tion any way he wished it, he to get a
friend to represent him. lie said.
Oh, if after rejecting on it am not
satisfied, [ will give you ample no.
ticc.' The notice got was while pass
ing the depot in my buggy he rushed
OUT pistol in hand, and opened fire on
me, hitting me in the leg. AS I
jumped to the ground l returned the
fire promptly and general firing began.
MIR. Ben Sellers retired 10 the waiting
room and Mr.. John e. Sellers ran out.
and then guns were fired from the
waiting room. Only Mr.. John G.
Sellers and his son, Ben. showed
themselves at all. Mr.. John &. Sell
lers took refuge behind the mail crane
and we exchanged several shots. [
think Mr.. Sellers was we'll armed. as
he fired at least ten times.
j. DUDLEY HAsELDEN.
Upon being interviewed Mr.. John
G. Sellers said: The first intimation Of
trouble was after my son returned
from MIR. Haselden's gin and told me
how outrageously he had been treated
by tho mob at Haselden's, after hav-
ing been invited there on matter of
business by Mr.. J. Dudley Haselden.
just after my son informed me of the
trouble they drove up in buggies,
Messrs. j. Dudley and Luther Nj.
Haselden in one buggy, and Mr.. Au-
bicy Evans and Or. Edwards in an
other buggy; Mr. j. G.. Haselden, the
father of Messrs. j. Dudley and Lu-
ther NJ. Hascldcn. in buggy behind
the others. AS Dudley and Luther
reached the railroad track Luther
jumped down and shifted his pistol
from one pocket to another. Dudley
put his in the foot of the buggy. Lu-
ther went to the north side of the de-
pot, as if looking for some one. Dud-
ley got out and went on the opposite
side of the depot, taking his pistol
with him. Evidently not finding the
person whom they were looking for,
they drove towards Marion. Icxpcct-
ed trouble that evening, and We pre-
pared ourselves for it. The mob re-
turned about dusk, coming by way of
Ben Sellers house, which WAS about
half mile away from the travelled
route from Marion. When they
reached the depot they stopped both
buggics. Luther Hascldcn jumped
out and ran up the steps on the south
side of tho depot. My son, Ben, was
on the front of the office door on the
west side and 1 was IN the Office writ
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