The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-03-01

Mr.. Stuart asked what the cousta'
bles wanted. He then walked up The
steps to the little porch which runs
beside the kitchen. The constable
said: John, we hear you are run
ming a blind, and we have come to
search your house" Mr.. Stuart re
piled: well, you know I am doing
no such thing, and you cant search
nv house" The constable exclalm
ed that NJ. Stuart could not bull
doze him and the house must and
would be searched. Mr.. Stuart re-
piled that tue constables would lave
to kill him first. The negro says
that while the discussion was becom-
ing more heated the constable walk
ed up and attempted to slap MIR
Stuart's face. This was followed by
his drawing a revolver. About this
time Mrs. Stuart ran out of the door
and cried: This is my husband;
don't shoot him. According to the
nesro's statement, the constable with
out further provocation fired, the
ball striking Mrs. Stuart in the
breast, and she fell upon the kitchen
floor. The next shot al also fired
by the constable, and struck Mr..
Stuart in the mouth.
The negro was still on the ground
and Mr. Stuart was in the kitchen.
Israel, therefore, could not see Mr..
Stuart plainly, and he could not as
sert whether or not the latter fred a
shot, but the constable fired several
more before he left, followed by bis
compatriots.
THE cHILD's STORY.
The oldest child, a girlof II years,
was, with the other children, a wit
ness of the whole horrible affair. Her
story is that the three %constables
came to the house about $50 o'clock
yesterday afternoon. They asked
for Israel, the negro who stays on
the premises, and not being able to
ind him, they told Mrs. Stuart that
they had come to search the house.
She then refused to let them do 50
and sent for her husband.
The child stated that when Mr..
Stuart came he refused to let the
constables search the house. There
were heated words and "the tall man
with the black moustache" fired at
her father, the ball striking her
mother, who had run in between
them. The next shot, she says,
struck her father in the mouth. He
then, according to her statement,
fred three times at the now fleeing
constables.
When asked if the constables were
drunk, the child said that they were;
that when they first came to the
house the man WHO did the shooting
attempted to kill the yard dog, and
at that time threatened her mother.
When the constables left the place
they went to their boarding house,
the home of Mrs. Adams, just across
the street from the agricultural hall.
Here Constable Crawford's arm was
dressed by DR.. Watson. The wound
is a slight one, the ball having pass
ed through the aeshy part OF the
left arm about two inches above the
wrist.
It was in this room they were ar
rested.
Officer Hedgepath Of the police
force informed Deputy H. H. Cath
cart OF the shooting. Mr.. Cathcart
in turn informed his father, Sheriff
W. j. Cathcart. Not having a war
rant, the Sheriff, accompanied by
Sergeant Jones, Officer Hedgepath
and Mr.. H. H. Cathcart, went to
Coleman's room and arrested the
constables, Coleman, Crawford, Dorm
and j. B. Cooley. The arrest was
made in the name Of the police author
ties, and the constables raised no OBJ
lection, with the exception Of Craw-
ford, who was lying in bed.
The prisoners were then taken to
the Office of Magistrate J. NJ. Smith,
where the sheriff was obtaining war
rantsi in order to commit them tojail.
THE ARREST.
Upon learning of the affair Sheriff
". J. Cathcart, with his son H. H.
Cathcart, Jailer VIM. Coleman, Mag