The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1899-11-22
KILLING IN IcKENs CO.
STRANGELY MYSTERIOUS ArFRAy

STRANGELY MYSTERIOUS
One Man Shot to Death and Another
Badly W~oundcd-The SLAYER Sun on.
deed and is III JAIL.
The Grecuyille Mountaineer.
DR.. Thos, f. James, Of this city, was
killed in the Six Mile section of Pickens
County on Wednesday night. His son,
Hamp james, was desperately wounded
at the same time. There is an clement
Of n ystery about the affair, and the re-
ports reaching this city have been very
meagre, the Six Mile section being
somewhat remote from railroad stations
and telephones.
The killing was done by Sam Lanier.
Il young white man, who has surrendered
TO the sheriff of PiCkens County. La
nlerS wife seems to have been primarily
the cause of the trouble. The presence
OF the young man with DIR. James is
against the theory that there was undue
intimacy between Mrs. Lauier and the
senior James. The probable explanation
is that whiskoy was the irst element of
the trouble, that section being reported
to be infested by blockade liquor, and
DR. James seems to have rested under
the lmputation i'll that section of being
an informer, rs he was formerly con,
nectcd with the revenue service.
DIR. James, rs he was commonly called,
was well known in this city, having
resided here at two or three different
periods and coming here frequently
when living in Anderson County. He
was about iifLy-livc ycars'of age and was
u native of Anderson County. He be-
gan life 10 very humble circumstances,
buf acquired considerable property.
hlany years ago he commenced opera.
tions rs an "lndian doctor" and became
quite notorious on this liLc. He was
never regarded as Il regular practitioner,
and SO far as is known he acquired his
medical education during an enforced
s%ojourn in the West. lie practiced OK.
tcnsivcly i'll Anderson and Pickcns
Counties. Lately he moved his family
to this city, but spent most of his time
in Plckens, ON Il farm near Six MILLENNIUM.
TAIN. Several years e DR.. James was
a deputy marshal in the revenue service
and was known as a daring raider and .
keen seeker. He leaves a wife anC
eight children. Tho burial was at 81
loan church yesterday afternoon.
BOP james, Il son Of the deceased, re
turned yesterday from the scene of tn,
tragedy, having come the largcr part 0
the thirty miles in the night. He hear,
part of The testimony AZ the inoucs
and talked with his wounded brother
/ HIS story remove some of the wors
: features 81 the case as regards DR.
James. The story he got is that DR.
James and Hamp went to the home O
Sam Lanicr, who is n tenant on thci
place, to spend the night. Lanicr ant
MS VIE, who is a mere girl, had Il quar-
: re-, II Hamp in attempting to tor il
J got into 4 difficulty with Lanicr Ham,
y was stabbed thee times, once in tn
left arm and twice in the side. Tn
physicians think the knife penetrate,
The lungs. The woman insisted tina
. she was going to leave the place and u,
TO her fathers, and disrcgardcd all re
inonilr9nces. She went out and hitchc,
) up Or. James horse. Hamp was gcttin
! weak and DR.. James took him to tn
! buggy, II the two men, with the VIC
man, went 10 the home of Jvlc
! Eades,, Mrs. Lanie,'s father, on
9 mile distant. Arriving at the hous
l the woman got out first and startc
t to the house. AS she got clca
OF the horse and buggy two shots wcr
llrcd from behind a pile Of laths, Il fc,
: icct away. Hamp was hit in the hca
and face by several shot and could nc
= tell accurately about The shooting, n
Q did not hear his father grOan or max
{ any noise whatever.
c When Tyler Fades reached the bugg
y he found DR.. James dead on the sen
having simply falloa back, his hca
: hanging over the rear OF the busg,
Two loads of No 3 shot struck him i
the breast and in the face. The brca!
: was horribly torn up and the eyes wei
siot entirely out. Lanicr told Fad,
what ne had done. Hamp says the gu
was not at Lanier's house when the fus
= commenced and it is said to be Fade
gun. The shooting occurred about on
! O'Clock at night.
lamp James condition is dcspcrat
& and his brother thinks his chances fC
9 life arc very slight. The stabs are b
worst wounds. The woman ~testific
Il that DR.. James stabbed Hamp and th;
she was dragged by tn James into til
3 buggy, but got out bcfor3 reaching h,
fathers. Little is known of Lanicr. ,
c came into that community only II We,
u ago. He and his wife have not live
+ happily during their short married life