The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-10-25
ANOTHER MURDER.
One Brother Shoots and Kills An
other in Charleston.
ONCE BUSINESS PARTNERS
Deceased Met His Brother at Cal
houn Hosel By Appointment.
A Family Affair Was

houn Hotel By Appointment.
A Family Affair Was
Cause of Trouble.
Charleston has had another mysteri-
Gus murder, in which one brother
shoots to death another brother. n. 1.
Pittuan, a we'll to do and prominent
merchant at Gsurdin's on the North
eastern Railroad about fifty miles above
Charleston, was shot to death Wednes-
day afternoon by his brother, A. j.
Pittman, The killing occurred about l
o'clock, in tho reading room of the ho-
tel Calhoun, which is in the rear OF the
Office. The trouble that led up to the
tragedy is not fully known, but from
what was learned shortly after the kill.
ing it is supposed that either money
matters or an unpleasant family affair
was the cause that led to the shooting.
There was no eyt-Titoesses to the
shooting, and just what took place In
the reading room between the dead man
and his brother canaot be stated. They
we're the only occupants Of the room
and had been for some little time, hav-
ing gone there: pre>unablc, to discuss
business matters. Tie curtains of the
reading room, which shut out the view
from the Office, we're partly drawn,
tn ugh the two men could be seen, ST.
ting down in chairs, talking togethe:,
but their presence 10 the room attract
ed no attention whatever, and their con
versation was held in an ordinary con-
versational tone and did not fortell of
the tragedy that took place.
Suddenly the attention Of Mr.. Guy
A. Stoner, the manager Of the hotel,
was attracted by the report Of pistol,
followed in quick succession by four
more shots, all of which came from the
writing room. Manager Stener turned
Pittman over to Police Officer Luby,
who sent him to the station house. Mr..
Pittman did not appear to be much ex-
cited, but for man who had just killed
his brother, was remarkably cool and
collected. The only statement that he
would make was that he did not care to
know the result; that he did it IN self
defense.
The pistol with which he fred the IA
tai shots was new Smith & We5son,
32-calibre. All the shells in the weapon
had been discharged Coroner Rivers
and Deputy Coroner Wariug were noti-
fed and they took charge Of the body
at once. The dead man was found sit
ting in a chair, having been removed by
some one from the floor, where he fell
after being shot. A hasty examination
was made of his body, and it was found
that he had been shot in the back, near
the right side, and under his arm. 1t
is supposed that when he received the
first ball he threw up his arms to pro-
tect himself.
On his person was found heavy
gold watch, telegram from A. j. Pitt
man to \. P. Pittman, sent from Sum-
merville yesterday, saying that he
would meet him today at the Calhoun
hotel between 9 and 10 o'clock, several
letters, a large sum Of money and an
unsigned note for 1000, payable to
himself. These the coroner took charge
of. The inquest will be held tomorro"
and it is expected that there will be
some i'm pcrtant developments.
The deceased arrived in the city last
night from Gouidin's accompanied by
Mr.. J. C Graham They slept togeth
er last night and we're together early
this morning. Mr. Graham stated this
morning that he knew about the troa.
ble. that existed between the deceased
aud his brother, but had no idea 1t
would terminate fatally or he would not
have left them together. He said 1t
! vas fa.cily af4ir. but refused to state
what it was. saying that it was told to
him in conf lence. The dead man was
60 years old and well-known in Char.
lesion. He is man of wealth. he
leaves a wife and ten children. MIR. A.
J. Pittuan, who did the killing, Is
about so years of age. At one time be
was engaged in the cotton business On
Vendue Range. He now lives in Sum
merville. Tue family Of Mr.. \. T.
Pittman have been notified Of his
death,
No weapon was found on the dead
man. On one of the writing tables was
found a small, pearl handled knife.
There was no evide2c: Of a struggle
having taken place. The ink stands
we're in place, asd the chairs and tables
Sere undisturbed, hich would not
have been had there been scrlnmage
Up to few years ago N. J. Pittman
ard A. J. Pittman we're engaged IN the
cotton and naval stores business under
the name of Pittman Bros. About four
years ago they failed, which left MIR. A.
J. Pi.tman in Strengthened clrcum-
stances. Mr.. n. T. Pittman: having
considerable means, it is said, helped
his brother in money matters consider,
ably. 1t is understood that bad blood
existed long tine between the two
brothers over financial matters. 1t is
not known who Mr.. P,ttmal will retain
as council to defend hin.-The State.
Worthy of Soloman.