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

Nrns und fouric,..

while before du-h thi, evening the
streets Of Sellers VA, the scene Of Il
serious and probably fatal shooting
aiiray. he r"-u; Of which Is Mr..
John 6 >'llcrs. Il prominent aud
lielily r. rcrici citizen of the town,
lic- ,,f.ou~ly wonuicd a, the home Of
his son ia law, Mr.. Massey Watson.
Nh Hru >rlw, j. wuundcd in the al
donrs. Henry Edward, has load i
biii hot in his chest, and Mr. u
i'uiloy lii~ohcn, late chairna4 of
the state hoard Of control, la, Az
calibrc pistol ball in his leg.
The unfortunate aifar-,epi~, l., have
been the elimination Of i !etcr -np-
posed to haze been wiii,u - Mr.
Ben Sellers to the state lucwsparcr)
some weeks since. accusing Mr.. LA
scldcn of dispensing liquor from his
home near this place
Yesterday morning Mr.. Ben sellers
received message from Mr.. IIascl
den, asking him To come over to his
gin, which about mile from here,
near the lIascldcn homestead, the
mc>-ag saying tha, lie wanted Mr..
Sellers to settle with him for Il mum
ber Of bales Of cotton which lie had
.inncd for him some weeks since. and
to remove his cotton seed, which was
in the way. Mr.. Sellers wen, over to
Mr.. llascldcn at IN carly hour this
morning. and til" business was quick
iy s,t'l., .ii..r .!.ich Mr.. lIascldcn
accr~ 4 .lr Srllrs Of being the au
thor - -. above mentioned article.
Mr.. Sellers cmrhatically denied the
charge and some hot words followed,
both men abusing each other. At
this juncturc Mr. lIascldcn drew his
pistol, but made no effort to use it.
Mr.. Sellers was unarmcd and said that
was no place to settle the matter. At
the scene were present besides Mr.. j.
Dudley Ilascldcn, Mr.. IIascldcns
father, j. &. lIascldcn, his brother,
Mr.. l.. NJ. Ilascdcn, DR.. Henry Ed
wards and Aubrey Evans.
This morning, shortly after tic diff
EEculty at MIR. IiascIdcn's gin house,
Mr.. Hascldcn, in company with his
brother, l.. NJ. lIascldcn, DR.. Ed
wards and Aubrey Evans, drove into
Sellers, and stopped for Il short while
and engaged in conversation with sew
cral citizens and left, it was supposed
for Marion. Nothing more was seen
Of Mr.. Hasclden and the gentlemen
accompanying him until short while
before dark: when they drove in from
toward Marion, both buggies stopping
side by side on the south end of the
depot and directly over the railroad
tracks.
At this moment Mr.. Ben Sellers,
who had been in tho postofficc, walked
out on the platform. AS soon as he
appeared he was fired at from the bug
,gy containing Mr.. Haselden and DR..
Evans. The ball, which was from
3S-calibre pistol, struck MIR. Sellers
squarely in the stomach, going up
ward. The next shot fred struck Mr..
Sellers in the left hand, entering be-
tween the second and third fingers,
breaking the thumb, and coming out.
Immediately after the second shot Mr..
Sellers pulled his pistol and opened
fire upon the occupants of that buggy.
At this moment the two buggies
separated, one going short way up
the railroad track and the rear one
going to the left short distance be-
low. The second buggy contained
Mcssrs. Hasclden and Evans. When
the buggy came to standstill Mr..
Haselden got out and walked towards
a dwelling house some distance from
the platform, from which point he
fired several shots. Owing to the fact
that Mr.. John c. Sellers came upon
the scene at this moment, it is not
known upon whom Mr.. Hascldcn's
shots took effect. Mr.. Sellers rushed
out upon the platform to the aid of
his son, and drew his pistol and open
cd fire upon Evans, who was then the
only occupant of the buggy The
other buggy ut that time contained
only DR.. Edwards, who was alone,
with rifle. He wheeled his horse
back across the railroad and the rifle
fell out on the track and was not pick
ed up until Mr.. Hascldcn hands
came back for it, about twenty min
utcs later, and Mr.. John G. Sellers
was wounded with a 44-calibrc, appa-
rently rifle ball, which passed under
the left collar and came out behind
the left shoulder. Another bullet Of
the same calibre entered behind tho