The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-04-05
Hot for the .'Reyrnmes.

h'v'iiuc officers have la,l some very
narrow '>r;ipc> from the bullets Of
inooI>liinci> lately, nn, rs a result Il
warrant was yesterday sworn ont bv
ij"pnt> Collector Il. T.. Oils before.
commissioner Hawthorne charging
Abraham i'lttman, who by The. way is
Il first cousin to the celebrated Eli of
the same surname. with assault with
intent {" Kill upon Raiding Deputy T..
~ Aik'n and Deputies Warner and \.
y. Philips. The shooting orcuri,d on
last Thursday, bnt the matter WAS
kept quiet until yesterday and until
the warrant could be obtained
he trouble. according To he revenue
party. arose ont oi Mrs. plttIII,n'> ; at
tempt toplrvcnt thc arrest of Pittn,an.
Inc party ila,i gone 10 inoonsiinc
still about three miles from IiycrYillc
reported to tlIcnias belonging To \bla-
ham l'ittnlan. They had arrived ut
tIic Srtnc hiu were cutting ii uii Iiiit
destroying the property when woIli;un,
who they aftcrwald learned was Mrs.
iIilnan, appeared on the scene and
picked up Il bucket. MIR. .Aikcn stuck
his "dcvil, Il sort Of llatchct used for
cutting up stills, in another bucket and
pitched It to her, saying. Here. You
can have this, toe, I'h, intuiiatcd
Mrs. llttnIan and il few minutes later
Aiken had his face batllrd in hot beer
sl0ps. He wiped tln. stuff from his
face. striking out with his devil. The
instrument sank into the thigh OF Mrs.
littnan. by this time she WAS red
hot with rage. and although severely.
and. it is reported. seriously wounded,
she violently resisted the officers in
taking away her husband under arrest.
They finally decided to leave him,
rather than bring him with his wife
swinging to his coat tails. When the
party OF officers left Abe said, "I'll give
You the devil for this before you get
out of here" and he did.
Before they had proceeded far on
their horses IL regular ftiscilatlc OF shots
was fired at them from the crest Of Il
little hill and within an ,ncOmfortably
close range. The party had 10 heavy
guns along and decided that discretion
was the better part of valor and didn't
take long in coming t. this conclusion.
They spurlcd their horses and got out
OF that country with all possible speed.
During the entire first mile Of their
preciptous flight shots were fired at
them and during the very first part OF
the journey the ground all about them
was torn up with heavy bullets. They
finally escaped, with no fatalities or
wounds, going toward Saluda, y. G..
About I'LL hour after this, and within
three miles of the other shooting. Dep
nty Collector Il. f.. oils and Deputy
Marshal {. a. Carson were fired upon
i'll what is familiarly known as tile
chinIuapin district of the Dark Corner,
IL few miles from Tigerville. \ shot
was fired and Mr.. Oils duckcd his
head, because his ear had been treated
to the concert of whistlng 45 rifle
bullet. The bullet imbedded itself in
the earth, narrowly missing Mr.. Car
sons foot after it passed MIR Ollis's
head. The officers wheeled about in
their stirrups in the direction of the
report and saw a man drop behind a
great stone with his rifle within $50
yards of them. Two others took to their
heels. Mr.. Carson opened fire with his
Springfield. but apparently without re-
suits. All three escaped through the
wood and after Il long chase escaped.
The officers were returning from the
destruction of IL still the name of the
alleged owner Of which is not given.-
Gyrrnriiic .NcrS, March IS.