The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-07-14
KILLING OF JOS. 6. GILMAN
sheFIH Long Shoots Him at his
Door--The Sheriff is ExEon-
Grated by the fury.

EPiihCy Oh the jail, were startled by two
ioud reports in quick succession mt the
Jhi. it was first thought the prisoners
were escaping, but it was soon found
that The Sheriff had shot To death his
deputy, jos. G. Gallman. The news
spread over town Immediately and caus ed
shock 10 the whole community. MANY
or whom could hardly believe II, knDy
ing tnat Tie TWO men were tie best of
iiieilos. Inc sad affair is deplo:el bv
al, al, p!,. posS Diy by none more than the
Siier'il himSeit, ana while everyone be-
,ieVeS IotEih short OF the fear OF 10 sing
h,soWil ne would have caused him To kill
Mr.. Galilnan, he is almost overwhelmed
with grief at the sad occusrence IN.
| sympathy of the entire tommunitv noes
out TO the be. eaved family of the JscenSed
We append the evidence taken nt the
| coroner'S Inquest which gives the details
After the evidence was all in the i,,ry
returned Il verdict of justitiaLle homicide ::
TESTIMONY TAKEN ATTnGCoRoxEn, s
INQUESi.
}. q. Long, ST.. . sworn saws: That on
the morning of the Sth Of July iS9S q
noise awokc me about ) O'Clock ~; nv
door. L opened the door of INV room
III was dark iii my room. Joe Callahan
WAS at the dor. lie sail Give mo the.
crib Keys. handed them t. him IL.
then asked for the jill KEYS. | nskci
nm what he wanted up stairs -tha, h,.
Daa no business up stairs at that time
Gai!nan then said he intended to 90 mn
STAIRS or Kill me. told him not To 90
up stairs, said lie was III no condition
10 so up stairs Gallman then sail if
you don't want he to rid. for Won
uoh care damn. sail chen YOU need
not hc SO short about IL. GaIlman in
SiSled that he would 20 up Stairs. | told
MN he was IN no cold. tion to 90. Gall
,ilaii saiu am going up stairs and pulled
ms pistoi and said dam you--or kill you,
jumped Dlck and picked up my double
p'rreieu shot S'm, at that time Gall
man mad his pistol pointed at me and
S"iu ne was going up stairs or Kill ma
urea ahu Gai!man sail YOU have sho;
me ana intend to kill yon. then
I,reu second Tune, and Gailman fe!, on
Inc piazza ontSiic my room door, pistol
IN MS NI When lie fell. Just before
SloV second lne HAl!maa turned towards
me. When L first Shot lis side was
more towards me, but when lie turned
ana came towards me with his piSto! in
i'iS manu- IS When sh0. tie second time
suppose Gallman, from what lie said
ana uiu. WAS heavily in iiCunr. IL.
never did tha. before. lie las hssp WV,
deputy over three Years and he never
acted this way before, | shut mn the
office about Go'clocl. Joe Gallman was
here at the Office. We had had no fuss
or quarrel. | was surprised whom bp
came to my door so early. did moi
think anything wrong with him nat! il.
sad to me damn YOU il voa donI w,nt
me to ride for you. coulI not under
sttnd what he meant, ai.,. when he kent
insisting on goiHiS1 w staigs, / saw: ulal
j. G. Long.
JAS. G.. Long Jr sworn says: That
Oh lle morning OF Sth of July, walked
up rs usual. went back to sleep again
In a few minutes WAS awakened by
two gun ShJt reports. the two were
nre'ty close together. 1t woke my wife.
| told my wife that the prisoners We're
ont and pa was shooting at them. run
out and met pa. asked him what was
the matter. Papointed out Of the door.
l went out and saw the dead man. |
saw it was ice Gallman lying on tie
front piazza of the Jail just outside OF
pas bed ro)m door | then asked pa
what he did il fol? lie told me lust
what he has told here at the inquest.
His (Joe's) pistol was lying jusJ as it
was seen 10y the jury. did not touch
or move anything about the body or
allow any one else to do so until the
deputy coroner arrived. l called Mr..
Porter and Mr.. Rice.
j. G. LONG. JR.
JAS. j. Porter, sworn says: That he
was in bed this a. m. and heard gun
shot report. | could not locate il at
first. | heard n second shot. | could
then locate it. then got up and looked
over towards the jail saw Sheriff
Long and his son, Jimmy, come out of
the door and look down at something
then go buck in the house. Jimmy Long
called me. | went over to the Jail and
stw it was Joe Galman lying on the
PIAZZA just outside OF Sheriff Longs
bed room door, he was dead | SAW the
pistol lying near body. pistol shown
to witness Iistol looked like this one.
j. B. PORTER.
Drs. Nj. Il. Smith and ). S. Lnder
sworn says: Have just examined the
dead body of Jos. G.. Gallman and find
one wound in the left side of the face
just below the angle of the jaw ranging
towards the right and coming otrt mt
right angle Of the lower lips. We find
another wound OF the left chest entering
below the 9th intercoStal space, severing
the 9th and 7th ribs. The balls passing
through and lodging just beneath the
| the skin to the right of the spinal
column. The instrument used in the
making of said wounds was Il gun of
some kind loaded with several ball.
| These two wounds were the direct cause
| of JOS. g. Gallman's death.
NJ. 7. SMITH,