The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1899-11-22
FURIOUS FIGHT IN MARION.
HAsELD 4N SHOT NEAR as aoME

short while before dark the street
of Sellers, small town in Mario
$ County, became the scepsof seriou
and probably fatal shooting aifray
, Mr.. John 9. Sellers, q pUm'nent anC
+ highly respected citizen OF the town
= was seriously wounded and taken Il
the home Of his son-in.lsw Mr.. Make,
E Watson Mr.. Ben Sellcs was wounded
In the abdomen, DR.. Henry Edward
had load OF bird shot a his chest auC
: j. Dudley Haselden, ncmber of the
State board OF control, had q 3S.cali brc
pistol ball in his leg.
Tho affair seems to bs the culmina.
tion Of q letter supposed to have been
written by Mr.. Ben Sellers to news
paper some weeks since accusing Mr.
Haselden Of dispeusing liquors from
his home, near Sellers.
Monday morning Mr.. Ben Sellers re-
cctved message from Mr. Hasclden
airing him to come oYer TO his gin,
which is located abou, mile from
Sellers, near the Haselten homestead,
| the message saying that he wanted
Mr. Sellers to settle With him for u
number Of bales of cotton which he had
glnned for him some weeks since, and
TO remove mis- cotton seed which was
in way.
Mr.. Sellers went over to MIR. Hasel.
den's st an early hour Tuesday morn
ing and the business between the two
gentlemen was quickly settled, afte"
whicn MIR. Haseiden accused MIR. SCI
lers of oeing the author Of the above
mentioned article. Mr.. Sellers en-
| phatically denied the charge, and soH,e
| hot words followed, each gentleman
| Mr. Haselden drew his pistol, but made
no effort to use it, Mr.. Sellers was un-
armed and said that was no place to
settle the matter.
at this scene were present, bcSiC es
Mr. j. Dudley Haseldcn, his father,
Mr. j. G, Hasclden; his brother, Mr..
l.. M. Haselden; DR.. Henry Edwards
and Aubrey Evans.
That morning shortly after the diff
icuity at Mr.. Haselden's gin house,
Mr.. Hsselden, in company with his
brother, l.. M, Haseldep, Dr. Edwards
and Aubrey Evans, drove In to Sellers,
where they stopped for short while
AND engaged in conversation with sev
cral citizens, and left, it is supDoe
Tor Marion. Nothing more wss seen
OF Mr.. Hasc!den and the gcutlem3r &c.
companying him until short "hiia
before dark, when they drove in from
toward Marion, both buggies stopp n.
side by side on the south end Of the
depot, directly over the railroad
tracks.
at this moment Mr.. Ben Sellers
who bad up to that time oeon 10 the
postot1ice, walked out on the platform,
and as soon rs he appeared he wa
fired Al from The buggy containing Mr.
Hasclden and Mr.. Evans. The bal,
II i,L, Il H.. ST.
tol, struck Mi. Sellers squarely ia the
next shot fired struck Mr.. Sellers in
the left hand, entering between the
second and third fingers, breaking til
thumb and coming out.
Immediately after the second shCi.
Mr.. Sellers pulled his pistol and opene
fire rpOn the occupants OF that buggy.
At this moment the two buggies sep
arated, one going Il short distance NJ
the railroad track and the rear one u
the left, short distance below. Tn,
second buggy contained Mcssrs. Hase!
den and Evans. When the buggy
came TO a standstill MIR. Haseldom gOl
out and walked towards dwelling
house some distance from the platform,
from which point he fired several shots.
Owing to the fact that MIR. John G
Sellers came upon the scene At this
moment, 1T Is not known upon whom
Mr.. Haselden's shots look etGccO.
When Mr.. Sellers rushed out upon
the platform to the aid OF his son, he
drow his pistol and opened FIRE upon
Evans, who was then the only occupant
Of the buggy. The other buggy at that
time contained DR.. Edwards, who was
armed with u rifle. Ho wheeled his
horse back across tho railroad and tn
rifle fell out on the track and was not
picked up until Mr.. Haselden's hands
came back for it, about 20 minutes
later
Mr. John G. Sellers was wounded
with calibre-apparently a rifle
ball, which passed under the left clavi-
ice and came out behind the right
shoulder, and was cut out under tho
spinal column. The third ball entered
the left forearm and came out about
four inches above the point Of entrance.
The negro who witnessed the whole
shooting said Mr.. Luther Nj Haselden
got out Of DR.. Edwards buggy as they
drove up and got on the south plat
form OF the depot. From that side o.
| bullet hole appears in a pane Cf gla.,,
! ranging down towards tho inner off G. +,
and was found on the floor Of the ir ner
office, after having gone through IL
| door.
The prominence of all coucerucj
makes the affair very depioraDo. =
The following are signed sta omehts
from Mr.. j. Dudley Hascldcn aad Mr..
John G.. Sellers E.e5