The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-09-13
| AN OBJECT LESSON.
Story of a Bloody Fight and Many
Wounds.
FOUR HUMAN BRUTES
Who Would No ,Doudt Shake the
Faith of the New England

line OTkV1llC correspondent VI tuS
News and Courier says if delegation
Of those New Emglanders who seem to
have such implicit confidence in the
virtue, honor end humanity Of the or
dinary Southern Negro had been in
Yorkville last Monday afternoon it is
very probable that their faith would
have been shaken, to say the least. It's
more than probable that they would have
admitted that there were at least three
that were brutes, pure and simple, that
is if they are as honest as they profess
to be. Thg reader may judge by the
following story whether OF not the fore
going observations are justified:
Lizzie Adams, a Negro woman OF
doubtful character, lives in shanty on
the outskirts Of town, where whiskey OF
the blind tiger variety is supposed to be-
sold, and gambling is reported as being
the favorite pastime. On Monday at
ternoon Lizzie had a visitor, viii Jones,
Negro, when Adam Mckinney, Alph
Massy and another Negro "just dropped
in" They talked pleasantly at first,
but presently became abusive.
Mckinney applied an epithet to
Jones that called out the remark:
adam, ought to kill you for that.
Mckinney replied: "Do it, and Thea
talk about it, and he at once advanced
on Jones with a knife in his hand,
threw his other arm around Jones neck
and stabbed him. Massey undertook to
separate them, and Mckinney got hold
of Massey and raked his knife through
Massey's shoulder. While Mckinney
and Massey were struggling Jones got
his pistol.
In the meantime Massey had broken
away, crying: ''Send for the doctor;
1 am killed" He got out Of the house,
and Jones fred at Mckinney twice,
one ball taking effect in the left shoul-
der and the other in the head. While
Jones was firing Mckinney rushed up
on him, slashing him with his knife.
They clinched and fell to the floor,
where Mckinney continued to hack
until satisfied. He then got up and
left, leaving Jones where he had fallen.
He went outside the house, which then
had the appearance Of a slaughter pen,
sHore and stormed for time and then
went away.
The knife used was a large one, hay-
ing blade q to 8 inches long. Jones
pistol was cheap one, Of 32-calibre,
not calculated to do a great deal.of ex-
ecution. The wound Of Alf Massey,
which commenced near the point of the
left shoulder blade, extended round to
about the front of the left arm, dis
tance Of about eight inches and reached
to all bones in its course. He walked
nearly a mile down to the Court House,
where he met DR.. W. G. White, who
took him in his buggy, carried him to
his Office, where he and DR.. Mcdowell
dressed the wound. Twenty odd stitch
es were necessary to close the gap. The
Negrero was very weak from loss Of
bloom, but is reported as being on the
road to recovery.
Will Jones wounds, which are more
numerous than those of Massey, were
dressed at the house Of Lizzie Adams
by DR.. NJ. j. Walker. One wound PEN
etrated his lungs and another almost
severed his head. It is the opinion Of
the doctors that his chances for recov-
cry arc rather slim, but so far be is get
ting along apparently about as well as
al ordinary human being would with
cut finger.
Mckinney was captured on the prem
ises of Mr.. W. B. de Loach, by Police
men Love and Rose. He was lodged in
jail, where DR.. Walker cut bullet out
Of his shoulder. He has wound on
his head, but it has more Of the appear
ance of having been made by blud-
geon than bullet, but it is possible
that il was made by bullet, as one
that was slightly fattened was found on
the floor of the house where the fight
occurred. The prisoner is apparently
in as good condition as before the bat
tie.