Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-09-22

Kerr livery stable. They de-
scribed the carriage, horses and
mon. Robinson was asked by the
man with the straw hat on where
painter Brown lived. The wit
ness followed the carriage to
KimbalGs stable. While the men
were talking there witness saw
pistol in the pocket of the man
wearing a straw hat. He saw the
man with the straw hat on take a
double barreled shotgun out of
the surry. They woke up Wal.
ter Mills, alias Walter Coleman,
who stays at the stable, pointed
the gun at him, and they made
Walker put on his shoes and got
in the buggy and they drove off
with him, going eastward on Main
street.
Walker Miller: About 1890,
he thought, two white men. and a
colored driver came to- the Kim
ball stable and woke him up
After asking about feed, &c, the
man with a straw hat on, who
had gun, said, come out; | want
to see you a minute. I started
and he threw his gun in my face
and [ knocked it down. He said.
come on; l want to ask you some
thing, but he went back into the
room and did not get in the buggy
and 60 off with the men.
Geo. Robinson, being recalled,
says he was not right at the
stable; that he heard the man
command Mills to get in the bug
gy and thought he did so. ..
Pride Ratterree: Paul Bratton
was in my room at the Carolina
Hotel last night. | was asleep
when he came in MY room. /
judge that it was 1 oaclotk. He
asked me where Brown lived. .. |
told him that he.livQd. ...about a
mile and "a half in the blackjacks
and that it would take week to
find him. He said there had been
some fuss in the family Of a del
icate nature and he did. not Seem
to want to talk about it. He did
not seem to be excited. | told
him Brown lived so far from town
because thought he might want
to get up fuss and | thought to
throw him off the track.
At this juncture the inquest
was adjourned until 10. o'clock
Sunday morning, as the coroner
had other witnesses he could
not produce then.
Sunday morning when the
coroner and the jury reassembled
Will Caldwell, the colored dri-
yer of the carriage referred to
III the testimony the day before
was produced and sworn. = He
testified that he droXe a carriage
for Glenn Il Allison from York
vile to Rock, Hill Friday night,
and that Paul Bratron and his
brother, John S. Bratton, were
in the carriage. He said We
came to Rock Hill just as the
town clock was striEing'12 12." l
left the hack at the stable. MI.
Paul went to the hotel. | went
to Jim Massey's to get some tea
but he was asleep. AS ! came
back from Massey's | met Mr..
Jenkins, the policeman. | talk
ed to him little bit and went
on to the stable. We all got
into the hack, and drove around
the right of the graded school.
Then we came back and drove
J around the other ssr6et, and
stopped at an old black woman 5
house. Don't know who lived
there. Then we stopped at a
white man house. Don't know
who he was. Then we. drove
down further and stopped in
the road. Then they went. up
to a house. | sat in the hack.
After they had gone up there
about five minutes heard two
shots. Then they came back
and got in the hack and we left.
The pistol shots seemed to be in
house. l was about 100 yards
from the house. 7 saw a colorcd
man going to the house before
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