The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-05-16

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p:ssza Of tie girls boarding hall cf tie
fitting school, facing OF the campus;
saw Mr. Joe Brown drive up the street
from toward Railroad avenue, turn the
corner, and stop his buggy in front OF
Mr.. Johnsons gate. In few minutes
Mr.. johnson came out of the house
towards the buggy with gun in his
hand; the impression made on the de-
ponent was that he was going hunting.
The deponent then saw Willie Bel
linger in the path leading diagonally
across the path to his fathers house.
He had paper in his hand. MIR. john
son did net stop at the buggy, but
walked rapidly across the road that
runs in front of his house to the tcle-
graph pole in front Of Mr.. Bellingers
lot, aud as MIR. Bellinger turned into
the short path leading to his house, the
deponent, fearing something would hap
pen from the manner in which Mr..
Jthoson was carrying the gun in his
hand toward Mr. Bellipger, went to the
hall door to go into the piazza when
she heard a loud report, as of gun,
followed by several pistol shots, and,
looking back, saw Mr.. Beilinger falling
with his pistol in his hand, shooting.
The loudest report was the first. Miss
Verbena Brabham was with me on the
piazza at the time. I could not tell
whether the first loud report was one
gunshot or two simultaneously. twas
as two barrels discharged almost to-
getber. After Mr.. Jcho oson shot and
Mr.. BelIinger fell, Mr.. Joe Brown drove
up By Mr. Bellipger, looked at him. and
drove of.
Miss Yerbena Brabham, daughter Of
Dr.. r. G. Brabham of Hawthorne, an
mother student, said that last Friday
morning she was on the front piazza
of the hall (upstairs), with Miss Lulie
Bamberg, little after 10-half after
when she saw Mr. Brown drive up and
stop in front of Mir. Jchnson's front
door. mir. johnson walked out in a
hurry with his gun, and from where [
vas standing, on the end Of the piazza,
l had a side view Of him, and he went
near the telegraph post. 1t did not
seem to be exactly behind it from where
was. He was carrying the gun in his
hands and raised it in bury, stopped
second ard shot Mr. BelliDger had
his paper in his hand, and I saw him
pull his pistol as he was falling, and
shot twice, | think, [ am sure Mr.. John
son shot him down before he drew his
pistol. did not leave the piazza until
after the crowd got there. When MIR.
johnson came out of his yard he did
not touch the buggy, but went by it in
hurry" The above statements are
sustained by Nathaniel NJ. Sslley, a
teacher of the fitting school; James l..
Cleckley, F. E Dlbble and L. o..
HERS, particularly y as to the loud report
coming first.
James Grant said that he is between
"A and Is years Of age, a native Of
Charleston, and moved to Bamberg
about the first of last November; that
last Thursday afternoon he was asked
by tall white mau, unknown to him.
who was standing by the artesian well
to 90 to the hardware store and get him
box Of loaded buckshot she'll, and
gave him so cents to buy them and 5
cents to get some 80 calibre, centre fire,
pistol cartridges. - went into Mr..
Brokers store and told the clerk what
I wanted. He gave me some buckshot
loose aud some pistol cartridges, as re-
quested. I went and gave them to the
man who asked me to get them. he
sent me back the second time to get
some loaded shells for the gun. This
time | got some loaded shells and re.
turned the loose buckshot. The sales
man who waited on me was Mr. Hooten
Fielder. The man told me to tell Mr..
Fielder man at Mr.. Counts store
wanted them. don't knoE who the
man talking to me was"