The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-07-17

, these, and believe he was thorough
patriotic. lie has been much misrer
lcscntcd and consequently much mis-
understood, 1t has been bruitcd al
, the years, the current set IN motion b.
uniriendly tongues, that Ianccy raj
OIL to Alabama immediately after tn
tragedy, as if 10 escape the frowns O
an outraged public, but the facts ar,
that he had been Il resident of Alabama
ior 1ull two years prOr to the uufcr
tunatc affair.
Below is what Mr.. DuBose says, ant
The reader is asked to compare il with
the version which appeared last week
w. a. DICKSON.
Broylcs, S. c., July S, lo0l.
"hlr. lanccy removed his family and
bis slaves to Alabama the year after his
marriage, spent tie winters there in
the oversight of his cotton plantation
ami returned with his family to spend
the summers near Greenvile for the
sake OF health.
"lt would be unnecessary to relate
here with particularly deplorable ac-
cidcnt which bcfcll him, save that, in
the heat of political conflict in after
years, bitter speech was made and
much error was written of it. Early
| IN September, 1898, he rode to the
muster of militia company twelve
miles from Grccnvillc, where, after the
military exercises, ii was expected Il
debate would be held between General
Waddy Thompson and Judge joseph
III.
| House Of Congress. After the debate
ended gentlemen, in cOtcrics, standing
| on the ground discussed the prospects
OF the candidates. Yancey's remarks
so displcased II youth Of seventeen, a
nephew of General Thompson, and
cousin of MIS-. Yanccy, Elias Earle.
that he replied i'll Il rude speech, for
which oifcnce Yanccy boxed his face.
Elias returned the single blow with
one or more strokes Of his riding whip.
l5ystanders at once stopped the diff
culty. Elias became pacitied and Yam
ccy then spoke to HIM kindly, advising
him TO tell his uncle what had been
said, adding Il did not intend TO
:; sat you, Elias, but only to chaslise
your impudcncc | would rather give
yON '''iN va SduulC UOTSc)
than to have personal difficulty with
you DIR. Robinson M. Earle, father
OF Elias, and uncle of Mrs. Yanccy,
several days after the occurrence, and
after he had assured Yancey that if his
son had acted with spirit III the affair
he was content, attacked Yanccy ON
The porch of store al GrccnvIlle with
section Of the handle of a grain era
die rs a weapon. Yancey, al the OUT
set, began to retreat, step hy step, still
facing hls antagonist and warning him
repeatedly, as if reluctant to defend
himself by the use of The weapon he
carried. His bat had been knocked
OF, his shirt bosom torn open and he
had been forced to the extreme edge
of the porch, some two ur three feet
above the ground. lie then fired and
mor.ally wounded his antagonist i'm the
left side. DIR. Earle was six feet high
and weighed two hundred pounds, and
declared on the spot, Had Yancey not
fred | would have easily whipped
him.
"Ihc case was put on trial at the
term OF the circuit court at Grecnvlllc.
The jury brought in verdict Of man
slaughter During the seventeen con
sccutlvc hours IN which the trial pro
Sressed the prisoner retained perfect re-
pose, neither elatcd when the evidence
was In his favor nor Cast down when il
appeared to go against HIM. The uni
Fersal testimony was that Yancey had
never before been in any personal diff
Guilty in Grcenvilc that he was uni
~ l. Ia, l,.,.l
very high sense of personal honor
that he had not prov okcd the trouble
with DIR. Earle thai the knife and
bludgeon that Eaclc carried when the
attack was made were In the hands of
the deceased threatcningly presented
when the shot was fired from Yancey's
pistol.
October 2G, following, the prisoner
was brought before The court, Josiah
j. Evans presiding, for sentence. The
Judge sad the crowded state of the
house indicated an unusual interest IN
the duty before him, and he would de.
part from his ordinary rule of brcvity
in such cases to explain his mind. The
| prisoners department., he said, since
the affray on the muster ground up to
The moment of the difficulty with DR..
{ Earle, was such as was to be expected
from one in his station OF life. No one
could believe that he had gone to that
piazza with any hostile feeling toward
DR.. Earle, or that he carried there the
pistol that was IN his bosom for the
purpose of shooting the unfortunate
deceased. The court could impute to
him no moral guilt. What happened
,hrre seemed to be entirely accidental
and To be attributed to the angry and
excited department of DIR Earle. The
Judge explained further that Mr.. Yan-
csy seemed to have worn his pistol in
Grcenvillc because of habit acquired in
carrying IL while passing through the
Indian country of the West In con-
sideration of this practice the court had
made up it's judgment. The sentence
was 81 800 fine and twelve months
imprisonment in Jail.
Governor Patrick Noble RENTED
two-thirds of the fine and released the
prisoner. Mr.. Yancey then returned
with his family to Alabama"
Maj Perry was not only the editor
. of TIE MOUNTAINEER when Yancey
became involved in this trouble will