The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-04-04


would kill him. Father started home
when John shot him, saying g
d you If that won't do you will |
put another shell in and give you
another load. L went for DIR. Cham
bers. When l returned father was |
dead. Father fell when shot and said |
to mother, II am shot," Father was |
walking towards home when he was
shot. He, father, had the pan handle |
he had taken out Of Williams hand.
He was using it as q walking stick,
Mother was walking with father. III
and my brother were walking behind |
them. John Floyu was down the
road. Mother celled William and |
told him to come out there. William
nor his wife never came out. Fathers |
body was moved to our house. There |
are two paths leading to the public |
road, one turns up the other down.
John Floyd was near the mouth of |
one path, father at mouth of other |
when shot and fell there.
Gross Elk. Kemp and were in tho |
house when father came, S or lOl
minutes later. Don't remem ber |
whether father came in the house |
or not. Father called William out,
wanted to see him and asked him
how much cotton he had out. Will |
liam stood in the door and father was
in the yard when William drew the
| iron on father. Father walked up
| close enough to take the iron out of |
Williams hand. William drew the
iron after father stepped up. Will
liam went back to the fire place and
got the iron after they had been talk |
ing. Kemp and went out of house
before William got the poker. Path
leading from Williams house to the |
public road goes to the right of the |
| garden. Turn to the left after reaching
the road to 60 to fathers house. |
| Father and William were talking
loud and mother came and asked
father to come home with her, she
was scared. Gould not tell what |
father said while talking loud when
mother came. We were going in the
direction Of John Floyd while going
to the public road. Floyd was in the
road down towards his house. John
was 25 feet from father. Will did
not shove father out of the door.
Don't think father was cursing. He
did not have pistol that night.
Don't think there is any path going
to left Of garden leading to the road.
I was not between father and Floyd
when father got shot.
Redirect. Floor one step from
the the ground at Williams house.
Kemp Vaughan-Joe Vaughan's son.
Was at his brother Williams house with
Claude when his father was killed. John
Floyd called to Joe Vaughan saying:
I"COme out here you c. Bald
headed -- I'll blow you brains
out" Stayed with father 5 minutes
after he was shot, then got horse and
went over to Uncle Tom Garner's. Cor
, roborates Claude's evidence.
Cross Elk. Went there with Claude
on visit. Went there once or twice
week. Claude, I, Will and his wife
only ones In the room. Father called
Will to the door. Father asked how
much cotton Will had out, Will said
about bale. 1 came out into the
yard with Claude. Don't know what
they were quarrelling about. Father
wrung the poker from Willis hands and
kept it. He had the poker when he was
shot He had the poker in his hand as
a walking stick. saw both father and
John when John shot. Mother was on
left side of father. Whole family went
down on visit, only one path from
Williams house to the road runs around
right Of garden.
Mrs. Eliza Vaughan-Widow of de-
ceased Joe Vaughan, has nine children;
all but one at home with me. Husband
lcame home with Mr.. Nance about dark.
! My husband eat supper with us. All of
US went down to Williams soon after
eating supper. I Went down to
Williams about ten minutes after Joe
had gone. / went because 1 wan ted to
60. The night was cool but not dark.
Joe was talking to William about his
wife telling tales on him-Joe. They
were disputing. She cOrroboIa ated the
evidence of her son in regard to the poker
and as to the shooting. After Joe was
shot sat down in the road and took
JOe's head in my lap. Here she was over
come with grief and wept. Joe lived
about Is minutes after he was shot. He
never said word to John in reply to his
words. Joe died in my arms, in front
cf Williams house where he was shot
down. John Jones, colored, was the
first one to come tn us. My husband had
on light pants and black jacket, but no
coat, he had no weapons N his person.
except the poker that he had taken from
his son William at the door. He had
not owned pistol in fifteen years, and
had no gun, called William but he nor
his wife did not come to us at all, Will
liam never come to see his father uutil be
was sent for the next day for the in
quest.
: Cross axamined by Mr.. Schumpert;
: Yes, / knew where Claud and Kemp
were going when they left our house
that night, and knew where Joe was
going, I went beause I wanted to 90.