The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-11-06
"a. BRUTAL MURDER.
Henry Patrick Shoots and Cuts His
Ssss5 Wife to Death. .,2s...5i

ii;:;5 Wife to Death. ?s..5l
LITTLE ANNIE's TESTIMONY.
sCrazed by Drink, the Infnriated Hus-
band Accuses His Wife Of .Un- #
faithfnlness and Then I,
!. 5s. kills Her.
Bennettsville had a shocking mur.
: der on last Tuesday week, the partiou-
lars of which are most revolving. A
y dispatch to the State says:
A CHASTITY sight met the gaze of
L those who went to the home OF Henry
Patrick, a three-room cottage in the
southeastern portion of Bcnnettsville
near the cotton mill Tuesday morning.
/ On the floor, face downward in a pool
i Of, her own blood, lay the dead body of
/. Mrs. Mary Ellen Patrick with a gun
shot wound just under her left ear and
six gashes made with a knife or razor,
across her throat. In another room
was part OF a bed soaked In blood and
; Two title children, a boy Of 2 and O
4 girl OF 8, seeming not to realize that
their mother had been murdered by
& their father. There is but one known
eyewitness to the tragedy that Is
8 the girl, little Annie May. Her story
Z told 1.-the coroner's inquest today is
!. as follows: was In bed with mamma
asleep and was walked up by the fuss.
Papa was cursing mamma about
note she wrote to Raleigh Stewart.
s Kit Cox told him about the note, he
& cursed Kit and told her IL she didu't
s get out he would cut her brains out
and Kit went out. Mamma was sit
Z. ting up In bed. She told papa to take
that gun away and he shot her. She
y fell down on the bed and got blood ON
my arm. He told her, Damn you
Z and Raleigh Stewart too." He was
cursihg every kind of way and was
standing up by the bed. After he
shot her he pulled her out OF the bed
and dragged her into another room.
Papa and went to a negro house on
Mr.. Capel's place. After he shot
Mamma papa told him If he didn't get
up and make a fire for his little girly
to warm he would shoot his old house
down. The negro brought papa home
and put him in the porch and he went
to sleep. tried. to go to sleep but
couldn't and Mr.. Carpenter came and
(, carried me to his house. Raleigh was
4 here when pa came home last night.
Mamma was writing letter to Raj
eigh and gave it to him herself. Pa
told him If he didn't get away from
here he would shoot his CUTS out"
The collateral evidence gathered from
4 several other witnesses is summed up
B below. -zi.-.s ,-..5 !gl Il.
n III II. IT. Cox a woman about 80
years OLD who recently came here
from! STANLEY county, North Carolina,
! was boarding at Patricks. She said
She had heard no threats or fuss but
left the house because Patrick was
Z. drinking and slept on the floor in an
II unoccupled house the rest of the
n night. She heard the gun few min
utes after she left Patrick's. Two
young men, Raleigh II. Stewart and
Walter S. Carpenter, spent the even
Ing at Patrick's home and drank With
the men and then left again. Car
penter swore that while they we're
there Mrs. Patrick wrote note and
handed it to Stewart. Stewart after
ward handed one to her. The young
man left between and 10 o'clock.
Wnen Carpenter got home he found
z Patrick There and they again drank
together. Patrick left there between
II and 12. Carpenters father said
the gun fired after l.. Soon afterward
Patrick and his little girl came over
and the girl said: "Pa has killed
mamma" Patrick showed Carpenter
his hand and it was bloody. Carpen-
ter sent for the sheriff and he found
Patrick lying at his steps In drunken
stupor. He had to be carried to jail
In buggy and was carried up the
steps. He said nothing about the
killing. Stewart denied knowing
anything about any note. II think
that Is mistake" he said. Il did
not receive any note" Stewart is a
brother OF J. t. Stewart, contractor
for the woodwork on A. j. Matheson's
/, new residence and Is himself at work
on the building. Patrick is a well
known character here. He has been
living until about two months ago on
Matheson street, near the depot. He
was for long time employed by the
Marlboro Wholesale grocery. He is Il
strong, robust man, weighing about
200. His wife weighed little more
than half Of that. Mrs. Patrick was
a daughter Of John o. Sanders, an old
and well known citizen Of Benefits
Vile. Your correspondent saw Pat
rick on Wednesday afternoon and
asked him If he had anything to say
for publication. He said he was very
sorry the accident occurred, but that
1t was purely an accident. II was
loading my gum" he said, ''and it
went off. Mrs. Cox was there when
1T occurred, and think Raleigh Stew
art was there too. Sheriff Green has
my knife and there is no blood on t."
"A Valuable Tree.
1t is reported by consul general
hnf 81. L.