The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1903-07-08
GAVE HIMSELF UP.
A Man Convicted of Killing His
Brother Admitted to Prison.
STORY OF THE CRIME
Pinckney w. Hutto Gives Himself Up
Aftci Supreme Court Has
Denied His Motion for
New Trial.

| New Irlat.
The State says Pinckney w. Ifutto,
convicted of having taken the life OF
his brother, Il. Worth Hutto, came to
Columbia Tuesday and entered upon
servitude of three years in the State
prison. The brand of Cain is upon his
brow, but with an earnestness which
is impressive he begins his life as a
convict with the declaration that he
| is innocent. His curious story is per-
haps without a parallel, and il il be
true, as every evidence indicates, he
has been sinned against rather than
being the sinner.
According TO the story OF Pinckney,
or Plum" liutto, aS he was a called
10y his neighborS, Worth HuttO was "A
dangerous man and had been getting
into a good many scraps. Indeed he
had made way with what little prop
erty he had had, and Plum" Hutto
had given him work i'm Il wheelwright's
shop at Norway. But Worth Hutto
kept up his drinking and other m iScon-
duct 10 such an extent that the older
brother was forced To discharge him
at the end of Il years employment.
IN a DANGEROUS MOOD.
The very next day Worth Huttu
went 10 Livingston, the nearest dis
penSary town, and after nightfall came
back To Norway in a very dangerous
mood. Going To the home of his older
brother he abused him terribly and
Plum liutto with the assistance of
bis grown son, s. j. Hutto, got the
bad brother out OF the house The
latter brought Il shot gun with him. ii
seems, and left 1t on the portch, for as
soon as he got out OF the house he fired
the shot gun by the window OF pinck-
ney Hutto's house. The latter, after
he had placed his wife on the right
way OF the Seaboard Air Line railroad,
where he seemed to think she would
be safe from the wild range OF the
young brother, went in search of the
town marshal.
When Pinckney Hutto and the mar
Shal arrived, the latter went to the
home OF Worth Hutto about so yards
from the home of The -olderA brother.
In response TO the calls of the mar
shall, Worth Hutto appeared in the
doorway with his double barrelled shot
gun. He was heard to exclaim, 81
will get those fellows now," and there
upon fired. Pinckney Hutto, fearing
that the marshal would be killed,
threw up his right hand in gesture
of imprecation to his brother
PINCKNEY HUTTO WOUNDED.
The gun was fired just at that mo-
/ mont a nd hn rral .,l 60,
Pinckney Huttu's right hand, Is small
shot taking effect. The latter was
standing at his own gate considerably
in the rear Of the town marshal who
disappeared from the scene about that
time. The craZed brother advanced
with his shot gun and fired again.
| The second shot struck Pinckney Hut
TO fairly in the breast but on account
of the distance and on account of the
thickness Of his vest, none Of the shot
entered his body.
Still advancing threateningly.
Worth lIutto made another attempt
to take his brothers life, emptying
both barrels OF his gun at short range,
but the older brother escaped further
hurt than the disabling Of his right
| hand.
4 TRAGIC SCENE.
| 1t was tragic scene. The older
| brother is now 81 years old, and was
at that time nearing 80, man quiet
almost to gentleneSS with repu-
tation for being peaceable and law
abiding and lawfearing citizen. He
is small and frail and disabled as he
was no match for his brother, a Her
culeS in strength, towering q feet 1
and weighing 240 pounds, one OF the
most reckless and most powerful men
in that whole country.
Almost at the feet OF the two broth
erS lay the wife of the wounded man,
groveling in the snow in her anguish
and mingling her screams with the
convulSive wailing OF her terrified lit
tie one who just moment before had
been held in the fathers arms with
its head under his coat to shut out the
noise aud the sight of the encounter
which had been expected between the
the town marshal and the Younger
brother.
II was amid such scenes Of excite
ment that the fatal shot was fired
Up TO this point Hutto'S narrative is
indeed convincing. But as to the cli-
max Of the situation he speaks rather
evaSivcly, declaring each time that he
is questioned that he is innocent.
and, being innocent, that he will suf-
fer an unrighteOus condemnation.
THE FATAL SHOT.
He declares that his brother, having
exhausted his supply OF gun shells,
reached in his right front trousers
pocket for his revolver. There was
some delay in getting the weapon out
and the latter was accidentally dis
charged, the fire from the pistol indi-
eating that it had been pointed i'm the
direction taken by the fatal bullet
Hutto declares that he thought tC
himself at the time that il his brother
had not wounded himself he had come
very near it. The bullet went in neal
the right side OF The abdomen and
ranged across, perforating some of the
inteStines. When this shot was fired
Worth Hutto got his pistol out OF hi,