The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-08-03
DIED OF HIS WOUNDS.
Gave Name as Bud Madison Nc
Cloud of Star, n. C.
BIS DYING STATEMENT IN FULL

BIS DYING STATEMENT IN FULL
Tramp Declared Before Death that
He Gave No Provocarion, but
from What He Says His
Mind Is Affected.
I'VE clip the following from the
Aiken correspondence to the State,
which says:
On Sunday afternoon the passenger
traio from Trenton brought badly
wounded white man from Eureka sta.
tion, II miles from Aiken, who was In
charge of Mr.. G. p. Seigler, who
stated that the stranger was shot by
Mr.. NJ. W. Hudgens on the afternoon
Of the day before. He died Thursday
morning about 35 o'vlJck.
The man was brought to the jail
and DR.. Chas. Toole, the county ply
sician, and Dr.. H. T. Hall were sum-
moned to attend him. Why the man
was shot could not then be learned.
The physicians examination showed
that ne was sufferir ( from two gun
shot wounds, one in me right thigh,
and one in the small CT the back, and
both we're declared can.
The man was told Of hisse ious con
dition and was advised that II he had
a statement to make be had better
make it. His dying statement and
other statements in the presence OF
witnesses were ia eff ct as follows:
Ills rame is Bud Madis2n McLoud,
10 years OF age. Has recently re
turned from Bullock county, Georgia,
where he had been at work. Was
born and reared in Star, Montgomery
county, North Carolina, and his fa-
ther, Calvin McCloud, a brother and
several sisters are now living at that
olace. He has been tramping for
some time and recently came into
Aiken county, and last Saturday be
was very hungry and seeing man II
the read near Eureka asked him where
be could get work and something to
eat. The man directed him to a
house nearby (Mr. Hudgens' house.
and he went there and asked tie lady
of the house if her husband was at
nome as man told hin to 60 there,
and he could get job. The lady
told him that her husband was in the
orchard and would be back shortly.
He told her he was hungry and asked
ner if she could give him some dinner,
and she told him that she had nothiog
ready to eat, but she would cook him
some dinner. This was about 5
o'clock in the afternoon.
SAT ON DOORSTEP.
McLoud said that be went around
the house and sat on the dco:st"p
He heard the lady bustling around in
the kitchen until about 10 minutes
before her husband came up. When
he first saw Mr.. Hudgens the latter
was coming towards him rapidly,
cooking his gun as he ran. McLoud
jumped to his feet and before he could
say a word Hudgins fred and wound.
ed him in the right thigh. McLond
then turned and ran through the
house, and Hudgens Ian elise up be-
hind him and shot him d second time,
the charge taking effect in the back,
and he fell upon the floor.
Hudgens dragged him out Of the
house on to the ground and sent for a
buggy, and be and another man who
came with the buggy carried him to
Eureka. McLoud's head sank upon
his breast from weakness, and Hudgens
said: Hold up your head, I didn't
mean to shoot you so bad. :"
McLoud said that be did not say
anything to Mrs Hudgens that would
alarm her, and did not see her again
after she went into the house to pre-
pare his dinner. He stated that he
didn't know why Hudgens shot him,
as Hudgins didn't say anything to
him when he came up, and be looked
like a good, kind man and treated
him well a'tsr he was shot.
McLoud seemed to be OF simple,
illiterate type and had peculiar no:
tions. For instance, he stated
that the wanted the doctors to
hurry up and get him well, as he had
a lot to do. He stated that the Lord
gave him a little wheel in his head
that worked up and down a little post,
and when people treated him right
the wheel would run up to the top OF
the post, and when people were not
treating him right the wheel would
run down the post, and by this means
he could always tell when be was in
danger. He said that while out in
Georgia the people pestered him so
much and would not let him work,
and that fnalig the wheel ran away
down in his head, and ne had never
been able to use it since. He said
that when be lost the influence OF the
wheel he lost his only chance OF edu-
cation and the opportunity to make a
man of himself, and that otherwise he
would have made a good doctor or a
good LAWYER. He said that il he had
not lost the wheel in his head he
would have known what danger he
was in on Saturday aft:rnon and could
have avoided being shot. At the
time McLoud was telling this be was
not delirious, and it was probale bis
real estimate Of his mental capacity.
GIVES HIMSELF UP.
Mr.. Hudgens went to Aiken Wed
nesday afternoon, accompanied by his
uncle. Mr.. NJ. F. Wharton. Mr..
Hu5gens is young man 20 years OF
age, bears an excellent reputation and
conducts himself well.
His evidence was given clearly and
frankly. He regretted the tragedy ex-
ceedingly, but seems convinced that
his acts were those OF man protect
ing his life and his home. He is ma
tive OF Laurens, where his mother and
family now live.
He is nephew of Col Wharton OF