The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-08-31

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l had had a talk with Mr.. Eman.
uel and had pointed out the place
in the road where we had the
talk. He says, by God, it must
be Strengthened up; will go over
and get Richard and come back.
I told him to hurry back, I want
ed to knock around a little, and
with that Mr.. Folk drove off.
waiteda reasonable time. The
phone rang and went to it. A
lady answered, I think it was
Richards sister. asked if Sam
or Richard was in to come to the
phone; Sam came, I asked if he
was coming over. He said yes,
wait on US while. Richard
found his docket. I said, I am
glad he has. In about 20 minutes
they came driving up. Richard
in front in his buggy, Sam be-
hind, some 20 or 80 steps behind.
Richard drove up and spoke to
him and asked him to light. He
says no, wanted to see you. He
turned his horse side ways to the
gate. I walked out and put my
foot on the step of his buggy.
Sam drove up and put his buggy
between the gate and Richards
buggy. l noticed that both look
ed a little excited, l paid no atten-
ton to it. Richard says, I came
over here to find something about
these reports about my docket. I
says, have nothing to do with
the reports about the docket. He
cursed again. Then I called
him down and said, ] do not want
to have any fuss with you, but
don't propose to have such talk
before my family. If you will
use such language we will have
to get a little further off from the
house.
Some time ago was iii Sumter,
Richard was there and asked
about his docket, Iwant it before
the Board He says, it is inyour
Office. l I,says, you are mistaken.
He says, I am not, I leftit there.
I says, I will go and make a
search for it, but I am almost
sure it is not there. I looked
and told him it was not there.
He says he could not account for
it. The above occurred in Sum-
ter some time ago.
When. he drove up to the house,
Mr.. Richard Folk informed me
he had his docket there. Then
was when he began to use pro-
fame language, and I asked him
to stop it. l says, we'll Dick. you
can bring it over and | will take
it down and have it examined at
the next meeting. He says, we
are going to Sumter and we will
take it with US. He says, you
can ride with me. l went in and
got my coat, and said I would
go in my own buggy, and he be-
gan cursing again, and said he
refused to go to Sumter and re-
fused to show MS docket. l
said, let's get further from the
house, I don't want my family to
hear this language. lie turned
his horse and started down the
avenue. I walked alongside his
bugg y and in an. angry tone of
voice, said: This is a damn po-
litical dodge. We were then
nearing the mouthof the avenue,
in act of entering road. He turn
ed his horses head slightly to
the left in edge of road. was
standing not three feet from the
buggy wheel. He said, if you
say left my docketiu your office
or lost it you are a God damn liar.
Just as he said, you are liar,
he threw his right hand to his
hip pocket. He was sitting on
his buggy seatleaning forward.
l grabbed him to keep him from
shooting me. was not armed.
It was all done as quick as
thought. I had him in the shirt
front. Justa as I caught him, some
| one caught me in the back OF my
collar. l could not catch his
hand as he was leaning over so,
(indicating), | caught him the
nearest place I could. lie jump
ed out and we both fell. Just as
we hit the ground | heard the re-
port of the pistol. l felt a jar on
my left hip, thought l was shot
I looked in Folks face. | saw
blood coming from his right tenn
pie. AS soon as I saw he was
diSa bled I turned him loose. |