The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-04-13
CONSTADLES SHOOT
CHARLESTON Man.
N. S. Sullivan Was Perhaps Fa-
tally Woundsd---Fight was
at Mt. Pleasant.
The Accounts Conflict, the Con-
stables Claiming That SuIli-
van and Two Negroes
Assaulted Them.
Special to The State.

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company was shot and seriously, per-
haps fatally, wounded in an ARRAY with
State Cocstables j. z. Owens and G..
T. Hudson, which occurred last night
on the steam launch Hornet, between
II and 10 O'Clock on the cove beach at
Mount Pleasant.
The shooting grew out of the capture
of contraband liquor which Sullivan
was conveying from the Clyde wharf
| to q storehouse on the water front.
Two negro men were with Sullivan at
the time, one of whom, it is said,
was also wounded by the constables.
Their names could not be learned to-
day, for neither has been seen since
the affair. Both negroes fed from
| the boat, it is said, when the shooting
commenced.
It is not positively known which
constable shot Sullivan. At the St.
| Francis Xavier infrmary this morn
ing, Sullivan. it is alleged, stated that
he was shot by Constable Owens and
that the negro was shot by Constable
Hudson.
| Sullivan is thought to be in c-iti-
cal condition. He was brought to the
city this morning about 3 O'Clock and
sent to the ;nirmary.
An operation was performed upon
him and it was found that the ball
had passed through his left arm, en-
tered the side and perforated the intes-
tines in six different places. The
bullet was not located.
Constables Hudson and Owens arriv-
ed in the city this morning at $50
O'Clock with 10 gallons of whiskey,
which they had captured from the
Hornet, Sulliyan's launch, having
hired a row boat at Mount Pleasant and
rowed the goods over to Charleston.
Chief Constable Holmes was i'm
mediately notified of the shooting of
Sullivan and the capture of the liquor.
Chief State Constable Hammet was
Informed of the shooting early this
morning by Constable Holmes and he
is expected in the city tonight to make
an Investigation. Constabies Owens
and Hudson, acting upon the advice
of Constable Holmes, surrendered to
Sheriff Martin about II o'clock this
morning and we're sent to Jail to await
furher developments.
The States representative called at
the st. Francis Xavier infrmary this
morning to secure a statement from
Sullivan concerning the shooting. but
owing to his condition the physicians
declined to let him be interviewed.
Az effort was made to learn the
names of the negroes who were with
Sullivan at tie time, but nothing
| could be learned of them. The State
| constables did not know their names
nor what became of them nor had the
police any information as to their
| identity.
Constables Owens and Hudson, when
seen this morning at the headquarters
of the constabulary force, declined to
talk about the affair, but referred the
reporter to Chief Holmes, who made
a statement concerning the shooting
| and what led up to it.
Chief Holmes said that his mon had
| for long time suspected that contra
band liquor was being loaded by boats
from the Cldye wharf, carried to some
point along the river front and deliver
ed to wagons. Last night Constabies
Hudson and Owens we're on duty on
the water front and saw Sullivan aud
two negro men loading launch with
liquor from the Clyde wharf. His
| men were in a small row boat and
they boarded the launch. Sullivan,
instead of delivering the goods, put
out toward sea. How far out they
were carried, he said, he did not
know. Finally the constables COM
PEELED Sullivan to turn back, but in
stead of coming to the city the LAUNCH
| was headed for Mount Pleasant, where
! it was beached.
The constables then took charge of
the launch and commenced to unload
the whiskey, when they were resisted
stables then met the attack by drawing
their pistols and firing. Immediately
after the shooting one of the constables
went off to telephone the chief of the
affair, while the other went TO get a
rope with which to tie the boat.
When the constables returned the
launch was gone with the part of the
cargo that bad not been unloaded.
Constable Holmes said his men could
not tell him what became of Sullivan
and the negroes. His men then hired
a row boat and brought 19 gallons of
whiskey to the city, which they had
captured from the launch.
LEFT SULLIVAN ALONE.
Another account states that after
the firing the negroes ran away and
left Sullivan alone. that resident
of Mount Pleasant, who was attracted
by the noise. learning of his wound,
went to find Dr. Bowen to attend him
but on returning found no trace of
Sullivan or his boat. 1t is also said
that Sullivan brought the launch
across the bay by himself, and, land
ing at his wharf III the city, chanced
to meet friend, who assisted him TO
his house, and not until then did he
secure medical attention. 1t is said
that be told his wife that be was only
wounded in the arm. as be did not
wish to alarm her but be told other
members of his family that he was
shot in the stomach. and they called for
a physician at once.
Sullivan is reported to have said
this morning that be had run into the