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

which member of the grand jury
wauted it. He said he would not tell
! him. Richard told him he thought
| he ought to know. He said ne had no
right to tell. Richard told him the
only docket that was ever lost was the
! old docket Richard said he had
| been to Col. Walsh and asked for the
| old docket and the Col. could not find
| it. Afterwards he found it in the
Clerk of Courts Office and it was left
there, and he said to Mr.. Scale, and
you have approved my new docket
/ once or twice since the old docket was
| lost. Mr.. Scale said this had only
been a month or two ago. Richard
said, Mr.. Scale, you are mistaken and
Mr. Scale said Mr.. Folk, am not.
And Richard said we will 60 to Sum-
ter and see Col. Walsh and if he says
am wrong I will yield to it. Mr..
Scale went back in the house and
put on his coat and came out and
Richard said, get in my buggy and
I will drive you to Sumter. He said
he would not, he would go in his own
buggy. The lie was then passed by
both Mr.. Scale and Mr.. Folk. Mr..
Scale said to him, you are IN my
yard. follow me out to the road and
II will settle it with you. Richard
said, you nor any man ever invited
me anywhere I did not 60. He turn
ed around in the road and said to him.
You damn s-of b, will settle it
with you. I then said to Mr.. Scale,
don't have any difficulty, there is no
use of It, When they got to the road
Richard turned his horse toward home
and Mr.. Scale was in the road. He
ran up to Richards buggy and l
jumped out of my buggy and ran up
to Richards buggy. and Mr.. Scale
caught Richard in the collar and said,
You damn s. of b" and struck
him in the month. By that time L
had got to Mr.. Scale and caught him
in the back and tried to pull him
away. from Richard, and Mr.. Scales
two boys caught me and held me back
and Mr.. Scale jerked him out Of the
buggy. He fell on his left hand while
Mr.. Scale had him in the collar, and
he said to Mr.. Scale, don't shoot me,
and the pistol fred. heard only one
fire. saw the pistol in Mr.. Scales
hand. saw Mr.. Scale shoot him.
W. j. Scale, sworn: This morning
I came in from the back of the house.
My father, Mr.. W. FL. Scale. was at
the front gate talking with Mr.. Sam
Folk, who was sitting in his own bug
gy. After few minutes Mr.. Folk
drove off. A short time after that
the phone rang. My father said,
Well, ] am glad You found it. I will
be here all the morning. Then | went
in the back yard again and hitched
my horse to the buggy and drove out
to the front. Found Mr.. Richard
Folk in his buggy talking to my
father. Mr.. Sam Folk was in his
buggy, not exactly between the other
buggy and the gate, but several feet
nearer. Mr.. Richard Folk said, you
saw my docket some time ago. Mr..
Scale said, I did not. Mr.. Folk said,
I will bet $50 yea did. Mr.. Scale
said, I do not care to bet. Mr.. Folk
said, lean prove it by Col Walsh.
Mr.. Scale said no use Of that, you
have your docket at your house and
my Signature is there, if inspected
when you say it was. Mr.. Folk said,
it is there and the date is Aug 1903.
Mr.. Scale added, you said I saw it
two months ago, which I know [ did
not. Mr.. Folk said, we will 90 to
Sumter anyway and see Col. Walsh.
Mr.. Scale said all right sir, l Will
get my coat. He stepped up on the
piazza and some one handed his coat to
him. Mr.. Richard Folk said, you
ride with me- Mr.. Scale said, will
90 in my own buggy and told me to
have his horse hitched up. I told him
to. take the horse and buggy I had.
He told Richard to get the docket and
carry it or to Sumter. Mr.. Folk said,
Z be damned if I propose to show You
tmy docket at all. Mr.. Scale said, I
at all, bat if you use that kind of
language, / will ask you please to
leave my yard, as my wife and chill
dren are in the house there. Mr., Folk
said, God damn it come in the road,
and turned his horses head toward
the road and drove off with Mr.. Scale
walking off in line with the front
wheel Of the buggy. They were talk
ing, but / could not tell what was
said. Mr.. Sam Folk then turned and
drove of behind that buggy and [
walked about FIVE steps behind his
buggy. MIR. Richard Folk said, I'H
be damned if 1 ever back. Mr.. Scale
said, you CAN'T say that ever did,
you damn s. of a b.. They were
then about in the road. Now Mr.
Folk said, if you say, something. [
did not hear what, yo1 are God
damn Liar. My father jumped to the
buggy. Mr. Sam Folk caught him in
the back of the collar and had his
right hand about his hip pocket l
caught him in the throat and knock
ed the hand he bad Oh his pocket
down, jerked him loose and pushed
him up in the cotton field. About
that time Mr.. Scale and Mr. Richard
Folk fell to the ground together.
Sam Folk and myself were in about
three feet of them. When Mr.. Rich
ard Folk fired the pistol my father
was on bis knees and Mr.. Folk was on
his back trying to raise himself in a
sitting position. When the pistol
fred it was in close contact to my
fathers body near his hip. thought
he was slnt until I saw the blood