The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-22
A BRAVE POLICEMAN KILLED.
His Drunken Assaiiant is Fatally
Shot by Another Ofncer.

His Drunken Assailant is Fatally
Shot bv Another omoer.
a dispatch to The State says ter
fible affair took place Tuesday night
IN Greenviile in tho vicinity OF the
Southern railway on Washington
street and Immediately adjacent to
Wilson'S beer dispensary on Cooke
street, In which Policeman j. p.
tucker was mortally wounded by Ellis
Sanders, who in turn was fatally shot
oy Policeman u. j. Brown, whom San
GERS Slightly wounded in the thigh.
| Polceman Tucker died Wednesday
evening. The shooting took place On
| King street near the corner Of Cooke.
where the beer dispcnsary is located.
and over which Sanders had a room.
lie was night watchlnan OF the South
ern railway.
The origin Of the trouble was the
arrest OF negro woman by Policemen
tucker and Brown in the afternoon,
which incensed Sanders on account of
his relations with the woman, and he
procured her release On bail at the CITY
hall. She is notorious woman. and
was arrested for being drunk and dis.
orderly.
Just before 8 o'clock Tuesday night
Brown and Tucker left the home of
the latter on Hampton avenue and
went In the direction of the railroad
station, which was their beat, and on
reaching the corner Of Cooke street
they were accosted by Sanders, who
was under the influence of liquor, and
he cursed tLem for arresting the negro
woman.
Tucker expostulated with Sanders,
saying they were obliged to make the
arrest, and talked in quiet manner
TO Sanders, who pulled his pistol from
underneath his overcoat and fired dir
ectly at Tucker in q few feet of him,
the ball entering the abdomen and
cutting the intestin9s IN Is places be-
sides making three inch incision of
the bladder. Sanders turned bis pis,,
tol 1stantly upon Brown and inflicted
a slight wound in his thigh, by which
time Brown began firing at Sanders,
striking him In four places, one woun6
in the breast and another ia the
stomach, either Of which would prob
ably prove fatal.
MIR. Tucker did not use his pistol at
all, Ind said that bis wound threw
him at once off his balance, but he
coul1 have returned the fire In few
seco Ids afterwards only that the
shoe ting was over in such short time
that there was no occasion for 1t. He.
was taken at once to his home, where
several physicians lad been sum.
moned, and it was decided to take
him without delay to DR.. Blacks
sani iarium.
Sc nders went to his room over the
beer dispensary and climbed the stairs
with the assistance of negro man,
going straight to his bed and was
lying down when, the Shorthand phy-.
hours he was also taken to 8 Blacks
sani 5arium. sIt is hardly possible that
he can rally from bis wounds, and his
death Is expected at any momor-.
Sanders fired only the two shots and
dropped his pist i when Brown opened
on him With five shous, four of which
took effect, as already stated. San
ders had cartridge belt around his
body and another pistol was in his
bed. He was desperate man, and
about year ago tried to shoot Chief
Kennedy in front Of the police station
the chief narrowly escaping, wound
similar to the one Tucker received
Tuesday night.
No man on the police force was
more dreaded than Tucker by the
criminal class, as he was fearless and
untiring In the suppression OF crime,
and was gifted with the natural in
stinct of detective, which made him
very unpopular with evildocrs OF every
kind. He was universally esteemed
by the community, and there is gen
eral sorrow at the fatal termination Of
his wound.
Policeman Tucker died at 3 O'Clock
Wednesday afternoon, meeting his
fate bravely and fearlessly and telling
his children it was all right with him
In the other world, where he would
meet their mother, who died II years
ago. The funeral was held at 4 o'clock
Thursday afternoon In the First Bap-
tist church OF which he was q mem
ber.
The brave officer was about so years
old and had been on jhe force II years.