The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-06-28

the fuss, and would shot him.
Ali Roof went down to the railroad
and knocked upon the depot. Alf
had his pistol. / had my pistol and
my gun. Mr.. Reed was in the store,
and was hammering as if he was
opening some boxes or something OF
that kind When he heard the noise
of .Alf Roofs knocking, he came to
the door-to the side door at the
back end of the store near the CHM
ney. | was standing inside the cot
ton patch, by the fence near the gate
about 80 feet from the store house.
Mr.. Reed came to the door and open
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ed the door. and | shot him. | fired
once. | aimed off hand at the white
breast OF his shirt. Then MIR. Reed
fired with his shot gun. Then / fired
again. Then he bursted a cap on the
other barrel OF his gun, but it did not
go off. Then Mr.. Reed slammed the
door shut. / then went off, looking
for ALI Roof. l went around the
depot, and down the railroad as far
as the switch. | then came back, and
went up the path through the cotton
patch. l then came down along the
fence inside the cotton patch. as far
as the road that leads to the store,
looking for ALI Roof. / then went
back along the fence, the same way
that I came, to the path, and then
came down the path to the store. When
| got to the store, l stood there 5
or 10 minutes, I then took the no
ton tc go home without going into
the store. l took up TIE path leading
through the cotton patch towards the
Academy. i went up the path to the
fork, and took the right hand path,
and went up as far as MIR. Hollo-
ways old gin house, thinking that
l would go home. l thought Ali Roof
had gone home and l would go too.
I stopped at the gin house and con-
suited with myself, and not feeling
satisfied, l came down the path to
the store. When | came to The store.
I went TO the door where l had shot
Mr.. Rood, and pushed the door open.
l saw ~. Reed lying inside Of the
door as lad, with his gun between
his legs. with his hands holding the
barrel of the gun. then pulled the
door shut. and walked around the
depot ward and whistled a time or
two for Alf Roof. I got no answer
from him. and l went back to the
store and l set my gun down,
pulled my shoes off, and set gun and
shoes down beside the fence near
the back door. | went to the door,
pushed it open and went in. MIR.
Reed lay near the door. slightly on
his right side, with his feet towards
the door, and three or four feet from
the door sill. I took the keys out OF
his right pocket-a bunch OF keys
and the safe key-put the bunch OF
keys back into his pocket. / then
went into the store, unlocked the
safe. took the money out. all that I
saw in the safe and gold watch. |
had the candle that was burning on
the mantel-piece. l shut the safe and
locked it, leaving the key in the safe
| then got some splinters Of light
wood that were already split on a
box near the door. | lit them with the
candle, put them on one side OF the
shelf. by the partition door that leads
from the store to the back room. |
put the candle on the mantelplece
and left it burning; then l went out
and pulled the door shut. | went on
out and got my shoes and gun and
went on home. | went up the path
BY the old gin house towards the
Academy. When | got home no one
was there but my wife: the others
had left for the fire. The lire had
commenced 70 show through the ROOT
when got TO the Academy. | went