The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1905-08-23

SAID Catoc, up TO the time Of his
;.GaiA, cherished animosity toward
the said c. +. Bateman, on ac-
count of the fact that the said
Batcman had imprisoned him
durina the Christmas holidays for
violating an ordinance of the town
Of kcrshaw.
"Dcponcnt is informed that
SAID Catoe attempted to shoot
said Batcman in the back at a
time when Batcman was not ex
Pectlng any trouble, and was only
prevented from SO doing by the
interference ofMr. J. r. Belk;
that on the night Of August. 8,
1905, Catoe was very drunk,
which fact deponent noticed when
he saw him sitting on the steps Of
J. M. Carson & Co.'S store, as
above stated.
MIR. rKUESDEL'S AFFIDAvIT.
Animportant affidavit was made
by i. l.. Truesdel, as follows:
That he was present the night of
August s, 1905, when A. left
Gregory arrested and placed w.
/. { at oc IN t h guard
house / II the town Of Ker-
shaw, ). c., and that at the time
said Catoc was very drunk. That
the arrest was made a very short
time after the shooting. That
while SAID Catoc was being carri
ed to tho gaurd house by said
Gregory and S. +. Hough, dcpo-
nent was walking Immediately be-
hind them, as they crossed the
street, and noticed that Catoe had
a pistol i'll his right hand pants
pocket That deponent took said
pistoI from Catoc and very few
minutes afterwards examined same
and tDund that one Of the cartrid-
ges had been snapped. said cart
ridge showing an indentation made
by contact with the plunger."
Dr.. E w, Halle, practicing
physician, Of Kershaw, also makes
.,frsNi itthat Eatoe was very drunk
the night he was he was shot.
An affidavit in yesterdays pro.
cecdings by J. H. Watson, one
OF the eye witnesses, contains full
Ter particulars Of the killing than
ne gave in his testimony at the
inquest. 1t is as follows: That
on the 10th day Of August, 1905,
dcponent testified before the coro-
ncr's jury, at the inquest held ov-
CT the dead body Of w. T. Catoc,
as follows: We were at Mr. Ca
toes store, Cato went for a sack
for us to go snipe hunting"-that
was between 8 and 9 o'clock at
night. That deponent went to
Catoe's store on that occasion for
the purpose Of getting musical
instrument he had left there. That
Catoc was very much under the
influence Of liquor, and insisted
that deponent and J. T. Davis
drink with him, which they did.
That Catoe had frequently before
this time been at Catoe's store at
night, when he, Catoe, would be
under the influence Of whiskey,
and had at Catoe's invitation and
lnsistence taken too much whis-
key. That some time during the
week. previous TO the shoting de-
ponent heard Catoe say to J. T.
Davis that he, Catoe, intended to
kill A. Jeff Gregory, or Gregory
would finish him, Catoe. That
when doponent found that Catoe
was taking his gun with him the
night of the shooting, he asked him
not to carry it. Catoe replied,
'Yes,I will.take it, as might have
to shoot snipe.'
FEARED TROUBLE.
That deponcnt wanted to go
home, fearing trouble between
Gregory and Catoc, but when he
said to Catoe he was going home
Catoe said, no, and deponcnt was
actually afraid to attempt to leave,
tearing Catoe would shoot him.
That deponent is I8 years Of age.
That he has been with w. T.
Catoe on several occasions while
under the influence Of whiskey,
and knows that he was in the ha-
bit OF acting in disorderly man
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