The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-05-23
Clark, hiding In the shrubbery,
ired point blank with double bar

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Purcell vas shct m the hand ant
the neck, but fought the fire until i
was exttnguished, while Will Purcell
fred repeatedly upon Clark.
Clark retreated again TO the from
OF the house, where ne sought safety
behind a tree, firing all the time.
VIII Purcell started towards CLARK
but was shot down and sought cover
The shooting continued until Clarl
Withdrew n the darkness.
The tragedy had it's beginning, 81
far as the public was aware, lats
Monday afternoon when Clark began
shooting tndiscrlninately down the
railroad track, almost In front Of the
hone of the Purcell's.
Clark soon grew tired Of shooting
in the suburbs, where there were none
to be terror d, so he started towards
the telegraph station, which is ,lccat.
ed In the center OF the town and OF
the main street OF the village.
He crested consternation as he
walked through the street, shooting
81 everything aod everybody. 1t was
then about dark and people saved
themselves by blowing out the lights
and barricading the stores.
He poured volley into passing
freight train, but it Is not supposed
that any one cn the train was struck,
IS the train did not STOP.
Reaching the store OF Wallace 8
Warnc ok before it could be barricad.
ed, Clark rushed In.
Bunch it!' he cried to crowd CT
negroes who were crouching in the
rear.
They fed, pursued by a fusilade Of
bullets.
The store was quickly cleared and
Clark rushed on, sweeping the street
with his pistols and creating the
widest conservation and havoc in
every direction.
The theory that the shooting was
premeditated gains strength from the
fact that Clark resigned his position
as night telegraph operator Monday.
he had made threats to Others in
the town that he was getting ready
to go to hell" He said he wished
to 90 there as person whom he loved
would soop be there and be wanted to
stay with them.
After holding the town at bis marcy,
Clark went to the telegraph cff1 :e.
where az operator was working who
lad been sent from Atlanta to re
lieve him
ST wasn't pistol and more cart
ridges" be said.
But the new man had no pistol OF
cartridges.
Clark then went to the cash draw
er, to K out SO left his watch Is
collatera) and said:
Il guess, by God, I can buy some
theu."
He left the telegraph cfdce and start
Cd to the southern part OF the town,
wtere he began his murderous assault
upon the Purcell home as described
above
Abcu: two o'c!a cE Tuesday morn
ng he abandoned the attack on the
Purcell home and started for Dun
woodie, FIVE miles distant.
About six O'CLOCK Wednes1aV morr-
ing be entered tie store OF NSsh &
Cheek, and shot the latter dead be-
cause be would not sell him cart.
ridges. He also shot at Nash. Here
CLARK seems to have lost his nerve
he put his pistol in bis pocket and
ran TO a pasture and was soon lost in
the woods. Here bis pursuels lost
sight of bim. When he reached the
railroad track he took down that.
After shooting Cheek and Nash al
Dunwoodie, Clark took all the am
muaition from the shelves that be
needed.
Leaving the store, he threw the
money down in the street for pay
msnt, saying:
II guess that will pay for what I
bought"
A man named Satterfeld passed by
the store at the time, and Clark walk
ed Up to hin and SAID:
Il guess that Is cents will pay for
the cartridges bought. They would
not sell them to ne I killed a man
for chem in there, but I suppose that
the money will pay for them"
Clark made no attempt to molest
Sasterfeld, but started back down
the railroad towards Chamblee.
When about one hundred yards from
the store he met W. J. G ker, whom
be assaulted. striking him over the
mead with the butt OF bis shotgun.
Clark then continued down the
railroad tor about 800 yards until be
reached a deep cus. He climbed up
the bank, dragging his shotgun with
him. he disappeared into large
tract OF woods On the right baud side
f the cut, and nothing has been seen
OF him since.
When leaving Chamblee Clark said
be would 60 to Dunwoodie, buy all the
ammunition be needed and then re-
turn, when not living person who
frustrated his love affairs would be
lett to tell the story.
Just before o'clock Tuesday after
noon, the posse guarding the road to
Chamblee sighted nan slipping
through the edge OF the road darting
b1ck and forth from fence corner to
fence corner, hiding monentarily BE-
hind trees.
Not word came from the posse as
pistols, Wluchesters and shctguns
hsshed In the broiliug light Of the
sun. There was nc conmand to fire
now. Every man acted for himself.
A volley rang cut. Clark reelea,
l,undered In the road and then fell
face downwards in the dust, bleeding
from score Of w3unds-dead.