The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1906-03-14

HIS DlllG D;it r. jim i'''b - u. j
think. | don't know whether he !i.t'l
IT Whrn White took holl Of him"
Il heard tii.f say that .lr could
hllI john Marion .AShlry. Josh AShl, y.
John Mr';:,hH. Eli. Jrhnslnn ana J,.!.n
as they ti'.i This was before C..il.,-
nIa.. 1t tn" barber shop. don't r,.
in"uhr.r any Of the crowd present
but Wait Trus$cll. Whit" WAS chief
"f i,riIr" then. | WAS not very iuti-
u.itr with him"
Josh Mtpr". Il mri.lrw "f the lutr
J"nn MITf'jii. WAS sworn. liz. said:
II live in y Abb:vilI.. county, three.
miles from Hnn,n Path. WIS in
I'pnca Path yesterday nftcrnrrn and
Slw tn" difficulty Hl the corner of
he bank
AS t'nclr John. jim Bob Asnlry
Charlie Mrt'ilin and | wrr" roaming
np th. street from tn" livery sable
towards the Citizens Bank and wrrn
near the corner Of the bank. we me-;
Chief White and Il negro by the mime
Of Charles Moore. White says to
Uncle john. whats your dinlt:llty?'
Cnrlc John says he aint go, n,lr.
md White says. You are getting
Trunk. Get out of town right ;,,,,..'
Uncle jean says. L uint drunk. Get
on away from INC. l aint butherius
nobody Jim Bob Ashley told Whit"
Uncle John Marion would go WHEN II .
got good and ready.
''rhcn Chief White struck ut jim
Bob with his billy. Uncle John run
n between them and l grabbed i-1lcl"
john. Then White shot him. He shn,
him while I hal no. OF him. and sh },
him after he fell. White ran in Trayn-
hams store and shot him again. Uncle
John SHOT at White after he fell.
Cross-exnmtned by Capt. Watkins:
"White shot twice before Uncle John
shot. Uncle John va" doing nothing
% be shot for. He vas lying fiat OH
his back when he was shot the second
time. White was five feet away
%aen he fired the second shot"
There were four shots fired
White fired three and Uncle John Ma-
rion one. No one else shot. Whit"
pulled his pistol us Jim Bob gru bbci
ais billy. l. don't know what become
of the billy. John Marion grubbo,
Jim Bob anu I caught John Marion.
After the first shot was fired, Uncle
Iohn fell. and then Chief White jump
ed and shot him again. He didn't go
to Traynham's store until the Ihirl !
shot was fired. He was standing d.
rectly Off to the left and at righ,
angles. The second shot hit Uncle
John also. saw Uncle Johns pisto
first as he was lying on the ground.
He shot across his chest toward White
who was on his left. Nothing war
said. I was standing over Uncle john
when the third shot was fired br
White. I don't know where the res;
Z the crowd were. I tried to stoi
the row. jim Bob was not maxim"
at White
DIS. w. G. Bowen, j. r. Iianey, and
]. F. Shirley performed an autopsy
DR.. Bowen was the medical spokcs
man. the other physicians concurrin.
in his testimony. He described the
course OF the balls and said among
other things:
Either Of the two wounds which
We found was sufficient to produce
lcath. The second In point Of tim
may have accelerated DEATH"
THE VERElCr.
After view Of the body and exam
nation Of McClain, Moore and tn.
.hree physicians, the jury expressed
itself as satisfied with the evidence
and retired, returning shortly with
his verdict:
Upon view of the body Of John
Marion Ashley, OF the county Of Ab-
'eville and the State of South Caro-
ina, then and there being dead. we do
say by our oaths that the said John
Marion Ashley came to his death by
/ pistol shot at the hands Of J. h.
White"
Opposed TO the testimony Of McClnin
md Moore. both acknowledged Ashley
;iansmeu. Is that Of Policeman 8. A.
Haynes. Mr.. A. w. Stepp and two
If the leading business men of the
own, who do not wish their names
lsed until the trial. for obvious rea-
aons. Their dispositions. however
we're taken before notary public, at
er the Inquest. for use in the bail pro-
them down, and they are reproduced
here. Just as they were dictated to the
stenographer.
The first follows;
Il was standing yesterday afternoon
in front OF J.. f.. Callahan:s store in
Honea Path. when the difficulty 'oc-
Cured between Chief Of Police J.. B.
White and the Ashleys. I first saw
Chief White and Charlie Moore, coll
ored. coming up the street In front
Of. Miss Ida Brooks store. Charlie
Moore was talking very earnestly to
White. They met John Marion and
Jim Bob q. r. C. Ashley near the
front Of the Citizens Bank, They be-
gan talking with each other and I
was watching John Marion Ashley
particularly. He seemed to he great
ly excited. Next saw him with his
pistol In his hand. raised, and trying
to get at White. over his son Jim
Bob's shoulder. There seemed to be
some Interference with his getting at
White, and he reached over his sons
arm or shoulder and shot in Whites
direction. Some one was between
them at the time. = 49,,
"As soon Oh Ashley shot. White
reached around the other man and
fired twice at Ashley in quick success
nIon. Ashley. staggered backward,
crying. i am killed. He fell to the
ground, still holding the pistol in his
hand. . 49,.
II noticed only three shots. When
Mr.. Ashley fell. I turned to aueak 70