The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-07-05
TIE INQ UElN'f Hh,l[D.
raHTEsTIMoNY OF ONLY THREE
WITNESSES TAKEN.

The Deplorable Tragedy has rauOsa
Universal sorrow in This.
Community.
Coroner F. N Rlckepbakar lnpar.
slled o jury ofirquest Saturday morn-
ing, and the ra.lsr inquest was held
according to- IaW tver tbe ren1ains OF
Mr.. Parks. TIE finding was IN the
following laDgusgs: 1.-The said ]. T.
Parks came to bis death by a. gunshot
wound in the hands Of B. 81. Covar."
The jury OF rqusst vas composed OF
the following business nen: Messrs.
f. j. d. Fslder. a. L. Dukes, e. 4
PauIling, P. n. Smoak, R. B. Keller.
A. D. Ruple, ]. <. Weeks, j. q.
Pike, B. D. McMichael. A. ". Hch
man, J. w. Sack AMI J. L.: Weeks.
Oaly three witnesses we're e1amin.
ed, including Dr.. Hydrick, who con.
Quoted the post, morteu, examination.
Mr.. Charles P. BruDson, TIE nagis-
trhte in this city, has his office In The
rear room OF the Court Rouse. and be
was just going towards Lis cf1cs. He
was one of the closest Of any OF the
spectators to the parties at the time
of the shooting. Mr., A. O LfAstedt
is well known in business circles OF
This city. The testimony at the In.
quest is given ss follows:
Mr.. O. p Brupson, sworn, says:
Taat on June 20, 1905, about II
O'clock a. N. T was driving up to the
Court Housa gate, at my Office. Be-
tore getting to the usual place OF
stopping Mr.. A. NJ. Bczard Came up
and spoke TO me, relating the death
scene CT his wife. Just then l saw
the deceased, J. T. Parks, walking
out Of the Cnurt House, and st the
same time Mr.. r. q. Oovar coming
toward Russell street side fof the
Court House, on Church street. l
was looking at them. Just al 6be
gate they met. Mr.. Parks gave Mr..
Oovar hand salute. Just then Mr..
Parks spoke to MI. Oovar and MI
Covar replied. Just then Mr.. Parks
struck (I presume) Mr.. Covar. Just
as that happened Mr.. Covar backed a
little, both hands to his shirt bosom !;
In the twinkle Of any eye he (CoVar)
presented a pistol at PARKS body and
fred and continued firing. Then
Parks kinder turned, and then drew a
pistol and fired. Then it was con-
tipual firing by both men.
Question. Did any one else fire
pistol?
Answer. No one. I saw Mr..
Covar's father with a pistol In bis
hand, and saying to his son: Kill
him." and going in direction of his
son and Parks. Parks was moving
backwards. O. P. Brunson.
Mr. A. O. Linstedt, sworn, says:
That on June 20, 1905, about IL
o'clock a. M, T was coming down
Church street by the Court House
fence. I saw Mr.. Parks strike MIR.
Covar. Then instantly shooting com
nenced. Mr.. CoVar fired first. They
could not havs been over eight or ten
feet apart at the first shot. 1t could
not have bsen more than a second be
fore rapid firing by both parties,
Parks AID Covar. Just at the time
they ceased firing and commenced to
reload, I rushed to Mr.. r. 81. CoVar
snd disarmed him. Just as I looked
around I saw Mr. Uovsr's father com
ing up, hollowing, Robbie, stop
stop" He was armed I tried to
take the pistol away from him. BE
said: Don't disarm me-" I said:
Put it in your pocket" Then be
put it in bis pocket and vent CT with
bis son. T then turned Mr.. Covar's
pistol over to the sheriff.
Question by foreman: Would YOU
know the pistol now If you saw 1t?
Answer. Yes. (Plstol presented }
IT. is the pistol, IL vas unbreachen
when I got II; had two loaded shells
in 1t; no empty shells In 1t.
A. Q. Linstedt.
DR.. A. S. Hydrick, being sworn,
says: That he has this day examined
by dissection the bcdy OF ]. T. Parks,
and finds on the body OF the said j.
r. Parks three gunshot wounds. viz:
First, one shot entering and fractur.
Ing the chin and passing out, the
direction bsing from right to left and
from above down wards. The second,
a gunshot wound, entering on the
right side OF the body between the
ninth and tenth ribs, in the axillsry
lobe OF the liver and the transverse
COLON, the point OF entrance being i've
inches below the nipple, right side,
and the point of exit, 6 l 2 inches
below nipple on left side. Third, q
wound beiow and to the right OF the
umbillcus, which was made by a spent
bullet and CID not pass through ab'
dominal wall. There was about three
pints of blood In the abdominal
cavity, and evidence Of general perl
tonitis. In my Judgment the death OF
The said J..T. Parks was due 10 the
wounds described above.
A. S. Hydrick.
The death OF Mr.. Parks, which oc-
CURED a little after twelve o'clock
Saturday morning, has cast 3 deep
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