The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-07-03


Mr.. Covar. Just as that happened Mr..
Covar backed little, both hands to
his shirt bosom; in the twinkle Of an
eye he (Covar) presented pistol at
Parks body and fired and continued
firing. Then Parks kinder turned,
and then drew pistol and fired. Then
it was continual firing by both men,
Question. Did any one else fire a
pistol7 +
Answer. No one. I saw Mr.. Covar's
father with pistol in his hand, and
saying to his son: "Kill him. and
going in direction Of his son and
Parks. Parks was moving backwards.
G. p. Brunson.
Mr.. A. C. Linstedt, sworn, says:
That on June 20, 1906, about II o.
clock a. m, was coming down church
street by the Court House fence. /
saw Mr.. Parks strike Mr.. Covar. Then
instantly shooting commenced. Mr..
Covar fired first. They could not
have been over eight or ten feet apart
at the first shot. 1t could not have
been more than second before rapid
firing by both parties, Parks and
Covar. Just at the time they ceased
firing and commenced to reload. I
rushed to Mr.. R. H. Covar and dis
armed him. Just as looked around
saw Mr.. Covar's father coming up,
following, "Robbie, stop STOP" He
was armed. I tried to take the pis-
tol away from him. He said: "Don't
disarm me.' said: "Put it in your
pocket.' Then he put it in his pocket
and went off with his son. I then
turned Mr.. Covar's pistol over to the
| sheriff.
Question by foreman: Would you
! know the pistol now if you saw itq
Answer. Yes. pistol presented.) It
is the pistol, it was unbreached when
I got it; had two loaded shells in it;
no empty shells in it,
a. c. Linstedt.
DR.. A. S. Hyddick, being sworn,
says: That he has this day examined
by dissection the body Of j. r. Parks.
and finds on the body of the said J.
II. Parks three gunshot wounds, viz:
First, one shot entering and fractur-
ing the chin and passing out, the div
cction being from right to left and
| from above downwards. The second.
gmshot wound. entering on The
right side Of the body between the
ninth and tenth ribs, in the aXillary
lobe of the liver and the transverse
colon, the point Of entrance being
five inches below nipple, right side,
and the point of exit, 6 1-2 inches
below nipple on left side. Third. a
wound below and to the right of the
umbilicus, which was made by spent
bullet and did not pass through ab-
dominal wall. There was about three
pints Of blood in the abdominal cavity
and evidence of gcncrl peritonitis
In my Judgment the death of the
said j. n. Parks was due to wounds
described above. A. S. Hydricl.
During yesterday afternoon in spite
OF his intense suffering Mr.. Parks
gave directions regarding the DISPOSE
ton Of his business affairs and he
made will. There were some dircc-
tions that he desired to give in regard
to his business matters and he appar-
emily was in possession of his mental
faculties until short time before his
death. He made no ante-mortcm
statement, as far as has been made
known. lie made none to his attor-
ncys. Mr.. Covar has not given out
any statement
The general supposition in Orange
burg Is that both parties were of the
impression that the other would kill
him on sight and that he must be pre-
pared. The fact that both were arm
ed with such deadly weapons would
indicate the above to have been the |
impression of each of the parties.
Since Mr.. Parks sold his newspaper
business out to Messrs. Funderburg
and Covar several months ago there
have been differences between Mr..
Parks and Mr.. Covar, which seem to
have grown out Of business transac-
tions during the time that Mr.. Covar
was working for Mr.. Parks after he
had moved to Columbia. 1t was not
known here that this bitterness had |
become intensified, although since