The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-03-12
DUEL TO THE DEATH
!. IN QUIET MIDNIGHT
ROBBER AND WOULD-BE VIC
5TIM KILLED IN COLUMBIA
Edgar Marshall Holds Up Charlie B.
81 Green, A Shandon Storekeeper,
l&a ~ and is Shot to Death.
News and Courier.

News and Courier. ... ...
Columbia, March 10.-An attempt
to waylay and rob Charlie B. Green,
Shandon merchant, resulted in the
death Of Mr.. Green and Of the would
be robber, who was Identified as Ed
gar Marshall, son of Mr.. p. G. Mar
shall, an eminently respectable and
highly respected citizen of Columbia.
The robbery and double homicide
took place within sight Of Mr. Green s
home, in the suburb of .Shandon,
shortly before midnight Saturday
might. Tie bodies, lying feet to feet,
were not found for several hours, and
the affair has created tremendous
sensation in Columbia, as it is posi-
BILE that there was another robber or
robbers.
The facts as brought out at the cor
oner's inquest and elsewhere today
are as follows:
Scene Of the Tragedy.
Mr.. Green ran the store on the Gar
ner's Ferry Road, near the Epworth
Orphanage, in the pretty village of
Shandon, about two miles from the
city Of Columbia proper. On Satur-
day night he locked up the store and
left in company with his clerk, j. B.
Ward, who also lives in Shandon.
They walked two blocks together
along Woodrow street, and when they
reached the corner of Woodrow and
Preston streets Mr.. Green turned to
his. right to go to his home, one block
down OH Preston street. When about
half way Of this block, just at the
rear gate Of his neighbor, Mr.. Toney,
he was accosted by a man in hiding
and was probably struck across the
head with a slung shot, the man be-
ing concealed behind the open gate.
Green Shoots When Struck.
Green, it is thought, was carrying
his pistol in his hand, as that was
his custom when going home late
from the store with money in his pos
session. He evidently threw up his
left arm to ward off the blow, and
fired with the pistol in his right hand
at, very close range. -Four chambers
Of his pistol were fred, and three Of
his shots took effect in Marshall's
body. One entereds just below the
left collar bone, another entered his
face just where the lips join, making
a flesh wound on the left side of the
Hace, and the third entered at the
back of the neck, on the left, also
making flesh wound.
Green was also wounded three
times, each Of the three wounds being
in his left breast and one Of the balls
probably piercing his heart. The last
shot was evidently fired after Green
had fallen to his knees, and it is sup
posed that the first shot which struck
him killed him.
Position Of Men When Found.
The two men were found lying feet
to feet, about four feet from the gate,
8where Marshall was concealed and
htoward the road. BY Green's right
1hand was his pistol, 80 Smith &
t!ssWesson, with four chambers fired.
BY Marshall's right hand was found
ia 39 Smith G. Wesson, with none of
its chambers fired. BY Marshall s
left hand was found al Colts with
five chambers fred and one intact.
Underneath Marshall's body was
found a slung shot, the bag, being
filled with small. shot, and the string
being leathcrn thong several feet
sinalength. Tt was highwayman s
,stgeapon, intended TO knock the victim
conscious. ..-... .....
Have Been Another Robber.
sreep 3 derby hat was found near
9head, with a hole, evidently made
the s slangshot. Marshall's face
concealed by a black mask,
sstIltough which the two bullets which
tered shissface had gone, and he also
Wollen comforter around his
g6ft black hat was near his
Hfiother soft black hat was
fspat pocket, while the gray
was usually seen wear
i 6ttnd- inside the gate Of the
The four hats, the un-
near Marshall's. right