The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-01-31
SHOT BY A NEGRO.
A Young White Man is Seriously
Wounded in a Row.

Mr.. Walter Boyleston, While on His
Way Home Frop- this City, Has
an Alteration With Isaac Glover.
Mr.. Walter Boyleston, young
white man about twenty years of
age, was shot and perhaps seriously
wounded at half-past o'clock Tues
day night by Isaac Glover, a negro
who had been employed on the sew
er work now in progress in this city.
The shooting occurred just on the
other side of the Edisto River, about
a mile from Orangeburg, while Mr..
Boyleston was on his way home from
the city. There is evidence Of only
one shot having taken effect. and
from via. can be learned no others
were fired. The ball entered at the
bottom Of the neck just above the
junction of the collar and breast
bones.
Soon after the shooting the wound
ed man was brought inlo the city and
taken to the Wannamaker Manufac-
turing Company's Drug Store, where
an examination was made by Drs. D.
D. Salley and l.. c. Shecut. 1t was
deemed advisable to send Boyleston
to the Columbia Hospital on the eight
o'clock train, and hence the doctors
did not have time in which to make
a thorough examination to locate
the ball.
Up to the time for leaving for
Columbia Boyleston was cheerful
and the loss of blood did not seem
to have affected his strength to any
extent. He was conscious the whole
time, and was willing to talk about
the affair as much as the doctors
would allow him on account Of the
uncertainty of his real condition
and the possibility of his being fatal
ly wounded.
It was thought best to have Boy
lesion make an ante-mortem state
ment, which, after it had been writ
ten down, he signed in the presence
of number Of witnesses. The state
ment is substantially as follows.
"I was going home in my buggy
alone and had just crossed the first
bridge on the causeway beyond the
river when 1 hollered, 'Heigh,' just
for fun; did not see the negro, who
was coming from the opposite direc-
ton on foot. Just as I hollered the
negro cursed me and dared me to
get out of the buggy. l got out and
went towards the negro and asked
him what he meant. We clinched
and the negro pushed me into the
ditch and fired. I had 2S-calibre
pistol in my hip pocket, but made no
attempt to draw it. My pistol was
not in my pocket after the shot was
fired. I saw no one until Mr.. VIM
Hartnett and Mr., Lowery drove up
Mr.. Hartnett says that he passed
in his buggy and saw Boyleston and
the negro rowing and after driving
little further he heard one shot.
He turned around and came back
towards the city and found Boyles-
ton in the ditch with bullet wound
in his neck.
He put the wounded man in his
buggy and brought him to town for
medical attention.
Boyleston says also that If the
negro used his (Boyleston's) pistol
he doesn't know how he got it, but
thinks it must have fallen from his
pocket when he. fell. He said that
the negro appeared to him to be
drunk.
The police Immediately commenced
a search for Glover. They were In
formed by a young brother of the
negro who did the shooting that
Glover stated that he shot with
Boyleston's pistol and was going to
Sheriff Dukes to take the pistol and
surrender. This he did at II o'clock
that night and was placed in jail.
He also delivered up a 2S-callbre
Smith & Wesson pistol.
Young Boyleston is the son OF Mr.
John A. Boyleston, a prominent far
mer living just few miles. from
town. He has been employed in the
city and is considered a quiet ard
peaceable young man, and his friends
hope that his wound will not prove
serious. We take the above account
of the trouble from the News and
Courier. 1t was furnished by the
Orangeburg correspondent OF that
paper.