Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-03-10


and Bale told him to get away from
there right now; there were no stills
about there. Lou didn't say much
I about it. Only said they weren't
dead, and was only making out.
Corbin told Palmer to turn him
loose or he'd kill him. This was
when Corbin took hold Of Bob and
one of the Palmer's caught hold Of
one OF the officers. Lou was holler-
ing every now and then and asked,
who's dead?" Bob and the guns
were inside the house when / came
back. The old woman was in the
room where l was. The Corbins had
no shotguns with them. Only had
two pistols. Don't know If the
Corbins were dead when l got back.
They were lying quiet under the
tree. That was where ] saw four
shots fired. Did not see any axe.
Did not see anybody around the
bodies after they were lying there
under the tree. ran down back of
the house in the direction of West
minister, but was still where I could
see the yard. JESSE GIBSON.
Bryan Gibson, II years old, sworn,
testified as follows:
was with Jesse last night
ran, too, when heard the shooting.
The officers came to the door, and on
the inside they told him he couldn't
come In till he to- who it was. Cor
bin later told who he was. Mr.. Pal
mer then let him in. Palmer told
Bob to run. Bob ran into the loft.
The people in the house followed
Corbin around, telling him they
didn't allow people walking around
In the house with pistols cooked.
Corbin said that didn't make any
difference. The suns were sitting in
the corner to the left Of the fire.
places Just the old woman, me and
Jesse was left in the room. Bob hit
Mr.. Corbin, and Corbin shot, setting
the bed afire, and we left. All but
the Old woman and one girl was
fighting Corbin. Charlie, Bob, Lou
and the old man were fighting Cor
bin. Did not hear Corbin tell any
body anything about killing him.
ran away and they were firing as we
ram Two guns were fired after we
stopped on the hill. One shot was
fired in the house. All the rest were
fired under the trees. Corbin car
ried Bob out in the yard Held him
by the arms. Did not see Bob have
anything in his hand. Sounded like
pistol shot. | can tell the difference
between pistol and gun shot. Pts
tol is not so loud and gun shot is
louder l was about 800 yards
from the house. They were all scuf-
fling at the door. When l got on
the hill ! heard two loud shots
louder than pistol shots. Lou said If
they didn't turn Bob loose they'd
kill the officers. Lou said the Off
GERS were just lying out there maxi
ing out like they was dead. The
old man told Charlie to take that
stick and knock Corbin in the head
Both of the Corbins was trying to
take Bob and all the rest was pull
ing and knocking at the Corbins.
Lou was trying to get them to turn
Bob loose. / did not hear anything
said about the trouble. 1t sounded
like two breechloader shots and two
shotguns. The two last shots fired
were from the same direction and
sounded like breechloaders. About
five minutes after the last shot was
fired they all went back to the house.
Did not ,ar VINO did the shooting.
The old woman and Leethia stayed
in the house so far as / know. The
old man, and the others were out in
the yard. Bale said the man with
the long pistol shot him in the hand.
BOb'S name is Bob Belcher.
his
BRYAN x GIBSON.
mark.
r. Q. Merrick, sworn, testified az
follows:
/ am Deputy Collector Of Internal
Revenue. | returned yesterday with
Mr.. Oorbin from an official trip. Met
Rural Carrier J. G. Garrison, who re-
ported that a mail box had been shot
into, and that he wanted Bob Bel
cher prosecuted. Last night I was
informed Of this trouble, and went
to where 1t occurred and found Mr..
Corbin and his brother, G.. ID. Cor
bin, lying dead. | found these pa
pers in Mr.. Corbin's pocket. (The
papers were warrant for Bob Bel
cher, sworn out by Rural Carrier J
q. Garrison, charging mutilation OF
United States mail box, and Mr.. Cor
bins commission as Deputy Mar
shall went inside the house,
found Bob Belcher, Charlie Palmer,
old Mrs. Palmer, Lou and Lethia.
There were twenty or more people
there. asked who killed the men,
Lou and Charlie replied that the off,
GERS came there and got to cussing
and rearing around and killed them
serves. r. @. MERRICK.
The physicians who made exami-
nation of the wounds report the fol-
lowing:
Personally came before me B. r.
Sloan. M. D., and John j. Thode, M.
D., wlS on oath, say that they did
togethe. examine the dead bodies of
w. b. b. Corbin and G. D. Corbin,
and that the said w. b. f.. Corbin