The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-07-19
NEGRO KILLS NEGRO.
"Skin" Game and "Blind Tiger" Ii
quOr Had Preceded Killing On
Sunday Morning.


times and killed by lump Ellison,
also colored, at Kinards, near the Lau-
rens line, at an early hour on Sun
day morning. 1t appears that Eli
son had either borrowed or appro-
priated Will Moore's pistol, and nad
then gone to a Skin" game, and af-
terwards bought liquor, and then
when he again met Moore and Moore
asked him for the pistol, the shooting
occurred, Moore being killed with his
own pistol.
Ellison was arrested by Sheriff Bu-
ford and lodged in Jail. He was at
the inquest and made a statement.
The verdict of the coroner's jury
was to the effect that "Will Moore
came to his death from a gun shot
wound inflicted in the hands Of lump
Ellison
Following is the testimony at the
coroner's inquest and the statement
Of lump Ellison:
Tidy Mitchell, sworn, says: That
on Saturday night, July II, Will
Moore came home with me from the
barbecue at Gary's Lane. We left at
IL 1-2 o'clock at night, set down and
went to sleep and laid his pistol on
my machine at my house. I made a
pallet on the floor and told him to
lay down and asked where was his
pistol. He said it was on the machine.
When he got up to look for it, it was
gone This was about o'clock a. m.
There was at my house at that time
Nancy Peterson, Zack Baker, Bass
Brown, Horace Davis, Dant Williams,
Mealy Williams. Dink Kinard and
lump Ellison left about 4 o'clock.
Will Moore went to look for his pis-
tol and it was gone. Nancy Peterson
said that lump Ellison and Dink
Kinard had left. Will Moore said,
zone of them had my pistol" These
people staid at my house because the
river was up and they could not get
home. When he found his pistol was
gone VIII Moore said either lump
Ellison or Dink Kinard had it as they
were the only ones that had left. l
saw lump Ellison and Dink Kinard
when they left my house.
His
Tidy K Mitchell.
mark:
Dink Kinard, sworn, says: When
me and lump was standing out OF
doors at Tidy Mitchell's house talk
ing about the woman he had at Capt.
Mire Bedenbaugh's (Henryetta Shep-
pard) and when We got through talk
ing about that he said, If anybody
bothered me I have a good pistol; let
us 20 down to Jno. Turner's house
where the boys are skinning," and 1
said alright. When we got to Jno. Tur-
ner's house, we called him and he
was in bed. Then he said, "Let US
20 back to Tidy Mitchells house and
lay down or sit up one," and when
we got back to railroad crossing at
Kinards in Newberry county near j..
A. Dominick's store, we met Will
Moore. Will Moore asked lump Ell
lison, "Where is my pistol" lump
Ellison put his hand on his hip and
run backwards. I broke and run
down across VI. Man Oxner's cotton
field and way DON across Mr.. O1ne7's
field I heard pisto! shots. I saw
lump Ellison buy one-naf pint OF
whiskey from Mary Jones and paid
25 cents for it. Mart Gary saw lump
Ellison buy the 1-2 pint of Whiskey. L
and lump Ellison and Will Moore
was the only ones present at the
shooting. I did not see Will Moore
put his hand in his pocket. viii
Moore asked lump for his pitsol and
lump ran backwards and put his
hand in his pocket then ran. When
wo met Will Moore, Will Moore ask
ed lump for his pistol, "Tump, where
is my pistol" and lump began to run
backwards; then I run. The reason
I ran was because I thought lump
was going to shoot Will Moore as
saw him put his hand in his nip
pocket.
His
Dink K Kinard.
mark.