The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-07-01

! directions. The doors we're broken
open and BostWick was found upon
the floor dead.
The Sabbath day tragedies and the
final battle scene occurred four rliles
west of this village. In the crowd
! that gathered around the besi"ged
home were the most prominent wo-
men of the community. These did
not remain at the scene for the puE
pose of witnessing bloodshed, but
their hearts went out to the children
who We're forcibly confined in the
home. There were stern, detarmin-
ed faces in that crowd Of fully fiv:
hundred mothers, many of whom were
have defed the deadly fire of the
Springfield rifles before they would
have allowed one Of the children to
be injured. The attitude Of the VIC
men resulted from misunderstand-
ing of orders issued by Adjutant GEN
eral Scott, who instructed the two
companies not to fire from distance
and endanger the children. This
misunderstanding Of the orders caus-
ed Gov Brown to be the recipient of
! many kilograms of protest during the
day.
/ Immediately following BostWick's S
death q corcncr's' jury was on?panei-
ed to Investigate the tragedy. The
! verdict was that i30stwicA killed
himself in order to prevent being
captured Whether he died from
self-infictad wounds, or received the
wounds during the fight with citiz-
ems or succumbed to the fire of the
Springfelds may never be known.
! The children doubtless know wheth
er the father was wounded before
the arrival of soldiers but they would
make no statement.
The children tonight are cared for
by some of the neighborhood, Mrs.
Bostwick and one other child who
were forced to leave home Friday
did not go back there tonight.
Many acts of heroism were re-
corded during the bloody siege, most
notable among these being that of
Sheriff McInnis. Seeing his deputy,
T. G. Bass, fall, and thinking he was
mortally wounded, Sheriff Mc1nnis
rushed from cover and took Bass to
a place of safety and in so doing re-
ceived the wound which caused his |
death. He then proceeded to a
neighboring telephone and attempted
to communicate with Adjutant Gen |
eral Scott at Atlanta. He was unable
to talk, however, and in whispers
dictated the message which caused
the adjutant genral to order the
troops.
Bostwick literally died with his
'fboots on" and not until his ammuni
ton, which he had replenished by
forcing one of his children to face
the fire of mob and take a pistol and
cartridges from the body Of one of
the dead officers was exhausted, did
be cease firing.
Almost in his last breath, he sent
one final shot in the direction of the
invaders.
Not a shot was fired except by SOL
diers as the final charge was made
by the militiamen up to ~Bostwick's
fortress. A half dozen young men
in uniform hurled themselves against
the door, which gave way under their
weight. With drawn pistols they
leaped forward only to encounter the
of bloody mattress, which,
half wrapped about BostWicks body,
rolled half way through the door.
The man was dead. His head was .
badly torn by bullets and others had .
pierced his body The soldiers had !
fired volley after volley and the Won
der is he so long escaped a death
wound. The house was wrecked and
torn by the flying bullets. Furniture
was broken, kitchen utensils shatter-
ed. The children were protected by
pile of furniture and had spent the
night on the floor, reasonably safe
from the bullets. When the little
weary troop of tots staggered from
their fathers home this morning
they declared that they had not seen
Bostwick duging the night.
They were hungry and men were
seen crying as the little children
were caught into the arms Of the wo-
men who were waiting to care for
them.
Then the soldiers went to the Sc
rious business of the day. Turning