The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-09-09
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not to 90 down where the negroes
were gambling. When left him Char
ley Mason and Ernest Cannon were
with him. Wash said, 81 want to know
who made Mason give up that money" D"
Then I heard and saw the shooting.
Some fellow said, There he is killed
him." Wash made the first snap and
from that they both started to shoot
ing. / don't know exactly how many
shots were fired, rs or 80, I think.
didn't know who the others we're.
Ernest Cannon and Charley Mason
went on up there with Wash where
the shooting was.
his
.: Tom Herbert
mark.
Bob Reeder, sworn, says: I walked
up on Wash Gary and he was cussing.
I asked him what was the matter and
he said crowd of negroes had taken
25 cents from him. Wash said, Il
just want 10 see one of the men that
took that quarter and said he would
fix it with him or they would fix 1t
with him, and I said, I wouldn't go
back any more, it has been settled, y
and he said he was going. While we
were talking I saw his brother, Rob,
over at a wagon eating. I went over
there and told him Wash and Mace
were going to have a fuss, and Rob
said, 81 am going and stop it," and he
and I left to go where they were and
Rob had time to get where they were.
Iwent out in the road. When got in
the road I saw Dudley talking back
to some one, saying he never took no
money, and he looked like he was
putting on his coat. About that time
Dudley got in the road and some one
said, kill him." and when that was
said Dudley pulled out his pistol and
began shooting. I run fifteen or twen-
ty steps away from them and then
Dudley run and fell and was bleeding.
I am a member of the Odd Fellows
I don't know whether Dudley is an
Odd Fellow or not. don't know who
shot Wash Gary. There we're a lot
of shots fired.
Rob Reeder.
Wade Robinson, sworn, says: was
at Mt. Olive near the well. Wash
Gary, Charley Mason and Leumas
Kinard was talking about some one
taking some money from them. Leu
mas says, Wash, that's been settled,
Mace has got his quarter" Wash says,
mo, I will settle it better. All want
to do is to see the damn rascal that
took it." Leumas says, well, I am
not going to show him to you" Leu
mas tried to get him to come on back
for there is more days to settle this
than today. So Wash went on up in
the woods. Wash Gary, Charley Ma
son and Ernest Cannon went on up
s. in the woods where the shooting took
place. Wash asked Dudley if he was
the damn rascal that took Mace's
money. Dudley said, 'No, I haven't
taken any money! and then Wash be-
gan shooting. After he, Wash Gary,
made two or three shots, there was
another fellow standing of to the
left of Wash and shot at Wash, and
then Wash fell. He had some gold
il his mouth. He was a kind of brown
skin. This gold tooth man shot two
or three times. There we're several
shooting. When Wash shot Dudley
fell. When the shooting took place
Elias was walking off, I have recog-
nized the man who did the shootin
Then Wash Gary fell.
I belong to the Odd Fellows. Leu
mas kinard left a pistol with me and
Ernest kinard come and got the pis-
tol from me. When the shooting took
place Charley Mason and Ernest Can
non were there.
b. p ~ W. Il Robinson,
viii Cannon; sworn, says: I don't
know anything about the shooting.
Some parties were standing up on the
left side Of Wash Gary. The parties
we're divided. I saw The gold tcSStn
man shooting at WASH I didn't see
Elias shooting, ~c:' >*~"
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Dr.. Pope, sworn, says: I couldn't
tell what size calibre did the killing.
T. H. Pope, M. D.
Lee Jeter, sworn, says: I was at Mt
Olive church the 18th day Of August
1910 7 vas at the well when the