The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-08-12
REUNION SLASHING SCRAPE.
DaWkins and ShOWes Held for Trial.
Interesting Story of Their Ar
rest by 1Ir. BoyIeston.

At the preliminary hearing before
Magistrate E. B. Kibler, at Prosperity
On Tuesday, Martin -Dawkins arc
James ShoWes were held in the
charge of assaulting Luke Summers
a street railway conductor Of Colum-
hia, at the Little Mountain reunion on
last Friday, an account of which ap-
peared in The Herald and News. vii,
Burch, who was lodged in jail charg-
ed with the same offence, was releas-
ed. All three are operatives Of the
Mollohon cotton mill. AS was stated
in The Herald and News of Tuesday,
Rurch was arrested by Constable
Merchant, of Prosperity, and the
other two men were arrested by Mr.
Reed C. Boyleston, at Mr.. Davidsons
place, of which Mr.. Boyleston is in
charge, about four miles from the
city.
Burch was represented at the pre-
liminary hearing by Eugene S. Blease
Esq. The two other men were with
out counsel.
. According to the testimony Of Sum-
mers at the preliminary he was sit
ting down under tree sick when he
was approached by the man whom he
identified as Showes, who, he said,
came up and with an oath referred to
his condition as that of drunkenness.
Summers said he denied he was
drunk, whereupon fist fight ensued
between him and Showes, and follow
ing the fist fight he was knocked down
by several-he couldn't tell exactly
how many we're on him-after which
he was unconscious. He identified
Dawkins and Showes as two of the
men. ''--' s.~- ---I's >--'' -'''f
Mr.. R. C. Boyleston, Of this city, saw
the affair after it had begun. When
he saw it he says there were three on
Summers and one was holding him,
whether that was the real intention
or not Mr.. Boyleston says he can not
definitely state. He says Summers
was putting up a manful fight, but
was overpowered, being struck on the
head by a stick and gashed under the
arm. The man who was holding Sum-
mers finally jerked him behind tree,
said Mr.. Boyleston, and that stopped
the affray. &C.. 81 ~'''.~.'
Summers was able to be at. the pre-
liminary, and it is said he was in fair
condition, though weak.
Burch, the man released, had been
suspicioned when seen walking from
Little Mountain to Newberry on the
day following the affair. There being
no evidence upon which the magis-
trate thought he could hold him, the
case against him was dismissed.
There is an interesting story con-
nected with the arrest of Dawkins
and Showes by Mr. Boyleston.
Mr.. Reed c. Boyleston, who is in
charge of Mr.. James R. Davidson's
place, four miles from the city, was
on his way to Newberry when he over
took at SCOTS creek two men, who
Mr.. Boyleston says were coming to-
wards Newberry, Judging by the posi-
ton in which he saw them and by the
questions they asked. They inquired
of Mr.. Boyleston if the road led to
Newberry. He informed them that 1t
did. Mr.. Boyleston drove on, but he
had seen the difficulty at Little Noun
tain and he thought he recognized the
men as two of those who had been
connected with the affair. Looking
back as he drove on, his suspicious
were further increased by the. fact
that the men, though they had asked