The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-05-04
MANNING. S. c. WEDNESDAY, NAY a. 1910
Who shot Them?
Mystery Surrounds Shooting Of Young
Man and Young Lady.
THE YOUNG WOMAN DIES

THE YOUNG WOMAN DIE
From the Wounds She Received an
the Young Man is in the Hospit1
Badly Woundcd.-He and the Ls
dy Makes Statement About tn
Mysterious Shooting.
! The Charleston Evening Post say
Mr. r. C. Eastwood Grimshaw. th
young man who was sho; Thursda
! night on the causeway leading L
West Point Mills. alons with Mis-
Margaret Musgrove. who died Fri
day morning at the Roper Hospital a
about four O'Clock as a result OF he
wounds. gave oat statement 70
publication Friday afternoon. whicl
confirms the theory that third per
son did the shooting. but which
throws 40 light upon the identity o
the mysterious assaiiant-
Miss Musgrove and were on th'
causeway." said Mr. Grimshaw
when a shadowy form appeared from
behind some bushes near US and be
fore We realized what was going Z
bapped. severa! pistol shots were fr
ed. I was hit in the back and hav
ing no weapon with which to defe1c
myself. / ran in the direction OF tie
hospital. When some distance fron
the place. heard another shot and 9
scream. hurried to the hospita
for help.
Earlier in the evening. before the
shooting. We saw a dark form skulk-
ing around the West Point property
but we paid no paticular attention to
this person. / do not know whether
this person was white or black. and
can no. tell whether the man who
fred the shots was white or black. "
Mr.. Grimshaw did not know until
Friday afternoon that Miss Musgrcve
was dead. de is at the Roper Hospi-
tai. with two bullets In his back, It
is now thought, dangerously wound
ed. He made deposition to the cor
oner which will be read at the In
quest. when Miss Musgrove's dying
declaration will also be read
A post-mo-tem examination Fri
day made by DR.. D. L. Mcguire. re-
yealed the fact that two or three
balls hit the unfortunate girl, who
lied by the hand OF an assassin. The
wound which caused her death was
made by a thirty-eight caliber bull
let that entered her left side. not
tar below the heart. and plunged
nearly through her body to the op-
ocsite side. Another bullet whipped
across her left arm, below the ell
bow. and either this or third bull
let skinned her stomach. where the
wound appears to be powder burned.
a policeman is stationed on guard
at the bedside OF Mr.. Grimshaw. who
is under formal arrest. as mater
ial witness in this deplorab!e shoot
ing case. He will not be able to
appear at the inquest. but bis sworn
statement Of the affair will be read
by the coroner. The bullets in his
back have not been removed.
Engineer Robinson. at West Point
Mills. was with two negroes. the first
10 reach the body OF Miss Mussrove.
hearing the shots fred shortly after
nine o'clock. Mr.. Robinson is absent
from the city. but is expected to re-
turn for the inquest. when he and
the two colored men will appear. He
may have important testimony to
offer.
Not long after Mr.. Grimshaw stag
gered into the Roper Hospital. near
ly unconscious. and with his cloth
ing bloody from his wounds. the hos
pital ambulance was sent for MISS
Mussrove. but the police had in the
meanwhile been notified Of the affair
and had hurried wagon over TO tie
causeway. and Engineer Robinson
and the police brought the fatally
wounded girl in. She was operated
upon Thursday night. but it was seen
that her wounds were fatal. and the
coroner was sent for at once. He
took her dying statement. Nothing
of this could. Of course. he seen tEi-
day. but from the statements gather
ed at the hospital. it IS presumed
that her version OF the affair tallles
in the main with the statement OF
Mr. GTinshaw.
1t seems to be pretty we'll establish
ed ,ha, the shooting was done By
tnird party. who Is said to have at
tackled Miss Musgrove fe:ocious'y. az
ter her companion had left her.
There were evidences Of struggle
at the scene OF the shooting. and
marks on the dead girls face seem 10
bear out the theory that she WIS
attacked. The police have made no
arrests. as yet. but developments may
follow the inquest. There IS appar-
entity only faint clue to the identi-
" OF TIE murderer. bu: the detectives
will do their best TO arrest him. II
was comparatively dark Thursday
nigh, at West Point. and the color OF
the man who did the shooting is not
definitely established. The police are
Inclined TO believe that white man
fred the shots which brought oea'n
10 the girl and serious wounds 70
Grimshaw. Who he IS remains a
mystery.
Mr.. Grimshaw is an extra conduc-
to and switchman Of the Southern
railway. He lived il Hampstead