The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-07-07
ANDREW DAVENPORT CUT
/ BY 7. GRIFF WILLIAMS
WAS SERIOUSLY WOUNDED AT
BARBECUE AT OLD TOWN.
The Two Versions of the Affair-Dl1'
ficuIty Occurred on Morning OF
July 4-Williams in Saluda.

VI
In q difficulty at barbecue at Olo
Town. on July 4, Mr.. Andrew DaVen-
nort who lives on Mr.. H. H. Rikard S
nlace four miles west Of NeWberry
was badly stabbed by Mr.. T. Grill. Will
liams. Davenport was brought TO
Newberry on the Southern Train
reaching here about noo1s and had MS
wounds dressed by DR.. Houseal. There
were bad slashes in the right snou1o-
er. The cuts were. deep, and IN dan
gerous place. With no complications
however, a safe recovery is hoped TOT
IT was report Thursday that MI naV-
.enport was not having good day. Dr
Hmsea1 was again sumoned Thurs
day afternoon.
A dispatch from Wards in the News
zud Courier of Thursday morning says
shat Williams has placed himself IN
ahe custody of Sheriff Sample, OF Sa-
1uda> county, awaiting the results OF
the trouble, anG that Gin case DaVen-
port should die Williams will at once
surrender himself to Sheriff Buford at
Mewberry." The difficulty occurred IN
New5erry county, and Mr.. Williams
is a. resident of NeWberry. He was
acting as liquor constable in Saluda
county until removed by Governor
Blease upon adviees from Saluda that
a constable was no longer needed IN
that county. .si,.t... ~F'~
:. The statements differ materially IS
I'd the difficulty. One version of it is
given at length ID the dispatch from
Wards published herewith
. Davenport's Version.
Davenport told his side of it, after
he was cut, to the effect that he walk
ed into the store at Old Town and
saw Williams sitting down in the
store with his coat hanging up by
him, and a pistol sticking out of one
pocket and an open knife out of the
ether Davenport said that some time
priC. Williams had seized some liquor
from one of Dayenport's kinsmen, and
had told Davenportis brother, in the
-1resence of crowd, that he was go
ing to take him to Saluda as wit
ness, as he knew all about 1t. DAY.
enport said when he walked in the
store Williams told him he supposed
he was pretty hot about the matter.
Davenport says he replied that he did
not think Williams ought to have slur-
red his brother VIII in the presence OF
crowd. (This brother, according to
Davenport, is the one Williams had
told he was going to take to Saluda as
witness because he knew all about
the liquor). Davenport said that Will
liams told him he wasn't going to take
any "slack talk" and reached for his
pistol and his knife. whereupon he told
Williams he was not armed, and Will
1iams put down the pistol and stabbed
at him with the knife, missing him.
Davenport says be then caught Will
liams and threw him down, and when
Davenport was caught and was being
held by four men Williams stabbed |
him.
Williams Side of the Matter.
Following is the dispatch from
Wards giving Williams side of the
matter:
Wards, July 5.-Mr Griffin Williams,
of Newberry, who so seriously and
perhaps fatally cut Andrew Daven-
port, a white man, at Old Town yes
terday, came to Saluda, this morning
and placed himself in the custody of
Sheriff Sample, awaiting the results
Of yesterdays trouble From what can
be learned here Williams tried hard
10 avoid trouble with Davenport at
Did Town yesterday, where a Fourth
If July barbecue was served. Old
Town is just across the Saluda river
n Newberry county; both men are
It appears that several days ago
Williams, who was working as, a con-
stable in Saluda county, seized some
found in the possession of
yary Mccarthy, near Denny7s. Last
week, so the story goes, while Will
Jams was at Silyerstreet, in Newber-
y county, Davenport approached him
nd stated that he, Williams, had got