Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-06-28
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Notes and Comments About Matters
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of Local Interest.
Lancaster News, juno rs: Little Sal
lie Garfield, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Herman Garfield, at last succumbed
Monday after serious illness of sew
eral weeks The end came at a little
before eleven o'clock. The child was
about two years and ten months old
and a bright and sweet little girl she
was. She had made a brave fight for
life, but one severe illness following
close upon another proved too much
for the childish strength.
Gastonia Gazette, June rs: Mr.. John
F. Bryson died suddenly at his home
on West Main avenue yesterday at
1880 o'clock. While at the dinner ta-
BILE he complained of slight nausea
in his stomach and pain in his chest.
A physician was summoned and Mr..
Bryson lay down on the bed. Nothing
serious was anticipated by those pres
ent, but in a few moments Mr.. Bry-
son had died. Death was due to a
stroke Of apopleXy. 80. Bill Wilson, a
respectable negro around town who
drives for Mr.. P. r. Huffstetler, met
with a serious accident yesterday at
the Southern station crossing. He was
riding on a wagon and was sitting on
heavy box Of goods in the rear of the
wagon. While crossing the track, the
heavy load on the rear Of the wagon
caused. 1t to tilt from the front and
threw Wilson to the ground. He fell
directly on his head, fracturing his
skull. He was taken to the Gastonia
hospital for treatment. At first, 1t
was thought his wound was fatal, but
it is learned later that he will recover.
Gaffney Ledger, June rs: Coroner
Vinesett on Thursday went to the
scene of the shooting near the Spar
tanburg line, which occurred during
the latter part of March, and held the
inquest in the case of Frank Shippey,
charged with the murder of his wife,
The jury decided that the woman came
to her death by a gunshot wound, in
fiicted by Frank Shippey. Shippey Is In
Jail and may be arraigned at the term
of court of general sessions OF Chero-
kee county, which Is now being held.
This case has excited some little in
terest throughout the county. Word
came to Sheriff Thomas some weeks
ago to the effect that shooting had
taken place and asked that the sheriff
come to the scene. The party furnish
ing the information refused to divulge
his name When the officers of the law
arrived on the scene, they found that
the negro woman was at the point of
death and had received little care. She
had been shot in the back, the spinal
cord being severed. Even at that time
1t was seen that her condition was
critical. Shippey was arrested and
brought to this city, while expert medi-
cal attention was summoned for the
woman. Notwithstanding this fact, she
grew steadily worse and death occurred
Thursday. At the coroner's inquest, one
eye witness was found. He stated In his
testimony before the jury that he was
in a nearby house and heard a pistol
shot fired. He rushed to the door and
saw the dead woman as she came from
the house. She was closely pursued by
Frank Shippey and just after the wo-
man got out of the house, Shippey fir-
ed, the bullet taking effect in the wo-
mans back. The man shot only one
time. This story agrees fairly we'll with
the story Shippey himself tells of the
shooting. 1t seems, according to MS
tale, that he had a row with his VIE
and he went out in the yard to gee
stick with which to beat her. When he
returned to the house, she confronted
him with a pistol and when he was
near her, she fired at him. He then
took the pistol away from her and as
she ran out the door, he shot This
would satisfactorily explain the first
shot which the eye witness said ne
heard, but did not see. The case
is similar to a thousand others
Just like it which have occurred
before, the only feature Of interest
being that the woman was shot on
Friday and that information concern
ing it was not turned over to the OF
ficials until the following Sunday. No
reason has yet been found for the neg
ligence of the people living nearby and
it is hard to understand why they did
not make some effort to inform the
county officials of the happening.