The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-09-25
AFTER HE had FATALLY SHOT
CONSTABLE BATES
WENT TO ARREST negro
Constable Hughlet Bates, Attempt
ing to Arrest Negro in Ellenton-
Dunbarton Section, Is Perhaps Fa-
tally Shot.-Falling, Officer Kills
Assailant.

fatal shooting at Ellenton on We'd
nesday morning. Resisting arrest at
the hands Of an officer, who carried
a. warrant for his apprehension,
Adolphus Jackson, negro, OF Ellen
ton, lies dead, while the constable,
Mr.. Hughlet Bates, is seriously, may
be fatally, wounded. The affair oc-
Cured at Ellenton Wednesday morn
ing.
It appears that the homicide arose
as the sequel to an incident some
two or three days prior to the shoot
ing. On Monday an officer or oftic-
ers had gone to the home Of Andy and
Adolphus Jackson with a view to ar
resting the forsner, who was charged
with some minor offence. However,
considerable difficulty was experience
ed in accomplishing this end, Adol-
phus, the dead negro, endeaVoring to
prevent or resist the arrest OF his
brother, Andy, and creating no small
degree Of disturbance.
But Andy was taken into custody,
tried and found guilty in the mtsde-
meanor charged against him, and q
small fine imposed upon him. Mr..
Hughlet Bates then obtained war
rant for the arrest Of Adolphus Jack
son, the warrant charging Jackson
with resisting arrest and interfering
with the arm Of the law, but when
the warrant was served, Jackson,
with a bitter and threatening oath,
swore that he would not submit to
arrest. The officer was equally de-
termined that he should be arrested
and started to use force, whereupon
the negro drew gun and shot him,
the missile piercing the lungs OF the
constable, who fell to the ground,
drawing his own pistol and saot his
assailant to death.
Physicians were summoned from
Barnwell and Ellenton, but they gave
little hope of the wounded mans re-
covery. Preparations were made to
carry Bates to an Augusta hospital
Thursday morning should he still be
alive. Mr.. Bates was hurried to an
Augusta hospital later, where his
wound received attention. His
wound is Of a very serious nature.
However, the physicians attendant
upon him hold out some hope for re-
covery.
Indignation over the shooting was
high in Dunbarton Wednesday after
noon and Wednesday night, and that
there may be a general race riot
there is not at all improbable, as the
negroes in that section are said to be
bad. In response to telegram re-
ceived at Barnweli Thursday morn
ing, Sheriff F. H. Creech and dep
uty left in an automobile for the
scene Of the tragedy. 1t Is hoped
that they will be able to control the
situation and avert further trouble.
The trouble started, 1t is said,
when Bates, together with two other
men, went to arrest the negro, who,
with an oath, making the statement
that he would die and go to hell be-
fore he would be arrested, shot
Bates in the right side In the neigh
borhood Of his lung. There are two
stories as to the killing Of the negro,
one being that he was shot by Bates
while the latter was lying on the
ground, the other that Bates COM
panions did the killing.
A dispatch from Augusta Thurs
day says statement from the City
Hospital at midnight Is that attend
ing physicians cannot determine yet
whether or not Constable Hughlet
Bates, shot at Dunbarton, Is fatally
wounded. The wound penetrated the
right lung and his chances are very
slim. The white people are greatly
wrought up and there is fear Of fur
ther trouble.