The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-09-19
A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.
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He was at home last night. We had
retired when the trouble commenced.
told him there was tramp in the
yard. He was crawling on his all
fours. l heard him say hold up your
hands. Father had no gun then.
Mother told father to get his gun.
| The lot was about as far from the
house as across this hall. Father
got his gun and told mother to get
the light They went towards the lot.
In a few minutes l heard the gun
shoot. I then heard mother cry, and
father said l have killed Paul Riley.
The body was in the lot
Cross-examination:
There was no light in our room
when I saw the man at the window;
when 1 told father, he came and saw
the man. When father and mother
went out we went in the front room.
heard the shooting and heard father
say, have killed Paul Riley. All of
cur family occupies the same room,
and there was no street on the side
of the house I saw the shadow. All
of us was undressed.'
Redirect:
Father was outside when he told
the man to hold up his hands. The
street is on the south and east side
of the house, and the lot is on the
west. Father went to the window,
| the man was running off. Father ran
out in the yard and said hold up your
| hands. Father was in his night
clothes.
"REBECCA DICKINSON"
| Mrs. Dickinson's Statement.
Mrs. G. Moye Dickinson, being duly
sworn, says: Il am willing to testify
in this case. 1 heard my husband say
it is a man, and went out the back in
the yard. 1 heard him say, hold up
your hands, and heard them run.
Moye said bring me a light. told
him to get his gun. He came in and
got his gun. took the light in the
yard. When 1 went back we went to
| the stables and searched all around.
I saw a man run out of the stables.
I could not see what took place. He
was between me and the man. I had
a lantern, but it gave poor light. l
heard one shot fired. We were near
the stables. The man did not fall,
and ran several steps. Moye fired
again; the shots were almost togeth-
er. Previous to shooting, Moye call
ed, hold up your hands. The man
| made no reply. He had before that
called hold up your hands. Moye
said, hold the light, and he saw it
was Paul Riley. When the man was
running 1 told Moye to shoot. Don't
know how he was dressed. ! didn't
! know who it was until after the
shooting. Mr.. Dickinson did not
know. We had been asleep; had on
our night clothes. There was no
street on that side of the house. /
was about ten feet from the man
when he ran out of the stable. The
light was very poor. We could not
tell if it was a white man. He had
never been in my house. Mr.. Riley
and my husband were not on good
terms; did not speak. Had not
spoken for five years. I saw Mr..
Riley after he fell. He fell on his
face. Did not see anything in his
hands. Did not see him attempt to
do anything to Moye. He never spoke.
There was nothing in the stable. Mr..
| Riley was cashier of the Peoples
bank. They had not had any recent
trouble. This was about l o'clock.
Only saw one wound in the back of
the head. Moye was just few feet
about ten feet-when he fired the
first time, and he fired the second shot
almost Immediately.
| MRS. G. NJ. DICKINSON"
DIR. Stuckey's Testimony.
H. ]. Stuckey, being duly sworn,
says: "E. Dickinson, V. Bounds, Eth
ridge and myself were among the
first to arrive after the shooting. We
were told by negro that Mr.. Dick
inson had killed Paul Riley in his lot.
We went into the lot with lantern,
and the first thing we saw was Mr..
Rileys hat. We went on and found
Mr.. Riley lying on his face in Mr..
| Dickinson's lot. I examined the body
and found a wound about three inch
es in diameter in the back of his
head; some brains and blood were
near him. 1 said to the policeman,
Mr.. Dickinson, that VIC search to see
| ;f bo hod ony uoanon nj, him I af-