The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1913-08-08
ONE MAN KILLED AND OTHERS
WOUNDED INBLOODY FIGHT.
Two Drunken Mill Operatives Wreck Hotel
When Hot Supper is Refused Them.
Landlady is Knocked Down, One
Man Beaten and Slashed and
Others Fired at in Free
For All Fight.

A row precepitated by r. L. Hem
derson and w. B. Scott in the hotel
at Lockhart Sunday night resulted
in the death of Henderson and the
bodily injury of several other per-
sons, one lady. From the testi-
mony brought out at the coroner's
inquest Monday it seems that Hem
derson and Scott raised trough
house" at the hotel Sunday evening
about o'clock. After q generaf
smashup there in which there were
several pistol shots and great maIii-
festation of violence, the two men
escaped. An armed posse was a
waiting however, and one membSr
of this posse, r. S. Gibson, upon
seeing the men leaving next morning
about a o'clock, fired upon them
mortally wounding Henderson. He
was carried to Lockhart, about q mite
from the place of the tragedy, and
was operated upon, but died Monday
afternoon.
Scott and Henderson arrived In
Lockhart last week and began work
ing in the mill as weavers. They
secured board at the hotel run for
Lockhart mills by Mrs. Lula Adams.
On Sunday evening, after meal tins
Henderson and Scott came in{snd az
manded hot supper This VS. tss ~
ginning 81 the tr6u6 . - s. sEl
were drinking. With fruit jars Mrs.
Adams was knocked down ard SER
iously cut, Sam Broome was also cut
by flying fruit jars. c. d. Broome,
father Of Sam Broome, and others
upon rushing to the scene Of the
trouble, were held up by Scott and
Henderson at the point of pistols.
They later fired into the room then
ran from the house. Hearing the
shooting, Magistrate T. 1. Barber,
who is also superintendent of the
mills, came upon the scene and after
deputizing about 40 men, notified
Sheriff Fant. Sheriff FAINT upon re-
ceiving notice left at once for Lock-
hart, reaching there about 10 o'clock
Sunday night. The surrounding
country was picketed by armed men
to see that Scott and Henderson did
not escape. The subsequent shoot
ing of Henderson about o'clock next
morning by one of the deputized men
resulted as already stated. Gibson
Is brother-in-law of Sam Broome,
the man attacked by Henderson and
Scott in the hotel the evening before;
he has been lodged in Jail, and has
employed as counsel
Coroner L. B. Godshall held the
inquest over the dead body of Hen
derson Monday. The verdict of the
jury was that the deceased came to
his death from gunshot wound at
the hands of Russell Gibson.
Henderson was shot through the
abdominal cavity, and it was seen
that he was mortally wounded from
the first. G. D. Broome testified
that in the mixup Sunday night Hen
derson was using his knife as well
as fruit jars. He testified that Hen
derson cut his son, Sam Broome with
knife, but that he did not see hir,
cut Mrs. Adams. Mrs. Adams is the
daughter of c. d. Broome, the pro-
prietor of the hotel. Magistrate
Barber testified that he and Sheriff
FAINT instructed the members of the
posse: "to be careful and not pe,
killed, nor kill anyone if they could
help it. but catch the criminals If
they could" C. H. Willard testi-
fled that Henderson and Scott came
to his house about 10 o'clock SUNDAY
night and asked to be taken to some
railroad. This he refused to do. He
testified that they told him they had
knocked a woman down and that
Scott said he had shot at Mr.. Barber:
also that he and Henderson had
whipped six men at the boarding
house; he further testified that both
men were, when seen by him, drink
ing. Both j. E. Wood and his IA
ther, j. NJ. Wood testified that they
got to Henderson in few minutes
after he was shot, It being but a
short distance from their home. They
also stated that Henderson said he
did not know who shot him, but that
they had done him dirt, as he was