Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-10-08
L. S. MORTON SHOT AND KILLED.
Body Brought to WalhaIla Monday
from Aiken County for Burial.

Sunday by telegram that Louis s.
Morton, son Of Mr. and Mrs. John
A. Morton, VINO live near Walhalla.
had been shot and killed at Jackson,
a small settlement in Aiken county,
on Saturday night. The body was
brought to Walhalla Monday about
noon.
There have been various rumors
anoat as to the circumstances sur
rounding the unfortunate affair that
ied 10 the death of the young man,
ana we have secured from George
Morton and Fred w. Rutledge, bro
ther and brother-in-law of the de-
ceased, respectively, the following
lacts, which they obtained by at
tendance at the coroner's inquest:
InniS and Leonard Morton, broth
ers, were engaged in hauling lumber
from the mills Of George Morton, for
whom they were working, and it was
tnelr custom, after finishing the
week S work, to put up their mules
at stables near Jackson. They had
gotten to the stables late Saturday
night, and it was nearing II o'clock
when they had finished putting up
ana feeding their teams, and immedi-
ateiy after they had done this they
went a short distance to a country
store, at which there was cold
urlnk stand. 1t was stated that
there were some hundred or more
negroes about the place, and the
supp osition is that they suspected
the two Mortons Of being whiskey
constables or spies, and as whiskey
and beer were sold in the neighbor-
mood by the darkies, they endeavored
10 run the two boys off. Louis Nor
ton, 1t is said, was shot almost at the
beginning of the trouble, and he also
received several gashes from a knife
about the head and body. Death,
however, was due to the gunshot
wound, the bullet having penetrated
the stomach, having entered his body
Just below the ribs on the left side.
When his brother fell wounded, Leo
nard Morton attempted to defend
himself as best he could from the as
saults. of the negroes, but had no
weapon save his knife, which he
used with telling effect, as was evil
denced by the effects on some four
or five of the darkies participating
in the row. He received several Sc
we're wounds from clubs and sticks.
but was not seriously injured. Louis
Morton was moved to his home, but
died shortly after reaching there
The verdict Of the coroner's Jury
was to the effect that Louis Morton
came to his death from a gunshot
wound inflicted at the hands of
Aaron Henderson, colored, and that
Joe Brown and Milledge Washington,
both negroes, were accessories to the
crime.
On Sunday morning a large crowd
OF incensed citizens of the commu-
nifty gathered and were preparing to
lynch the negroes that had been ar
rested, hut the sheriff Of Aiken coun-
ty, with several deputies, arrived at
the scene just in time to get the pris-
oners away from the mob, taking
them with all speed to the Aiken Jail,
where they are now held under tho
charge of murder and aCce lsories to
the crime OF murder. Efforts were
III preparation to follow tho officers
and TO retake the negroes, but Che
lact that there was 10 leans OF
travel except with horses made the
attempt futile, as tbs Sheriff's auto
mobiles were too fast for the crowd
to think Of overtaking.
Louis Morton was 26 years of age,
and leaves a wife and four children
all girls. Mrs. Morton is a daugh-
ter Of Mr.. ana Mrs. Thomas Deaton,
of near Walhalla.
Monday afternoon at o'clock the
body of Mr.. Morton was inferred at
the Neville cemetery, just west Of
Walhalla, large number Of relatives
and friends Of the deceased and his
family having assembled for the sad
occasion. The funeral services were
conducted by Rev. j. o. Burnett, of
the Methodist church, pastor Of the
Walhalla Circuit.
Accompanying the remains to Wal
halla We're Mr.. Morton's wife and
four children; Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
w. Rutledge, the latter a sister of
the deceased; Mrs. w. F.. Friar and
George, Leonard and Otto Morton,
brothers Of the unfortunate young
man. Mrs. Morton, the wife of the
deceased, and her four children will
remain here for the present at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Morton.
The sympathy Of many friends Of the
family goes out to the bereaved ones
in their deep sorrow
The Changeable weather OF early
fall brings on coughs and colds that
have weakening effect on the sys-
TEN, and may become chronic. Use
Foley's Honey 81 Tar Compound. 1t
has a very soothing and healing ef-
feet on the irrtated and innamed air
passages, and will help very quickly.
1t Is a we'll known family medicine
that gives results. Bells drug store,
Walhalla. adv
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