Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-05-08


him to hold up his hands," repeating
the order in quick succession. Instead
of holding up his hands. he drew his
revolver and commenced firing, the
other party answering at about the
same time After a fusilade Of shots
had been exchanged two OF the men
fell and one ran around Jim Mackin's
house, Mr. Turney firing at him as he
ran. In the excitement Of II all. Mr..
Turney was unable to figure out just
how things were. He had been direct
ing his fire at the man with the pistol,
and when the others fell, he supposed
that thev had probably been killed
from each others pistols; but as to
this he was not certain. He is quite
positive, however, that the first shot
came from the other side.
Jim Mackin told a story to the effect
that he came home at about II o'clock,
bringing a sack OF meal on the back OF
his mule Upon his arrival he found
Moses Faris and ]. K. Wells on his
front porch. They were talking loud
and he heard them asking for match.
In the yard he saw Pink Dover VINO
wanted to talk to him, and In buggy
under persimmon tree sat WASH Har-
low. The men had r. jug OF WHISKY
and they offered him drink. He went
to the stable to put up his mule; but
finding Mr.. Turney's mule still In the
stable he turned his own mule loose
He then went into the house. and after
a little while when there came knock
at the door, his daughter said 1t was
Mr. Thad Turney coming after his
lap robe. AS he opened the door ne
saw a. number of men clustered around
the Turney buggy. One Of them was
brandishing a stick and somebody was
saying, "hold up your hands" About
that time several shots were fired, and
presently one man started TO run
around the house. He could see from
the flash Of the pistol that 1t was Mr
Turney who fired two shots at the
runner. The runner fired back at Mr.
Turney, but Mackin said he could not
see who the running man was. MT
Turney was standing on the edge OF
the plowed ground near the house.
According to Mackin, as well as ne
could tell, when the firing began Mr.
Thad Turney left the house and went
in the direction Of the melee. He did
not see Thad Turney do anything. Al
ter the firing was over Macsin wehs d
toward the buggy. He found Mr.. Ed
Turney and Thad Turney there. and
Dover and Wells lying on the ground
Dover stone dead and Wells gasping
for breath. He asked Mr.. Turney what
he was going to do about 1t and ne
said. Nothing" Mr.. Turney went on
to say that while l was attending TO
nv own business this crowd came to
mob me up." A few minutes later the
Turneys hitched up their mule. got
their lap robe and left the place.
Moses F'aris and Wash Harlow ap-
peared to know very little OF the
thnt hn
ting in the buggy with Harlow. He
heard no loud talking: but left for the
Turney buggy in response to a call
from there. When the shooting began
he ran around Mackin's house and
took refuge in a hollow. Harlow stat
ed that when Faris left the buggy. ne
went into the woods and went to sleep
and knew nothing about the matter
until o'clock in the morning.
According to Harlow the four men
Wells. Dover, Faris and himself were
on their way to Dover's house, and mad
only stopped at Mackin's house for a
match.
The testimony Of Martha and Katie
Mackin was corroborative Of that or
their father, Jim Mackin.
Although there was no actual testi-
mony as to the part that Thad Turney
NAV have taken in the affair, the jury
concluded that as the only bullet
wound that was to be found on the
two men, that in Dover's right leg be-
low the knee, could not have been IA
tal ii was unreasonable to assume
anything else than that the deceased
had come to their deaths from DloWs
struck by a blunt instrument in the
hands of ]. e. Turney and Thad Tur-
ney. ~.
Pink Dover was originally from the
SMYRNA neighborhood: but had lived
in the Bethany neighborhood for about
seven years, and has been in the en-
ploy Of M. M. Faris in connection with
saw milling. He was 3S years OF age
and is survived by widow. j. X.
Wells was a son Of John Wells, OF the
Bethany neighborhood, and was ~
years Of age and was unmarried. HIS
occupation was farming.
The Turneys went to Glover from
the scene of the killing and gave them
selves up to Magistrate Quinn who
sent them to Yorkville. Shortly after
they reached the Jail, a representative
of The Enquirer had talk with the
elder Turney, who appeared to be or
the opinion that Wells and Dover had
been killed either from shots from
their own pistols or pistols Of others
of the party They could not have been
killed by him. When it developed that
both men had been killed by blows
struck with blunt instrument, the1
natural conclusion was that when
young Turney. who was in Mackin's
piazza at the time, realized the danger
of his father, he rushed to the scene.
picked up the baseball bat as he went,
and felled both men, each at a single
blow. This. however, is only plausi-
BILE conclusion, not sustained by any
actual testimony that has been given.