The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-01-23


was shot Thursday, January Is at
o'clock on the public square by o. c.
WEIGH, and died three hours and
quarter later at the Kings Daughters
Hospital where an operation had been
made by Dr. Robert Pillow and 9TH
ers.
Morgan receiver five wounds from
the thirty-two calibre Colts automat-
ic, one shot in the right chest which
broke the second rib and ranged
down, severing one of the large AFTER
les and pierced the right lung. This
wound is the one from which he died,
death being caused by shock and in
ternal hemorrhage. Another bullet
entered the right shoulder and ranged
through the arm breaking it and came
out through the lower muscle, anoth-
er shot entered the right part of the
lower stomach, but did not pierce the
abdominal cavity, he also received
wound in each leg above the knee.
WEIGH was on his horse when the
shooting occurred and it is alleged
by witnesses who saw the tragedy
that Morgan was advancing on him
with a knife in his hand and that he
was cursing WEIGH and that WEIGH
twas begging him not to advance on
him any further. The first shot that
was fired was when Morgan took hold
of the bride rein of Welchs horse
and this shot went wild and it is re-
ported that WEIGH said that he shot
only to scare Morgan, but that when
the latter kept advancing he then
turned the gun on him. Seven shots
we're alleged to have been fired, five
of. which took effect as above stated.
The trouble is alleged to have
grown out of a deal over some logs
that WEIGH had sold Morgan and that
while Morgan had bought only oak
trees he had cut poplar. 1t is stat
ed that WEIGH had notified Morgan's
driver not to load the poplar logs,
but that one day during Welch's alb
sence the negro loaded the log and
hauled it to the mill. When the two
imen met Thursday they began dis
cussing the affair and then hot words
ensued, followed by the tragedy, 1t
is also charged that Morgan had re-
ceived a day or two ago, letter from
WEIGH in which the latter made in.
situations at which Morgan took Of
ense. 1t is said that the discussion
Of this letter between the. two men
Iprecipitated the quarrel that led to
fatal results.
Occurring as 1t did during the busy
! part of the afternoon, on the most
freouented part of the business dis
trict and almost in sight Of scores Of
, people, the shooting created the most
intense excitement for a time and
within a few moments hundreds. Of
people were congregated at the scene
, of the tragedy. In almost less time
than it takes to record the fact the
, news of the shooting spread. Within
few minutes it had reached all parts
of the county as was attested by the
numerous telephone calls to The Her
. aid for details. The prominence o
. the Morgan family and its wide con
. nections in the southern section o
the county added to the interest il
and excitement over the killing il
that section.
After Morgan received the frs
shot eye witnesses state that he stoo'
like a man grown to the ground ant
that he did not move muscle. HI
walked at Leaf twenty feet after re
Q ceiving the last shot before he fell
+ Charley Mason and Mr. Stiner catch
q ing him and easing him to the ground
WEIGH Immediately after firing tn