The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-07-24
INTEREST HIGH
in COLUMBIA
OVER THE SHOOTING OF
DIR. JAS. H. MCINTOSH
THURSDAY
is OUT OF DANGER
Had Close Call But viii Prob.
ably Be Out Within The
Next Week
is OUT OF DANGER
Especial to The Inte,,,pencer /,

Especial to The Intelligencer)
Columbia. July 23.--Intorest ran
indeed high here today in Colum-
bia as result of the shooting of Dr..
James Mcintosh. one OF the best
known physicians OF the city. early
this morning. The crime 1,ps done
by an unknown man. as tiie physician
was on his way from Knowlton's IN
Urinary to his home. y
The shooting took place in front of
the First Presbyterian church In the
heart OF the residential section. DR..
Mcintosh suffered superfciallwound
IN the abdomen and his condition ia
not considered serious. He rested
well this morning. The. unknown as
sailant shot tDr. Mcintosh after they
had srapp,ed. In a. statement, Dr.
Mcintosh said said that as his assail-
and fled he yelled back, "You wont
bother Cole tomorrow" or words to
that effect. The assailant ran east
one block through the cemetery and
south 1-2 blocks and his trait was
pursued that far by tho hloodhounds.
but was lost in the middle or the
street. indicating that. there was an
automobile awaiting the wonld-bet aB-
sass1n. oSisS''g
The following additional particulars
OF the shooting. were contained IN the
State, the Columbia morning paper
Thureday: s., i, ,3}-il
DR.. James T. Mcintosh. we'll known
Columbia physician. was shot and
painfully wounded by an unknown
man, who attacked him shortly gbe-
fore O'Clock this morning as Ina
physician .was -returninHe ID 81 saf6fiif
Marion street after a.yIsft TO Ere
Knowlton hospital. According 10
statements by DIR. Mcintosh the as.
sailant after struggle. fled over the
wall OF the Presbyterian churchyard,
shouting az he scaled the wall: snow
you won't bother Collie tomorrow" or
Now Collie went be bothered h- ys,s
tomorrow"
DR.. Mcintosh rocently has been
brought forward into the senatorial
campaign. Gov. Blease having aaid
that he expected to invite the doctor TO
be on the stage at today's meeting
when he would answer the question
oeked at Greenville. as to hiA state
ment regarding the condition OF r. IA,
Richey who was paroled by the gover-
nor. So
There is no clew to the identify Of
DR.. McIntosh's assailant. The wound
ed man describes him as being small
about 120 pounds In weight. dressed In
dark clothing and wearing q, cloth
cap. fhF&nse,Ss
Bloodhounds. summoned from the
penitentfary arrived some time after
the shooting. Bystanders had been
kept away from the part OF the wall
which the Rssailant Lad scaled in his
escape. The trail, ttArefore; was
relatively easy. The dogs followed
the trail through the graveyard to
Bull street and thence down that
street and thence to the corner, Of
Bull and Pendleton streets. There the
trail was lost about half way across
Pendleton street.
Statement Of Father. 'i,
DR.. James Mcintosh, father OF DR..
James H. Mcintosh. this morning made
the following statement as repeated
by his son when he reached Knowl-
toms hospital after being shot:
"Dr. Mcintosh left Knowlton's hos
pital about Is minutes to o'civck
this morning. AS he was passing
along Marion street by the First Pres
byterian church man stepped cat
from behind large tree and fcG lied.
hands up presenting pistol and
grabbed the pistol and grappled with
the man. In the scuffle the pistol
was placed against DR.. McIatpsh's
stomach and fired one time. DrlMc-
Intosh staggered and fslls ,tuk S the
ground. Immediately thes;RHaallant
left, crossed the sidewalk and tpndbed
the fence saying. Collie n't,bs'Mth-
cred with you tomorrow D.saaip-
tosh got his own pistol, out and ared
twice as his assaiiant got over the
fence. An instant later he hredRthe
remaining three chambers to- attract
attention. The attacking party disau-
peared through the Presbyterian
graveyard. Sgl..Si;a
"Dr. Mcintosh has never bean In the
habit Of carrying a pistol but being
suspicious for the last three nights
that he was shadowed he had taken
his pistol along with him. 5;
"The bullet struck In the right side
Just over the. liver. The seriousness
can not be determined until a. thor
ough examination has been made
which is now in process y
At 4:30 this morning it S NWaa;t II an
that DR.. Mcintosh had come
out from the ether which had been ad-
for the examination. q The
wound was found to be only suparfi-;
clal and the doctors condition was
pronounced to be "splendi ~ s g
Among the first persons tcffAach
the wounded man were Or. RI Ian.
caster, 3, =. Auman. =. RI Shepherd. =
and O. number Of others who hurried
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