The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-03-20
HELD WITHOUT BAIL
FOR DEATH OF NEGRO
'Our Blacksburg Youths in Trou-
bic at Kings Mountain.
TALLIES WITH WOUND.
Pistol IN Auto of Same Calibre nc
One Wit, Which Sal williams
Was Killed.

Kings Mountain Special to Char
lotte Observer March 1S.-Jamie
Whisnant, Fulton Whisnant, Hugh Da
Wis and Zeb Bell OF Blacksburg, 8. c.,
were today held without bail in con-
nection with the murder of Sol Will
liams, an 1S-year-old negro who was
shot through the head and killed last
night at 1920 O'Clock at an overhead
bridge, two blocks north of the local
passenger station.
These four young men, together
with Deck Fulton, formed an automo-
bile party which came from Blacks
burg last evening to attend a carnival
Williams when shot was on the east
side OF the road over which is the
bridge while the carnival exhibiting
on the west side. Two shots were
heard at 1920, but Williams could
not be seen by the persons firing, ow-
Ing to darkness which was intensi-
fed by the light behind the large
crowd assembled at the carnival
Chief of Police Lindsay, Assistant
Chief Rhodes and Mayor Cline were
all on the carnival grounds and quick
ly went to the scene of the shooting,
Mr.. Lindsay arriving in a few NOM
ents and finding Williams
A bullet had entered the back of
| the negro's neck, severing a jugular
vein and large artery, causing death
by bleeding. On the same side OF the
Dad were four men gathered about an
automobile, preparing to crank 1t up
for leaving. Thinking II possible that
there was some connection between
their proximity to the negro and his
death, the officers stopped the party
and searched them. No pistal was
Tnnnd thn ht,f -
beer and whiskey was found in the
machine, while in the rear OF the car
was 32-calliber Smith & WessoH re-
volver, covered by a laprobe. Two
chambers were empty, the other three
having loaded cartridges According
to the officers the empty shells had
been fired within a few minutes OF
the time the pistol was examined.
coroner's jury composed of some
OF the most prominent men of town
was empaneled this morning and a
post-mortem examination revealed
the fact that the bullet which had
passed through the neck and lodged
back of the negro's eye was of 32-caIi.
ber. Chief of Police Lindsay in the
meantime had gone to Blacksbure
and was told on inquiry that Deck
Fulton had borrowed n 32-calibeI
to have been duplicate of the one
found in the car. Fulton before
the jury swore that he gave the pistol
to Zeb Bell, another OF the party. be.
fore reaching Kings Mountain and
that he saw it no more Fulton's bro
ther, who lives here, testified that
Fulton was with him at some distance
from the automobile when the shoot
ing occurred. He was not with the
crowd when the car was searched.
Serving on Coroner G.. K. Barnett.
jury were w. A. Mauney. ]. w. Ware
N. f. Watterson, w. A. Ridenhour
George III. Logan and w. p. Herndon
Following the taking of the evidence
they held the four without bail, anC
bound Deck Fulton over to court as {
witness.
}. The matter. has been promptly han
died here today, the citizens demand
ing thorough investigation. Sol Will
liams worked for the Barnes & Fin
ger Drug Co., and so far as is know1
had had nothing to say to the Blacks
burg party. In fact, no theories hav,
been advanced as to the cause of the
alleged shooting.