The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-07-01
SOME DETAILS
OF THE KILLING
AS Brought Out in Evidence at
Coroner's Inquest at William.
ston Monday Night

! Hpiiciinr * f. Smith and rorn., :
!iai'iin hay" returned iiuin Williams
! ton. ii''r" the. had charge Of Tho la
Iu"si OYER IA" Lrt. Of VIM. KIN.
"li" wa shot ard killed by G. 4,
! PooI". IIi" dad inAn l,H.cs II fam
| II! al MS WI" ANA "irhi children
ana The funeral Tur:',ay iA report. 4.
To hay" l"'n very largely attended
Th"r" va: sorHr Interesting rli
h"nc" brought nri al In" inquest n..d
"hll' SON" matters may hr clrar,.:
! up later on, HE facts aa presented.
t"ok mara Tor thc defendant I'll. In
| 'cilis'i'"r stated TG""dny morning
hat an eye witness had stated ll,:u
Ii" dead man %ns in his hirf sleeves
AMI had iii% hands over his head when
u" va" :linf some other details
brought ou' al tn" inquest ar" 10 thr
effect that after he had ,mptl~. liz.
pistol iouf" attempted to reload i,
I'm" dead man is >.id ,u ,.xpr.s al
pity for his slayer Following j., sc,.n.
81 the ic"iirhunN fanen al il!,. H.
que.
br F'!hnk Lander Il physicinn 81!
u" place. iciiiE duly sworn. ga,,. thr
following ".'inionv:
Il fchnd Mr. Kelly about lD::!,
O'Clock liiia morning living in rrort ,i
sullivan stUl'. His physical cumli-
non at that time was one ul the
greatest danger He wa. :,i;rrrin.
| rom IN" effects uf forr wounds ~.
crived. administered, tn him. exam
incd his wound. and at II:2U o'clot.k
carried him to GTrei"illr for an on
erati0n. He died in the nmbilunr.
just AS we reached the hospital. We
carried him to Mnckcy's undertaking
establishment where | examined t,,
hody and found the following inarl,e
oi violence: first wound. hullci
wound in line with left nipple he
wrrn 9Th and Sth ribs. the cxi, being
between sin and 10Th ribs; Second
wound. on let side. midway of crest
Oh ir.t iliunl and synphisis Of public
bone. It's exit being through gu,tus
nIaXinnus near coXys. Third wound.
on 'ide Of lc:t hip. three Inchc: below
crest Of il'Im. exit being through
guttGs mnxlmus muscle on Il level,
Fourth wound. three inches lower
down on leg on sume side as others
no exit. Either of the first two
wounds mentioned would have caus-
cd death. In my opinion Iii: death
was due To honor rlugc and The
rhOck"
a. q. Pinckney. well known resi-.
dcnt OF this place. being daily sworn.
testified us follows:
dont remember the time, but |
think II was about 10 o'clock. was
Iii ir0n; Of Stiliivan's store ami saw
Mr.. Kelly come out of GrifTin's
pharmacy and go between drug store
and Sullivnn's store. He was follow
cd by MIR. Claude Poore. who was
about six or eight feet behind MIR.
Kelly. When get opposite the on
ening of the alley saw Mr.. Kelly,
who was facing ne. and Mr.. Poore.
whose hack was turned toward nc.
about - or 80 feet from the side
walk where was standing. MIR. Kel-
~ wac In his shirt rleeves both hands
extended In front OF him open, while
Mr.. Poore was with his back To me n
little to the right OF Mr.. Kelly. Mr..
i'oore had coat on. AS I came op-
pOsite them I heard Mr. Kelly cay:
Il want 10 tell you that yOii acted a
I'D Il d dirty way yesterday have
no gun and | don't care If you have
l wanted 10 tell you thie" Mr.. Poorc
said: Don't come on me. Joe Kelly"
Mr.. Kelly made no move that saw.
Mr.. Poore drew his pistol from his
right front pants pocket. I think rails
ed II with huth hantla and fred until
the hammer clicked. AT the first shot
Mr.. Kelly said: What do you -mean?'
anh staggered toward Gril!in's drug
Etorc. Mr.. I'oorc continued to fire a,
him. T. }. Martin. Bob Hammond, Al
hammond and myself were begging
him all the time not to shoot an I'M
al med man. At that time Chief Mel
son took the pistol from Mr. Poorc
ana Mr.. Kelly fell upon the sidewalk
ut the corner of Sullivan,s store
ihey were about or 10 feet apart"
Thi6 evidence was In part cOrrOh-
GRATED by Senator q. W. Sullivan and
Others.