The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-07-24
DR.. J. H. M'INTOSH
WOUNDED BY NIGHT
Physician Shot and Painfully
Injured.
FIRES UPON ASSAILANT.
IS UPON ASSAILANT.
Drives Him Away After Struggle.
Sure of Hearing Reference to
BOthering "Colie.'

The following account of the at
tack on DR.. Mcintosh appeared in
The State Thursday morning:
DR.. James III. Mcintosh, we'll
known Columbia physician, was shot
and painfully wounded by an un-
known man, who attacked him short
| iy before o'clock this morning as
the physician was returning home
along Marion street after a visit to
the Knowlton hospital. According
to statements by DR.. Mcintosh the
assailant, after a struggle. fed over
the wall of the Presbyterian church
yard, shouting as he scaled the wall:
Now, you won't bother Collie to-
morrow" or Nov, Collie won't be
bothered by you tomorrow"
DR.. Mcintosh recently has been
brought forward into the senatorial
campaign, Governor Blease having
said that he expected to invite the
doctor to be on the stage at today's
meeting when he would answer the
question asked at Greenville, as to
his statement, regarding the condi-
ton of r. A. Richey, who was parol
ed by the governor.
There is no clew to the identity o.
DR.. McIntoshs assailiant. The wound
ed man described him as being
small, about 120 pounds in weight,
dressed in dark clothing and wearing
, a cloth cap.
Bloodhounds, summoned from the
, penitentiary, arrived some time after
: the shooting. Bystanders had beeI
kept away from the part of the wal
r which the assailant had scaled in his
- escape. The trail, therefore, was rel
4 atively easy.
1 The dogs followed the trai
through the grave yard to Bull stree
and thence down that street to the
: corner of Bull and Pendleton streets
o There the trail was lost, about hal
Z way across Pendelton srree.
., STATEMENT OF FATHER.
DR.. James Mcintosh, father o
n DR.. James H. Mcintosh, this morning
q made the following statement, as re
, peated by his son when he reached
: Knowlton hospital after being shot
"Dr. Mcintosh lert Knowlton hos
: pital about 15 minutes to 2 o'clocl
r this morning. AS he was passing
! Presbyterian church a man steppe
o out from behind a large tree an
4 called: Hands up presenting a pis
q tol as he did so. DR.. Mcintosh grab
bed the pistol and grappled with tn
man. In the scuffie the pistol wa
placed against DR., McIntoshs stom
ach and fred one time. DR.. MC
Intosh staggered ana fell to tn
ground. Immediately the assailan
:. left, crossed the sidewalk and jumI
ed the fence, saying, Collie won't
, bothered with you tomorrow ID,
:. Mcintosh got his own pistol out an
fred twice as his assailaLt got owe
the fence. An instant later he fire
the remaining three chambers. to a
tract attention. The attack ng part
disappeared through the PresbN
terian grave yard.
"Dr. Mcintosh has never been j
the habit of carrying pistol, but bt
ing suspicious for the last thre
nights that he was shadowed he ha
taken his pistol along with him.
THE bullet struck in the rigl
~ side just over the liver. The serious
"a ness can not be determined until
i thorough examination has been mad
= which is now in process"
ST At 4:3O this morning it was al
Is nounced that Dr. Mcintosh had com
y out from the ether which had bee
s' administered for the examination
l. The wound was found to be only s,
~ perficial and the doctors conditio
+ was pronounced to be splendid"
IN Among the first persons to reac
'i the wounded man were DIR. r. J
70 Lancaster, b. F. Auman. J. r. SheI
"a herd and a number of others VIII
50 hurried to the spot from their home
"a The shots ana Dr. Mcln:osh's eric
le for help alarmed the neighborhoo
ot and in q few minutes y1any person
= were at hand.
The physician was perfectly con
Of posed. according TO these first at b
Pr SIDE and at 5pce described the a