The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-06-19

house steps yesterday I'm performance
OF his duty was taken to winnsboro
this morning. A large crowd OF peo-
pie were at the winnsboro depot
when the train pulled In. and they
stood I'm respectful silence. while the
remains OF the brave she II were re-
moved to his former home. A cor
oner's jury Is holding an inquest.
Clyde Eisenhower. leader OF the
mob. is still living at hospital In
Chester. but Is badly wounded. Dep
uty Bulware lies at a Columbia hos
pitai with bullet In his abdomen.
Reports from winnsboro are that
Ernest Isenhower. Jesse Morrison and
Jim Rawls are In jail charged with
being members OF the mob and that
the grand jury Of Fairfield county has
returned true bills charging them
with murder. Should Clyde Isenhow-
er survive he will have TO stand trial
on a charge OF numbering Sheriff
Hood.
winnsboro, June 14.-Three people
were shot TO death one was probably
fatally wounded and half dozen 9TH
ers were more or less painfully hurt
here this morning In a battle pre-
cipitated by the bringing OF Jules
Smith. a negro. to winnsboro for trial
for alleged criminal assault upon a
white woman OF Fairfield county.
The dead are: A. ID. Hood. sheriff
OF Fairfield county; Jules Smith. the
prisoner. and Clyde Isenhower. rela-
tive OF the alleged victim.
J. II. Boulware. deputy sheriff OF
Fairheld county Is probably fatally
shot.
Soon after the tragedy the grand
jury met and returned true bills.
charging murder against Clyde Isen-
hover. who at that time was linger-
Ing on the point OF death; Ernest
Iscnhcwer. his brother: Jesse Morri-
son. n brother-in-law. and James
Rawis. the indictments charging the
murder OF Jules Smith.
The inquest into the negro's death
was adjourned until Friday. The in
quest into the sheriff's death will be
held tomorrow.
Both Sheriff Hood and Isenhower
were literally shot to pieces. Each
had ivs or six bullets In his body.
Both were shot several times I'm the
abdomen as we'll as I'm the arms and
hands. Deputy Boulwaro was struck
but once. the bullet penetrating the
abdominal cavity and caused what Is
regarded as an exceedingly dangerous
wound. Smith. too. was struck but
once. the bullet taking effect just TO
the left OF the navel.
Earle Stevenson. another deputy,
was shot twice through the left arm.
near the elbow. One OF the bullets
severed the artery In tho arm. and
young Stevenson suffered terribly
from the loss OF blood before the
tourniquet was applied to staunch
the flow. Stevenson and Eisenhower
were taken to Chester late this af-
ternoon by S. w. Pryor. NJ. D.. for
surgical attention in the Pryor hos
pi~l. Isenhower died at 1880
o'clo6s tonight.
A special train came here from
Columbia Immediately after the
shooting ard Sheriff Hood and Deputy
Boulware were rushed TO Columbia
for operations. the former dying early
tonight.
In the fusillado, many shots went
wild. striking a bystander here and
there. or burying themselves I'm the
walls or the building. on the stairway
up which Sheriff Hood led his pris-
oner. the wall is splotched with blood
and the plastering Is bullet drilled.
Policeman Haynes who with Sheriff
Hood was leading the negro up the
stairway. hesitated just moment
when the firing began. and three or
four bullets were plugged I'm the wall
on either side OF his head.
n. r. Beckham, n special deputy.
was shot through the calf OF the right
leg. II. l.. Kelly n magistrates con-
stable. was hit I'm the thumb and arm
william Morrison. a brother-in-law of
Clyde Eisenhower. hasa bullet beneath
tho scalp. Two bullets punctured the
left leg OF j. w. Richardson's trous-
srs below the knee. ono OF these left
a small mark on the opposite ankle
Alec Rroome. another deputy. was