Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-06-16
FATRFIELD's SHERIFF. KILLED
by Angry Mob Who Sought Life of
Negro Prisoner.

| fully hurt here this morning in a bat
! tie precipitated by the bringing Of
Jules Smith, a negro, to Winnsboro
| for trial for alleged criminal assault
| upon white woman of Fairfield
| county.
The dead are: A. d. Hood, sheriff
of Fairfield county; Jules Smith, the
prisoner, and Clyde Isenhower, rela-
tive OF the alleged victim. ~
j. r. Boulware, a deputy sheriff Of
Fairfield 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
Eisenhower, his brother; Jesse Morri-
son, brotherin-law, and James
Rawls, 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 five or six bullets in his body.
Both We're shot several times in the
abdomen as well as in the arms and
hands. Deputy Boulware 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. ),
J near the a1hNW nna nf lo4,
severed the artery in the arm, and
young Stevenson suffered terribly
from the loss Of blood before the
tourniquet was applied to staunch the
| flow. Stevenson and Isenhower were
taken to Chester late this afternoon.
for surgical attention in the Pryor
| Hospital. Isenhower died at 1890
o'clock tonight.
| special train came here from
| Columbia Immediately after the
shooting and Sheriff Hood and Deputy
Boulware were rushed to Columbia
for operations, the former dying early
tonight.
in the fusillade many shots went
| wild, striking bystanders here and
there, or burying themselves in the
walls of the building. On the STAIR
way up which Sheriff Hood led his
prisoner, the wall is splorched with
| blood and the plastering is bullet :
drilled. Policeman Haynes, whd}
with Sheriff Hood IVA sjl leading $ tlSe
negro-u up the stairway, hesftated Just
a moment when the firing began, and
! three or four bullets were plugged in
the wall on either side of his head.
ID. f.. Smith, who was standing in
the court yard, was struck in the side
n h,lh Of hto1, no. 4
against one of the large columns of
the portico.
w. l.. Holley, Judge of Probate.
| also mad a narrow escape. Mr.. Holley
was leaning against the door facing
Of the lower front entrance to the
court house. When Clyde Isenhower
had emptied his pistol he ran into the
building, with bullets flying in his
trail. One of these bit a particle
from the brick coping at Mr.. Holley's
side, and, barely brushing his sto-
mach, buried itself in the opposite
wall.
! There were not more than four or
| f1ve in the attacking party. Since
| Smiths arrest two or three months
ago the prisoner had been held at the
state penitentiary, from which he was
taken early this morning and brought
| to Winnsboro by Sheriff Hood and
eight deputies. AS a matter of pre-
caution ten or twelve others had
been sworn in to assist in the delfv-
cry of the prisoner to the court.
When the two automobiles arrived
| from Columbia, the machines were
switched into the jail yard, and the
prisoner was led toward the court
house. Nothing happened until the
officials began to ascend the steps
leading to the court room Then
Clyde Isenhower, relative of the al
legged victim, opened fire. So close
was the asSailant that the ballusters
are powder burned.
me weapons used in the fire be-
tween Sheriff Hood and Isenhower
practically locked each other in the
exchange OF shots. 1t is thought that
lsenhoWer killed the negro with the
first shot fired.
Grand Jury Acts.
indictments for murder were re-
turned late this afternoon against
1our members Of the band attacking
the officials and the prisoner. Those
accused were: Clyde Isenhower, Ern-
est lsenhOwer, brother; Jesse Nor
rison, a brother-in-law. and James
Rawls. Ernest Isenhower has been
arrested and is held in jail.
Court had not vet convened when
the tragedy occurred. Immediately
upon the opening this afternoon at 3
O'Clock Judge John s. Wilson charged
the grand jury to make a thorough
investigation. instructing that "ef-
forts should be made to bring to JUS
tlce every man who has taken the
law into his own hands" The Jury
went to its rooms Immediately, and at