The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-10-27

when Brown was produced admitted
he couldn't say whether the man be-
fore him was the one he saw shoot
ing. He said, he intervened in row
between Brouthers and Mcdonald and
grabbed the Iatter's pistol end it went
off. He afterwards saw Mr.. Cohen
lying six feet away near window.
]. I. Cosgrove, another Grace com
mitteeman, said he saw Brown shoot
Winsate, then fire deliberately ct him
again after he had fallen. He yelled
to Hancock to disarm Mcdonald and
saw them grapple. He went himself
to assist in overpowering Brown. He
saw Cohen, with Black and another
man, crowding through a window.
Cohen suddenly fell backward into
the room. He had put one foot on
the window sill and the other on a
chair. Chief Cantwell ran up and
grabbed Brown by the throat. The
witness caught the chiefs hand and
as he did so the chiefs pistol was
discharged.
81 presume he intended to shoot
Brown said the witness. Cosgrove
said he saw pistols in the hands only
Of Brown, Mcdonald and Cantwcll'
He<identifed Brown upon the latter
being produced before him. He said
Cohen fell near the spot where Nc
Donald and Hancock were struggling.
He doesn't know in what direction
McDonald's gun was pointed.
On Tuesday several new lines OF
testimony were opened but these
tended rather to incriminate IN the
affray persons not heretofore accused
than to throw light on the main ques,
ton as to whose hand fired the snot
which brought down Mr.. Cohen.
One witness, Jerry w. Dunn, made
the first direct imputation of guilt
for that homicide. He said he saw
one of the two men now in arrest
Edward r. Mcdonald, shoot Mr.
Cohen in the back, though he would
not say the shot was deliberately aim
ed at the newspaper man. Some eyl,
aence was adduced tending to show
that the police took special care to
fkeep down trouble, whereas testi'
mony from other quarters was thai
police actively participated in the
| disorder.
Two witnesses said they saw 8
| policeman stand in the doorway anc
! deliberately fire into the committee
room. Allen Eegare said he hearc
Plain Clothes Officer Hogan, after
converaing in low tones with Chic,
Cantwell, say ,"All right, there viii
1 be held when I get to them where
upon Hogan entered COMMITTEES
headouarters and a. commotion cul
minating in pistol shots immediatel!
broke out there.
E. A. Cobia said he heard Hogar
say, "I am going to get what / came
| for or they will have to carry me or
IN a wagon
| ". B. Hearon, who admitted II
had been tried for murder and &C
1uitted, Mayor Grace being his attor
ney in that case, testified that he saw
Hogan fire into the committee rooE
land this, he said, was the first sho
he heard. Further evidence directl!
| charging the, prisoner, Henry )
Brown, with shooting William z
Wingate was introduced.
4 Mendel L. Smith, judge OF th'
Fifth circuit, has the distinction o
being the first person not in milltar!
| uniform allowed so far to enter th'
inquest without, undergoing searct
Of his person. Judge Smith had ousl
ness Tuesday at his chambers, open
ling off the court room. When he ap
peared at the court house door sen
tries stationed there halted him ant
were about to insist on searching hin
for arms. when somebody said
"Why, that's the presiding judge o
the sessions court" Thereupon -th'
Judge was bowed past the inner cor
don of sentries.
| AN. Deal Of Columbia was sworI
n as official stenographer CT the in
qpest. During the afternoon session
having need of spare notebooks, n
/ sent downstairs for his bag. A sen
try brought it and he was about tt
open it when Capt. Meyer. ranking
military officer present, said with
fsmile, "Beg pardon, but III have t
examine that first for firearms" NJ
.ethal weapons being found to lHrl
beneath it's clasps, the grip was hand
ed to its owner. .
Mr.. Littlejohn of The News ant
| Courier staff saw, he testified, the be
ginning of quarrel between Brouth
ers and Mcdonald, but being in lint
between them he lodged and at tina
Instant heard S hot from the north
| east corner. He made his way to th'
south wall and men passing in from
prevented him from seeing middle O.
he room and sides.
He heard men pressing in through
.he doorway. The only weSpon h
saw was a pistol held by a man il
he centre of the room, whose hant
] )nly was visible to him. The muZzl'
was directed toward the doorway
| Some shots were fired within six fee
Of where the witness stood. He cs
,aped through southeast window.
! Committeeman Momeir said tha
on hearing a row at the door h
| moved to the southwest corner to ge
out of the line of fire. He heard sew
eral shots. Several policemen hae
pistols out. Mcdonald had a gun i
his hand. hanging down. Replying
% a question, propounded through
| Solicitor Cobb, by Mayor Grace, tht
witness said he heard ordinations ii
| -oor1 after Cohen fell-"Brown die
lit. Brown did. the shooting" The
witness was not armed.
Mr.. Sans of The News and Courier
staff said he heard from his sea-
! within the committee room the noise
Of Renters arrest in the anteroom
Hancock told Mcdonald that Ren
tiers was flashing a gun. Chairman
Black passed him going to the tele
phone, but several men cried, "Nor
yet, not yet"
Hearing shot in the northeas
corner, the witness backed agains
the south wall, Black being then a
his side. Several more shots ranG
out. Men were falling. He saw
Brown standing in the northeast 0,
the centre of the room and firing lef'
md right, apparently at random. OF
| fcer Hogan (alias "Rumpty Rattles,'
plain clothes MANI. as the witnes:
| passed him going out, threw his hanc
to his hip pocket, but let him pass.