The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-08-31
Negro Shot By Officers
Discharging Their Duty

turning towards these gentlemen. This
is his stick and axe handle. Daisy
Hardy was with me at the time, and
Bessie Hardy, Essie Hardy and Ida
Hardy on the back side of the house
and did not see any of the difficulty.
Carrie Hardy.
Daisy Hardy, being sworn, says: |
am Abram Hardys' daughter and step
daughter of Carry Hardy Mod,er says,
"Yonder comes somebody of DR.. as
sure as you are born" They call fa-
ther CDR" l saw father running to-
wards the three gentlemen that had
come to arrest him. l turned away
when they were about three feet away
and 1 did not see any more. WI en- he
left this morning he had the walking
! stick with him. He said when he left
this morning that he would not be with
us long; i: at he was ready when his
time came Daisy Hardy.
]. H. Chappell, being sworn, says:
The sheriff dep4tized me to assist
Deputy Sheriff Dorroh to make this
arrest. When we got here we found
the msn coming out OF patch of pines
near oy-stick in evidence. He had
them two sticks in lis hand. He got
about one-half way across the cotton
patch and he begun to run toward US.
Mr.. Dorroh told him that he had
warrant for him and to put the sticks
down. He still advanced on us. We
drew our guns and Mr.. Dorrdl told
him to stop. He said, 'Put it to me,
| am coming" He made a terrible
strike at Mr. Dorroh and I put it to
him and Mr.. Dorroh did too. He then
broke stick over Mr.. Kinard's head.
Mr.. Dorroh and l put it to him again.
When Mr.. Kinard got up he fired. The
negro fell. I considered all of us to be
in danger. He is the only person I
ever saw tat a bullet won't stop.
]. H. Chappell.
VIM. NJ. Dorroh made oath, says: l
am deputy sheriff of Newberry county.
Sheriff received phone message this
morning from Magistrate J. Alonzo
Kinard to come down, he wanted us
to help him arrest Abram Hardy. He
sent me, Mr.. Chappell and Mr.. Work
man. We came down to Abram Har-
dy's house and asked Els wife where
Abram was. She said he had gone
down through the pines. came out
the back door and saw Abram coming
out of the pines nearby. His wife said,
please don't kill him. 1 told her that
we were not going to lourt him, and
about that tyne Abram begun to move
toward the house and said what in the
hell are you all doing up there? Then
Mr.. Chappell, Mr.. Kinard and myself
started out to meet him. He said,
'eWhat in The hell do you Want?' 1 said,
81 have come down to arrest you,
throw down your sticks" He said, 81
l am not going to be arrested" and
made toward me with stick. l shot
him in the leg to stop him and then
l shot him in tie breast. Mr. Chappell
also shot at the same time. He turned
and hit Mr.. Kinard in the head and
knocked him down. We continued to
keep shooting. Mr.. Kinard also shot
at him after he got up from tie lick.
The stick he had was a hickory stick
and an old axe handle, each stick being
about three feet long. One of these
was broken over the head of Mr.. XII
nard. Hardy came toward US in
fighting manner.
VIM. Dorroh.
C. G. Blease, sheriff, being sworn,
says: This morning about 10 o'clock
received phone message Magistrate ].
A. Kinard stating that he wanted me
to send at least two men in this COM
munity at once. No one was in the
Office who is connected with the Office
except Mr.. VIM. Dorroh and myself.
On account of the fact that l had five
or six long distance phone messages
in trying to locate a man who had
stabbed woman in this county,
told Mr.. Dorroh to get Rme one to
go with him. I started out to hunt
some one to drive my car for Mr.. Dor
ron and I met Mr.. J. H. Chappell,
whom I requested and deputized to go
with Mr.. Dorrc>. then went and got
Mr.. ]. R. Workman to drive the car
down here. l also deputized him as
special deputy sheriff.