The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-06-17

that has ever taken place in Saluda
as both of the deceased were univers-
ally loved by those who knew them.
ware has only fighting chance for
recovery, the bullet having lodged in
the pit of his abdomen.
Isenhower Shot Six Times.
Clyde Isenhower, said to be the
principal in the fatal tragedy, and
Deputy Sheriff Earle Stevenson were
taken to Chester on the afternoon
train. DR.. S. w. Pryor, their physi-
clan, said that Isenhower had been
shot six or seven times, and had
thirteen openings in his body. Depu-z
ty Stevenson will probably lose his
left arm.
The other deputies received only
slight wounds. Ernest Isenhower,
brother of Clyde Isenhower, and Jesse
Morrison, brother-in-law, were ar
rested this afternoon and lodged in.
Jail, charged with the shooting.
Other arrests are expected to follow.
The grand jury has taken charge OF
the situation and is making sweep
ing and rigid investigation. Fore
man J. H. Coleman and his associ-
ates listened with serious attention
this afternoon during the charge by
Judge Wilson and the general opin-
ion is that those responsible for the
affair are going to have to answer
for it.
Clyde Isenhower, said to be the
,, principal in the shooting was far
mer, and resided in the Wateree sec
ton, about seven miles from here.
He has large number Of brothers;
one of them, Ernest, who is in jail
charged with taking part in the at
tack, has been teaching school in
Clarendon county for two years. AM.
other brother is a rural policeman,
another pastor of string Of Baptist
churches in this county. Clyde Isen-
hover was put in the baggage car7of
the north-bound train this afternoon
and taken to a hospital in Chester.
He was accompanied by his wife.
His aged mother was in tears when
e>train pulled out. BY his side on
another cot was Earle Stevenson, one
of the deputies who had helped de-
fend the prisoner, bleeding from the
bullet wounds in his left arm Jesse
Morrison, the brother-in-law, is said
to be from Great Falls, in Chester
county.
ASSASSINATION" Says Court.
! The blood-stained portals of this
temple of justice cry aloud for. the
vindication of the majesty OF the.
, law" said. Judge John S. Wilson in
his vigorous charge to the Fairfield
grand jury this afternoon, in which
he denounced the shooting of Sheriff
Hood and his deputies as "assassina-
ton" and called on the jury to make
a thorough and sweeping investiga-
/ ton and to bring every one connect
ed with the horrible affair to jus
| tice.
1T is your duty said Judge Will
son, Ito act and to act in such man
ner as to vindicate the law which has
been so greatly outraged this day"
Calling attention to the fact that
he first presided as Judge in Winns-
boro in September, 1907, Judge Will
son recalled the glorious history OF
Fairfield county, " county known
for the manhood of it's men and the
purity of its women, a county where
law and order reigned, but which
this day has been outraged. Did this
happen on the borders Of Arizona?
Did this happen in Mexico? No, it
happened in old historic Winnsboro,'
continued the judge.
What man is there whose blood
does not boil when he hears of the
crime of which this poor wretch stood
accused?" Judge Wilson asked, add
ing that he had been informed that
the negro had confessed and that
everything was in readiness to give
him a fair and impartial trial, and
that the law would have been vindi-
Gated and justice done. He said that
men should control themselves in
such circumstances, "but this morn:
ing men gave vent to their passions
and took the law into their own
hands. and with what result? Your
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