The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-06-16

Winnsboro, June 15-Special:
Sheriff A. D. Hood killed in per-
formance of his duty, Jules
Smith, a negro charged with
criminal assault, and Clyde Isen-
hover, a relative of Smiths al
legged intended victim, dead,
Deputy Sheriff Earle Stevenson
desperately wounded, his left
arm being practically shot off:
Rural Policeman J. R. Boulware
shot in the pit of his stomach
and barely living, and Jesse
Morrison, brother-in law of lser
hover and member of the at
'tacking party, shot in the head
and several other deputy sheriffs
wounded. tell the horrible re-
suits of an attack by a small mot
on the sheriff here this morning
while he was ascending the
Court House steps with, the ne
gro who was to be placed or
trial for his life.
Sheriff Hood went to Colum-
bla this morning and brought
Jules Smith, the negro who was
to be tried for the awful crime.
back to Winnsboro to put hin
on trial for his life. The negro
had been in the State Peniten'
tiary for safe keeping and the
sheriff was accompanied by sew
eral deputies. This precaution
was taken in view Of certain
threats said to have been utter
ed. The sheriff and his prisoner
reached here in safety. Witt
the negro walking between hin
and Policeman Haynes, the
sheriff had started up the steps
to the court house, when a fusil
lade of shots broke out. The
first bullet struck the negro pris
oner in the stomach with fatal
results. The second bullet from
the mob hit sheriff Hood.
PRoMIsCUoUs FIRING.
By this time the fusillade had
become general, the mob firing
promiscuously into the crowd
which was following the sheriff
and his party up the steps to the
Court room, AS soon as he could
draw his pistol Sheriff Hood re
turned the fire and several o!
his deputies joined in the afray,
Sheriff Hood wos shot five times
three times in the stomach, in
his right side, in left arm, ano
between shoulder and elbow.
Deputy Sheriff Earle Stevenson
who was right behind him, was
shot twice in the left arm, prac,
tically severing it from his body
One bullet struck Rural Police
man J. r. Boulware in his stom
ach, probably fatally wounding
him. Deputy Sheriff B. R. Beck
man was shot in the left leg.
Constable R. L. Kelley was shot
in the thumb and right arm.
Deputy Sheriff J. W. Broom re-
ceived several bullets through
his pants and one grazed his left
foot.
From all the information OBJ
tainable the consensus Of opin-
ion is that Clyde Isenhower be-
gan the shooting and it is said
that his first bullet killed the
negro prisoner. He himself was
fatally wounded, being shot sew
eral times, and received thirteen
openings in his body as a result
of bullets lodging there. 1t is
thought that Sheriff Hood dl-
rected his fire at Clyde 1senhow'
er, for the sheriff emptied his
pistol, Isenhower, after being
shot to pieces, staggered into
the sheriff's Office and had nm
preached his pistol and reloaded
it before he fell faint from the
loss of blood.
OTHERS WOUNDED.
Jesse Morrison, a brOther-in-
law of Isenhower, and said to
have been a member of the mob,
received a scalp wound in his
head and had a thumb shot
away. D. F. Smith, a bystand'
er, took refuge behind a tree and
a bullet just grazed his stomach.
Probate Judge W. L. Holley
was standing in the door of the
Court House at tie time Of the
shooting and a bullet buried it.
self in the door facing at his