The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-10-20
BROWN CHARGED With MURDER
FORMAL CHARGES AGAINST TWO
HYDE MEN BY POLICE.
Grace Men State That Henry j. Brown
and Edward X. Mcdonald Fired
First Shots ana Started FusilIadc
Brown Fired Shot Which Killed
Cohen, They Statc-COnspiracy TO
Kill Is Charge Against Mcdonald.

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Edward II. Mcdonald were placed on
the police blotter late today. Brown
Is charged with the killing of Sidney
j. Cohen and conspiracy to kill. The
charge against Mcdonald is con-
spiracy to kill several who were
wounded in the battle in the execu-
tive committee room Friday after
noon. John r. Cantwell, chief of
police, has been served wit a writ
of habeas corpus requiring that he
produce the men in court tomorrow
morning and show cause why they
have been arrested.
IL Is presumed that the above
charges which have been preferred
by the police will be the answer to
the writ. Mcdonald and Brown were
still In the custody of the police at
late hour tonight. An effort will
be made tomorrow to have the men
transferred from the ity Jail to the
county prison. 1t is also expected that
an attempt will be made to secure
bail for the two men.
w. e. Wingate, one of the men
wounded Friday afternoon, was op-
Grated on at a local hospital tonight
at IL o'clock. A bullet was removed
from his head.
The other wounded men were rest
ing we'll tonight.
Assembling of affldavits by Grace
interests appears to indicate an in
tention on the part of that faction
to devolve If they can the onus of
precipitating the gun fight of Friday
noon uron Henry j. Brown and Ed
ward X. Mcdonald. Presumably
these depositions will be laid before
Judge Mendel l.. Smith tomorrow as
part of the return by James II. Can't
we'll. chief of police. to the habeas
corpus writ sued out last night by
Frank Il. Frost and Alfred Huger as
attorneys for the prisoners
Chief Cantwell swears: 'I saw q
scuiiie In the southeast corner then
saw Henry Brown against the wall
in the northeast corner with q re-
volver in his hand. He looked as If
he was reloading it. as I saw him,
when approached. throw the barrel
IN. Before l reached him l saw VIII
liam Wingatc about tive feet away In
q reclining position. with his head
against the north wall and his feet
stretched in a sOutheasterly position.
He was bleeding and there was u
pool about three feet to the right Of
him on the floor near the wall. L then
said to Brown, who had his pistol
I'm his hand pointed toward me, Put
that gun away and he replied, 4
am deputy I turned to view the
south OF the room and saw a man
stretched on the floor with one foot
partly reclining on an overturned
chair. 1 asked. Who shot this man?'
That man Brown. he did the shoot
Ing 1 turned toward Brown and
just then William O'Rrien grabbed
Browns revolver. Privates Murphy,
Lafourcade and Barrineau came to
my assistance when i took hold of
Brown by the collar Of his coat. Sew
cral hands reached for his revolver.
L told him TO surrender his revolver
as nc was under arrest. He refused
to do so and continued to resist vio-
lently and struggle for it's possession.
Together we forced him into the mid
die window. His revolver at that
time was pressed against my left side
L had my revolver in my right hand
and had fired no shot Some one
reached his shoulder under my arm
Some one knocked my hat off, evil
IDENTIFY struck at me. Then some one
suddenly grabbed me by the wrist
and jerked my hand upward. We had
Brown partly forced out Of the win
dow. My revolver was discharged
when we caught him by the wrist
Brown then released the hold upon
his revolver and / took him with sev-
eral policemen out of tho building
land protected him against any as
sault by the incensed bystanders, also
the aged father Of William Wlngatc,
who was thoroughly incensed and
accused him Of cowardly shooting his
SON"
| Chief Cantwell said there were
several pistol shots I'm rapid success
sion i'm the committee room before
he entered. When he returned to
the room after putting Brown in the
patrol wagon. he fourd Jerry O'Brien
being helped out. Gle had his shoe
off and stated to me that Mcdonald