The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-03-10
IN SHOOTING CASE.
JURY RETURN VERDICT THAT
w. s. JONES, JR.. CAME TO
DEATH FROM WOUNDS
INFLICTED BY 10
GIN TRIPPETT.
Wounded Man Made Statement I'm
Morning After Shooting--Number
of Witnesses ut Inquest Tell of
Tragedy as They Saw it-IIearing
Tonight Probably.

FROM lne D;uly Item, March ..
The inquest oFcr the body Of w. $.
Jones, Jr., was held on Saturday
evening by Coroner w. j. Scale at
the Geo. III. Hurst undertaking cstab-
lishment. where the body had been
taken after death at the Tourney hos
pital, and the jury returned q ver-
dict that w. :. Jones. Jr.. came to
his death from wounds inflicted by
Begin Trippett. A warrant was at
once taken out by Coroner Scale for
the arrest of Trippett on the charge
of murder and turned over to the
sheriff to serve. Trippett was rear
rested and has been confined since at
the residence of j. c. Huger on Wash
ington street.
w. s. Jones. Jr.. died on Saturday
afternoon from the effects Of the
wounds, death coming at about 3.55
o'clock. During the morning the
wounded man had given a statement
of the shooting and just before he
died. after DIR. Baker had told him
that he was i'm dying condition, he
stated that he would sign an affidavit
that the former statement was true,
but before DR.. Baker could write OUT
the second statement, Jones was too
far in his extremis TO sign the state
ment.
AT the inquest the statement Of w.
s. Jones. Jr., was read and was as
follows: II was sitting in Kings
Cigar store and pool room along with
Julian Scale. Isham Lenoir. and Gregg
Wright about IL o'clock last night
when in walked Begin Trippett and
Arthur Haynsworth. Arthur asked
III L wanted drink of whiskey. /
said no. Begin Trippett sad to
A. hur Haynsworth why do you al
ways come In here to start a fuss.
So they left (Arthur and Bogin) and
went TO the dance hall. A little later
when 1 got there. Arthur said to me
again come on let's take q drink !
said. i don't want one He said In
a Joking way To hell with you
then Then Bogin Trippett jumped
into the conversation and said; You
got that didn't you?' J said Trippett,
you look like you want to get q fuss
out OF me Cor the last couple Of
months. / said / don't so with you.
Please keep my name out Of your
mouth. 1 don't want to get into any
trouble with you, but If do. it's going
to be trouble then turned and
went out and down TO the cigar store
and sat down. In few minutes
Trippett walked i'm and said Can
speak TO you out on the sidewalk q
minute?' He then stepped out OF the
door and 1 went with him. He said
You insulted me up i'm the dance hall
u while ago 1 said. 4 did not say
anything TO you except to say / did
not want anything to do with you and
III that insults YOU. you will have to
stay insulted.' He said well. you
-, IL you want trouble, you can
get it, and he backed off against the
wall of the store. When he said -
ran into him. | did not have
anything In my hand at all and no
pistol on my person. He drew a pis-
tol and shot me, the ball striking me
In the leg: then we clinched and
pulled him in to me SO as TO keep him
from shooting again. He pushed the
end of the pistol against my side
and fired again. He got loose then
and l stood and drew up i'm a knot
and grabbed my stomach. Julian
Scale and Gregg Wright came up to
me then and helped me to a carriage
and brought me to the hospital.
There were six pistol cartridges i'm my
hospital. | took them out of Julian
Scales pistol early i'm the afternoon.
was with him when his pistol fell out
OF his pocket. | picked it up and
took out the balls and put them in
my pocket and later gave him back
the pistol. This was several hours
before this difficulty with Trippett.
(SignedD w. =. Jones. Jr.
Witnesses: III. NJ. Stuckcy. Cary Il.
Epps. :. e.. Baker.
Arthur HaynSwOrth's testimony in