The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-09-21
ONE uRO KILLED
ANOTHER WITH 4 ROCK
Had Row in Cotton field-Joh
Hair is Dead by the Hands o. VIII
Butler, Says Cornner's Jury

In the Hartford community
Tuesday Will Butler killed John Hai
by striking aim On ;le hesd With
rock. Coroner Lindsay held the In
quest and the testimony is published
herewith. From ~, .e3tlmonE thcr
does not appear - be any cause Tor
the difficulty and the testimony is All
that we know about it. Will Butler
Who cast the stone made no eIort to
ESCAPE and was arrested by Sheriff
Rlease and is now in Jail. The follow
ing is the testimony before the cor
orenr:
! Abraham Caldwell, sworn,s says:
live here with Mr. Tom Summer.
was in cotton field yesterday Wit
Andrew Hunter, Essie Butler, Viii
Butler and Jno. p. Hair. john cam
in from the house with the wagon
where I was picking cotton. He said
"Abe. give me. my cotton lap" ] tolo
him to "go>up in the field and get my
other cotton lap, and l will give you
yours" He says "No. I'm going 70
AXE mine" and he broke the cotton
Ian off OF nv shoulder. Then me ana
,sim went to teasing each other. He
says, "Abe. didn't want to hurt you,
FOR 7 amt mad at you" says, " NO,
I amt mad at you either" Then We
both laughed at one another. I'VE
came on out to cotton pile and we
were out there talking, and Will But
ler came to where we were from the
field, about 100 yards, and hit Jonn
Hair with a rock Will was facing
John about 12 steps, and when, ne
threw at John, John turned his nead1
and the rock hit him on the s1de OF
! the head back of left ear. When VIII
walked up to where we were ne sa'''
what you arguing for, John?" Ihe
| fohn saws. "You damn son of bitch
don't YOU like it?" The Will Butter
threw the rock and hit him. Then
John fell and we picked him up an
brought him to Will Buffers house
This was about 9 o'clock Sept. 18TH.
that the fuss happened. DR.. Lax
came and saw him. and John DIED las
night about 12 O'Clock. When 'ohA
came towards us he came a-runnlhes
1ohn broke the cotton strins ina
holds the cotton sack. If it was mel
,,ack. John must have held it bacs.
don't know whether Will picked
up the rock before or after John call
ed him son Of bitch; il he picke
It up I did not see him. John dfdn
have: anything in his hands, John
didn't have any pistol.
Abraham Caldwell CHS mark.
Andrew Hunter, sworn, asys:
was in field yesterday asternoo
milking cotton with Abe CaldweA
Will Butler and Wills wife. Joh
Hair brought the wagon from IN
house to where We were picking COZ
ton Abraham had his sack and Jon
asked him for it. Abraham said 1
was not going to give it to him ana
John said he Vas going to take It
Abraham had cotton in :Hck. Jon
took it off his shoulder y empty II
and then they got to scuhl'H2 over
sack. and Will Butler told John 20
hit Abraham, and VIII hit job:
with rock. Will was about 80 step
from them when they started fusslns
VIII picked up rock before he starte
towards them John had no rock.
Andrew Hunter (Kis Mark.
Certificate by Dr. W. E. Lake:
John P. Hair came to his deaf
from a lick on his head by some blum
instrument, causing concussion OF IN
brain and in all probability SOM
blood vessels, causing pressure
brain. which would cause death. Con |
cussion or pressure either is sufficien |
to cause death.
w E. Lake. !
The coroner's jury rendered yer
dict that John P. Hair came to hl'
death by being struck on the hea
with rock on Sept 1S, 1877, by tie