The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-08-02
NEGRO WOMAN KILLED.
Eloise Nimmons Slain by Ruth Ella
Nimmons, Another Negro.

Last Sunday afternoon Eloise
Nimmons, colored, wife Of Elliott
Nimmons, was shot and killed by
Ruth Ella Nimmons, also colored,
near Olar. Ruth Ella Nimmons is i'll
jail, charged with the crinfe, and FL
liott Nimmons is held as an accessory
to the homicide
The inquest over the body of the
dead woman was held Monday, and
the verdict was that Eloise Nimmons
came to her death from pistol shot
wounds at the hands of Ruth Ella
Nimmons. Domestic infelicity ap-
pears to have been the cause of the
homicide. The following is the testi-
mony taken at the inquest:
Elliott Nimmons, sworn, said: i
was on my way home yesterday p. m.
I met Ruth Ella Nimmons in the
road. l said to her: Where are you
goinge l thought l had left you
home" She said that she was going
to her Cousin Amos's. She said Mr..
Elliott, l wanted to explain to you
what your wife said to me the other
day about what she had heard. y
Ruth, 1 am hungry, and on my
way home to get something to eat.
I don't care to sit down here and al
low someone to see me here and tell
nv wife about that. If you will ex-
plain any of what you have to say,
come from the roadside near the end
of the corn rows Ruth" And / did
20 near the corn field and she was
explaining to me; after we had been
there Is or 20 minutes, my wife
came up. We were sitting with our
backs toward the field. My wife,
Eloise Nimmons, came up behind us.
She got within about 20 feet and
said: "Oh, - - you, I've got
you" Her apron (Eloise's) was
turned up to waistband and as she
approached closely, she began to
reach back into the apron for some
thing. 1 first took it to be pistol,
but it was later found to be razor.
While Ruth Ella and L were sitting
on the ground, my pistol all the
while was lying on the ground IN
front of US. The sight of my wife
frightened me so much that turned
around partly sideways, when Ruth
Ella picked up the pistol, and, as far
as I could tell then, thought both
were shooting, as several shots were
fired. My wife walked off about ten
steps and exclaimed: Ruth Ella, you
have shot me-" Ruth Ella then ran.
I called my wife and she stopped and
said she was hit; said she was hit in
her stomach. She put both arms on
nv shoulders and said she wanted
to 20 home. 1 found she was not
able to walk home and ran up to
Med Fields's house for his wife. We
both went back and carried water.
When we got back, we found her ly-
ing down. Med Fields's wife, Sallle,
and myself helped her up and gave
her water. Finding she was not able
to walk, l Immediately went and got
Med Fields's mule and buggy to take
her home, which did. After put
ting her to bed, left Sallie with her
and rushed on for the doctor. When
I returned, 1 found my wife dead.
This was about 6 o'clock 2. M
sallie Fields, sworn, said: u was
at my home yesterday p. m. and Ell
lott Nimmons came up and request
ed me to go down to the corn field
with him, that Ruth Ella had shot
his wife. We carried some water
with us and found his wife lying
down. We helped her up and gave
her water. Finding her unable to
walk, Elliott Nimmons hurried back
to my house and got Med Flelds's
mule and buggy, and came back to
get her, which he did, and carried
her to his house and put her to bed,
and rushed for the doctor. Whlle
Elliott Nimmons was gone for the
buggy. I remained with the shot Wo-
man. She asked me while there
what did Ruth Ella tell me. told
her that 1 hadn't seen her (Rutn
Ella.) 1 am Med Fields's Wlte.
When Elliott and myself first got to
Eloise, the shot woman, Elliott pick
| ed her up and 1 noticed when he did
so that her pipe and pipe stem ana
razor case were lying on the ground
near by her" e