Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-07-18
fed that Mills Moore and Frank Moore

fed that Mills Moore and Frank Moore
purchased cartridges from him on the
morning Of the tragedy. The men
bought rs cents worth Of .3s special
cartridges and 25 cents worth Of .3S
calibre cartridges.
DIR. c. o. Burrus examined the body
of the deceased shortly after h: was
killed. Mr. Penninger was shot in the
back and the bullet in his body was
that from .3S special revolver. There
was a bad cut over his left ear. Death
he testified, might have been caused
by either the wound on the head or
the pistol bullet and he would not. ex-
press an opinion as to which OF the
two wounds caused death.
DR.. ]. H. Saye also examined the
body of the slain man. He described
lick behind the ear which appeared
to have been done with the barrel OF a
revolver, the sight of the weapon lay
ing open the flesh. Describing the pis-
tol wound, he said that the bullet had
entered the body at the back between
the eighth and ninth ribs. No autopsy
was performed. Either the pistol bull
let or the lick on the head might have
caused death; but in his opinion the
pistol bullet was responsible. 1t ap-
peared from the position of the bullet
that Mr.. Penninger was STOPPING at the
time he was shot.
Testimony Of w. M. McCloud, s. z.
Enloe and Sheriff Fred E. Quinn whom
the defense undertook to introduce as
character witnesses was ruled out by
the court.
Moore's Story. q
The defendant himself was his only
witness and he gave his version OF the
affair in considerable detail. He Is IN
the 2Sth year Of his age, having been
born near Shelby, N. c., October 16
1891. He is married and the father
of two children. His father was killed
May, IS, 1916 and his mother again
married widower with two grown
daughters. They were living in Shar-
on under the name Of Brown which
was not their right name and upon
coming to visit them, he was intro
duced as Frank Brown, hence his
alias.
He was a mill hand by occupation.
he said, having worked at the Lock-
more Mill in Yorkville, Bowling Green.
Gastonia, Kings Mountain and other
places. He was living in Greenwood
when he came to Sharon at the time
of the tragedy. From sister living
in Gastonia, he learned that his mother
was living in Yorkville and was sick.
Upon arrival here he learned she and
the two girls had moved to Sharon.
He went there, he said, and dis
covered his brother, Mills Moore at the
home of their mother. He said he
learned Of the charges against his
mother and desiring to take her
away, had consulted Mayor Whitesides
whom he said at first offered to let
them go; but later changed his mind.
Not having the money to pay the fine
demanded Of the mother, he and his
brother Mills Moore tried to borrow
the money from Mr.. ]: T. Feemster.
He offered Mr.. Feemster his pistol
as security, promising to redeem the
gun the same night at o'clock. How |
ever he decided not to let Mr. Feemster
keep the gun when advised by his
brother Mills that "you are fool to
sell that gun for SIS" He said he told
Mr.. Feemster. II can't let you have
that gun because they have 1t in for
me down at Sharon"
Upon the return to Sharon he Of
fered the money to Mayor Whitesides
and Mr.. Penninger whom he had never
seen before informed him that there
was another warrant. He explained
that he doubted whether or not
Messrs. Whitesides and Penninger
were regular officers, that he had given
them every cent he had and he lost
control Of himself. He thereupon
struck Mr.. Penninger a light lick with |
his pistol. The lick, he said, did not
stagger the dead man. Then his
brother Mills fired at Mr.. Penninger
killing him. He then held his pistol
on Mr.. Whitesides and backed away.
On cross examination Moore denied
purchasing cartridges from ]. M. Bur-
ris at the York Hardware company. |
He said he had cartridges in his pistol
when he left Greenwood. The car
that the authorities had at Sharon for
security for the bond was not his car
but in possession of his brother, Mills |
Moore who had for some reason claim |
ed that it belonged to the defendant. |
The defendant said that he had
never been in trouble before in his life.
He knew nothing Of the present where
abouts of his brother. Mills Moore. |
His brother, he said, had been at his
home in Greenwood about ten days
{. efore he came to Sharon and he did
not know that Mills was in Sharon
when he (Frank) came there. His
brother Mills Moore. he said, was at
the time of the killing an escaped con-
vict from the Mecklenburg county, N.
c., chaingang and had a long criminal
record.
CURRENT EVENTS.