The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-07-24

side Carroll shot at him. Don't
know whether he hit him or not
Brown shot twice after he hit the
ground I did not see Anderson
shoot
J. ". Williams. being duly sworn,
says: Il had been up to hear the
trial of Alobley and the negro, who
had been charged with stealing a
watermelon, and had started to sup
per. AS I walked across the street
between Mobley and Loper. I was
not expecting any trouble. The first
thing l saw was Brown was taking
the safety off of his gun. firing at
Loper first. I did not see him shoot
Mobley and did not see AIobley shoot.
The first thing Brown said was:
Hoo-ie, you -- -. [ ran be-
hind the store. I did not see Ander-
son shoot, but he had his hand in
his hip pocket and pushed Brown
towards Carroll
Bob Darnell, being duly sworn,
says: agent Brown prosecuted
Geo. Stevens and Carroll for stealing
a watermelon. I went up to hear
the trial and they dismissed the case
and court adjourned, and all came
down stairs Carroll stopped on the
sidewalk; said he was going to whip
Brown. The crowd came out on the
sidewalk ahead of Brown and An
derson. Carroll grabbed at Brown
and started to hit him with his fist.
Anderson grabbed Brown by the arm
and showed him ahead of him. Car
roll picked up a little split of board
about - or Is inches long, about
one-half inch thick, about one inch
wide and followed him across the
street to the other sidewalk. Loper
and I were walking across the street
and Brown shot Carroll. The whole
crowd ran. Loper and I stopped.
Brown shot at Carroll twice more
running and then Brown shot Loper,
who came down nearly to his knees
at my feet. Then Loper wheeled and
ran. 7 stepped off step or two far
ther. Brown threw his gun on me.
I threw up my hands. Then he whirl-
ed and commenced shooting at Mob
ley again. NIobley shot him twice
and as Brown started to fall Carroll
started to shoot him again, but some
one hollered and told him not to
shoot any more; that heA had him.
Carroll said: If you don't think I
have, I will shoot him again. I
don't know how many times Brown
fired his pistol. The fourth shot hit
Lopez"
G. H. Hope, being duly sworn,
says: 81 was in the court room, af-
ter the crowd had dispersed except
the magistrate, constable, Brown,
Anderson and Homer Brown. AS
they went down the steps I followed
close behind them. Anderson pushed
Brown forward, telling him to do as
I tell you Anderson putting mis-
hand in his hip pocket said: I have
mine; get yours ready I went back
up and notified the constable that
Anderson was armed and let's take
it from him and avoid trouble. I
and the constable started back but
Brown and Anderson had reached
the street and began firing. Saw one
bullet line in front of the door and
heard one pass the door. I saw
none of the shooting. Got Browns
pistol that he did the shooting with
and, in the presence of E. E. Brook
er, examined contents. It was a
Colts 32-calibre automatic, and still
had two unfred cartridges in it"
R. B. Hughes, being duly sworn,
says: 'I was up in the court room
and heard part of the trial, Brown
suing Geo. Stevens and Carroll Mob
ley for stealing watermelons. I came
On down stairs ahead of Brown, Mob
ley and Anderson and started across
the street towards Mr.. Gains store.
looked around and saw a negro
pushing Brown across the street
ahead of him. About the time they
got to the sidewalk Mobley and Lop-
er were close to Brown. heard a
shot, turned and saw Mobley start
towards me and turned across the
shooting. After Brown and Mobley
his pistol. I jumped behind a tele-
phone pole and did not see any more
shooting after Brown and Mobley
crossed the street heard about eight
or 10 shots fired. After the firing
stopped I went back across and saw
Brown lying dead, and H. M. Ray
was lying close to the tree and
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