The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-10-09
YOUNG WHITE MAN KILLED..
William f. O'Quinn Meets Death at
Hands of H. II. Warren.

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River Lumber company mill on Tues
day of last week, when William Earl
| O'Quinn was shot and fatally wound
ed by H. R. Warren, both we'll known
young white men. DR.. ]. S. Wimber-
Iy. of Branchville, was called in. and
aftef hasty examination of the in
jured man decided that an i'm
mediate operation might save
his life, and young O'Quinn was car
ried to the Orangeburg hospital.
where he was operated on, but death
occurred the following day. The body
was brought to Farrell's Cross Roads,
and on Thursday Coroner Zeigler held
| an inquest, the verdict OF the jury be-
| ing that O'Quinn met death by gun
shot wounds, the gun being in the
hands of Hancy R. Warren.
The following is gist of the testi-
mony brought out at the inquest:
D. P. Babson: DID not see the
shooting. Warren told him at 4:3O
Tuesday to go and take a gun off of
O'Quinn. Witness found O'Quinn
| shot, but saw no gun on him. When
he saw Warren, the latter had
single barrel shot gun, and Warren
told him he had shot O'Quinn.
Eddie Mcmillan: The men at the
mill had ben teasing O'Quinn about
getting married, and witness asked
him if it was true that he was mar
ried, to which O'Quinn replied that
he was not. Witness told O'Quinn
that he had heard he was married,
and that Warren was going to kill
him. iO'Quinn replied, "Yes, he
came by Sunday and told my father
that he was going to kill me-" Tues
day witness saw them together. Later
asked O'Quinn how they had made it,
and the latter replied, "all right"
Warren came up while he was talk
ing with O'Quinn, and witness asked
him. Warren said he would work
while longer, but that both of them
could not stay on the job, that boy
could not do like Earl and get away
with it. Heard no threats, saw no
gun on either of them. Witness did
not see the shooting. .-
Sam Brown: Warren told him he
nor O'Quinn would work that day,
but both did go to work. The three,
O'Quinn, Warren and the witness,
worked under the mill until the
trouble occurred. About ten minutes
before the shooting witness asked
Warren to grind some knives.
O'Quinn was sitting on a box about
ten feet away from Warren. Wit
ness then left them to go to the tool
room, and, on arriving there he heard
two gun shots. The witness did not
see gun on either party at any time
during the day.
L.. P. Jolly: On arrival at mill
Tuesday, O'Quinn told him he ex.
pected to get whipping that day,
that Warren had told his father Sun
day he was going to kill him. Wit
ness later asked O'Quinn If Warren
had had anything to say to him, to
which O'Quinn replied that he had,
and that Warren wanted to talk with
him, and he had gone to Warren when
he finished oiling, but that Warren
had jumped up and said he did not
have tine then, but they did later
meet and talk, and Warren told him
he was through with It. Witness
asked Warren if this was right, and
Warren replied that it was, and that
he wanted call of us to be friends"
He told O'Quinn to attend to his
business and he, Warren, would at
tend to his. O'Quinn told witness at
Branchville after the shooting that
Warren had told him he was done |
with It.
S. H. Gardner: About 4 o'clock
Tuesday witness heard a noise under
the mill and on going to investigate
it met O'Quinn, who said Hancy
Warren had shot him. In conversa-
ton with Warren earlier in the day,
Warren had given notice that he
would not work longer than Monday,
that he could not work with O'Quinn
because of the way O'Quinn had treat
er his sister. Did not say in what
way O'Quinn had mistreated his Sis
ter. Warren told him he had intend
ed killing O'Quinn Sunday and that
the reason he did not come to work
Monday was that he was afraid he
could not control himself and that he
might kill O'Quinn, but that Tuesday
he thought he could meet him with
out hurting him. He added that he |