The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-07-20
WILL. HOLT SHOT
BY BEN CLARY
KILLED BY BROTHER-lN-LA"
EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
Seems to Have Been Family Quarrel.
Only Members Family witness
the Shooting and Testify.

the Shooting ana AesthS'
The citizens of Newberry We're
..Ias an Monday morning at the
s,1dden news that there had oeen H.
i-;ll;no. that morning in the qnlet nIe
+1a town of Helena. The vlctlm "
the tragedy was young man hho"s as
70 the community of Ne"petiy Ho
Somewhat of a quaint chafacIei' ,,;,, ~
bad some friends who Wlsheo niiil
Iau and tried to help hlm TO over
ao,na the handicap Of his enIlfon, Oh
vents The following result OF 'le
coroner's inquest tells the story: ~
S,1nter Holt, sworn, says: = am
.,s o4aties fatber,of win Holt. Ben Clary
y NV son-in-law. He married my
GsrgS+er - I Bessie. They have SIX
cS;15ren I live here in Helena, IN
t.;s house. This morning; July ~
1aSo t5 was in the dining room eat
ing breakfast. Heard Wlll @ HedI eol and
inc Bessie Clary (Ben's Wlte) ana ana
Mamie Clary (Ben's daughtef). w II,
was in the kitchen. viii attempted
70 hit Bessie with chair and Name
tried to interfere and keep hlm Irom
h;f+inr her. Will ran out of the am
inp room on the back porch and pick
"a nm q chair. and attempted to hit
some one, and l heard pistol Shot
three times in quick succession. "heh
| GOT out on the porch the char was
abont eight feet from where 1t was
when Will first picked it up; Wlll
was inside hall lying down; ne was
shot. Ben Clary had just walked IN
room. l could see the part Of piazza
that VIII was standing on from where
I was sitting, but could not see the
other end of piazza. 49,
His
''Sumpter X Holt.
Mark.
Mamie Clary Tucci, sworn, says:
<sI am the daughter of Ben Ciary and
Bessie Clary. Am Is years old. l
live here in this house. Was IN the
dining room at the der. l saw Will
Holt pick up a chair and try to hit
mamma. and he picked UP a chair and
tried to hit me. VIII was coming
out of dining room door when papa
shot. Papa was standing on back
piazza when he shot. Will was ours
ing papa at time of shooting.
mamie Clary Tucci.'
Mrs. Maggie Holt, sworn, says: Il
live here in Helena in this house. Am
the mother of Will Holt. He lived
here with us, and so did Ben Clary,
my son-in-law, and his family, and
my husband, Sumpter Holt. l was
in the stove room this morning, and
all of the rest came in for breakfast
except VIII. And l went in and
walked him up, and Will got up and
came in the stove room, and came in
mad, as usual. He got up in bad
temper every morning. He said some
thing, some kind of slur at his pa
about his doing nothing, and he, Will,
having to work so hard. Then Bess
threw it.up at Will about his stay
ing in the guardhouse Saturday night.
Will jumped up and had biscuit IN
his hand, and said, I am going to
prove by Mr. Hogg l stayed with
him. and the next thing l heard was
shooting. When Will got up with the
biscuit in his hand he came on out
here on the porch. Ben had already
come out of room. Just minute
from time Will left room until /
heard shooting. When I found him
he was lying down; biscuit had fallen
by side of him. / heard him curse
Bess. I did not hear him curse Ben.
maggie Holt"
Newberry, July 19, 1920.
This is to certify that William G.
Holt came to his death this morning
at 8:15 o'clock from the effects OF
eunshot wounds of the body. There
were three balls that entered the
BODY: one entering the chest about
one inch to right to sternum and
second rib and coming out over right
shoulder; the other two balls en-
tered the body on right side, about
four inches apart and over tenth rib
little anterior to axillary line. One
of these balls remains in his body;
the others came out on opposite side
Of body above the tenth rib and on
line with point of entrance.
J. NJ. Kibler, M. D.
The verdict of the coroner's' jury
was that "Will Holt came to his death
from pistol shot inflicted by the
hands of Ben Clary" The jury was
composed of ]. NJ. Morris, foreman:
7. P. Moon. H. w. Swindler, S. H.
Barnett. J. R. Eison and G. L. Daven-
port.
Clary has been arrested and placed
in Jail. He quietly submitted to ar
rest.