The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-11-10
Slayer OF Asa I'linkensheit Escaped
Probably to Kentucky and Has Not
Been Located. Slayer and Victim
Together Night Before.

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Together Might Before.
Greenville, Nov. 7-As a result of
the killing at o'clock yesterday after
noon of Asa Flinkenshelt, A, at his
home on tile Laurens road, Sheriff Sam
d. Willis and his deputies are search
ing for James T.. Salmon, 26, on a
charge of murder.
UP to late hour last night no word
lad been received from Sheriff willis.
who had taken up the trail and was
travelling by auto in another state in
search of the young man A full de-
scription Of Salmon was wired to off,
GERS in cities and towns throughout
the state and section. Deputies in
G1eenville spent the afternoon and
night working on the case, but no in
formation further than some which
they said strengthened the belief that
Salmon was the man found.
The man suspected is from Morgan
ton, ~ c., near Asheville, and had
been in Greenville, but three or four
days. Unconfirmed information reach
ing the sheriff was to to the effect that
he, with Flinkenshelt and a woman
whose identity has not been positively
established were together on Tiiursday
night The theory has been advanced
by some officers that robbery was not
the motive of the crime, although the
guilty man took cash amounting to
about $500 from the Flinkenshelt
home after the killing; but this belief
has likewise not received confirmation
in the shape OF evidence.
According to witnesses who were ut
the Flinkcnshelt home when the shoot
ing occurred a young man drove up to
the house about 2 o'clock yesterday
afternoon. In the car which was an
overland Four or a Ford. was young
woman, who remained in her seat
while the man went tofthe Finkelshelt
home. The man walked to the house,
which is situated down a lone some 200
yards from the main highway, and en-
tered.
Emma, l2-year old daughter OF
Flinkcnshclt, told officers that the
young man first asked for a match
which she supplied. Victoria Pruitt,
4 negro cook, then called Flinkcnshelt
at the young mans direction, and the
owner Of the house, and the small
farm on which il is situated, appear
20 ;.,,>
the witnesses said that the young man
drew pistol and ordered Fiinken-
shelf To wall to tree several yards
from the house.
Searched Him.
Larry, l4ycar-old son Of FIinkcn-
shelf, who was in field picking cot
ton near the house, said that he saw
the young man search his father at
the point OF the gun, and then march
him back to the house.
On returning to the house, 1t is
gathered from reports reaching Off
GERS that the two went into front
room. After brief period of time,
three or five shots rang out and
Flinkenshclt dropped to the floorAicad
The young man, ii is alleged, then en-
tered bedroom in which Mrs. 1rlink-
cnsehlt lay i'll in bed, having neen
confined to the room for some time.
lie then forced her to give up the roll
OF bills which were kept in the bed
and made his departure. Mrs Fink
cnShcit was left unconscious thOut Ii
she soon regaincd her sense. Be
cause Of her nervous collapse, officers
did not question her closely in regard
to the affair.
After getting back into his car, the
young man Is believed to have turned
toward Grcenvilic again, from which
direction he had driven to the Flnken-
shelf home. The house in which the
killing occurred is hardly half a mile
beyond the city limits and stands on
hill not far beyond the home OF the
late Sheriff Hendrix Rector
Fought Woman
One new bit of evidence in regard
to the affair, and one which caused
officers to believe Salmon to be the
man, was the disclosure obtained by
Sheriff Willis yesterday afternoon that
Salmon forced Miss Amber Robinson
10 give him her pistol half an hour
before the Flinkenshelt shooting.
Miss Robinson. who lives ,n,., i!c"