Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-05-11
PATROIIMAN SLAIN IN HEART
or Greensboro--Shot from AutOm0-
bile Into Which He Looked.

NhSSHS'c'Sf 'N' S.b thoJ
iff's posses searching in the battle
ground section for Eddie Paxton, al
legged third man in the car from
which was fired the shot which killed
Policeman McCuiston here to-day,
had not at midnight found their man
Lewis Edwards, captured earlier IN
the evening, admitted tonight that
there was no negro in the car as he
first claimed when he said the ne
gro shot the officer. Edwards admit
ted, it is alleged, that he and Paxton
and Tom Robertson, who was killed
this evening in Il battle with the Of
ficers north OF Greensboro, were the
three men in the car when the Of
flcer was shot.
Two hours after Patrolman w. T.
McCuiston, Of the local police force.
had stepped on the running board Of
an alleged liquor car, almost in the
heart Of Greensboro, at i.30 o'clock
this afternoon and was shot to death
by one Of the three men in the car.
Il white man giving his name as
Frank Jones was surrounded and
captured by Sheriff Stafford and Dep
uty Sheriff Brown. Of this county
near the Guilford battle ground.
Th" killing Of Policeman McCuiS-
ton occurred at the intersection Of
East Washington and Forhys streets
Tho car containing the three mcn
two white men and Il negro. had
drawn up to the curb. and as Me
tuiStun stepped ON the running board
to look into the car he was shot
through tn" heart. As the officer fell
dead tn" car. with the three mon
then backed out and headed north
Posses were quickly formed and pur-
suit given Near the battle ground
they ran into side road. where the
men changed tires, and, it is alleged.
the two white men. Frank Jones and
his cousin. Dave Jones. took to the
woods. while the negro drove on.
the sheriff and his deputy found
Frank Jones in gully. AS the man
reached for his gun Brown covered
dercd. He was armed with a pistol
OF large calibrc and had a pocket full
OF cartridges.
He is alleged to have told the Of
ficcrs that he and his cousin, Dave
Jones, had hired the negro to drive
them around. and that the negro
shot the policeman. lie said he was
from Norfolk, Va. He wore a belt
with buckle, on which are en-
graved the initials I'D. u, D." Jones
was broua.t 80 Greensboro by 1hc
&hcriW ana plucrh i'm the Gu1t0ru
county la4
shortly arjor the capture o. Jones
ny Sheriff Stafford word reached here
that Greensboro officers who had
been trailing the alleged murder car.
had engaged in a pitched battle with
Tom Robertson, Of Spray, \. c., near
Rcidsvillc. north OF here, apd had
killed Robertson. 1t is stated that
the officers found forty gallons Of
whiSkcy in the car. It is further
stated that the car in which Robert
son was riding was the same ear
from which the shot was fired here.
and which killed McCuiSton.
When told late tonight that Tom
Robertson had been killed by officers
Jones changed his earlier story and
said that Robertson was in the death
car. that there WAS no negro. and
that his name is Lewis Edwards, son
of ". T.. Edwards. Of Danvillc. Va.
He said the third man, for whom the
officers are searching tonight. is Ed
die Paxton. Of Houston. Va.
4 dispatch from Danvillc states
that Lewis Edwards is a son Of Police
Officer W. S. Edwards. Of Danvillc.
lie was formerly high school foot
ball player. and subsequently mem
her Of the fire department. but left
Danviilc several months ago. and
has since then hccn living at Leaks
Vile