The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-02-08
Sln ld. Price Shot To Death;
Three Are. Held For The Crime

te verdict OF the coroner's jury in
king into the death of olin NJ.
He ua that .sthe said Dlin NJ. Price
BE to his death by. gunshot: wounds
fihe handss of Dr. Rice b Harmon
Sen rsal and Sam Perry ac7
ia1 hefore and after the fact"
slsa Prize was shot near the rear
6r of the Harmon Drug store last
tfyaay :afternon about 3ao'clock
3th ahosgun, one load taking ef- /
Ii front through the collar bone
IA another jn the back OF the shoui-
5n After being shot he walked from
Ke arug store through the. front door
down the street and entered the
eifaklng parlors Of chas. e Tay;-1
lere Me- died IN q few minutes.
TO the testimony at5lthe in :.
soniy words spoken after he
S sfSat were s'get doctor. .
ssseeesordinE to the, testimony no one
actual shoe ooting. Price was;
dently standing In The back door Of
fss drug store or Just outside when
I sisot was fired and was on the
d ilIi whea the other was fired, one
atfnga hole through the screen
After the shooting two empty
ss mere found just to the rear OF
SIe store and q loaded gun was found
an tie garage only a few feet saway.
De. RICE. B Harmon was arrested
sis home sooss after the shooting
Sdgea in jail.
aer Weed empannelled jury
SHfadaS afternoon, and after view
A e body and examining a few wit
s5;Is - iorrned the hearing until
tsrnoon on the completion
l6.eny Fridas the Jury helaI
M - Rfss6t,l es priacipal with Ben
G s as accessories be-
itsr & die tie fact sc, Ben Teal con-i
s hop here il ii Lex
Perry e co1oredtt
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Roof
= S coTley,
sskaigh 4 ehias,
i Ioasn AZ Roberts, James
81 md r aainef
ness representing the defend
Sfs 81 hi 30 to Greenville Thursday to
fsxne j motion for bail before Asso-
Justice cethran. The defense
sin be represented at the hearing by
George Bell Zimmerman and Cyrus l..
:SheaIy and the state by Solicitor T. G.
sgaIiison
S 1T was intimated this morning that
when the attorneys go before Judge
.Cothran, the affidavit Of DR.. Harmon
sswiu throw additional light on the af-
fair. but at this time the contents of
the affidavit have not been made
Known. So far Dr. Harmon has not
made any statement.
The testimony taken at the coro,1
ner's inquest follows in full:
;, Testimony. -.
Chas. e. Taylor, sworn, says:
& 81 know .Olin Price. I saw him
come into my place this evening. He
looked to be suffering. I don't know
where he came from. He was bleed
ing and fell just inside my place of
business. He died before leaving
there. Just as he came in the door.
he said Get a Doctor. I traced the
Flood back to the door Of Harmon
Drug Co. He died in about ten min
dies. ] didn't see him examined. ]
heard the reports of a gun; heard
two--they seemed about twenty sec-'
.endss apart. -
ST sffrst went to the body and asked
him who had shot him. He could not
tell me. have been to back Of Har-
mon building since the shooting. ]
saw hole in the screen door. He only
made one statement that could be un-
asrstoods. He SAID Get a Doctor. He
fell before could get to him. l
didn't see any clothing removed. l
didn't hear anyone say anythin g. l
didn't see anyone at the back. l was
10, front of. store when gun fired,
"(signsda chas. E. Taylor
Ben Teal, sworn, says:
3 went to Harmon Drug Store
INn r.