The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-08-09
FATAL SHOOTING
In GREENVILLE

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are dead, the third will die, according
to physicians, and lad ten years OF
age, the son Of one of the dead men
is wounded as the result of a des-
perate gun battle at the base OF
CLASSY Rock mountain, the region OF
Greenville county known as the OZARK
anrner" this afternoon. The dead are
William Howard, 80 years of age
near whose home the shooting oc-
Cured; Thomas Scruggs, DO years
of age, and resident of Spartan
burg county, residing between Fin
gerviile and Chesnee.
The wounded are Alexander Sud
duth, 30 years of age, whose home
is on CLASSY Rock mountain; Dallas
Scruggs, 40 years of age.
The scene of the battle is neaI the
home of William Howarl, six miles
w,ct of Gowansville and atou. nine
miles from Ca.npobello, in the region
the United States gove"nmen: took
over N the war days as an artillery
range, and while it was early in the
afternoon, it was towards evening
before even the local authorities were
aware of the tragedy, and an in
quest was held by Magistrate a. B.
Plumley of Gowansville.
Immediately following the shooting
Alexander Sudduth and Dallas
Scruggs, the wounded, were brough:
to the general hospital in Spartan
burg by Sudduth's brothers. Sudduth
is desperately wounded, while the
boy, it is said, will recover, his wound
being in the shoulder.
At 9 o'clock tonight Sheriff Rec
tor and Coroner Vaughan, of Green
vile, arrived at Gowansville. There
they met Magistrate Plumley return
ing from the scene of the shooting
carrying the body of Thomas
Scruggs, which was deposited on the
store platform while the Greenville
officers went over the evidence before
she magistrates jury. 1t was gen.
orally inadequate and it is possible
another inquiry will be held. While
the testimony does not include the
statement, it was freely stated that
the difficulty started when William
Howard and Early Harrison came
upon Sudduth, Scruggs and the boy
at Scruggs' car left. on the road
some distance from Sudduth,s house,
and proceeded to look into sack they
carried, which, it was stated, con-
tanned glass jars and four hot water
Settles. The testimony of Early Har-
rison is to the effect that William
Howard fired the first shot and Alex
ander Sudduth returned the fire.
Harrison says he ran away, but re-
turned later to find the two men
dead and the two wounded 1t is un-
derstood here tonight that Sheriff
Rector has ordered the arrest of
Harrison.
Shortly before midnight Sheriff
Rector and Coroner Vaughan came
to Spartanburg and obtained from
Alexander Sudduth a statement re-
garded as his death bed account of
the affair in which the sheriff quotes
Sudduth as saying: "Sudduth and
Scruggs were sitting by the side of
The road. Scruggs had sack con-
tanning several hot water bottles and
several glass bottles full of liquor,
all in the sack. Will Howard and
Early Harrison came up. Early Har-
risen demanded them to halt and
Will Howard fired rifle, shooting
Sudduth in the bowels, and shot him
several times. Sudduth while falling
returned the fire and killed Will How
ard. Other shots were fired after
Will Howard was shot down and he
thought that Early Harrison fred"