The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-02-15
Men Charged With Killing
Price Are No.v Out On Bail

2, which occurred at the store Of Har-
S.aon Dras CO. The motion for bail
waa heard before associate Justice
sCuth On An Greengiiie last Thursday.
5 ana Sfsen Tear ana sam perry were
'ssga1rsasstsd aH the sum of 500 each,
\ Judge Coiihran requested additional
evidence in the case of DR. Rice B.
Harmon: which. was Forwarded him
Saturday, and Monday evening Clerk
or Court IH. IL. Harman received in
struettons to- release DR.. Harmon in
the sunr Of $4,000, which was fur
nished Tuesday morning, and all
three OF the defendants are now out
of7jail.
The state was represented at the
hearing in. GreenVille by Solicitor 4.
: G.. ,Cailfson while the defense was
represented by George Bell Thinner
man and Cyrus l.. shealy. '. ..,. -.
AT the timeathe motion for bail was
made the attorneys representing the
defense Offered the following a1fida-
Wit OF DR. Harmon:
Personally appeared Rice e. IIar-
mon who, being duly sworn. says:
That he is e citizen and resident Of
the Town of Lexington. County and
State aforesaid. and has lived there
+. now "A years of age; that he has been
engaged in the drug business in the
said town OF Lexington for the past
18 years, and is now SO engaged run
ming a drug store, therein; that he is
at present held in the common Jail of
Lexington County in the custody of
the Sheriff thereof, as he is informed,
upon a commitmentof the Coroner of
said County by reason Of having been
charged by u jury OF inquest with the
responsibility Of the death OF one,
fQlin M. Price; that he desires To make
the faIlowiag Statement OF fact con-
c erning his connection with the af-
fair, being advised that the statement
- &c iiiaoe 10 tie only one II Is neceS-
sary or proper for him to make at
y this time, to-wit:
That just prior to the shooting, he
left his home and went to his drug
store, travelling part OF the way
through an alley which he frequently
rarsed travelling between his home and
his store. expecting to enter his said
! store by the rear. door thereof as he
frequently did; ;that he carried with
s him from his home his double bar
i rel shot gun and some shells which
& he intended taking with him on
hunt that afternoon; that at the time
he leftshis home. he had no idea that
the sadi Olin n. Price was at his drug
store, or, that he would come in con-
tact with him there, or elsewherc;
that before he left his store 10 go to
his home, some twenty-five or thirty
minutes before-as we'll as he can
I. Judge--he had seen the said Price in
his drug store. at which time the said
Price seemed to be in hostile and
. ugly humor toward this deponent on
account of some remark which Price
claimed he had heard that this depon-
ent had made about him: that depon-
ent declined to talk to him, stating to
hin that he did not care to talk with
ham at that time, and asked Price to
wiafch adeponent thought he would do :;
that right after this statement to the
said Price. he left the drug store and
rsyentpto his home, and he expected
that zhe said Price would be, away
3 from his place Of business on his re-
turn: that ne had no thought of see
ing hin any more that afternoon. or
cf having any trouble with him, that
as he approached the rear door of the
store expecting to enter therein, he
found the said Price standing at the
door; that he did not notice the said
Price standing there until he was
within few feet OF the door for the
reasons he was not expecting him, he
was examining his gun to see if it was
I in good working order before he went
hunting-having unbreeched and
cooked 1t as he was walking toward
the door, there was an obstruct tion be-
tween him and the door until he got
3 Aeariy to it in the nature of q" shed
! that had been built right at the rear
OF the store next to the door and on
the side from which he was approach
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