The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-08-31
WATCHlGe!aEl MEET
TRAG DEATH

were shot. stAbbed ~ dubbed TO
death by six ot 49, nan about s
o'clock this raorsainS Fl the Southern
railway shops at Ha35bure, whore
they had been srnpio53d an nigh.
watchmen during ~ shopmen's
strike. II
When thu waschu 1 were Found
ahout an hout AftSs . ATTACK; Peas.
ter was dead; but Meth was con-
scious and was able IS give some de.
tails Of the affair. III died q few
hours later at the Univkrsity hospital
in Augusta. Feastsrss body had been;
riddled with bullsts zxdA rife, pis-
tolls and shotguns; thxl& balls from
a high power rife had 3ased through
his left side and thsy was q deep
cash in his right ah@ Her, severing
the collar bona. Tim wound ap
peared to have been Inflicted with
some bayonet-like instE3ment.
Booth said after being sho.
through the thigh he f3igned death
to escape the murderoes shots of
their assailants, who Arsd on Feaster
after he was down. poth, after
falling from the shot, Mas brutally
kicked about the face md neck, the
back Of his head being cfushed in as
from a blow from q rifS butt. He
attempted to crawl awl6 from the
scene after the men had eft and had |
managed to make about 20 yards
when loss Of blood cap$ed him to |
stop where he was dis$overed by
Special Agent Britt and others. He |
was immediately rushed 10 Augusta
to a hospital. It was tlirVght at first
that he would survive, bit weakened
BY the loss Of blood and The terrible
blow on the head he died - 9 o'clock.
One or two clues hay1 been dis
covered but 80 far not mnfh Is known
Of the affair. About ASA a. m. two
men walked into the yarA and were
followed by the two night iwatchmen.
They were led outside tie yards a
short distance, where ;th4i four or
i've other men were wkiting and
we're fired upon with pistols, shot
guns loaded with buckshpt and rifles
Eugene Feaster was Sears of
age and formerly resided $Nt Granite
Vile. He Is survived .hsS a,sss and
49, saa- a.. RsSAhs. Sit.is.s
resided with his moSslS noSssS ~ = a
Mr.. and Mrs. James BSoth, ,aonsS sSSr
Laurens street in Aiken. He Azs q
of the Aiken post, American
Legion.
Funeral services for Reedy Booth
will be held tomorrow morning at the
First Baptist church in Aiken. In
terment will take place in thss family |
plot at Philippi church near Johns-
ton.
Augusta, Ca, Aug. 3O.A-No arrest
has been made in connection with the
killing from ambush at 5o'clock this
morning of E. M. Feaster and Reeay
Booth, Southern railway special
watchmen, on duty at the Southern
railways yard and repair shop just
across the Savannah river from Au-
gusta.
A coroner's jury has investigated
the killing, but have secured no evil
dence on which to base warrants.
Solicitor r. L. Gunter, at Aiken, says
that the authorities have informa-
ton which they are using as clues
and that there is some prospect of
securing the assassins. The inquest
was in progress over Feaster's body
when it became known that Booth
had died in a hospital at. Augusta,
where he had been rushed when ne
was found fatally wounded in Ham
burg. Booths body was then carried
from Augusta to Hamburg and the
same jury which investigated as to
the Feaster killing sat IN the Booth
case. The jury was able only to pro-
nounce that the killings were the act
of parties unknown.
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