The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-04-12
RILEY HAMMOND, MERCHANT
KILLED BY TOM DUNCAN
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Don't know when he pulled his pistol
out. did not sec Mr.. Hammond when
second shot was fired. | don't know
whether he had pistol in hand when
third shnt was fired, or not-was about
one minute between second and third
shot, walked around in front of my
car like he was trying to in MS
car when third shot was fired. | was
about ten yards from him when he fell.
Did not say what he wanted with Mr..
imncan's wife. Mr.. Hammond was to
settle for hack fare. Mr.. Duncan fired
the third soht and then saw Mr..
Hammond fall.
Duncan and Hammond were part
hcfS III operating the farm on which
Duncan was living.
Hammond is a native o; Spartan
burg county and is survived by his
widow and five children. Buria. ser
vices were held in the Watts Mill
Church the burial taking place in thc
Watts Mills cemetery.
In application for bail made before
Justice Watts, the following affidavit
was made by Duncan, who has retained
Fcathcrstone & Knight as his attor-
ncys:
state Of South Carolina,
LaurcnS County
Personally appeared before mo r. p.
duncan. who on oath says that he is
Is years Of age. has Il wife and two
small children, and resides on the
farm about six miles from the CITY of
IaurcnS; that on the morning of the
tn of April, 1929, one Riley Hammond
drove into this doponcnt's yard be-
tween 6 and o'clock and shortly
thereafter a transfer driver from the
city Of Laurcns also drove into this
dcponcnts yard with Ford car. and
the deceased Hammond, asked this de-
poncntS wife from the kitchen window
if she was ready to 20, and dcponcnt's
wife lenicd 10 the deceased that she
was not going anywhere. This dcpo-
ncnt warned the deceased that in order
for him to avoid trouble, for him to
leave and leave at once. The deceased
replied that If it was trouble what de-
ponGnt was looking for, that deceased
was ready and that deceased stepped
back from tho window and put his hand
Il i. l. i,, rnH
his shotgun and went into another
room in the house, there deponent saw
deceased standing near the house with
his pistol in his hand, looking from one
window to the other, moving his pistol
back and forth, as if he expected to
shoot this doponent on sight. This de-
ponent then shot at deceased through
the window, punching out a window
pane When deponent shot, dcponcnt
evidently missed deceased at first shot,
then dcponcEt jumped back from the
window and reloaded his gun, and
when doponcnt> appeared again in
front OF window to ascertain where
abouts of deceased this deponent found
deceased still standing in about 10 or
I12 stops from the window with pistol
in shooting attitude and facing the
window as If he expected to shoot de-
iponent on sight; then deponcnt quick
ly shot at deceased again through the
window, probably hitting him." Then
deponcnt stepped across the room, got
another shell and again reloaded his
gun, and on going to the window, saw
deceased in the act OF leaving his Gear
and starting toward this dcponcnt's
house with his pistol in his hand
thereupon the dcponcnt shot at de-
ceased the third time while deceased
| was facing one corner of this dcpo-
incnt's residence, as If the deceased cX-
Ipectcd this deponent to come out de-
poncnts front door.
This dcponcnt further saycth that nc
shot deceased for the purpose or in or
der to save his own life from death
and his body from serious bodily harm
Decming the above sufficient for tho
present, this dcponent reserves the
right to testify more fully at the day
Of his trial.
II. p. DUNCAN.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this April Z, 1922.
IA. POWER,
c. c. G. p