The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-09-06
CHIEDREN'S QUARREL
CAUSE OF SHOOTING.

York, Sept. 6.-Taktng up chill
dren's quarrel and using shotgun
loaded with buckshot, William c.
Faris, so. textile worker of Clover,
ten miles north Of York, killed Claude
Johnson, q, and Newton Taylor, 13,
and wounded Fed Taylor 81, Miss
Gertrude Taylor, IS. Miss Leila Taylor,
Is, and Dollie Taylor, 8.
Johnson was killed instantly. New
ION Taylor died one hour later on the
operating table Of a hospital in Gas
tonia. n. c., - miles distant, where
all the wounded were hurried i'm
mediately. He suffered p perfora-
lions Of the intestines and died as the
24;h puncture was being sewed up.
Fred Taylor is not expected to live,
according to information from the
hcspital at o'clock tonight. He was
shot through the lungs and will likely
succumb to internal hemOrrhages.
The other victims of the tragedy are
expected to recover, though Miss
Gertrude Taylor will have a paralyzed
arm as the result of severed nerves.
Following the shooting, Faris sur
rendered to John A. Jackson OF
Glover, chief OF police, who lodged
him in the York county jail at 4
o'clock. On account Of the excite
ment and Indignation prevailing in
Glover which made mob violence
possibility, Sheriff Fred E. Quinn
took Faris out of the York jail at 6
o'clock this afternoon and removed
him. to another place. Sheriff: Quinn,
accompanied by Policeman r. E.
Steele Of York, left with his prisoner
in an automobile and from the direc-
4icn taken it is. presumed that they
vent t6 the state. peniteniary in: 60
lumbia. There was open talk in
Clover of meeting out summary pun
ishment to Faris. ..:. 49,. !: ss...:.
An inquest will be held Tomorrow
morning, being postponed from this
AFTERNOON ors account Of the absence
Of Coroner Paul G. McCorkle Of
York.
Faris did the shooting from the
front porch of his home, firing across
&. q asnsrroa az, s,,ss
Immediately opppo tie ss
A quarrel between the children OF
the two families is said to have
precipitateds the tragedy. 1t appears
that the children were quarrelns
aout a we'll used Jointly by botn
families when Faris plunged into the
affair by getting his shotgun and
opening fire at all the Taylors in
sight. So far as is known, all of
them were shot down without offer
ing any resistance. Though there
were several eyewitnesses, some OF
the details of the killing are conflict
ing, and it will take an inquest to
clear them up. Johnson was a rela-
tive of the Taylors and lived with
them. The well that was the source
Of the trouble was recently cleaned
out by Faris it is said, and his child
rem accused the Taylor children OF
throwing trash into it and otherwise
polluting the water.
Faris said after the killing that he
had been threatened by the Taylors.
He declined to talk about the affair
when in the York Jail this Afternoon.
Faris has been living in Glover for
several years and is native Of north
ern York. He has a wife and several
children. He bears the reputation OF
being a dangerous man, having fig
ured in many rows of minor nature
He has retained Thomas F. McDow
to defend him, it is understood. Grim
inal court convenes here MONDAY, but
it is not likely that his case will be
heard then. The Taylor family moved
to Glover from Gastonia six months
go..J. M. T aylor, head of the fam
lily, was at work in the mill OF the
Glover Manufa cturing company when
the killing occurred.