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u» ini iiiuiiKT nniuc. Aiciunanncv wtm . inroupi tne irontof the hutise. lie saw no one in the front rooms, hut when lit*-reached the hack porch he saw the sheriff in a scuffle with anegro woman.Son” ran into the room and took a 45-calibre pistol, and{lhanney grabbed him and a tussel over the weapon started, when the pistol was discharged, the bullet going out of thedoor. The negro got loose and ran into the front yard, andopened fire at McKlhannev at close range. McKlhannevjtrmprd from thr porched the fire of the negro, but Ws pistol hung fire after the first• ♦evidently emptied his pistol and then ran away.after McKlhannev reached the front yard, heheard Sheriff Howard cry out, “Oh Lord, they’ve killed me.• -Try to get me to the doctor at once.” These were the lastwords Sheriff Howard spoke. He was in the yard, and washot from the kitchen, or hack porch.While Sheriff Howard ua standing with Robinson on thehack porch he saw McKlhannev in a tussel with “Son” and heordered Robinson to go to the rescue of McKlhannev.entered the royin he was set iijon by Annie and1 he latter in some wav broke lose and ran out of thehack door, and picked up the pistol of Sheriff Howard' whohad expired, and entered the front door, and again set upon[he mother had ‘secured a knife and in this firRobinson shot Uertha through the stomach.In the meantime Vnnie Low num. had secured an axe, andadvanced upon McKlhannev, who warned her off. The infuriated woman started at Robinson, who was then in the yardand as his ammunition had been exhausted he retreated, and*pard went to the aid of Robinson the woman advanced*mi lnm ritif! 11#* vhnt h#»r fhrrwiirli «}*#* I hie u-ik sh#»i*in a blanket, and carried to \iken to tlu funeral home of 1 . M. (ieorge and later taken to his homenear Aiken,.on thev Body at Court HouseSunday morning, the body was taken to the Countv court house, and just a few feet from tin* office where he formerlypresided the steel j;rcy casket was placed, Mirroundw! l*v acascade of flowers, and at'his head wis placed a United Statesflag, i I ere it lay in state, until about 4 o’clock, louring these hours many thousands of people from all sections of South Carolina and every nook and corner of Aiken county came to pay the last tribute of respect to this fallen hero—the bravest andbest Sheriff of the* state. Early in the morning a huiulreea of flu* Kti Klux Man—from somewhere—formed asession on Main street and with folded arms, silently paradeddown Park avenue, by the casket of the one whom they loved,if'and with whom they have stood as enforcers of the right. I bev made their exit from the rear of the Court House and disappeared as quietly as they came. •»The Funeralfon / ! ■ • • • ’ : 1 ’ 1- 1 j’ ’ ’ * O/WHK?- .....- V a4 i, ' v* ’ ■ V ' ' : ■ f (.. \ . d -♦ ' V nh* - *\ 4 ♦ ■ * • •(iraniteville Uaptist church* and I i\ I\ |. McLean. of the hirsthrIlaptist church of Aiken. It was the vvt-h of Sheriff Howard,expresses! some month' ago, that in ease anything hould happen to him. that these minister' lt;rve for him. lt;)n the rostrum al'O was 1 homas (». McLeod, Covernor of the State, who
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Aiken Journal and Review
Aiken, South Carolina, US
Wed, Apr 29, 1925
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