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BUD PRIESTLY UifDER ARREST,Negro Who Killed White Merchant at West Union,-S. C,. Columbia, S. C.t February ID,—(Special.) —Bud Priestly. the negro who killedChristopher Himsinger, a young? whit* merchant In thi lawn of West tTiiion. fear Walhalla. Lrst Friday niglK and imuln his fisc»'i po, was ea.jptiuj«fli Sunday night In West Pnion. it is believed J/fUtt ■ho had been hiding' in that town since the killing. The evidence adduced at the coroner's inquest was to the effect that HunshiRcr had hired two negro musicians to furnish music for liim on a serenade. Priestly happened along and tried to en-| lice the musicians away. Hunsinger or-| dered him off. Priestly walked away a j few ?cepH and without warning opened lt;lire on l-t mi singer. tiring: two shots with In pistol. One ball took effect in Him-! uinger's (head and a filer 'lingering 25 ! hours lie died. Following the arrest of Priestly some .talk arose of doing him violence. In it there wa« no excitement and the threat of lynching: amounted to nothing.O. S. Phillips, of Atlanta, who is a brother-in-law of H unsinger, attended his funeral.\
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Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta, Georgia, US
Fri, Feb 20, 1903
Page 8
Full Page
Clipped by
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