Columbia, S.C., May 8—Harry McCaw, clerk of the state supreme court, is dead and Joseph J. Lucas is held by the county authorities as the result of a pistol duel this morning in the capitol building. There were no eye-witnesses to the shooting, but Lucas declared he was forced to shoot in self-defense. A pistol with three exploded cartridges was found near the body of Mr. McCaw, who died instantly with a wound in the heart. There had been trouble between the men recently. An inquest will be held this afternoon.
From the front page of The Goldsboro News, May 9, 1925
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