The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, May 27, 1905, Image 2
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Lancaster S May 27th, 11*05. w
h
Mr K D BlaUeney, in a letter to
The State, declares that the peo- ?
pic of I-ancastcr were not indig- j,
mint over the arrests made in connection
with the Kershaw lynching,
1 > 111 were incensed over tinmanner
of obtaining the alleged
evidence. A detective often resorts
to the lowest and dirtiest
trickery to obtain evidence, but
according to Mr Rlakeney Howie,
the detective employed by Solicitor
Henry, went to the limit in
such tactics. Mr Rlakeney's
statement being correct, is is not
surprising that the people were
more or less enraged and that the
evidence obtained by the detective's
method was largely valueless.?Columbia
Record.
An Opinion of Special Interest
to Holders of Accident Insurance.
Special to The State
Charleston, May 24. ? In the
United State's circuit court today
fudge Rrawley rendered an opinion
of special interest to the
holders of accident insurance politics
and to the companies them
selves, in Ins decision, refusing u *
motion for a new trial in the case *
of J A Carrol, executor, against ?
the Fidelity and Casualty com- '
pan) of New York, growing out '
of the death of the late F G Stacy 1
president of the Gaffney National ^
Bank. }
Stacy was called a liar by a 1
man named Porter and he resent- 1
cd the insult with a blow in the '
mouth. An abrasion was made 1
by Porter's teeth on Stacy's fist '
and a few days later blood poison '
set in and Stacy died. The in- '
suranee company refused to pay 1
the jpolicy, alleging that Stacy
had come to his death by violent 1
and unlawful means. Suit was 1
instituted at the last term of the 1
circuit court in Greenville, and 1
the jury returned a verdict for '
$5,000, the full amount of the '
policy, in favor c>f the estate. The (
defendant moved for a new trial,
and Judge Ilrawley has just ruled '
that the death of Stacy was as a <
rf"?lllr r>f 51 i ?"> M f 1 1 inniicnlltin., It
as the jury had previously ilccid- (
ed, and the motion for a new trial 1
was dismissed. a
The ease presents a number of a
interesting features to holders of t
accident insurance which has be- c
come very popular. The couit t
docs not state that the blow which h
was struck in resenting an insult c
was an accident, but it is the r
breaking of the flesh, allowing t
the poisonous microbes to enter e
the Csystem of Stacy, causing e
death, which Stacy, of course, t
never intended, is the accident, \
and therefore the estate is entitled #
to tire money for which he was {
insured. j
Sudden Death In Camdon. ^
i
Camden, May 24.--The ltev. ^
W. \V. Mills, D. D., died sudden- ^
ly about 1 o'clock today. He (
wa?s walking across Monument
Square, near Dr. I H. Alexan- j.
dor's residence, when lie foil and
expired at once. Prof. It. M. ^
Kennedy, noticing him, hurried j
to his assistance, but life was ex- (
tinct before ho could reach him. u
Dr. Mills was a high typo of the ,
Christian gentleman, and his t
death will cause profound sorrow j
in this community. t
OA ?VC?ll I A. n
p.ian the ?lh8 Kind You Hare Always Bought M
Signature ^ y/r/-^-<2.
he Lancaster View 1*
of Mr. Henry's Course. ^
(Concluded f ro?u Page 1.)
W
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: iUwastho solicitor a purpose to j
lako an accurate (statement to the
<>vcruor, ninl one the truth of ^
rhit'll ho could establish, why did \
o not interview the ministers of a
Lcrslmw, or lit least one of theui, l<
nd thus ascertain their position n
^ the premises. I
AiMiin, Solioitor Henry stated t
) M rj?Utrate Caskey during the '1
reliminiirv tlnit he refused to c
'dive time and thereby permit ^
i? parties who were arrested at i
"heater to iioneur tsnfnro s
>agc, givo bond and be released, i
ecuuse Gov. I ley ward was inter- i
sled, or behind the cuse. This t
nine resaon was given bySolicitor I
lenry t > the Hon .) L Glenn of i
'better on tiio night of the nr- t
cut, yet in hit* report of May 3.1, I
* his reason for the refusal, he t
avs, first, "I was not fully ad- 1
ited second, tll did not think i
t proper in a case like this "? i
?Vhich ?f tlr? two reasons is cor- i
ect we cannot say, nor at e we in i
i position to admit that either i
vus tho real motive. Mr. Henry
n hit report to tho Governor i
ilaims lliat Messrs. Ilnath, Stereos
and Welsh were arrested at
Chester because they were at?
empling to get possession of a
State's witness, and >ot ho does
lot say what witness, nor does he
lire any reason for presuming
hi* to be the business of these
gentlemen,and as a matter of fact,
hese gentlemen were not seeking
:o get possession of uny State's
ivitntss, and if Solicitor Henry
lad, or knew that tho State had,
ivby did lie refuse to put up such
ivilness at ih? time of the preliminary
hearing if the witness whom
no thought these gentlemen were
pursuing was Fran's Hough? lie
:ould have used Hough at the preliminary
hearing for he was pres*
ant in the court room as a defendint
and not as a witness on that
occasion. Jf he referred to young
L'roxton he wus also preient in
ihe court room at Lancaster daring
tho ^entire time. It may he
well at this time to state, on the
Authority of the elder Croxton,
that when the father of young
Uroxton appealed to {solicitor
Henry at Chester to aid him in
the finding of his son, that Solicit
:or Henry disclaimed any knowljdge
of the whereabouts of young
Jroxton and led this father to beieve
that he know nothing of his
ion's connection with the matter,
rnd wont so far as to say to him
lmt he (Henry) would help the
Id gentleman to find his boy if
le knew anything of him. There
no so many glaring inconsistences
in Mr Henry's various etatonents
concerning this entire affair <
hat it is impossible to point out i
lach and every one of them, but
nough ha- been said to warrant
ho inevitable conclusion that ho <
vas not acting in an open, frank
ind conscientious manner. The
Solicitor assumes tho responsibilty
for the employment ?f Howie
ind Nnwluilil1 Vm nilmiio I.
w ./w.v. | UW auiiiito IKITIU^
/arious conferences with these
hod concerning the testimony i
hey were working on, yet ho atompts
to avoid any knowledge of,
>r complicity in, the dirty work
caorted to by the men with whom
ic was working in conjunction.
In all candor, Mr. Henry, I ask i
lo you expect the public to beievo
that you knew nothing of the
Methods used ; that you wore ig- i
inrant of the fact that Howie and 1
tuatin were violating not only i
he laws of the country, but tho i
awe of morality and decency, in ?
heir attempt to obtain evidence <
pon which to convict men of I
under; aien whom you admitted i
r'oro improperly urreatod, men t
' ' '
rhom you stated in open court I
hut you <1 ill not believe to bo
uiity, yet wliom you attempted
;> have con lined in prison, tind
i-bum you would not allow tlie *
rivilogo of bail exceyt the usual
UKttl notico bo givjen you ?
Wo linvo stated that uowi" v'.?)
itod tlij laws of South Carolina.
Ve reiterate this statement and
ifl prepared to prove that he
;idnaped young Croxton: that ho
ecured a pistol from a party in
Cershaw by paying another purV
$5 for stealing this listol.
[*his is usually looknd uuot and
lenotninated by the laws of this
state us larceny. (Does Mr.
lowie demand proof of this? Jf
io, it wiil tie forthcoming.)
\gain, referring to Solicitor
lenry, we call attention to the fact
bat lie denies any knowledge of
[lie means used by Howie, as
i bo ve stated. Doos the Solicitor
nean bv this that ho was not
keeping lip with the detail work t
if the mail he employed, and
who received pay from the cover
aor, upon tho endorsement of the j
Solicitor? It so he confesses do- |
reliction to his duty, for was it (
not his duty to keep posted a3 to (
tho progress of this woiU. If ho (
was cognizant of what was going (
on, then his position is even ni.uo (
reprehensible, for while ho did
not himself actually participate in
this pernicious "strategy,'' yet
ho had knowledge of the facts and
his failure to interfere and put a
stop this character of work makes
him particeps criminis, both in
law and morals, with those who
actually committed ln? otTense.
An explanation from the solicitor
on this point would he, it seems
to us, quite appropriate Solicit
tor Henry in his report says, "J
know that detectives have to resort
to strategy. This is lesorted
to in diplomacy, love, war and
peace, Surely the fowler will
not set the snare in tho sight of
the bird." The word strategy is
susceptible of a sinister construction
in his mind when ho penned
tho above sentenco. If he means
that tho methods resorted to in
this ctuse deserved to be classed as
strategy, then, indeed, has ho extended
the definition of that word
to an extent that would call for
severe condemnation from the
men of the world who have made
history by strategy. Mr. Henry
tukes vory much to heart and
bemoans the facf that the prosecution
by him, in the discharged
of his sworn duty, of the Morrison
lynchers has caused tho estrangement
of his friends. Permit
1119 to say that no one of his
friends would have become estranged
had he contented himself
with the performance of his duty;
had he confined himself, ho whom
accident placed in authority, to
legtimate, honest and conscientious
endeavors, but when he permitted
hit detectives to go beyond ,
the pale of legitimate stratogy,
and when ho consented, though
* n
only by aequiescenco to unclean
iL 1- ? - * -
mtnoous iiienuoneu, men u ill
becomes him to lift his hand* in
holy horror and raise the cry
that ho is being persecuted for
the perfoimance of his duty.
That he ovres u duty to his State
as one of its prosecuting officers,
cannot and is not questioned; that
that duty required him to use all (
honorable means to apprehend
and bring to justice the lynchers
of Morrison dues not admit of
argument, but it does appear that
in his zeal to perform that duty j
which ho has on every occasion : (
flaunted before the public, lie husj
lost sight of the fact that he owes)
4 pori'Aannnilimr /tnlu t *. l !.?. ? I
?j ?v? iiuonuil |
ind to tho men whom ho publicly
jeclared to ho innocent of the <
jrimo for which they weio ?irren- |
;ed. Mr. Henry stutod at tho t
neliminury hearing that ho vya? i
mrprised at tho arro^t of Mossrt*. I
death, Stevens art] .Velsb, and
t that time created tuo improtion
thai be . did not know that
variants were out for thoso men
et as a matter of fact he wired
dngistrnte Caskcy on tho .'list of
durch, asking him to come to
'heatei, which the magistral
lid on tin; l.-l day of April, and
ho reeotd shows that tho war
ant for the men named was istied
on that date. Hero we
night ask why it was that these
variants wore not placed in the
lands of the Sheriff of Lancaster
:ounty for execution^ Whieh
vas not done until Satiuday, the
ho 22nd day of April, 21 days afer
the date of same. 1 he tone
if Solicitor Honey's utterance
n reference to this affair, from
irst to last, indicate that he is
enacting under some imaennarv
n %f
vrong. This is evidenced by
ii* un warant?d reference to the
muisicrs of Kot'sbiiiv; igain, he
miiiifests vindictiveness by conomptuous
reference to one of the
lotenduuls, of whom he sees lit to
qieuk of us "one-eyed" Bolk.
Let me say to the Solicitoi right
liere that this Mr. Bulk is "0110jyed;"
thut ho is ill) humble and
respected citizm of lvershaw
county; that ho lost his eye while
engaged in the honorable disohm
go of his dutyjus u confederate
soldier, and that the wound
which ciused the U*s of this eye
was received while this old veteran
was lighting on the lield of
Gett> sburg for a principal, and
witii a motive as high, as honorable,
and, I might say, more laudable
than the motive which
prompted the honorable solicitor
to deride him because of the fact
that be only possessed one eye.
in the linal judgment of men we
may saloly say thaitbis'oiic eyed'
Belkwill measure up to the equal
of the prosecuting officer of the
s.^tb judicial district of South
Carolina
In conclution 1 wish to say
that the question under ennsiderution
is not the guilt or innocence
of Morrison,not whether Morrison
was guilty of murder; not whether
the men who it is claimed lynch
ed him are guilty of murder, and
we all knowutu] admit that it iproper
and right, and that it is
the duly of the oliiceis of the law
to use ail legitimate means to apprehend
and bring to trial the
parties -vho killed Morrison, and
I wish to emphasize the fact that
tho complaint now m do is not
dye to the fact that efforts are
being made to enfoipe the laws
of Siouth Carolina, but wo do
oiuplujn, and we do charge,
that Solicitor Henry is lesponsible
for the methods u&ul and that
these methods were unworthy the
c mntonancb of any man, and especially
one who occupies the of
Metal }>p8ition lie noes This indignutiun
18 not local, inn exist8
even ut the solicitor's own door,
and is prevalent whe ever the
facts a e known. ftvery assertion
th t in contained in tills artir
r!o js .i apablo of being proved,
and if here arc any who feel that
injustice has been dono ttiei?, and
thai tin truth has not been spoken
of then and their connection with
this cat*, 1 assure them that a u .
inand c) their part for such proof
will ho forthcoming when they
sco fit I > ?sk for it, or deny the
ahargoi heroin contained
P. lilakcney.
I'. 8 ?One more cpieation, Mr
Solicit** : Wnrn till rh? hill? no
provodliy you, for payment in
thin ciii\ itemized Did you not
[). K. i t least one of Howie's
bills in tlie form of a mere state,
lient, nd was the amount of this
nil ?3 5. ? 10. I). It.
Mot ors can safely give Foley's
i!one> indTar to their children for
loiioh and colds, for it contains
10 opi lessor other poisons. Sold
jy Fq dor bur <c Pharmacy.
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C? - S . .
I II II o-w-Goes
To Gel Immigrants Per
South Carolina.
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Con-mi- ioiior to visit (if-riit in\ . ;
Holland >.::** ! 1 i j. i ;,;u to
etnv t nuiigrapIfor th:s
Sit.p\ |
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Nf.v Y- ik; May i>i
Wyngaardon, a oomni !*sio'M-1
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sent abroad hv tho "ovrrnor and j
ollitr prominent citizens of South j
Carolina, to s < urn mtmiiM'onu!
to people a pr< posed now >e'.tie-j
niont forwhieh n largo It not has |
boon set apart in tin- Slnto, sailed j
for Knropo today in tho stoa.no.r j
Potsdam llo will visit (ioriu nv i
Holland an.I Belgium and will j
distribute litorturo explaining tlie |
enterprise Mr VVynguatdi n j
said boforn o titi?> ; heforo sailing
that tlit* land had been purchased
by tho governor and his associates,
that it tv:n vcrv fertile and I
that good cotton und other crops
could bo raised upon it. It was
pr p.?8?d idf-o, ho faitl, to t-tat>
lish fact"! ion thorn. Negroe , hi
added, m cmod unable to achieve
satisfactory results ua agricultlira
ists :.!i?l 11?ihad prompted the
invito-i n to the fereignpis An
effort oil. tie made to mcuii- immo'i
io>t-< Miii atde for burning <n
factory woik As lh> y nnive
they will lie taken in charge by
David Van \Y>ck, n memher of
the Iloboken hoard of health, ami
will he shipped to South Carolina
bv steamer.
Twelve Inches of Hail.
i
Reidsville, Ga., May 23.?The)
most destructive tornado that has)
swept Tattnall county for years j
occurred this afternoon, lasting)
ten minutes. During this brief
period a section between Reidsville
and Collins was practical!}
cleared of all crops and only the
strongest trees remained standing.
Houses were leveled and it is remarkable
that thus far report of
but one life having been lost has
been received. The victim was a
negro employee at the saw mill of
A C l'arkcr & Son; a falling
' smokestack struck him.
At Collins a family of five was
struck by lightning, They were
stunned, but were revived. Their
home was destroyed. So heavy
was the accompanying hail that
the stones lay or. the ground to a
depth of twelve inches.
Light Distress.
Kxchang j.
"I heard a new term the oilier
day, said \V 11 Snow, Jr., to the
Charlotte Observer "It was ar
Winston. An old lady and her
two daughters came into a millinery
store, The young women
wore mourning hats. The old
woman said to tne clerks: "I
want a mourning hat fo I am in
mourning. But my dalter here,
indicating, is 4 wicjder of two
years' standing and she in light
distress. Give her a hat with
blue feathers on it."
DON'T HORftO V | ROUBLE
it n bs l IjijbiJ to borrow anything,
but the worst thing \ 011
cr.n possihl\ honow, is trouble.
When sick, sore, hoavv, \\<-nr\
and worn out hy the pains and
poisons of dyspepsia, biliousness,
Wright's disease, any similar in
tern d disorders, don't sit down
and brood oyer your symptoms,
but lly for relief to ltdcctric
Bitters. Here you will find
sure and permanent forget fulness
of all yotp* troubles, and yout
body will not bo burdened by a
load of debt disease At ('rawI
ford Bros , ?J. K. Mackey & (Jo.,
Punderhurk Pharmacy. * Drug
stor. s Prices 50c. Guaranteed
{* t\ nut; t? /c t? n
* ?wr " s r 1 mm i i ? hi 11 i
'tu h alinyj skIi'Oh: w >rio
j
%
Fertilizer Mills Assessed.
i i>- Slat- boaui of v ipudi;:alion
adopted th' following
is tlu va cation )r taxation of all
the U til" or j '.ants in tl~?c State:
, \ nd?w? ?r, $('0,000. o o
A sin-1 bo, "$78,000.00
i. t i w.?i ., $64, 8 co. oo
IF a-'. $45,OCO.OO
i' S R< yc.slei Co if 15.180.00
Sjv tanburg, $7,200.00
Virginia Carolina Chemical Co:
Port Royal $196,690.00
Atlantic, $85,000.00
1 hicora. Si 72,200,00
Imperial, $162,030,00.
Standard, $258,895,00.
St<>no, $66,875,00.
VVando, $34,081,00.
IMac.ksburg, $102,528,00.
Dorchester. $10,455,00.
Greenville, $129,752,00.
Columbia, $193,800,00.
Georgia Chemical Works, $137*
554.00
J he total of last year was $1,553.534
and this amount is increased
to $1,849,860 l is year.
The Port Royal mill of the V.
C. C. company is raised $90,000;
tin Columbia mill $ 1 16,oOO. The
Standard at Chsrleston, another
V.C*. C. Co., $78,000, and other
mills were raised considerable.?
The State 251)1 inst.
. * ._-v y. -fcr;.. -sr rzty.'fc-CT
CASTOR! A
For and Children.
The Kind V:;u Have Always Bought
Wgnaturc oi
*?. >-.3^ ?c.*arM>-orxmoaBB
iS itiec- lot he l 'ublic
i \\~t>l limit ill! iu<jit*;ots in the
count;. Phone to my residence
ut PicH-iint tiill tor iuo when
needed.
!. Montgomery Cft-koy,
opt. 20?If
Notice to Debtors and
Creditors of C !! LUhan
All persons having claims
against the < - tate of Charles
ll.irvey Lath m, deceased, will
present them properly proven to
the undersigned foi payment, and
all persons indebted to said estate
will make immediate pyament to
the same. j hn T Green,
May i 2, 1900 i in. Kxecntor.
M * zzsCS ' . 3VM *. w: z~.<? M C?f*t ?j ? ? 2. . . Vttmi
NOTICE!
The lionia. (.1 C.nHt'ol for l^an*
caster Com.ty will in-ot at 1, mca.-ter
C. II., (a , on Tuesday,
June (?;h, 1095, for the purpose
of electing dispensers t'of the ijis-.
peiisary ?t I aneii'toi (J. Il , ntui
the disj on-airy nt Kei-?h:r.v for tho
ensuing year la ginning July 1st
1905. Applications for theso
positions must he tiled with saU
hoard at least twent y d ays he-fur)
slid G1.h of .111110 11)05.
J 10 W Haile.
< "l.i tJ.utid of Co Control L (J.
May 5. 1905 hi),
Winthrop College Scholarship
and Entrance Examination.
Tin* ex-onin iio?i for the a waul of
vaunt M'ho lUsVps 1 n Wiattuop 1 'ol
.ego ami ( r tho aumis.io > > ! new stu
hell is w i I i ! e h l<l n l ( he COtlil i v l 'mil I
;lou ? mi Kit :.y, July 7lb al tin m
\ppli eants n.Ust not ho less 1 mil 11 f'ten
veals nt age, Wlmn seho'i. ships
ine vae tieti af 1 r July 7ih, tt ey 1 i
lie awarhii t<- those making ti e lug \
est average ; t llr.s examination pro>iitoihtn
y mi et the conditions govern >
1 ng I fie award. Applicant* foi ach'd*
arshins si'ouid write to President
Johi soii l?efo e H>o examination f r
ttcho'a ship < x-.tml- ntmn blanks.
SelidurMil>?;, are woilli $!<)(> ami
free tuition lh. aex1 session will
open Sept-mi t 1 20 1 ?ui"? - K01 turincy
information ami ea'ajogni'address
! Pre I), li Joliiinipi,
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ouue 01 :>ot(in taronna.
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-ndne
(1 WHKHM I. C Li / ijby made
nit to me, to i. rant him I ctt ?t ? if ml
mini-tiallnn of (ho e-inU- of . ml of
loot* of J oh n \ .Wiilt'r
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( '<- . ml i m>oui-li oil iinl P ii^nlnr th?
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Miller <in'? ti n! tlm> I? * ami ap
j. a !>? :i?. in tho (ioiiri of I*fO
l a(<-, to h tie ! ?i I .a mm ?r x (' on
W t'lliivsil ?y M ?y 'J4ih in xl after pub
'.icullou liter of, at. II oV'ock in ti e
/oreoo-m, to show liMim , it avy they
|i vc, \vI?\ ami .idmhitatra'i ?n i>hnli'<l
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