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f > VOLUME LVII, NUMBER 68. NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1921. TWICE A WEEK, $2.00 A YEAR [ POLICEMAN FOY | CAPTURES ALLEN STANDING IN DITCH WITH HIS WINCHESTER. r Not Three Miles From the Scene of the Tragedy Allen Evades Searching Party for 24 Hours. Following the instincts of a police officer, and being off duty on Wednesday morning, Policeman Foy of the Newberry force went -to Chapin, J leaving Newberry at 9:30 Wednesday morning and arrived at about 10:30, to see what, was doing in the v +i,a TTp-nrv Allen. I scaixu ii/i wit nvgiu A.W... , who had shot to death Mr. Noah F. Frick, a prosperous farmer of that section, on Tuesday afternoon, and who had been 'hiding in the woods and swamps and had been successful up to that time in evading the searchers and even the bloodhounds. On reaching Chapin he joined the 4 crowd of citizens who had been on the search for the negro all night, and during the early morning of Wednesdaq. Coming up the 'highway toward Little Mountain some tw> miles, they turned to the south of the road, and followed a branch, searching parties taking either side of the small stream. There had ? been a heavy rain down there during the early - - - - ' t t H J_ morning which kept tne Diooanounus from following the trail, and also wiped out any tracks that may faave been made by the negro. The first intimation or clue that they were able to get in regard to the movements of Aften, was from a ne- j , ' gro who lived alongside the highawy who said that All^n had come to the house and begged protection of the negro who lived there, and that he 1 t had refused to give him protection, and Allen had moved away. But the rain having removed all tracks and evidence Qf his movements the search was difficult. The searching party foil-owed the stream, and about a mile to the south of the highway some one called out that 'Allen was in a ditch * not far ahead of the party. Policeman Fov. who was in the party, ran ahead and covered Allen with his gun ?and jumped on him in the ditch and pulled him out. At about the same time several others of the searching party got in the ditch with Policeman Foy, but. Mr. Foy was the first one to lay hands on the murderer. Allen had his Winchester rifle in one hand, and was in a ditch about four feet deep. Policeman Foy along with Sheriff Roof of Lexington and Policeman Kaon and. Mr. Tom Teague and some , others, started off with Allen toward the highway, and had gotten about 200 yards from where he was caught wthen the crowd came up and forcibly took Allen away from them. There were 150 or 200 men in1 the crowd, and Mr. Foy being out of his bailiwick made no effort to use force to > 'J. L 1A retain the prisoner, ana It WUUXU j have been useless for Sheriff Roof and Policeman Koon to have undertaken to do so. The crowd took Allen back toward the place where he 'had been captured, and soon a volley of shots rang out on the swamp, and Allen had taken his last long journey. This was arouncl 1 o'clock. What became of the body and how the deed was done, our informant did not know, as he was not present, but only heard the sound of the guns as it came over the hills from the swamp. Allen had a .38 calibre sixteen rifle, and the size SIJUV/OCl II 111VWMW , of the cartridge that The Herald and Nesw reporter saw that came from the gun, readily explains how a shot with this bullet would tear a man's abdomen all to pieces. . When Allen was caught he had his; rifle in one hand and made no effort! I to raise it, and when Policeman Foy| f jumped on him in the ditch the gun dropped to the ground. Policeman Foy picked up the gun and handed it to some one in the crowd. Old Lexington is making a fine and unenviable record in crime in the last couple weeks, and the most horrible in the annals of crime, all of them. The killing of Mr. Frick was a cold blooded outrageous premeditated murder. The killing of old man Cook was one of the most horrible crimes of which we have ever read. We can not conceive how it is even humanly ANNUAL MEETING W. M. U. REEDY RIVER ASSOCIATION Following is the program of the annual meeting of the W. M. U. of Reedy R',Ter association which meets with the Woman's Missionary societies of Newberry First Baptist church Tuesday, August 30th. 10:30 a. m.?Song: The Son of God Goes Forth to War. Devotional?Faith and Works, j Greetings?Response. Roll call, W. M. S. Conferring A-l badges. Reports?(a) Secretary and treasurer; (b) Mission study chairman. Superintendent's message. , Music?Loyalty song. Impersonation of mission study j' course?Recognition of certificate holders. Items of interest?Mrs. Fizer. j Report of standing committees, five j minuses each?Training school, Mar- j garet fund, personal service, white j cross work. ; Address: Our Junior, the Corner ' Stone?Mrs. W. J. Hitcher. o?!rk/>rotinn?jl nnlirv 1 J.VCdU.liI?, vi , , appointment of committees on time ! and place; on resolutions. Election of nominating committee. ; Miscellaneous. ! ^ Collection ,for missionary's automo-!. bile. | j Closing song. Prayer. Recess?Luncheon., ^ Second session, 2 p. m. Song: Make Me a Channel of Bless- ( ing. < 11 Devotional?Loyalty. 11 Auxiliary ideal and motto, all Y. j j W. A. and G. A. repeating in concert, j Conferring of A-l badges. I , Report- of associational superin- ^ tendent of auxiliaries. Dedicated lives (five minute talk). Roll call of R. A. and Sunbeam j bands. ^ % Conferring of A-l badges. Report of R. A. Supt. * * r Report of Sunbeam Supt. v T Address: 75 Million Campaign * Ideal^?Mrs. Fizer. ^ Report of standing committees (five minutes each)?Literature; Baptist hospital; aged ministers; orphanage; Christian education. * Adoption .of policy. < Report of committees on time and . c place; on resolutions. Obituary report. x Election of officers. Appointment of standing commit- ( tees. IA 4 I ^ Reading of minu-tes. j4 Closing song and prayer. j j WHO KNOWS (OR KNOWS , OF) THESE PARTIES? * ? Chief of Police ?. L. Rodeisperger L received a letter from Chattanooga, Tenn., dated August 17, from a wo- J man inquiring about some of her people. If anyone in Newberry knows v of the ones mentioned the informa- c tion would be gladly received by the writer of the letter, which is as fol- } , 1 lows: "Dear Sir: Will you please, sir, ( Tin Midi fViic lpftpr in vnnr r>aner. I f " ? ^ am trying to find my father. New- ^ berry is my home, but I was taken away when I was small. I had a stepmother living- there by the name of Irene Obey, and I thought if I could ' get in touch with her I may be able ' to locate my father. His name is j ' Bluins Obey. The last time I heard |, from - him he was in some part of North Carolina. I wrote to the chief there but did not get anv answer. I 11 was in Chicago at the time I wrote him. So I will be so thankful if you j help me/to find out anything about {_ my father. Bertha Sublett. ] 211 Spring Street, \ Chattanooga, Tenn. i possible for the wife of any man to . j hold the hands of her husband, while 1 j the daughter of the man and the wo: man, holds the feet and the son takes ! ! a razor and cuts the throat of his father, and then can go quietly oft* j and in the same house eat dinner and j ?0 to the field and to work, and leave j i the body of the husband and father i' in the house, and not give the alarm, ' and yet undertake to make it appear as a suicide. The instinct of even the brute calls for the protection of tne j1 parent brute. | It does seem really that crime is J' on the rampage in this s:ate, andj] not only in this state, but throughout the land. There is something bad.: out of joint. j' DIRIGIBLE COLLAPSES'; COSTS MANY LIVES * |? SIXTEEN OFFICERS AND MEN 1 * OF NAVY LOST L 1/ I Great Craft Victim of Explosion in Mid-Air Wtiile Making Test Flight ' ^ Walker Still Alive 1 Jail, England, Aug. 25.?Norman 0. Walker, a rigger, was the only American to escape when the ZR-2 ' ^ was destroyed .here last evening. It ^ was reported early in the night that ^ he had died, but inquiry has estab- " fished the fact that he is still alive. ' His home is in Commerce, Texas. j j Hull,, England, Aug. 24.?Sixteen ^ officers and men of the United States ^ navy and twenty-seven officers ? and men of the British navy met death today in the collapse of the great dirigible ZR-2 over the city of Hull. ^ Only one of the Americans on ^ board the ill-fated craft escaped, as far as could be ascertained at midnight tonight. Only five men of the -19 who were W naking the trip in the dirigible prior ^ ;o the vessel being turned over to ^ the United States navy are known to ^ lave been saved. The American officers who started M ;he trip included: m Comndr. Louis H. Maxfield, Lieut. 3omndr. Emery Co-it, Lieut. Henry c}W. Hoy, Lieut. Marcus H. Esterly, o; Lieut. Comndr. Valentine N. Bieg and Lieut. Charles G. Little. .m The American enlisted men who p( went up with the craft from Howden vere:'C. I. Aller, Robert Coons, L. Q] E. Crowel, J. T. Hancock, William rulius, M. Lay, A. L. Loftin, A. I. Xi Pettjt, W. J. Steele, N. 0. Walker and \y George Welsh. The British losses include the fa- M nous air veteran, i>rig. Gen. 31. aitland, and ail the other officers jc m board, except Lieutenant Wann, 'p( ;he commander of the ZR-2. ; q On Test Flight j\{ Starting from Howden Tuesday ]0 norning on a test flight to Pulham, \ g, he big aircraft had been afloat for >4 hours, at times in bad weather, ]yi md was returning to the Pulham air- 31 iome which constitutes the most ter- so ible of its kind in peace times. Ki The ZR-2, which was a sister ship ' :>f the jfamous R-34, the first dirigble'^ o cross the Atlar.tc, was on her final j est prior to being accepted by the,' , United States navy and taken across : he Atlantic by an American crew ' specially trained for that purpose, She was 695 feet long and was built m n rarrv a rrew of 30. Her SDeed was ! co istiimated at 70 miles an hour. The ! American navy was to pay $2,000,- I )00 for the craft. te While flying at about 1,000 feet >ver Hull, spectators saw the ZR-2 ;to seemingly buckle amidships and !th )lunge downward over the city and nto the Humber river. One theory m )f the cause of the disaster is that m while the ship's rudders were being :ested the giant craft took a sharp ^ :urn, which caused her framework j to buckle and that the explosion of j a gasoline tank completed the tra-|ai ??edy of the air. The actual cause however, may never be known. A ai rumor had been afloat for some davs Yf that the ZR-2 was structurally weak, * but this was stoutly denied by all in ! .. ' Uv authority. i w Tens of thousands of spectators I hi saw several men climb outside the j balloon and drop from the falling | T mass, which was enveloped in smoke, i" and others jump into the Humber as w the crippled craft came over the wa- to ter. As the dirigible struck, the to wreckage above the water was burn- fc ing, and there was slight chance for any-of the men caught inside to escape. Tugs immediately put out into the j stream and brought ashore survivors who were taken in ambulances to | hospitals. Among these was the Am-1 erican quartermaster, N. 0. Walker, j suffering from severe burns. Lieu-J L~ ?* T i.lfA <wl fvnni C-( LfllUHL ttlSV VV CIO H..H UV.U i I Vlll the debris alive, but succumbed to his st injuries on reaching the infirmary. R A rescue tui? ])ulled another Ameri- T1 can oat of the water. Pie was dead. ctj Inside of his coat was the name, Jc "Commander Maxfield." Early re- hi ports were to the effec that Lieuten- in ant Easterly had been saved. Unfortunately this report proved to be \\ without foundation. J > ><$ < ><?><$>/3><$><S><s><?3><$>,$'<$><?><?> <$> AMERICAN LEGION NOTES. <s> > <$> > 't' <?> "$> -> ^ ^ "?> ?> ^ & *?> ? & The entertainment committee 'for le American Legion convention has rranged the following features: Barbecue, Sept. 7, 2:00 o'clock. Tables, c haiis, paper cloths, Mrs. , H. Wicker. Dishes: Mrs. J. P. Shealv, chair lan; Mrs. Geo. R. T. Caldeil, Mrs. J. B. Fox, Mi3. J. T Maye.w Silver: Mrs. Bcy<fc Jacobs. chmn.; iiss Mary Wright, I Mrs. Ale Hardy iov;er, Mrs. W. B. Wallace, Mrs. F. . Hunterj Mrs. T. P. Johnson. Meats, rice, potatoes: Mr. Fiank unter. Bread: Mrs. Hal Kohn, Mrs. J. W. immons, chmn., Miss Rosalyn Hipp, rs. Berley Cromer, Miss Elizabeth rehmer. Tomatoes: Mrs. T. C. Pool, Mrs. . D.' Smith, chmn.; jjVlrs. Tom Pope, rs. W. I. Herbert, Irs. T. W. Keitt, rs. J. W. White, Mrs. W. S. Matiews. Ice water: Mr. Tom Wicker. Ice cream, cake; Mrs. R. II. right, chmn.; Mrs. H. M. Bryso-n, rs. Dan Wicker, Mass Julia Kibler, rs. Alan Johnstone, Mrs. W. W. ii'llock, Mrs. W. R. Reid. Flowers: Mr^. J. B. Hunter, chmn; rs. R. McC. Holmes, Miss Julia Sumer, Mrs. W. K. Gotwald. Waitresses: Mrs. J. H. Summer, imn.; Miss Carolyn Cromer, Mrs. scar Summer, Mrs. B. T. Buzhardt, J Lila Summer. Miss Julia Sum-; er, Miss Pauline Fant, Miss Kate )rter, Miss Sue Porter, Miss Cara>1 West, Mrs. Carl Epting, Mrs. !aude Sanders, Miss Sarah Caldwell, rs. D. A. Livingston, Mrs. T. W. sitt, Mrs. S. C. McCarley, Mrs. W. . Herbert, Mrs. R. C. Floyd, Mrs. Dyd Jacobs, Mrs. Beale Cromer, rs. D. A. Haiti wander, Mrs. James rowninff, Mrs. F. Adams, Miss sie Reid, Mrs. J. B. Fox, Jr., Mrs. jrster Smith, Mrs. T. H. Pope, Mrs. . G. Blackmon, Mrs. Ned Purcell, iss Sudie Dennis, Miss Louise Tay r, Mrs. E. B. Setzler, Miss Mary lrton, Miss Rosalie Summer, Miss race Summer, Miss Goode Burton, iss Mary Brown, Miss Lucy Senn, iss Mary Wright, Mrs. T. P. Johnn, Mrs. W. T. Brown, Miss Lillian ibler, Miss Blanche Davidson. Ball game, 4:30: Mr. Turner. Clinn versus Newberry. Dance and reception, Sept: 7, 9:00 clack. Open to delegates only. Receiving line, Mrs. L. W. Floyd, r. John B. Setzler. Reception com ittee at the doors. Entertaining j rmmittee: Mrs. J. M. Kinard, Miss! idie Dennis, Miss Sadie Goggans. j Ball game, Sept. 8, 4 p. m. Picked i am of delegates?Mr. Turner. | Automobile ride arranged by aumobile committee, Mr. W. S. Matews, chairman. Watermelon feast, Sept. 8th, G p. .: Elbert D.ickert and Oscar Sum-' I er. I Big dance, Sept. 8, 9:30 p. m. Open all. Chaperones (both dances): Mr. id Mrs. L. W. Floyd, Mr. and Mrs. L. Keitt, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Kin:d, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Setzler, Mrs. >la Connor, Mr. and Mrs. T Seawell, r. and Mrs. W. T. Brown. \ The pleasure of the members of ie convention will be greatly enmced by Mr. Wells' kind offer to )en the picture show to all delegates, he entertainment committee is also debted to the Lime Cola Bottling orks for 500 bottles of iced drinks > be served after the barbecue and ? the Women's Auxiliary for punch ir the first dance. { J. L. Keitt, Jr., Chairman. I Chalmers Brown, Miss Teressa Lightsey, Miss Sadie Goggans, Mrs. F. D. Mower, Miss Georgia Porter. I Jolly Street Defeats White Rock j Jolly Street, Aug. 23.?The Jolly ;reet baseball club won their tenth raighi. game Tuesday at White, ock, defeating White R>ck 10 to 1. he feature of the game was the ex'llent pitching of Schannon for the j >lly Street club, only allowing one! t for the White Rock club and scor-! g one by an error. Batteries for 11.. Oi o ..lw, minn nHi] *vtl1/*lr* fori )JiY otrtcu, otiiaiiiiun ?"? .-? i hite Rock, Slice and Lowman. I 'OFFICERS ARREST YOUNG WHITE MAA ROY LINDLER IN JAIL FOR IN ! VESTIGATION i Only Eyewitness io Killing ol j Policeman Brown Taken to Prison The State, 24 th Key Liiidicr, only eye witness tc the killing of Policeman i1'raniBrow n, was placed untL-r arrest yesterday afternoon and was taken tc 'police headquarters where he was 'subjected to a grilling crc_s examina| tion. Latc-r he was taken to a cell | on the second floor where he is being held pending an investigation. Lindlei iwas arrested by Chief Strickland, I Sheriff Helse, Detective Shorter and | T. A. Berley, state officer. Lindlei j is about Its years old and lives at 914 [Columbia avenue. He i:-: an apprentice pi inter and is said to be on the strike roll, having left his jjb during a walkout several months ago. Lindler testified at the inquest last ! Wednesday that he was about 50 ; yards behind Policeman Brown when he saw a negro coining up a path leading from the Seaboard Air Line railroad track. He said the officer met the negro near the corner of First and Park streets, in Camp Fornance when the policeman said- to the negro, ''What are you doing dodging around here like this?'' Lindler said Brown reached out and touched the negro * 1 ...u? on tne snouxuer wuu ninitcuuu>.ii; turned and began firing an automatic pistol. The witness said three shots were fired at close range, Brown falling at first explosion and dropping his pistol from his hand. Lindler said he ran to the negro and grabbed him by the wrist only to be shoved back several feet. He said the negro then ! opened fire at him and "he ran. Looking back, Lindler said he "saw'Che ne'gro running westward and he ran and yelled for help. Lindler said Brown may have fired while he was running. Yesterday Lindler told officers that he was coming up a hill on north Park street and was about 50 yards from the railroad bridge when Policeman Brown reached the bridge and waved his hand at him. He told officers that eight shots were fired and when asked how he accounted for ? ' .brown's gun oemg empty, &iwu. ma, is one thing I can't explain.'' Other 'statements made by the young prisoner were in substance the same as given by him at the coroner's inquest. A linking of Lindler's testimony b' i fore the coroner with that made yi terday to the police gives the negro ! credit for shooting three shots at Brown, and five others are to be aci I counted for between the policeman j shooting at the negro and the negro firing at Lindler. Men and women living in the neighborhood of the scene of the tragedy have told officers that five shots were fired. Coroner Scott has in his possession three 45 calibre cartridges and the policeman's pistol showed five empty chambers, of 38 caliber when ! it was examined after the killing, nf tiin .in rnliher shells showed vync wL uiv , _ no indentation on the cap and another has a sligh indentation. The third shell has a deep dent on the cap, according to the coroner. Roy Lindler, the young man under 'arrest, is held in high esteem by hie friends and associates. Fellow work'men say Lindler is highly efficient at his trade and a pleasant and affable young man. They hoot at the thought that he is implicated in the killing of the officer. I I Eddy-Havird I The Record, 24th. Miss Dora Eddy and Horace Havird of Batesburg were quietly married Sunday afternoon at .'{: '>() o'clock by the Rev. R. S. Truesdale at his home on Rich-land street. Following the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Havird left ifor Charlotte, X. C., to visit friends there. They will visit the various mountain resorts of Xorth Carolina before returning to Batesburg to make their home where Mr. Havird is engaged in business. The bride is originally from Newberry but has made her home in Co 1 inmbia for me pas^ uvc \v-.nr* .iwv. lias many friends here. j The bride is a daughter of Mr. W. H. Eddy of Newberry. ROTARY CLUB HAS FORTNIGHTLY LUNCHEON The Newberry Ro-tary club held its regular fortnightly luncheon in the gri'Il-room of the Newberry hotel on Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock, P practically every member of the club and a number 'of invited guests being j present. A feature of the meeting wa? the reading of reports from the various Rotarv clubs of the state, in which > I " ' . the activities of the clubs were recited. The following clubs were rep( | resrented by local Rotarians, each of .1 whom read the report of his particu- [ lar club: Greenwood, Rotarian Roy iI Sumnfer; Columbia, Rotarians Zach . Wright and Lad Eskridge; Charles-] . ton, Harry Dominick; Gaffney, Ben: iDorrity; Spartanburg, Henry Wells;' J Florence, James Kinard; Orangeburg,1 .iMcHardy Mower. These reports' were very interesting and proved the worth of a Rotary club to *rny com, munity. Secretary McDaniel of the Newberry chamber of commerce, "our chamber of commerce," as the genial.and i wide-awake secretary put it, address-1 | ed the club and told something of, what our chamber of commerce is now doing and will. do. Mr. McDaniel's talk was greatly enjoyed. ! Short talks were also made by the other guests of the club?Mr. T. W. Keitt, Prof. Geo. W. Ke.tt of the University of Wisconsin, Rev. I. E. Long of Charleston, Mr. J. Lawson . ? * 11 m 1 O L Goggans ol Dallas, Texas, ana ocout Master Carl Julien, of the local troop of Boy Scouts. The guests were introduced by Presided George B. , Cromer, who, as master of ceremonies, made it his business to see to- it , that there was something doing all the time. "* ( The musical part of the program was a "little short in quantity, lai: , I what it lacked in this respect \vus , | amply made up for in the quality I dished out to the very musically inclined Rotarians and their guesCs. The way Rotarian John Kinard led "America" was simply in a class by j itself, that's all. After Rotarian Kii r.ard had executed this part-'of the (program (some of the very awful Ro! tarians say that he "murdered" it!), j and Rotarian William Wallace was called upon to lead the bevy of song, birds in singing some classical crea ti-on, that last-named Rote stated that . he aided and abetted Rotarian Kinard j in his execution. Th's is written simj ply to counteract any claims of Rjta] riaTi John Kinard that he alone was . responsible for the remarkable lead-. ership in the rendition of this song,!, and to prove, according to Rotarian Wallace, that he was there with the goods when the execution took place. Not content with thus exhibiting' , the singability of the Rotarians, both individually and collectively, Presi- ' <lcnt Cromer had the nerve to call j upon Rotes Haskell Kibler and Er-1 , nest Summer for their highly-ch'erish- j , ed duet, "The Old Grey Mare." This , pathetic little ballad proved to have a kick to it, -but it seemed that the j aforesaid kick came from those who ! were forced to sit and listen. Anyownr with it. Jill w ?ii.icv ^ vj c ti ** *? ivi? * w - -0? 7 cr, a I least, they were allowed to fin- ; ish one verse. | A large American flag was present- ( ed to each Rotarian and guest, with the admonition from Secretary Hal; ; I Kohn that this flag and countless oth. j ers be used by each recipient for dec, | oration during the meeting of the . South Carolina American Legion| naires here next month. Rotarian- : ,! Hymn-H'ister Ben Dorrity then show-1the boys how to do things, when, as soon as the flags were distributed, ho : | led off in singing "The Star Spangled I Bannner," while the star-spangled 1 j banners waved. j m j | I Altogether, it was a great meeting. i Everybody enjoyed it, and now the i Rutarians can hardly wait for the .' next luncheon, which is scheduled for 1 , | the sixth of September. i Card of Thanks. j j I We wish to thank our many friends for their kindness shown us j ;' during the illness and death of our { | dear little twin girls, Brunelle and j jl.atrelle. Loving hands did not tire I ^ s ( day or night and may CJod's richest blessings be bestowed upon each and j every one. And we assure them that j their kindness will never be forgot- , c I ten. Mr. and Mrs. E. M. D. Livingston. CHAPIN FARMER SHOT BY NEGRO POSSE SEARCHING SWAMP FOR SLAYER Dispute Over Division of Cotton Seed Year Ago?Trouble Last Saturdav The State, 24th. Noah F. Prick, prominent Chapin farmer, was shot and fatally wounded on the road about three quarters of a mile from his home near Chapin at 3:10 o'clock this afternoon by Will Allen, a negro share cropper on Mr. Frick's farm, according to Calvin Fulmer and Enoch Frick, eyewitnesses of the tragedy. Mr. Frick was brought to Columbia immediately after the shooting and was c .Tied to the Baptist hospital, where he was ? lT? A. A ^ operated upon in an eirorx 10 save his life. Mr. Frick entered the operating room at 8 o'clock, dying there at about 10:30 o'clock. The ball, fired from a large calibre rifle, entered the abdomen, producing a fearful wound. Late last night the negro was being sought in the swamp near his home by a pos^e of about" 100 men, headed by Sheriff Roof of Lexington and Sheriff Blease of Newberry. Bloodhounds were brought over from Newberry but were unable to pick up the trail. The swamp has been care ' ' i ^ i fully surrounded, However, ana rne men are expected to capture the fugitive although it is admitted, according to State Constable Burley, who returned lust night, that the negro may have possibly made his way through the swamp before the posse rould have surrounded it. No .talk uf mob violence has been heard. The :.:gx-o remained at his hoi^ia ;4-fter the ? hooting until juLt about nightfall, Mr. Burley said, and.was seen by a number of people during the afternoon, sitting on his front r poich with his rifle lying across Lis knee. About 40 men gathered at Chapin during the afternoon but no . one dared to make any effort to arrest the negro and the potential posse remained motionless, awaiting the ar rival of officers to lead them. The . negro, still carrying his rifle, took to a nearby swamp at dusk, his wife apparently accompanying him a part of the way into 'the woods. At about 9 o'clock Sheriff Roof of Lexington county and Sheriff Blease of Newberry/ county arrived and took charge of the search, distributing the posse throughout the swamp and .sending men to watch all negro houses in the vicinity. Description of Negro The negro is described as being 55 or 60 years old, weight 145 to 150 pounds, height five feet eight inches, medium build, dark ginger cake color, round, high, flat cheek bones, stubby moustache, thin, pointed beard, almost straight hair. The negro walks very erect ar.d speaks rapidly, using very few words. Mr. Frick was shot in /the public road just in front of Allen's house on Mr. Frick's farm, according to Calvin Fulmer, one of the two eyewitnesses of the shooting. Mr. Fulmer had been over to the negro's house to see about some laundry work, which Allen's wife was to have done, and was just leaving when he met Mr. Frick and his son. Enoch, in a wagon coming toward the negro'* house, where Mr. Frick was t j supervise the dividing of a ?iiare crop of fodder which Allen had raised. Mr. Fulmer stopped beside the v/igcn to talk with Mr. Frick, he said, and saw the negro come from his house abcut 150 yards away carrying a Winchester rifle in his right hand. The negro Mr. Fulmer said, approached the wagjn and then fired, telling Mr.* Frick, . . i t y A HP ff 'Now's the time to settle tnat anair. Mr. Frick fell over in the wagon and he boy, Enoch, jumped out of the >vagcn, running to bring help. The :nules, hitched to the wagon, became frightened and while Mr. Fulmer was >usy catching and quieting them the legro turned and went back into the louse after aiming his gun at both he fleeing boy and Mr. Fulmer, apparently undecided as to whether he ;hould also shoot them. Brought to Columbia Noticing that Mr. Frick was still iving, Mr. Fulmer got into the wagon ind drove back to Chapin where med(Continued on Page 6.)