The Lancaster News
% LEDGER 1852 REVIEW 1878 ENTERPRISE 189!
VOL. I. NO. 30. SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER. S. C., FEBRUARY 14. 100G. PRICE?FIVE CENTS PER COPY
Afraid of Lancaster. [;
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The Groundless Fears of the u
Representativesofthe C
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Morrison E s t a t e in the!.
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Damage Suit Against Lan- c
caster County?-They Al-li]
lege That a Fair Trial'1
Cannot be Had in This1?
! H
County?The Hearing Be- 11
fore Judge Gage Last Sat- '
urday. *
1'
Special to '1 lie Stale. *
Chester, Feb. 10.?There ap a
neared h'lore Jii'lee (!n'i< .it i,
chMubcis here this nio ninu t
Messrs W. II. Ntwloidimd .J. o
O. Wilborn of York viiie *us at- I]
torneys lor W. T. Cast Irs in the t
case of s againet L avas v
ter com ty for $o(>.()00 damage- l;
resulting Irotn the lynching of s
John ftlorrion a1 K r h;i v, U >. I
1st, 11)04. Jlhey grayed 11?. t ;? I
change ?>l vMiue be granted o
Ir ( in L inc&ster t > Chester.M s.srs a
"W. C. Hough o: Lamas'er and s
Krr.et't Alooie ot Lancaster were n
attorneys f>r Lancaster county r
heio to prove that a cl ange < f v\
venue is not nec ssary. Mes-is /
Newb >!d and itl> on argued h
the udlowing seasons that, change e
ot venue should be granted: be- il
_ . \ 1 -
cause uie convenience ot wit- li
liesses and the en Is of justice w
would be j?r? in t d by the 9
change; because iliere is rea-011
to believe t h it an >m; ar'i d trial
cannot l.e h <1 in Lancaster conn
ty. The a torn^y for the plain- c
tiff subn.i:ted tour very strong <1
aflidavits executed separately by a
the fol oivinji: W. 'i. Castles, \
plait.tifT; Mrs. John Morrison, 8
wife of the mm lynched; J. P. e
Gardner, a drummer, an i W. a
11. Nowl.ol 1, leading counsel for n
the plaint 1 ll, s t?inforth that v
pi intill had nine material wit v
uesscs, three of whom lived in f
Chester county, and 'lie o her J\
six wi'hin a radius < f 74) mi'cslu
of Chester court house and a u
hundred 111.les from L meaner. c
Th use witnesses have promised,
to attend court it tbo : 11 s! is 1
ln ld in Chtvt-.'r, hut h ve ivfus | b
ed absol; t 'i.\ i<> a t nd court in a
Lancas'er, beeuuse they w? re J
afraid to do s ? on account of e
high sta'e o! cxcitciuo t and lj
s ntiment existing in said conn \\
ty against this case. That j l i d
tiH and attorney \vt ro inssltcd
and assaulted in said county a: d a
plainti 11" threatened with de?h >.
ly several citzuis outside o v
Kershaw it* he ever appeared in y
the county avain. ?
Mrs. Morrison \> atli lavit s t
forth that she was at - he guard \
house the i igld her iinsbaal vt
was arrest, d and dr.ven away t>\ i
the police and m d> wl en tl e t
mob took her husband out to],,
A lynch him. That rho stayed at I n
her home in Kershaw county |d
two weeks ?ft'*r tho lynching j n
wh to several bunded citizen- a
... i ...? ..... - - - < '
w i uniii if n'l l Hill * V1"IU'(1 11 I -i
for ilie purj os of <; tt ng her to1
leave the Slate. That she wa <?
i threatened ami finally left. . t
.1. P. CJaulner's affidavit stat- fi
ed tnat a few days after the h
paid caco was began lie wa? on a <>
tra'n and heard a Lancaster t<
lawyer say that tliere was con c
siderublo exuifoment in the county,
and that judgment could
not bo obtained against the
countv or any 0110 else in the r
lynching ci9e. }l
^ i CASTLKS' AFFIDAVIT. ^
W. T. Castles' alliadvit sot
r>r11* tlui be <( 11 i(io I a?l
tinisfa or < f Mot risen's estat
n<l that t ere was em s d rabl
xcitou.ei t. hi d adver e s?-1?< i
teatagaii.si t n case. That <u
)C'. 3;d in ami Mr. W. II
lewbold went into said i:ou:ih
>r the purpose of preparing sa t
ase for trial, and to nscertaii
lie sentiment in regard therelo
t was their intention to go b
Lershaw, the scene of tho lynch
ii-r, in the morning and to re
urn to La; caster and reman
here !or ti e rest of the day
)o their ariival at the town o
Lersliaw at 10 o'clock a. m , de
onent and his c?mp inion alight
d from the train at the depo
tnl in f-i^hl of them a consider
ble crowd gathered and bog it
0 get excited and eur o, abti i
hem, attempt -<l to assaul boll
1 them and ordered them to ge
ack on the train ami lew
on n. And to :?vo d a d lliouU;
>h:<h so med imminent, go
in k on the tr.?in and went ( i
outh to tin* n x1 s'aMon an,.,1/wl
ti.<, .w v l I. -I- -
? ....vt i..fv nt v i! am ij c'v i,
iUiic-5- tor. On the return trip ;
10w< 1 insulted and attempted i?
au't him at the depot at Ker
haw, and In was mi o! j c' o
tisult and 'hr-Mts . s lonn as In
emained in the city and wa
'arutd never to return again
lad ho veriiy believed that 1
e or hi- w:tnes*es or a'torney
ver entered said county ag ni
L would be at the risk ot tlui
ivos and that an impartial tri-?
;ould he an impo sibility ii
aid county.
w. II. NKWIJOLD.
Mr. W. II. Newbold's ailidavi
overt d prac ically the pam
;roun 1 as Mr. Castles' and ii
,'Mi ion he Mated on inform:!
ion and belief that the lav
tood paraly/ed before the lynch
r in Lauras'er county, and th.a
,ny crimo that persons may com
lit nyftinst the plahitilT or hi
itnesses in sail county iliei
ftTi at liberty 'o do withru
far of arrest ami conviction
end tor that reason i; would b
ns.ife for persoi s c mnectei
nth tliicase to iro into sail
onnty to trial.
It w is alleiio 1 <hat Dr. 10. \V
Iw..o ot Wxha\, Jsl. C., ?il
iiutal \ as*uu!u 1 an 1 beaten 01
railroad train a llie station a
j".noast ?r by some of the allcg
d lynchers the day of the pre
iminary hearing before Magis
ia'o ('a-'key and mm ivo 1 fr' 11
o d h t y the j oli< e ; n 1 r< ilro v
lii ? Is cariying the doctor in'o
ba'.'ga e car un'il the tat
lart'd, and none of the parlii
ere ever arresttd for thi> 1111
warranted outra;? idtlmu^li tin
M'3T g:ievance they hid a: tins
he doctor was ins name, it be
lit: the saiiK-? as that of tlie m il
ihi> \v> rked up tcase agin1km.
'i lia! the sh*rilT arreste
lie defendants charge 1 with tin
iiurder of Momsen and permit
n;i them to run at laive so vera
ays without bond. That th
aa-is'rate dismissed the cas
gainst the defendants on tin
[ili'.itoi's inoti< 11 10 con'-inir
,'ith' in giving I im a chance 1
o on with ttie hearing. Tha
wo grand jiiri*s absolutely re
jsid to hoar evidence about tin
fuelling of Morrison, and th
lliimrii -iinl /.! 1 ' --1 1
nuv <! <...?? ? n'/ijiiB hi Mjiid conn
y st<od as one man against tlii
ase growing out <>l the lynching
SOLICITOR IIKNRY.
Solicitor J. K. Henry wa
worn on behalf of the motion
Ie stated that his reports t
overnor covered the facts <?
Continued on 1'age Eight.
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Statement ftom Sheriff
Hunter
l
*. He Makes a Scathing Reply
1 to Solicitor Henry's Alleged
Remarks Before Judge
0 Gage in Chester, in the
Proceedings for Change of
? Venue in the Morrison
Damage Suit.
r To the E liter of The Nov s :
u
Please a-1 >w me pj a e in your
1 va'u>hle paper to reply 'o 80b
kci'or Ileaiy's s'ateinent, tnr.de
1 beioiv .J.ulge Gage at Cites er on
t Siiurtlay last and publ shed in
0 Sunday's Slate, to the effect
v that 110 officer of Lancaster
t county It ad ever rendered him
1 any assistance in getting uj>
! evidence in the cape of tlie
> 1 VIlC.luiMr 111 -I' ?>>. I' m
J f, . UK riisuui
a at Kershaw, on llu 1st day o
Oc'. 190-L I would s!ate (hat 1
was wi'h Sol ci or Homy in the
town ot Ker.-haw on the 3rd o
r October 11)0*1, and d d everx
s I hour 1 could to tir.d out the
. name* ot the lynchers, witliou
> ii< tting down in the dirt and re
s soitinir to a low-down method
i of trying t> bribe witnesses t<
? .'o fo. 1 hired a horse and
1 buggy and went in Kershaw
n cnuii'y and brought Mrs. John
T. Morrison and her son before
Solicitor Ileniy at the Benton
House ui the town of Kershaw,
t and frave her money to liire a
buggy to go back home in. I
n also notified several other par
_ :ies to go before Mr. Henry,
v which they did. 1 notified
members ol the town council
t that Mr Ilenry wis! ed to meet
them, at their chamb r. which
, meeting wa-i had. Mr. IJonrv
y asked inn tl (he C'roinr h id tin'
eat her reins by which Morrison
. was hanging when f und. I
? old Inn that he did not, but 1
1 thought I knew who had them
I and would try and get them. S >
I went to tin party v. ho in 1
bought had the reins and a kcd
for th m; lie t>ld me that if h
, had them I would I e vi eh ome to |
t th in, but th<>v hid lieen cu Up
. in stud! pieces by diffment p \v
tios and cured oil". I ro ?i ri.c t
to Solicitor Henry and c >n.
\ miluicatod til's (re! to hiiii. i
1 did. and tried tod), ev ry h:n.
[? that S lie lor llen y as!; d me
j (> do, find til s bet he 1
s knows. Not with.*t U'duiji th s
he I a*? d< n'? me sire-it iejmtuu
I by s-tat ng to J ; dye Gigo 1 - si
i Si unlay that no oificcr ?>! t
county had over ri ml nod him
i anv a-sistmce in tiet'i'g up < vi
i deuce in ' he c s".
j The fact is well known that I
? lost no time in char'ering a tiain
nt mi- "? ? "v..- 1
. %v } v ?? ? * 'w j'v jp v l *: u. CIoI" ((
1 to Ivoslia.v to prevent the
(? lynching of Morrison on the Mi
f. j <iay ot October HUM And I I r |
3 lieve if I could have g<>it< n I her [
p|in Iimt3 titers would hnvo con
f> I no I vitching.
t Now, in rey u d to ho a rcs;
i. of tho parties accused of the
c murder ol John T. Moirison, I|
p would state that when I returc-l
. ed home trom a trip to North
3 I Carolina in the aft'moon ot 251 h ,
I of April, 1005, I was informed
that some of iho p >r ins aoru-od
had been arrested in Chester,
s and brought here by the deputy
. Sheriff of Chester county, and tie
o had gone with them and my depf
uty to Ker.-haw. Knowing the
- fact that two ol those men arrest
ed at Chester were at the Ker
s :aw <U>pot v It* 11 111 v Iih'm ir j
, r:\ed here on tim day ol th
l ic inj*, and In 1 eving the
!<>'. t at they v.t"e rot eu.'ty,|
j but w-i\. beine sh orieiully p r I
I se ? . ' y s'?n?" p r ies 111 or
Icier to extort mo ?t-y from tlie
Sta'e (which 1 understood that
I they had already been freely do-j
;ino), 1 phoned my deputy at
Kershaw to leave the defendants
in charge <>f two other deputies,
j whom 1 had appointed at Ker
shaw, and come home; th t!
Maids'ra o W. 1\ t'adcey Ita lj
set the 2Sth of Apsi f..rthe preliminary
txamtnation and on
that day 1 would have all the
de'.en hints present together with :
lliosi who re-ided i:i Kershaw
conn'y.
So I d:d have every one o!
: e d 'e: dan I.- a' the prelmiin
arv h< ariny, wi'heut cnu^inp
the st:.'e to sail r any detriment ;
r put tiny; the county to one cent
ot cos;.
1 Ki.ow nothing whatever
about 'his warrant width the
Slier (V ot Che ter served until j
illt r ' rot urned li line Irom NnrH. i
Carolina on 25th of April list J
In fad I havr I o ?n k |jI in mi tor
ipi.oivnoo ot ii;i< wh )lo socal.edi
'1 tcctivc work. It ! had known
ab nit i; 1 certainly would have
advised npahist some of the)
shameful methods by, which ii 1
was conducted.
1 have as much interest in the
welt are of my county and state
as So icitor Henry can possib'y
h ive and a preat deal more than
some ot li s co-workers. Henry
Howie and W.II.Newbo'd, who
are work in 2 only for I ho money
the.v txpec! to pet, and not by
any means for the good ot the
county. it appears clearly to
tne !ha1 a proa' deal more interest
is behip inaniles oil apainst
L tnca-t'T county tor the recovery
i f $50,0(10 daniapes in the
suit now pei (Imp than there was
ipain.-t tlso :i 1 iped lynchers ol
Mor;i-i n. I think it will take a
1 2 - A I
mm1 more respectable anil
s'11e\v 'ei' man llmu 8 lieitor
Henry's <o worker ami detective
liend,11 >-nr.viI wie, t ? met r in
and piovo that John T. Morrison
wu- l>nc!.ed in Lancaster
t on: ty?:s n p irt o! t !;o town oi
lv r.J.aw is >n Kershaw county?
a* d Mmr'-on \va evidently
killed be.oiv w < hunt* up p?
the tree, as his hands and ice
were loose and no sum could
b.) soon of any st ruj*i:iin?*. 1> *
ihs fr >tn the rat so* of the bui
oi ht l - i i In- I) > y t' e ' eou'd I
not havoi on sl.o into hilVi I
w ile h n i v -it > w. rr ho w
I'i c ii i 'M I v< arl I -i .t |
ill ?t n.y olim.al a s .-ire like
th >sc ol < * ry oth< r ;>: blie otli I
cer? u' j *cf to ? ri'ieisin; ' u' no
m?'? ?' 11 truthfully chir^e me)
v.-1111 failure ol duty. 1 h ivo a!
wavs tri <i 1o di-char^e my du
lis as SherilF in my own way.
always looking to the lest interest
of my county and slate
regard'ess ol what, any on
would say or (1 >. 1 expect to
continue this cm so as lotions I
hold the SheriU's ollice.
1 did not start out with th
expectation of pleasing ever>
hody for I knew that lo he an
impossibility, ISven Jesus Chris!
could not do so when he was on
4i,;a i II - > *
iNi" u'uiii, mi i iiu w;is i>y i:tr |
the heat and wisest man who]
ever liveil.
Respectfully,
John L\ Hunter.
Sheriff, L. C
The Hon. M .t Hough, o(
Lamlsionl, spent yesterday in
Lancaster.
The Story of Two Dollars.
A mnn in Ashhmdhal iwt
siiver dollars. The man sent on* v
of In nt to a lv uisas City mai'
order hou-e tor twenty p >n> d s
sugar, and the dollar went I til*
the safe ol ^queers, Sa-vl?i.. ic or
Co , and where the man saw U
nevermore forever. h
This was the storv of out dollar.
The (>' I er dol a If sent to s.
home merchant. It was a 'itt'e
old, blackened, worn d and
at lirsi the merchant did: t y.tovr
whether to take it or rot, but.
finally decided to do > he
fi ired that if the i. .at- "Id
not take i' ho w>nl I \ a - i' on
the home edi or who won! lv*
glad enough to tal e \ osr
tint !< ciiiiilfd a do inv. * h.c
s* 111 hi goo-'s an 1 . >:I
at" in t ] i o e ntor. Tin' 'i'ur
bought a suit o' u? d rv. i'h
the hollar, and the ' ; 1 narvo'etl.
1 ho nuochri! ' wh Oi
ilia do'lar Ironi t o m '( - ii
to a labor t fo" fixing tin . Idwalk
in Iront of his store. The
laborer paid it to a <1 :c?: for
medicine lor his si k child, Tbf
doctor gave it to t' o bo\ vhc
cares f> r his horses and tin* boy
bought a cap ana a pair of o<ii.~
tens. The merchant then gave
it to his wash woman, who ai$
her rent. The la ml lord paid i' oi
his church lines, and the churck
bought coal. The coal doal- r war
an ah.-out minded fell w and be
paid i' back to the editor for ;v&
ail. Ho torn lh'> o ' n>r ! ?? t
. .. . "(i i i t V yiered
lr >m I h" >li ?.-k f rocrtving
I wo dollars in cne \wek, th< iiiiit
who bought ihe g > s in ihe
llIV-1 pi iCO C:>111P ill n 1 llf pud
it h.tcl; t > !>ihi .'or a !<> . oi ooht
!:e h?d boin:!it -ix \?a s W-.'.va.
\\r:111 o ie dolhr ho 1- i .1
twonty poinds <>' u r.
ill ill r < 1 I) 1 li c ii
-.t th( fix.
walk, do.'iorpd a i k a I,
clothed a p o o r \, [
w d >v. "s v ill', v i. in
an 1 ?had go;! en h - d >i'
M >r; i?Ono * I:? 1 ?- i . c'.\ . ill
t!ou r.r ?u< u A -1 a . \v h 2
. >.' ill Ka -a- v.' . b1
Hid (N O.) < / t .
? I.i: 1 Mar. . it 1
'n iloi' ,1 M .1 K , . 1 ?
Smith' . - t; v 1 ? V ' V f I : n5
wilh his l' miiy. Mr*. hopjr
will move !<? h< r !iushn ' nev
home tlu* his' o the woe!:.
Fifteen Cents Cotton.
I* good tor t!io i ocK t: 1ml if ' ' lvf,?.
Nl?W DISCO VEUY for tli.it t... I tuato-ia
the month every morning, ami . I .t eU
weak buck, nnd tiiv-i Hull ' vh?c
jon Kt't up. '11.0 only *1.00 Input j r*.
partition ?obl with nn absolute ' I vli.lV
IKK with encli hot lie i >r n '
Skin I ispftaoa. Npvvon.nm ! ivcr aof
Kivlnoy trouble*. Yon rnn tio li k what,
evei ill buying Ul'li Ni.it I'ls < >VEtll'
Your ilruggiHt will sigu tlio gin,ijufcte
SoK1 by Cnuvforil Hros.