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0 > * * * > , The Lancaster News LEDGER 1852 REVIEW 1878 ENTERPRISE 1891 VOL. 2. NO. 6. SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER, S. C.. OCTOBER 24. 1906 PRICE?FIVE CENTS PER COPY. Poor Otis McMurray. Full Particulars of the Young Man's Shocking Death in , Savannah last Thursday. 1 t Last Saturday's issue of The ( News contained a brief account of the tragic death in Savannah, , Ga., last Thursday of Mr. Otis M. McMurray, son of Mr. T. j Walker McMurray of this counts', j The young man had been engag- , ed in railroad work in Georgia , for some time. The Savannah ( Morning News gives the follow- ( ing particulars of his death : Stnifclilli; f /-> l:oan tl.^. ?w I 11D nucoio J of a switch enuiue from crushing him to death, using his lett hand i to push himself along the solt ground in the middle of the track, i and using the revolving wheel itself for a leverage, O. M McMurray, foreman on switch engine No. Il(t5 of the Central ot Georgia railway, received injur- i ies yesterday morring at Bull , and River streets, in the rear of the cityjhall, from which he died two hours after being carried to tne rark view sanitarium. Tlie accident was witnessed by several persons. Mr. C. L Palin, shipping clerk for P. U. ila Mon ?fc Co , whose place of busin> a is within thirty feet 'ol where the accident occurred, among them. The switch engine was going west on the tracks, and liaff just reached the Hull street crossing, said Mr. Palin, when he first saw McMurray. Mr. Palm was sitting at his desk, looking out ot the door at the engine as it neared the crossing. He saw McMurra}' swing up on the run nine board ol the tender and' . tlien suddenly swing backward, as it the handle which he had hold on had come loose at one end. In a twinkling he was on the ground, directly in tront ol the wheels of the moving engine, while those nearby stood horror stricken, unable to lend assist ance Mr. Paulin said that the engine was moving slowly, and that McMurray used his letf hand to push against the wheel and brake beam as he used his right hand to drag himself along the ground to keep Irom being ground to pieces. Melore the wheels tin < ally stopped revolving McMur- i rav's hand had heen caught bo. 1 -- - n ? ? neath it and mashed oil just he low the wrist, and even in this 1 condition he fougnt heroically to keep from being cut to piece*. When the engine finally stopped he had fainted, and one of the wheels pressed hard against his ' body, causing the injuries which < produced death. 1 As soon as the engine was moved a physician was telehou- 1 ed for, the police ambulance was called, and McMurray was carried to the sanitarium. 1 Almost immediately upon the arrival at the hospita', Mrs. McMurray appeared. She was told 1 by the attending physicians that 1 > K 1 ? h"i' hush mil's condition was critical, and that death was imminent The heart.broken wife hastened to her home, No. 410 j, Montgomery s teet, t> gel the two little children, one 4 and >ne 2 years of aye, to let them see their father before he died. On returning to the hospital 3ne ot the most pathetic scenes . sver enacted in a hospital ward ^ was presented. Raising his arms, y :>ne of them in band ges, and ^ placing tham around his wife's , 1 ? sc neck, Mr. McMurray said, 4iBes. sie, I am dying. Pray for me, g and take good care of the little ones." Shortly afterwards he lied. 11 V' Mr. McMurray was 23 years ol age, and had been married five n years. His wife was .Miss Bessie \Y Crarvin. of Olintnn s f"! Itio * v"' tl boyhood home was Lancaster, S " Q| C. Two children, a boy and a girl, blessed the union, and ^ when seen by a Morning News reporter yesterday prattled about . II the modest home all unconscious of their loss. , fi TIIK FUNERAL OF OTIS MCMUKRAY. j The remains of young Mc- w Murray were buried at Clinton, a in the cemetery of the First C( Presbyterian church, last Satur- C( day af'ernoon, Dr. Jacobs and j, Dr. Bean conducting the funeral ? services. n Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Mc Murray, parents of the young man, who, as stated in the last issue of The News, lett here Thursda" r< night tor Savannah, returned home Sunday. * J r< They accompanied the body ^ flora Savannah to Clinton and attended tlie funeral at fhe lai- .j ter place, as did also the widow ^ and two children aiul Dr. C. H. McMurrav, of Abbeville, brother ' ' t< of the deceased. n , . - . ' h A Deserved Compliment to f( Miss Clara Barrett Strait. 11 ti tl Miss Clara Barrett Strait, who ti lias been spending the summer in ii Lancaster, her old home, is now s] visiting her friend Mrs. .1. E. it Poo re, in Columbia. Sunday's p S'ate makes the following com- ii plimentary mention of Miss tl Strait : si Mi-s Clara Barrett Strait of f' Washington. D C., is the guest of Mrs. J. E Poore on Senate street. Miss Strait is n South Carolina <41 rl of whom it seems r< that the S'a'e is destined to heroine more and more proud, tor, N if predictions count tor aught, C she is steadily achieving great- n iu a nnrlruit ? * w ? ?? ikuv j'di ii im >> and is well known in Washing t! ton for the number of distinguish- J ed people who have given her h sittings. She is best known in si her naiive State and particularly It in Columbia bv the splendid b portrait of Brig. Gen. Micali Jen. ti kins, which was presented a year c or so ago to the legislature by d the Daughters of the Confeder- o acy. A portrait of the Countess o Cassini scored her most recent rr success. a ) The Morrison Case. jdge Prince's Reasons for Refusing to Grant Motion for Change of Venue. ! A.s pub ished in last Saturday's sue of The News, Judge L'rince *'used to grant the motion of laintiff for a chance of venue I i the Morrison case. His reams are given at length in the dlowing Lancaster special in j atnrday's State : The decision of Judge Triuce pon the motion for a chance of enue in case of Castles, adminig ator, vs. Lancaster county, was smle red from the bench this lorning. The judge holds that le statute law fixes Lancaster aunty as the place for the trial I this action, and therefore that le court has no power to change le venue except upon such showlg as is required by the statute roviding for a change of venue; irther, that no such showing has een made in this case as would arrant the finding that a fair ad impartial trial of the cause Duld not he had in Lancaster Duntv. The court, in coming i t.iis conclusion, uses this lanuage in the order refusing the | lotion for a change of venue. uA'ter a careful consideration f the affidavits in this case, I annot discover any suflicient sason lor the change of the lace of trial in this case or any Bason other than such as would pplv generally in all cases of imilar suits anainst a county, he fact that there may have een at one time considerable Beling with reference to the mat?r ot I lie Morrison alleged lynchm in the town and neighbor t)(?(l of Kershaw is no reason )r concluding that any such feelin existed or exist9 in other porous of Lancaster county. Upon lie other hand, tlie numerous af davits irom respectable citizens i every portion ot tliec unity how that no such teeling ^xis's 1 the county generally as would revent the plaintiff fiorn obtainig a fair and impartial trial in lis coun'y. It is therefor*1 con-1 der,jd that the plaintiff has ule 1 to show any sufficient reaon for a change of the place of | tal in this case and the motion ir change of venue is therefore | sfused." The affidavits submitted by Iessrs W. II. Newbold and J. !. Wilborn in support of the lotion for a change of venue | rere chiefly affidavits nude by le plaintiff Uastel, by Martha Morrison and tw MuwrKrU .1 'J 'V.IW.W imself, which affidavits were in uhstance and elfe<'t merely nidations upon inloima'iou and elief that a fair and impartial rial could not he had in Lan aster county, without giving any efinite statement ol tlie sources f such information. Upon the ther hand, the showing sublilted by Messrs Ernest Moore nd W. C. Hough, attorneys for ; the defendant, cons-ted of n imarous allidrtvits from l lie entire bar of the countv, from til * sheriff, clerk of th > c<> r a d other officers of the cou .ty and from numbers of the best citizens from all sections of the coun\v, showing that there was no such feeling amongst the people of the county generally as would in any way tend to prevent a fair and impartial trial in this case by the jurors ot Lancaster county Upon m it ion of Mr. Newbold,, who sta'ed that he was physical- | ly unable to proceed with the trial, the case was then contindued to the next term of the court, although counsel for detendmt announced themselves as ready tor trial. Farmer Murders his Family and then Suicides. (dage, Okla., 22.?O B Heyworth, a farmer, today fhot and instantly killed his wile, two daughters, aeed 2*2 and IS, and a son, aged 20. He then.turned the weapon on himself, inflicting a mortal wound. lley worth had spent the night, drinking in Gu'hrie. When lie returned home he went directly to the room where his wife was asleep and shot her. Young Hey worth went to investigate and was shot down by his lather. The two girls were killed as they rushed horn their room. Yorkville Drug Stores Raided by State Constables. From Yorkville New Era. State Constables Jenkins and Wright came to Vorkville Wed nesday morning anil after pro curing search warrants from Magistrate Comer went to the two dill;: stores* located here, searched them and made the following seizures. From the York Drug Store, 10 quarts Cooper's Laurel Valley corn whiskey, 24 bottles Wurtzburger's null extract, 4 bottles Darter's Hitters,4 botties Peruna. From tIt3 Star Drug Store. 2o bottles Peruna, 17 bottles Ho?? | tetter's Bitters, *> bottle Darter's | Hitters. Arrest warrants were then served on the proprietors ol the drug stores and they appeared before Magistrate Comer and were placed under a #500 bond each tor their appearance at the preliml nary hearing which was set for tomorrow morningat Mr. Comet's ofHee. Capt. John Q. McManus, Messrs j John Porter, Robert Lsher, J II . Foster, J. S. Wilson, Capt. J.C. F >sier fin 1 gnndson, Cantzon Foster, Mrs O. 1. Connors, Misses Mayme Gregory, Maude Moore, JuanitaWylie and Carol Connors, and probably others, are among the Lancastrians who have gone to Columbia to attend the Fair this week. Others will leave today and to-morrow. Henry Maa;i!l Brought Back . to Lancaster. How Sheriff Hunter Got on to His Trail. i Sheriff Hunter reached here safely Friday night with Henry I Magill, who, as stated in the last issue of The News, he went to Wadesboro, N. C., af er the night previous. The sheriff had to stop over in Charlotte Friday ! and hor? i? ivlmt ?l?c I ? mo vuaoncr ui Saturday Had to say of him and his prisoner: Sheriff John P. Hunter, of Lancaster county, S. C., was here yesterday on his way home from Wadeshoro with a prisoner, Henry Magill, a black, pockmarked negro lie ha 1 been on Henry's trail a long time anl was yesterday in a good humor. Henry, he says, was charged in his county with an aggravated* assault and battery, but there was some hitch about the requisition. They had to have Henry, however, and so isEued papers for the requisition on the charge of burglary and larceny, and got it and got Henrv. Some time ago the sheriff got a letter from a friend in NVadesboro describing Henry and say ir.g that lie was suspected ot be ine wanted in Lancaster. lie jumped 011 the train and went to see He found llenry, and found him in jail. Henry had been a witness in some case down there, and the lawyer asked him, "Ain't you a bad nigger? Ain't you been accused of bein' bad after women?" and Henry replied, "I ain't been after none er yo women >'it," whereupon the judge put in, "You may go thirty days to jail for contempt ot court." That is where 'he sheriff loutid Henry. Killed by Falling "Walls. San Francisco, Oct. 22.?Five men were killed and two injured under eolhifVs ng walls, toppled >ver by the high wind this morning. Three unknown men were otlulled to death under a wall at the southeast corner of Commercial and Montgomery streets and another badly crushed. Two were killed and one probably fatally injured under the ruins of the wall of the John Iloey Furniture comyany. .Fatal Wreck on Coast Line. Augusta, Ua., Oct. 20.?Conductor Turbeville and a negro .Jireman were killed this morn' ing in a wreck which occurred at Dunne, N. C., on the Atlantic Coast Line railroad. Details concerning the accident are meager. It. is known, however, that Turbeville was crushed to death by his engine, which was overturned. The negro fireman met his death in a similar manner.