The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, October 24, 1906, Image 1
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, 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
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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.^.
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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
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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
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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 ,
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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
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Mr. McMurray was 23 years ol
age, and had been married five
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years. His wife was .Miss Bessie
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Crarvin. of Olintnn s f"! Itio
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boyhood home was Lancaster, S
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C. Two children, a boy and a
girl, blessed the union, and ^
when seen by a Morning News
reporter yesterday prattled about .
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the modest home all unconscious
of their loss. ,
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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"
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night tor Savannah, returned
home Sunday.
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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
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of the deceased.
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A Deserved Compliment to f(
Miss Clara Barrett Strait. 11
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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 ?
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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
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The Morrison Case.
jdge Prince's Reasons for
Refusing to Grant Motion
for Change of Venue.
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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.
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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.