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Interesting Mu
Trial and Convict
8. SEMI-WEEKLY.
rder Case, f"?0"'-an'
that there *
and breast,
ion in Mon- camo there
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i then it wa9 noticed self
vaa blood on her arm "Su
G. W. Russ, who and
after the others test- goii
O i i 1 1
KJiVUiw 1878
)ASTER, S. C., MARCH
like a crszy mnn, he si
ie, do the best you can," i
went outside, saying he i
ig lo kill himself. She 9
ENTERPRISE 1891
21, 1908.
|ifl> Judge Buchanan's
Proved Fatal?S
TT* T
aid His Life.
PRICE 5 CI
I Wound Uf Qeorg
Iketch of
5NTS PER COPY
e Moore Dead.
roe of Negroes
Young Furr, \
Time Lived in
County, with #h
in-Law, J. Ha
Monroe special ir
Charlotte Obserrei
for Killing house .nd ,
Vho at One hat under h
t Lancaster *ent to wh<
is Brohter- lj'led to 8liP
blanket whi
rvey Flynn. liu88
went i
1 Thursday's blood on th(
r: The iurv place and t
" Btw ouo go in me ne I
3ome out with Tom's so d
ier arm, and that she not
ere the body was and 10 i
the hat under the the
ich covered the body out
n the house and saw fror
) floor near the fire- thai
ipatters of blood on nun
Had said such thinga bef(
lid not beliere him and
go outside with him. Ab
minutes afterward, she he;
report of a guu and rual
to find Furr lying by a tre<
it of her house. She e
t the dead man had fixed
t/O t lift fcrflft hv u rrtnA in o
3.r?' Augusta, Ga., Mi
Judge O. W. Bui
ard Winnsboro, an(j one
hed known men in the
a in state, died here this
ia?J aa the result of a bul
inflicted yesterday
, The Wellarch
17.? _
shanan, of Lancas*
of the be?t *** Texas,
Palmetto Adoptionj
moruinf?, Here,
let wound The many
afternoon hi*
Known Former
in Passed A way
the State of His
-To be Buried
friends in Lancas
nr h/\rviA i 1 1
in the case of Sue
Onarles Stratford 1
verdict of guilty ol
the second degree
night after being ou
The pentence of ea
years in the State p
labor.
rru? ~ e o...
Watts and the wood wo
brought in a When Cliie
f murder in scene, aboui
at 10:30 to- * lot of bl<
it six hours, woman's I
,ch is thirty w?8 water <
rison at hard other room
been made I
>rk over the fireplace a m
f Laney reached the gun
t 9 o'clock, he found ger
oody clothing in the hina
jedroom, and there arm
on the floor of the brei
as if an attempt had wan
to wash up the floor lyin
~ I U 1 1 mi
? ? "jyv M u O I
lunner that he could point
at himself and pull the ti
with the rope. She lit
t up, holding hiB head in 1
9 and restiug it against
?Bt. She said she did
it Furr's folks to find the b(
ig near her door, so she w
while he was on a fcrai
ig_ to Augusta. The bu
ted caused his death was
hpr unknown party am
lier through the car win
. the train was rum
ent vvards, S. C. The bul
in en route shocked and g
1'et which the death of ft
fired by an of Rockdale, 1
1 crashed re(j Thursday i
idovr while that state. T
ningj near conveyed here
let entered evening to Mr
iv* "UUID^ Wilt UO
:rieved to hear of
Ir. A. G. Moore,
I'exas, which occurafternoon
at Waco,
he sad news was
> by wire Thursday
. Moore's mother.
jl ut? iriHi in out
Charles Statford, t
charged with the m
mas Furr, a white
old, was begun in Si
yesterday morning.
The body of youi
found in a field nea
of Sue VVatts early
3 VYHUS HI1U ioiuu?o i
>oth colored, Watts worn:
urder of Tho- thing at the
boy 18 years would tell a
iporior Court Charles S
he was hom<
ng Furr was and the reak
,r the house Medliu and
in the morn- Furr was 1
SbttiUH (II uioou. llie up 1
in refused to say any the
} time, saying she bac
11 later. and
tratford testified that lif'c
3 all night that night, 'he
k>u he did not go with 'o d
White to search tor dig
because he did not rein
to rlynn ? barn and got <
mule and buggy and dri
k, intending to take the be
leave it in Flynn's yard. J
id the body and placed it
baggy, she said, and star
irive np to Flynn's, she wa
on the ground holding
8/ B II t lllA tinilv f'till ntlt
out the rlght 8,de a?d ca
ove gestion of the lungs,
suited in death at 11
5',e day. The shot was I
ted ca^^er weapon.
lk_ Judge Buckanau 1
the his state in several he
4: i _ ?
iused con- Mrs N c Moi
which re- gave no partic
o clock to- most have bee
From a 22 only a fewa dj
munication v
lad served from Mr. Moo:
inored po- feronce was r
ore. The telegram
ulars, but his death
u sudden, as it was
ays ago that a com*
ras received here
re in which no renade
to his being
ing of January 22i
had been shot throu
and County l'hysic
testified that death
been instantaneous.
Furr, mother of t
said that her son lef
ing a mule about a <
1 i.
id last. He think that a
gh the heart, ed to Tom.
nan Stewart brother and
must have who live in
Mrs. Sallie corroborated
he deceased, he had been
t home rid- fified that hi
quarter of an with Furr tl
nything had happen- the
Stratford's wite, his it ii
several other negroes the
the house with him She
1 his statement that ?nd
at home. Ho tea- toot
e had a little hiss riod
ie Sunday before the toot
V IUII
buggy, and she could not
1 again, so she dragged it
place where it was fou
lett the buggy where it w
returned to her house. S
: the gun oil'the tree ind c
it in the hou?e where f
i the exploded she 1 out a
ui siuuiiH, naviof? oeen cir
Pet legislator and attorns
fi^? II? was born in A
aa^ 16> 1858? the PO
Hie Buchanan and Rebec
ar ward. On both side*,
she Revolutionary stock.
Mui _Ir.li ,1
cuitjudge, 8iok As is 1
iy general. Moore's home
Vinnsboro, wheie he had
n of R. A. ^,e newBpapei
:ca Wood- years?was ed
lie was ol dale Reporter
llis uncle, here why he v
well knoiVn, Mr.
w.?s in Rockdale,
been enc;as*ed in
r business for some
litor of the RockIt
is not known
Pas in Waco, where
nuur utsiure suiisei
before. During tin
mule returned withe
bridle, and later a
liitcbed to a buggy, '
pery of Harvey F
Furr's brother-in-la\
standing near Mr. 1
There were blood a
uie evening Killing occu
9 night the amount to i
ut Raddle or Furr were fi
nother mule 'ore, as ?wa
both the pro- having visit
'lynn, Tom before ho w
v, was found >vas over al
rlynn's barn, when the (]
itains on the were there
rreti, but it ciicl not put
inything and he and subi
*iends after it as b*;- no a
s shown by Furr's enct
ed him the evening her
as killed. The (uha tion
t Sue Watts' house in h
lefendant and Furr licai
? and some others Stra
in a loaded one. This is I
dance of her story. She irlf
ittempt to explain the pr
s of the hlood stains arou
fireplace, anil her explai
for the bloody clothing foe
ier room is also unfit tor pi
tion. She did not implic;
tford fit all urtrl tl?.
"viiii uuvuaiiaii)
the signers of the Ore
e>i- Seccesaion.
nd Judge Buchanan w?
na in the common scho
l"(* county and at Mr. Zio
L* lie studied law in th
ate
_ J as. H. Kiou. and afte
wcbouboi iie died, but
iiuance of had gone tlier
to take his ph
is educated order that he r
ols of his caster to meet
n institute. William Moo
le office of government's
r an ?r?m . u -i
it is thought he
e to get some one
?co in his oifice in
night come to Lanhia
brother, Mr.
re, who is in the
postal service in
Hides of the buggy i
blood inside. Ilai
was awakened, and
wife and Mrs. Fun
Watts' house, about
a mile away, the rei
going there being tl
less mule had return
.1 i tl
mid a pool of drinking th<
rvey Flynn fondant said
he and his ened Furr.
* went to Sue testimony oi
a quarter of he had hear
rson lor their to kill Furr c
lat the rider- two weeks t
ed from that was shown I
9 Sunday before. De con*
I he had never threat- goo<
In answer to the
f Jack Williams that
d Stratford threaten
>ne day at noon about C
jefore the killing, it v
>y the payrolls of the
i?uu tuc laitrj
udered to have made out
:1 defense.
:es Fixed for State a
Jounty Democratic Cc
entions.
i.? /1_i i ...
r i? ? ?
(l nation by the euprem
admitted to practice in
Mrs. Buchanan, to
ncj was married at Clark's
in- 1 S80, was Miss Sopl
man, a daughter of th
greasman Goo. D. Til!
? v,?x aiiaiiia, ana
0 court was here du a vi si I
' 1880. ?, ..
Mr. Moore v
whom ho 0d in lhj8 con)
1 Uill, Jan. a SUJ) of t])e ^
Ilia A. Till- ?f the Lanc#
elate Con- forly.lhreo y#,
man and a ? ?? ,
who is expected
t in a few (lays,
vas born and rearmunity.
lie was
ate W. A. Moore
ster bar and was
irs ot a?e, and un
direction, oue sta
that she hud rot see
early in tlie evoiiinf:
told Sue to co " 1:
J his house; at first si
do this, but finall
and went with them
ed there for about a
she returned to fieri
ieu 10 tnem incemoriee
n Tom since Stratford wc
Mr. Fly tin work there
>ack over to morning till
le refused to day in ques
y consented have been a
and remain- Williams sai
n hour when made. Mr
;abin. In the tied that Sir
Lotion Mill, whore A
>rked, that he was at Stat
Irom 6 o'clock in the corn
t> at ninht on the nj
lion, and could not j
t. the place wheio
(l ho heard the threat Robert.
Iceman teati'Jitlnrtl
lnut mil v fi\r
no v>oiuraoia state: r
e Democratic execut
mittee at the meeting I
it tix^d tho time for holdi
State convention for M
the county conventions
7 f, and the precinct cli
a im-il or, ti.;? *i._
lift
niece of benator B. R.
uo Judge Buchanan
elected a representa
in^ Fairfield county to tl
aN assemble; was appoin
for
ant attorney general b
General D, A. Town
marueu. lie le
lillman. 20 years a^o,
was twice which 8^ate h?
tive from er part of the
>e general skilled an(1 8U
ted assist- mail) haymg g|
y Attorney ne?8 }iere (jurj
isend, and \ hnftrJ
id nere some lo or
Koing to Texas, in
i resided fhe greattime.
lie was a
ccessful newspaper
tarted in that husiing
his young mmfina
nf ll.? >1.1 T
meantime Mr. F1
Ben WInte atul Lee
colored men who i
neighbornood, that
missing and he hu;
they come to Monro
hounds to track the
The two colored it
ynn notified halfadaytr
Medlin, two month of Ja
live in the on the 20t
Tom was Kurr was ki
ggested that that he went
e tor blood- iho morning
missing man. his way to
ien came to there as the<
om work during the rea8
nuary, and thut wa? one
h, two days before
lle<l. Stratford said tru<
b'to tlie Flyni.'s house 1
; after the killing on e?rat
work. Ho reached com
y weio starting to go tj
il|"" lil'S wits Hie 111!
oil for the meeting, althou
or two other resolutions
need were discussed,
precinct or club meetings d
.es will be elected to
ity conventions and wi
count v rnnventinnu
upon the election of A
l6 send to the bench in
111 elected without oppo9i
the vacancy thus ca
'f ^ Dec. 4, 1894, lie w
L*'e judge of the Third c
u 11 the expiration of the
(IU
lr. lown- caster Rovjev
1803, was numbered tha
ition to f,U week(J in Lanc
iiiseJ. On 8Ummer
as elected .
. As charae
ircuit. At ?
. family?parei
four-year
ulut nrj V i? \
IM U13U || IJ HIf.
It will be ret
he spent a few
aster,his oltl homo,
teristie of all his
its, brothers and
Monroe but could
bloodhounds ("ma
Lee Medlin callod
lie testified) and Me
to cull at tho house
Stratford and see
been there, becaus
lie knew Tom and (
vnrv frinndlv Whfii
not get t tie to one Wat's
il dogs old and he won
them when vey Flynn h
)dlin decided said to the]
) of Charles anything ah
it Tom had buggy, k'I ai
e, as he aaul, as the angel
Jharles to he they reaches
i t tin ?iftfpniw 1 nu tiL'/aiit i >
i house the last timj
t with them. liar- 8em
tated that Stratford con
m, before he knew coui
out the blood in the the
n as innocent of this jn (]
s in heaven." When -j
i Sue's house. Charami
Ann r\f tKn n? if AIIC^
bled dele^atos to the St
rent ion will ho elected, e;
ity being entitled to t\v
number of representatr
lie general assembly,
bero was a very full attei
? when the meeting v
term ho was reelectei
ate cond torm commoncin
?ch 1S'J8. For several y<
ico been practicing \hw
res bor?n
] : Chester Negro's Lo
Lf<iK j Cheater Reporter:
a O ? *>. * t> ATI J ( IT
, his seK
Dee. 8, exceptionally.
Bars he has wa3 apparent
at VVinns- him to readilv
of a problem,
and perplexin
ss by Fire, possessed of
The barns I hearted nat 11 r
'iuui o wn^ a ii'ri.i tn
bright mi ml. It
tly i)') trouble (or
' master any kind
however intrieito
g He was also
a generous, openn
HIAASI n or
reached Charles' hoi
some ditliciilty in a
and when I hey told I
disappearance and
of foul play he said,
Tom was over hero
and wont away all r
witnesses testified
:ise, they had nesses said,
irousiim him, noticing the
liim ot Tom's pointed to it
the suspicion say you lcno
"Surely not; how caine t
this evening sleove?" S
ight". Other The testin
tliat young which was g
y \j iX\j \j i>iiu n ib
he looked at Sue and call*
blood on her sleeve the
and said,''Sue, you wer
w nothing about thin, brov
hat blood on your nien
ue did not answer. chai
tiony of Sue Watt a, the
ivon at the uiirht sea mar
n
3(1 to order and as soon
dates for the coiventi
o fixed Mr. Cole L. Hie
mht up a resolution reco
idinx to the convention t
n'ze in tho constitution
party so that tho lirst |
V rnurlit he field nn the f.lii
n4 und stables of Will i'r
on on tho West End roa
:iH(, mile lrooi the city, we
m ed by fire la<t. nijjdi
bo loss is very heavy, inc
01 horses, three head of (
>n~ in^ implements and a
! "
alt, colored ali'y and com
d, about a tion, all of wli
re destroy- f r him friend
it. Pratt's lie came in coi
'hiding two pliysique and
;attle,farm ence, his was
pupply of any crowd.
panionable di^po-itich
tended to win
s of all willi whom
11 tact Of splendid
commanding presa
striking figure in
J' urr had been ai
house early that ovo
mnined only a Hhort
ford went back to 1:
not go with the me
for Furr.
George Flynn, Ila
er, who lives two
I I a ri/oir'ti Iwumn uroa
i Stratford's sion, was n
ning, but re- story ol thi
time. Si rat- her and you
>od and did publication,
n to search donee of oth
only too tru
.rvoy's broth- Kurr came
rnilos from night, and ?<
1
lost dramatic. Il?r Sail
0 relations between the
nj; Furr is unfit lor \fr#
but from the evi heai
era it seems to be whe
o. She testified that alio
to her houflo that orde
aemed to bo troubled mar
IT- ~ ~ i .1 i
irday in Augusta instead
fourth Tuesday as at prosei
HUase stated that he ti
"d of a number ot ca
re mill operatives were i
wed to K('t oir on Tuesday
ir to voto and it was eus
y in the mills to g?vo t
feed. The fire is suppo
nt. been of ineendiar' ori
iad ?
*eH Struck in Eye b\
. ^ UafFney special in
j() Observer: Mr. Porr)
ho efficient superintende
fled to have Mr. Moore i
, mother, Mrs. ]
the following
/ Nail. . Messrs
yesterday's Moore and Mi
' Hill, the of this place;
nt of the of Rock llill;
s survived by His
N. U. Moore, anil
brothers <?nil pis.
. Ernest and Paul
ra. H. L. Orn*v;'ord,
Mrs. J, C Lindsay,
\I fS. I' () t ..rinrtrm
??(u o n"unu^ vv
he went over there
and 5 o'clock in tl
0ll aryey suggested 1
go oyer to Sue Watt
the body was disco1
after they arrived.
n^nt iui ami nuuut ruuiui
) between 4 for his gun,
ie morning, and she tolc
hat tbey all room where
h' again, and got it, and a
yered shortly hands fooli
They called minutes, an
tiling. nt? iiHKoii nor ope
which ho kopt there, y^ti
1 him it wan in the ulur
it always was. IIo 8ftj(j
iftor holding it in his pOBC
ng with it for fivo wou
d mumbling to him- Wft8
ratives ? half holiday
inlay. This applied part
ly to Richland county,
The resolution waa <
>d on the ground that
i'd delay the returns,
finally tabled.
on county farm, suafaine<
1C painful accident Aloud
,KI encaged in driving a i
U 1
*jt hammer and in strn
jt glancing blow the nail
in the left eye.
J quite a of Atlanta, (J
ay. lie was Hum Moore, n<
iail with a remains^are
king it a Lancaster for
struck him pected to arri
( or Monday.
a., and Mr. Wil)w
ol Panama. The
being brought to
burial, and are oxve
here tomorrow