The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, December 30, 1908, Image 1
VOL. 4. NO. 25. SEMI-WEEK
NIGHT RIDER HORRORS. one
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Sample Stories ot Cruellies as jdelated
in the Trial at Union ?rll
City by Somooi the Wit- witi
nesses- - Women are nigl
Whipped Like Dogs. Iron
dud
Uni<?n City, Tenn.?The State ]Pilv
practically completed its case to urm
day. against. the eight alleged mec
night riders on trial lor the mur- j ^
der of Capt. Rankin, when it ! Qf fc
* drew from Frank Fthringer, a corr
member of the band,- who turned j fASfc,
State's evidence, a detailed state 0jjjt
ment of the Rankin affair, and a nan]
score or more of other outrages. ^AI1(
It also called to the stand Mr9. ! 8({tn
Emma Thurman Johnson, one ot ^Qr
the two women said to have been ^lrj
whipped by the band, and had m .
her tell her story. y
The startling testimony of wa8
Frank Fehringer , who confessed. |0l,e
accusing the men on trial ot be- ; y(at
ing actual participants in the (Q ^
murder of Capt. Rankin, given
with an exactness of detail, J jje
? amazed the people who thronged cou]
the court room. Then, as Mrs. a^n,
Johnson's name was called, a q
murmur ot satisfaction arose, j.
She walked rapidly to the stanu mj^
and removed her veil reluctantly, Uncj
on the Judge's instructions, that j j
she might be heard by the jury. in g
Mrs. Johnson had married Joe : ^
Johnson, a man 30 years older
than she, and lived with him ingt
four years, when a child was eve(
born. Last August she sued him ; ^
for divorce, charging cruelty and uj |
asking maintenance. Early i" ! fotc
September the riders visited her1 pan
lather's home aud left word tliat! jier
she must withdraw the suit. She or(j(
failed to do so and on a second oWI
visit her father was whipped. j10l]
On both occasions she was at jujJ
her sister's home. The riders 1 ri(j
seem to have realized this, for on ^ale
September 30, about 11 o'clock KO t
at night, thoy went to the si3 9U,t(]
ter's house. Mrs. Johnson awoke cjon
beside her child to find her bed auj
loom filled with masked and all0
armed men. A man whcm she
said she recognized as Fred Pin- /
ion, oue of the defendants, was lorc
otandiniv ?/a / ? 1 t L ? * ? ' ^
ovnuuiu^ nw \j | o O i Lint SUC UUll'U ll(tl
touch hiui. qUa
"We have come to tell you for bor
the last time that you must dis- Jac
miss that divorce suit," Pinion
? aga
is charged with saying. lou,
' I will not withdraw it," she jier
replied. bef(
"You will before we get. last
through with you," was the re- the
ply. talk
"If you dismiss it now we will Job
see that he supports the child,
but you must not touch his prop- son
erty." brai
Mrs. Johnson insisted that she i y?u
would press the case. Then the , J
men withdrew into the yard to j the
consult. In a few moments they | hub
I returned. Pinion stepped over'trie
I * to the vouug woman's bed and I talk
said: "Come with us." Jud
Two others ot the baud seized fore
_ her and dragged her from the bed slip
j?5 , in her night clothes. They kur- ridt
rt**d her about 250 yards away to k
and one of them beat her across hirr
the shnolders with a strap. After han
the first beating they asked her not
if she would dismiss the suit, but
She said no. Then she was again he
whipped. This time her fighting He
spirit was b^onen, tad she sob S
bingly said she would give in to qua
their demands. cou
Iiet's give her another," said bine
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5
LY.
of the ^aod. "Did
1%-T ? l ? < * ? *
/mo, snc- mid, l inion replied, couit
* hrm hud enough. "Y u
an n (-11y, i'enn. ? Wnen Yr-. retorted
m i J act-son, one ot 'he State Marti
lessen this afternoon in the j mer nee
it-riders' trial, wt?? excused visi'ed
i 'he stand, she turned to iriven li
ge Jones and said, "I will not penalt y
e the court room without n lie m<
eu protection. I know these thai he
i " liome w
Irs Jackson told a vivid story Wittv
several visits ot the riders, vi^iialic
ohorated Fred Fehringer's <here w
imony in many details, a* did no ello
?r witnesses, and identified by riders w
te at least 27 members of the 'am Ka
d. She was followed on the One wit
id by her daughter, Miss asked li
a Jackson, an 18-year-old the ban
, who corroborated her "Abu
her. wo<
he last witness of the day
Will Russell, auolher al- Woman
d night rider, who has turned
e's evidence. Russell came' Thorn
Jnion City alter the Rankin |0tte ()
U2 and made a confession, ^vord w
was trembling with lear and WOman
Id scarcely raise his voice ^)OUl
ve a whisper. The Attorney (kroner
eral had to repeat moat of a jury j
answers in order that the jury tjie f_tCj
ht hear them. Russell is as |0n0
er constant guard, but says found t
'ears that he will be killed rfth pre
pite of these precautions. about d
lussell's story was practically mj;e lrc
same as that told by Fehr- i Edding'
>r, and corroborated it in war,i ^i
ry essential detail. proved
Irs. Emma Jackson said the a^lo to'
ht-nders came to her home, anow h,
led her to dress and accom p m
y them to her father's with j5Q va,
husband and daughter. They (jnally
" i. : 1 i ' ~ ?
31CU ?OI ??? ^11" !""UIO ll'IfiO 9UC subject
ted, and burned her lather's t wag
ise. She identified CJarrett { no proCi
neon as the leader. TI19 ceased
u*8 came back two nights
r, she declared, forced her lo si'EC!
0 her lather's half-clad, and There
1 there had been some talking churoh n
is coral a
e. They whipped her lather The j,,
then her sisters. She said
at 2 o clc
again recognized Garrett The i'i
nson and several others. meet ne'
p. m. A
i third time they called to 1 this mee
e her lo get rid of her sister's , The r4ei
^ l,an?asu
e child because the latter had be held i
1 , ... , Kth, 1H09
rreled with amother neigh- to have
's child. They told Mrs. wi" hR!
business
kson that il they had to come
in they would whip her. A
rth time they came to whip Mi*s
lather, because he testified le|u,nn
. . ? , school,
Dre the grand jury. On the ^
visit Garrett Johnson, eaid
witness, aslcen tier H she hud n<
;ed She replied, "No, iMr.
inson, 1 have not."
Il you were a mau," John- Kidney
retorted, "I'd blow your Dan
ins out. We will hang you if PeO]
talk." The gr
a. . thatthej
udge bhaw, a witness, said r<,ror rec<
night-riders wore "mother ^Ivou^
bards" and black masks and bago, ur|
,. , . , and Hrig
d to disguise their voices by auooeasic
ting in talse lones. When ' u'"the
? nafo rttmi
Ige Shaw was summoned be K. \v.
i the grand jury he tried to years a?
into the town at night. The backaetn
... , , peculiar
>rs caught him aud threatened when i i
[ill him. Finally they gave
i his choice ot switching or would jo
? , ? he able t
ging. He told oem he was; MpenN. .
anxious to undergo either, *T|
if he bad to make a choice had a sh<
would preter the whipping.!^"1,*",
got it. Kidney ]
me relief
haw amused the court by his j edy in e:
int answers to questions ot Foster*!
nsel. After the riders whipped | sole agec
i they told him to run. no^otSer
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LANCASTER, S. G, DECEMBER 30, 1908.
V"" ru"'" n'lai-du..1 Pleasant Valley News.
oogh.er h v? seen me," Another Account of ,he Re
tit vtitnes . cent Homicide?Constabl
n Leonard, another tar- ^
ir K' el Ko.,1 lake, wn8 Hal1 s Good Record-Vis
by the riders tin.! w:is itors During Holidays,
ve ciavs 'o move under dim Reed, a thriftless negro o
ol being hanged Asked had character ami reputation
jyed he casually observed, was s hoi and instantly killed h
was .-till alive, but his i Constable J. Iv. Hall on Monda;
as burned. ol lasi, week. Constable Hal
ess after witness told ol was serving a warrant on hir
>ns by the riders and when ihe negro attempted to kil
as no identification and him with an axe, and the con
rt. made to connect the stable was forced to kill him i
ith 'be murder of Cap- self defense. The bullet passe
liken or bis m1 rderers through the chest of the nesrrc
ness, Mrs. Leonard, when piercing Ihe pulmonary arter}
ow m ?ny there were in and lie died almost immediately
d which visited her, said: Magistrate H. K. Hall held a
iut two hundred, I reckon, inquest over the body, and th
ids were full ol 'em." .jury rendered a verdict of just
-- tiable homicide. Constable Hall
,, Vi?a I. who Jims i n r.flinu ?aa>.
... - a/T|| t,, ggl |1W, ,n ?*- - v ?* i ti vi^uu yuan
Carol inn. and who has made an elfieien
lasville -p-cial in Char a,,d tearle8s 0,Iker- was 8ervi"
bserver: Tni. morning hi" la8t da? 11 constable. mi
as received here that a J' " Potts- 1 ia successor, las
had been loun.l dead a- char*e ol ,llB ol1ice the fo1
e miles west of I his place. Io?>uk day. This was ihe onl
J. W. Peacock summoned "me that Constable Hall has ha
and went to i.ivesligaie "C?a9'?n 9l'""* any one durin
s in the case, which were al1 1,16 lime be 8Prv'-d 39 oat
ws: The deceased was fiIa'de.
o be the body of Mrs. Sa- Tbe f?llowi"g college student
edle. She was last see n are 91 hom" for tbe hollda5'8
ark Tuesday evening one Mis8e" Alda Therrill and Valli
.m her son in law. Phillip l>eltU9i ,rom t!le Normal and Co
er's, home and going to. legiate Institute al Asheville, an
s house. The investigation Cadets K- E- Ha" ?"d L F
that she fell and was uu Thorrill, lrom Clerason.
arise and ihat affer the The following are some ol th
ad quit falling about 9:30 v,f"lor8 tn E'?tw?nf Valley du:
.st nicht she crawled about ing the holidays: Prof. F. t
lis through tbe snow and ^ ?"9 d,e ' niv. of S. G., Mi
Irog' to death. She was dohn Crane, ol Roanoke, Va
to attacks ol vertigo and Mr. Vance Crane of Fayettevill.
due to Ibis as there was N- C" Mr" Ed Crane and 5lil
,f ol foul play. The de-! Eclna Harris ot Monroe, N. C
J iki IT a i. ? *?
was about 70 yearn old ??.?"?? ueam ana mar
M . Harris o< Chariot(e, Mins Wren
AL NOTICES. Harris of Hamlet, N. 0.
will be a basket supper at r nion Magistrate Hall married thre
""""" couples from North Carolina o
mt-Hster c. li. local rnion will Sunday before Christmas, bi
> <>?' correspondent was unabl
imp t'reek Farmers' In ion will to leant the names of lll0 partif
:t l<riday, Jan. 1, at J o'clock involved ill'the dlfaculties.
.11 members are urged to attend
ting. m. j. hong, Pres. The Sunday School of th
(fular quarterly meeting of the |?lpasant Hill MPthoriiat chore
ir County Farmers' Union will 1 leasaiu ni,i >?etnoai8C enure
n the court house Friday, Jan. had a verv delightful Christmi
, at 10.30 a.m. We are anxious ,
a full delegation present as we tree Occasion Oil ( hristmf
ve a great deal ot important evening
to transact.
K. is. l.ingle. Pres. Mr. 1). O Potts returned 1 a<
week from un extended visit I
Blanche Moore, who is re]aljves an(j friends in Mississii
g in the Beautort graded , VT it_
,, e .ill- pi, lennessee and North Caiol
is at home for the holi- 1
na. Mr. Potts is scheduled l
give his highly entertaining an
iNGER IN DELAY. lnrfc" '?fiurVT,Til0
in the West, to rhe Belair Fa
a raers' Union on Tnursday afiei
/ Diseases Are Too noon ()f jj,js week. The lectui
gerous for Lancaster will be^in promptly at 2 o'oloc
pie to Neglect. 8. 10. B.
eat danger of kidney troubles is ,
r get a firm bold before the suf
ignizes them. Health is nrati- * "** >-vv j TguvtauH.
lermined. Backache, headache. arja Correspondent NOW i
less, lameness, soreness, lumLnary
troubles, dropsy, diabetes. the Land ofFlowers.
;ht's disease follow In merciless
>n. Don't neglect your kidneys. 1 he News venerable and vt
kidneys with the certain and ,,?,j J,...* T^u., V
Bdy, Dean's Kidney Pills. ue(i correspondent, Mr. John V
Coiner, living at 4t>4 Hampton j Twitty, in writing lo have II
t llill, S. says: "Several, , , , , , TT , .
:o i began to have spells of address changed from Valdost
?and was atHlcted in a rather I (} tQ Tampa, FU., nays:
way. A pain would strike me 1 J
at least expected it and often Mr. hdiion I am now in Tan
liking on the street I would be c,, , c .. , ,
ith a crick in my back and Prt ^'4 ' 'udefilllI ftly ; hence
St drop. For days I would not mu,t have''The News," and
o get about on account of these
Some time ago I heard about that end I enclose $1.50 then
Kidney Fills, and procured a tn_
tey relieved me and I have not if0r' Cred,t ,he ? ?unt ?1
zere attack since. Sometimes change m.V addres from ValdOB
lh'ht soreness across u?y loins, i . . * . ,
ncm occasions I appeal to Down's to this place. het it be unde
Pills and they never Tail to give Htood that goon j tftke
r. 1 do not think there is a rem- ,
tistwee that is equal ta thein." 1 the city I will write a letter f
ltlbT?,^.,*S.VJ?'!CN.5; rZtpublic,on, keeping mj trie,,
its I'ditei stata-*. a,id relatives posted as to n
?ber t?e nacos? Dosn's?and t ike
^ 24-25 I whereabouts, etc. I see you a
I**,
"'X, : |
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FRICE J
j "widening out," and I like your DEATH
heading bet or. A gond ?-ign.
which I hope vili continue. As ^ fsJativ
things now si and I do n<?' look r T
e r i . a Use
for anv lei up in the onward x .r .
.Lute 11
movement o your citv and the ^
prosperity of all branches of
11 business. ' w ,s
i, Our daughter (Mrs. M. P. 'as^ *3SU<
v Urawfor) lias recently been on I Mam mo in
v on h visit. She was pleaaed and reared in
I enjoyed her visit. We had many a lew wet
,l questions to ask regarding old 'dale of b
1 families left years ago. We a 8on ot^
learned that many had "passed mond, ar
'i over the river'' and perhaps a brothers
(1 majority of your population are F. R. an
>1 now strangers to us. In chang- , sister, Mr
> ing the address do not forget to A. H Pe
. mention street and number. i years ag<
n . -late No^
? Bloody Street Fight in Geor- 1<la ? *
gia Town?Three Men IHsicied,
' ! Killed. ac unt(
3, Our t
lt Ocilla, Ga ,?Within a stone's tnourns t
p throw of each other, their life ^ an^
. blood making crimson the shaded Samuel j
streets of this quiet town, three oue 0 t ,
I, i men were instantly killed to- vvho peac
y | night and an officer of the law hia jlom,
j received mortal wounds. Novembf
g i The dead are: nesJ8 u
{. 1 Charlie Moore. I Carolina
Virgil Moore lo Alach
,8 Leonard Smith. iu Noyei]
Fatally injured: Policeman was unit*
e Caia Walters. Marv j
i .Tack Shsnnnrd and Dharlia . . .
r-t ; aaugnter
j Moore met Police Officer Watson Hawthor;
? on the street. shortly after ^ husbatid
o'clock. Just alter passing the i8 surYjv
j officer, Sheppard, it is stated. ancj (W)
; fired a giant cannon cracker The Thomas c
< officer mildly remonstrated with jour town
r him for the act, whereupon Moore ing prece
took the side ot Sheppard and ago.
words passed between the trio. Mr. II
Moore, it is said, became vio- ate vet
'8
! lently angry and attacked the beginnin,
' otticer with his pistol, shooting J. M. M
^ J at short range. Sheppard got pauv, ai
out of the way and took no hand following
i further than (hat related, in the Slates ot
? tragedy. The officer, mortally and Virg
wounded bv Moore's first bullet, hotly-con
it J
t4 summoned his energy and game- a brave i
ly fired upon Moore as the latter died lovi
ran. The officer's aim was un before d
| erring, the ball striking Moore lite of ne
^ squarei.v in the back. He ran a- ed hi9 wi
i cross the street trom the officer aide and
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and fell lifeless. her he
While the duel between the uever ui
^ officer and Charlie Moore was in but lovet
progress, Leonaid Smith, a son of ami was
Chief of Police Smith, rushed to g00(j rtn
the officer's aid. At t his junction I was an t
I Virgil Moore, brother oi Charlie have eve
j Moore, went to the help of his s,,uj
i brothei and, it is said, tired upon gave it.
Smith, killing him instantly. to return
r- 1 ? ... . .. ...??
smnn, returned the hre upon Ins m" ia8r
,? assailant, shooting him dead in ?(i ,M
k In. tracks. '?* *
^The newly elected officers of Coiorwi
r. Jackson Masonic Lodge, as by *v<
heretofore published, were for- ^ lii
n hially installed Monday night. otnvpr
A splendid banquet was also ' ,, '
,1. served. kllled a
y ? Creek t<
Prof. U. T. Cox, of Furraan Hilliard'
University, Greenville, spent a man nar
a> tew days in Lancaster the past can had
week- gotten li
11" *" and whi
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e .Lancastrian Ends
;ful and Exemplary
i Florida, the Home
Adoption.
learned h re since our
3 that Mr. Samuel N.
.1, who wan born and
Lancaster count v, died
ks uuo in Fiorida, the
lis adoption, lie was
the late Frank Hamid
is survived by two
in this c -unty, Messrs
d P. B. Hammond. A
s. Mary Perry, wife of
irry, died about a two
>. A newspaper, of
sr. 25th, of Hawthorn,
rhore Mr IJammnnd
contains the followiug
it Ins passing away :
; >wn and community
..e death of this lienorrespected
citizen, Mr.
s. Hamuiond, who was
e <?ld landmarks, and
letully passed away at
e in Hawthorn, Fla.,
?r 7th, after a short ille
was born in South
73 years ago. and can.e
ua county in 1858, and
nher of the same year
id in marriage to Miss
E. Hawthorn, eldest
of the late Jag. M.
n. He was a devoted
and kind lather and
ed by his widow and
d 80119, James F. and
L, both business men of
; William, one son hav- tm-~*
I..1 - e 'I
umu iiiin a iew inonu. s
amnion 1 was a Conteder
eran, enlisting at (he
z of hostili'ies in Oapt.
lartin's Artillery Comml
9eryed to the end,
\ his flig through the
Kentucky, Tennessee
inia, and was in many
[tested battles. He was
iod gallant soldier, and
ng the lost cause. Just
eath, after a married
arly 50 years, lie callseping
wile to hi** bedwith
feeble voice told
was going home. He
liied with the church,
i the cause of religion
a contributor to every
d worthy object. His
xemplary life, and we
ry reason to believe that
went to the God who
His remains were'laid
i the Hawthorn]cemetery,
sad rites being performe
Hev. G. B. Thrasher
resence ot a large assem*
Hon Accidentallu Killed
*qro Man.
itle negro b?y, Willie
was accidentally shot and
few days ago in Cedar
>wnship, on Mr. J. 0.
'a place, by a colored
ned Mack Duncan. Dun
gone into his house and
lis gun to shoot a hawk,
le standing in the door
in a shell, the weapon
V discharged, the load
the boy, who was near
ie bowels, killing him
nstantly.
Cotton Market.
on local market, #.26 cents.lS
w York yesterday spot cotton
9.16 cent and futurea cloned aa
J an nary, 8.68; Marek, 8.75;
; December, 8.87.
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