The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, May 18, 1893, Image 1
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VOL. XXI. * L~~ICKENSI S. C., THURSDAY) MAY I,19~ O 5
WAS HE GUILTY.
IN THE FACE OF DEATH HARRI
MAINTAINS HIS INNOCENCE.
Ite Charges That Additional Evidence '
Ills Vavor Was Disregarded, Becoaui
the Uovernor HEad to Sustain tecordi
Smyth and W1iim1an $ 4
NEW Yoni, May 11.-The followin
is the last statement written by Carly
W. Harris, who was executed at Ein
Sing prison in this city last Monday ft
the poisoning of his young wife, wit
whom he had contracted a secret ma
riage. lIere is his last statement in ri
ference to the matter. It is (late
"Sing Sing, May 6, 1893," and reads ii
follows:
A notification has been brought i
that Governor Flower has refused t
interfere with the execution of the ser
tence of the lower court, in my casi
Evidence has come to light that in
wife was for years before addicted 1
the use (or misuse) of the drug from a
overdose of which she died. I am set
tenced to death upon the suppositio
that I substituted a capsule containin
five grains of morphine for one of th
harmleig capsules I prescribed for h
ten days before her death. Now, it i
self-evident to any. one having know
edge of medicine that no one addicte
to morphine could be murdered wit
five grains of that drug, because fo
such a person five grains would not b
a fatal dose. Upon this fact was base
my motion for retrial, which Recordc
Smyth denied, and later my plea for e>
ecutive interference.
In recognition of this last plea a con
missioner was appointed to investigat
the credibility of the witnesses who ha
volunteered testimony ,?s to my wife
habit. Their evidence remained ui
shaker. and though the prosecution al
tempted rebuttal, they did not dare t
produce in open court witnesses wlhoq
affidavits were the most important c
those on which Recorder Smyth denie
my motion for a retrial. I refer t
Eunice Rockwell, Rachel Cookson. )
Treverton and Dr. Iand, who in thei
affidavits foreswore the testi mony give
on my trial as I have shown, and t
Dilworth Choate.
Hence it was established before ti
Governor's commission by the testin
ny of Dr. Kimouth, Dr. Woolman, M t
Jackson, Miss Waddell and others th
my wife purchased morphine frequen
ly and that she foolishly used it to qui
neuralgia pain.
It is not claimed and never has bet
that my wife willfully destroyed he
self, for she was beloved and happ
but the fatal mistakes of those wi
self administer morphine are matte
of record all over the world.
When the charge of murder we
first preferred against me, I delivert
myself at once into custoay, deman
ing an investigation.
Again on the 20th of April last, .
though under sentence of death, I r
fused to take advantage of a free oppo
tunity to escape. As to this last ina
ter, Keepers Murphy and IlulzA an
A other prison officials will bear me ou
So how is it that in a case where ,
many facts and the entire behavior c
the defendant all invite executi
clemency, together with the petition <
over 50.000 citizens, among whom ai
ma'r* prominent in national esteer
such clemency should te denied ?
Because the action of the court w;
not justified by the facts in the ca.
and hence the public outcry must I
silenced by a seeming justification
the court, outside of tne facts.
Where there was no doubt of guil
Governor Flower has not hesitated 1
interfere, as in the case of James Mi
naugh about a year ago, but in the
case the facts justified the court ar
there was nio lm'coraer Smiyth clamo
ing to be upheld.
Carlylellarris living would be a rae'
ace to the career of Smyth, iIelinmt
.and others. Dead, he will soon be fo
gotten and alfaire may go on as befor
'4 There is an idea in the minds of mar
that at the time of my wife's death
desired marriage with some other wi
man. Such person has never bc
found, nor does she exist, It is my mi
fortune that I have been prosecuted I
libels and inuendoes through the cC
umns of the press rather than by meal
of witnesses in court.
I desire in this utterance to expre;
my great thanks to those members<
my jury who have declared that hr
they known of the newly found es
dence at the time of my trial the
would have acqluitted me.
And yet I beg that the witnesres wi
did not bring forward their know ledi
until too late will niot upbraid ther
selves. I have for them no thought i
blame. Individually they did not ren
ize the pertinence of' what they knoa
nor couldl they beexpecte d to. Aliso
.those inany friends w l:o have labori
sodlhigently to bring the truth to ligi'
I send my thanks; that they are in ni
thought at such a time as this is
earnest of my gratitude.
It has been reported in newspape
that during my stay here in SIing Sir
I have scoffed at the dlevotions or' n
fellow.prisoners and indulged ini irre
erent jokes. This is cruelly false.
still enjoy the hopes of my childhood
faith and believe that I shall no, I
misjudged through all eternity.
The Governor states that lie has bet
finally convinced of my guilt by tU
afildavits of Eunico lRockwell and it
chel Cookson. These aflidavits ai
identical as to phrase, and we e eviden
ly both dictated by the same person.
Is my honest belief that they we
signedl unread; for on the trial, Mi
Cookson gave testimony that dlirect
con flicts with her later afidavit, or
the District Attorney did not dIare
call either of these witnesses before il
commissioner and submit their stat
ments to cross-examination.
No one had so many reasons, all se:
timent or love aside, for dlesirinig ni
wife to live as I had. She would ha'
brought me money and profession
snccess, she would have graced n
home, and had I known of her sad ha
It, it would have been my happiness
shield and cure her.
I have now to die; the manner of n
death is of small moment to me; I ha'
waited patiently so long as there w
the remotest chance of obtaining ju
tice, refusing to run away, even whi
under sentence of death.
May God in mercy bless and gun
those 1 leave behind and give the
And now face to face with the grea
eat mystery kenon to m an, kn....
that no concealment or untruth
mitigate my end, I do solemnly de<
that I am innocent of the crime
S which I am condemned to die.
I beg that those who think or sl
or write of me in the years to come
do so as kindly as they can, not foi
a ting that, when much proof of imj
nocence was found, it was inhum
* thrust aside.
(Signed) CAR LYLE'- W. IIA ti
A IESUME OF TIE CASE.
In connection with the above k
sime of the case will be interest
In 1889 Harris went to live at 0<
Grove, N. J., with his mother, and
g conduct there was bad. lIe ke
ir place where young men ianibled
h1 drank. In August of that year
month before he was 20 years old
was introduced to Mary Ilelen P
The girl was 18 years old and live
d Ocean Grove with her father, mo
s and little brother. She was a pr
girl and Ilarris took a fancy to
e According to the evidence of the t
0 he was in the habit of taking a fa
to pretty girls Ile visited her ot
3 and his mother and brother bec
Y acquainted with the Potts fan
Carlyle lIarris and Mary Helen 11
a spent most of that summer in (
other's company. lio went back
n New York in the fall to resume
? medical studies. The Potts far
a went, to live there too. The yo
r folks continued to meet. and Mrs. P
8 spoke to Harris. Ile scouted the i
that there was anything between I
i and Mary Helen more than friends
A fow days later he called on the g
r mother and asked her consent to
3 engagement to the daughter. She
solutely refused to give her con.
r until he had finished his studies.
That wa!; shortly before Feb.
1890. On Feb. 17, AlcCready Hiarr
younger brother of Carlyle,asked IN
e lelen Potts to go and see the Si
L Exchange. Carlyle called for her
a the three went to the city hall, wl
Harris and the girl were secretly n
ried by Alderman Rinkhofl. Neil
0 of them gave right names for I
e marriage and it was kept a secret.
f Within a few weeks, Harris be,
a to avoid his girl wife, and she bega(
0 grieve about it. In May, the Pc
r- went to live at Ocean Grove. A
r May Scholield, a school friend of I
n en's, was visiting there. The girl A
0 Wats ink a delicate condition. 11,
would not permit her to make un
e her marriage, saying that if it
done, his grandtather would disinhb
s him. IIe proprsed an operatiot
it conceal her condition from the w,
t- She would consent only on the co
2t tion that May Schofield should ki
about her marriage, so that if
n should die, her honor would be
r- tected. Harris took Miss Scolield
Y, walk and told her. That night he
10 formed the operation upon his wif,
rs Mary Helen Potts then went to
Dr. Traverton, her uncle, at Scra
re 'a. The doctor soon discovered
d condition. Harris was made to
fess that lie had performed not
bit two operations ipon his wife.
i- denied the marriage, though. Ile i
confessed all to her mother. At.
r- time, it developed upon the trial
Harris was having an affair which
d a disgraceful termination, with a
t. pravecd woman, whom he was me(
0 at Canandaigua, N. Y., under an
f sunimed name. After Miss Potts
e well, her mother insisted that Ii
f should marry her publiely. li
-e pronist d that he would. Ilie kept
ting the marriage oif and finally
duced the mother to send Iflen to
s Coistock school. The mother I
le insisting on the marriauo and on .
le uary 20, 1891, larris wrote her tha
f her wishes should be complied v
The . oung wife had l-een complair
t, of headache.
0 On January 20th Harris got a
- scription for six capsules, o.kh to
Lt tamn one-sixth of a grain of' morpi
d andl four and a half grains of' <pni
r- IIe gave her four of the capstues,
ling her to take ene each night.
.i other two pills he kept. T1hen he y
it to Old P'oint Comfort. Th'le girl I
r- three of the pills. !!he complained1
e. they made her feel wvor'se. She
t.V her nmother she had a good mii
I throw the fourth one away.
)- mother advised her to take it, a;
n that Carlyle knew what wvas hest
5- her, if she had not taken that
'y she probably would have been
1- todiay. She took it just before n oti
's on the night of January 31, 1891,
awoke in a partial coma, and sal
is her schoolmates that she had just
>i beautiful dreams. Shne had drea
d that Carlyle wats with her. T1hen
i- b)egan to moan and was unconsci
y D)r. Fowler an-l D)r. Bauer were ct
to attend her. Shre (lied t he follo v
0o morning.
[e IIarris was sent for, iIe seeme
F- care litIle for his wife's condition,
>1 kept iinsistinmg that tihe medlicine' he
[- given her was all right, ile wans
V, to go to the (drug store aun:l find
LO lie went out to (d0 so. Investiga1
(1 shiowedi that he didi nrot, go neat
t, (lruig st4ore, although hre returini
y3 say t.ha r he h ad been there.
is Tire apparent preparations li;
had made to clea,r imtself of' suispic
r d hi eual to permit the girl to be
ig idunder his name, andl the con flic
y the st.ories he told, caused suisp)icio
v- he0 directedl toword hfmself'. lie
,1 inidicted on Mlay 13i, 18111. lIe
'5 br'oug,ht to trial in .January, 1N92.
)e had Willi1am Traverse ,Jerome, Jocln
Taylor and Charles I. Datvisou to
'i fend him . Th'le tril lastedl .hr'ee w'
te and the defense was almost whioll
I' show that the girl did(1 not, die of i
e phino poisoning. Experts were (on
t- stand for days. Afler deliberating
t hour ando 20 minutes, a verdiet 01 1
e0 der in the first degree was retutr
is Iarris was sentenced to (lie on NI
y 21, 1892. IIarris took William F. II
d for his counsel then. The seven ju
0 of the court of appeals unanimo
re allirmed the conviction in one 01
'- strongest opinions ever written
,Judge Gray.
r- Every effort was made to stay
ty law. llecorder Smythe refused e
te motion and ailirmed the verdict o1
al jury. Goverrnor Flower was appe
ty to as a last resort, iIe appointe
b special commissioner to take test:
to ny and reviewedl the case, but
commissioner could find niothing
ty tenuating, andI so repoirtedi. Oove
le Flower could (10 no more, it we
is matter of comment among those
8- readl the governor's mremrorandum,
n he had seen fit to lay stress in it
the fact that while Mairy IIelen I
d was (lying, surrounded oy her yt
U friends in the Comstock school,
opened her eyes and said: "If an'y
t- else but Carl had given this to
lir Would think wa. ..ing to die bi
Can course Carl wouldn't give3 all thing to
[hre mne but what was right." Those who
for had no confidence inl expert testinony
when they read this <quotation, shoo A
)eak their heads and said the governor had
will seen with the same eyes that the jury
get- had, and that Recorder Smythe and
' In- the higher courts had and that it was A
mly convincing to the governor and must
be right.
S. Harris was a slim, erect, flue-featured
young man of 24 years. Ile was born
re. in Glens Falls, N. Y., in September,
ilg. 1869, but, even his parents seem to be n
:ean unable to tell the (lay of the month.
his lie came of oine family, his grand
pt a faiher on his mother's side, being Dr. c
and Benjamin W. McCready, quite recently r
a (leceased, who was one of t.he most em- u
,1h inent physicians in the country. Ilij o
)tts. early life was a peculiar one. il i
l at father and mother were not congenial
.her to each other and separated. The boy.
etty Carlyle went to live with his mother
her. in Broo<lyn, and on his trial it was
rial. devoloped that his mother denied huli
ncy the coipanionship of the boys of his
ten, age in the neighborhood, and that his
nite playmates were mostly girls. '.i:he L
11y. family was p,or, and Carlyle began to 0
otts earn some money as a book agent. h
ach Then he took a clerkship and finaliy !,
to joined a second class theatrical road i
his company and spent two years playing %
alily minor parts. 1 was then when he was e
ut:g only 19 years old that he began Io study it
otts medicine, probably through some offer
dea made to him by Dr. McCready, for he
dim went to the College of Physicians and I
bip. Surgeons in which Dr. McCready was
ri's closey identiliedl and lived with his
his grand-father.' All accounts agree tiat d
ab- he was a p.irticularly bright s, udent.
;eut P
17, CO LilA, S. C., "ay Il---- lhe t il- -1
is, a road Board of Eu1alization mn ,t yester- .h
arv day morning in thle ollicet ol tie Comp
occ troller General at 11 o'cloc!:. but at that
ere hour did nothhur moro th-ni to organ- L
iar- ize by re-electing Dr. N-ates president. i
ht,r and Mr. James Norton .,eretary. The i
board adjourntd tiltil 4 o'cloek, and t
an after a session ot about Iiree hours
ito coinpleted the assessments for the year.
tts' The assessmens for last year, and the t
fiss present out', are givii below iand it will
Ie- be seen that while some reductions d
vife have been ma(le, they are not radical. v
,rris The board had proper reasons for mak- rI
wni ing the reduction that it did, being ac- v
was titated by a desire to treat the roads 1
erit with fairness. All th- membieir3 of t le
to board were present, inclitiding Dr.
>l(]. Mites, General Ellerbe, Mr. Tinla, Ma
n(li- jor Townsend and Colonel Dutincan.
,low phie roads will be notilied, awl June I
she has been appointed for their represeu
pro- tatives to appear amd in te any pro
or a tests that they may like.
per- The following are the assessnients:
I-SA'.2. 18'1..
visit Asheville & Spa--taubur-.. ,000 5 5,001
iton, Ashley River................. 7,000 7,000
her Atlanta & Ch'to Air Linc... 18,00) 1)8,00
con- Branchville & Bowmnu...... 2,000 2,000
one Carolina & Cuniber'd Gap. 8,000 8.000
Ile Carohina & Knoxville......... 1,000 1,000
ien Carolina Midland............... 6,.500 6,500
this Central of South Caroli t... 10.000 ",000
tha hree C'S ...... ............... ...... 10,000 30,000
Lhat Charleston &n Savrm 1...... 1:3,000 13,00(1
had Chin, Suiter & Northern.... 8,000 6,500
de- Char., Col. & August.x....... 14,000 1-1,000
Lrtg Cheraw & Chester.......... 4,000 4,000
as- Cheraw & Darlington......... (excitpt)
got Cheraw & Salisbulry ........ 5,000 5,000
rris C tester & I oir1............... 4,000 1,000 p
rris Columlbia & Gr'enville... ... 1.5) 10,5oo e
Put. (01.. Newh'y & I,a,arens.... 5,00)) 5, )(010
- East Shor Terminal......... . 5,00o 5,0))
th Fe 1lorenco ......... . ......... ......... 1 10,00) L
- Florence (l,att.a :ra;c) - 5:1 )
(ept GeorgetownV & Western....... 3,000 3.000 c
an Georgia, Car, & Nortliern ... 10,000 10,000 1)
Itil Gr'np'd, W alt. & 1I'hville... 4,400 4,000 1,
'ith. Iartsville.......................... 2,0'0 2,000
ing Laurens ............................ . . .1 , 0
Manchester & Aigtista....... 5,000 4.011o
pre. Northeastern...................... 17,t 30 17,00o'
son- l'alnetto....... ..................... 4,000 3,00
line l'or-t lloyal & Aiugusta......1,000) 7.51)))
icPoi-t lioyal & \Vt.--,t. Car... 10,00)0 10,0)00))
tell: South Bound-....................8.00)1 8.000))
,1h Soth Catolinta................... 11)0 1t;p)
.heSuhCarolina .l'aciti-.......-6,500 (;,5l0 0
ient Stth &(. NorthI Caurolina.... 1)0i) 1 ,I;l)) <
.hat Sear-., Untioni & (''luih ia....-,00)0 5,010
t old W11.,, C:ol. & Ait'.ista....... 00)) it,000))
:1 to Wil. , Chad. & Con; way-...5,)000 -1,1)11
11cr \Yihsoni & S1tttttn..........---1,7K i,500)
pill It it'k I NSvI iTI Ni,K.. iaiy I 1-The r:
hvi e xcitemnt that hats existed in this city 1
rinig ever sinie the killing of WV illiam Ileimn- J
Sihe er, 01 .lhnson City, Tlenn~t.. by Ilthardl
d to l'help 1, a coloredi saloon keeper. TIu, - .
had (1:y, niLhit has bieen in tens; ited by ther
muned action ofi a lar-e hantd ol neC2roes whl ,
0n1. at a inate hou 201 aeturda ni ht I ongre
1 in conlined. No)ticinthel.. 2at.hert'l of t
tothe thrlon! in the dfark, (h>r the wires oh
toldl Hit'z of t)-e pi1ce tuiorc l notnid the mn:'.
(lui.. or, v.'ho 0' On.e sw('r' m a ninth( r ofr
tioti ext-ra plher-mtent wi:bt o:-rsi- to watch
the the jadi and1 thle :ue-roee. who tiialot
dI to filled the I. outil house~~t, wh2'22 Iity were
irris dhay im-orningi when 'l -n: itpilittly ,!(- -
tont, persed. S ver " e're errre id. It. is
biur- supposed)'1 (i- e itd I lar-':et hl'helps i
from1111 tr b'.0i b>hn. 'The a1ion of'I thre I
ii ne tO res he- ' hi rtl acsh e ni ry le:-:?'i
of the whiut.
le ta'N(Wt,0ti
dIt- ta tivye Ih>per, of Aar-Ilboro, ftats li-en air
espotinted pmr ito secrta1ry to) Sena tor
Y IA) ilutler- and ii tnw in Washington . Car
nor-~ iolI I I1rotks, whO)ot a been thme Seniator,
the) seretaryi% hir j 3ears . ht as accep'Jted a I.
sit ion with t.n- h'uullinan I'ahaut (PI r
iinlt Comip.mny. 'I'he i'ppointmntt' of a'ir.I
it d(1 I toper- 2- cansm-4 at~ goodl tdeal of cri ti- (2
tirch ciin 0)2.1) munomentl1'l andr a greater
on or l ess d. ret- of perpt' le xit y at te State
.' E Ilottie 1 odiay. The fa:-i thtat Mr. Itoper n
ii:.y is aniO I avwe 'Tillmait.) I makes5 the aip
the poYit met, look a-i if ij. wa-i a stroke of
by pohlicy iin the p )art, of t hie astu te Sen atom-,
telookr 4 tot th e forth1com i ing i-ate fotr I.he
heseniator itl s 'at bi- w)'en himuis'lf anid 1
very Governor 'Tillom. I;. is also he;ited
thme thatia place will soon hi' tendeltre.f \hr.
ahed S. A. Nettles, aniotheri t,il't T'iIlm:mi
d a Ite. .Jitst wh,lat te rfle. this kiu.tli of
tmo- an apntItlent I.will h avet on the) lit-nt
the enncy 1o Governor l'illm:ini iln t.ho
rntor is at least interestinug as well as anitus- I
s a ing to the lookers on in1 thte light.
who --,Journal.t
that -- .
mung 1-,lisonl (..pers wasM todIay tlettedl . a
she aistant bishop of the D)iocese of South C
one Carolina on the first ballot, receivinig a
nie I majo:ity of both orders of de'egates, t
Li of The election ma~ madea nnanimnos I
SERVED HIM RiGliT.
NOTHER FIEND LYNCHEb FOR THE
USUAL CRIME.
Devil In Iluman Forn Amauilts Two
Little (airls on their Way Froni School
aud is Promptly Strung Up.
.aAU itENS, S. C., May 10.-Another
egro rapist hus met his late. It eyward
larksdale, a young negro man, having
onresseti to the crime of attenitcd
Ile, was strung up to a hickory tree
>ur miles west of this city by a crowd
S'rom live to seven hundred citizens,
t about 5 o'clock this afternoon. Here
the story:
There are few, If any, bettr known
r iore Quhstantial and upright citizens
i L-1urens county thati Farmer James
Vham, who lives six mIles Wes! of town.
1on1day afternoon, about 6 o'clock, his
.vo little daughters, one eleven years
ld and tile other yoner, were going
omi. from the neighborhood school. As
sual they left the main road and took a
earcr path. It led throu-uh a dense
ood. Suddenly they were rudely ac
sted by a negro, who used language
timuatin! foul intentious. The elder
rl thinkiig he only wanted something
cat olured him her hunch basket.
hen the scoundrel. seized her. She
mught desperately, aid both the clil
ren screamed until tho fiend ran away
itiout havin,, accomplished his pur
use.
h'ie child-en told their mother of the
LAck as soon as they reached Iv>me,
Lit their behe was nosent antd did not
ir of it until after supper. Early this
wrna search for the criminal was
tisti!tutd. Tc children had described
'Clitssailant as a young negro dressed
a shirt and trousers, and hatle3s. A
le whita h,y named Coleman told
nut he ha11d seeni a negro talking to lien
v Bryson, another negro, who was at
,ork in a tield not far front the scene of
it cril it about the time it occurrett.
Bry.,on wasi qtiiotioned, and at first
eclared that. ii'hlad had no such con
ersation. Subsequently the party car
icd him to his house whre his wife ad
ised him to tell all he know, when lie
arrot(tI that Heyward Barksdale had
ome to him in the afternoon before
chool wIAP, 0, u .nd after a while left
I entiterel .he adjacent woods. When
chool wa".; dismiseld (the school house
s near '.), in it few minutes lie heard a
r team in the wo>ds, an: after a time
Barkedal , or Monk, as he wav called,
-ami(! btack to where he was. lie (Bry
on) inquired: "What were y'ou both
riOg tlheml whiL. ChIddven for?'' Monk
.enied th it h'v had seen any children.
J,r -y son's wife stated that her husband
uad relat.'d tiio to her the night before.
In the mean Cime alonk wrs ploughing
omie diiftiee oil', but im sight, when
3ryson vas beinsz examined. Though
e had no w-17ning. lie suddenly aban
onIed his plough and went to his house.
eIierc lie was capt.iied. Bryson then
d the party to whern. the interview had
ccurri-d til,e eveini- be!orc, to the
ointl, where IMoik had enteredl the
rood anJ out to vli:re he had com-. In
ach pha-c lracks Ih-tiln! his! fect were
Mild. Such tracks were also found at
.e Fecne ol the assault.
A nero, who was not suQpected, was
arried bulmre the little girls. They
romptly sai 1, "iIe is not, the mjan."'
Vicn the giliuty i:mtti wafs brought Ill,
elbe hu hIlU approacied within twen
y yards. h th 0h, little girls cried:
That is thin! That l himn! That is
im!'' Thf. youner chld became
:icih'eed at the sight of him, and
biruk hack weeing.
lin th~e meanitiUme a ln age crowd had
ollectedl, which increased all duiring tile
ay.'hie negro persisted in declarin.
innoliicenlce util li ate in the dlay.
in ally, lhe made a full confession.
riomi thie timeU that lie wats idlenitifled
here was not. tie sli,Thtest dhoubit aus to
haiit tihe result would be.
This afternoon ihe crow.d callhected a t
poInt cii the "'old Greenville rod,
etweent the residices ofi Capt A ibert,
)hal and Ambrose Martin. Theiiy placed
hie rap~ist ini a onie-horse wagon, bound111(
is armsli andi iegs, covered his~ %ct, tiedl
rope arondi his nieck and iulu I ' the
.' 'on aw ty. Th'fen they quiet1 y <h ii
'erircd, lesivin ! the hdly hiangmg.
Not as hloul word wias hleard anmd niot a
h ot was tired . ft is estimatiied fliat
*ne-thirdh of thme c row~d were ci tizenls (A
he towni of I litruns. Thiere were somei
r-gro)es 'resentL, who scemedi to bie sat
siiedl with whi', was going IIa. Thec
rowd wasmI thioroughily irepreseintativye,
nd ilud ed mny ofi the best ei zensit
I the to)wn and the iieighb orhioodl.
'iTe t cenie of the I ynmching is less thatn
. il and athunoI(st in siht, of the home
Intiutan cs -said 10 have beeCn at specta
or. an'd to have addressa - ilm remiarks
0 the cro r. lie ur:ged them to ba
emperl(:ti" and ordlerly, [and niot, to fire
ito ii1he 1d v'. lIe Maidi tIatt the counitry
vans ofp;ued H I ynch hiw, and delC)oreml
be c(ircumil.hmii.is tha0t somiethnei s madie
L riecestr iiVoir thbe p)r('.ectioni of the
iri tiue of women an~d chiiilrii
W\ithi the eixIcittin of a few who' (d0
(it approlI"ve of v.neh law under any eir
'he re was rio pssi b!e doub Lt of Monk
lark esdale.~'s cirme, andI if there hias
ver bieen a ca1st in whiichi ani app)eal to
the hcigheor law"' was j usti liable, it was
Ms. Thii efc was~ in opien dayl ighit, on
ipublic road. T'here was rio semtiblance
I secrecy.
i:mtvnv,r., S. C., May 10- Yes
?rday while Coroner Sweeney was
oldhnug an ii (ues t, near TIen mile. HTill,
e was notillied thiat oiie ,Jack Smith,
olored, hiad committed a criminal as
ault, oni one May ,Jones, also colored.
joroner Sweeney immed.atel y sent Con.
tale Ilfollan'l In search of the criminal,
born lie easily bound. Smith was
rought, here List night, and was comi
iltted to.jail to await an exalminationi of
hie chiarr.e. The hol.lowing is the story
I thle aflair as told ini Chiai leston:
Eidward Smith, colored, com.itted an
ultrag oius asault on IEmma Danner,
olored, near Ten-mile Hfill last Mon
ay. The wo..an was walking dow o
b)e railroad t,rack by herself when Smit
econted hier nn(l askeda er fo o.e
She refused to vive it to him, and Le
drew a pistol and outraged her. She
did not cry out for fear the brute would r
murder her, hut as soon as sie was re.
leased she went to Ten-mile 11111 and
told Mr. T. D. (reen what had hap
pened.
Mr. W. F. I bolland. the spec!a1 (e
tective of the South Carolina Rah way
Company, happened to he ol the spol. tc
The victini gave him an account of what l1
had happened. nld within halt an hour
Mr. I1ciland came up with Smith sittin .
On I log in the woudi. 'Tle deL:1v
proceeded with his prisoner to Ten-mile ci
lill, where' the fellow was itimed:ately ,
idenitlied by his vie.m
Mhanwhile a t,remendous crowl f -i
gry negroes had collected aboi:t t
place and threatend to swing Smith ll
to the nearest tree. Mr. I lollanl dew
a pair of revolvers an promied t lil
the first nian who touched th priiwor ier;
then Mr. Green ai aioltie %hlif- man;111
aided the officer i-i hold,in-1 t,e p-1'3il!
unharmed till tile traim came al-ir, anid
Smith wai w-nt to Summerv:!le aqnd in
carecrated. But for the le dis
played by Mr. ioland I1e 1;riW1 "Ier
would have been lynched. The wo in )
and her assalliant, are bo0l colkr,i.
-News and Co,rier.
CONDITION OF COT*TON.
Rop4rt of t'he liel>arm nt of AKri.'aititr
for Ih e Ilo it o I.1,-y.e.
WAs11IuxfTON, I). C., Mlay 10.-I lie
cotton report of the Department of Ag tj
riculture for May relates to the pro.
gress of cotton planting and coliteni
plated acreage.
The proportion of th propased
breadth aiready planted on the irst of
Mlay waIs 85 : per cent., which ap- I
proachies very closely the itlen usually
planted at th-It date, which is e:iti iiItei I
at 81 per ceit. .I
The returned estimates for the sov
eral States are as follows:
V irginia .............. ........... b I
N orth Carolina ................... .S li
South Carolina...'. .................O
G eorgia ...........................
F lorida............................ D2
A labam a.......................... :;
M ississippi........................ 85
L ouisiana.........................
'Texas.............................
Arkansas .......................... I
Tennessee......................... 6l
Tlese figures indicate that planting
is well up to the average as to time.
rhe only St ates that are behind in I
planting are Virginia, where the delay
was caused by a cold and backward
spring; Texas, caused by an extensive
drought and a backward sprintr, and
Arkansa3 and 'Tennes,iee, where the ex
tensive rainfall and cold weather re
tarded operations.
In some districts the correspondeits
report a drought, while in others the
returns show the retarding causes to be
fiosts and excessive rains.
Germination is said to be slowv and
the growth of the plant backward.
Some Inuicatlons have been given as I
to the contemplated acreage as C0m- j
pared with that of last year, which was t
considerably bolow the average for a,
series of years, but they are of an un
certain character and therefore it is im
possible to base any satist'actory pre
dictions thereon aiid the figures relat
ing there.o are only given to iinlicato
what the correspondents believed to bev
the intention as to the acreage. It. is
i.ported that, the increaso averag(es I S
per cent. 'The perceniiges b Uy sti-Sd
are as tol1w1S:
V rgin,ia .......................... 121 i
N orth Carolina.................... 11;
Sout.h Carolina .................. . lilf
(m'vorgia ........................... l(G
Florida......................... it;
Alabamiia........................ ..I.4
Mississippi.......................
..x'...... ........ ............ .....li)
A rkansas...................... s
Tlen nessee...................... .i ,
There will lbe less repIlt inig thanLi I
iisuial o wing to thle great scaircitIy ofl
lThe esti itoe of. thle acre'age will be d
made01 on the~ irst oft .1 iine ats uisi il.
picniic heild at li igh F'alls Satuiirday ter
milnatedl in a fearful tragedy. ()in
W'at kinls, at youn Ig whlite( lnan, began~1
en rs ig in theI0 pri'eee of SOlue 1 Iaiets
and was reprov dI by a Mr. .1 ;ck ( oin s.
Watkinis immeuiditely drew his pisto 4)
and began Iiring aLt (twins. Thei friendts i
Of both partIties5 took it up, anid iin t t
5pace of two iniites over G 4 sh)ls I
wvere lired. Thei innuentis~.eicrwd tI
stumpededI, runing to thu woodfls in i
every (airectioni. Goins was inistanut ly 1
shot in thle leg, Mr. Cha Irles (Colli r of -a
Coller's station, w.hile atttelinp!ing to (I
prot ect aI lad(y. recei vedlI a seris Ii woon,lI
ini the nueck. Ileuiry l)'iyle wo:i; catp
lured by olicers se3veral mil,A fromi
w.,ere( p)rinc2iI4.ts in the udisgractelui
the neOxi few ho teur s. It i thbough!
danuce waIs ini progress at the invilio:i, n~
a crowd oi men41 and( btOys unidier th.. v.
iniluence ofi liir ot into a tuli(-uit v .v
andu Ia re!uolar moilee enTsuied.
A (ha, i)i,ovter.Y
A NI>I-:n54)N, Ind(., Mayt s. Mt hi 1-2
o'clo:k Iast r.iVht the3 re-'ideni-, ofl 1.1i
Murraty wvas lownvI to pi 1es by aiii. atur-:
-as exploin. 'The hunIily, uonsi.gnh ,
ot hii~usbad, wvile. daiuighter iindi sonl, wer ai'
blIown out into.1 the' yard~. Mr. andit Mrs.1
MN!urray, it is thiough t, were Ia' il ly in.
jured. Elsee, aiged sixtV"i wais imore
bruised than burned . Ch1 arlIes, a -edt
thirteen, wit' burned a boot I le lace and1(
hands. The injured per'sons are~ unle
to give any1 Vcatue oh thie explosioni. TIhie
Murray r-esideniee, ia fin tI wo- iory one,1
was entirely destroyed, w ithi all 'lie ~
fuirnituire. Tlhe lire comnomeatted to e
George Greyer's housec, and1( it was al
most tot illy dest royed.
_ tl
Cookedi Alive. '
CAinuo, Ill., May 7.--One of the worst i
catalstrophes which had occurredl in this
region for years took place on the Mis.
uissippl river at Wolf Island, twenty
four miles beh>w thIs cit,y, at 7:-45 this d
mornIng. TIhe rear end of one of the I
boilers of the steamier Ohio, a Cincin- ai
nati and Memphis packet, blew out, d
illling the (leek cab!n with steam and I
hoiling water. Several deck hands and
deck passengers who were eating break
fast at the time were literally cooked
alive and a large niumber received ser
inne nuena
ANATT.-MPTEDASSAULT.
la fillaical 'u pase of a vanv: t ai,
t1he Stato Far)im.
COLUMBIA, S. C., May 10.-The
utial ol ye.sterday published the fol- y
win: Exa-gerated reports o! an at
nipted criminal assault and an exlpected
nling reached the city this m1orting1.
was stated that'a colvict on the State
iyu about mie miles northwest of the
ty, in the Dutch Fork, had atftempled g
asiaulti a littih aulhter of Mr. George 11
L"itz'eNy. who is the leice a'l super
tenienlt a the fLri. It was lurther
utuIIlc that tho Le x"II'tol P ople were St
earin- to lylich t.he ln-ro. b3
A .1 ouinal uporter ws ilinm iatul.y m
m t1 > t h1 sCe. A IaY pe l. had ) t
vard the storY al,n; the rtIme anad
'he Jualrl muan expAted to ind a h1
tillbwr nfanrymn w.-ting anl ol),r bl
im1t too .'et at the 'ro, I u tounI bv
Othini, of the kil. To reach the jo
odki ae and ahanties it is ncec;sarv to c
ave th i:ani radi t ad pas; tlle house -
Ir. L xiy. The lattcr til his
inily wo.re sca'wd at diiler as the re
Wtert, a u. Tiure was no indicatioti
SIhdlWttd (r (vLrt VxcitCment anad not
1111111 Ci cc l ini the n1ciLihorhood. C11
lienchin. the tockad the reporter I,(
undI'mriantatian, ol the venli- (Ii
uitarv muard. aid toll him \ what lie o[
>mit lor. The soriitait at on,c ,lent lor Ih
I[r. I ;tzey. That eIliiknain s:ad to hi
W re'i;0't(r that 1mbIlItly aternooiin a'ter h
Li
uner, h1is httlc daul"htvir Fannlie, aboul.
ven year,; old, wa.1 jodayin., inl tin unl
T11);(Id tet1l11 hloul-o, aboutl, 100 )nrd M
oml 1he hu0 inll wich .h live!". .Jim
i'adle.y, a ne:tro sent to the pentl Int larl
w t1li , v(ar trom this cauty, last I.
ber, lo an rad lareeny, ) ed by tihe 1
ote- lie is a tirust\, and had been to a
Ir. ,-'s to water anId teed tile u
t ad t" h1itch a liorse ito abugy.
' hi pand the out hiuse he saw tLe I
1.11 fi in lble atal wenti inl. The c
hild says that 11e min-ade an im11proper 1
ropositionm to her. Inl ier in1noclice
lie. dlid not know what le mieant. ShI
la(l been accunstoied to s n im and
Vas uot at first irm,iti-nud. Irailev
lhen attempted to lart'ially anrohe th~e
1hild. She be:an crying. Iler sister,
Niss Mamie i Itzney, wo is about 14
vears old. :eard her -obmg and went
n 0-hc buiht:u,,. Sih led the child to
'er hom,,-. and reporter.I the ma tter.
Bradlev"n purp.)-se, frim what [lie
:lildyl Iems to ha (v beeln a d:aboli.
a one, aluhioui'h Ih ic ia-.d not uwed
violent !)rkce. Y(slp1Oday Ioll it li "radl
Iey wk as -ven liity lmhA, well laid oil,
:id the lthier ofthe chl al)paars to bc
nati- fied. Serac-int Youmans did not
a'na Iradley to the Ipellitefntiary vester
lay, il last ni::'ht kept every 21ar'1d on
iduity. 1I1. did not know bit w hat the
F ork livople iiii-.lt become aroused, nt.
a(ne- thie .s tockade an1d try to 1 Ic lirad
cy. Bradlev is a YouIg nCgro about 21 I
-earS olh and this is his scond terim in
he penitentiary. lie told the reporter
hlat he welit Iln tile bilding to take It I
a p. The chii caelic inl to get h- me
S fra a iest. Ile did not want her
:.'t the s, and whenl ile triedl toi
ot Ilhem anyhw, hle auh.lt holl fit her
ress to palevent li'r d ii so. She iew
l!n-rv and Cied. IH'r sister Mamllic
card elia. and took lice away. BrIalev i
t ilaiivin!. liany evil th1ouhLt. .
Su-nillerindan Nk a!. (f the pelnite1.
ar1-y, liard of til- ha O lir. ILL utider- tI
,m<aI thaLt it ( t-curred at the fimII twelve d
iile; blah>w thaie city ind uent a "U1ard 1)
Itir'a tt the criminal. Iia will now
'el ta the riht tla:e and have iraaley b
r'ouIht to) ii thepei ten tiary. Thercie is
a talieing wvha. 1le F-'ark lieaple i' t i
'a il baradley rem~;Oaai ini thae Stiakaee
ere'a titrnle :ui t'it, hieniouse hei al
0: 'lucceeda ini hais puron0e lie is noante
14' lesn'a uilty. Th'e l"a,t k people 41do'
v'a'.ythu ahin it I tly. Thler'e is at storty tf
ia t the neir wh'ia ,%t. ilistiaed at .younig ila- I
4as 'ap tia, <auietlyi takaen to the (Con- It
a a e r.ver, i-laato d)eath111 andl his bodly t~
umpedla 1 in tIe rivetr. t i noat km>ni aj
E A T aT I l a , A rl a y 'l'r,n ...K i N , i t;
''iau-h na.: C'apataii ta lbinnett, oh Ii
ac 5ialvaaata n Aimy. w''as murdere'''(d yes-. I.
'oli a b hia'r l'evai imea!(l W. I lsk-'ins.
[a fin I t wa shits'ntonlia heri h.-it, ana l
iin turnneal la we.iapain mtal fir'ed two'a
iaats itaa hii ownV hel!. In le'as tl:om
.raea Iii utes 90er the1. a Im el~ta tn-u.a.d
: v.a ti'n Arimy h airr:aa'ks. Thec nori
Iihead tlamt! iinlrthrene 'n the~ uarit oaf I
me;-( a';4l prese t'a impIealhe. I l)5skms3
mni heenm 1(er istent in hix attenitins ton >
:taphuna Ida li-an'tt laor the lait twoa
nothsx. A t first shne eniaaurLva hun tao
>mne aixan s aa heral it is hl avead she (A
(alma tao an!vert hiim, the riles al't.h the
na.l at, hidlaini hert tin miaarry -... man .1
hna art a mel:inn' nat the Armi '. f' ( I
inh nogmt ja ain thae A r'iy btI N/a laer
a-Ient in his alain'-- thait shn shouthll J
iarrv h mi. 114; wenti Iao the barai''cks
;n.eirday faa 7'!. hin !inaI answyer. iIe
clit ino the hll 1withnlo ins 1nel udnc' a
is coat-tail, xsa3miin: "Joust -eep ahl
amn tnt 'aninl tn) hurt any~ anl voa," A,
aamnit lan.r hae .iipedl )n at bienchi r
ml i'nhiu'ad: "'tIl anne' tisa to) get, I
Sniiiped doawii anal witlked to thae little ya
>omi at. than tell of the stnagen. Tile dloor (
pe(ainad tad Calpttin lIennett, came )ot.
bater talkinig a hew minutes hie loitnted (
ic pistoal at tier, crying- ' "Yon wrongled I
in tail! yoau know i," andl ired. Caup
una Iinnett wias a nlative of Sani IBer
ardimo, Cal. Iloskins catme hert' scy
'al s-ears ago h'roim Arkansan, wIhero he
nid. heeui a shIeill' and D)eputy
mitead States Marstial. iIe was forty
tree years old. IIis wife dIed a few
ears- agon and some of his children aro
1 an asylum.
A ILarntwelt Trageday.
(CIlA l.1-:T1ON, May 10.--Iltfus San..
era anid Itutfus Moore had a light ini
lanwell tOdaly. Sanders used a~ knife
nda Moore a pistal. Sanders was shot
Oiad and( Mooren will probly die from
he efTects o1' a cut on the temple.
1andlers yot'ng dauaghter, sCeenteen
'ears old, gaven birtli to a child yester
lay, and Moorea was l%ported to be lts
ather. Sanders started out to kill
d1oore. and met his owm dath
ANOTIIER FIEND HUNG.
JDGE LYNCH AGAIN HOLDS COURT
IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
11iuamsburg Mon Swing a iapist High
lnd Fall I in Vith Lead,-Assaulted a
Lrniely Woman, Was Puraled and
captureil 111141 CoCt44ed Hiin Crime. 0
KLNWSTntE,E S. C., May 6.-A few
-eat pools of blood are now all that
ark the spot where last night Sam
tillard came to his end. During the
y yesterday this community Ws3
rred from centre to circumfereuce
a report that Mrs. Nesmith, an esti
S')le young white married lady, had
en brutally assulted whilstalone at
r home near this town by some
iek brute in hunian form. Her bus
nd w_s absent at the time at an ad
mnng plantat,ion. As soon as she
uld free herself trom this Ilend she at
ce gave t he alarm, and it spread like
hi ire. Alessengers were dispatched
every direction, an( so hot and close
is the pursuit that it did not take long
hunt, the rascal (own. le was
ught quietly sitting in his farther's
use near Lane's, in the county, and
I not seem to realize the magnitude
his cri-ie. 1ie was at once taken
fore Trial .listice Litrage, who put
ta under a strong guard and started
III to jail.
in1 the imei U me groups of men
ulid b see cona in from all direc
uns. i z tr.id biought him safely
i the subutis (it Iis t.>wn when they
ere halted and t.. prisoner taken
m tIm.n. Ili was given a kind of
reiminary hearing and identiled
iyond a doubt. A vote was then taken
, to what. should be done. It was
naniinoisly agreed to lynch him, and
e wasa t once notilled of his doom.
le asked for a preacher, but noae
ame, and l'e was given half an hour to
0i dare for death, after which he was
nade to stand up in a buggy and the
ope was put arotind his neck and the
>th.r end drawn across a limb. At a
riveii siltnal the baggy was remove d
mld he was riddlel with bullets.
I'he execution happened just as the
utL bound train passed through
own, and passengers and citizens
ilike were startled from their slumters
)y the cc -.,eless roar of musketry at
his dead hour of the night. Itis said
,hal, there were at 'east three or four
iLindred peto is present, at least fifty
>f whom were co'o -ed, and they all
,eeine(t with one al-cord to pronounce
he act a righteous judgment.
Y oir correspondent only reached here
it a very 'ate hour last night, and it
was with great dilliculty that he could
ret any info-wation at all, not being
ible to ge' out to the spot until dawn
his mornin:. There I found 0aillard
was st til hanging by the road-side with
he following placard pinned on his
Itplst, here hangs the scoundrel tha
did rape an honored lady in her gown
tilt somn, alas, this scamp did gape
tied to a roap in lynch tree town.'
,-o far as I c in learn this is the first
ine a crime of this kind has ever been
I tempted upon a white lady by a
egro in the county. Our people de
lore the resort to lynch law, yet it
as ali ways been one o" the unwritten
LWS that this crime merits de.h, and
i1 with whom I have talked to-day
!ein to think the act of the lynchers
I(- only thing that could have been
me minder the circumstances. The
rity ol'oitr women must he defended
atli hazards. The honor of Williams
'rg Cunty is at stake, ard whilst
ar (lepiore 'Wet necessity of having to
sort, to lynch la w, yet the act justified
ic (end, and( this goes out to the world
1, warning to all wvould-be rapists.
'l'heu coroner imfpanelledl a juiry of in
trest todlay and after viewing the
.ly they found the following verdict:
Vihat. Sanm Gaillardl came to his death
'om beinar hung by the neck and shot
)d.eath hy parties whose names are to
Ie Jairy unknownr." This is the first
rue l.vnch law has ever been resorted
in Williarmsburrg County. It is very
liiet and orderly here today and peo
Le ina all walks of life are pursuing
mir various avocations as peacefully
ni nioth ing had happenedl. I will add
mat I omIit,tedl o state at the proper
a1ce in tihe above article that the
'isoni'r mrade a fuill and free confes
mir oi his (ri me, so all m ast admit
tat hris pum shmiet. was a juLst one. 1L
hled t'a:rt it will be a warning to
T'itir N ano Is Legion,
W^4sm NIOx, May 11.--IIere are the
Ueofthose who want the two fat
t, (Hlces that comes to South (Jaro
10 uinder tihe present adlministration
I lere is the list of those who want to
district attorney: WVilliamn Elliott,
'raurfort; .J. WV. D)eVo e, Edgefild;
maares A., Douglass, Fairhield; James
Ihart, Yorkville; L. F. Youmans,
olhim bia; Ge.orge W. D)argan, lDarling
un; .1. St. .Julien Jervey, Charleston
bus 10. iioggs, [1,ickens; J. II. Earle:
recumville; 0. L. Schumpert, New berry
. b. Iagsdale, Winnsboro; Theo, D
'rvey, Charleston; W. P. Murphy,
/'alterboro; J1. 0. lleed, St. Georges;
. 1. Graydon, Abbevilie; C. G. Ilen
rrson, WValter boro; II. II. Meetze, Lex
gton, C. II.
Tiwenty- five want the marshalship
himr. IIere Is aL full list of the aspi
ruts: ,J. N. Eustes, Winnsboro; E. M.
cykin, Camden; WV. R~. Davie,
an<lsford; WV. L,. Mauldin, Green
rile; ,J. 1P. IIunter, Lancaster; John L.
arter, P?arksville; S. A. D)urham, Mar
); 'I'. C. Moody, Marion; G. 1E.Ta!lor,
)onaldson, Greenville; A. M. Salley
)rangeburg; M. M. Sheafe, J. I.
trooks, E'dgeflr1d; W. WV. Ris'er New
rerry; JIohn T1. Gaston, Blackyllle; Ii
t.. Rogers, Marlboro; Edwin Harper,
larpers; WV. WV. Ilumphrews, Ander
on; Frank Meliett, Sumter; R. M.
ichburg; .J. C. Wilson, Newberry; 0.
X.. Wylie, Rtchburg; J. S. Simons,
Jharleston.
Chiangin,g its Channel.
MM'lu'rs, Tenn.,My(.A m
nense body of wi' ter is sweeping down
the Mississippi, and a terrible flood is
reared. The current is cutting into the
west bank flve miles above the cit and
it is feared that the channel -will be
changedI into HLopeild Lake, leaving
Miemphis an inland town and the big
83.000,000O bridge hfah and dry. The
government~ fleet is at work tryinug to
prevent the river from changing Its
course.