Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, September 02, 1909, Image 4
VERY BAD PAIR
A Man ami Woman Who Should
bo Kopt Locked Up
TRIED BADGER GAME
Ob an Honest Man From Spartanburg
at Asheville?They Also
Tried to Work a Columbia Man
But He Called Their Bluff?How
Their Game fs Worked.
The Record says that Mr. and Mrs.
J. Baxter Mitchell of Sparanburg.
who figured In the alleged attempted
badger game, against the wealthy
stockman, Mr. C. P. Morgan, also
of Spartanburg, In the Swannanoa
Hotel In Ashevllle on the 13 th, are
well known in Columbia, particularly
to the Columbia police, and how they
were run out of Columbia reveals
an interesting study of the under
world.
Chief Cathcart has the picture of
the Mitchell woman and her sister
on a postcard, but he was unable
to catch the couple In any badgering
game here, although they are alleged
to have made at least one attempt,
the victim promptly calling
the bluff and getting off without giving
up even any checks.
The victim on this occasion run
Into a bathroom with Mrs. Mitchell.
Almost immediately afterward the
"outraged" husband stormed In with
revolver In hand, and, after giving
a stiff line of talk about his ruined
home, demanded money. The victim
coolly called the bluff, threatening
to kill both the man and the
woman if he was not allowed to pass
out. He passed.
Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell occupied
quarters over a leading Main street
store, and the chief and his men
watched the pair so closely that after
the arrest of Mrs. Mitchell's sister,
who Is now in a house in the restricted
district, for occupying the wrong
sort of house In respectable neighborhoods.
they left town and the
chief's information is that they went
to Charlotte.
The single woman, when the
chief told her what he knew of Mrs.
" * *>!,? kin,
UtllLUCii, ui UIVC uun II auu twin UIUI
of Mrs. Mitchell's career, pleading
pathetically ifor the ptotection of
her little child whflch was ^being
raised by the Mitchells. The Bingle
woman appears to have good traits,
and she wanted to give her child as
near a respectable surrounding as
possible.
Mitchell is a member of a flnt
family of Spartanburg, but his own
personal career is well known there,
as is his wife'a, who was ran out of
Spartanburg for keeping a house of
ill-fame. They were regularly married
all right. A Spartanburg papare
drew a curious, if not inspiring
word-picture of Mitchell dowi
t the depot to see his beloved wife
out of town on the occasion of the
recent Justly celebrated exodus of
such women from Spartanburg.
Mr. MorgAn's Statement.
In the Spartanburg Journal M?\
Morgan makes a very clear and derailed
statement of the affair as
follows:
"Referring to the card of J. B.
Mitchell printed in the Charlotte
Observer 1 wish to make the following
statement:
"ThiB scheme of which I was an
entirely innocent victim, was simply
a bold hold-up to attempt to get
some money out of me. I am told
that these people have several times
practiced the scheme successfully,
but they failed in my case because
I stopped payment on the checks
I was forced to give them, and had
them arrested. If I had been guilty
I would have kept quiet and nobody
would ever have heard of the affair.
But I employed a lawyer, had
these fakirs arrested and got my
CD6CKB DacK.
"I have lived here all my life
and am known as a decent, honest,
truthful man, and I am not afraid
of this attempt on the part of these
people to blacken my name and character.
"I was In Ashevllle on my business
of trading horses. 1 made my
headquarters at Millard's stables,
where I had my animals. Mitchell's
wife telephone to the stable several
timts for me. Finally she got me
to the telephone and said that her
husband was looking for me, tnai
they were on their way to Tennessee
to go into the stock business
and that he wanted to talk with me
about some stock. She said he
wanted me to come to the Swannannoa
Hotel between 3 and &
o'clock. I agreed to do so.
"Accordingly I went to the holel
at the imte Appointed. While 1
was standing In the office the Mitch
ell woman came up^to me and spoka
to me, asking if I wore not Mr. Morgan.
She then stated that Mitchell
was out, but would be back in a
few minutes and pointed to the open
door of their room, which was opposite
the parlor, she invited me to
go in and sit down and wait for
him. She herself went away, but in
a few minutes returned and in
the room and sat down, the door still
being open. In a short while she
got up and closed the door, saying
that the housekeeper would come In
and Interfere with the conversation
nniess she did so.
"After talking a while the woman
offered me some whiskey, but I declined
It. Then there was a knock
at the door and the woman Jumped
up and ran to the door excitedly
and told the man outside (her husband)
that be could not come In.
He demanded loudly to be admitted,
and then I. seeing that something
was wrong, skid to her:
" 'What kind of a game u this?
f * *
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YOUNG MAN SHOT |l
~~
BY NEGRO BURGLAR WHEN 1
CAUGHT IN STORE.
A Robber at Van Wyck tb Lwdcm- <
tor County Seriously Wounds Taylor
Nlsbet.
'About two o'clock Monday morsI
n V R R nnrtv nf unlit!" '
v ?? ? r? -j V4 j vuuft mvu nci U J
passing the Hyatt-Massey Company's 1
store at Van Wyck in Lancaster {
county, they heard a noise In the (
building and started to Investigate. <
As they were about to enter the ]
rear door, a man came out, fired at <
them with a shotgun and then ran t
off. The load istruck Taylor P. ,
Nisbet. one of the young men, the i
shot lodging in his shoulder, throat ;
aad face, inflicting serious wounds. ;
He was taken to Charlotte for treatmeat
by his uncle, Dr. Olln Nisbet. ]
Immediately after the shooting a j
couple of Van Wyck citizens went
to Lancaster after the sheriff, the
officer returning with them to tho ,
scene, leaving there about daylight. ,
The sheriff, who is famous for his
shrewd detective work, was not long ,
in laying his hands on the right man,
who proved to be a young negro in ,
the community, Sam Stinson, who
is now in jail, having been taken
to Lancaster by the sheriff.
The clue that led to Stinson's identification
and arrest was an old hat
left in the store by the burglar, who
carried off a new one with him.
When first apprehended he denied
knowing anything about the affair
and started to run when the sheriff,
with drawn revolver, stopped and
handcuffed him. He claimed that
he had bought the new hat from
Dave Foster, another negro, but later,
when confronted with Foster,
confessed that he got It In the store,
and that he alone was implicated In
the robbery. He says he shot at
the young men to scare them so that
he could make his escape, and that
he got the gun and cartridges while
in the store.
The feeling In Van Wyck against
^tin?nn 1 u Intpnou ou Urn
? ? .-?M-w, ? " V.IC J V/Ullf, tuou
shot Is one of the most popular ia
the community.
SHOT THE MAYOR.
Quarrel Brought on by His Decision
In a Case.
J. C. Godfrey, mayor of Davlsborc
Qa., lies at his home dangerously
wounded as the result of a quarrel
which followed a decision made by
Godfrey in the Mayor's Court Moac'ay
in a case againBt Gordon Collins,
a white man. M. M. Col.tof.
brother of the defendant in the ea?e.
approached the mayor after court
adjourned and began talking about
the case. Hot words followed, end
before anyone could interfere Collins
shot the mayor with a pistol,
the ball entering the right side.
Mayor Godfrey fell to the floor aad
his condition is regarded as serious,
his wound probably being fatal.
Collins escaped and it is said has not
yet been located.
Found Poison in Well.
Rebecca Taylor, colored, was lodged
In Richland jail Monday afternoon
charged with placing poison in
a well. Rathney Summers, also colored,
claims that Rebecca came into
her yard out in Kenneltown, near
Columbia, a few nights ago and that
the next day a can of poison was
found in the well. There was a
similar case to this at the last term
of court when a negro was given 10
years on a charge of attempting to
poison a well.
If managers never put a show
on. the actor folk would never have
a chance to show off.
I^et him In.'
"She then let Mitchell in and he
entered cursing and waving a pistol.
He exclaimed that I had broken up
his home, and that he would leave
the woman for me to support. He
cursed her and threatened to shoot
both the woman and me. He also
said he would call the police and
have us both arrested. He said he
would bring suit for divorce and
bring my name In.
"The (woman then appeared to
cry and said that Mitchell and I
ought to pay her $2,000. Finally
It waR agreed that I should pay $600
to her and that Mitchell would go
off and leave her, also giving her j
$600. I had only $5 in money, but i
they brought out some blank checks ]
on a Spartanburg bank. I then drew i
two checks, one for $295 and ono for i
$800 and gave them to the womaa. i
These I dated ahead, as I told them i
I would have to mat s arrangement* '
at the bank for the money before t
they would b? good. t
"I came on to Spartanburg Sunrl
fl V nl crhi unrl If J ? ?? ??* - -- *
miBuv, auu wiuiiuny morning 1 (
stopped payment on the checks at the t
bank. I employed Mr. Carson and T
went to Hendersonvllle, where I had 1
reason to believe this pair were. *
swore out warrants against them and 8
had them both arrested. When taken
before the magistrate they offered
to surrender the checks and
my lawyer advised me not to attempt *
to profecute them, to which I agreed
although I wanted to go ahead with
the prosecution.
"As for Mitchell's statement, that, a
I got into a card game with him. a
that is absolutely false. I do not e
even Vnew bow to play poker, which c
he t>ays we played, as anybody in d
Spartanburg who knows me knews. 1
I never saw a game of stud poker ii
piayed m my life. This was Just b
an attempt to blackmail me out of s
some money. I had to 6ubmit for e
the time being while this man had a *
pistol drawn on me, I being unarmed b
and defenseless. But I recovered my tl
checks and stopped the game. a
o. r MORGAN, t a
MEMORY OF SEMMESU
(18 ONE HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY
II
TO BE HONORED.
3en. Mlckle Urges Obwrraace of
Great Confederate Naval Com- |<
mender's Centennial Birthday.
By command of Gen. Clement A.
Evans, commander-in-chief of the
United Confederate Vetprun* ?n/i in
iccordance with resolutions adopted
it the last annaul Reunion, Adjt.
3en. and Chief of Staff William B.
Vflckle Monday night Issued a general
order calling for the observance
on September 27 next of the
one hundredth anniversary of the
birth of Rear Admiral Raphael 1
Semmes, of the Confederate States 8
navy. The order follows:
"Undoubtedly no soldier In the ar- ''
my of the Confederacy nor sailor In c
Its nary contributed as much to fa- a
mlliarlze the Inhabitants of the globe
with the 'Stars and Bars,' the flag 1
of the Confederate States, as did the 0
commander of the Sumter and the 1
Alabama. Brief was the life of each v
of these vessels, but the life of each E
was full of glorious action, and the 11
skillful way in which our great na- v
val leader managed all matters?
whether as expert in admlrallty, able
seaman or daring commander?re- *
fleeted the highest credit on hiB abilities
and added lustre to the cause he 1
represented.
"Too much honor cannot be glv- '
en such a mau; and the general com- d
mandlng most earnestly urges the
various camps of the Federation, the c
United Sons of Confederate Veterans, r
the United Dauthters of the Confederacy
asd the Confederated
Southern Memorial Association, and 1
all kindred organizations, to take
such actions as they deem best, so
that this day, the 27th of Septem- I
her, 1909, may ever be memorable
in our annals."
PLENTY OF BOOZK IN AUGUSTA.
Cases of Drunkenness Are Rapidly
Increasing.
The Augusta Chronicle Buys the
records at the police barracks In
that city show that for the first
seven months of 1909 the number
of arrests for violations of the four
hundred and sixtieth section, the
majority of which are for drunkenness
and disorderly conduct, have
been almost as many as for the first
seven monthB of 1907, which was the
year before prohibition started.
The total number of arrests for
the first seven months of 1909 were i
1,84 4 while the total number for
the same period in 1907 were 1.882.
The total number of arrests for
the first seven monthH of 1908, which
was the first year of prohibition,
were 1,664. The number of arrests
shows an increase of each montn
from tho first of January, 1908, until
the end of the year.
The record for July, 1908, until
the end of the year was 329 arrests
while for the same month last
season it was 273, which shows a
large increase.
The figures in regard to the comparative
amounts of cases caused by
drunkenness before and since prohibition
were compiled by Orderly
Sergeant G. D. Buchanan, who is always
alert and anxious to see the
effect of the prohibition law.
WOMAN MOONSHINER IN JAIL.
She Is Accused of Making Moonshine
In Liberty County, Ga.
The first woman moonshiner ever
copped by the local Federal authorities,
says a dispatch from Savannah,
was brought in a few nights ago
from Hlnesville, in Liberty county.
v.u. i no rominine distiller of am- e
brosJal nectar }is Margaret Van
Blount, alias Margare Williams, c
colored, and she Is now resting be- 8
hind the bars of the county jail 1
at Savannah. c
The charge against the woman is '
that of illicit distilling and selling r
of whiskey. Ais evidence of her
guilt four gallons of whiskey and 8
the still used were secured by the v
officers and are held as evidence. 8
The still, though not a large one, t
is complete in every detail. It was 1
found In the house of the old ne- o
gress, whoso age is given p.b 55 years. ^
Despite her advanced years, Mar- 1?
(Caret gave the Liberty county deputy i<
sheriff a run for his money before t
he was able to overtake her. When r
the negress caught sight of the of- b
fleer she lit out afoot, as if she were
i Marathon runner. After a hot h
dinse she was taken in hand. She w
(vas taken to the Hinesville Jail for n
?afe keeping until the Federal an- b
horities carried her to 8avannah. g
The place where the still was tak- p
>n is near Riceboro. It is .thought
hat there is some man connected tl
vlth the running of the still, but a
dargaret refuses to talk about this w
ilde of the question and claims that p
ihe alone was interested in the still n
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MADE BIG CATCH.
a
'"ishemiein Run Into Large Schools u
of Mullets. "j
A Beaufort. N. C., dispatch says
catch of mullets aggregating half N
million pound, said to be the iarg- al
st ever known along the Atlantic
oast, wae made off this port by T<
eep sea fishermen a few days ago.
'he fishermen went to sea early
i the morning In search of menaden,
but their boats ran Into i y<
chools of mullets miles long, and ' of
ach vessel was loaded to the gun- j in
ales with them. The catch was a
rought to market at Beaufort, and j er
tie enMre working force available at
t that place was engaged all nightj L<
i preparing the fish for ahipmeit hi
. . '* ?v *
Sot him down
egro Pays tha Death Penalty 8
for H!s Folly.
IIS BODY IS BURNED *
.njfry Because Two Friends Had
Been Shot by Officers, a Deeper- A
b
ado Wounds Twenty-nine Men, g{
Before a Bullet Through His Heart e
8
Stops His Wild Rampage. p
b
Angered, it is believed, because ^
wo of his friends bad recently been ^
hot by police officers in Monroe,
/a., William S. Wade, a negro, a
ew days ago, ran amuck on the prinipal
business street of Monroe, with ^
. double-barrel shotgun, shooting
irst at every white man he saw and n
hen firing indiscriminately at every Q
ibject before him. The fire was re- y
urned and the negro finally fell dead
rith a bullet through his heart, but
lot before 29 men, three of them Q
nembers of his own race, had been ^
mounded.
Seriously wounued: s
Hugh Bigger, police officer, shot ^
nabdomen and thigh; may die. ^
T. H. Grant, deputy sherifT, shot
n neck and breast; may die. g
Simon Marks, merchant, Tuskegee,
Ua., shot in breast and face; may {
lie.
George McCormack, manager Ouahlta
Lumber Company, West Mon- ^
oe, arm shattered.
Slightly wounded: ^
Dr. A. A. Forsyth, mayor of Mou- }
oe. ^
D. A. Breard, banker. p
Ed Strong, cashier Southern Ex- j
>resa Company.
Steve Burke, telegrapn operator. f
Joe Thompson, dispatcher. ,
A. A. Grennly, lumberman.
Manuel Bgromowits, c'.cik.
Albert Marx, merchant. f
C. E. Bvnum, stenograpner. c
J. T. Kendall, trainmaster Iron (
Mountain railroad. .
I
D. G. Trousdall, merchant, ,
J. W. Merryman, express agent.
Armaud Baer, clerk. I
D. Enzell, traveling salesman. (
E. P. Davles, clerk. ]
M. Braun. blacksmith. ,
Roy Fisher, messenger boy. i
E. B. Edwards, steamboat man. (
I. L. Haas, merchant.
Herman Abioues, merchant.
R. B. Ross, clerk.
Fred McOrath, clerk.
Three negroes, shot in face and
>ody.
Wade's body was publicly burned,
ifter it had been cut down from a
;>ole, on which it hung for an hour t
>r more after he was killed. I
An Investigation by the police ^
ihowed that when Wade purchased
:he shotgun and a box of shells, a (
few minutes before he opened fire
>n the first man, that there was noth
g unusual in his manner or behavor.
Other negroes who were with
lim in the morning say that he hud j
r>ot been drinking nor did he show (
iny evidence of having taken cocaine.
At the Btore where Wade bought j
he hot" of shells the clerk says that ^
he negro asked for buckshot. He t
tave him bird shot by mistake. This
nistake probably saved the lives of ^
i score or more of men.
The negro, after purchasing the (
tun. took a position in the arcnde
>f the Bank of Monroe, at Grant
ind Desiard streets, the most promnent
corner in the city. His first
ihot was directed at J. J. Jordan,
ashler of the bank, who was ap- j
iroaching the building. He miBsed
>rdan, but the load struck George
dcCormick, who was close enough
o the negro to have his arm badly
hattered, in spite of the small shot. (
The first shot brought many mer- ,
'Hants and clerks out on the street ^
i?d the negro then began to Are in
heir direction. As fast as he dlsharged
his gun, he would step back (
nto the arcade, reload, reappear and f
enew his Are.
Patrolman Bigger, who had bee*
ittracted by the shooting, ran toward
Wade and was shot down, but
.rose and emptied his revolver at
he negro. The negro continued to C
Ire Into the crowd, wounding many
>f them, when Mayor Forsythe,
lanager Edward Stannard, ot the
Deal Western Union office, and Ran- j
el McLeod came up and returned
he fire, Wade finally falling as a v
esult of the fatal wound in the I
eart. v
After the body of the negro had 11
een cut down from the pole oa h
rhlch It was hung, a crowd of men 8
nd boys proposed that It should t-e l)
urned. It has already been draged
to a nearby square and coal oil
Olir^H Al'nr If " ** "*
.. nucu mayur rorsyme w
rent to the square and demanded c
hat the body be turned over to the f1
uthorltles. He was courteously n
avod aside, and the torch was aplied.
In a few minutes nothing re- ?
mined but a heap of ashes and
ones. w
Several hours later Tom Wllford, h
negro, was shot in a lunch room. Cl
ear the city market house. It is ^
r?t definitely know whother or not
lis shooting formed any sequel to n
ie disorders earlier in the day. M
obody knew anything after the **
looting, except that "somebdy" had ,a
lot a negro. The wound ia not ?1
garded as dangerous. P<
Tooth Drowned.
Gerhard Lauterbach, aged 16
>ars. son of Reinhardt Lauterbach, C.
' Norfolk, was drowned while bath- ,c
g at Virginia Reach Monday, but rl
short distance from shore. Anothyouth
far out, feigning danger. sr
tracted all attention from young Pf
mtherbach, who otherwise might j th
iv? been rescued. I sll
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT j:
HIPS COLLIDE AND HUNDREDS
OF PEOPLE DROWN. (
ortii German Lloyd Steamer Crashed
Into an Excursion Steamer
Loaded With Women and Children '
In a driving rainstorm about six
'clock Wednesday morning the
.rgentlne excursion steamer Colomia
and the North Oerman Lloyd
Learner Schleslen collided at the
ntrance of Montevideo harbor, Urauay.
The Colombia was entering
ort, and the Schleslen was outward
nunH frtl4 Rromon Thn Pnlnmhfo'n
ow crushed in and she sank almost
mmediately. Between 160 and 200
ersons were killed or drowned.
The Colombia carried about 200
assengers and a crew of 4 8 men.
lost of the passengers were asleep
nd panic followed the crash. Alaost
immediately small boats put
ut to the sinking steamer, but the
^ork of rescue was rendered very
ifBcult by the high sea. About 70
ersons were brought ashore. MoBt
f the dead are women and children.
l majority of the survivors are men.
The Colombia was carrying excurionists
from Buenos Ayres to a fesival
at Montevideo, and the disaster
las caused the fleenest emotion,
"he Uruguayan government. In conequence,
has postponed the fetes
irranged for the celebration of the
nauguration of the port.
The Schlesien, which was only
lightly damaged, has been detained
>y the port authorities. Her comnander
attributes the collision to the
vlnd and the high seas which made
>oth steamers almost unmanageable.
The channel is now partially obitructed
by the wreck of the Colom>ia.
Most of the survivors of that vessel
were taken from the maBts, and
nany of them were Injured. While
treat numbers of women and chllIren
were drowned, almost every one
>f the ship's complement were saved.
Scores of bodies have been recovered
and are now lying at the cusom
house, but many of them have
lot been Identified.
The storm still continues, erlppllng
elegraphic and telephonic communl'ation
between Buenos Ayres and
Montevideo. The Colombia was an
ild steamer of 1,200 tons engaged
n the regular passenger service bewoen
this port and Buenos Ayres.
SERVED HIM RICHT.
Negro Fiend Killed After Brut*]
Attack on Body.
At Bronson. Fla.. altmrtarl
he screams of a white woman of the
,>lnce, who was fighting a deBperate
battle with Steve Brown, a negro,
who had attacked and waB chokag
her in an effort at criminal aslault,
Bart Falrcloth, a white man,
?hot and Instantly killed the negro.
The attack of the negro and his
leath occurred at the woman's home.
Irown who was married and had sev;ral
children, lived near town and
was regarded aH a hard working ne?ro.
His intended victim has a
arge garden in which she grows
regetables and the negro was accusomed
to buy from her.
The garden Is quite a distance
'rom the house and when he was
here alone with her, Brown caught
he woman by the arms. She
icreamed, crying out "Help, murler!"
and the negro's hand closed
>n her throat. His other hand was
>ressed over her mouth. She strug;led
desperately but was no match
or the negro.
Bart Falrcloth, who heard her
,creams, ran to her aid. The negro
law him and started to run. Fair loth
called to him to halt and when
he negro kept running Bhot at him
hree times with a pistol, killing
lim Instantly.
The woman's arms and throat are
wollen and blue and show the mark*
>f the negro's hands. For a time
ollowing the Killing excitement was
ntense but now all Is quiet.
POLICEMAN CAUGHT ROBBING.
Iront Sensation Created in Spartanburg
as Result.
Thoro was a tremendous sesation
n Spartanburg Tuesday morning
yhen it became known that Private
lice Nolan of the police dopartmont,
'ho was secreted in Warren Dupre's
ook store to catch a burglar who
ad been systematically robbing the
mir, cuukiii. r. K. Mulligan, a
rother police ofllcer In an attempt
a get at the cash drawer.
Mulligan entered the front door
rlth a key and as he started to tho
ash drawers Officer Nolan arose
roni hlH hiding place. He made a
oise and Mulligan beat a hasty rereat.
The officer gavo pursuit and
pened fire, shooting three times.
Mulligan was chased In dark alley
ay. whpre he was captured. He
roke down completely. He was
irrled back to the store and Mayor
loyd and Dupre were sent for.
Some sort of compromise was 1
>achod. for it is understood that i
ulligan has left the city. This is i
ie first time in the history of Spar- i
inburg that such case has devel- (
sed in the history of the city and j
)llce department.
Girl Seriously Hurt.
Miss Mersa Ellison, of Raleigh, N.
, was caught under a wrecked au>nK>bile
Saturday morning. four
bs being broken, head and limbs
ulsed, collar bone dislocated, face
arred. In the automobile, a 3,000>und
White steamer, were also
ree young men, who aacaped with
tght brulaei.
Southern States i
BUT FRO!
^bchlnery
siii?2mbissl*
colum b
DUTY WELL DONE
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handkerchiefs and cheered us. Not
a negro did we see. .
Havintr shown how little terrified
we were to thus beard the lion In
his den, we proceeded In column of
two's to Coker Springs where we
consumed an hour or more In wash- "
Ing the dirt ofT our faces and out
of our eyes and ears, and watering
our horses.
At that time there was stationed
at Aiken a company of United States
regulars. These were encamped on ^
the bluff overhanging Coker Springs.
The strange and unique appearance
of this new uniform and the men
in it caused all of the soldiers to
line up on the blufT and watch us
with great Nouriosity and Interest. ^
When all our men had finished washing
and we were again In our places
(everything having been done In
military style, one man holding three
horses with linked bridles while the
other three washed at the horse ^
trough, Col. Butler gave the command:
"Fours left, left dress."
This threw us ltno line facing the
blufT where the Yankees were gathered,
some sixty yeards away and
about forty feet above us. Then the
order was given: "Three cheers for 1
the boys In blue," and if there was
ever a "rebel yell" it must have leaped
from the throats of those determined
and desperate men. As soon
as the cheers were given the command
followed: "Four left, left by
two's, march," and we started off
back up the hill briskly towards the
town.
Almost as if by magic the Yankee
soldiers who were all in uniform
received the order from someone:
"Fall in, right dress." As they
were already lu line it took them
only two or three seconds to got in
military formation and without
counting off the order was given: ?
"Three cheers for the men in white."
The answering call of the Northern
white men to the Southern white
man was hearty and vigorous as
our own defiance had been. (
I will say In passing, that, while
some of these same men marched
sixteen miles to Rouse's Bridge to
stop the Ellenton riot, some weeks
later, and were held along with a
large number of other troops In the
disturbed region?one whole regiment
being sent to Edgefield court
house in October?none of the soldiers
cvei displayed any other than
the most friendly and kindly fee?
ing and they had no stomach whatever
for the dirty work they had
been sent into the State to do. Tb?.y
obeyed orders which is the duty of
a soldier, but they never showed any
feeling other than good will and sympathy
for our people. But while the
Sweetwater Sabre club and its successor
in Meriweather Township, the
Democratic Fighting club, came in
contact with the troops on several
occasions, afterwards they were never
permitted to cheer us again.
The rioters in their bloody shirts
returned to their quarters. In
this parade the shirts were worn as
blouses over the pants with pistol
belts outside. Some of the men
woro them homo, and one young
man, John Crawford, I think, caused
his sister to become dreadfully
frightened because they thought he
was wounded. I carried the flag
to my home and I have always regretted
that it was destroyed by fire
when my residence was burned some
three years later.
It was a unique scene In the court
room wnen Judge Maher ordered '
ball to be granted, fixing the Bum as '
I recall It, at $1,000 each. The ar- 1
gument of the case had delayed ac- 1
tlon far into the night.. Lamps had '
to be brought in and as the restless
"prisoners" would pass in and out
of the court room and take their '
seats the thud of the barrels of their 1
revolvers could bo heard as they
came in contact with the benches. J
When court waB adjourned the ,
men began to make inquiry of the f
clerk of the court as to when thoy j
could file their bonds. He in a f
rather petulant and irritable manner,
which was natural, because he j
must have been very much fatigued, g
replied: "Sometime in the morning."
Just then I overheard Sheriff
Jordan whisper to him: "You had
better let these men get out of town
tonight, else they may burn it and fl
hang you before morning." In a '
nice manner the clerk changed and %
he began to band out blank bail 1
bonds to be signed by all the appli- p
cants and their sureties. We all
went on each other's bond6, and It
became a Joke, causing great amusement,
that Walker Matheny, who
did not own ten dollars worth of. F
property, had signed bonds to the h
extent of $20,000. In truth the \
whole performance was a perfunc- b
tory and In many respects a laughable
travpsty on law, for If they had
attempted to put us In Jail. I am n
sure, few or none of us would have s!
scquesceded and we would have
probably killed overy obnoxious radl- b
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