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Volume 16 CHERAW. CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, S. C., MARCH 14, 1912 A / ^ ffamber 20
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MIN? MURDER
' CASE IS REVIVED
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. TITE ARBESTS HAVE BEE>* MADE
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*6 rand Jnrj Returns Fire True
i Bills In the Celebrated Hen.?
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dersonTlUe Murder Mystery.
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Atheville, Vaich 8.?The mystery
of tine death of Myrtle Hawkins,
~wbagq dead lcdy was founl floating
in thb waters of Lake Osceda
September, "lb,, 1?11, brought a
t -step nearer to solution this afternoon
wbe|k thb frendterson county grand
l&g at Hendersonville, retumgjBtrue
bills charging murder
-against Abner McCall, his wife, Beatrice
McCall, and George Bradley, and
, ^ -a woman "unknown to the Jury."
"Boney" Bradley, a brother of Georgei
-is charged with being an accessory
before the fact to the murder, and
' Dan McCall, father of Mrs. McCall, is
charged with being an accessory afder
the fact ,
Immediately following the readof
the bill of Indictment warrants
were Issued for the indicted
.parties and all.: were arrested and
placed in Henderson county jail.
Dan McCall wjtonight admitted
-and McCalls will be tried at the
llay t^rth of the Henderson county
>ksuperior court
t The bill of <lndlct|nent specifies
that the parties named therein had
guilty knowledge of a criminal operation
which resulted in. the death
of Myrtle Hawkins.
"Boney" Bradley, who makes his
first appearance in the case, was
nmmnnbd before the grand jury
Wednesday and partially identified
by Dr. J. H. Williams of Ashville
as being the man who last June
came to his office and asked that
he (Dr. Williams) perform a certain
operation, a request which was refused.
Dr. Williams identified a
photograph of Myrtle Hawkins as being
that of the girl who called at
his office the next day. She left on
Dr. Williams' refusal to aid her.
The return ' of the true bills,
came this afternoon at 5 oclock,
after three days' investigation by the
grand jury. George Bradley, who is
charged with being one of the prin-?
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sweetheart of the, dead girl. No
bill was returned against Bradley's
wife, who was a bride of only a
few weeks at the time of the alleged
murder, although she was
named in the indictment. Beatrice
McCall. wife of Abner McCall, both
of whom are charged with being
principals to the crime, was an old
schoolmate and chum of Myrtle
Hawkins. Dan W. McCall. who is
charged with being an accessory after
the fact, is father of Beatrice
McCall. It is alleged that he disposed
of the body after death.
Feeling is again running high
here tonight and it is expected that
the name of the person "unknown
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to the grand jury" win soon ue
made public. Solicitor Johnson and
other officers and interested parties
were In consultation late into the
night. More sensational developments
are confidently looked for shortly.
All of the defendants were suspected
of having knowledge of the
alleged crime when the two futile
Inquests by the coroner were held
shortly after the body was discovered,
but evidence at that time was
not considered sufficient to hold
them. The Bradley and McCall
home is about two hundred yards
from the lake. Abner McCall toContinued
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CHILD MURDERED
IN FLORENCE
USTDTEKY DEATH OF LITTLE BOY '
Eight-Year-Old Andrew Jackson Fonl- <
If Slalm by Unknown Parties.?
Florence Citizens Enraged.
Florence, S. C., March 8.?Lying in
a pool of his own blood, within five
hundred yards of his home, in au old ]
box car in the shop yards of the At-' j
lantic Coast Line, the body of little 8- i,
'year-old Andrew Jackson was found j
today, where he was most foully slain
on Wednesday evening by some party
or parties as yet unknown. Such is 1
:the sequel to the disappearance, from j
| this place, of this child, mention of ,
which was made in The News and j
Courier Nof Saturday. j
' Last Seen Alive. j
Ever since <> o'clock on Wednesday i
afternoon, when the little fellow left;
the home of his grandmother, Mrs. M.'j
, L. A. Gardner, in Nvorth Gaillard street, (
to go to his home, which is only next t
door, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William j
Thomas Jackson, were distressed lest j
some person had kidnapped the child ^
and carried him away on some of the ,
many outgoing trains. It was only a ]
'lew"moments after he left his grant}- ]
mother's that his parents made inquiry j
that time by anyonewho knew him. j
As soon as his father, who is.a ma- }
chinist in the Coast Line shops here, t
missed him he began a search and was |
assisted by a number of neighbors and .
friends. Every effort was made to lo-i,
cate hira and wires were sent to all E
| neighboring towns and cities asking j
them to keep a lookout for the boy. j,
The Body Discovered. ,j
The search was continued Wed-..
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day night, yesterday, last night j
and today. Today Mr. James Evans,;,
in charge of the Boy Scouts, volun-j.
teered to assist in the search and he ,
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'ana ms coys siarieu oui. auoui *
o'clock, while searching' the hundreds'
.[of cars on what is known as the "re-1
'pair tracks," opposite the Coast Line
'passenger depot, near the coal chute,'
[young Robert Howell found the bodyj
jin Atlantic Coast Line box car No. 18,-1
i 540 and at once gave the alarm. It
I required only a few moments for a
great throng of people to gather about
the car to view the body, which lay
'on the floor of this car, well in the
north end of the car. j
The door on the north side of the1
car was open, through which young'
Howell gained admittance. j
| The boy as found was lying on the
right side, with face partially upturn-:
ed, the left arm over behind and par-'
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tially under the body and the knees, .
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uiawu tuiiaiucidUl^. At UUC Weill it
!was thought that the child's mouth
had been stuffed with cotton, but it
was found that, instead, it was badly
'purged. *
Swollen and Bruised.
The head was somewhat swollen, the
face on the right side was bruiesd, and
several scars on the neck and face,
which resembled tliger prints, showed
that the child had evidently been *
'chocked or strangled to death. Around
the neck there was a distinct red
mark, as if it had been tied with a
string, and it is thought that the slayJer
muBt have tied a string around the
child's neck to stifle him and carried
him to this lonely spot and chocked j
him to death. Besile the body lay a
pair of home-made suspenders, some|
old colthes resembling pieces of an old
| quilt, and some rags which may have
been used In stifling the child to death.!
' \ The Inquest
As soon as the body was found, Deputy
Sheriff Ed Harrell went to the
scene and Bent for Coroner Cooper,
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REVIVAL SERVICES I
WERE A SUCCESS
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rHE MEETDiG A GBAND SUCCESS 5
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Dver One Hundred Persons An- C
nonnoed Tlieir Intention of Leading
a Christian Life. AH
Here Benefited.
(From the Conway Field.)
The union revival services closed s
last Monday night. Our town has f<
perhaps never been so stirred spirit- p
aally in all its history. Fully one p
lundred persons decided to lead a S
Christian life, besides a much larger v
lumber of church members who were
greatly revived. In a town where the 8
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great majority of the people are al- jready
members of some church this ^
neans very much. The beneficial ef-!t(
tocts of this meeting will be felt here v
tor years to come.
The evangelist, Rev. Dr. William jj
Black, of Charlotte, N. C., who con- a
lucted the meeting, endeared himself B
jo all. His sermons were strong and b
torceful, and yet so plain and to the 0
point that every one was deeply im- ^
pressed. His engaging personality a
nade him very popular both in the a
pulpit and out of 1(. Many of our Q
lomes enjoyed the" privilege of his b
company in a social way. Dr. Black Q
luring his brief stay here made a hostp
o'/te, is Dr. Black's singer. He Is a\
rery sweet-spirited man, and he is a'b
jorn siriger. He had a large platform L
juilt in the church for the choir. He q
hen organized a chorus choir of forty |c
voices and directed it with rare ti
skill. Seldom has such singing been a
leard here before. The book used a
vas The Assembly Songs, many cop- a
es of which were purchased by those ,o
ittending the meeting. |h
The weather was very inclement n
nuch of the time, and greatly retard- 't<
id the attendance at the services. But g
n spite of that the morning services tl
vere attended by two to three hun-,o
Ired persons, and the attendance at a
light was usually five hundred. This h
s a good record for a community ourj
size, considering the weather.
Hon. J. P. McNeil, of Florence n
vas in attendance for several days ti
ast year, much to the delight of his c
nany friends here. He was a boy-,C
lood friend and schoolmate of Dr. j
Black. When he came, a male quar- la
ette was formed' consisting of Dr. u
Black, Mr. Burr, Mr. J. P. McNeill tl
ind Mr. W. A. Freeman. When Mr. pi
McNei'l left, Mrs. M. W Collins te
oined :he quartette. The beautiful'b<
(elections which they rendered were! tr
nspiring and touched the hearts of H
ill. Miss Mabel Norton was pianist n<
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Deposit yo
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The Bank
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STRONGER THAN ALL OTHER BA1
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IE VIEW OF WORK '
OF ANSEL BOARD
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ITCH TESTIMONY WAS 6IYEN
[orernor Invited Bat Did Not Attond?Legislative
Committee to Con*
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tinae robe.?Charges Denied.
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The members of the Ansel dlspenary
winding-up commission worked
ar^four years and returned an exense
account of $8,000. During that
eriod the commission saved to the
tate approximately $500,000 which
/as turned into the State treasury.
The members of the Ansel conunision
were all well known business
len of the State. The members were
>r. W. J. Murray, Columbia; John
lcSween, Timmonsville; Avery -Patsn,
Greenville; J. Steele Brice, Torkille,
and A. M. Wood of Gsffney.
The governor of South Carolina was
laugurated on January' 17 of 1911
nd several weeks later he sent a
peclal message to the general assemly
charging graft and wrong doing
n the part of the members of the
msel commission.- The governor,
fter making the charges and lnsinutions
as to the members of the comlisslon
demanded the general assemly
to name a special legislative eomliltee
to investigate. The resolution
y the governor, urged the lnvestigalon.
The governor also requested
hat he be investigated as private
Itizen, State senator and chief execute.
The resolution was duly passed
nd sent down to the governor for his
pproval. He did not approve it but
pplied the veto. Following the veto
f the resolution for the investigation,
e dismissed the members of the comlLsslon
on the ground of "incompe?ncy."
At the last session of the
eneral assembly the vetoed resoluon
was returned. It was passed
ver the objection of the governor by
n overwhelming majority in both
ouses.
Committee Earned.
As a result the following were
amed to go on with the investigaon:
Senators Sullivan, Cliftoh and
arlisle and Representatives Daniel,
ary and Evans.
The committee met in Columbia
ist Thursday to begin the probe as
rged by the governor. First of all
ie governor was requested to ap
ear before the committee and give
istlmony. He refused to attend the
;sslons and said that he did not wish
> be troubled with the committee.'
e was asked to appear because witesses
had been called to defend their
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S'KS IN THE COUNTY COMBINED
nded quarterly
gs department;
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BET. HJJBIEY BEPORTS READI5G
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Said to be Some "Hot StnfP?Reports
Say Felder Had W. J. Bunii
Shadow Cole L.
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Bleasei
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Daily Tim eg.) ? A
There has been considerable talk
In the Btate. about the book that Mf* vl
Tom Felder of Atlanta la Raid to
written and a great nmn^ poo^a.MW^^|
bluff and they were lndtej)<R?ed to^RT/
any attention to the stories df tha
man from Atlanta. The Times 're
porter. ,^s had several times been
told of tbe book that Mr. Feldefha*
written bat always under tbe seal of
secrecy, but recently It bas come to
the paper in a way that the reporter
fee la at liberty to *
of the state and he has. tojda-n^tnber
of ^Ple^of his^mdlh? of the ljeo*
sion could ^ e^hi^
they had gainst the governor, both
as a senator from NeT >erry county
and in other ways, bnt that in jm
Investigating commission the sto~y
as Mr. Felder bad it can be used, k, ^
and Mr. Harley says that It is the
red hottest thing that ever was put
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Into a dook. :. (
It, 1b also understood prom several
sources^ but none of them what,
te vailed official, but the story
Is told In places that ought to be Informed
ttyat Detective W. J. Burns,
the greatest detective on earth has
been trailing the^overnor, and that
hie report may fossibly constitute a
part of the evidence that is <to be
submitted to the committee of Inquiry
in this investigation./ Vv
It Is thought that this book and the
stories thefeimcontained, will /be s
pari of the testirtppv given by Mr.
Thomas Felder at the Investigation .
on Thursday;
The story of the presence and
work of Deteotive Burns in this state
as the shadow of Cole L. Flease has been
told to the Times twice under
the seal of "swear to won't
tell," and once without that restrictions,
which removes all of the restrictions.
If the attorney general or Mr. W.
P. Stevenson, or any of the other
who have been active in this matter
in Columbia know anything about
this matter they are as close asv
clams and it is impossible to get any
thing at all from them.
t# fnmor hoi haan wnrbin? on
AL UJll* 1' ViUWi umw mwvm u
these lines he has been doing it at
his own Instance and not at the instances
of the winding-up commission,
as seems very plain from fh-se
attempts to get "a line" on the Burns
Btory.
It is supposed by some l&owledge
of these stories that prompted the
editor of the News and Courier to
suggest that Oole L. Blease might
not be in the race for governor this
summer.
It is then unquestloaed that Mr. i
Felder has a book and that It is a <
A
red hot book, Md that It (Joes tell ^
things on the gfcmor, but that does
not make the things that are^^u|^^M
sound as evidence Jn the
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