The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 08, 1925, Image 6
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Spartanburg Murderer Confe*?f<l t?|
Crime on De?thN?d.
Those who believe that crimes of
violence were unknown in the sleepy
little village that was Spartanburg 40
or 50 yeais ago, and that the present
era of lawloHxnes* is solely the prod-,
ml ut a decaying modern age would
bo di*allu?ioned if they could strike
Chief of Police John H, Hill when he
is in a reminiscent mood, says the
.Spartanburg, Herald.
A patrolman making his midnight
round* of the town some 45 years ago,
said Chief Hill Saturday. .-tumbled
over the crumpled body of a negro
lying a pile of miow in front of a
saloon on North Church street. A bul
let hole through his body and his fast
KtifFeYiing form told the .story. Knter<
fng the saloon, the patrolman found
the proprietor. Dick Uirdi cleaning off
his bar and preparing to close for the
night.
Yes, #the)v had been a row, he ad
mitted. The negro was' shot, but he
loft, and so far as he knew, he was
lying wounded somewhere around the
city. What was one negro more o'
Ifcjfei, anyway?
With the pistol and the Word of
11] rd as prima facie evidence a man
'mimed White was held for the negro's
death. Still too drunk to. uao his wits
of having -hot a negro and that he
had n?>t brought a pistol to the city
with him. Mis memory of the night
was hazy, however, and he made no
..sincere effort to convince the officers
that he had not committed the crime.
C tiled to trial on the charge of
imiidci, Whin- I.ad scant defense.
Ag-tih ;t h:^ uncertain assertion that
he vcinembeii?i nothing that occurrc 1
during the night, the State presented
(H- te^t'niony oi Bird and that ot the
officers a to finding of a pistol in thi
a vu-ed man's pocket. It was a cleat
;-ut ease <?!' direct evidence -and the
jut y eouhl do nothing but return .i
verdict of guilt> ?
In the I'cui .>?? ol' a few weeks the
s?nihre jail yard witnessed a grim
sec la White's relatives from the j
I it-id \ J Me section brought a plain
? ^ 1:111? l.i>\ on an ox < art into-^lie city,
and at'.< the law hail taken its course
tl.ey placed tin body in the box and)
mined away. As they started out of ,
town th?y topped at a corner saloon j
a:;d bought a half gaiton of whiskiy I
to M Vieve the. tedium e'" the Torg; slow j
joui Mev homeward.
"Thus White died .it tin end of the
hang man's noose a convicted mur
derer, unmeurned. . and unhon?o'ed.
Time passed, and people f"lg< t the
t 4-r? d>-. forgot Whin and f >rgot the
I.It'i . t im d to b? d:iferent lot
jjjvf). I Vrhaps memories troubled
him. < i pel haps the business of sell
;t 14 ajuor.-lost its appeal. At any
iat? . th?- man w hose testimony had
--at White to the gal lows, left town
and began to wande:. Fortune was
n->t kind to Itird as he went from
p':;c. to phi-T. Some malign influence
dogged h;< t'ooisteps continually as Ik
w fioin bad to worse.
.V a-:. bioken ?!< health, ar. j \vear\
? ?I the M ruggie, h< settled in a 1 i111 ? ?
village in (leor^ia. Soon he t <'k his
bed :ir;d 11 fused !o rtse, declaring that
h< wa-" dying Details . f the deathbed
scene nevi i reached Spartar.burg, but
the la w . that in the agony of remorse
}:tr<i cobbed ont *t confession, telling
i'.ow ).- had killid the negro and then
v,'oi? I i * ? \ again-' U h te. il*i! come
b < o k.
On t.;<? ri.ght question, Bird con
f. vm-iI. the negro entered his saloon a
? hort t me before midnight to buy
whisk.;., A ijuarrei over payment
arid r. the h? at of passion Bird
-h..t tile r.eg.-o. The negro staggered
hi the ijon: and fell dead in the
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gottabie property fx ? pf.ng a few
persona! ??i"foct.?, '.inlay owi) property
valued roughly at more than a bil- i
lion dollars. This disclosu'e has boon \
mad*- in tracing the distribution of
wealth in stocks, bonds and realty,
from the few rich holders to the
p^plr of the country.
FATHER KIIX8 HON
IImhi)**# Farmer Then Make* His
F.*c?pt\s To a Swamp
Ham berg, April 28.? Frank W ig
gjns, Jr., about twenty years eld,
was shot and instantly killed on the
plantation of Haskell J. Hiers, four
miles from Fhrhardt, yesterday after
noon by the boy's father, Frank Wig
gins, Sr., it is alleged, who imme
diately escaped into tho swamp and
jj i not been oaptured. Sheriff S.
(J. Hay, states that a reward of $50
has been offered for hi* capture. I
Wiggins is described a* Ming about !
fifty years old, light ginger cake it. j
color, wears a small must Ac ho an.! j
was last seen wearing overalls.
Coroner W. ('. Zoigler held ah in- i
quest over the boy's bqdy Monda> j
night, the testimony showing .that
the elder Wiggins shot his own son I
to death. Two tfhoW wore fired, the
second one also striking Wiggins' j
married daughter, Mrs Annie Wil
liams, who was at t-h?j house at tin |
time. She is said to be seriously j
injured and may not live.
It appears from the testimony
and accounts by members of tin
family that Wiggins, Sr., has not
been living with his family for some
months past but recently came home
In his absence the farm was oper
ated by the boy, who was taking car.
of his mother and large family of
children.
When Wiggins came back he >s
said to have interferred a good deal
with his son's relationship with Mr.
Hiers, the landlord. He is said to
have made statements that he in
tended to kill Mr. Hiers as well as
some members of his family. The
boy remonstrated with him and ad
vised him to leave before he caused
serious trouble. This seems to have
infuriated the man and he began to
make preparations to kill the boy.
He is alleged (to have bought some
shells in Khrhardt and borrowed a
shotgun, ostensibly to kill squirrels.
Returning home with the gnn, hi
circled about the house in the woods,
according to the family, aifd was
seen j|pproaehing the house from <he
roar. His wife, who first saw him.
told her son. who was inside the
!i .ii-f, that Wiggins was coming wit'i
a g\in. Before the boy could get
out of range he was shot through
the window. Another s*hot was fired,
and this one also struck Annie W il
liams, wounding her.
Wiggins made off into the swamp
at once. He was soon followed by
a posvee. but no trace of him was
found. It is believed that he made
hi- getaway. Wiggins is described a:*
a bad character, while the boy was
highiy respected in the neighborhood
and ?>v Mr. Hiers.
White Woman Is Pardoned
'Columbia, April '2*. ? Kxoeutive
?mency has been extended fr ranees
Swartz, young white woman of Trav
eler's Kest. who was convicted .in
Spartanburg jis an accessory before
the 'fact in a highway robbery and
grand larceny,, and sentenced in H*21
to seven years' imprisonment, it was
announced* today at the office of
(i over nor Mcl/Ood. On account of the
critical condition of the young wo
man's mother, who is said to be *n
delicate health the governor yester
day decided to suspend the remaining
three years of her sentence on good
behavior in order to allow her to re
sume household duties. 1* ranees
Schwartz was accused and tried with
two young white men for the rob
bery of an aged white man of fiv.
hundred doHars. She contended at the
trial that she had no part in th<
scheme but admitted that she had
informed the myn that the old man
was av< u^tomed to carry large sums
of money about his pei>on. The rob
bury occurred in her room it was
brought oui at her trial.
More than half the destructive
pests in the I'nited Slates art* of for
eign origin.
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CONFEDERATE REIN ION
To Be Held at Dalian, Texas, Mm
19th to 22nd, 1925
The .Southern Railway has been
selected the official route for the
Veterans, Sons of Veterans and others
who expect to attend the United Con
federate Reunion, and special through
Pullman sleeping' cars arvd day
(?ach?s will be operated from Colum
bia on Sunday, May 17th, via Atlanta,
Birmingham, Frisco System to Mem
-phis, Cotton Belt Route.
Three cars will leave Columbia at
4:30 p. m. Sunday, 17th, arriving:
Dallas, Tuesday morning May 19th.
The Veterans from the eastern pan
of the state .will assemble at Co
lumbia and-those* in the upper part
? u* th>* state will join the movement
;it (?j'oenville.
t\Vry low round trip excursion
fares have been auth'-rizeci on account
of this occasion.
For further information, Pullman
Reservation, etc., apply to ticket
agents or address S. H. McLean, Dis
trict Passenger Agent, f'olumbia,
S. C.
\ MIM SIR A TO RS N OTIC E
A!! persons having claims against
the estate of Mrs. Mary K. Schrock,
deceased, are requested to present
them duly attested, and a!! person.-*
owing the estate of Mrs. Schrock
are requested to make immediatr
payment to the undersigned.
T. B. BRUCE,
Administrator.
Camden, S. (', May 5, 1925.
Three Die in Chair.
Ossining, April 30.?Three of four
robbers convicted of the murder of
Wm. Iiarlow and WilliamsMcLaughlin
bank messengers, in Brooklyn, in
1903, paid Uhe penalty tonight in the
?electric-chair at Sing Sing prison.
They were Joseph and. Morris Dia
mond. Brothers and John Farina.
The fourth Anthony Qantano, will
b( executed during the week of June
.Sth, Morris was first to go to the
chair.
The current was turned on at 11:07
and he was pronounced dead at 11:16.
His brother, Joseph, was pronounced
<k-ad ui 11 :-9, t ight minutes after the
first shock and Farina at 11:40 after
nine minutes.
NOTICE TO DOG OWNERS
All dog owners are hereby notified
that a state veterinarian will be in
Camden at the Recorder's court room
on May 13th, for the purpose of .vac
cinating all dogs against rabies. All
dot? owners of the city are required
to bring their dogs to be vaccinated
and dog owners of the rural and oat
lying districts are urged to join wit!
the town folks and have their'dogB
vaccinated. The price this year for
the vaccine wiH be 75c instead of 80c
as of last year.
By order of
CITY COUNCIL.
Camden, S. C., April 28, 1926.
To The Farmers
The fertilizer season is about over. In our advertisement of the past
few weeks, we have been showing you the advisability of using good
Congaree Fertilizers. The next thing is the planting and working of
your crop. We want to remind you that we have in our large stock
everything that you rleed for the cultivation of your crop. This is going
to be an expensive farming year and the one way you can make it
less expensive is to buy your requirements where you can get them
cheapest. If you will see us before buying we will save you money.
We have on hand now a large and varied stock of Spring Tooth Cul
tivators, Little Joe Harrows, Cotton and Corn Planters, Distributors,
Orangeburg and Blue Steel Sweeps, Plow Repairs, Hoes, Rakes,
Shovels, etc.
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AND COW FEED IN CAMDEN
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