The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 11, 1928, Image 12
Boonetown Mystery
Partially Cleared Up
The handy hillsides of Boonetown,
wherein Mrs. Jack L angley wa?
seriously and very mysteriously ,n
jured on the night of April 28, B?turduy
partially released their weir
e?t see ret when witnesses appearing in
., fft / oh.?iff J H MoUy?3J
U.V * > I i i l - "> -r JttHA
testified that the woman's hurt* cnma-,
ft climax to a drunken
which marital ohliKations and U.ought '
for the sanctity of her chJldroUft
home were apparently ihrotfU into (
The Lang ley woman #'WM re- j
ported a.- being hurt ^ Struck
down by an automo' PAAF H#r
home late last Bight WAS
pluce<l the follow indj^^BpgWlOpn in
|<nal hospital wild H she is atill ret
-I h-?erious condiii
r '"JhR^P said \o conof
a br^pb Jawbone, dislocated ,
, .-ncu.sjdoh of the brain and
M>veie br^)^l^ltPono- almost, every 1
As lyjBp^O* Investigations following
thewddent seven companions
ni"l Jg/mkbor* of the W woman were
phupi lit the county jail upon warrunts
sWfrn out by the woman's husband.
All members of the party incarcerated
were released from custody
except Lee Miller, Will Boone
and L*wis Boone, alias Lewis ^Mosi,
who up until Saturday night were'
reported as being held upon formal 1
charges of assault" and battery with
intent to - kill. Those released were,
Henry Truesdale, Jim Sheorn, Levy 1
Sheorn and Lillie Barrett.
Leaving her home the night of the 1
accident in company with three male '
companions and another woman Mrs. '
Langley was later returned to her '
home by the same men who claimed ;1
they found her lying injured in the 1
highway near her home.
The manner in which she left herj1
home, caroused about the country- j'
side the better part of a night and; 1
finally ended maimed and broken in j1
the hospital is best told here in the 1
testimony of witnesses appearing behind
the closed doors of Sheriff Mc- 1
Leod's office throughout Saturday. (
Birdie Long, sister of the injured 1
woman, testified that Lewis Boone, 1
Will Boone and Hazel Barrett were
nt her sister's home nearlv all dav 1
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the Saturday of the accident. There ( I
was whiskey in the party, according >
to the woman's statement. About t
I nine oVlocMh?t evening a car drove
to the houae and in the car were
ji?, sheorn, Lee Miller and Ullie
Barrett and, continuing under oath,
tin l/Ong woman stated that Lillle
^antad Mr?. Langley to go
wijtk them and get more whiskey. j
Continuing her statement Birdie
Lang Mid: "The Langley woman deiHned
to go so other member* of
(be crowd left for the whiakey.
They were away about an hour. |
Lillie Barrett asked Mrs. Langley toi
feo off wth the party and she lift
upon the insistence #of Will Boone.!
Mrs. Langley did not return until
about 2:30 o'clock the following'
morning when Will Boone placed her;
in the house saying that she was
badly hurt. The- woman's face was
bloody and very badly scratched on!
birth sides, her hand was cut on the
back, blood had clotted between her
fingers and they had stuck together.
Both of her knees were badly cut,
her clothing was torn. Will Boone
stayed at the Langley woman's house
the rest of the night."
When questioned by her sister as
to whether she was run over by a,
car or as to what had really hap-;
pened Mrs. Langley is said to have!
declared with u vile epithet that
"they did it." After making this
itatemeht the woman lapsed into unconsciousness
from which she has
never fully recovered.
All members of the party were admittedly
drinking, according to State
Detective L. C. Johnson who directed
the investigation, and most of them I
ire thought to have been drunk. It
is supposed that in a drunken condition
Mrs. Langley wandered fro*n
her companions and after falling in
a stupor by the roadside was run
over and mangled by the ones to J
ivhom she had previously been acting'
as the life of the party.
Mr. and Mrs. Langley were mar-!
ried in this city September 23, 192'3,!
oy Judge of Probate W. L. McDowell,
according to records reviewed ;
it the court house. Langley's age is i
aow 27 and that of his wife is 23.
They have one daughter and two
ions the eldest child being four years
>f age. Mrs. Langley before mar iage
was Li llie Mae Long and fornerlv
resided at Calhoun, S. C.
i
Henry Truesdale, youthful neigh)or
of Mrs. Langley and among the 1
rirst to be arrested in connection ,
,vith the woman's injuries, was at <
Die time of the accident under bond :
? . .1
ill the mount of $2,000 for bU appearance
for trial in criminal court
upon charge* of murdering hi*
father, J. L. Truesdale, near herC
last February.
A coroner'* jury which I* said fy>
have tyeard the elder Truesdale'* Wife
testify that her . husband declared
upon his deathbed that "1 am accidentally
shot" rendered a verdict that
> J. L. Trueadale came to his death
from "pistol wounds accidentally fallling
from the pocket of his son Henry
Truesdale.
| Upon later investigation young
Truesdale was committed to the
i county jail and formally charged
with the murder of his father. His
release was effected through a writ
of habeas corpus and the posting of
his bond which was signed by H. H.
Truesdale and W. B. Threatt*
Henry Truesdale is said to have
shot and seriously wounded Karl
Kirklund near his home in thi3
county three years ago. Witnesses
to the accident declared that neither
party was enraged and no arreats
were made. Kirkland died aix
months later from natural causes, it
is stated but, according to relatives
of the dead man, without the gunshot
wounds to his face ever having (
completely healed. ' ,
State Detective L. C. Johnson, who (
directed the questioning in Sheriff
McLeod's office and who was at work
on the Langley case throughout the (
week, Saturday night paid high
tribute to the work of the sheriff's
forces and particularly commended
the efforts of Rural Policeman S. P. 1
Watkins and .Deputy Sheriff G. F. i
Cooley.
"During our investigation we were
forced to question more than seventyfive
witnesses but at that it is the 1
work of Sheriff Mcleod's men that J
three are being held tonight under 1
formal charges for the woman's N
injuries. I was simply over here," *
stated the detective, to help his men i
and to work with them." *
I
A cat after living in a Columbia c
family for five years was disposed of *
by being taken by automobile, with
her five kittens, in a box, to a place i
in Sumter county fifty miles from Co- t
lujnbfa. Two weeks later, the cat t
was back at the Columbia home of v
the Daniels family, somewhat thin
but in very good condition. She
abandoned her kittens in Sumter
county and left there the day after 1
she arrived. a
Special Feature
For the Children
One of the many high light* of the
Camden lied path Chautauqua which
opens here May 11th will be Junior
Town, a special feature for the child*
ren. This work will be under the direction
of a young lady, especially ,
trained for this particular feature. <
Each afternoon, just following the
regular chautauqua program, Junior
Town will be in progress under Upi
big Kcdpath tent. Among the flrat
things to be done is the election of
mayor, council clerk and other eity
oliiciala. These boys are to be ae.ected
by a vote of the "citizens" of
Junior Town?or in other words those
who attend the meetings each afternoon.
After the election of the mayor, he
will take charge of the administration,
and look after the affairs of the
"town" just as a mayor in a real
town would do.
This special feature is the beginning
of a five year project in citizenship
training to be fostered by the
Kedpath bureau. It not only furnishes
wholesome amusefnent for the
children, but at the same time gives
them excellent training in civil gov- .
eminent. . ,
Imports from the Redpath Gulf
Circuit, now playing in Florida, are
to the effect that Junior Town ie one
A the features of the entire chautau- '
iua. The grown-ups will enojoy the
proceedings of Junior Town almost
is much as the kiddies, and they are J
>f course, urged to remain and see
he idea in action. '
This is a distinct departure from ^
inything in children's entertainment ^
/et tried by the Redpath people. In
he past Junior Supervisors have met
vith the children to play games and j
ell stories and during the past few j
'ears special programs for children <
lave been used on' two days of Red- ^
iath week here. But this pragram
loes more than entertain?it educates j
ind builds better citizens. j
Further announcements will be
nade regarding Junior Town from i
ime to time, and children are urged r
o begin thinking about who they J
vill select as their mayor. 1
Holders of season tickets-will be *
idmitted to these programs, but to
hose who do not have tickets, a small j
id mission charge will be made.' ?
I Botha** Honor Boll
[ (Srodo 1. Distinguished:Margaret
MdLaurin, Katheripe Footer,
Grace Hdrton, (Crawford Thompson.
Proficient: Jean Bethune, John Copeland,
Gerry Davis, 'Jbm Ed Jiearoo,
Iris MoCaskili, John Dsn McLaurin,
Portia Haley, Catherine Taylor, Lorone
Blaclomon, Qran Baker, Floyd
Taylor, Lee Taylor, Alton Elliott.
Grade 2. ? Distinguished : Clelia
Derrick, Jauuita Pate, Ellia Budget,
Lavern Jones, Kohbie Ne\yfcon Marion,
Ava Shaw,. Cleo EUiott, Aileen
Iiiltyn, Margaret Hasty, Proficient:
Mary Hilda "Bethune, Margaret Bolton,
Louise Manguin, Maggie Lee
Tolbert, Thelma Wages, Mary New;
man, Walter Brannon, Jack Gardner*
Herbert Hester, Robert King, Char-,
He Raley, Lewis Lee NeaL
Grade 3.?{Distinguished: ? Elizabeth
Brannon, Barr Gardner, > Ray
Gardner, Marguerite Jones. Proficient:
Ruth Horton, Billy King, Rich-,
ard McLaurin, Sarah Parrott, Vander
Lee Smith, Otis Elliott, Eva
Hasty, Rosa lee Hinson, .Willie Mae
Horton, Ernest Moseley, Ella Taylor.
Grade 4.?.Distinguishedr ? Ruby
Davis, Virginia Derrick. Proficient:
Ruby Campbell, Oneida Outlaw, lley- .
ward Davis, Price Baker, Elmore El* '
liott, Evelyn Elliott, Dorothy Elliott,'
Nannie Ruth Hilton. -? . r
Grade 5. -r Distinguished: ? Mary t
Ellen McLaurin, Frances Gardner,
Ruth Bailey. Proficient: Thelma Raily,
Keith Gordon, Ira Blackmon,
Grace Hasty, James Bowers, Paul
Bradley. ?
Grade 6.?DistinguishedThelma
Davis, Elsie Mae Hammond, Ida Out- ;
law, Lottie Outlaw. Proficient: ?
Marguerite Foster, Gladys Joyner,'
Laurence McLaurin. ^ i
Grade 7.?'Distinguished:?Mary B. 1
Radcliff, Ruth Jones, Edna Railey. <
Proficient:?.Forbis Morgan, Harvey <
3aker, Ruby Lee Horton, Josephine 1
Smith, Lena Elliott, Ruby Pate, Edith <
Ulyburn, Eloise Estridge. ]
Grade 8. *- Distinguished: ? Mary 1
Sranrion, Mildred Hinson, Paschal J
dcLaurin, Elizabeth Raley, Margaret i
Truesdale. Proficient : ? Elizabeth
3aker, Philip Brannon, Lewis Black- 1
non, J. M. Clyburn, Dorothy Derrick, j
dittie Davis, Minnie Eddins McKin- t
ion, Topsy MoDowall, Lorena Mc- 1
)onald, Eldon Smith. t
Grade 9.?Distinguishpdr?Margaret 1
learon, Margie Parrott, Edna Stokes, c
^awBon Horton, .James King. Profi- 1
ient?Lola Grace Catoe, Clifton 1
Havertocc, Leon J0uet I
Gr*d* 10, - DinthiaukkaM
Bl?ckmoii. Proii,
cliffy Eva Baker, AllenT^H
Kstndge, Rebecca Elliou " I
Grade 11. Di*tiruM.iAtjM
Copeland, Wilier,<> Kut^J I
Hammond, Johi, Netl^^B
bathryn Truesdell. fW-**
Baker, Clara iHough, Ko?T^Jl
Dorothy Rarrott, ( harlie |9
Louise Gardner, :;?<% k5B
Edwin King, Birdie U.-ifc %%9
Hratmon, Mue M< I >onal<l/^B
Charlotte Thompson utmu J
Grade 1.?'FranI- l)uBo*. '9
Grade 2. ? Albert hty( -9
Baker, Mary Mom;ley, Anoe'rtS
Raymond Dennis, Lila DigJ^fl
Shiver, Bloise 15ranham, 9
Shiver, Mary McLeoi I
Grade 8.?Dor la WorknugjH
West, Iva. Lou ArranU, tj
Creed, Ii?e West. <9
Grade 4.?Patrick Dennis, 9
Anderson.
Grade B.?iStuart ClarluoaJB
Rush. 9
. Grade 6.?nPoMye West, Lou^E
ldns. I
Grade 7.-~?Elixabeth GilliiJH
Evans, Mary L. Pearce. fl
it * ; High School i
Grada 8.?James Seagl?,k|9
I
..' Grade 9.-r*N4edham PittmatB
beth Workman, Francep 9
Blanding Cttrkson, KlizabeU?9
Grade 10.?Maureen &yw?ll9
ietta Irby, i&ara Moseley, sjfl
Kenney. '9
Grade H.-r-Eya Irby,i^B
Pearce. /. ,|H
Leonard W. Bonney, 63, 9
aviator, was killed at Curti^fl
New York, on Friday wh*H
jut a new model airplane of 9
construction in which he
to apply the principles of tie*
)f a bird to mechanical flyint*
plane had wings similar in ijfl
those of a seagull and had 9
3,000 feet when it collapsed u9
ley was killed. E
Captain George Wilkins, vrhoriE
y flew over the North pole fl
Alaska to Spitsbergen, has dedH
he" invitation of General Im
Mobile, Italian explorer, to joisl
tnd his party in a flight from?
>ergen over 'the pole in the ?
lirigrble Italia, on the ground!
le is too busy writing his booll
ds recent flighWs - .
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