The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, November 06, 1902, Image 1
Barnwell People.
^ BARNWELL,S. C.,THURSDAY, NOVEMBEU «, 1902.
MURDERS HIS WIFE.
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Then Sends Bullet Through His Own
Brain.
AWFUL TRAGEDY IN AUGUSTA.
Married Only Fourteen Month*, and
the Young Wife Had Began
Suit for Divorce Became
of Cruel Treatmeni.
A terrible tragedy was enacted
In Augu.aLa. - 6a.. last Satuniay
morning w icn Polioc’m in Cias. H.
Walker munlered his wife in c>id
blood, and tben bUitr out ids own
brains. The rtaiple had otiiv Iji'en
married fourteen m-*nl-»s. He wa*
thirty-two years old and the wife only
nineteen Last August one year ago
the murUrad wife. wlt< was brfari
her marrtarc Mhn Siell■
a«a> nan married w<
murtWred her on Sal urda
tram one of the beat tai
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fell backward on the sidewalk, Mi’s.
Walker having dropped down heslde
the base of the arbor. As soon as
Mrs. Walker's sister heard the tlrst
shot lired, she fell In a faint on the
floor of the porch anil remained there
until taken up and carried Into the
[house. f
.Lieut. Collins, probably thel last
jpeison. except his wife, to whom
' Walker had talked of his family
: t rouble, arrived on the scene and
I made a search of his b*>dy. Just un-
1 der the edge of his cap. he found the
j bullet lodged on the outside of the
skin. Except for his belt badge and
pistol the only thing f.-und was a
scrap of yellow’, pap’r, Lwu from a
j ootd l»ook on which. In Walker’s hand-
I writing were the words:
"At thv mercy of Tiberius."
THE WORLD’S FAIR.
HE WAS TOO QUICK.
ELECTION FRJ3JDS.
A DOUBLE CRIME.
Col. Averill Telia the People About
the Big Show.
A Preacher Dangerously Stab*
Man at Paducah, Ky.
GREAT CHANCE FOR THE SOUTH.
Particularly .is This True as far aa
South Carolina la Concerned.
He Gives Some
Facia.
THANKSGIVING DAY.
Ttinnulay. V«vci»»l*vr *J7, Nam<Ml aa
a Day oft.rnryui Thankagiviag.
Pmulrm Ibawevrli
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WediieMtay
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Col. J. H. Averill, formerly direc
tor general of the Charleston exposi
tion, was in Columbia on Wednesday.
Col. Averill Is temporarily arting as
special commisslooer for Hie St. Louis
fair to present to the people of Soutb
and North Oiroilna the advantages to
scente to lliesn from rrpresenlatioa
al Uie Ug sIm/W to tie Itrld In St.
I milt in I ^ *4
To a reprearnLstl v^ at The Mate
CbL Aterlll gate ttw fidtowing inter
is pf
Through an unfortunate misunder-
sUnding Rev‘ George Waverly Briggs,
1). I)., pastor of the Broadway Metho
dist church of Paducah, Ky , the larg
est church in the West Kentucky,
Wednesday night stabbed T. J. Garr,
proprietor of The Inn, a fashionable
boarding house. The weapon used
was a small pocket knife. The blade
entered the small of the back, on the
left side, inflicting a serious, but.not
fatal wound. The affair occurred
about 7 o'clock, at the inn, where
Briggs' family is living.
Mr. Gsrr had been skylarking with
tin* minister’s little ®-year-old son.
Waverly, and lifted the lad from the
I’sir. intending to swing him upon
his shoulder. The boy's head struck
a lNii>li»ter rkll of the siaireaue, badly
brining bis face and cutting t lie scalp.
! The lad’s screams brought his father.
, .VtotKitglugi) the victim of ttie mis-
[tannajil Hr Garr had struck him.
il«u««lag la his exrilroient that the
1 buy atranf Garr had aaaautted him.
. L t. lirtgg's pat Um gaaMluBt
Affidavits are Presented to the Solici-
-, tor With Request to Prosecute.
A Terrible Sight Mel the Ggse of
Visitors to a Ranch.
SPECIFIC INSTANCES GIVEN.
NO 9.
A BAD FAILURE.
Citizen* of Charleston t’rge Solici
tor Hildebrand to Prosecute
Frauds in the Primary and
Give Him the Facts.
A special from Bearmouth, Mo^t.,
gives the following details of the dis
covery of the double crime at the
Gonn ranch mi Willow Creek, which
was at first believed to have beep
committed by tile bandit who robbed
the Northern Pacific train last week:
A member of a threshing crew on an
adjoining ranch had occasion to visit
The Atlantic Coast Lumbar Company
in Hands of Raosivsrs.
UNABLE TO PAY ITS
The Action Was Brought by Its T
tecs, the Colonial Trust Com
pany. of New York, to be
Reorganized.
In Die United State* Circuit Court
City on Wedneaday
Freeman Farr and Fdward J. Hath-
■j.- | the Conn ranch and when he entered
The Charleston Post says the agita-; the farm house a terrible sight pre-
tion made by the press of Charleston * ‘ n ^*d itself. On the Hoot, with the ) ^ ^ w y or jj
. , .. , ... .. . brains (Mixing from his head, lay James I
and by flic good ciUiens generally for (>mM d „ a)1 w|U) a ^ j
punishment of the frauds i naeted in | thruugli ills temple. Near him lay
the late liemocrath 1
home rnill and the next term of the i d •»' unl
ball "f . . H
Al Dm time of the hoHup.d tiu- N ’ uU,frn * 01 York
NorUiern Pacific train T,le temporary reeeivera ware
were pul uiam the trail of f lie isadier appuloled peevWsMiy by Dm rolled
tkan firflowr.1 It hw several: States district court for U»
lirectou of Willow Creek
Court of Sesaioos will Ivar on ita cal
endar caara against some of tiw* offen
ders against right a<vl tlie purity of
the ballot who were so • •HispU iWLs In
tht If dettani'e of public aeallopmxtaxid
ail standards • f gisai cltlxqfnhlp lu
the recent political cmtcala.
AdMarits eaperfsHy srfttng
orne were appointed temporary raceiv-
orimaries has his mother, her bead crushe«i In with era of Hie property of Um Atlantic
next terra of the ; d '‘lunt instrument, pruaumably the Lumber Company, within Um
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the date for hearing the p
temporary alimony.
This ronveraatioo Uajk
tween the two polkx*men shortly af- [
ter 7 o'clock, and. as the lieutenant
turned to go Into hi* house. Walker
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are chargtHl with taking, oaioealing
and buying ctrpac. The arrest of
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was found, has
The physiciana
walked off In the direction of the car thettc four make twenty-four who are
line.
Charlie II. Walker and Miss Stella
8. Speer, a niece of Dr Speer, were
married about 14 months ago, and of
this union a boy was born four months
.and three days ago today.
When the young couple left the
Uiome of his mother, three months
;ago, they went to Inard, at 1240
iBroad street, where they have board-
<ed together since, until a day or two
Ago, when, some of his friends state,
ihe left there, though this is not sub
stantiated by anvjof the family.
About 10.30 Saturday morning.
Mrs. Walker, neatly attired in a black
tailor suit, boarded the Summerville
car, in front of 1240 Broad street, and
rode to Chafee avenue, where she left
the car, and proceeded to the house
where she shortly after met her death.
Her ..husband must have known of
her presence at his mother's home,
now under bond or In jail charged
with grave robbery and complicity In
the cri me.
Wa* l«ockfd In.
The wedding of Miss Eva Taylor
and (ieorge Lamson, both of New
Britain, was delayed half an hour
Thursday through the absence of the
bridegroom. Ills father had absent-
mindedly locked him in while he was
dressing and then left to attend the
ceremony. Lamson was finally locat
ed after a searching party had scoured
tiie town. Lamson is teller in the
New Britain Savings Bank. The bride
is popular in local society.
WoIvch in MinaiiMdppl.
Wolves ‘‘have again appeared in
large numbers in Calhoun county,
Miss., and a feeling of much uneasl
for shortly after he came rolling by I ness etists among the farmers, as the
on hit wheel and his wife went to the animals have grown very hold in their
with
gate and began a conversation
bln}, still wearing her list.
About the gate Is an arbor of vines,
and on the left side of this stood Mrs.
Walker, just to the aide of the walk
loatde the fence Her bu»b%ad *u»>i
fwring her u* tht tHMiitc ui Uu torn
Wfefti vpg Hid mu mm far
ibrM was aa use near enough In age
ag Mar what was pMf an. Mm
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ravages on live stuck. A few days
ago a farmer captured seven young
wolves while the parents were a wav
from their lair. A report from Yaaoo
a 41 el j aava that wolves have again
made their appearaarr la the Lake
South has entrrprtar. and that the
prumtam of the future for the south
land are practically unbounded, and
that It ran offer as fair a Held aa any
section of our vast country for capital,
sod as attractive inducements for
home seeker*.
“There are other reason* why the
south should be fully represented at
St. Louis. One should suffice: The
Latin-American republic* and the
West Indie* are enjoying much the
*ame prosperity in every line, a* the
southern State*. They asp "large ex
porters and importer*. Much of this
trade could and should be handled
through southern commercial centres.
Those countries will be represented
with their industries and resources.
Place those of the south on exhibition
where their people can see them, have
the southern representatives at St.
Louis to tell the visitors from the far
soutb what inducements can be of
fered them to trade with the south,
and much good will be sure to follow.
“As to South Carolina's place in the
picture, the showing made by the
State and continues at the recent ex
position in Charleston was a revela
tion to every visitor,, and has been
commented on in most favorable terms
by the press of the entire
and the work done there
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til dispatch to lltc I til ti more
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date of Oct. 2«>, gives Uie following 1
story of the Minuting of a man who
i* well known aH over South Carolina:
“Lying on his bed, with tiie knowl
edge that he is about to die, W.
Brooks Harley, the proprietor of the
Manhattan club, who was shot in the
breast Tuesday morning, bravely
takes upon himself the blame for tiie
fatal shot, which lie declared was tired
at him by his wife. The cause of the
shooting is a mystery. Harley arrived
home from his club at 4 a. m. and in
a few minutes thereafter the police
were summoned. Upon their arrival
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hv Is AHrtfeWWUWg tA li»S» AMAtff,
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■Ahf tw«uw»* t itiact II# wt
that brl>i*r lUr war lUr >rg»«. was
tiwstwuvth; a*»i Ha* imatut at aw?
woman M (hr ftuutli was wsfc wRIwwt
11* pr>>trrtfem uf sbltr mrn Today
bowrtvr, a wlilir woman aumely
darn» venture forth akmr. Mj Mur
ptiy say* that imH only Is the
man Iwcoming degraded morally 'n
Hi*' .South. Imii also phyaically. Phy
sicians leatlfy Ihal 1* is more suai'ep-
tibla to disease Hun a few yean* ago.
and especially in pulmonary trouble*.
Pneumonia is alnxwt always fatal.
witne*scK wlio can ti-stlfy to the of- | The p< ) aitlori taken by Mr. Murphy is
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to the grand jur
SoUcRor Hildebrand
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Issued an*I Hut these
immediately and the
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thaw tbere have baaw night
la their loom after thay
night The manlfeataUun
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two
term of court. The affidavit*, Jt is
understood, set forth all the circum
stance* in ea :h case and name the
fences, it is said that the cases are
absolutely clear and convincing and
true bills on them are almost certain
to be returned by the grand jury.
Solicitor Hildebrand has declared that
he is prepared to move in the matter
as .-oon as evidence is placed in his
hands, and wsth the affidavits before
him his course is clearly marked out.
It has been thought by some people
that the agitation which was made
black up nightly from about I# o’clock
1p.m.
(Joe night a little more than
we«ka ago after the young ladles had
retired for the night curious sounds
were heard In Uw room, tappings at
the liead of the bed and strange sounds
if scraping on the floor. The young
that In time the progressive class of ladle* were alarmed, but they
Macks will tire of Hie conditions in
this country and return to their form
ed to pass through the night without
alarming their parent*. The next
er African home to ti’ach their fellow- morning at the breakfast table the
blacks while those left in this country
will then rapidly become extinct.
^ f h ln a H ^ t he newspapers immediately after
H n he , ? e ? ie 2 the recent primaries and the general
this, and has since stoutly maintained , demaiul of 5 tlzeD8 for prosecution of
along with the other members of the tbe f raU (] H has subsided and that
family, -that he shot himself and that nothl wol|U1 done ln the way of
It was purely accidental. As there: ,, r|ntfi « the offerKlcrs u ,
wius no witness outside tiie family, it 1
justice
even
Mr*. Nation in Columbia.
The State says Mrs. Nation arrived
in Columbia on Thursday afternoon.
She created quite a stir in Col. Hollo
way's office about 3:30 o’clock when
she was introduced to the fair officials
and to a number of other people. She
talked fast and interestingly for
awhile and seemed to be thoroughly
, .. „ , . business-like. When introduced to a
will never be known unless the family ‘' Mb' Ji T 'a' 1 ! reprexentatlve of The State she no-
should tell what occurred. *• I 1 n , ^ i ™ tUtT * nd ticed a cigarette in bis hand and as
^considered it all a good J..ke oiitius* ^ hU , , K . u . k Rhi . hvT hgn<b ,
U*ey regard as purists and supeh4msi- crle<| .. 01 horro „ : *. ^ lnfttantly
lex«M Fever.
; country, A special d.sp.st-h to TheStati* savs tivecit,/,■«,* they are likely to tike clgareHe fn.'r'nJ.'.ft’hand. i***‘“*f*
, , . . . , , conslderlble uneasl fvess and anxiety •Jiffewot view o f lb, aituiti<m when (K1 u M u fr „. she ex- “
bringing forth good results in many >*as been caused at Williamston with- Solicitor lllidc-rt»rand gets after litem
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tr«>< fe-
portlooaof the State. Shall 11 stop
with what has been done? Some will
ay vea: the State canaot afford to
continue the work of giving publicity
to I la ladimirtak. rew-'irem and pimd-
htlttlML ll can he mat la ogpmftkm
to UMh nratinwwt ■> uttm means af
n ntmntf to MI14 af Ihe pwapertl y
•4 ti* Male tkaa v aamaa *4 ea es
i n the last few days on
death of a number of fi
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ry mysteri-
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and will probably not ah<#w in the
court the impudent front they pre
vented at the polls.
The naaws of thcae acrwnrd la the
aMavtu we is not give* emt by the
rttiewm wkw bad anmad the esklswae.
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allow any one to commit suicide right
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matter, telling the young ladies that
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The following night, however, after
the ladies had gone to bed, the tap
ping on the bed and the scrapings on
tiie floor were heard. A shoe belong
ing to one of the ladies was seen to
fly across the room as though It was
possessed of wings. The basin on the
washboard left Its place, settled on
the floor, and finally turned Itself up
side down. The occupants of tbe
room were more alarmed than ever
before and they hastily called In their
parent* to wltnees the strange bap-
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