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WBITE MAN KILLS ANOTHER
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HAMLET KILLS RHODEN IX SELFOEFEXSE
SO HE STATES.
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But Other Reports are That He Laid
in Wait Behind a Tree.
Held by Coroner.
* Aiken, Aug. 18.?N. H. Hamlet, a
young man, an operative in the Lang*
ley mill, was placed in the Aiken jail
this morning. Hamlet shot and instantly
killed John Rhoden, another
v young man, with whose brother
Hamlet had a disturbance last night.
The shooting occurred about six
^ o'clock this morning in the public
park at Langley. Hamlet was immediately
taken in charge and brought
k, to Aiken, Deputy Busbee meeting Mr.
v John Cleckley, in whose charge Hamlet
was, at Graniteville, en route to
Aiken.
John, James and Oscar Rhoden,
v three brothers, moved to Langley
some years ago and kept bachelor's
^ quarters there. They are well known
young men, having splendid reputations
for quiet and peacefulness.
i v . Hamlet's Story.
*- Hamlet was seen in the jail this
morning by your correspondent.
Hamlet says that he regrets very
^ much that he committed the homicide,
but said that he was compelled
to do so in self-defense. He said
that this morning as he was going to
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and started back to get them. In the
k. park he encountered John Rhoden
and a difficulty took place then in regard
to the disturbance the previous
; night between himself and James
* ' Rhoden, brother of the deceased. He
maintains that he did not shoot until
after Rhoden fired twice at him
with a revolver. He then shot, he
says, in self-defense. He said he had
never had any disturbance with Rhoden
previous to this.
Several parties from Langley were
seen and interviewed this morning
by your correspondent and the general
version of the killing appears to
be about as follows:
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The Other Version.
? Last night James Rhoden and
Hamlet had a disturbance at the
y "merry-go-round" at Langley. The
cause of this disturbance is not
known, but is said to have been because
Hamlet walked between Rhoden
and a young lady whom he was
v* v escorting. The brother is said to
have prevented the two men from
a-Vi! rnuiu oronoral.
Xlgllllllg. X Ui? UiUluiug u 10 gvuvtut
ly rumored, Hamlet walked out in
the park, and getting behind a tree,
? waited for Rhoden to pass going to
work in the mill. When the latter
passed, he stepped, so the story goes,
from behind his place of hiding, and
fired once, Rhoden falling almost in
- stantly, but, it is said, firing once as
he was falling, or had fallen to the
ground, this shot going stray.
The deceased was an excellent
? young man. He was prominent in
the fraternal world, belonging to several
orders, including Royal Arch
Masonry, so it is said, having only
recently taken his degrees in the
Aiken lodge. The affair is deeply regretted.
The coroner is now in
Langley to hold the inquest.
Prohibition in Barnwell.
The sheriff seized a quart of whiskey
from a colored man on the streets
of Barnwell Tuesday morning. Under
the present act, as we have heard
it interpreted by able lawyers, it is
against the law for any person to re
ceive, accept, deliver, store or keep
t in possession in this State any whiskey
or liquor of any kind "which if
drunk to excess will produce intoxication,"
so we take this means of
* * warning all law-abiding citizens that
if they have any whiskey, wines or
anything of the kind in their possession
they had better pour it out at
once, for the sheriff and other peace
V officers are under oath to enforce the
laws of the land, and by that oath
are in duty bound to seize intoxicants
wherever they can be found. A word
to the wise is sufficient. If you are
pulled, it will be your own fault. The
sheriff has started out to do his duty,
and, no doubt, the other peace officers
will fall in line with him.?
Barnwell Sentinel.
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Savage Thirst in Edgefield.
Edgefield, Aug. 20.?The sheriff's
office was broken into last night and
four gallons of contraband liquor,
recently seized by the officers, were
stolen.
i Mr. Ouzts has offered a reward of
$100 for the apprehension of the
guilty party or parties. There is no
clue to who they are.
Washington's Plague Spots
lie in the low, marshy bottoms of the
Potomac, the breeding ground of ma^
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chills, fever and ague, biliousness,
jaundice, lassitude, weakness and
general debility and bring suffering
or death to thousands yearly. But
Electric Bitters never fail to destroy
them and cure malaria troubles.
"They are the best all-round tonic
and cure for malaria I ever used,"
writes R. M. James, of Louellen, S. C.
They cure stomach, liver, kidney and
blood troubles and will prevent typhoid.
Try them, 50c. Guaranteed
by Peoples Drug Co., Bamberg, S. C.
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HAMLET HELD FOR MURDER. |
Coroner's Jury Says Killing Was Wilful
and Felonious. 1
Aiken, Aug. 19.?Coroner John
son held an inquest over the dead
body of John Rhoden, who was shot ^
and killed yesterday morning in a
pistol duel at Langley by Xat H.
Hamlet, and the finding of the coroner's
jury was that the deceased ^
came to his death from a wound or
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wounds from a pistol in the hands
of N. H. Hamlet, who wilfully and 13
feloniously fired shot or shots which
caused death. The following is a gist 13
of the evidence of the inquest: ^
Mrs. Daisy Leopard was the first *
witness. She said that she heard the r
shots, that one shot was fired, and
then the shooting was continuous
and rapid. Saw the deceased fall; ?
there were a number of shots fired. 1
Dr. W. C. R. Turnbull testified to
attending the young man, heard the J
shots, and was soon after summoned.
Found two wounds, one in each side,
could not say that there were two
pistol shot wounds, or whether the
wounds were caused by one bullet; 1
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deceased died about 7:30.
Robert Pryor testified that he saw c
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Rhoden coming to work and saw *
Hamlet coming from the direction of ^
the mill; saw them meet, and saw .
Wamipt firp thp first, shot: Rhoden
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was facing him a few feet away, pistol
in his hand, by his side; after the ?
first shot, both men fired almost together
in rapid succession six or
eight shots; saw Hamlet run, shoot- ^
ing back as he ran; saw Hamlet get
behind a tree, shooting once after he ^
got behind the tree. Rhoden also
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got behind a tree, watching Hamlet, *
who broke his pistol and emptied the
cartridges. Rhoden then dropped, *
just after he had got behind the c
tree, and Hamlet then ran. Testified e
that Rhoden fired at least two or .
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three times.
J. P. Marshall testified that he
heard Hamlet curse Rhoden the
night before and say: "He would not
meet him and get away with it." He
testified as to the difficulty the night
before with the brother of the deceased,
at the merry-go-round; that
Hamlet, with others, went to Rho-v
den's house, and cursing, called to
him to come out that he.would whip
him. Rhoden apparently was not at
home. Went back to the merry-goround,
and encountered Rhoden, who
spoke very kindly to him, telling
him he was Hamlet's friend. Wednesday
morning he saw Hamlet coming
around depot and look up park,
through which deceased would come ^
to work, then went up in park. Heard
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snooung, ana louaiug saw xvuuucu
grasp tree, then turn loose and fall
to ground. Rhoden raised arm after c
falling as if to shoot, then arm drop- j.
ped from weakness. j
Jury Frees Donald Bain.
Atlanta, Ga., August 20.?Donald
M. Bain was acquitted at 10:30 tonight
by a jury in the Fulton county
superior court of the murder of E.
G. Williams.
Not in years has a criminal trial
in Georgia excited as much interest
as has the trial of Bain, a prominent f
insurance broker, who, last June
shot and killed Williams, another insurance
broker, with desk room in
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the same office. There had been ill
feeling between Bain and Williams
for several months and it was claimed
that several days prior to the
shooting Williams, who was a much
younger man than Bain, slapped the
latter's face.
On returning from a trip of several ^
days', duration, Williams accused
Bain of having changed the wording
of a note left by Williams on his
i
desk. Bain denied the charge, heated
words followed and when Wilg
liams advanced toward the older .
man, Bain drew a revolver and shot j
him dead. The plea of self-defense
was' sustained.
Standing Still. c
Do you remember the story of the c
young lady who went into a wellknown
establishment and said to the
"aisle director:" Do you keep stationery?"
"No, miss," replied the
young man, "if I did, I'd lose my *
job." c
It's a good story?because it is 1
funny. 8
It is a better story because it (
makes you think. 15
How about yourself? Are you sta- 1
tionary?or are you on the job, and *
making things hum, even if it is a c
warm day? c
Miss Kirk Wins Case. t
Columbia, August 19.?Miss Mary c
Kirk, who contracted anaesthetic e
leprosy while working as a mission-,
ary in Brazil, and while living in
Aiken last December, was ordered to
a pest house, where smallpox negroes i
were kept. She had the health board t
enjoined, and to-day the State su- r
preme court decided the case in her
favor, on the ground that, in the first i
place, such a form of isolation in her I
case, she being a woman of culture J
and refinement and aged and blind, s
was too harsh; and for the further
reason, that her form of leprosy was t
not so dangerous as to warrant such c
extreme measures. t
iEORGUNS LYNCH NEGRO
TAKE EX-CONVICT FROM SHER-j
IFF WITHOUT TROUBLE.
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Tictini of Mob Charged with Assault- ]
!
ing and Murdering Woman and I
Killing Baby.
Fitzgerald, Ga., August 20.?
lenry Taylor, a negro ex-convict
harged with assaulting a white wonan
Tuesday and then murdering
ter and her infant, was this alterioon
taken from the sheriff of Willox
county, between Lumpkin and
dcRae, and lynched, according bo
eports reaching here to-night.
The crime for which the negro was
ynched by indignant citizens was
ine of the most brutal ever recorded
n the criminal annals of Georgia.
The negro's victim and her S
nonths-oia DaDy were xeij, m men
tome at Lumpkins Ferry Tuesday
.fternoon and that night when the
msband and father returned from
lis work both his wife and baby
?ere missing. A search revealed the
act that they were not at the home
>f any neighbor. Soon their disap?earance,
with suspicion of foul play,
?as known throughout the neightorhood
and search for them was
mmediately commenced. Thursday
.fternoon the bodies were found in a
mall pond not a great ways from
he woman's home. The woman had
teen assaulted and then choked to
[eath, while the baby's skull had
teen crushed. Henry Taylor had
old of seeing the woman with her
laby, going in the direction of the
lond in which their bodies were
ound. Suspicion was immediately
lirected toward him on the finding
if the bodies, but he had disappearid.
Early to-day Taylor was arrested
n Ben Hill county, near Lumpkins
''erry. He was taken in charge by
he sheriff of Willcox county, who
mmediately started for Fitzgerald,
binding that his way was blocked
ly the presence of large numbers of
iroused people, a circuitous route
vas taken. The citizens, however.
earned of the change of plans, and,
ontinually augmented by bloodhirsty
men, the mob followed the
rail of the sheriff and finally came
ipon him between Lumpkins Ferry
ind McRae and quick work was made
>f the negro. After being strung
ip to a tree, Taylor's body was filled
vith bullets.
Taylor haa only recently complet
:u serving <x tuaiugaug otuitiivt iu
his county.
Xotis.
If anybody cums here atter licker
tr tu git akross the riwer, dey kin
)lo dis yer horn and when mi wlr
3etsy heres the horn a bloing she
vill cum and sel em the licker or set
im akross the riwer.
I'm gwine fishin.
N. B. Dem as kant rede wil hav
o go to de hous atter Betsy. Taint
>ut a haf er mile.
Prohibition in Kansas.
Wichita, Kan., August 19.?After
our months of enforced idleness, the
aloons of Wichita are again running
on the wide-open plan. Beer
:an be obtained at a large number of
esorts, and whiskey also is served,
rhe "wets" are happy and predicting
:hat good times have returned to
stay.
But one restriction is placed on
he dealers, and that is they must
>perate only on the second floors of
mildings. The chief of police says
hat he cannot stop the resorts beioiico
1 qtxt ollnva thom trt . coll
>aui3^ tuv AUn UiiV *T W VUVUA VV MVA*
iear-beer, that is, beer containing
ess than two per cent, of alcohol,
md that it is impossible to tell near>eer
from the real thing when the
abels are removed.
It is also declared that if real beer
vas found it would require a chemi:al
analysis to prove it. This they
:onsider too much trouble.
Attends Anniversary.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Crum returnid
from Denmark yesterday, where
hey have been for the past several
lays. Mr. and Mrs. Crum while in
Jenmark attended the silver wedding
mniversary of Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Juess, of that place. The occasion
vas one of much pleasure. The anliversary
took place at the home of
dr. and Mrs. Guess, which is the
>ld Graham mansion near the town
>f Denmark. The home was beautiully
decorated for the occasion, and
he happy couple were the recipients
>f many handsome and costly presets.?Orangeburg
News.
Bees Drive Justice Out.
Columbus, Ga., August 20.?Jusice
Daniel's court at Shack, in Chatnhnnrhe
eountv. was to-dav broken
" " I
ip by a swarm of bees being dislodgid
from the ceiling. During the ar;ument
of an attorney the bees drop>ed
and scattered over the crowd.
Umost every person present was
tung.
The magistrate escaped through a
rindow. Several persons were seri?usly
injured by the stinging of the
>ees.
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