The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, January 20, 1910, Page 3, Image 3
LEVER TO HANG FOR CRIME
J TRY FINDS HIM GUILTY AND
SENTENCE IS IMPOSED.
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Large Crowd Present at Trial, But j
Perfect Order Prevailed ?Will
be Hanged February 25.
Lexington, January 12.?"Coot"
Lever, the negro who attempted a
criminal assault upon the young wife
of a prominent Dutch Fork farmer
on Nevember 1, last, and who escaped
being lynched through the
efforts of Deputy Sheriff Miller, will
pay the death penalty on Feb. 25.
At the trial, which was held here
to-day, there were four witnesses
sworn for the prosecution?the victim
and her husband, Constable L.
L. Roof and R. W. M. Eleazor, who
made the arrest, and to whom Lever
first told of his guilt.
The victim, who is a woman of in[
telligence and refinement, told of the
attack in a plain, straigh-tforward
manner. She was unable to say in
nositive terms that Lever was the
man who attacked her, but stated
that she believed that he was the one.
Her husband swore to the fact that
I he had seen the negro pass along the
road, where he was at work, a few
minutes before the crime was attempted.
Constable Roof told of the arrest,
as did Mr. Eleazer. The judge ruled
that the latter could not tell of the
confession made by the negro, since
Lever was told that he would be
properly protected if he would confess
his guilt.
Denied His (iuilt.
Lever was the only witness for the j
defense. He denied that he was connected
with the attempted crime in
any manner, but was unable to explain
why he was in the vicinity on
the day in question. He told of his
experience with the "conjure" doctor.
whom he called "Lem Judge," a
negro. He admitted telling the officers
soon after he was arrested that
he was guilty and that the doctor
was the cause of it all, but he said
the reason for his telling this was
the fact that he was scared. He said
that he was IS years of age and
married.
At the conclusion of the testimony
Messrs. A. D. Martin and T. C. Sturkie,
who had been appointed by;
Judge Watts to defend the negro,
briefly addressed the jury. Each of
them pleaded for mercy for the negro,
stressing the point that the woman
was not able to swear positively
that the defendant was the man who
attacked her, and stating that there
might be some doubt as to his guilt.
Solicitor Timmerman in a brief but
vigorous manner addressed the jury,
urging the conviction of the negro
upon the ground that his confession,
which was made freely to the officers
and others who had talked with him
time after time, showed conclusively
that there was.no room for doubt as
to his guilt.
t Jury Out an Horn*.
Judge Watts' charge consumed but
a short while. The jury retired and
remained in the rom about one hour
when they returned with a verdict of
guilty. There was absolutely no
demonstration, although there was a
large crowrd of spectators in the court
room.
1 In passing sentence upon Lever
Jndee Watts took occasion to give
him a good "lecture." When the
judge had concluded, Lever said, "I
ask for mercy." Judge Watts told
him that it was not in his power to
give him mercy, and ordered the
sheriff to remand him to jail.
# The verdict of the jury meets with j
general satisfaction.
Negress Attends Fashionable ball, j
St. Louis, January 15.?An un-|
identified negress made merry last j
night as a guest of a society masked J
ball at the Century Boat Club. Be- j
fore she was discovered she had j
danced with several unsuspecting I
? men. Club officials are looking for |
the person responsible for her ap?
pearance at the fashionable function.
Handsomely dressed and wearing
a head mask and long gloves, she appeared
on the floor during the
'spook" dance when the lights were i
low. When the time came to un- j
? mask she attempted to flee, but some !
person grabbed of? her head cover- j
ing. Guests gasped, but nobody madej
an effort to detain her.
Charged With Firing; Town.
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i Charleston. Jan. 1 .".--Clarence j
Palmer, a negro, was arrested to-!
night, charged with arson in having
set fire to a building at Red Top
which spread and almost wiped out
the Red Top settlement last December.
A witness has been held by the
detectives who will testify that Palmer
started the fire, causing a loss of
about $25,000. The detectives have
been on the lookout for Palmer for
some time and finally arrested him
to-night.
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MAX DYNAMITES HIMSELF.
Places Explosive in His Shirt Front
and Lights Fnse.
New London. Conn., January 16.?
Placing three stick of dynamite in the
front of his shirt. Win. A. Bennett
lighted the fuse and was blown to
death at his home here to-day. The
windows in the room were blown
out, but otherwise the house was not
damaged.
Bennett 011 returning from work
Friday handed his wife a bouquet of
flowers with the remark: "You will
know what to do with them between
now and Monday." Then he demanded
money, and on being refused drew
a revolver and fired at his wife, the
bullet striking a corset steel and
glancing off. He was arrested and
released under $1,000 bond.
To-day he kissed his father and
mother, and, entering his wife's
room, said: Don't you want to die
with me?" He then crossed to another
room and set off the dynamite.
Working for Charleston.
Washington, Jan. 15.?Senator
Tillman wants the War Department
steamers for the Panama canal region
to stop at Charleston on their'way to
and from the canal. He contends
that this would give the people of
this country and of the canaf region
their mail nearly two days in advance
of present arrangements.
As matters are now arranged the
mail must all go to New York before
being put on the steamer and must
be sent back there for distribution on
arriving from Panama.
Senator Tillman took the matter
up with the President to-day and
asked that the steamers be directed
to stop at Charleston going either
way. The President said he would
ascertain the facts and see the Senator
aga-in.
Secretary Dickinson of the War
Department, had the same matter before
him some time ago. He received
reports from the steamship officers
saying that they cannot stop at
Charleston to and from the canal region
without much loss of time, and
this would necessitate either an extra
steamship or heavy additional
cost. \
After that report Mr. Dickinson
took no further steps. Under directions
from the President he will reopen
the question. On his way back
from Porto Rico a few days ago Mr.
Dickinson stopped at Charleston himself,
returning to Washington hy
rail, because it would save him much
time in getting to his duties in the
War Department.
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Declines to Parden Rabens.
Columbia, January 15.?Governor
Ansel to-day refused a pardon to Ru
dolph Rabens, who was convicted in
Oconee county in 1907 on-the charge
of receiving stolen goods in connection
with the Courtenay Manufacturing
Company robbery at Newry, in
which McCarthy and several other
yeggmen were the principals. He
was given three years. Rabens is at
the Penitentiary. There were petitions
filed with Governor Ansel from
Charleston and Oconee counties.
Rabens was ,once a resident jot
Walhalla and a locomotive engineer,
but left that place when a youth and
went to Charleston, where he acquired
a small fortune by the operation,
it is alleged, of a "corner grocery
store" and the Star "Theatre"
of that city.
It was charged that he acted as an
agent or "fence" for the band of
yeggs, which ran rife in the Piedmont
section of the sState several
years ago, and that he would dispense
with the plunder, such as
stamps, money of large denominatiAnc
iowAlrV
tivao, uuu .
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Saloons Increase Under Prohibition.
Nashville, Term., Jan. 16.?In
many pulpits here this morning and
to-night following an agreement
among the ministers, law enforcement
was discussed, special reference
being made to the alleged non-enforcement
of prohibition laws. Rev.
Ira Landrith, former moderator of
the Northern Presbyterian |ssembly,
preaching at a union meeting in
Northeast Nashville, charged that the
number of saloons in Nashville hadincreased
to 50 per cent, since the
prohibition statute went into effect.
July 1 last. He declared further that
they had reached their flood tide and
would be suppressed within the next
sixty days.
A Wild Blizzard Raging
brings danger, suffering?often death
?to thousands, /who take colds,
coughs and lagrippe?that terror of
winter and spring. Its danger signals
are " stuffed up." nostrils, lower
part of nose sore, chills and fever,
pain in back of head, and a throatgripping
cough. When grip attacks,
~>? 11 pa /-inn't /idiqv
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getting Dr. King's Xew Discovery.
"One bottle cured me." writes A. L.
Dunn, of Pine Valley. .Miss., "after
being laid up' three weeks with
grip." For sore lungs, hemorrhages,
coughs, colds, whooping cough, bronchitis,
asthma, its supreme. 50c, $1.
Guaranteed by Peoples Drug Store,
Bamberg, S. C.
OXK ALA KM CLOCK NOT ENOUGJ
This .Man Kept Thirty in His Koon
to Wake Him in the Mornings.
New York, January 16.?For th<
first time in thirty years Robert Will
oughbv failed to wake up this morn
ing when his thirty clocks simultan
eousiy setting off a series of gongs
gave their customary alarms at I
o'clock. He had died some time dining
the night of Bright's disease.
Willoughby was 57 years old, ani
had been employed as a motorman b:
the 3d avenue elevated railway. H<
was the most punctual employee ii
the service. No matter what th<
weather was Willoughby was nevei
late.
The secret of his punctuality cam<
to light when his room was inspectec
to-day. Ranged round his bed wer<
tniriy ciocks oi amereut sizca am.
makes. All struck the same hour a:
the same time.
Willoughby came from an ok
Maryland family.
More Cotton or More Hog*.
Hoge sold in Chicago one day lasi
week at $8.40 a hundred pounds, oi
over 8 cents a pound "on the hoof.'
This is said to be the highest price
paid for hogs in the past 27 years
the previous high record being $8.8C
in July, 1882, when the cholera al
most wiped out the hog family ir
Illinois, Iowa and Missouri.
The special high price is attribut
ed to a shortage in the available sup
ply of fat hogs. This scarcity is 1101
due to cholera or other diseases
among the swine, but to the fac
that during the last eighteen months
many fanners sacrificed both the
young pigs and stock hogs to avoii
feeding high-priced corn.
But with hjogs now bringing i
cents a pound gross in Chicago, th<
Albany Herald suggests that those
who are going to have to buy meal
next year may as well begin righi
now to prepare to pay high prices foi
it. And the best way for the average
farnior nrormro fr?r thp imnpnftin?
advance in the,meat market is to gc
to raising hogs.
Every good farmer ought to rais(
at least enough hogs to furnish bacor
for the requirements of his own farm
anyhow, and when hogs are selling a1
8 cents a pound gross it looks likt
the time has come when he will b<
forced to do it.
There is much talk of the farmers
increasing the cotton acreage this
year, led thereto by the present higt
price. It is morally certain that th<
price of cotton will be lower nex'
fall?how much lower depends 01
circumstances. But meat will prob
ably be still higher than it is now, foi
the meat trust controls the markei
and fixes the price, and a trust cai
always be depended on to hold u]
the price. Why then, instead of try
ing to raise more cotton, shouldn'i
our farmers try to raise more hogs.
Pigs may be grown readily fo:
market almost as fast as cotton. I
takes practically a year to grow i
crop of cotton, and pigs may b<
grown to weigh 200 pounds or mors
in a year. Here is a way for South
ern farmers to increase the income!
from their farms without raisins
more cotton, which can only depresi
tha nrina
HiV J/4 IV/V.
The question is: Will they do it??
Augusta Herald.
White Man Charged With Larceny
Spartanburg, January 15.?Car
Whalm, a young white man, wai
committed to jail to-day by Magis
trate Williams of Glendale on th<
charge of housebreaking and larceny
It is charged that on Friday nigh
Whalm entered the store and dwell
ing house of E. R. Henderson a
Cedar Springs and stole a number o
articles, among them a pistol, ;
bracelet, a watch and chain and coa
and vest.
He was chased by Messrs. Hen
derson, Lee and Howell and caught ii
a woods, near Pacolet. They rushec
on him, while he was lying beside i
camp fire. Whalm was taken befor<
rt-ietf r?o f A WTillion'iO rsf fllonHolp
11I1U11IO VI. VI *V1*V?MAW
who on investigation committed hin
to jail.
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