The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, May 08, 1913, Page 6, Image 6
CHARGED WITH MURDER. | C
Dave and Anna Davis Lodged in Jail J
at Chester.
Chester, May 1.?Dave and Anna
Davis, colored, were committed to' n
jail this morning, charged with the j q
murder of the aged and well-to-do : a.
farmer and Confederate Veteran, j t
John Q. Lewis, in the Cornwell sec- A
tion last Thursday night, and Buster e
Shealey, a young negro man, was also n
arrested and brought along as a ma- j fi
terial witness in the case. j t
For several days Sheriff Colvin, i T
Deputy Sheriff W. W. Bindeman and | v
two detectives sent here by Governor i c.
Blease have been working on a clue: s
.
that was developed Monday in Rock J o
Hill by Mr. Bindeman, and last night n
the trap was sprung and the arrests h
made. p
Think Evidence Strong. e
While the evidence against the ac- w
cused is purely circumstantial thus j si
far, the authorities regard it as ex- w
ceptionally strong and believe that h
certain lines along which they are tl
working will result in the finding of w
other valuable evidence even stronger c:
than that now in "hand.
As indications of the Davis ne- a
groes' guilt, the officers last night
seized certain grips, in which the ac- h
cused had packed certain of their be- n
longings and which they had care- h
fully hid away in an empty house, as h
if making ready to flee upon the a
slightest premonitionof danger. Last r<
night Mr. Bindeman crawled into this t(
house, seized the grips and shortly B
afterward Davis and the woman were X
taken into custody. They were in ti
their house asleep, but the fact that fi
their grips were packed and in the tl
vacant cabin some distance away M
would tend, say the officers-, to show h
that they were in readiness to fly.
Shealey's Statement. A]
Shealey testified that the negroes o
of the neighborhood were at an "egg- te
cracking" on the night of Mr. Lewis's ai
murder, and that between the hours ii
of 10 and 11 Dave Davis and the wo- ti
man withdrew, the latter tapping tl
him (Shealey) on the knee as the tl
two were going out of the door and le
telling him not to mention the fact h
that she had gone. A.'
When confronted by the woman, a]
Shealey stuck to his statement,
though bitterly denounced by the u
woman, and later his statement was cl
verified by two young negro girls- who tj
said they had overheard the remark, re
Coroner J. Henry Gleddan is sum- u:
moning all the witnesses in the case h
y * ?
and the inquest will be resumed at
the Court House to-morrow morn- o
ing. An immense crowd will prob- a:
ably be on hand, as the county is
highly excited over the crime.
Prtlu-Anifln Shot.
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Sumter, May 4.?Rural Policeman p'
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A. M. Bateman was shot and serious- a
ly wounded early yesterday by a
white man named T. B. Caughman, e:
when the former attempted to seize w
whiskey in the possession of the lat- 11
ter. Bateman was brought to town ^
and placed in the Sumter Hospital. gl
Caughman was arrested by Sheriff e1
Brad ord and Deputy Sheriff Epper- a'
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son about noon near his home at c
Smithville and is now in jail. s<
According to Bateman's account ^
of the shooting affray, he had re- b
ceived notice that Caughman got the
liquor at Dalzell and was taking it up e'
to Spring Hill. He overtook him and ^
took the whiskey away from him about ^
a mile from the station. Just as he S(
f 1
was p acing the keg in his buggy, u
Bateman said, Caughman opened fire
with a pistol, the first shot striking ^
him in the back just above the hip
and the second shot in the abdomen A
and penetrating it; other shots went lc
*ild. Bateman returned the fire and ei
wounded Caughman in the hand.
Caughman's account of the shoot- ^
ing is practically the same as Bate- b
man's, except that he says Bateman
drew his pistol and fired the first ^
Cr,
shot. \ &
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CAME TOGETHER 1$ THE DARK, as
Motorcyclist Badly Hurt, Horse's Leg
Broken, Near Clinton.
C'inton, May 5.?On Saturday ii
night Mr. R. G. Smith, manager of a B
parage in Newberry, while riding a ci
r otorcycle, collided with a horse and C
huggy. and in the crash Mr. Smith Is
vas painfully injured by a shaft pene- a
tracing his arm. One of the horse's n
legs was broken. The accident hap- d
pened about five miles from here, Mr. a
Smith being on his way to Laurens, is
He was riding very swiftly and, it is h
said, had no light on his motorcycle;
therefore, did not see the turnout h
until a'most upon it He gave a cry, o
but the occupants of the buggy did >"
not hear him in time to get out of y
the way it seems. .\ir. .\icKies ah- ?"
derson. who lives near here, was
driving the horse, which belongs to E
him. ^
Mr. Smith was brought to Clinton ^
and given medical aid. and is reportei
as getting a7ong very wel1, con- "
s dering tve seriousness of his in- d
jury. b
Paper, envelopes, pen staff and pen >>
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HARGED WITH WIFE'S MURDER
ohn Meeks Held by Chester Coron- 1
er's Jury.
Chester, May 4.?From the testilony
submitted at the coroner's in- c:
uest the jury, with Mr. E. W. Wade c
s foreman, charged John Meeks with b
he murder of his wife, Cornelia t<
.nne Meeks, and a verdict to this t'.
ffect was duly returned. The wo- 1<
lan was found dead in a path about o
ve hundred yards from her home, s
he crime having been committed s;
'hursday afternoon by some person o
rho was evidently concealed in a ti
lump of woods beside the path. The
hooting was done with a shotgun, t
ne load of shot striking the unfortu- t
ate woman on the the side of the f]
ead and literally tearing off a great a
ortion of her face, while the other k
nfor-or? tVio heart Either wound
as sufficient to produce almost in- b
tant death. The tips of two fingers n
ere also shot away, this no doubt ii
aving been due to the woman's F
arowing up her hands for protection u
'hen she perceived the assassin o
rouched in the undergrowth. k
Coroner Gladden examined about ?
dozen witnesses, from whom enough t]
ras elicited to point to the woman's e
usband as the probable slayer. His
lother, Harriet Meeks, testified that "
er son had borrowed a shotgun from h
er the previous day to kill crows d
nd that the weapon had not been o
^turned, though Meeks stoutly con- n
jnded that he had returned the gun. f<
ee Sanders, who was working with tl
leeks on the day of the killing, tes- f;
fied that Meeks was absent from the o
eld for a time on the afternoon of &
le tragedy and also swore that e
leeks had a gun in the bottoms with h
im. tl
Two women, Eliza and Charlotte c<
leeks, discovered the body about 7 y
'clock in the evening. It was also o
jstified that Cornelia Anne Meeks d
te no dinner on the day of the killig,
but appeared worried and dis- s]
essed. After dinner she started to rr
le home of her brother, Cohen Wor- a
ly, on Mr. Jo'e Melton's place, to o
tarn a song, and was returning ^
ome when waylaid and murdered, ii
leeks was present at the inquest ii
ad testified. d
Shpriff Cnlvin shortlv after arriving c;
pon the scene of the killing con- w
uded that Meeks might be the guil- n
t party, and when the verdict was p
?ndered the deputy who had Meeks h
nder surveillance immediatelyplaced h
im under arrest. si
Meeks and his wife were negroes
f more than average intelligence h
nd industry. d
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Leaves Seneca Owing Hotel Man.
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Seneca, May 1.?A young man aparently
not more than 22 years of
ge, of short stature and with a
light brogue as though a "down- 0
aster," has been spending several 0
eeks here at the Oconee Inn, claim- ^
lg to be writing up the town for the ?
fcClure Publishing company. He
ot up various statistics of business,
tc., with, as he said, the intent to
dvertise Seneca and its resources, c'
nd opportunities. Having made himjlf
very intimate with Proprietor Elson
and Clerk Holleman, he was
aving a swell time.
Yesterday morning, saying he wantd
to send a telegram about the time *
o. 29 was due, he left, and they h
bought no more about him until
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>me time after the tram had gone
ley discovered he had left them in
le "lurch" about a $45 board bill. ?
oming here on April 19, and regis- n
iring as "J. A. Behr, Birmingham,
.la.," he had secured several small
>ans in addition to free board. Sevral
days since he wired Mr. Stevens, n
as he claimed, President of the Mc
lure Publishing company) for $100,
ut as yet no response has come to it.
He had a very glib tongue, was well ^
ressed, and seemingly very intelli- t(
ent. Clerk Holleman is especially 0
nxious to know of his whereabouts,
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5 the loans were his personal funds.
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House Cleaning Caused Suicide. w
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Nutley, N. J., May 2.?House clean- P
lg is said to have driven William
randol to suicide. He quit beating
arpets in the yard of his home on
enter street yesterday afternoon and
iter his body was found in the water si
t the bottom of a deep hole in a J
earby stone quarry. A note ad- b
ressed to Mrs. Brandol was found in t<
cleft in the rocks and the message A
i credited as the farewell message of t<
er husband. w
"I can't beat carpets or clean n
ouse," it read, "and it ain't no use f]
f your trying to make me. When tl
ou read this I hope you will give up h
our habit of cleaning house every 1<
ime you hear a robin sing." t<
A friend who said he had seen
trandol writing the note and thought e
a bo.p\- walked back to the house | a
ith Brandol when Brandol said he d
ad forgotten his wife was going to p
ave corned beef and cabbage for s<
inner, and he thought he would eat si
efore he killed himself. Brandol
te heartily and then left the house, f;
io more was-seen of him until the d
iscovery of his body. p
A REAL SHERLOCK HOLMES
detective Work of Physicians S
passes That of Fiction Sleuth.
Dr. De Neuville, a French phj
ian. who has specialized on the me
olegal aspects of his profession, 1
een telling some true stories of
jctive work by physicians that equ
he mythical achievements of Sh
)ck Holmes. There are several si<
f the law that bear on medicine a
urgery, and there are vari<
pecialists who devote themselves
ne or all of these important r
ions.
The specialist who receives in i
United States a good deal more
ention from the newspapers tl
rom medical journals is that use
djunct to the police force, who
nown as the police surgeon.
Here his duties seldom if ever
J /if rlio crnnoir* or *
111C \Jlll\~XZ VI uiabuvoiiib <
lents, attending illness and preve
ig the spread of contagion. But
'ranee he oftentimes brings to- bi
pon mysterious crimes the acun
f his trained intelligence and
nowledge of his practical professi
le is likely to act as an assistant
tie detective along the lines of
xpert observation.
Four years ago one of the "le,
doctors" of the police force receii
is notification to accompany gi
armes to the scene of a death?tl
f a woman innkeeper. The apa
lent where the woman had b(
>und dead had not been disturb*
tie legal doctor had full play for
iculty of observation. He went
ver the room, and used his misc
;ope at various places and on s
ral objects that appeared to inter
im particularly. At last he inquii
le name of the last vessel that I
Dme in. It proved to be the Dor
laria, from Sicily. He delivered
pinion, then, without a momer
elav or a sign of uncertainty:
"A left-handed man, wearing
light mustache, murdered this i
lan. He is probably a Sicilian, ^
rrived on the Donna Maria. He
ver five feet six inches in height,
as acquainted with his victim, h;
lg been a guest previously at 1
in. So he knew that she often i
runk. He broke in, killed her
ause he feared she would awal
hile tie was robbing the place a
lade good his escape. He has in
ocket now the stump of the can
e used to light him in committi
is crime. Make a swift search fo
tranger answering this descriptio:
While one of the Havre detecti'
astened to take up the quest, i
octor gave his reasons for deduc:
11 these details.
"In entering the murderer cut hi
slf at the door, and a blood-stair
plinter of the wood makes it cl<
aat he is left-handed. To one s
f the spot where the blood dropi
n the floor you can see some can
rease; that is where his candle dr
ed. It is obvious that, while he h
1 his left hand the weapon he us
e carried the candle in the rig
^hen I put the microscope on 1
andle droppings I could recogn
tiem as coming from a Sicilian c;
le, having studied very closely i
lertillion collection of candles,
smbled from all parts of the woi
now surmise that any one v
ould be using a Sicilian candle m
ave just arrived from Sicily,
he candle greases there appea:
wo small, reddish hairs very diff
nt in their texture from those wh
row in the beard. The assas
mst have stood there, holding i
ar>Hio aftpr hp committed the m
er, biting or twisting his musta<
hile he debated his crime and
ext procedure."
It was not long before the det
ve brought in a Sicilian named 1
Drazzo, who had been one of 1
lonna Maria's passengers. The d
Dr, having a piece of paper rea
ffered it to him. He reached out
ift hand, which was cut, to take
Phen they searched him the can
nd was found in his pocket; a
hen they questioned him he brc
own and confessed the murder
hiladelphia North American.
McCormiek Man Missing.
Mrf!ormick. May 4.?McCormich
birred over the disappearance
ohn L. Talbert, one of the leadi
usiness men of this town, wh
)ok place about two weeks a
pril 29 Mr. Talbert left McCorm
filing his family and friends that
as going to Augusta, but he did i
sturn promptly and his family a
-iends began a search which up
Ms time has been fruitless. Rep
ad it that he had been seen in Ch
jston, but diligent search has fai
:> confirm it.
Mr. Talbert was raised in the L
rty Hill section of Edgefield coui
nd is about 38 years old. He is
eacon of the Baptist church and
erintendent of the Baptist Sund;
:hool here, and has always been c<
idered a good man.
Some think that the care of the
iirs of a large mercantile busin
uring a .money stringency has te
orarily unbalanced him.
MAX DOOMED TO DIE CAPTURED.
ur- E. F. Andrews, Who Sawed His Way
Out of Tampa Jail, Taken.
si- Tampa, Fla., May 4.?E. F. An:di
drews, who escaped from jail here
aas while under sentence of death, was
de- captured at an early hour this mornals
ing when he boarded a Coast Line
er- train at a flag station between here
ies and Jacksonville. State's Attorney
md Herbert S. Phillips, who was aboard,
dus recognized the man he had prosecutto
ed. He took his prisoner on to Jack- i
iia- sonvme.
Andrews made his escape from the '
the county jail here last Sunday night. I
at- He had been provided with a sawr J
lan and a revolver, supposedly by his!
ful wife. Following the holding of re-1
is ligious services he hid himself in a !
dark corner of the jail and when all j
go was quiet sawed three iron bars in j
iil- two.
nt- Andrews was sentenced to hang
in next Friday for the murder of J. W.
ear Alexander, in Manatee county. Both
len he and his victim were prominent in
the the community in which they lived,
on. Feeling was so strong against Anto
drews that he was brought to Tampa
his for safe keeping.
gal Arrested by Conductor.
red Jacksonville, Fla., May 4.?E. F.
en- Andrews, who made a sensational
hat escape from the Hillsborough county
irt- jail by sawing his way through his
jen cell and climbing over the wall of the
2d; jail enclosure, was arrested on a
his Seaboard Air Line train by Conductor
all W. T. McKeen, the man being recogro
nized as the fugitive by State's Atev
torney Phillips, of Tampa. He was
l-nrnofi rwpr to tho IoprI authorities
Cot l.v%* 4*VV? v ? w WW ? ,
red upon the arrival of the train here,
lad The man, who was convicted of the !
ma murder of John W. Alexander, of Pa!- |
his metto, and sentenced to be Ranged, i
it's upon arriving here at first denied his j
identity, but it was later proven that J
a he was the right man and Sheriff;
vo- Spencer, of Hillsborough county* ar- j
ho rived in Jacksonville and returned to !
is Tampa with his prisoner tonight.
He
oVWoman's
Body Found in Road.
ier
Chester, May 2.?Neeley Anne
be" Meeks, a respected negress, was
[en found dead in the public road near
ind Wilkesburg yesterday afternoon,
some unknown party having shot her.
Sheriff Colvin and Coroner Gladden
'nS went to the scene of the homieide
r a this morning. This is the second kiliQ
' ing in this county within a week, and
vres the jail is rapidly filling up for the
the summer term of court,
ing ,
Shortage Made Up; Accused Released
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nfo'tr o T T HnwVins.
""w~ O U ill LCI , 11XO.J n. 1>. M. . .. ,
2ar the young man who was arrested by
ide the Southern Express Company last
)e(* week for embezzlement, has been released
from jail, his relatives having
'iP_ made good the deficit in the Express
eld Company's accounts. It is undered?
stood that the case will be dropped.
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the GLENN SPRINGS ROAD SOLD.
ize
an- Horace Bomar .Buys Line and Rollthe
ing Stock for $600
as
Spartanburg, May 5.?For only six
rll0 hundred dollars, Horace L. Bomar, a
ust Spartanburg attorney, today purchasjn
ed at auction a steam railroad with
red ten miles of right of way, one loco?er_
motive, one combination#baggage and
ich express car, two passenger cars, two
sin warehouses and other appurtenances.
?ke It was the Glenn Springs Railroad,
ur_ running from Roebuck to Glenn
Springs, in this county, and was sold
his by the receiver, H. S. Simpson, in
compliance with a Court order. There
ec_ were only two bids for the road,
?0_ which was sold to pay debts amountthe
ing to over $50,000 and including
oc_ $40,000 in bonds and defaulted indv
terest thereon. Thomas F. Ryan, the
noted financier, owns $8,000 of the
bonds.
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