The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, September 11, 1913, Page 3, Image 3
A JOKE OX JUSTICE. ]
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Case Always Used as an Argument -]
Against Circumstantial Evidence.
For many weeks the body of William
Shaw had been hanging in chains ?
from the gibbet near Edinburg. In t
daylight and darkness, in sunshine r
and storm, the poor husk of that un- r
> fortunate man swung and creaked. }
Such a spectacle was not uncommon ^
two hundred years ago, but usually ]
the victim had friends or sympa- c
thizers, who gave the passing tribute
of a tear. William Shaw, however, t
was an nhiect of eeneral execration, i
* and passers-by shook their fists at
his swaying form, and said his fate
was too good for him. Parents took
their children to see that shrivelled
relic of humanity, for no moral les- j
sons could be too violent in those
4. days, and cautioned them to mark >
, and remember the punishment of a a
. man who slew his own daughter, as \
I bonnie a lass as there was in Edin- j
A boro town. i
K Then one day a clergyman and t
W several officers of the law, followed r
by many citizens, went to the way- j
side gibbet and tenderly took down c
all that was left of William Shaw. a
The remains were borne to the con- j
secrated ground of a church ceme- a
* tery and there buried with all pious r
forms. The minister made a talk s
that melted all the hearers to tears, r
and representatives of the law plant- t
ed a flag on the grave when the dirt i
had been filled in. t
"PrkY- inctipp bad mr.de a terrible t
. blunder, and was doing what she c
could to remedy things. It wasn't g
much, and William Shaw was too f
dead to appreciate it. t
Shaw was a quiet, industrious, v
God-fearing man, who occupied one t
side of a double house in Edinburg, v
his daughter, Catherine, being his r
housekeeper. She was a beautiful a
girl, who had many suitors, and,
with a perversity that has distin- n
guished many beautiful girls since c
the world was new, she chose as her c
favorite a man who was unworthy, t;
He was found holding his wassail a
with reckless companions; he looked t
upon honest toil as a nuisance, and s
there were many stories concerning e
his criminal exploits. Catherine had t
winning smiles, for this undesirable r
* citizen, but ' she had nothing but h
? frowns for a certain Aleck Graham, g
who wanted to marry her so bad that a
his bosom ached.
Aleck was all a young man should
be. He worked like Sam Hill and
saved his money, and already owned C
considerable property. He had no
bad habits and he was handsome and
agreeable. Many a damsel longed to
be his bride, but he yearned for Cath- e
; f r?T" hov r
t!I lilt, ctilU uaiucnuc .> cai uvu iv* ??v? x
black sheep. o
It was not strange that William ti
Shaw was grieved and aggravated, s
Any safe and sane parent would be o
incensed over such a condition of af- t.
' > fairs. Many and many a time he talk- s
ed to Catherine, pleading and argu- o
ing with her, trying to induce her to t
appreciate the merits of Graham, and e
to turn the other man down. Neither v
is it strange if he lost his temper 0
once- in a while, when the girl stub- a
bornly protested that she'd marry fi
the man of her choice or die an old d
maid. ti
The other side of the double house was
occupied by a man named Morri- v
f 6on, and it seems clear that Mr. Mor- 1<
rison had a long nose and longer ears, t'.
for when the trouble came upon o
Shaw Morrison could repeat from s
memory entire dialogues he had V
heard with his ear to the keyholes. n
One evening father and daughter e
uaa a luxiger uiscusshju (.nan ?a?
usual, and morrison was Johnny on
* the spot, lintening to every word. He a
heard the girl say: "Cruel father, ti
thou art the cause of my death." h
Then Shaw left the room and went h
into the street, and when he was ii
gone, Morrison heard the girl groan- ti
ing, as though in great pain. He ii
didn't know just what had happened, s
'> but he thought something was seri- a
ously wrong, so he notified the au- a
thorities, and presently several offi- ti
cers arrived and entered the Shaw Y
abode. Catherine was lying on the o
floor in a pool of blood, a knife by b
her side. She was too far gone to S
speak, and when the officious Morri- r
son asked her if her father had stab- a
bed her she nodded her head and ex- j
pired.
All the evidence was against Shaw, C
and although he told a straightfor- f;
ward story, in his patient sorrowful b
way, nobody believed him. He was t.
considered a monster, and had he s
been allowed to appear in public he y
would have been torn to pieces. He i;
+ Vw-k r f r? 11.* a ll i C H^nchtOV Lr
ocixu. L licit lie taixv^u *? uii uuu^n w A ik
on the absorbing theme of her love C
affairs until they both lost their tem<
pers, and he had left the house feel- il
ing that such recrimination was use- s
less. It was true that his daughter g
spoke the words attributed to her by a
Morrison, but he paid no attention to C
them, thinking they had no signifi- g
cance. When he left the house the
girl was alive and well, and had tak- n
. en a pen and a piece of paper as o
though to do some writing. c
His trial was brief, and he was con- S
BROKE INTO CARS, CHARGED.
Pwo Men Arrested in Sumter for Alleged
Offence at Lanes.
Sumter, September 4.?J. F. Parris,
ilias J. F. Gray, and S. V. Jaudon,
wo young men claiming to be origilally
from near St Stephens, were ar ested
here early this morning by polce
officers and the deputy sheriff on
he charge of breaking into cars at
.anes last night and holding up the 1
lepot agent at that place, when he
endeavored to arrest them. Both of j
hem claim to be well known in that
ocality, where Parris was formerly
employed as assistant depot agent,
rhe two men boarded a freight train
here about 4 o'clock in the morning
tnd were arrested here two hours
ater.
It is claimed by Special Officer J.
'. Walker, of the Atlantic Coast Line,
iccording to the account given him
>y Agent W. P. Pate, of Lanes, that
>ate heard that two men were breakng
into a box car and went to arrest
hem or scare them off. One of the
nen ran when he hailed them, escapng
behind the cars in the dark. The
?ther man was taken in hand by the
.gent, who was in turn covered by a
?istol in the hands of the other man
t few minuter later. The captured
nan was released and the two men
tarted up the tracks. Later they
eturned and were again arrested by
he agent while they were sleeping
n the waiting room. They were
urned over to the train crew until
he agent could summon the town
onstable and place them in the
;uard house, but managed to escape
rom them. Later they boarded a
hrough freight and got off here,
rhere the officers had previously
>een notified of their coming. They
rent into a restaurant and were arested
there a few minutes after their
r rival.
In jail to-day the two men made
ight of their trouble. They both delared
they had not broken into any
* i "
ar, but had gone to sleep in an empy
box car, which was on a side track
t Lanes. They had not considered
he matter after they left Lanes, they
aid, and had not made any effort to
scape, if anyone wanted to arrest
hem. When arrested Jaudon had a
evolver on him and Parris had a
rvlctoT fi*r?m tho rpvnlvpr was
one. It is learned that Parris was
t one time agent at Lynchburg.
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.
harleston Experiences One of Hardest
in Long Time.
Charleston, Sept. 5.?Charleston
xperienced today in a few hours a
ainfall of three and a half inches,
ne of the heaviest rains in some
ime. The rainfall was attended by
ome lightning and thunder. Several
f the flashes were quite sharp and
he lightning gave evidence of
triking. The fire alarm bell was put
ut of order for a time, with frequent
oiling. The disturbance is considerd
local, Forecaster Scott said, but it
ras caused by the general unsettling
f the elements by a low pressure
rea in the gulf. The Charleston ofce
has not yet found it necessary or
esirable to issue flood warnings for
he Pee Dee section.
icted and sentenced to death, the
earned judge enlarging greatly upon
he enormity of his crime. So one
old November morning in 1721, he
tepped upon the scaffold at Leith
V'alk, and after saying he was inocent
of bloodshed, was duly excuted,
and his body was left in
hains to the winds and the ravens.
For several weeks Morrison had an
udience whenever he condescended
0 talk, and he came to look upon
imself aS a public benefactor for
aving been so largely instrumental
1 bringing that hideous malefactor
o justice. Then a new tenant moved
ito the other side of the house, the
ide formerly occupied by the Shaws,
nd the wife of the new tenant, being
n industrious woman, she proceeded
0 give the house a thorough cleaning,
^hile thus engaged she saw a piece
f paper protruding from a crevice
1 the floor just below the mantel.
ihe drew it forth, and when she
ead it she ran screaming to the
uthorities. The paper showed that
ustice was a murderer.
The paper was a note written by
'atherine Shaw, and addressed to her
ather. In it she expressed her deermination
to end her life, but said
bat he was responsible. "My death,"
he said, "I lay to your charge. When
ou read this consider yourself the
nhuman wretch who plunged the
nife into the bosom of the unhappy
'atherine Shaw.
So the judge and lawyers and sherds
and other functionaries who had
ent the unfortunate man to a disraceful
death got together and
frrnnrl O f Vl Ci U'OO f A o
51CCU llICiL liV/ ?? uo tuuutu IU Ci
Jhristian burial and a flag over his
rave.
This case is celebrated in legal anals,
and has been quoted thousands
f times in arguments against cirumstantial
evidence.?Kansas City
tar.
ESTIMATE DAMAGE $5,000,000.
Only Two Lives Reported Lost i
Eastern Carolina Storm.
Charlotte. N. C., Sept. 6.?Coi
servative estimates place the damag
trom the storm that swept Easter
Carolina Wednesday at $5,000,00(
So far as known only two lives wer
lost.
Reports from many points tell c
great damage. Train service betwee
Norfolk and Washington will he r<
sumed to-morrow. Goose Creek Ij
land, which is an exposed point, ha
not yet been heard from, but it is be
lieved residents of the island ai
safe. Washington is recovering fas
and in a few days will have cleare
away the wreckage to rebuildinj
The greatest damage was to grov
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