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HOMICIDE IX FLORENCE.
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Sam M. Cook Dead; Seeby T. Buret) j
Accused of Killing.
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Florence. Nov. 29.?Sam. M. Cook, j
Qf this city, overseer on the planta- j
tion of Mr. Seeby T. Burch, one mile |
south of this city, this afternoon was J
shot and killed in the lobby of the j
Central Hotel on East Evans street, j
Mr. Burch is charged with the kill- j
ing. The men had previously had an j
altercation, it is said, earlier in the
afternoon. There are conflicting |
statements as to the nature of the j
altercation which led up to the shoot-1
ing. Several parties claim they wit- j
nessed the affair. At the inquest the
testimony was to the effect that the j
two men had been standing on the i
street talking, when Burch told Cook
to come with him. T-ie two men}
walked from the street to the east
side of the lobby in the Central Hotel
and sat down in chairs. Burch,
it seems, endeavored to reconcile
Cook as to the trouble they had had
previously, but Cook seemed to be
drinking and Burch was unable to
do anything with him. Burch then
got up from his seat and told Cook
he would see him a litle later in the
afternoon and turned to walk off.
Just then Cook is said to have used
a curse word. Burch, it is claimed,
turned to Cook, who was attempting
to approach with his hand in his
pocket, and Burch quickly drew his
gun and began firing.
One of the shots took effect a little
to the left in the neck, one in the
left breast, piercing the heart; one
beneath the left shoulder blade.
Another wound was found by the examining
physician, Dr. Simmons Lucas,
but he did not state positively
" that it was the wound of a pistol
bullet. Dr. Lucas stated that the
wound through the heart was sufficient
to kill Cook almost instantly.
As soon as Cook was shot he turned
* and staggered out to the sidewalk,
falling face downward and expired
in a few minutes. As soon as the
shooting was over Mr. Burch surrendered
and was taken in charge
by the sheriff. Coroner Gunn was
sent for and a jury empanelled and
adjourned to the county court house,
where the evidence was taken. The
verdict was that the deceased came
to his death by a gunshot wound in
the hands of Seeby T. Burch.
Judge Shipp granted bond in the
sum of $.5,000, which was promptly
given and Burch was released.
Mr. Burch is a well-known traveling
salesman and farmer. He is a
son of the late Seeb T. Burch, a former
coroner of this county, and is
widely connected with some of the
best families of this and Darlington
counties.
Mr. Cook came to Florence from
Conway or Horry county sumc imCC
or four years ago. He leaves a wife
and two small children. The unfortunate
affair occurred just when the
streets were filled with shoppers and
caused no little excitement.
* BRIDAL PAIR MAKE ESCAPE. ~
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Savannah Bride Slides Down Water
Pipe from Second Story.
Savannah, Ga., Nov. 26.?Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph H. Pierce, the groom a
resident of Dawson; the bride a Savannahian,
made a dramatic "getaway"
last night following their marrige
yesterday over the protest of the
bride's mother and the consequent
incarceration of the lady in an upper
bed room of her mother's home. Before
her marriage Mrs. Pierce was
Miss Helen Creech, and her mother
very bitterly objected to her getting
married. Last night, after being
locked in her room and separated
from her husband, Mrs. Pierce slid
down the water pipe from the second
floor of the home and joined her hus1
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ed to two friends with motorcycles
to aid them in getting away from the
ire of Mrs. Creech and were carried
on these machines to Pooler, ten
miles away, where the train was
caught for Dawson.
Mrs. Creech did not know that her
daughter had gone until several hours
after her departure.
KILLED BY RUNAWAY HORSE.'
Glenn Ulmer Meets Death While at
Play in Front of Elloree Home.
Elloree, Nov. 26.?Glenn Ulmer, 7year-old
son of Mrs. Annie Ulmer,
was struck by a team of runaway
horses hitched to a wagon and instantly
killed yesterday afternoon.
The team was hitched in front of a
blacksmith shop when the animals
became frightened, and, breaking
away, dashed down the street.
Little Glenn, with some playmates,
was in front of his mothers' home.
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torn away and the child struck by a
wheel. His skull was crushed and he [
was killed almost instantly. His companions,
who were sitting on the
steps, had a very narrow escape.
The child was the older son of a
widowed mother, and the accident
has shocked the community. '
The team was owned by Henry Wilson,
a negro farmer.
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KFCOKD OF A CONVICT.
Freed Twice by the Governor of
South Carolina.
Lexington, S. C., Nov. 27.?Jacob
B. Jeter, the white man who was released
from the State penitentiary by
the governor's parole yesterday, is
said to be one of the most dangerous
men in the State. Jeter was the
first man to receive a pardon at the
hands of the present governor and
his parole yesterday makes the second
time that he has received clemency
from the chief executive within
the past three years. Jeter was serving
a life sentence in the State penitentiary
for having killed a man on
the public streets of the city of Union,
and was released after having served
only about seven years, it is said.
Jeter, soon after his. release the
first time, returned to the home of
his mother and sister, at Swansea,
this county, where he is alleged to
have robbed the home of a lot of
personal effects belonging to his
sister. The goods were practically
all recovered by P. H.
Corley, who was then sheriff of
the county. The different articles
were located in a number of disreputable
houses in the city of Columbia
by the officers, but Jeter was taken
into custody. Upon signing an agreement
that he would leave the county,
never to return to the home of his
relatives again, Jeter was allowed to
go his way. It was not long after
that, however, before he was again
in trouble. While on a drunken
spree in the town of Swansea, Jeter
resisted arrest, making an effort to
shoot his would-be captors, who
found it necessary to shoot him in
order to effect his capture. His
wounds were considered so serious
that he was carried to Knowlton's
Hospital in ColumDia. Alter remaining
in the hospital for several weeks
Jeter, upon the promise that he was
only going out on the porch for a
little fresh air, slipped away from
the institution, and, while on his
crutches, made a rapid get-away. ,
A warrant for his arrest had been
placed in the hands of Sheriff Sim J.
Miller, who at once got in pursuit.
It was learned that Jeter had boarded
a train for Salley, where he secured a
horse and buggy and drove for several
miles into the country, to the
home of a relative, where he was
captured by the Lexington sheriff as
he was preparing to leave for Savannah.
Jeter wras brought back to the
Lexington county jail, where he was
kept confined for several weeks. JBe
w;as tried on a charge of resisting
an officer and assault and battery
with intent to kill at the January
term of the general sessions court
this year; was convicted and sentenced
to serve a period of two years
in the State penitentiary.
Jeter made a strong attack on
Sheriff Miller while in the Lexington
county jail previous to his trial, and
it was only by the almost superhuman
strength of the Lexington sheriff
that Jeter did not harm the officer
and effect his escape. He is also
said to have made a threat against
George Bell Timmerman, solicitor,
who made a strong fight for his conviction
during the trial, and to have
threatened the life of the Lexington
sheriff and otner omcers or me
court.
The fact that he has been turned
loose a second time by the governor
has occasioned considerable comment
among the people of this county
who are acquainted with the character
of the man.
TRY TO ASPHYXIATE LOPEZ.
Officers Will Endeavor to Poison Desperado
Underground.
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Bingham, Utah, Nov. 30.?While
Ralph Lopez, the slayer of six
men, was attempting to batter
down a bulkhead at the entrance
of the tunnel in the
Utah-Apex mine to-day, a posse
brought out the bodies of Deputy
Sheriffs Duglas Hulsey and Tom Nadrich,
killed by the deperado in a
subterranean fight yesterday afternoon.
A development to-day was the
report that Mike Cranovich, who shot
and seriously wounded his wife sevj
eral days ago, also is a fugitive in the
i mine and is co-operating with Lopez,
j That Lopez is suffering from hun|
ger is the belief of the officers, as he
has been in the mine with only a
small supply of food since Thursday.
Hundreds of Americans and foreigners
begged for the opportunity
to search the mine for the murderer.
Only five, led by E. P. Strauper, mayor-elect
of Bingham, were allowed tc
penetrate the workings. After making
two attempts they brought out
the bodies which had been dragged
by Lopez some distance up an incline.
Outwitted repeatedly since Lopez
began his career of bloodshed on
November 21 the pursuing sheriffs oi
seven counties to-day decided to batten
up the mine and attempt to asphyxiate
the fugitive with poisonous
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fifteen exits were stopped with bulkheads
and the work of preparation
for forcing in gas is under way.
"OAKLAND SAMMY" 15 A OK IN JAIL
Did Not Get a Chance to Turn the
"Portland Ned" Stunt.
Columbia, Nov. 26.?When Samuel
K. Williams, alias Jas. P. Kelly, alias
"Oakland Sammy," was released from
the State Penitentiary this morning,
under a parole from Governor Blease,
after serving five years of a fifteenyears'
sentence for safe-cracking in
Charleston county, he walked into
the Federal authorities' clutch, Deputy
United States Marshal J. L.
Adams serving a Federal warrant on
Williams under a charge of robbing
a postoffice in Marion, Ala., August 1,
1901. The yeggman was taken before
United States CommissionerR. Beverley
Sloan, and in default of a $10,000
bond was committed to the Richland
county jail to await a preliminary.
The warrant on which Williams,
alias "Oakland Sammy," was arrested
was sworn out by Postoffice Inspector
Gregory before Assistant District
Attorney Arthur R. Young at
Charleston on October 13, 1908, Mr.
Young at that time being United
States (jommissioner, and charged
that Williams robbed a postoffice in
Marion, Ala., August 1, 1901.
Not Surprised.
Williams is a big, heavy-set fellow,
weighing about 200 pounds, well proportioned,
and about 50 years of age.
He did not express surprise at falling
into the Federal officer's hands on being
released from the State Penitentiary,
and took his arrest with that
stoical appearance which all of the
yeggmen have. He remarked that
it looked as if he would be kept in
prison all of his life. He displayed
some familiarity with the United
States statutes and demanded a preliminary,
which will be accorded him
by Commissioner Sloan.
Williams is said to be wanted in
several other States. It is said that
he escaped from jail once in Montgomery,
Ala., and again in Florida
while awiting trial. He is said to be
an escaped convict from Missouri, and
in addition to the charge on which
he is now under arrest by Federal
authorities there are claimed to be
other charges against him.
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BEAK FIGHT TO DEATH.
Farmer Gets Two Big Carcasses and
Much Honey From Tree.
W. W. Williams, a farmer, came
across two big black bears fighting
over a hollow tree trunk full of honey
in a clearing in a woods near Sugar
Run. The bears were so busy tearing
each other that they failed to notice
Mr. Williams, who got behind a big
tree where he could watch the battle.
The smaller of the two got a hold
on the other's neck with his teeth.
The battle then ended suddenly, the
larger bear gasped twice and rolled
over, dead. The victor, sorely wounded,
fell on his victim, dying in a few
minutes.
Mr. Williams found both bears
1 smeared with honey they had drawn
from the tree trunk. He got a team
and help, loaded the two bears onto
his wagon, and then took 400 pounds
of fine honeycomb from the hollow
trunk.?Sheffield, Pa., dispatch to the
New York World.
LANCASTER LAD HURT.
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Theodore Barton is Injured by a Fall
From a Tree.
Lancaster, Nov. 26.?Theodore
Barton, a bright little lad of the second
grade of the Lancaster cotton
mill school,sustained serious injuries
yesterday afternoon, when he fell
from a tfee, which he had climbed,
upon a picket fence, one of the sharp
palings of which stuck in his left side
, and held him fast. The little fellow
was taken from the fence by his sev
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. he had been playing, and carried by
, them to his father's home nearby,
i where medical assistance was soon
. secured for him. He was found to
be in great pain and was very weak
and faint from the loss of blood.
His ugly and deep wound was sew,
ed up and otherwise attended to.
Under carefi^treatment, the boy will
. soon be back at school.
SAVANNAH PRESS HAS FIRE.
Cigarette Supposed to Have Started
$5,000 Blaze.
Savannah, Ga., Nov. 30.?Fire
damaged the plant of the Savannah
Press, Savannah's afternoon daily, at
an early hour this morning to the ex|
tent of $5,000, covered by insurance.
The tire originated in me uusmeas uifice
on the first floor and spread from
' thence to the press room in the rear.
The alarm was turned in at 4.25 a.
m., but it is the belief that the fire
had been smoldering since early the
; preceding evening. The general theory
is that a cigarette carelessly
thrown down on the floor of the busi"
ness office caused the fire. The paper
will be gotten out from its own
' plant tomorrow.
i All kinds of ledgers and blank
books at Herald Book Store, cheap.
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Batesburg Woman Uses Fast Racing
Auto to Bring Son from Alabama.
Columbia, Nov. 29.?Ail interesting
story is told of a trip by a young
woman of 25 years, who is said to
hate gone alone from this State to
the southern part of Alabama, where
her former husband and their two
children lived, got one of her children
in an automobile, made a wild
run in the racing car across country,
headed for South Carolina. She arrived
safely in South Carolina with
her boy. The story is told by Miss
Lena Blease, formerly Mrs. L. B.
Hartley, of Batesburg, who passed
through this city to-night en route
to her home, having gotten protection
from Governor Blease at Anderson
to-day.
Miss Lena Blease is a member of a
well-known family of Batesburg, and
a cousin of Governor Blease. She
married L. B. Hartley, some years
her senior, on the 19th of April, 1903,
in Batesburg, she says. The husband
lived at Batesburg, and his father and
several brothers reside there now.
The young mother to-night in speaking
of her married life, said that it
was not a happy one.
Secured a Divorce.
The two children are named Julian,
aged nine and one-half years,
and Lester, aged eight years. For
several years after they married Mr.
and Mrs. Hartley lived at Batesburg.
Finally Mrs. Hartley went to Augusta
to work, and about three years ago
Hartley took the two boys and went
to Alabama, where, she says, he subsequently
secured a divorce, Mrs.
Hartley resuming her maiden name
of Miss Blease. She claims that
Hartley afterwards married Miss Ida
Shealy, also of Batesburg, the ceremony
taking place in Augusta about
two years ago. She says when she
returned to Batesburg her former
husband had taken the children
away.
The mother says she began a long
and patient search to locate her two
children, following clue after clue.
Finally after two years she says she
located her former husband in the
little town of Samson, one hundred
miles South of Montgomery, on the
Louisville and Nashville road.
The mother next laid plans, she
said, for getting her children. She
intended invoking the aid of the law,
and about six weeks ago went to
Birmingham, and from there to Montgomery,
Ala. Getting in command
of the situation she says she found
that the younger of the boys was
sick, and this, with other information
led her to decide to take the older
boy, Julian; and come back to South
Carolina. So t Friday of last week
she says she moved to Elba, thirtyfive
miles from Samson, where the
boys were.
Used Fast Rkcing Car.
Monday morning, in a racing car,
she declares she sped across country
to Samson. As the school children .
were gathering at the school the
mother says she called Julian to the
car in which she was sitting. The
boy came up, and she pulled him
in, opened the throttle and headed
for Elba, across country. The boy
was at first bewiwldered, says the
mother, but soon recognized her and
was wild with joy, saying he wanted
to come back to South Carolina.
With her boy in her lap the run
was made to Elba in thirty minutes.
From Monday until Wednesday the
mother says she hid in the couhtry
with her boy, among friends, and
Wednesday went to Montgomery by
automobile. From there she came
through Atlanta, bound for Greenville,
S. C.
Miss Blease claims the alarm had
been sent out and the police of
various cities asked to be on the
lookout for her and the child. On a
northbound train she reached Greenville
Friday morning.
Hearing that her cousin, Governor
Blease, was in Anderson, she
caught the interurban and went to
Anderson yesterday morning, and
claims she immediately got the protection
she expected. She and the
young boy accompanied the Governor
here to-night. In the morning the
woman and her boy will go to Batesburg,
where her father and mother
await them.
INJURED BY A NEEDLE.
Gaffney Child Falls on Instrument's
Sharp Point.
Gaffney, Nov. 26.?While at play
during recess at the Central graded
school in Gaffney yesterday, Cozbi
Daniel, the little daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. T. D. Daniel, fell and suffered
serious injury from a crochet needle.
The little girl had the needle in her
hand while she was running, and
fon the instrument nierced
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her side, entering the flesh and
breaking off. For a time it was feared
that she had been badly injured
and 6he was removed to her parents'
home on Johnston street, but late
last night was said to be resting well,
and if no complications occur she will
recover.
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