The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, December 18, 1913, Page 2, Image 2
GRANT LOSKS APPEAL.
Negro Will Ik* Returned to Edgefield
to Face Trial on Murder Charge.
Lexington, December 13.?George
Bell Timmerman. solicitor of this circuit.
received a letter to-day from
Saunders Lewis. Jr., clerk of the
United States circuit court of appeals
at Philadelphia, stating that an
opinion had been filed by Judge McPherson
of that court affirming judgment
of the United States district
court in refusing to discharge Joe
Grant, alias Frederick Brown, the
Edgefield county negro, wiio is wanted
in this State upon a charge of
murder, on a writ of habeas corpus.
This means that Grant will be
brought back to Edgefield county
within a very short while unless his
lawyers now appeal to the United
States supreme court.
The Grant case is without a parallel
in the court annals of this State.
During April, 1906, Grant shot and
killed J. T. Durst, a white man. in the
town of Johnston. Grant made his
escape, and bloodhounds from the
State penitentiary were rushed to
Johnston in an automobile in an effort
to affect his capture. In spite
of the fact that the governor of the
State offered a large reward for the
apprehension of the negro in addition
to the amount subscribed by pri
x ^ r\ 111 r?
vale liiuiv luuai^, uiarn. biuuvu vuv
officers until about April, this year,
when he was captured in Philadelphia
by a mulatto detective, who had
learned that there was an outstanding
reward for his return to South
Carolina. Grant was operating a sa*
loon in connection with a barber <
shop in Philadelphia, and had identified
himself with a number of negro
lodges, and he had no difficulty in
securing aid in fighting extradition.
The case was first carried before
*
the attorney general of Pennsylvania
and from there to the governor of
the State. Requisition was granted
and Grant's lawyers fought the case
on habeas corpus proceedings, first
going through the State courts. State
court of appeals, the United States
district court of appeals and finally
in the United States circuit court of
appeals.,
The State of South Carolina has
been represented at all of the hearings
by Solicitor Timmerman, who
has felt confident throughout that
he would win, and that Grant would
be brought back to this State.
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ESCAPED COX VICT RETURNS.
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Voluntarily Surrendered After an Ab/
sence of Eight Months.
A surprise was afforded the county
criminal authorities this morning
in the appearance of one Richard
Crawford, colored, escaped convict,
.
who voluntarilv surrendered and ex- <
pressed his willingness to return to
the county chain gang and serve the
remainder of his two year sentence,
or about twelve months. Crawford
was the negro who took "French
leave" while under confinement in :
the city hospital after undergoing
an operation for appendicitis and,
incidentally he took with him a bedstead.
He took the furniture, however,
not through choice but because
it was attached to him by
chains, he having been bound by the
strong arm of the law.
The negro's recovery was even
more than remarkable, and completely
mystified his physicians, who
had operated upon him just a few
hours nrior to his disappearance.
The convict-patient escaped through
a window of the hospital, carrying
with him the foot of his bedstead.
Since that time (about eight months
ago) he had not been heard from
until this morning.
Since leaving Greenville the con- j
vict stated that he had visited and
worked in New York, Philadelphia.
Boston and other large cities of the
northeast, but "Greenville is the best
place, after all." asserted the negro.
Crawford was convicted in the
court of general sessions in Green
ville, two years ago, on a charge of
burglary. He had attempted to rob
Springfield's store on Buncombe
street, it was alleged.?Gerenville
Daily Piedmont.
LYNCHED BY GIRL'S CALLERS.
Black Boy, Found Under Young Woman's
Bed, Hanged.
Hawthorne, Fla., December 13.?
Henry White, a young negro, was
lynched at Campville, at a late hour
last night, after he had been discovered
under the bed in a young white
woman's room. Several young men
from this town were calling on the
young woman when they heard a
noise in the bed room. Upon investigation
the negro was found. A rope
was secured and he was strung up
near the house. The rope broke
and the negro fell to the ground,
but he was promptly riddled with
bullets, his body being found early
this morning.
All kinds of ledgers and blank
books at Herald Book Store, cheap.
JUDGE AND LAWYER FIGHT.
Magistrate Gantt and Representative
Wythe in Fisticull'.
Spartanburg, December 14.?Hundreds
of church-goers were spectators
of an exciting encounter between
Magistrate Robert J. Gantt and
Cecil C. Wyche, attorney and member
of the legislature, this morning.
The battle was fought in the most
conspicuous place on .Main street,
about half past 11 o'clock, and is reported
to have been caused by an
argument over a point of law involved
in a case in Magistrate Gautt's
court in which Mr. Wyche is counsel
for the defendants. They had a tele-1
phone conversation on the subject
last evening, it is reported. Chancing
to meet on the street this morning
they renewed the argument. Mr.
Wyche, it is alleged, made a remark
offensive to Mr. Gantt. who struck
the lawyer a blow on the head with
a light walking stick. Mr. Wyche,
it is claimed, wrenched the cane from
the magistrate and soundly belabored
him with it. The stick was soon in
pieces and the men then fought with
their lists. So large a crowd gathered
that traffic was blocked. When
bystanders attempted to part the
combatants other men interfered,
telling the wouid-be peace-makers
that the quarrel was none of their
affair and the fight should be allowed
to go on to a finish. Blood was
flowing when Lieut. Alexander Fleming,
of the police department, arrived
and stopped the fight. The beligerents
were taken into a nearby drug
store and washed. A charge of disorderly
conduct was preferred against
them in the mayor's court and each
was required to - give SoO bond
Samue'l J. Nichols, city attorney, went
as surety for both. Messrs Gantt and
Wyche are well known throughout
South Carolina. Mr. Gantt formerly
served in the legislature. He is a
son of Larry Gantt. who was one of
Senator Tillman's principal lieutenants
in the Piedmont years ago and
more recently has been editor of a
:n ~ \T r* Mr
news pa pei' ai wimevmc, v^. i?i?.
Wvche is a son of Dr. C. I\ Wyche, of
Prosperity, Newberry county, both
father and son being members of the
legislature. C. C. Wyche is also a
nephew of Judge Thomas S. Sease. of
the circuit court, and his brother is
one of Senator Tillman's secretaries.
RIGHTS OF THK LAITY.
In last week's issue of the Southern
Christian Advocate, the organ
of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, in South Carolina, we find the
following paragraph:
"The majority vote for the division
of the conference was to many
surprisingly large. Whether the action
was wise or unwise time alone
will tell. As this is a matter that
concerns our laymen as well as our
preachers, we can but feel the former
ought to have some way of expressing
their desires in the matter.
In other words we do not feel that
it is fair for a handful of preachers
to have a great conference divided,allowing
more than ninety thousand
laymen no voice in the matter."
The Advocate is now under the
editorial management of Rev. P. F.
Kilgo, and truly he speaks striking
words for a preacher. It is a spirit
we are glad to see manifested in the
Methodist conference. Heretofore it
seems to have been the idea of many
nreachers that they should control
affairs while the laymen furnished
the money to carry out their plans,
without any voice in whrt should or
should not be done. The new editor
is speaking out along right lines,
and we trust he will continue to do
so. The growth of the church in this
State has been hampered be,cause
the laymen have so little control of
matters of real vital importance.
BIG FUSE IX GIJEKXVILLK.
Hoise, Buggy and Delivery Truck
Burned l*p.
Greenville, December 12.?In a fire
that threatened a part of the business
district early to-night a horse,
buggy and automobile delivery truck,
the property of the Gilreath-Durliam
Company, on South Main street, were
destroyed in spite of the efforts of the
members of the fire department to
rescue them. The horse and vehicles
were secured in a wooden shed situated
in the rear of the Poe Hardware
and Supply Company and the
Gilreath-Durham Company, by whom
the building was used jointly as a
storehouse. In the building was
stored a quantity of feed stuff of a
highly inflammable nature and. starting
in this, the flames leaped skyward
with a glare that lit up that
section of the city. Eating through a
? ^ *U~ .->
Sllglll. pariiuuii *.iue mr e.\piuucu a i
pack of dynamite'caps, causing hundred
of spectators to scatter, fearing
a dangerous explosion.
Xo insurance was carried by either
of the firms using the shed. The
loss of the Poe Hardware and Supply
Company was slight. The GilreathDurham
Company's loss has not yet
been estimated.
Read The Herald, SI.DO a year.
iLEJ) YOl'XG MAX LOSES ARM. \wi
1 In- Manly Moorehead is Seriously Injur- j | /
ed at Blacksburg. [ J[|
layor Blackburg. December 13.?Manly
ienry Moorehead. tlie third son of W. J.
jurg, Moorehead. a prominent merchant of
ition this place, met with a very serious
burg and almost fatal accident yesterday
e nf while nnpratine' the srin at the Farm
ORAXGEBURG MAYOR REGAL
First Time the Recall Has Reei
yoked in South Carolina.
Columbia, December 13.?.M
R. F. Bryant and Councilman H
Yon Ohsen, of the city of Orangel
have been "recalled" by a pet
signed by 100 citizens of Orange
filed this morning in the offic
Governor Blease. The Governor
ing under the Commission Fori
Government Act, has ordered th<
election for successors to .Mayor
ant and Councilman Von Ohse
held in Orangeburg on Tuesday,
cember 30.
The commission form of go1
ment under which Orangeburg is
erned provides that on petitio
20 per cent, of the qualified vote
the last election any official ma
recalled and the Governor is em
ered, when such petition is fiiei
order an election to fill the plae
the recalled officers.
The allegations made by the
titioners against .Mayor Bryant
Councilman Von Ohsen are
That they are tempermantally
qualified to fill the duties of
offices and that they continued i
liceman in office over the protes
citizens alleging brutality and i
cretion against the policeman.
First Use of the Recall.
There were 4S9 votes cast for :
or in the election at which M
Bryant was chosen and the pet
is signed by 100 qualified votei
set forth in an affidavit from Job
Blanche, clerk of the election b
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Ol Iliaua&d B. X lit bivviiv/11 w ..
cember 30 will be conducted by
managers and under the law:
other elections. As far as kr
this is the first time the recall
been invoked in South Carolin
any municipality. Columbia. ?
tanburg, Orangeburg. Sumter, 1
ence are cities in which the com
sion form of government has re
ed the old aldermanic method,
Orangeburg, like the others, has
initiative, the referendum and
recall in its charter.
Mayor Bryant and Councilman
Ohsen have only been in office a
months, the commission plan 1:
adopted at an election held on
few months ago.
Because of its being the first
the recall has been invoked in
State the result of the Orange
election will be watched with j
interest.
JAMES G. SEIGLER PAROl
Aiken Man Who Killed Police
Wade Patterson Freed.
Aiken, S. C., December 13.?Ji
G. Seigler, who two years ago
month shot and killed Wade Pa
son, an Aiken policeman, and
after a sensational trial, was
victed of manslaughter and seni
ed to seven years in the State ]
tentiary, has been paroled di
good behavior by Governor Blea;
Seigler reached home lastj I
from Columbia.
The action of the governor ca
no surprise here. It was gene
known that he intended part
Seigler.
As a miatter of fact, Seigler,
began his prison sentence last sp
was granted a temporary parol
Governor Blease several weeks
for the purpose of securing a pet
from the people of this section
also to attend to some financial
ters. Seigler came home lat<
October and spent the month of
vember here. During that tim<
circulated a petition and secured
wards of 1.0.00 names of the lea
citizens, not only of Aiken, bu
Barnwell and Edgefield countie
well. He returned at the end o
parole to the penitentiary, and
presented the petition to the g(
nor.
Seigler. who is a member of 01
tiio host.knnwn families in this
of South Carolina, claimed at his
that he shot Wade Patterson in
defense. Efforts to secure a new
failed, and after a long delay
went, last spring, to begin his s
years' sentence. It is unders
that he has been a model prison^
It was understood at the time !
ler was temporarily paroled tha
had been granted leave of abs
from the penitentiary for the pur
of winding up some of his tar
business affairs. He owned a 1
farm in the county, which was h
ly mortgaged, and it was to
been sold under foreclosure the
.Monday in December. While he
at home, however, he devoted
time and attention to the circuh
of a petition for a pardon, ma
trips to Barnwell and Edgefield
securing hundreds of names, the
pie generally joining in the rer
for his release.
Seigler has been pardoned di
good behavior, which, his fri
say. will be permanent.
Some Italians with a coupl
bears were in town last week,
were objects of interest to the s
boys and some older folks as wel
, act- ers' Oil mill. The sleeve of his coat
in of was caught by the saws and he was
it an instantly thrown under the "breast"
Bry- of the machine, which lacerated the
n be flesh and crushed the bone of hjs
, De- right arm to such an extent that amputation
of the member near the
rern- shoulder point was rendered necesgov
sary. Fortunately the large artery of
n of the arm was uninjured. The young
rs at man is doing as well as possible this |\
y be morning. |J0
pow- ? ? ?
i to 25 head well broke mules for sale
' ftf by J. M. DANNELLY & CO., Ehr- <
hardt. Weight 1,000 lbs. and up,-ad. <
! per
Real Estate Bargains
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their S4V-> acres good land near town
1 P?- limits, dwelling and outbuildings,
ts of worth $2,500.00. under wire fence. If
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3SS acres 7 miles from town; dwelling
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F]or~ MASTER'S SALE. \\
i in is
plac- By virtue of a decree of the court
and of common pleas for Bamberg county,
S. C., in the case of Mrs. M. S. Cope'
land against Robert W. Miller, et al.,
^e signed by the Hon. G. W. Gage, circuit
judge, at the November, 1913, term
yon oi court, 1, H. C. Folk, Master of said
court, will on Monday, January 5th,
1914, the same being salesday, in
>eing front of the court house door at Bamly
a berg, S. C., between the legal hours
of sale, sell to the highest bidder for
cash, the following described lot of
tlme land:
the All that certain lot of land, situburg
ated in the town and county of 3amjreat
ber&, S. C., containing one acre, more Vfl
or less, and bounded on the North by |W|
Southern Railway Co.; on the East
and South by lands now or formerly
bEI>. 0f estate of E. M. Cox; and on the
West by lands of James Redford. ??
Milan Terms cash, purchaser to pay for
papers. ' jSQ
H. C. FOLK,
Master for Bamberg County,
imes November 22, 1913. #
last A
tter. PUBLIC NOTICE. 11
w^?' I offer for sale at my residence on * *
con- Friday, December 19th, next, at 10
tenc- o'clock a. m., to the highest bidder
peni- for cash:
. 1 horse; 6 mules; 16 head of cat- jr()
irmg tie; 10 meat hogs; 4 sows; 10 pigs;
se- 100 bushels of corn: 3 wagons; 4
light sewing machines; 1 hay press; 1 I fill
weeder; 1 harrow; 1 cooking stove;
. 2 bed steads and bedding; a lot of
lls c household and kitchen^ furniture and 0S
ralI>' other things too tedious to mention.
>ling J. S. BRELAND.
Olar, S. C., December 2nd, 1913. g0(
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