The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, December 02, 1915, Page 6, Image 6
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John MeConkey Murdered and Robbed
Monday Night.
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Charleston, Nov. 24.?A brutal
murder that has greatly aroused the
p people of Edisto Island was brought
lisrht vftstprdav at noon when the
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body of Mr. John McConkey, a promi-j
nent farmer of the seaside section of
the island, was fomd at the stables
of his plantation by a servant who
had gone to feed the stock. No trace
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of the perpetrator of the crime has
been found, and bloodhounds may be;
brought to assist in apprehending the
guilty person or persons. Robbery j
S"; , was the motive of the crime, which \
7 was apparently made about 11 o'clock j
Monday night, after Mr. Conkey had;
^ missed a steamer to Charleston at
the boat landing some distance from
I his homeland had driven back to his
stables and put up the mule he was:
driving.
The murdered man was known to
have carried considerable money on
his person and to have intended a
trip to Charleston. He drove to the
boat landing in the evening, and after
missing his boat, talked a while
with Dr. Lea until about 9 o'clock,
when he began the return trip home.
The drive would ordinarily take about,
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two hours, and it is believed that ne i
was attacked soon after arriving at
his stables and putting up his mule.
!E His skull was crushed in with some
blunt instrument, and his jawbone
y- . broken. His throat had been cut
either before or after the blow on his
head. All of his pockets were rifled, ;
and as he was known to have much ^ 5
money with him at the time, robbery 1
, was the evident intention of the at- ]
tack. A nickle-plated watch which :
he carried was untouched. j
Mr. McConkey was a bachelor, and ;:
lived alone at his two-story brick ]
plantation home, which accounts for; <
his body not being found sooner, the j ]
servants presuming that he had come | <
to Charleston, where he was well i
known. The cook had gone to feed j 1
the stock when the body was dis- <
<- covered at noon yesterday. i
The victim of the horrible crime <
was a man of means, and was about 1
65 years of age. He has farmed on j 1
' the seaside section of Edisto Island. 1
several years, having settled there af- 1
% : ' ter coming from Canada. He had a j ]
naoit or carrying consiaerauie uiu^jr <.
^ In his pocket. H? is survived by a
sister and brother in Ontario, Cana- a
da, who have been notified of his \
death. The funeral will be held at I
4 o'clock this afternoon. t
^ ? The murder of Mr. McConkey re- l
calls that a number of violent deaths ?
have, been met on the plantation c
farmed by him. A sister of the mur- \
dered man was fatally burned there a
r ; some time ago, and another man, r
years before, was murdered at nearly p
the same spot where Mr. McConkey e
was attacked. i
The murder has greatly aroused t
the citizens of Edisto Island, and \
?!? ': ... they are considering means to prevent
future repetition of this and
other crimes that have disturbed the g
island in recent months. h
Post Xmas Gifts Early. 1
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pi; . , Cooperation of the public in the
handling of the Christmas mails is ?
I sought by Postmaster General Burleion;
who, in anticipation of anothei j
record-breaking rush of holiday par- t
>$els, Saturday sent out instructions
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to POSlUliWHViS IV! vu*5 yjjuxyxv kxxxu ^xfective
dispatch and delivery of such
fcffe:; matter. ^
Persons are advised to do their t
Christmas mailing early. Mr. Burle|R-.*
' son is confident that if the public will t
Sid to that extent th? holiday mails g
Srill be promptly and efficiently han- .
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iig-. Placards urging the public to mail .
parcels early will be posted in all t
postoffices about December 1. Par- .
eels mailed early may bear the t
words: "Not to b? opened until
Christmas.". T
.. Postmasters, are advised that
clerks and carriers may be required r
to work overtime during the holiday t
season, although not to the extent (
of working a hardship on them. .
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LARGEST STORE DESTROYED. <
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Q'Donnell & Co.'s Building and Mer- i
V / .. chandise in Ashes at Sumter. 2
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? Sumter, Nov. 25.?Fire early this
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morning totally destroyed O'Donnell 1
& Co.'s store, causing a loss estimat- (
ed at around $75,000, with insur- 1
ance of $42,000 on stock of goods
. and buildings.
The fire started in the rear of the
store near where the stove was
placed, and had a good headway
when discovered by a policeman in
I making his rounds at 4:30 o'clock.
When the front door was broken open (
by the firemen a few minutes later
the draught sent the fire up to the
roof with such fierceness that the fire- s
men were forced out of the building.
Nothing was saved from the building
except one bicycle out of a stock of
goods valued at approximately $60,000.
The store had two entrances on
Main street, one side for dry goods
and clothing, and the other for groceries
and crockery-ware.
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CONVICTED OF NEGRO'S MURDER
Colleton Jury Finds Quillie Osteer
Guilty; Recommends Mercy.
Waltarboro. Nov. 17.?A Colleton
county jury, after only twenty minutes
deliberation, tonight found a
white man guilty of the murder of a
negro, something that has not occurred
here since before the war. Quillie
Osteen, a young white man of
the upper part of the county, was
convicted with recommendation to
mercy for the killing of Ernest Copeland,
colored, under circumstances
as portrayed fry the State's witnesses
of great brutality. Many comments
have been made on the verdict and
few cases the parallel of this is remembered
to have happened in South
Carolina.
The testimony of the State was to
the effect that Osteen, accompanied
by two men, Carter and Sullivan,
went one Sunday afternoon in search
of whiskey and at Caldwell station
came in contact with the negro, Ernest
Copeland. Osteen, as alleged by
State's witnesses, asked Copeland for
some whiskey, whereupon the negro
with an oath stated that he had no
whiskey nor money with which to buy
any. Osteen, it is claimed, then said
to his companions that they had better
take away the pistol of the negro,
which was seen in the negro's pocket,
some of the witnesses stating that
this comment was made in a jocular
manner.
State's Contention.
The State maintained that the negro
broke and ran and that Osteen
shot him in the back of the head. The
defence offered the plea of self-defence,
taking the position that the
negro drew his gun first, a pistol being
found with one cartridge in it
near the body of the negro. The defence
stated that Osteen was not
drunk and sought to show that he
dad no evil intent towards the negro,
Dnly shooting in self-defence after the
aegro had drawn his pistol. The defence
also claimed that the bullets
entered the mouth of the negro and
jvent out the back of the head instead !
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)f entering from the rear, as alleged
5y the State. This contention was
jased on the fact that all of the negro's
front teeth were knocked out,
i fact which the State sought to ex
)lain on the ground that the fall
jould have done this.
The jury took the view of the case
is offered by the State. The State
vas represented by Heber R. Padgett,
esq., a prominent young attorney of
he local bar, and Solicitor Gasque, of
Florence, who is taking the place of
solicitor Peurifoy during this term of
rcurt. These two able attorneys advanced
a strong case and made strong
irguments to the jury. W. D. Benlet,
Esq., of Ehrhardt, most ably appeared
for the defence, putting up an
(xcellent fight and contesting every
nch of ground. Mr. Bennet gave noice
of a motion for a new trial, which
vill be heard this week.
Charge by Judge Smith.
The charge of Judge Mendel L.
>mith was one of the most compretensive
and eloquent expressions ever
ieard from the bench here. He explained
the entire law of the case in
, most thorough and intelligible manLer.
He closed his argument with
pectel reference to the oaths the
urors had taken and begged of them
o una me irum auu wnw iv a?
erdict regardless of consequences.
One of the most remarkable facts in
onnectidn with the trial is that since
)steen has been out on bail pending
rial he has served as special contable
under the sheriff charged with
he enforcement of the whiskey laws,
rnd he is now a witness for the State
n at least half a dozen blind tiger
ases set for trial here this week, havng
appeared in several at the last
erm of court. He has also been specal
constable for a magistrate since
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he snooting iook piace.
A few years before the war two
vhite men were hanged, in Colleton
jounty for the murder of negroes.
The testimony in that case being to
he effect that the negroes were run
iown by white men with hounds and
;heir bodies cut up and fed to the
logs. After a most sensational tria'
;hese men were convicted, and a renarkable
fact in this conection is that
i strong appeal'was made to the governor
at that time for their pardon,
rhe governor then being Governor
Vlanning, the grandfather of the present
governor, and the pardon wTas refused.
His Idea.
"What's your idea of an honest
man?"
"An honest man," replied Mr.
Kimp, "is one who likes the same
music in private that he says he likes
when his wife is giving a musical
evening."
The adjutant was lecturing to the
subalterns of the battalion.
"In the field," he said, "it is now
incumbent upon an officer to make
himself look as much like a man af
possible."
Everybody laughed.
"That is, I mean," he explained
"as much like a soldier as possible."
?London Mirror.
MASTER'S SALE.
By virtue of an order in the court
of common pleas in the case of C. F.
Rizer, plaintiff, against W. A. Hay,
Jr., et al., defendants, I, H. C. Folk,*
Master for Bamberg county, will sell
at public auction to the highest bidder
in front of the court house door,
Bamberg, South Carolina, on the 6tli
day of December, 1915, between the
legal hours of sale on said day, the
following described property, to wit:
Tract No. 1. All that certain tract
or parcel of land situate in the coun+
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t V U1 JJClill 55) ttt tv vi wu vii vwa v
lina, measuring and containing Fiftv
(50) acres, more or less, and bounded
as follows: North by lands of
Mrs. M. L. Kennedy and D. J. Hartzog;
East by lands of H. C. Rice ana
Mc. P. Eubanks; South by lands of
W. A. Hay, Jr., and West by lands
of Rosa Hay.
Tract No. 2. All that certain tract 1
or parcel of land situate in the
county of Bamberg, State of South
Carolina, measuring and containing I
Fifty (50) acres, more or less, and
bounded as follows: North by lands
of Mrs. D. J. Hartzog; East by lands
of W. A. Hay, Jr.; South by lands of
Rosa Hay; and West by lands of H.
C. Rice.
Terms of sale cash. Purchaser to
pay for papers.
H. C. FOLK,
Master for Bamberg County.
MASTER'S SALE.
By virtue of a decretal order, directed
to me out of the court of common
pleas, for Bamberg county, in
the case of Jones A. Williams, plaintiff,
against Minnie Bellinger et at,
defendants, I, H. C. Folk, master for
said county, will on Monday, the 6th
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uay Ol i-'tJCCiiiuei, Uio, iuc aamc ucing
sales day, in the said month, between
the legal hours of sale in front
of the court house doors, offer for
sale to the highest bidder for cash,
the following described real estate:
All that piece, parcel, or tract ol
land, situate, lying, and being in
Midway township, county and State
aforesaid, containing one hundred
and thirty-eight acres, more or less,
and bounded on the North, by the run
of Westberry Branch, East by lands
of J. I. Copeland, South by lands of
R. F. McMillan, and West by lands
of John Whetstone.
Terms of sale cash, purchaser to
pay for the papers.
H. C. FOLK,
Master for Bamberg County.
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