The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, September 28, 1922, Page 4, Image 4
(Man Murders y;
Confesses to Crime
Dillon Herald.
It was a well-known woman writep'of
popular fiction who coined the
Vbrase, "Hell hath no fury like a woman
scorned," and a desire for revenge,
born of scorn and ill-treatment,
brings to light a murder mystry,
the details of which have surprised
the officers of the law and
shocked beyond expresion the citi>
zens of the Marietta and Lake View
communities.
It was on or about the beginning
of the present year that Manning
Ford, the 18-year-old son of John
Ford, well-known to the citizens of
Dillon and Dillon county as a peddler
5of
chickens and eggs, disappeared
^ from his home near Lake View. The
f boy was in the habit of leaving home
for a few days at a time, but when
he did not return after a lap^e of
many days his parents became appre
hensive and made diligent but fruitless
inquiries as to his whereabouts.
\ No trace of the boy could be found.
[y He had disappeared as completely as
if the earth had opeffed and swallow/
ed him up.
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In a modest cottage near Marietta
Frank Summers and his wife lived
the quiet and uneventful life of rural
folk* and it was here on the night of 4
February 18, 1922, that a story in'
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' real life almost stranger than fiction
? had its origin in a tragedy that blazed
a trail to a remote Georgia town4nd .
thence back to the scene of its .rfeginffc
ning. /
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On this fatal night Manning Ford,
the victim, was a visitor at the home
of Frank Summers. An altercation
arose and the two m#n began to
^ fight. They fought odt through the
|^^oor and into the fi/nt yard. AcHBcording
to Frank Summers's side of
sVthe story they reacfied the wood pile
oBand Mannina: For/stooped to pick up
piece of iight\y(/od. As he was lean- ;
I lug over Sumnyers snatched up an axe j
I and struck the boy in the back of
jLthe head, k^i'lpg him almost instantH
ly Realizing what he had done he
H took the body upon his shoulders'and
WF cast- it into some underbrush a few
-* hun-'dred yards from the house. The
t <
wif? was not an eye-witness to the
tragedy itself.
Hut killer must have been haunted
py the spirit of the killed. For I '
several weeks Summers continued to '
f-'Mjvirat his home within a fed hun- J
dred yards of where lay the body of
bis'victim, but whether through fear
? ]
kt or superstition or some other reas^vOn'
which has not been explained he (
dull not revisit the secluded spot ,
. vhare the body of young Ford lay
I exposed to the elements and the vultures
of the air and earth. Summers
wTas a man of iron constitution, but
,t livin? daily in such close ^proximity
to the body of his victim began to
tell upon his health and strength.
Conscience lashed, and pursued by
an avenging spirit more terrible
than any punishment that could be
melted out by the law itself, Summers
fled to Georgia. Here he once
^ more took up the thread of life,
T-fcoping in a measure to forget the
* scene of the fatal nigh: of February
18th. In a few weeks his wife folI
lowed him ?nd there they lived,
keeping the dark secret locked in
IT their bosoms, until Nemesis like,
^^^notli'r figure, appeared upon the
in the form of a woman who
^ won Summers's affections away from
~ the faithful wife who had stood between
him and the shadow of the /
electric chair.
.-And the unholy alliance thus
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-formed in a wicked moment was
/ the cause of Summers's undoing. The
faithful wife upbraided him for his
conduct, and he not only scorned her
but turned upon her and beat her
HBiP?roifur/. In a spirit of revenge
Fhe 'd the story to the officers of
the k and when confronted with the
crime Summers confessed to his guilt.
Gf rg^a oi?:cers wired North Carolina
officers and the reply was that
Suinnsrs was not wanted in Marietta
for the alleged crime. There was
of coUi~e no record of it as rumor
!?> .
had no* connected Summers with the
(strange disappearance of the Ford
boy. But Summers insisted that his
stcry was true and he was brought,
back 10 * 3 scene of his crime.
conducted officers to the spot
M" where he had cbncealed the body of
. his > otim and there they found in
V "the fomn of a skeleton the remains
p|g*of the boy who had disappeared so
I mysteriously six months before. All
that romained were the remnants of
CW half rotted clothing, the shoes and a
belt buckle on which were engraved
l the hoy's initials. In the back of the
gtu-HOvas ? ~?le as large as a man's
: fist showing where the fatal blow had
been struck.
/lotaHs nf fhp f rasredv
^ 'I'fltJ All 1 J T VI ? O ?
^ have tot be3n told. What carried
young Ford to Summers's home on
|jg ^ pight of the tragedy and what
ML caU*ses I d ip to the-fight are not
B ^nC-vn>AF'fr(I "was a quiet, inoffenff
give 7Summers is a man 40
V ^e. That there were under
SENTENCE IS SUSPENDED.
C. W. Austin Given Six Months By
Judge Memminger. j
Orangeburg, Sept. 20.?Judge
Memminger, after the convening of
court this morning, sentenced C. W.
Austin, white farmer and formerly
a director in the People's Bank oh
Bowman, which bank failed, to servfe
six months on the county works or &
like term in the state penitentiary,
but suspended tne senienee uunus
good behkvior. The jury convicted
Austin of violating the banking laws
and recommended mercy. Mr. Austin
was charged with securing loans from
the bank of more than tO per cent,
of the capital and surplus, as allowed
by law. The case against R. L. Patrick,
who was cash'er of the same
bank, has not bppn called for trial as
yet.
Harry Monroe, a young white
man, who, plesded guilty to entering
the store of Marvin Arant, in this
city, was sentenced to serve one year
upon the pi&lic works of the county.
Walter .Gaines, a negro from the
Limesto^ section of the county, was
convicted of grand larceny and sentenced
tto serve three years on the public
works of the county. Gaines conducted
his own defense.
In the afternoon the court entered
ijpon the trial of a negro murdef
.case.
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tying causes cannot be doubted.
Rumor has it that Fard was not
Summers's first victim. It is said
that once before he murdered a man,
cut Ihe body up and cast the pieces
into a .stream. There may or may
not be any truth in the rumor.
Later reports from the Marietta
section state that officers have an affidavit
made by Mrs. Summers in
which she says that Ford was murdered
by Summers while he was
isleep She. states that Summers
told her he was going
to kill the boy and as she
could not prevent him from murdering
Ford she left the house and was
cut in the yard when the crime was
committed.
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CHILD DIES IN WRECK.
Reckless Driving Alleged as Cause.
Boy's Neck Broken.
Auderson, Sept. 23.?Harold Donnald,
a seven year old boy, was killed
tjiis morning when a car overturned
hear Neal's Creek church, between
this city and Belton, and his father
Tom McDonald, was severely injured,
'having his shoulder blade broken,
and other injuries.
Mr. Donald was coming to Anderson
with his young son, who had his
arm broken about ten day9 ago, to
get the arm dressed, and a young
fellow named Cowan Robinson said
that he was coming to Anderson, and
they might come with him. Mr. Donald
said he remonstrated with Robinson
about driving so fast, but he
paid no attention to him.
The man was driving^so fast that
it attracted the attention of speed
cops, and they began to chase the car.
They did not catch up with it until
after the accident. Whether the car
struck a sand bank and overturned
or whether the driver was passing
another car and got into the ditch,
is not known, but the car was completely
turned over. The driver was
not hurt beyond a shaking up.
The boy was put in an automobile
and rushed to a hospital, but died on
the way. Examination showed that
his neck was broken, and also his
jawbone.
Byrnes Favors Bonus Bill.
Columbia, Sept. 21.?Only two
members of congress from South
Carolina actually voted on the presidental
veto of the bonus bill, according
to information received in Columbia
from Washington, but in all
six members of congress from this
state were recorded in favor of giving
the ex-soldiers the bonus. One member,
Representative Dominick, of
Newberry, would have voted against
the bonus, had he voted. He was
paired, however.
Representatives Byrnes, of Aiken,
and McSwain, of Grdenville, voted to
override the veto. Messrs. Logan, of
Charleston, Fulmer, of Orangeburg,
Stoll, of Kingstree, and Stevenson, of
Cheraw, were paired also, but showed
in their pairs that they favored the
bonus.
The average life of men in the
country is 55.23 years, as compared
with 57.41 for women.
Mrs. Pauline Beldam, of San Francisco,
holds a unique position. She
makes a business of building personality
among bank workers.
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DARLINGTON FOLK INJURED.
Three Occupants of Car Have Lambs
Broken?Auto Hits Carriage.
Darlington, Sept. 24.?In a collision
between an autopaobile and a carriage
on the Lamar road about three
miles from Darlington last night,
Tom Cross suffered a broken ankle,
one daughter had a leg broken and
another suffered a broken hip. His
wife and father-in-law were badly
shaken up, while his son, wno was
driving, was uninjured. Sam Truett,
the driver of the car, was cut about
the face, 60 stitches being taken. The
other occupants of the car was onlybruised.
The car and carriage were
demolished. The horse "had to be
shot. It is said that the automobile
had a lantern for a light'
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Stetson hats, Schloss Bros and
Styleplus clothing, Manhattan shirts,
Dutchess trousers, Black Cat socks,
Florsheim shoes, high grade merchandise
at right prices. W. D.
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J. WESLEY CRTJM, JR.
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RECEIVER'S SAUE.
Pursuant to an order signed by
his Honor, H; F. Rice, judge of the
second circuit, bearing date of July
31st, 1922, issued in the case entitled
McMurphy Fertilizer Company,
et al., plaintiff, vs. J. M. Kirkland,
defendant, in the Court of Common
Pleas for Bamberg county, the undersigned
will sell at public auction,
to the highest bidder for cash, at
Bamberg, South Carolina, before the
Court House door, between the legal
hours of sale, on the 16th day of
October, A. D., 1922, the following
described real estate, to wit:
All that certain lot, with the buildings
thereon, situate in the Town of
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of South Carolina, measuring fifty
(50) feet by two hundred (200) feet,
fronting on Broad street, bounded as
follows: North by Alley; east by
lot of Mrs. M. S. Morris; south by
lot of J. L. Copeland; and west by
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