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The 'DO THOU LIBERTY GREAT. INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY-CAUSE." VOI^IX BENNETTS VILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1904 NO/.35 TWO MEN BURNED At the Stake Bear Btateaboro, Qa., by a Determined Mob. TBS MILITIA 18 OVERPOWERED. The Holdiers on Duty With Unloaded Gun? Were Helpless In the Hands of the Crazed Populace. With clothing saturated with kero sene, writhing and twisting in their agony, screaming to heaven for the mercy that the mob would not show, Paul Reed and Will Cato, negroes, two of the principals in the dastardly mur der and burning of Henry Hodges and wife and three children six miles fro?n Statesboro, Qa., three weeks ago, we. - burned at the stake on Tuesday, Aug. 16th. That afternoon at 1.21 o'clock a de termined mob charged upon tho court bouse, overpowered the military guard, secured Cato and Reed, who had been found guilty after a legal trial and sentenced to be hanged, took them two miles from States boro and there exacted the fiarful penalty. The forenoon passed quietly, the trial of Paul Reed, the ringleader in the murder, being concluded and a verdict of guilty rendered. Seutence was imposed upon both bim and Will Cato, sentenced the day before, and September y was ilxed as the date for the execution. The crowd assembled about the court house Tuesday, was not so large os Monday. Nor was ltso tbreatning, though, for that matter, there was .never much parade about the crowd that argued the worst and the deter mination of the countrymen who had come in from miles around for the trial was never to be doubted. fjn tn the noon ho LIT there was no intimation that so so ?u was to be en acted the terrible climax. In the trial of Reed little delay was caused and upon its conclusion the prisoners, as before, were hustled into the wit ness room where a strong guard of military was mounted over them. THE AGITATION 11EOINS. In the corridors the agitation be gan. The spectators left the court nxun and from the lawn outside many ^entered the hallways. Shortly before 1 o'clock the crowd was addressed by a tall man who seemed to inllime it greatly. He called on those aoout bim to follow him. Then Capt. Hitch of the Oglethorpe Light Infantry, who was in command of the forces, .realized that the situation was desper ate. He posted gu irda on each of the . stairways that led to the door above where the prisoners were confined. With fixed bayonets but unloaded vi"..>, CiiC- (jumua cxXi^il. l'Utj' moir surged toward them but ware repulsed ^several times. Ihe determined effort was yet to be made. At the rear stair way the gravest danger threatened. Prominent In the crowd was Rev. Mr. Hodges, brother of the murdered man, who sprang to the front to address Its members. He begged them to dis perse. Sheriff Kendrick was lu the crowd. He cautioned the crowd against ?rio lenee and pleaded with them to dis perse. "lam your frlenl," he said. 'I beg you to do n stiling that will re flect upon us as well as on tbe com munity. Disperse and let the law take its course. We need these men. There are others to be biought to jus tice and only from the information to be gained from Cato and Reel eau we bring the right ones to justice. I can almost promise you that ? ben tbe case ls finally sifted there will be live par ties who are equally guilty." TIIKIH KllIK.NO li KN DUM h. "We know you are our friend, Ken _ drlck," someone .shouted, "but prom ise us that you will let these men stay in the Statesboro jail and nut be taken back to Savannah. Then we will dis perse, not until then." There was a shout and cheering and Kendrick could not reply. "Promise us that," they shouted, "you will not take them away from Statesboro." A commotion to the front drew tbe crowd there. This was but tempor ary. Presently they were back at the rear and some ~? men crowded around the guards, lie fore they could be prevented they had caught two of the guards, wiestled their weapons from them and thrown open the breech locks. The weapons were empty. That was what the crowd wanted to ascertain. The troops had been given orders not to load their rill is. The captuied soldiers were beld prisoners. The same policy was fol lowed with others of the soldiers. Mau after man, caught Isolated, was relieved of bis rifle after a struggle. At the front a member of the mob crept along tbe will until he got close to the guards. He threw himself upun them. In the bri ach tims formed his companions threw them selves. Two hundred wild'y cheering men followed him and soon tho sol diers, though they rough desperate ly and Indicted bayonet wounds upon some of their assailants, were over powered. ONK 1-IOllTINO SOI.lUKIt. One young soldier of the Oglethorpe Guards never surrendered. He fought his way free, fought through his cap tors and out upon the lawn. A weapon was raised to strike bim. "Shame!" shouted the crowd and struck down the man who bad raised the weapon. Then they threw them* tad ve:; upon the boy and and overpow ered bim. Tbe small guard about the prisoners withdrew into the room and dosi d the door. The mob crashed against lt, i bursting lt as though lt were un egg shell. The prisoners were at their meroy, all resistance having been beaten down. Cato, Reed, Handy, Hell and other prisoners cowered before the crowd. They dragged Cato and Reed out, releasing Hell into the bands of - the few soldiers left there us soon as they learned that be was not Reed, for whom they had msilaken him. Reed was taken down 0:ie stairway with a rope abono his neck and Cato down the other, both pleading for their lives. By then the crowd numbered 500. They dragged the men along, shouting and cheering along the roadway lead ing to the Hodges homestead, where the five members of the family had been murdered and burned. That was their destination. A WEA KY CROWD. The heat was so intense that the orowd wearied when two miles of the Blx mile route had been traversed. Going several hundred yards from the road the crowd halted. The two ne groes were made to seat themselves on a log. Tiley were told they had but a short time to live and that they should confess. Keel was the tirst to speak. He confessed, implicating other negroes as he had in the court room. He denied, however, that he had taken an active part lu the murder. Cato answered Incoherently. The crowd moved across a Held to a strip of woodland. Several men dimed to branches and called for ropes. "Burn them, burn them" shouted the crowd. Cato begged to be shot or hanged, saying he was Innocent; tbat he had had no hand lu the crime. Some of the more humane wanted to grant his request but they wore In the minority. The rest wanted to visit the same death upon the negroes that they had visited upon the Hodges family. A member of the mob made a speech recounting the horrors of the crime. This inllamed the crowd to the burn ing pitch. To a large stump, 12 feet high, the meu were chained with their backs to the stump. With trace chains the men were lashed to the stump. Then a wagonload of pinewood was hauled to the spot. 11 was piled around the men and ten gallons of kerosene was thrown over them. A UKOKUIA UOIN-CUASKK. A Photographer was present and the crowd was cleared hack that he might get several viows of the men bound to the stake and ready for the burning. The scene which followed beggars description. Frenzied cheers rent the air as men, almost crazed with hatred o. the men being punished, saw the cruel Hames drinking up thc life blood. Just as the match wus applied to the pyre one of those in front asked Reed didn't he want to tell the truth before he died. "Yes, slr; 1 killed Mr. and Mis. Hodges," he replied. "Who killed the children?'1 he was asked. "Handy Bell," came the response, as the Hames lent upwards and further questioning was impossible in the wild tumult. The spectacle was I frightful. As the Hames touched Reed's naked oil soaked skin he twist ed his head around in an endeavor to choke himself and avoid tbe fearful torture. Only once did he complain. He Bald: "Lord have mercy 1" Cato screamed in agony and begged I that he be shot. His heavy Suit ol hair which was oil-soaked was almost the first thing the llames fastened on, ?vaA?'i?fc--^ i-.-.cd v."._n Ayonyp-TOlitic the ht mp'rope became a collar of fire around his neck. A thrill of horroi ran through the frames of the more timid. Before the Hames had quench ed Cato's life, the rope was burned io two and his bead swung from side tc side as he endeavored to avoid the fiery tungue. By efforts almost super human he writhed under the close lucked chains. For unly about three minutes was he vis hie to the crowd before the great pile uf fagots made a wall of Hame which the wind wipec around un Cati's side and su hld bin: from view. SAVAOKKY IN DETAIL. Reed was the first to exhibit uncon sciuusne s and was perhaps the tirsl dead. After the Hames had progress ed very far up his body his head saul* forward and many believed that thc tire got into his lung and killed h'm As Cato's head swung tu aud fro sinai of the more exalted members of the party commenced throwing llgbcwooc knots at lt. As soon as lt was seen that the mei were dead tba crowd commenced dis perslng. A large number remainec behind, however, p'llng more fuel ui until the bodies were burned excep the trunks. They employed them selves in thrasing out the tire whirl commenced spreading along tin streaks of pine needles. Late Tuesday afternoon, after tin last member of the mob bad left th scene, hundreds of citizens who had b no wise participate 1 lu the executloi repaired to the scene and many re malned until long arter nightfall pick ing up whatever souvenirs they coull lind. Conspicuous among the crowi were a number of small buys in kue pants. HEED'S CONFESSION. Both negroes made statements be fore they die 1. Will Cato reiterate the statement made a few days ag that he was only a guard In the can patch while the murder was bain committed. Paul Reed siiri that h did all the killing and that Will Cat told the ti nth when he said he watel ed in the cane patch. He said he di not kill the children; that they wet burned to death when he tired ll house. He told how be. found the li tie girl, Kittle, behind a trunk an pulled her out. She asked him win he wanted and he told her moue; She offered him fi tents, all sue liai and be told her be would not hurt be She fell bickbi ibnd the trunk. Il said he then piled the bod it s of M and Mrs. Hodges together and pourc kerosene Oil then and than llred tl house. He said: "Gentlemen th is the last talk i will hue and 1 a telling the tiuMi." Ile said Preach Tolbert and Bill Golden planned tl crime and that Handy Bell, W Rainey and his boy, Tom Neal, B John Bill, M ises Parish and Al Hal] were all Into it That Gain told bira Tolbert an 1 Golden we ring leaders and plannd thu crime ai the lot fell tn bim to do the j jb, b if there was any money secured ! never saw any of lt." TWO MOKE N KO KOKS KILLED. Two negroes were killed about t miles west of Statesboio, Weduesd night, a rew miles apart, and ti wound id. one of the dead men Handy Bell, and thu other narr could not be learned. Two bulb Were bi one u.id eleven buckshot the uther. Tue dead and wuund were lound Thursday morning. A pool of blood and a bloody tr were near one corpse, but not cc nected with lt. The cause could t be located. The two wounded i groes are Albert Roberts, near seventy years old, who was shot In the leg, body and arm, and hlB son Ray mon, eighteen years old, who was shot In the neck, arm and twice In the the leg. They are said by those who know them to be harmless, industri ous negroes. A doctor bas attended them and pronounced their wounds painful, but not fatal. The old man and his boy were asleep In a house and were aroused by the shooting. After the attacking party left they crawled into a field and remained un til day. The killing ls not generally regretted, but the wounding of the Inoffensive negroes ls deplored and lt ls believed that they were mistaken ' for ol) lera. 1 INSOLENT AND JU HI LA NT. I The appearance of the militia here i made the negroes Insolent and j ubi- . lant in tbelr manner. Borne negroes circulated the impression that ttie j governor was at their back; they con strued his interference not only as for ' their protection, but as an approval of ' the Hodges murder. ' A negr*. on a wagon blocked the , road when he met a rural mail carrier , and cursed him, the negro has disap peared. Recent events have mater!- , ally changed the behavior of the ne groes. Those of shady reputation are , leaving town. About twenty-five are , said to have left Wednesday. Every ? negro implicated lu the Hodge tragedy , ls from another state. The native , Bullock county negroes, as a rule, are , of a different stripe. AU are learning , an Important lesson. A negro harber j at Claxton, twenty-five miles from , there, was soundly thrashed Wednes day night for insolent, d?liant threats , against the whites on account of the burning there Tuesday. 't A number of negroes in that county ? have received the same treatment and [ lt ls said that others are to get it , Thuisday night. The citizens are de- , bermlned to protect their families and . property. They will curb the ten- \ iency o' lawless negroes at any cost. ; lt is not the intention of any one to '( molest the law-abiding or to harm , those who stay in their places. BABY'S 8XULL CRUSHED By Fal) on Its Mothcr'a Head In Game ( ofBomioe. I Four-year-old Dora Elbrecht, a hu man doll, was laughing in her moth er's eyes, and every time the strong 1 arms tossed her in the air the musical . sound rippled out into the street from 1 the windows of the Elbrecbt home, at No. 182 Stanton street, New York. j "Here she goes over the moon!" Once again the childish laughter 1 rang out, but suddenly ceased. The ' baby'3 head had struck against her mother's forehead as she was falling , into the eager arms, and the brown curls d- pped as a baby hand clutched a-V tue ?jjC^t^Vdre?s?** "Oh, baby, did it hurt you? See, i mamma will kiss it and make it well, i Naughty old head to hurt baby so! . We'll just whip the naughty old head. Just watch mamma beat lt!" ? There was a faint smile In the brown, eyes and then the lids closed. I The laughter was hushed. ( "Never mind, Dora's tired and she'll I go to bed," said Mrs. Elb-echt, | smoothing the tangled curls. Hum ming a lullaby, the mother removed ( the little shoes and stockings, white frock and petticoat and gently laid the child in her crib. Monday night, when the father came up stairs from his work and kissed the child, the only one tbat had come to brighten his home, the mother told how the child had slept all the afternoon. Dora had been sick Sunday and both parents were anxious about her. "Yes," said the father, "The poor little girl ls sick, and the sleep will do her good. She was down lu the store playing with the tailor's needles, und I told her to come up and ask you to bounce Inr." "I did, but she bumped her little head and spoiled the game," said his wife. Little Dora seemed to sleep soundly all night, lu the morulug she was still sleeping. "Better wake her," said the father, and the mother called to Dora, but the child slept on. "Come now, sleepy-eyes, wake up," said Mrs. Elbretch, lifting the child from the cradle, but she could not arouse the little one. A tell-tale red mark on the side of the child's head meant no more than a bump to the mother. Eather and mother both became alarmed wh<>n they could not awaken Dora, and Elbrecht ran|to Gouverneur Hospital and asked for medical assis tance. An ambulance was sent to the house, and Dr. Dosc-h saw at a glance that the child was dying. He found that its skull had been crushed like au egg shell. He took the child to the hospital in the hope of savlug its life. Thursday afternoon, however, lit tle Dora died in the hospital, and thc father, heartbroken went to bis homo, where the shadow of death had blot ted out. the light of a child's laughter, aud the patter of little feet echoed only in memory, to tell his wife that their baby girl was dead. The mother still believes the child died of an Illness. The father has not the courage to tell her that her kisses to make the little head well were'Jn vain. Mrs. Elbiecht is almost frantic with grief, aud for fear of a complete collapse was not allowed to see the body of her dead child. She must remember her darling only as she saw h ir last-the brown curls pillowing on one tiny arm, the other bare arm stretched above her head, sleep'-ng a sleep iro n which she never awakened. Kichly Deserved it. Alfred A. Knapp, convicted of the murder of his wife, Hannah Goddard Knapp, and who confessed to five murders, was electrocuted in the annex of the ohio penitentiary a few minutes after midnight Thursday. Knapp, who weakened when he found his last hope for life had gone, ex pressed a fear that he would have to be curried tu thc death chair, regained his nerve and met his fate with little show of fear or emotion. The elec trocution was performed w'thout a hitch, the first shock being applied at 12.02, the second a minute later, aud at 12. uu he was pronounced dead. THE CHIME For Which Cato and Heed Wer? Burned to Death. AH ENTIRE FAMILY MURDERED And Their Bodies Burned lu their Former Hume, Which Was Met on Fire by the Ha man Devils. The Hodges murder, for which the two negroes, (Jato and Reed, were burned near Stateaboro, Qa., on Tue? 3ay of last week, was one of the most brutal that has ever been conn- .tied my where. Au entire family, con dstlng of the husband, wife and three ?hlldren, were cr? Hy murdered in ?old blood and their former home Bet JU fire and burned to tiie ground. The levilish lionels threw the bodies of their innocent victims in the burning building and thus attempted to hide their crime by cremeating the bodies. . There was no happier family in all the section around Statesboro than Henry Hodges, a well-to-do farmer, ind his wife and three children. He was industrious and economical and bad managed to accumulate some thing for a rainy day. His accumula tions, following a small deposit he had nude in one of the banks, begau to be balked about and soon reports of boarded money were told, lt was 2 von said that Hodges had a pot of {old hidden in his front yard. With the coming of the dawn on Friday, July 29 the whole community was ihocked by tho story of the crime. Shortly after midnight neighbors dis covered the home of Mr. Hodges, in lames. The. home is just six miles Trom Statesbjro. Rapidly neighbors ind friends gathered to render assis tance. Instead of a home just afire ?u?j found the uouss almost destroy ed. Members of the family were no where to be seen. SCKNK OK HORROR. Closer investigation, as daylight jpened the way, showed a horrible scene. Mr. Hodges was found with bis skull crushed in as though from the blow of au axe. Mrs. Hodges' head and body had been beaten with some blunt instru ment. The body of a little girl was horrib ly mangled. The two other children's bodies did aol show any signs of violence, and lt ls supposed they were victims of the Hames aud not the murderous blows 3f their assailants. Un pieces of timber in the yard were found many blood stains and bloody Unger prints. STRUGGLE WITH ASSAILANTS. IL developed that- HTodgeswent to & neighbor's about 8 o'clock the same a'ght to bring his little child back, who had been spending the day. It is believed be was met at the ,rate by the assailants and murdered lhere and that his body was dragged Into the bouse. There were many in dications of a struggle at the gate aud blood stains were found on the gate post. A lamp was found sitting on the ?ate post. A horse and buggy was ibo found, hitched to a tree In the back yard. The body of Mrs. Hodges was found near the tirepiace. Tue body of the oldest child was discover ed on the front porch. All the bodies were dressed, Indicat ing that the crime was committed early in the night before the famllv liad retired. IILOOOnOUNDS ON TRAIL. As soon as the crime was made inowu, a large posse was formed and bloodhounds put on the trail. As reported at the trial, the blood hounds followed the trail during the lay to a picnic, at which several hun ired negroes were assembled. With out warning the dogs pounced ou two iegn.es. The oillceis ran to the dogs md in attempting to arrest the two negroes they were Immediately sur rounded by the crowd. The crowd ?ought tu prevent the arrant of the iwu men and the olllcers drew their <uns. Within a short Lime thirteen ne grees were placed nuder arrest and larrled to the Statesboro jail. Prior to the arrest of the thirteen, Paul Heid and his wife and Will Cate, jtber negroes, were placed lu jail. In i confession made later by the wife of Paul Heid she declared her hus band aud Will Uatu committed the murder. NEG KO WOMAN CONFESSES. Tiie woman told a harrowing tale 3f the crime. She was anxious, she laid, lo make a clean breast of the whole matter and would have done so befoie, when she heard of the murder being planned, but she was afraid, die said, that her husband would kill lier. The woman said that her hus band Will Cato were impressed that Mr. Hodges had about $300 In money und had planned to kill him and rob the house the Saturday night before. They went to the house, called Mr. Hodges out, but their courage failed them and as an excuse asked fur some spirits of turpentine. They were still resolved to try the murder again, the woman stated. She heard them plotting during the week. She said her husband and Will dato left the house together on the night of the murder and she thinks there were two or three others with them, but did not know who, as they never caine into the house where she was. They svere gone about an hour and a half. When they returned, her husband .said he had committed an awful crime, and was in trouble about it. They said they had killed Mr. Hodges and wife and two children, but remembered that the little girl had escaped and would tell who they were. According to the woman, the ne groes then returned to the house and found the little girl hid behind a trunk. She pleaded with them to spare her life, but her pleadings were lu vain. A blow from an axe ended her life. The wuuiau then said the bodies of the live victims wer? then piled In a heap and the house set on Ure. There was great excitement follow ing the woman's confession and threats of lynching were heard on al sides. A public meeting was called at the court house and tho cooler beads anally persuaded the enraged citizens to allow the law to take its course. Later, under military escort, the two negroes, Paul Reid and Will Cato, were carried to the Savannah Jail. \ To a party of Statesboro citizens, who visited the prisoners lu the Savannah jail, Reid confessed that the Hodges murder was planned by a black mafia society known as "Before the Bay Club." Ile said the mem bers of the club, whloh Included many negroes In the neighborhood, had marked several victims. The meet ing of -the club were held after mid night and adj urned before day. BEAR KILLED BT TRAIN. Tbe Animal Waa Knocked From a .'.J Railroad Trestle. A special dispatch to the Atlanta Journal, says on Wednesday morning the southbound Georgia Southern passenger train ran over what the eugin&Sr: supposed to be a man at Sandy Run trestle, near Bonaire in Houston, county. Engineer Yates left Manon several minutes late and as hlbiirsb stop Is Cnadllla, 44 miles below flacon, he was running at a high ritte of speed, when au object which ho Buppose to be a man stood erect and was knocked headlong on the groiihd several feet below. The train was stopped as quickly as possible and a flagman was dispatched to stop the nortn bound train, if it should come along before the man was reached and either carried to the nearest physician or otherwise cared for. The train was in charge of Cap-: tain Hebert Flour coy and Train master-Scott was in the sleeper. When the supposed man had been found the engineer blew for the tlag --*.~ lo.*,,-.. rni,n v.l..... I- .-.r the whistle and the train being still arousedJMr. Scott from his slumbers and he eagerly asked Captain Flournoy why tue train had stepped. The negro porter was the first who reach ed the supposed dead man and ima gine his honor when he found instead of a dead man a half-dead black bear weighing nearly three hundred pounds offering fight. Tho bear* died before day and the next .train brought it to Bonaire where it was .'on exhibition from the depot platform all day. Engineer Yates, Conductor Flournoy and Train master Scttt are all delighted at the killing o' a bear instead of a man, as they Hist supposed. A PECULIAR STORY. Hi?- - id Wife Thinking Euch Quite a peculiar story has developed in real life near Greensboro, Ga., rather a series of events, in which years have passed and all the years full of - happenings; in lt a woman of <?en*vIaJ and a man now of Texas, but a former Georgian, are the principal characters, but UvlBg-?pr twenty-flve years totally oblivious of tho ??'.at?nce of the other, each believing the other dead. Thirty-two years ago In Greene coun ty B. T. McElroy and Miss Tarpley were married, lived together four or five years and had several children born to them. During the s'xth year of th lr married life Mr. McElroy de cided to travel in some of the Wes tern states, and to he left his wife and children in Greene county and started on his journey, intending to return soon. However, after getting out West he remained longer than he had antici pated, and information that he be li.ved to be thoroughly reliable was brought him that Ins wife was dead. She, not hearing from him, also con cluded that he was dead. Eventually, Mr. McElroy discontin ued lils travels and settled in Texas and began preaching. Believing his wife dead, and ten years having elapsed, he married again and now has living in the state of Texas a wife and eleven children. Mrs. McElroy, also laboring under the belief that her husband was uo longer In the land of the living, mar ried again, this time Ben Wray, who died several years ago, and who was a farmer in that county until the time of his death. Two children blessed this union of Mr. Wray and Mrs. Mc Elroy, she a'so taking care of and raising her children by her ti rsi hus band. Now, after a lapse of tsventy-live years, Mr. McElroy decides to revisit the scenes of lils youth and so de cides to come back to Greensboro, which he had left so many years ago. The state of atfaiis that confronts him is a most peculiar one, his ii rsi wife living here, her second husband dead, his children that he left when little, now grown to be men and wo men, the children of Mrs. McElroy's second union also being grown, and, as stated, he also having a wife and eleven children lu Texas. Boys for Farm Work. Tbe State says Commissioner Wat son expects two boys from tho Chil drens' Aid society of New York city in a few days. These boys will go to Abbeville and later on In the year others will be sent. As has baen stated, these boys are not inmates of reformatera, but are foundings cared for bv the society until an age of discretion has been reached, when they are sent out to make their own li vii gs. They are under the supervi sion of Hie State for two years. Any one wishing to secure some of these boys as laborers, farm hands, etc., should write to Commissioner E. J. Watson, care the department of ag riculture, commerce and immigration, at Columbia. Worst on Kcoord. According to tho Railroad Gazette, the recent wreck at Eden, Col., was the worst railroad disaster in point of loss of life, which has ever occurred In this country, lt ls believed that more than 100 persons wore killed In the Colorado disaster. In Auirust. 1887, at Chatsworth, 111.. 85 "lives were lost In a railroad wreck, and this was the record until hut week. There were a larger number Injured in the Illinois wreck, however. GOES UP FOR LIFE. A White Murderer Sent to the Penitentiary from Saluda. A GOOD EXAMPLE TO FOLLOW. JUCIKO Walt H Tells the Con vic teil Man of the Enormity of his Crime and the Justice of the Seiitenfo. A special dispatch from Saluda to The News and Courier says the notice of motion for a new trial in the Tbrallklll case, was abandoned by de fendant's attorneys, and the prisoner arraigned for sentence. In passing sentence Judge Watts said: "You have been tried and convicted by a jury of your country of murder. It is now my painful duty to pass sen tence upon you. I am always sorry for auy one who ls in trouble and dis tress. But you have violated the law of your country. A jury of your coun try have found you guilty of murder, and have recommended you to the mercy of the Court. 1 am of tbe opin ion that the verdict was warranted absolutely by the facts of thc case. I do not see how the Jury could have done otherwise under the testimony in the case than to have found the verdict they did. I think it ls going to have a happy effect throughout tbe State of South Carolina, because the people of this State will learn that a man of respect able character and with property can be convicted when he commits a crime, the same as the poor, the ignorant and the unlettered. There hus been too much shooting in South Carolina. Men too much have taken Die law in their own hands. You cannot pick up a newspaper but what you will see that somebody has been killed. Defendants cjme iu Court and make an effort at self-de fence. 1 heard the Solicitor nf the (?th district say he was absolutely afraid to blow his nose in the Court House because he carried his handker chief in his hip pocket and was fear ful that somebody might take that as an excuse lor shooting him. There is no doubt in my mind that you went up to Monetta with malice In your heart and blood on your mind. You went up there to pick a row, lt seems tv? me, with the school teacher. What the cause of trouble was between you and bim I do not know, but he (the teacher) seemed to be a very inoffen sive and quiet young fellow. You had no right to take the law in your bauds. Tlie worst feature of your whole case, to my mind, is that you loaded your shotgun with buckshot and you gave your eighteen-year-old boy a pistol, aud carried him/along with you. . A toy,.especially one 18 years, old, will do arj^hkg?}ls father iyi?? io --i'J. i - . !ir jour iua is more to be pitied*than to be blamed. He was acting under your orders. You went up there to harm the school teacher and got into an altercation with tbe brother of the man you sub sequently killed, and as far as I can learn you shot him for no cause at all, and you concluded you would clean up the crowd. When bis brother came down, as it was natural that he should do, on hp'i-'.v.? that his brotuer nan been shot, you shot him down with out giving him a dog's chance. He might have been a bad man. I do not know anything about that. The testimony developed the fact that lie had had some fights in his life. Unfortunately and unluckily all of us have done the same thing. I suppose if 1 was on trial you couH rake up some light 1 have had and so far as that is concerned, mest' every body else In this Court room. The older a man gets the more he realizes that lighting does not pay. I would take a great deal before I would light under any circumstances. The man who wins his tight usuallj gets the worst of it. I would rather be tbe dead man than tbe live one-that ls, I would rather be dead than to have to kill a man. I do not think a man bas much happiness when he takes the human life, unless tie does it acting strictly in self-defence. The The law is that no man can claim self-defence unless he ls without fault in bringing on the quarrel and dilll culty. it seemed to me as if you could feel lt in the air around the Court House that those people around about Mouetta seemed to be afraid to testify in this case. It actually looked as if they had been terrorized some how. You are the most determined man 1 ever saw. You went to Monetta for a certain purpose and you carried it into effect. I think the jury deserve great credit for Und ing the verdict they did, and l think it is a happy omen for this coun try, going to show that the peo ple ol Saluda County are tired of lawlessness, aro tired of so much bloodshed, and in fact they are deter mined to cut lt down and place this county ou an equality with other coun ties in this State so far as law and good order are concerned. This ls one of the finest counties 1 ever saw in my life. Its people, white and black, are courteous and polite, and 1 cannot understand why there should be so much shooting. 1 am sor ry for you, 1 am B?rry for your wife, 1 ara sorry for your children. I have got live children myself. I have frequent ly wished, on occasions of sentencing defendants, that the punishment could fall upon the guilty one. Your wife and children will suffer because of violation of the laws of the laud. Nothing that we can do can bring the dead man back to life, and his wife and three little children. It is one of the saddest cases that 1 ever saw in my life. I trust you will make your peace and repent of your misdeeds. Let the prisoner be arraigned for sen tence.'' Tlie prisoner was arraigned and re sponded that he had nothing to say why sentence should not be passed upon bim. Judge Watts then senten ced him to hard labor in the State Penitentiary for the period of his nat ural life._ Nook Broken, Clarence D?rider, a cyclist, was killed while attempting to "loop-the loop" at a local resort at Salt Lake Wednesday night. He reached thc upper side when the wheel left the track and he droped. His head struck the wheel and his neck was broken. YOUNO ANBEL KILLED In a Railroad Wreck on Thursday Morning Near Central. ?' A special from Greenville to The State says In a head-on collision near Central Thursday morning a local fre'ght and a dirt train were badly smashed up and se vet al of the train crew Injured. Claiborne Ansel, fireman on the local freight, was caught between the engine and tender and remained in that position for over two hours until an engine could be sent for from Greenville to pull the wrecked locomo tive off the suffering fireman. Mr. Ansel bad both legs broken Just below the knee and was slightly scalded by i the escaping steam. Engineer Hanks of the' dirt train received a cut in the head and was 1 burn?d and badly bruised by the shock of the collision which threw him 20 feet from his engine. On ex amination by the physicians it was found that amputation of one of Mr. Ansel's legs would be necessary and probably the other one also. If the artery in the other leg cannot be saved the limb will have to be taken off. Mr. Ansel ls a son of M.'F. Ansel. As soon as a train could be made up Fireman Ansel and Engineer Hanks were brought to the city and taken to the Greenville sanitarium where Dr. Karie took them in charge. En glneer Hauks was not seriously hurt as he was able to walk from the am bulance into the house. The extent of bis Injuries were bruises, burns and a gash un the fo ehad. Fireman Aus?l was remarkably cool for one so badly injured. When placed .. ..i>nf ??.?? Aanat <-os?nr? JU HUI O W. ?AV W.\? nLpvu ..v. ?wv^v^ nized the doctor and other friends and exchanged handshakes and told them about the wreck. Report says that Engineer Hanks of the dirt train was sitting in his cab in a cut when the local freight came down the track, hitting the front of his engine and knocking him up on the side of the out about 20 feet. A later dispatch from Greenville brought the sad Intelligence that , young Ansel had died at 0 30 p. m. \ at the Greenville sanitarium. He , was about 20 years old, only son of j Hon. M. F. Ansel, and a popular , young man socially. Mr. Ansel had , ambitions to become a locomtlve en- f glneer and Thursday's trip was his first regular run in the full capacity ( of fireman. KILLED AT MEOGETTS. < i Popular Young Husolneoo Man Fatal- ( ly iSbot by a Negro. . < A special dispatch from Meggett's ! to The News and Courier says Allen Heathlngton, prominent young -.vhite , mah,' was shot nnd k???d at his brc **v.l Thursday morning. Theslaj Or was a negro teamster, Sam Brown, who was I in the employ of the mill. A dinicul- i ty arose over the tardiness of the ne gro in going to work. Young Heath- 1 Ington fired two or three shots and In- 1 juted the negro, though ft is not { thought seriously. A bystander stated i that the negro tired but one shot, which was fatal, the bullet entering s left; pye nf H^itoiugtea, in.d. caus- i lng death in a short time. i News of the tragedy spread like ? wildfire and in a short while about all tlte white men and several of the ne- i groes were armed and in pursuit of < the fugitive. 1 Sheriff Martin, of Charleston, was telegraphed to tor bloodhounds. A special train was chartered and Officer ? Burton and two assistants arrived , with the hounds about ll o'clock. , Cp to late Thursday evening lt ia ? not thought that the hounds have , struck the right trail. In view of previous troubles in this ? section the Governor has wired to Sheriff Owens, of Walterboro, to call out the Campobello Rides to protect the fugitive if caught. There are two posses out, each In charge of a local magistrate. Every thing ls orderly, but serious, and no effort will be spared to capture the negro. Mr. John M. Hjathlugtoa, b other ot the deceased, has offered a reward of $500 for the capture of the culprit, Sam Brown._ Cream Hafers Poisoned. Reports from Pleasant View, Am herst county, Va., where 25 persons were poisoned Thursday afternoon by eating Ice cream, are meagre, owing to distance from telegraph lines but lt is known that all of those affected are considered out of danger save one young lady, Miss Lawborne, whose address is not known, and who ls said to be in a critical condition. There were more than 'J,ooo persons present lat the sessions of the Piedmont Baptist association aud those who were poisoned ate of the cream after the afternoon session adjourned. In leis than half an hour the church was turned into a hospital and four phy sicians were working heroically to counteract the effects of the potsou. Woll Taken Care Ot. The State says: "Morgan W. Thrailklll and bis son have been in Saluda jail for several months charg ed with tlie unprovoked murder of Benj. Burton, but our correspondent reports that 'neither looked the worse for confinement.' And why should they, living in comfortably furnished and well fortitlcd rooms, taking their meals at the sheriff's table, having the liberty of the honse and being well armed!" Over tho Palls. Just before ten o'clock Wednesday morning an unknown woman commit ted suicide by going over the Ameri can Falls at Niagara. The suicide was witnessed by hundreds of people, live hundred feet from the precipice. She was about forty-five years old and wore a black dress and skirt and a champagne waist. It seems that the woman was of good circumstances from her clothing. Humed to Death. John II. Frasier was burned to death at Columbia Tenn., Thursday morning in a tire which destroyed tim planing mill plant of the N. K. ? Vaughn Mercantile and Manufactur ing company. Frazier was cut off while attempting to save tools stored In the mill. The property loss was 1110,000. MANY JAPS KILLED. Several Bloody Battlei Bagod Around Fort Arthur Last Week. WILL DEFEND IT TO THE LAST. Tho Kassian General Grew Profane at the Japanese Demand for . the Surrender of the Fortress. A dispatch from Ohefoo says a bat tle of huge proportions raged around Pdrt Arthur August 14 and 15 and was resumed August 17. The Japan ese, it is reported, sacrificed 20,000 more men but gained important ad vantages in the matter of position. The above news was brought to Che foo on junks, one of which, having on board three Rusdans concealed In the baggage of Chinese to escape from the Japanese, left Port Arthur Thursday night and was blown rapidly to Chefoo by a gale. The main force of the at tack was directed against the left wing and resulted in the capture of Pigeon bay positions and some of the forts at Llao- Tlesban. At Palun Chang the Japanese hastily mounted guns which did excellent service in aiding the storming of the right wing where the J a pa nts ? are said to have captured two forts of minor value, mounting eight 4-lnoh guns, twosslge guns and six quick firing guns. SU KUENDER DEMANDED. The position that the Japanese oc cupy on Llao Tlesban peninsula is not olear but numerous Chinese sources aver that the Japanese have been seen in force in that Bection. Apparently an attack originating in Louisa bay swept through the Pigeon bay posi tions into the peninsula, In the doing of which a majority of the lives of the expedition were sacrificed. On the night of the 15th the battle lulled onmAnihef H-1?AH *t?~ I -.-*. X-% tfVMIM t? UMW UvU UU<U i-i?iJwav.oo DUUU VUU terms of surrender to Lieut. General Stoessel. The terms provided that the garri son should march out with the honors jf war and j >ln Gen. Kuropatkin; that iii civilians be brought toa place des ignated by the Japanese admiral; that Hie Russian warships in the harbor, numbering seven namely, the battle ships Retvizan, Se vas ta pol, Po ble da, Peres viet, pol ta va, the armored cruis er Bayan and the proteoted cruiser Ballada and 12 or more Torpedo boat iestroyers and four gunboats be sur rendered to the Japanese. Lieut. Sen. Steossel ls alleged to have re ceived the terms with a burst of won derful profanity, his habitual tacitur nity .deserting bim. He strode the the floor until-he became calmer and rejrjg,rked that if the Japanese pro po a joke." UM, Mjuti - ?picsa p. vi. tallowing dlspa? a.from its T~..io cor respondent on Thursday: "lam informed that the Mikado. las received from the commander of ils forces at Port Arthur the Russian ie nor al'a reply to the Imperial de nand for the surrender of the forces. "In bis reply, Lieut. General Stoe lel expresses his thanks for the ' hu nanitarlan offer to grant safe conduct yu a?i uuu ^.'i'E.h^tanr.e, T.Vu'u^^Jie. Rua dan lines. "The demand to surrender Stoessel refuses uncompromisingly, and de clares his garrison will fight to the ast man in defence of the fortress." FROM PIGEON UAV. According to news received at Ohe foo the Japanese have begun to bom bard Port Arthur from Pigeon Bay, bo which the right wing of the army bas penetrated, this being less than three miles from the fortress. The coal yards of Port Arthur have been set afire by the Japanese shells and are now burning. The centre ot the beseiglng force has been moved to Paling Cnurg, two miles north of the town, and all the line has moved closer to the doomed fortress. Passengers on hoard the steamer Declina, which anchored off Port Ar thur Thursday night, witnessed tue bombardment from Pigeon Bay. A TERRIFYING SPECTACLE. The Japanese shells were visible during their whole course. They cir culated comet-like to the town and their explosions were marked by great splashes of Ure, which shot up Into the sky. The bombardment from this and other points began at midnight and lasted until morning. The Russians did not reply to the Japanese tire. Major Seaman, formerly a surg on in the American army, was a passen ger on the D?cima, ?le says the spec tacle was most brilliant and awe in spiring. Tbe D?cima weighed aucbor from Port Arthur at 5 o'clock Friday morning. At some distance out she saw five Japanese warships guarding the harbor. Chinese refugees from Port Arthur, who arrived here last night, report that the Japanese have captured the position at Ballchuang, three miles out on the main road from the for tress. Horrible Accident. The Augusta Herald says Mrs. Ma mie Jackson, an employe of the King Mill carding room, while working Wednesday morning had the scalp torn from the top of her head by her hair becoming entangled in a belt. While passing under a belt her bair was caught up by the moving leather band and she was jerked from her feet and the scalp torn before the machin ery could bc stopped. A physioan was immediately summoned and had Mrs. Jackson removed to her home at 1850 Hicks street. She ls reported to be In a precarious condition. A Trolley Tragedy. At Chicago four people were killed, another fatally hurt and twenty-three severely Injured in a collision late Thursday afternoon between an ex press train on the Chicago Groat Western railroad and a train of three cars bound for the Hawthorne race track. ?:\>i> ? 5 the ?? K~Um ? An English farmer has had several cats killed, stuffed and placed in 1 branches of his fruit troes. Not a ; bird will come anywhere near the or I obard.