Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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P WW1 ? -gf i ne "DO TH, GBBAT LIBXftTT, IKPIBB :OUB 80UI.8 ASTD MAS? OUR UVBS THT POSSESSION HAPPY OB OOB MATHS OI.OBIOIJB IH THT OA08B." , BENNETTSVILLB, 8. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1906. NO. 35. BLACK FIEND Brave Young Woman Fights for Life and Honor AGAINST A MUND. Bob Davis Attempted io Ravish mid Mer lin- Young Lady in Oreenwood Comi ty Then Moles Successful Atiempt on a NegrG Wc mam A dispatch from Greenwood to Th? State sayB ono of tho moBt diabolical attempts at criminal assault possible was made Tuesday upon tho person of Miss Jennie Brooks, tho 20-year-old ^ daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Krooka bf thc Mt. Moriah ?potion of tho QCUO ' ty, by a negro named Hob l>&vls. The flend did not accomplish his purpose but he carne near murdering MIKB .Brooks who is not yet out of danger. Tho orimo is a horrible one. Mr. 'Brooks ls a farmer who lives between Greenwood and Mt. Moriah church, about four and a half milos from town. He is a very successful farmer and hat. accumulated property. In oonneot'on with his farm ho runs a storo. Tue store building is about 60 yards or leen from bin house. The public road runs between tho two. lb is a very pubilo place and lt. seems incredible that the fiend would have been so bold as to attempt thc orlme lu this place and in open day light. It ls the. custom of the family to keep the store looked and to open when customers come. Tuesday Mr. and Mrs. Brooks had gone to attend a protracted meeting a& Rehoboth. They left their two eldest daughters. Misses Jennie and Nalo, and their grandmother, Mn?, lhrlong, at home. The grandmother uses a rolling ohalr, being a confirmed invalid. Miss Jennie was oall'-d to the atore by some negro customers and while they were there 4the negro Hob Davis came In. She says who did not like tho neg ro's loot 3. Ho waited until the others had tote out of tho store, then he asked to see some shoes. He selected a pair and then bought a pair of pants, then he told her he wanted some bf ooo. She told him she wat out of bacon. Ile pointed to some that h ul t eil him in tue box and she came from behind tin cuiuter to get it. As sho did so he grabbed up UK ? tp*at knife and came towards her say Jug: "You are what I want." Miss Brooks, who was perfectly oooi when relating her awful experience, says she saw an iron bar before her and attempted tc grtt lt to defend her self. The uegro made a morderoui onslaught with the knife and sin threw up her hands Involuntarily t< her face. The blow of tho knife al most severed two of her lingers. Ai soon as she dropped her hands, b again struck at ber with the knife, this time making a ghastly wound ii the throat. This wound lo about four Inohet long and missed thc carotid arteries hy the mere fraction of an inch. Witt* her blood sputtlng from the wound lr her throat and disabled In her right arm by the other wound, Miss llrook* successfully fought elf her assailant, finally in some way securing the knlfo thoug h she says she does not know how sho got lt The thing that saved her was a passerby. Mr. John Tolbert, coming to town in hid buggy, passed the store. The passing frightened lb* negro. He Hid and Miss Brooks oame to tho door and had strength enough leit to oall to Mr. Tolbert. jQHe had heard, ho said, a peoullai noise in the store, but led her to the gate, where he was met by her sister, who said she would take her lu and for him to go for help to oatoh the negro. He did so. lu a short time men wero lea vic g town in droves. Dr. G. P; Neel went to tho wounded girl a? once in an automobile, Mr. Tolbert having caught him by 'phone gflferom tho nearest.'phone to the Itrooks ^Unonne. Dr. Neel think!, she will re oover. After his attempted assuault on Miss Urook8 the fiend went to tho home of a colored woman on the hell place and there made an assault on a negro woman whose name could not bo learned. In this attempt he wa? successful. The description of the negro Uta exactly hob D.ivis and there is no doubt that the tame bond com milted both crinaos. If caught the bend will bc lynched. Terri bio TrAgoUy. A terrible tragedy took place a few miles from Anderson on last Saturday night, in which Mr. T. F. Drako, one of tho most pn minent farmers in the county, w>s killed by J. Aden IC mer son, who is tn charge of tho county chaingang. The killing occurred at the borne of Mr. Drake, iOnereon had gone to Mr. Drake's lieuse clandestinely, and was discovered in a room with Drake's daughter. Kmcr 4F*n claims that Drako discovered him in the room rn I opened lire on him, and thaL he had to shoot to keep from being killed. Oni shot struot Mr. Drake, entering tho body under the right aim and o< ming out on tho op poslte shlo Of tho body, Mr. Darke fell and died almost tnnt.nntly, Killed hy ?'UU j Am H. A elifcpatoh from Manila says first Lloub. John F James and tv*o priv ates of tho 10 gi th Infantry, v*Jth Contract) Surg? o-i Ct'v'n Snyder a?, el Intorna) Rwenui C >l ector Willi? m ir Wllliaor.S, were killed Thumlay after noon, in a hand-to-hand light with a for?a of Pu IA lines a-. Julita, island of Lejto. Thc detachment, which con sisted of ten men, was greatly out num fi'jfl, bu o m. do v gallant light. The Pulajanc.8 captured th ce pistols, four Krag-.Iorgensen rides and three hundrod round of ammunition. HEY WA BD MONOM!). THIIK.H THOUSAND THOOIM ltB VI IO WK I) HY OU ll ?OVIO UNO lt. Tho Demonstration Was Superb anl Was All That Any Ono Could Desire. A dispatch from Chattanooga to The News and Courier says from bwenty-tl ve hundred to three thousand troops turned out Friday afternoon to do honor to Governor Hov wurt, of South Care lina. It was a superb Bpco taelo, and a gratifying d?monstration, uarollna's governor came to Oblcha mauga to extend thc hand of obeer and well done to tho 2nd regJmeut, and the throe regiments of Georgia troops, the 17 di Infantry of regulars, the 12^h cavalry and a battery of ar tillery turned out to do honor to their comrades of tho Second and Governor ileyward and hiB nt : iv. Governor Ileyward went to the oamp about noon, and was mot by Capt. Ferguson, representing Gen. Bubb, in command of the camp. Gov ernor Hoyward, Gen. Fish, Gen. Wilie Jonea, Col. Henry T. Thompson, Col. Robt. W. Hunt, Col. August Kobn, Col. Jaynes, Mr. Georgo L. Raker and Wm. D. Melton, went to the head quarters of the 2nd regiment lu camp carriages and Cols. Watkins, Folk, Moore, Kvans, Irby, Bateman, Banks, D. O. Herbert and Fd Clark mounted the horses kindly supplied through Gen. Bubb. All arrived in cmp as they started except Fd Clark, who changed mounts as the seventeen guns were fired In salute of Governor Hey ward's arrival lu the camp of the South Carolina troops. "Cia^kl" "oraofc I" for icventi?en salutes roared tho cannon as the Governor and bis esc >rt drove Into oamp. At the head of tho linc was a troop from thc 12th oavalry, whloh aoted as mecial escort. A brief stop was made at Col Thom peon's headquarters. Governor Ileyward, and tho mern be*s of his stalT, were warmly greeter! by the Carolina soldiers. In a few mo ments, Gon. Bubb and bis sta IT arrlv ed and lt was not long before they were taken Into thc Carolina. It bad rained all morning and was quite threatening. When Gon. Bubb atked Governor Hey ward whether to go on with tho review or not. Governor ileyward suggested that ho wished to nilt tho pleasure of Gan. Bubb and ?he men. Tho review was held and it was Indeed a most thrill!ug sight to witness ono company of soldiers after Another march by and then see gallop ng the sturday mon and then tearing dong with olatter and fury tho grim cannon of the artillerymen. G6U. Bubb and Governor Heyward ?Ith their staffs flreViuSpe.Ctod the troops that were lined along the field es far as tho vision readied, then hey took their plaoes for tho beauti ful review. First oame the 17th infantry with its line baud, Col Vanarsdalo, of this ng i mont i took his pl?oe nex: to Gen. Hubb and Governor Heyward. Then came the three regiments of Georg ans, then the 2 id South Ctrolina, hen tlie regular cavalry, and the ar tillery. After Hie review the oavalry and ar tillery gave a thrilling exhibition ol lorscmansbip and drilling. It ls such exhibitions as this that make A merl cans think all the more of their coun try. The 2d South Carolina, under Col. Thompson, made a line showing. Lt ls a tine regiment. Col. Thompson ?as accompanied by lils staff, mount ed, and the battalions were command id by Majors Ltproomb, Culler and Yeadon. The companies were com manded by Capts. Van Tuscon, JOP. R. Allen, Christie Bennet, Lleuts. David ICohn, CiaiTy, Moseley, Brice. lOppu, Rawlins, King, Doar, and Shu 1er. After tile r.view Govern .r Hey ward and lils stair visited th? 2nd reg i ment, and then made a brief oilier. 1 call on Gen. Bubb, who was profuso In ?ls coniucKndatlon of Col. Tnompson's regiment. Ho told Governor Heyward 'what he thought tills had been tho best week of military training lie had .?ver seen. Thc boys of the 2d upon returning to oamp, promptly bogan work, getting ready to leave for home. The 2nd loaves here shortly after mid night, and Col. W. W. Lewis, of the 1st, will be herc to morrow ready for work. Governor and his st..IV expect to visit Col. Lewis and lils n gi ment Monday, but will do so without th pomp and dtoplay of to-day. The Carolina boys take well here. I They are inline spirits and health, and were, proud of their Governor and his silk hat to-day Governor Ileyward and lils party will leave here Monday night at 10. IO o'clook for home over tho Southern Raliway, via Ashville. AOOUST KOIIN. wmto Prisoners Mavtlorod. H. H. Trawlok and Sam Chandlor, wliito men, confined in tho Angelina county Jail, Texas, were found dead in their 0*11, Thursday morning, the skulls of both men being crushod, and John Wilson, held on a minor oharge and who was oontincd In tba same cell ls held charged with having murdered his cell mates, While denying that he oommltted tho orlmo Wilson lias made a number of 00til ctlng state ments concerning tho tragedy. Ile deolarcs that at oic timo during the night he dlsooveted tho men lighting und separated them. An earthorn cuspidor found lu the cell was evl dently the weapon used. It ls be lieved thc P* **i wer? HI led while they slept._ Now MIHI ttiranico lulaitd, Capt. Truebrldge, of tho steamship Northwestern, Wednesday displayed a pilot' graph that he brought from tue North, taken by an tllluer of the revenue critter l'jrry, of a newly for mer lying Hf ty n lies west of Dutch Harbor, directly between tho Bogo ilof Islands, commonly known as Cas ilo and Fire Islands. Tho now island made Its llrst appear? ?ice during June and ls now DOO feet high. Tho length could not be ascertained as Perry could not get close enough to mako an accurate mcasuroment. Clouds of stearn arise from Its summit and it ls surrounded by boiling water. FIEND CAUGHT And Governor Heyward Goes to the Scene and . TB I ES TO SAVE HIM. Thc Governor Plead Eloquently and Ear nestly With thc Crowd tn l.ct the Uaw Take I's Course. But (he Crowd Resp* ctlully Declined to Do So. Hob Davis, tho Ilond who attempted to assault a whlto girl and who really : succeeded In assaulting a oolored girl, hus been caught and lynched. After the orlrae waa committed on Tuesday a big crowd of mon and boys of both raoes went to hunt down the fiend. ! Tbey searched swamps and houses 1 and never did the /.sal slaoken. They meant to catch that negro, and they meant to kill him, and that ls thc whole Btory. For forty-eight houri the hunt kept up without abatement, , and then it was rewarded, thirteon or fourteen miles away from tho little Store in thu Whitehall section, where Bob Davis attempted his crime and bis murder. Wili Brooks saw a hoad < oloso up against a log. Tho body was ? proStrato, covered with cane, but the ] head showed. Brooks aud John Will- , lama caught the negro, aud it was not long beroie ho was h 1 and under es cort, started for tho u euc nf hisorlmc ? for IdentlUcattou. Abeu", this limo there w .. a Gover nor lu Columbia with a deep .. ne of ' prldo In his State, who wu? worried ' and pftoing his ellice. The sheriff of 1 tho county had telegraphed him that ! if DAVIS was caught ho feared a lyn- ij ohing, and be asked for holp. Guver- * cor Hayward consul tod friends in 1 Greenwood, and realized that first of J all tho negro might not be caught, J and if he should be, that tho temper : of the people was such that armed 1 troops might lead to bloodshed and I useless loss of lifo. He thought over 1 the whole situation. No posse could ( be assembled In thc neighborhood, he ' thought, to defend the would be-rav ' isher should he tie caught. To order ' out tho militia might load to blond shed. It would have been premature and had tho militia boen here D ivis 1 would hardly liave been brought tr ( the house for personal Identillcatlon. ; G jvernor H dy wa td thought, perhaps, uo Opuld move tho people to a realiza- 1 tlon of their duty as citizens and mon 1 ny a personal appeal to <let, the law, 1 take Its oourse. Ile went oyer the - whole thing and felt that the people J might heed him a> G )vomor of South 1 Carolina, pleading fur law and order, lt was a patriotic and au unusual re 1 sort for a Governor to virtually gc down on his knees and plead and boy. ind implore that the law take its ? course Perhaps some day it may ao j I'omplish good. Thursday lt was u e ' less. Thc circumstances of the assault, the young woman In tire room tlft> feet away, the loug and wo*ry search the record of tho negro the bloody gar ments all conspired to make the eic q uenoo, the forco and the earnestness f (?J vernor Hey ward's appeal for lav fall on deaf ears. There had been a wreck near Ubappell, on thc Columbia anc Greenville Hoad, aud the train with 1 Governor Hevward on board arriver at Ninety-Six about 4 o'oleck Thurs [ day af ter nc^on. lt was seen thal there was excitement and lt was soon ?earned that the searohershad a negri 1 and were on their wav to the home ' of J. P. Brooks to have the mar Identified. Governor Hey ward talked J r.o the State Senator Brooks. Kormci * Representative Klnard, Capt. Frasei i and other citizens at thc station at Ninety-Six. They all told him the 1 same thing, that he could hardly * hope to do any good, as thc crowd i meant death to avenge the outrage j As soon as possible arrangementfc 1 wore made to take the Governor to 1 the Brooks home, eight milos av/ay. ; When he arrived thorc bc found a orowd of tlfty or sixty determined 1 mou thorc. J Thc store in which thc outrage was 1 attempted was open and a?rons the 1 road was the neat oottage in whicl Miss Jennie Brooks lay. There wen women folk about. Governor Hey ward made himself and his mission known. Ho was cordially received, ( but was frankly told that there wat 1 no earthly chance for him to save the negro should he provo to be the right man. Ho went about in the orowd i but got no sign of help or enoourage mont. The mon wore there with pistols and guns mady to kill. They were not mi re boys on a lark, but men with gray hairs and determina tion. Tliey carno with their coats off and a deep-set vengeance. Gov ornor I loy ward v/as asked Into the house to get a bite to eat. Ho sug gested that the law take Its course. Tho women folk Hashed that they would act as mon if need be. Gover nor Hi y wai "I thought ho might gol Mr. J, Pett Brooks, the father of the young woman, and a sturdy man, to help him; but no, ho, too, wanted il ilok vengeance. Ho even wanted one negro humed. lt looked hopeless from the very stait. Finally the cavalcade onrno up to the house with tho burly negro tied. Thc crowd had grown. The. news had spread and from far and near carno mon with their ti rearms. Men (rom Greenwood, from aoove and below Greenwood, and even from Abbeville, woro there. How many guns were thero, Heaven only knows At least f>()0, and counting pistols,! twice that numil, r, and perhaps more. Kouv neon literally dragged Davis Into the room to show him to Mit s brooks. Toe crowd was so thick tua1, lt was dlfftoulfc to got ulm into the house, but he was Dually takon Into tho room and Miss Brooks identllled ulm beyond ouostlon. She had no doubt In his Identification, and he was : -illy recognl/iblo. Davis was thon takon back by his captors to the bug gy In whloh ho was brought. Gov ernor Hoy ward was asking that tho negro bo turned over to tho tflloers of the law. The orowd asked that be be heard. Sovetal boards wore placed across tho angles of the front yard feooo and Governor Hoy ward was pulled up on the boards. The Brooks house ls about 100 yards from the sloro. Around the yard ls a picket fence. In one anglo was Govornor Hoy ward's Impromptu stand, and in tho other front angle was tho guard with the negro. It ls well to note these relative position*; Gov?rnor Hoy ward was Intensely lu earnest. Hs was almost pale with excitement when he mounted tho little stage There was applause, and as he spoke the oro wein ci iee red the man, the Gov error they all felt and know was do lng his c.uty. Sumo one suggested that tho hurrahing might disturb Miss Brooks, and Governor Hoy ward hogged that tho audienoo bo quiet as this was a most serious matter, and out of rcspcot to the women and siok. Governor Hoy ward literally had guns to the right and loft of bim, to tho front and to the rear. The mon were deeply In earnest and listened. Govornor Heyward said he oame alone, exoept that thoro wcro two nowBpaper men with him, citizens of South Carolina, just as ho was. He said bo came unarmed, unassisted and alone to plead for law and order. Then came applause, and tinnily Gov ernor Hey ward stopped it. Governor Hoy ward said he might have orderod t-roops to the scene, and even these might have b.on useleus, but ho did not wish to have further trouble. Ho ;i me from Columbia, ho weut JU Lo say, to outer his plea is Governor of tho great ?itato of South Carolina that the law 3e allowed to take its course. He bo loved tho mon presont would seo lt is ho did, and the great wrong and <reat In justice thati would bo done .he State if ibo orowd took tito law in ts owli hands. "Lat tho law take its courso" lr begged. I am a South Carolinian just ihe same as you are. 1 bavo a wife ind family at home for whom I have ?he same attachment that you ah :avo. I, too live lu the country Perhaps when I was in Colleton 1 ived more remotely from neighbors ;han any if you,and I assure you 1 inow how you all feel. Still 1 sm a South Carolinian, and as Gjveruor o' ibis State, let mo beg you, let me Im ploro you, that the law bo allowed to >ake Its course, The State of South Jarollna is on trial bofore thc civilized vorld. Tue q lostion is shall the people n passion rule, or shall tho majesty of thu law bo upheld? "It ls a seriods question. Tho full icrlousuess ls upon you. Lst me ap ioal to tho manhood of Greenwood Juunty, let mo appoal to you as South Carolinians, that you let thu nan, this brute, be punished as the aw dictates. I appeal to you to lot ?our citizenship, your pride in Ciro iua: risc above your mu ural passion md prejudices, lt will do you good [ have oorne here to promise you or. ny word as Governor that there will e no delay in this oe I am as anx ous as you to sec this brutepuuished. iud 1 understand your feelings. The leople Of your couuty should try tht ;&so. Tito men about mc are the urors. Why not 1? ave lt to them. L? tue jury c mvlots this min, ano hey will do io, 1 would ba willing to ul; tire ropo just to have a legal exe ulion. Y u ure my people Yon .re all my friends, and lot me pleao rvith you and beg you to turn thb nan over to the olllcjrsof tho law and lave a legal execution. , "1 liavo In tho four years of m j erm, so help mo God, undertaken lr ;ver way to uphold the ms jesty of tbi aw, and 1 want you to do so now Hie State is prospering and there U nit ono cloud on the horizon, anc hat, is that such crowds as tills take ire IAW too often In tiroir own b?nds t does you and it docs the Statf ?arm. " The Govornor referred to tho Phoo rix riot in tills county, and said thai ,lio ( f?ceos of that were bad and tbi rood peoplo hero ought to consider lUOh malters. It makes no diff?rence tow we feel about such oases, lt ought ,o be remembered that there are am do laws in tho land, and that ?aol inch impulsivo action, each such In ractlon of the law did harm not only io those eugageci in lt, but to th*' Hato ss 8 whole. "In Cid's name," ho Implored, "di. int put another stain on tue name oi (four Sialo. I beg you, 1 Implore you, L plead with you, let this man have e egal trial. Thc case can bo tried in iwo weeks' time, and your own jurors will try him and no one will Interfere with the verdict of your Jury." Finally Go/crnor Hey ward asked the 3iowd to reason together as Carolin ians and seo tiro wrong that wa* about to be done by lynching Davis. Ho told them how ho was circum stanced, and how lie had always fell that thore was somethtng higher and uoblor than vengeanoe on a brute of a uegro devil and that was the vindica Lion of thc lav/, "Gentlemen, aftei you have killed this poor negro, as you may do, you will not enjoy lt. hM, there bc a legal trial and you will all feel better." Some one in the orowd: "Governor, v/c appreciate what you say, but we are going to do lt." Governor Hcyward was pleading earnestly and olcq-uontly. He was lighting arising tule, butiro kept on hogging for a trial for the nogro finally, fagged out and hopeless, lu was taken from the stand. Some on? In tlie orowd. an old man with ? beard asked when there could bo i trial. Governor I ley ward thought li? saw a ray of hopo and he Jumped on i carriage, and said tnat ho had tele graphed for Solicitor Cooper and tba' he could certainly promise a specif; tn m of Court In twe weeks. He H*U Che laws required two wooka for tin (I-awing of a jury, and that tho tria could bo had in that time. Over in the other oornor of th fence tho orowd with thc negro, wa gottlng Impatient, and wlii e GJVOI nur ileyward was talking ttiey drov away with their victim. Guverno ileyward begged that tho pooplo tur tho negro over to Capt. lCvans 1 whom all had the greatest conildonoi and let him lia ve a trial. On towarri tho wood* tire captors ltd tholr vir tim and those around Govornor Hoj ward realizing tho utter hopnessnci of lils mission, urged him to get dow whloh he roluotantly did. FIEND LYNCHED - \ Within Hearing of the Scene of His Awful Crime. AN ORDERLY AFP UK. Bob Davis, the Fiend, Pays thc Penah* for |H}S Dastardly Assontt on Two Helpless Women lie Was tfjsnged and Riddled With Bullets. Within hearing distance of the Brooks homo, whore Miss Jennie Brooks lay Buffering from a fearful wound, Whioh he bad Indicted, Bob Davis, tho negro who on Tuesday at tempted ?o orlmlnally assault her, was [ynohed about half aftor 7 o'olook Thursday* evening. Thc negro had first Doon identified by Miss Brooks, and ibo Governor of tho Stato of South Jarolina had made a futile appeal to ibo determined men who were leaders n tho lynching to allow the law to jake Its course The lynching way as iooent, orderly and matter of-fact at? iff air of ?bo kind as oould be 1 magi a id. While Governor II )y ward was speak ng tho fiend was taken away by the nen who had him lu obargo and the arfe orowd quickly followed, ll > waa jakou ?lo.. o to tho first clump of trees, jelow the homo of J. Pott Brooksaud | j mero a bfclt was made. It looked a? f the cxeoutlon would be swift., h.t|< Mr. Brooda, the father of the youtik ?Irl, rode up aud begged that thc jrowd watt a while. Ho said that uany whQ had boen on tho three days' mut had upt yet arrived, and to wal" >n them.; ITO then begged that the irlmo be [wiped out by burning the icouudrel.i ' The negro seems anxious mough te? jwait and bo sat on the ground, tt was bard work to keep jomo froni shootiug bim, but the wait :outinued>7 . Crowds carno up, some 'rom Greenwood and some from thc lelghborhood and most of them with juus and pistols. There appeared to T uo hope to savo tho negro's life. P io crowd /Would liston to nothing. G > vernor', Hoy ward, who remained wino dhu;'.nco baok, ??ont mcssuge,; h., friends to; mon ho knew in the cowd JO do what'they could to save tho ne <ro and Xi Save a legal banging. The irowd W"' i not oven let his messen gers rot 1 Ho sont other messages, ?ut ,o . 1 ie wanted-to GO .to j .he woods) and'soo what bo could do, iut his 11 louds told him that would 30 useless, iiud tho orowd told him that ie wou1! rather he would not oome, md it *a9 even hinted that If he went that his head would bo covered villi a bag, not as a disrespect to the Jovornor, but slmp'.y so that ho could iee nothlf g. A negrf'wrman, AnnfsSparo, whocc lleco bad been assaulted by Djtvh jamo up and identified the man, and mrsod him for his conduct. She ask jd to be allowed to ll. e the li- st shot nto his body. All agreed that tbit privilege bo given her, and sho wa4 landed a pistol and placed In front of ?he firing Hue, but her nerve failed lor and she did not lire, although Un colored man next her claimed to h&vt ired four times. The mihi firing ino was about loo feet from tlu )ody and the largest orowd was on a hillside made by tho cut in tho road. While .Hob Davis was slttliiK on the (round awaiting hiu face he wasat.keo ibout tho crime. II-j admitted tha? | ic had boen iii the ?toro and that in lad been cut wltu th? moat knife. His hand was lacerated. Ile, how ivor, tried to implicate s une one oise, vnd ?laid that he took thc knife awa\ 'rom Miss Brooksand that he iud not attempted to criminally assault her Ho did not talk distinctly, but rather mumbled his words and very llttlt iould bo gotten out of him. Whllo ho was sitting llsten'ng to jhe questions ho asked tor a cigarette ind no puffed lt with pleasure. A colored minister, tho Rev. J. C Goode, pastor of Macedonia Baptist Jliuroh, asked if ho might pray fo; tho negro. Consent was given, ano is he worked his way through the de termined cowd up to tho victim, al1 uncovered their hoads. That was ^spontaneous tribute to God. With uncovered heads, that va^t throng, Intent on killing a poor negro, listen ed to the oolorcd man's players, dur mg tho long walt there were repeated ?mggosti'JU of burning the negro am of mutilating bim before killing him. Finally Capt. Evans, who had bee, working to save tho negro for trias \nd who had boen on the hunt for days gut consent of tho crowd thai they would do no buming or mutilat ing. Two men tied a ropo on Davis's arms and ho was pullod up about two longths of his body In a pine tree, ?ibout a q lartor of of a mile from thf. nome, lie kicked and squirmed, and then his logs were fastened. With his faco to tile anxious crowd, he r<n\ ?\vca a moment or two to say some thing) and then at the bri p of a hal a thousand bullets were tired Into hil body. Hundreds and hunercds and hundreds of balls piero;d his bod; and then after the llrst fusillade men .isked to bo allowtd to take shot* and in tho llnal round up his head was literally shot to a pulp, and with tho rain c. zing down over his head ano clothing. With the sun fast ?lukin over tho hills, the thousands or more who had witnessed tho miserable af fair went home. At the tlrst volley tue smoko obsourcd tho hanging body ; but tho tiring kept up, then tho smoke lowered and tho shooting continued. Tnore was no hurrahing, no drinking, no ohoerlng. It was quleit and prc-j meditated. Davis was a rathorj young negro, no was ooal black. Even tu tils big I thlok lips. Ills head was shaped like a cvoanut with an inclined forchorfd, and tho bair, beginning far back ?on his hoad. His oyes were red and in tho oornors of tho eye? wa J pus. Hoi looked drowsy, but did not appear frightened except thrt he always wanted to sit down. The crowd liter ally had to shove him up tho little pine tree to gat him high enough up for the range of the impatient orowd lt was not tlie least exolted or.bolater ous only a blt Impatient walting to jhoot and kill their prey. Sheriff MoOaslan tried to save the negro and mado a pica for a trial, but the orowd was impatient and did not caro to listen to him. Divls had a half brother lynohed In this county about thirteen years sgo for assaultlug a whito lady, lt was In this oouuty about eight miles from here, that about eight years ago I saw the Pheonix iynohlUKS, and to-day's affair ?as on.eb like that I saw at Xndepou dence Ohuroh, ir. B IgeUeld County, whore all day long a orowd awaited bho obance to ShJOt down their vlotlms, experience seems to show that whon a erowdof several hundred mee get bold of a mau, charged with 3uoh an off moo, as this that there ls no hope pf a legal trial. Governor Hoy ward, after tho lynch ing, willoh he avoided seeing, oame t< 3 roon wo'jd, and with tho returning jrowds and newspaper men reached lore after 8 o'olook. It Is about live niles from hore to Mr. Pet Brooke's mme. There wore several negro men n the orowd at tho timo of the shoot ng. The dead body waa left tied In ?he pino treo. AUOUST KOIIN. DYING THIEF CONFESSES \nd Tolls Where Stolon JCWOIH Could Ko Found. A dispatch from St. Louis, Mo., .ays, aotlug under Instructions oabled from England, John P. O'llrion, a abortr, employed in tho wreoklng of ihe world's fair buildings, bas un :arthcd an alligator bag containing ? .-weis valued at $f>0,OOO, which wert itolen from Mr. and Mrs. P. Hsnry Jlayton, Devonshire England, during v vlsiL to bbc Louisiana Parohase ox position two years ago. The jewels were stolen from a trunk md they were nob missed until th? Claytons had returned to England, if ter a tour around tho world. They jhen bad no moans of knowh g when ihe ja weis had been stolen. About i iionbh ago a Hindoo servant, wb lad been In their employ during theil irlp, was fatally Injured by an ele pliant In India and on his deabhboc son fessed that ho stolo the je?web while in St. Louis. He said that he bre?me alarm' iud fearing detcct'o.i had dropped /hem Into a hole in the wall ot th* nav.iifaoturers' bulidmg. Later hi .gain wished to s^ouro the geim, bul in returning to tho placo where Il iad seoreted them could rot roac. ihe bottom of the spaoo between tb? >lastor and the side of the building rearing to awaken any lrqiilrios oi mk assistance, 'bho Hindoo departer rom St. Louis, leaving the J iws ii .hoir hiding place. O Prien was geo irously rowarded and was also em >loyed by Mr. Clayton as bis persona attendant. Jt'lomllHh Oiutaxo. An unknown man entered tin lome of Henry Davis, a prosperou. armor near Ualdin, Pia., at2 o'clock Wednesday morning, struck bim lr >ho head with an axe as ho wa ilcep beside bis wife, theu made a des jarate attempt to criminally assaul Vi rn Davis who fought willi tht itrougtti of a giantess, screaming lus ,11 y meanwhile for help. Finally tin jbb.er member:! of tho family wert iroined, but the man escaped tlirou?. i window. Mrs. Davis was smearc rom bead to foot hi blood from he; .vuundod husband, who ls still in : stitloal condition. Mrs. Davis ls al?< n a collapsed condition 'rom ber der jeralj liglit. A posse ot neighbor* las beon out all day with do^s bunt og for the fiend without picking ut ihe tr?ll. Mrs. Davis sat s she cool lot tell whether the man was whin r black. Too entire neighborhood is greatly excited and threaten speed) iiistice If thc man is caught. A Kemarknhlo Mother. Mrs. Iv.ohaol Hughes, of Hcnrj Jouuty, iowa, rco3ntly celebrated bei xiuli birthday,, with fourteen of hei ii rocen children present to do her hon >r. H ir sou, E ?ward Hughes, of Sen :oa, Kan., a man 80 yoars of age, i. oho eldest "coild," while the young jst. Clara Hughes, of Emporia, Kin., ls 50 years old. Ail but one Oi tin sh!ldren are married, and rs. Hugh is has tifty-ono living gr?,iiciohlldrei md eighteen great grandchildren. Il has been stated recently that tho de ?ree of longevity has inoreased vcr: ouch In our country In the past sov m ty five or eighty years, lt ls cer tainly vet y great In somo lcalltlo when a mother has a ?on 8? yours ole it her birthday party. Vi lli|il>. (1 A IV O ll? AM, A special ffom Spartanburg to Th? State says Lum West and Ollie Pon 1or, oharged with partlolp\tlon ii Mm sensational whipping of Mrs. Har rlett Coburn, July :i, wore bound ovei bo await brui at sessions court as the result of preliminary hiteullgalloi 'ic.' jre Maglhtiate Kirby Wedneeda; afternoon. H jud in tile sum of $201. was required ami given. What I considered damaging ovidenoo was ad ducod; Solicitor'Sease appeared fu bbc Statu and Mr. Sawyer of Unlot for Ponder. So largo was tho crow? lb wa? necceMiry to bold proceeding In the court room instead of magls trate's elli so. Murder in un? Heart? At Jennings, La., Drew Dobbins ^/hllo despondent, l?'rlday took a re volver containing three loaded car bridges, tired thu first bulleb at bb .?in: and missed, then deliberate^ aimed tho second at bis baby bu again missed, and sent tho thin bullet Into his own body, dying in s fow seconds. A neighbor was slight?;, mounded by ono of tho shots. Five Cuitaron lim nod. In a Uro which destroyed the hom of Dr. Goo. L Miller, of South Oma ha, during Wednesday night five obi) dren of Thomas (PDantol woro burn I od to death. Tholr agos ranged fron tbreo to tblrtoon years. Mrs. O'Dan* lol is in a precarious condition as a I result from burns sustained In hor ef forts to save her ohlldrcp SHK W?BKBD MM. HANDSOMK WO Jd AN ON BUN)' I <>i: HUSBAND. Her Letters Brought Dupis-Then She "Fulled 7 hoir Legs" Good and Proper-"n Jail At New York a handsome young woman, claiming bu bo Mrs. Hamilton, of 320 West Eighty second street, bas been committed for trial b> Unhurt States (Jommisalouer Shield) on a ohargo of malling letters lu which, under a pretenso of matrl mony, Hhe is alleged to have eon dueted a scheme to defraud. The oomp'aluant wan James B. McClellan Et buulnoHS nun cf Pnlladelphla, wbt ivers his acquaintance with thc young woman cost him $800. Ia possession of Assistant Ualtod States D.oirioo Attornoy Carmondy arc .avual score of letters, all ot unusual /varmth, but lt ls charged that a >ordld motive was really responsible tor tho young woman's apparent \ffeotion. According to McClelland's story, tie saw an advertisement lu a Philadel phia paper which stated that a "young w?dow, engaging, of liberal '.ucomo and beautiful home, desired mooting a young gentleman of obaracer, business, and position." He sent an answer to "Sincerity," *nd was Invited to call on Mrs. Hamilton at No. 320 Wost Klgbty second streot. He rtid so, and met, ne says, a butler at the door of thc -.partuient, wno Bald Mrs. Hamilton would soe him. McClelland was much Impressed, and says tho woman told him hor uuataud hud bein dead two yoars She was lonely ai.d wished to marry. She said, the complainant alleges, that she rr j yed an incomo of 810,000 % year, which shu received from e orother, a miuo owner in Moxlco. McClelland said, In telling his storj ooday, that ho made several trips tc ?.Ailscity, and flmJiy became engaged. that tho engagement ring tin vornan picked out c'St 8000 Nix;, ie says he rcoeivod the following letter, bMng a part of the complaint: "D.aicst Sweetheart: Your lovely otter reached me this morning, and 1 ould hardly walt to gjc it. Y ,u ar i dear sweetheart, and 1 love yoi. ooro than I thought it possible to eve a man. Yes, 1 ferd sMre wo pbs) ia x re?uoiy happy for lucre is noth eg lo o- uiparo w.th irue love and .nipa: ?on hip " Aftor asking Mc JleUand to e .ii later in the week, tin etter continu?e : "I wish you would ca'l mo up b'. phone, for I waut the happiness o tearing your voice. J ist as som as KiHslblo J. will got a photograph for fou, i and, speaking of pictures, I lave your dear ploturo before me, and vi way a want lt wnoib i eui iook ht ir^ ?nd sho.* lb to my friend?. "Whoo 1 was at Asheville, N. O . 1 aw a most beautiful turquoise lecke' md chain, solid Oriental turquoises .nd 1 always thought If I had an) me 1 could love sufficiently 1 woub vant that locket and chain, so 1 lould wear tnis picture around m. icok. Yjurs ls tho one 1 want In it uid I sino for it today, for I koo rou would bo glad to ?Ive lt to mc or my birth day, wdiloh is nex< Thursday. 4 It will or'y b" 8200, and lt is th a?e kind l have not in my Colkoiioi .i J .weis, ?na I dearly love turquoises, inc b u-. Kari forever represented pure iv. C\n't yr-u have a l'ttlo minia' ure taken about an Inch iquarc so 1 an have ii ready for the icckclV ) an out thl3 one out and me it, bir vould like to k?vP this one also.' McClelland sa) s he promptly for varded the check for the 8200 anc ipon his next visit ho says ho saw tin ocket. lie made a few later visits aud thef eoe.lved a long telegram from th vornan, stating her brother bat uddenly arrlve.d from Mcx'o, am vas furious about, her proposed mar 'l?ge to him, aud had by legal injune .ion, out ( IT her 810,000 income. Sh vlshed to visit Providence, lt I , a> .nee, and retain a lawyer acquaiutct vlth her fam ly alltdrs and tight tin vrlt. McClelland sa'.d ho was uever aftor ward able to Hod Mrs. Hamilton dthough he cabed repeatedly. Flnall ie disguised himself aod watched he? ouse, and whm he saw her enter ll liansed her arrest. Tlie woman wa told lu 81.000 call for trial, lt ii .lleged tnu? Jurs. Hamilton seeuree. ?2.8J0 In all from McClelland. inti Site? |> ilAiioti, The S ii bi ri al, T<. xas, Sentinal sajs fohn Avant reporls that he has sue '.ossfully brought through tho seasot ((00 lambs willoh are in tine oondltioi md that his spring clip of woo mounted to 17,000 pounds whioh in * peels to g?t 22 omis for. H3 ba: ow about four thousand head of oir .heep which with his lambs make t 'leek of f> tiOO and ho is doing a nid msinoss with them. T.ils show; vhat a man can do who wants tc vc.k Rud ls willing to get at it. Mr Avant watches hie siiecp closely am ? ru: four Mtxloan helpers. llonounoeil tho Juilt;o, Earle Fletcher, colored, who wat tanged at birmingham, Ala., on Fri ay, for tho murder of Pob Paine, J ellow convlot at Flat Top mines created a scone ny dmounolng Judg 1. L. Weaver from tba soatT dd J r" lefore thc drop fell. Fiotcher deolar ?d that tnt Jurtgo had grauted a bab ?as corpus to John Williams, a white nan, and saved Williams neck. Hut v.Hui lt oame to his (FletcherV.) casi he court wont lbdiing. Fiotcher sale -hat "going llshlng" was given as ai ucuse for the Judge to avoid grant ing a babeas octrpus. Tin ?! io tt.ni Ail. In a Ut of Insanity, Emil Borner, ? 'lechanto of batavia, Illinois, mut arod his brother-in-law, Ernest Frai /.on. by cutting bli throat with o .y.or, slamed Mrs. horner so sovorel) nat she will die, then out his throat md died within a few momonts. The lagedy was onaoted at tho liernoi lome, Berner had beon il) for thrcr. . eeks, and at times dolt rums, but m ymptoms of vlolont Insanity had boen previously noticed, CITY WRECKED. Valparaiso, Chile, the Centre ol Earthquake Shock. 1 (HIEAI LOSS. OF LIFF. Pires Followed the SeiBioic Disturbances and Nearly Every House in the City Has Been Injured by Either Earthquake or Flames. Terror Reigns. A spsolal cable to Tho Nows and Courter says ab about 8 o'clock Thurs day evening thero was a tremendous < arthquake at Valpartzo, Culle. As *G San Francisco, tho shock was fol' lowed by tho outbreaking of many, tires. The flimes, extending from the Plaza Olden towards the north, have jot tnvm extinguished. Many house.! have boeu destroyed, and nearly all of thom are more or less damaged, either oy the earthquake or the lire. Busi uesu is at a complete standstill. Tho oanko arc closed. The gas supply is unavailable arid ?be oleotrlo lighting system is oom ploSoly knocked out. Consequently tho ol ty at nig bb ls in darknoss. The greatest panio prevails among bhe inhabitants. Many families are Hiding fiooti thc city. Oummuuioatlon with Santiago de ?mile la interrupted, and it is lmpos s ble to learn what bas ocourred there, Mauy porsous woie killed and injured m Valparaiso. Tim suookB continue, . ou? are milder. Che shipping in the port was nob Injured. The streets wbioh suffered most were Calles Blanco, (Jondell and Uoineralua and those in tho Doli?las .ilstrlct. N ../:? <> 1'rooiiH U?u80 Uri mo Ndnro Uuitcd States tr.jops have ..ctsd very badly at Brownsville, Tex as, The killing of one man, tho fa .al wounding of another and an at tempted outrage upon a white woman constitute crimes tint will uot be .Ightly coudoued. Tua splintering of .ihtte residences with rltla bullets .ired oy negro nanda was all on ao ojuut of the fact that a whlto saloon rot used to sorvo them drinkB. Negro ,oldlcrs seem bo be the only In juubive for tba dastardly aotlon of the jcgrous. Demands of a promptory tature iiayo been made ou tho coin er jops to' tho soeno is only held la ,oe>ance u..b l lt. ls known what bhe [;dorul mliioary uuohoritles intend to lo. lt ls understood that General Mo jarte, now In Austin, will make a marching investigation into the vholc btf&ir. S?>H IV H ? IliO. The folio?Y lng lotter was published u tlie Columbia lt cord Thursday : To ,hc Editor of tho Daily livoord, Co umcia, S. ?.-Dear Sir: Will you ilndly let tho people of South Carb ina know that John C. Haskell told i mbbt durnuaoio lie when he made .de statement that I bad made a re nark to the elf .ot that the rapairs on ?Ville Jones's no uso had been made by La?aban, tno whbkey merohant? To ue best of my knowledge I never .card of Lanahari before this affair :amc into notice. I don't know when .hese repairs were made, they must lave been made sii.ee 'OG, as I left jouth Carolina lu bha? year. I don't .bink Mr. Haskell will gain anything, .v.th fair-minded and honest people, hy telling a damn lie about a man b.iat ls Linee thousand miles awav (rom bim, * Yours, etc. WM II GAI.DWKLII, Kilted *i liiBtruiui'iit. During a severe eleotrlc storm Tues day afternoon S '.ewart Battle, aged 25 years, telepraph operator for the vtlantic Coast Lino itali road at Col .cr t. Stallen,, Va. waa siruok by ghtntng and instantly killed. At uc tim? of the occur renee Battle was it hts telegraph iostrumeut reporting he southbound passenger train, willoh left Petersburg at 6. hi P. M. i Cha uufortuaate young mau was a ,on of II jury Battle, of this olby, and I nan beau in tao service of the rail oad company as telegraph optrtttor for many years. CAllb Htm ? liinr. The Columbia State says Gen. Wilie Jones salu Tuursday in reforenoo bo Job ilasuon'a remarks ab ?ut Lana ian presenting him with a punoh jowl that he could not understand vhy Col. Haskell should give utter \tieo to such lying and slanderous abo des unlesj he knetf they wore true \ud w,w veiling to be responsible for .nein. As Col. Haskell had stated that io did not know thai? they woro true md diu not give tho uamo of any man (Vho had stated the stories, all ho xmld do was to denounoe tho author vs a Har, regardless of who ho was. Importgut Koluna. The state board of dispensary direo .ors hold it? monthly mootlug Thurs lay but nothing wan given out from ,ho meeting. Director Wylie said ,hat thc board at its present mooting voulu arrange to put into efl jot its .esolutlon adoptad on tho cvo of the ?tato convention to buy its bulk stuff ?nly from bounded warehouses and iavo the commissioner take out a reo rders license, and do tho blending at ,ho state dli.ponsary. The advertise ments for bidB for the new quarterly purchases will bo ao worded. Voted om. Without a dissenting vobo in tho jircsonoo ot a largo Kallery of ;?pooba? Ans tho oity council of Birmingham, Ala., Thursday night dually passen an ord nanoo whloh will prohlb t the jporatlon of any sort of brokoragu .muso in tho ol ty willoh deals in futur es, af .or October 1. Tho action ls t io result, of the son tia ant orougnt about by the defalcation in tho First Na tional Bank of Bli mingham,