The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, September 28, 1905, Image 3
BOTH COT HELP.
McCall, of the New York Life,
% c
Says Parker Never
LET ANYTHJNGr PASS.
He Also Asserts That His Life Was Made
Weary by Democrats Chasing Him
For Money. He Says Parker
Accepted Contributions when
He Was Chairman.
Political contributions of the New
York Life Insurance company and
the connection of' Andrew A. Hamilton
of Albany with the alleged politiool
activity of the company wore the
points around which the hearing before
the legislative insurarce investigation
in New York turned on Wednesday.
President John A. McCall of the
New York Life Insurance company
was the chief witness and for several <
hours he was subjected to a lire of
questions by Charles E. Hughes,
counsel for the c immittee concerning
the money presented for political <
pu-poses. i
The cUmax was reached when Mr.
McCall declared that the soliciting of
funds for campaign purposes was not
ooutined to tne Republican party in (
the campaign qf 1904 and announced: <
"My life was made weary by the i
Democratic candidates chafing tne for ]
money in that campaign. Some of
the very men who today are being
Interviewed in the papers and denouncing
men who contribute to cam i
paigns were crossing my path every ]
step 1 took looking for money. One <
day?the candidate himself, Parker? *
If he would show up his books when
he waschairmau of the Democratic <
State committee, it would give you i
a tit. He ne ver rejected a dollar in i
the world. He would take every dol- i
lar that was presented to him." I
Judge Parker was chairman cf the
Democratic State executive committee 1
In 1885. ;
Mr. McCall's statement was greeted j
with wild cheering, which continued i
until a threat was made to clear the
room of listeners if the crowd did not
restrain itself. i
With great care the acoouut of An- <
drew A. Hamilton with the company
was analyzed by Mr. Hughes who <
asked Mi. McCall about every item
and made it clear that a search was j
being made for political contrlbu- ;
tions. ;
Mr. McCall stoutly maintained that
he had given Mr. Hamilton no money i
to be used in inlluencing legislation |
at Albany, but the admission was
obtained from Mr. McCall that 11am
ilton's expenses at Albany were paid
from the company's funds and that
his accounts were not submitted to
audit.
It was shown that $235,000 has
boon paid to Hamilton witn only a
verbal accounting to President McCall !
and that at present Hamilton owes !
the company about $60,000, but Mr.
McCall said he felt sure that Hamil- ;
ton, whr^jb now in Europe, will repay
tills su n upon the company's demand.
The $235 000 Mr. McCall said he 1
wa9 sure wou>d be paid by Mr. Ham
ilton on demand of the Mew York
Life Insurance company.
'If it is not," said Mr. McCall,
"I'll be responsible and I'll pay it."
Hamilton received for legal services,
he said, about $100,000 a year from
the New York LU'e Insurance company.
He was given charge of work all
over the Untied States in tho matter
of legislation and taxes and represent
ed the New York Life before legislative
committees.
Taking up the campaign contributions,
NVr McCall said that In 1896 he
oontri: to the defeat of the silver
platform; not to the defeat of the
Democratic parly. In other cases of
campaign contributions Mr. McOall
pref rred to characterize thern as
nnntrihnt.lrinN to t.hfl snnunrt, of the
gold platform rather 'ban to the Republican
national committee. He
denied that any contribution# bad
been mp.de to either State or municipal
campaigns at any time. Ho assumed
the entire responsibility.
Of the campaign contributions
made by Mr. McOall and George W.
Perkins for the New Pjrk Life Insur
ance company in 1904. Mr. MoCJall
said he did not care how many of bis
policy holders agreed with his action.
He said he consulted no one but Mr.
Perkins. "I did It on my own book.
I don't Justify the use of campaign
funds. 1 justify the use of ibis
money for the benefit of the policy
holders."
Replying to Mr. Hughes, he said:
"I honestly believe in this instance it
was justified. If you ask me if I approve
of campaign contributions, I
say no, a thousand times no.
"Did you really think that in 1904
the Interests of the policyholders were
so seriously endangered that the company
ought to contribute?" asked Mr.
Hughes.
"I did think so when the man who
had twloe voted for tiryan was a candidate
on a platform framed by a
oommlttee that had by a majority of
two to one rejected the gold standard."
MoOall said: "Their shadows were
across mine every move I made."
"1 thank God that Bryan and free
silver were beaten and that I had a
share In their defeat."
Applause followed the statement
but the demonstration was checked by
the chairman, who said he would
have the room cleared of spectators If
order was not kept
In 1802 Mr. McCall said there was
no campaign contribution by the New
York Life Insurance company, because
both parties had gold platforms.
No contribution to any S ate or
municipal campaign funds had been
made Oy the New York Life Insur
anco company siuee his connection
with the company, said Mr. McCall.
ABSOLUTELY FALSE SAYS PA UK Kit
Judge Alton B. Parker, 1> mooratlc
candidate for president in 1004, gave
the Assortat< d Press a statement concerning
President McCall's testimony
relative to the soliciting of funds
from the New York Ufa Insurance
company by D -mocrats In 1004. The
statement follows:
"My attention has been called to
certain testimony said to have been
given by Mr. John A. McCvll while a
witness bef( re,the insurance investi
gallon committee In reply to Mr
Hughes' question whether he thought
mm, in i?u4 &ne interests or trie policyholders
were so seri usly endangered
that the company ought to contribute
'
It Is evident that Mr. McCall was
laboring under great excitement In
making his reply, for It is vary incoherent.
But if his answer is Intended
to convoy tho impression that in
the campaign of 11)04, I. either directly
or Indirectly, solicited from
him or his corporation or any other
corporation, any money or valuable
thing, his statement is absolutely
false. On the contrary, I repeat now
what I said brfore the clpcidon, that
I expressly not 1 ti d and directed the
chairman of the executive committee
of the national committee that no
money should be received from corporations."
MCCALL CllAWFISHKS.
John A. McCJall, prendent of the
New York Life Insurance company,
referring to his testimony before the
legislative ommittee. in relations to
contributions to the Democratic party
laid Wednesday:
"The meaning I intended to convey
when 1 mentioned Judge Parker was
this: Judge Parker when a cmdidate
for the presidency last year, did not
personally ask me for campaign funds,
Out friends of his did sn rpnoatprllv
4,Judgo Parker, as chairman of the
States Democratic committee several
/ears ago, did, however, accept prof
fered contributions to the campaign
fund."
NAME IIIM SAYS SHKEIIAN.
William F. atieehan's attention was
sailed to the testimony of Mr. Mo3all
and he sale:
4'1 was chKl man of the executive
. omrnitieeof the Democratic national
committee last year. There was not
a single man connected with the
Democratic national campaign that
inlicited a dollar from Mr. McCall.
If any such person made any such
iolicltation Mr. McUall siiould name
him."
gets ten years.
for Putting Snake's Heads and Reptiles
in a Well.
A dispatch from Laurens to The
State says Wednesday In the oourt of
general sessions John Miller, a young
negro farm hand, was convicted of
administering poison with intent to
kill and was given a sentence of ten
years in the State prison. The indictment
under which Miller was tried
charged Wash Carwile and Miller with
attempting to poison an entire family,
consisting of Mr. E W. Ferguson, |
who resides near Clinton, his wife, j
mother, and aunt and some of the
colored servants and hands employed
on the place, by placing in the well,
from which every one oil the premises
uied water, a bag containing a snake's
head, a frog, a lizz&rd and a quantity
of stuff said to have bi'eu a composition
cf match heads auci other tilings
of a poisonous character.
The fact that Mr. Ferguson and
other members of the family became
very ill about the samo time led to an
investigation which revealed the prosonce
of the horrible mixture In the
drinking water. Carwilo and Miller
were suspected of the deed. Miller
was promptly arrested but Garwilees
ciped a; d has not been apprehended
yet. Moth negroes and their families
quit tisirg the water on Sunday before
the Fergusons were made sick on Tuesday.
It was brought out in the trial
Wednesday that the negroes were close
friends and during the year had given
Mr. Ferguson considerable trouble,
complaining that they were not being
treated right and that they would even
up things when their time was out.
Oa the 12th of Jul' their oontract being
out, they w:. paid cff. Three
days later tho > ,< was found In the
well. It was bolical deed and
judge Metiuilm said In passing
sentence on Mille cnat the ten year
limit was too light. William R.
Rickey, acting solicitor, conduoted
prosecution with signal tact and ability.
The Right Hpirir.
The Marion Star, which favors the
dispensary system, deprecates any at
tempt to mullify the result of the election,
and calls upon dispensaryites to
aid in carrying out the new order of
affairs. This is the proper spirit,
for nothing can be gained by attempting
to foroe any particular thing upon
the people through technicalities of
the law, or endeavoring to retard or
hinder the majority in carrying out
iU wishes.
CHARGE PROVED
By the Confessions of Geo, W.
Perkins and J. A. McCall.
v
what pabrer says.
All the Bis; Corporations Contributed
Money to the Republican Campaign
Fund Last Year, and the Men
U/L^ .IS .1 VI CI 1 J 1. -
TT IIU UIU II OIIUUIU oe
Punished.
Former Chief Judge Alton II. Parker,
last year the Demi oratlc candidate
for President of the United
States, in au Interview at Ewpus, N.
Y., receutly, referred to the charges
made by him in the Presidential cam
paign last fall, that corporation funds
were being used in aid of the It^publi
can campaign. To a correspondent
of the Associated Press who called at
Rosemount, Judge Parker's home, and
asked hioi if he had anything to say
In relation to the statement made by
Vice-President George W. Perkins, of
the N :w York Life Insurance Company,
before the Legislature cornmi
tte investigating the insurance
business, to the effect that President
John A. MtCall, of that company,
had caused a contribution of about
$50,000 to be made last year to the
Republican national campaign fund,
Ju -go Parker said:
44Yes, 1 believe 1 ought to say, now
that there is no political excitement
to distract the public attention, that
oho president of the New York Life
was not the only such contributor.
The ollicers of other great life insurance
Companies,such as the Equitable
and the Mutual, also contributed
from the policy holders' fund for the
campaign purposes last year. The
u derlyiug principals which divide
the great mass of the people into par
ties have no effect upon such men.
Their one inquiry is, will the party
organization in its hour of triumph
remember our generosity and respond
to our demands? Of course, the organization
does remember, for it ex
pects a similar contribution next
lime And the expectation is not in
vain. Last year was not the tirst
time. Such contributions had been
ma ie before in national, Stato and
municipal elections.
"Tne olli :ers responsible for these
raids upon the treasuries of corporations
have received their reward in
unfettered management of different
insurance corporations; in unembarrassd
raids upon the public through
trusts?condemned by both common
liUfl liiui' In i-u/noal A
W.VMVV4W Tf ) IU 1V/I U.1U1 LU ^ULlinil
criminally the ollloers of railroad and
other corporations violating the laws;
and in statutory permission to manu
facture corporations and to levy tribute
on the people.
"There can be no hope of checking
the unlawful aggressions of officers of
great corporations so long as they may
thus form a quasi-partisanship with
the organization of the dominant po
litical party. Fjr in the hour when
the administrative official seeks to
punish the offender, he is reminded by
the head of the organization of the
magnitude of the contributions of the
corporation.
'There is, however, something
worse, if possible, than the escape of
such offenders from justice. It Is the
I irruHu 1 Hnmr*ru 11'?'i ? i..^
n.?? ? .. uu^Mvtuiiuuuiuu ui Ywui;in i?uu
the a ailing of the public consience by
t\!e etTorts to make these vast sums of
money procure the ballot they were
Intend d to procure, corruptly aid
otherwise.
"What has been prove! In the cese
of the New Yoik Life will undoubtedly
be proved in the other cases.
The facts exist and honest and able i
eounst 1 backed by an honest committee
will undoubtedly bring them out
for the public good.
"Were there an investigation of
railr< ad, manufacturing and oilier
corporations it would be fcuad that
these corporation otlicers who put
their hands into the treasury and
took out moneys belonging t,o widows
and orphans to help secure a partisan
triumph.
"That their acts were unlawful
and their purposes corrupt goes withrut
saying. They intended to have
toe money used, as it was, in corruptling
the electorate. Mr. PAtkirm
makes the point that Mr. John A.
MfcCall, the president of the New
York Life, Is a Democrat. Apparently
he would have the public assume
that when Mr. McCall unlawfully
and wrongfully contributed
these fundi?the company's share
probably as a member of the underwriting
syndicate?It was evidence of
political virtu 5, rather than misconduct.
"The truth about It Is, and I say
It without feeling, but emphatically,
that men like McCall have no political
convictions that stand In the way
of their personal advantage. Such
men desire the triumph of that party
whloh will better serve their personal
financial Interests and will?for contributions,
past, present and future?
continue to protect these Interests by
lenient legislation and by pretense at
execution of law whloh shall be tenderly
blind to all their offenses. That
party they espouse in the court room,
and contribute to It of the moneys
they hold In trust, and occasionally a
little of their own.
> "It Is not my purpose to claim that
the Democratic party, subjeoted to
the temptations whiob have overcome
the other party during the last four
years, would have acted differently*
Mere party advantage should not be
sought from the disclosures made In
this Investigation llut the facts
should be diligently sought, that the
people may beo^ me so aroused that
they will insist upon legislation making
it a criminal offence for oltioers
to contribute corporate funds for
political funds for polltcal purposes
and depriving the apparently successful
candidates of their otVois.
"Efforts in that direction have
been making in different States since
November last, and particularly In
this State. But the Republican organization
would not consent to it, so
the Legislature defeated the bills.
And the organization never will consent
until an an used public sentiment
shall threaten legislators with
political oblivion who fail to enact
effective laws upon the subject. "
tLIOHT DETERIORATION.
Cotton Condition Not as Ciood as a
Work Ago.
Section Director Hauer weekly crop
report says the mean temperature for
the week ending Monday, September
18Lh, was tl'ghtly below normal, due
to very cdoI weather early in the week
and warm at its close. The extremes
of temperature were a mixlmum of (J(>
degrees at Hlackvllle on the 12th, aud
a minimum of 57 degrees at Cheraw
on the 15th. There was slightly less
than the normal amount of bright
sunshine over the southern aud east
em counttes and about normal amount
in the central and western counties.
There were numerous showers over
the eastern and southern counties, and
very little rain, in many plac s none
?over the western ones. ExorsMve
rainfall occurred in Florence ar.d 1) .r
lington counties, in the la ter there
were 8 inches recorded m 24 hours.
Lands were washed, streams 11 oded
and bridges carried away, aud crops
were seriously damaged on uplands as
well as low lands. Generally the
week's precipitation was needed and
proved benetloial. Over the western
and northern counties the ground is
very dry aud late crops are sulTorlng
for moisture. Streams ai d wells are
becoming low, and it is too dry for
fall plowing and for Heeding oats. Frequent
showers interrupted farm work
along the coast and to a lesser degree
in a few interior southern counties,
while the weather wnw f/vr
continuous work over the greater portion
of the state.
There was a slight deterioration in
the condition of ootton due, mainly,
to premature opening earned by rust
and drought. On sandy lands the crop
is nearly all open and most of it pick
ed wiille over the state generally id is
opening fast. Growth and fruiting have
stopped, but this is immaterial, as
what fruitage would be taken on after
this time would not mature. Cater
pillars have appeared In Berkeley
county on cotton, which is the only
report of damage of injects this week.
Late corn Is In need of rain. There
is a slight deterioration of minor crops
due to want of moisture,over the western
parts and a slight improvement
in the eastern portions. Fall truck has
improved, and recently planted seeds
are germinating well. Itlce harvest
made good progress. Much hay and
other forage was saved in prime condition.
LONG LOST COMftllSblON
ltoturned to the (valiant Holdior Who
Ijohi It In Battle.
A dispatch from Patterson, N. J ,
says a commission as captain of the
Twenty-tifth N' ~ Jersey volunteers
which was los.. b. Capt. Archibald
uraham on the field of Fredericksburg,
Va., wa. vunedto Gapt.
Graham's widow We ,uay by Cnlef
Justice Walter Clark of the supreme
court of North Carolina. Judge Ciatk
found the commission after the battle
was over. lie sent It to the State ad
I Jutant general's (tllse hi Trenton and
i asked that It he forwarded to the own
er. lie accompanied It with a letter
saying that ho nad Intended to return
It many years ago but had mislaid
and forgotten it. He wrote:
"This coromis'don was found where
only a brave man could have carried
it?beneath the plunging tire of the
Washington artill' ry on Marc's
Heights, just behind us and the even
more wasting fire of our iLf'.ntry Hue
behind the stcne wall at the foot of
the heights. We broke sevtn successive
lines of battle to pieces at that
point, for nature had made the posh
lion impugnable. I was then but 14
years < f age, but I remember woll that
ray astonishment at the recklessness
of sending brave men on such a hope
less mission was only exceeded by my
admiration of the steadiness and gallantry
of the men who endeavored to
execute It.
"I do not know to what bridge the
Twenty-fifth New Jersey belonged and
hence do not know In which of these
charges Capt Graham shared, but 1
was particularly struck with that made
by Thomas Meagher's Irish brigade,
wLiune line oauio up aiOQOHl tO ttie muz
zles of our guns. We recognized that
line by the green flag with the sunburnt
on It an well as by Its reck lets
daring. My most respectable compliments
to Mrs. Oraham and to her son,
who, as I see is a member of the profession
to whioh I have the honor to
belong."
Found Dead,
A negreas, Rachael Burkett, was
found dead near her home at Johnston.
Coroner's inquest rendered a
verdict that death resulted from a
broken neok, oaused by unknown per
oni.
THE TRUTH AT LAST.
The Big Corporations Put Up the
Boodle For the
llopuhlloan Party to Ituy Up tFio
Bast l'ilcotton. What tfio PtchIdent
Ought to Do.
T in testimony of Mr. Perkins of
the New York Life Insurance Company
that $50,000 of the policyholders'
money was pledged and $48,702.50
paid into the campaign fund of the
Republican party last year, to be employed
in promoting the election of
Mr. Roosevelt, has stirred up many
stories of campaign contributions by
the great corporate interests. A. dis
patcli to The Chicago Record Herald
from Washington says that it Is very
freely statod at the capital now that
the meat packers of Chicago, mem (
hers of the beef trust, which Com mis- (
sioner Gar lit 11 has sle.ee declared to 1
he a poor, bu flaring organ zitlon, un
justly accused by the public of extortion,
paid $100,000 to Mr. Roosevelt's 1
campaign purse. According to the
correspondent's statement the con- '
tributlon of the packers was tirst put '
at $50,000, the same as the amount '
asked of tlio New York Life, but it
was afterwards raised to $100,000.
The correspondent continues with 1
tills Interesting information: {
After the packing companies had 1
contributed,representat ons were made 1
to the brewers and whiskey Interests '
that It would be to their benefit to !
give large sums, and the money was
forthcoming. During the campaign '
the agents of the department of com '
merce and labor were at work invest!
gating the alT virs of f he packers. rl he
original mm contributed by the pack 1
ers was about what they normally giro !
to a campaign fund, and the later con- 1
trlbutlon doubled It. It is stated that 1
Secretary Corlelyou knew nothing of
the source of the oimpaln contrlbu 1
tions. "Cornelius N. Bliss, treasurer (
of the national committee, and his 1
assistant, C. II. Duell, were the only '
men who knew absolutely where all *
campaign contributions came from," (
said a politician today. "In the West 1
Charles G. Dawes collected the funds. 8
lie introduced many men whose con- 1
tributlons were wanted to Mr. Cortelyou
at luncheons which were arranged 1
for the purpose. Mr. Cortelyou soli- 1
cited no contributions from these m< n, 1
but merely talked over the campaign ^
with them."
In commenting on the above tlie 1
Charleston Evening Post says: "Presl- t
dent LtoosevtIt denounced Judge l'ar- 1
kcr most fiercely because he dared to
AAnHamn f Knon /?< ' - # ~ ~ ~ 1
vuu>ivtuu ui'-toc vuiicbi.iuu3 ui uimiey 1
Lorn the corporations and to draw ?hc t
inevitable conclusion that thev were 1
made with expectation of favors from t
the administration and therefore, with 1
implication of such by the agents of I
Mr. Roosevelt, who had not been re- <
pudlated by that virtuous gentleman, s
Now we know that the New York i
Life gave a large sum of money and s
also tliat it was given in just the way l
Judge Parker said last October that <
such contributions were made. Here *
are Judge Parker's words: ''Shall the '
creations of government?many of
which pursue illegal methods?control i
our elections, control them by moneys 1
belonging to their stockholders? {
moneys not given in the open and <
charged upon ttie books as money paid
for politic tl purposes, but hidden '
away by false bookkeeping?" The *
item of the New York Life's contribu- '
tion was so entered on the books that '
even the treasurer of the company, 1
who drew the check for the amount, ?
did not know what was its purpose 1
and it became necessary to call the 1
highest executive clllcers of the com- 1
panv to i xplain it.
"L it isn't Mr. Roosevelt to stir up 1
his spirit at this juncture and de 1
nounce somobodj V lie cin't denounce
Judgo Pe:k r again because the truth
of his charges Is established. Hut he 1
might denounce Mr. Bliss for riot tell '
ing him of the embarrassing obliga
tions he had contracted. Except tha'
lie may never have consulted Mr.
Bliss aoout the matter d uring the
campaign, It being agreed in|advance
that all assurances of clean campaign
Ing snould come to the President from
Mr. Cortelyou, who, himself, should
have nothing to do with anything
that was not clean. But one thing
Mr. Roosevelt might do, namely, to
Instruct Mr. Cortelyou to publish now
the whole list of campaign contributions
made to the Republican fund
last year and specifically declare himself
free of any obligation to those
ooainoutors, whatever engagements
bis agents may have made wheu they
secured the money. Mr. Rjosevelt
liken to do senHational things. Here's
a chance for him."
A UtioMtiy Kind,
At Boston, Mass., the p 1 Ice were
called up to investigate the death of a
woman whose dlsmerr bored body,
wrapped la white oil cloth, was found
in a green leath r suit case in the
w&te, near the W nthrop Yacht Club
house, early Thursday night. There
were no mark** by which the remains
could be identified. It is though the
woman was the vlotim of a careless
operation. The intestines had teen
removed. The body had evidently
been dismembered by a sharp knife,
The cuts were ole&n and no bones were
broken.
Gomes Illicit.
Claude A. Swanson, democratic nominee
for governor of Virginia, has tiled
a statement showing that It cost htm
nearly $10,000 or two years salary, to
, secure the nomination, all of whioh
was for legitimate expenses $1,600 of
this was for the assessment.
I AWFIESTORY
Of a Murderous Attack Made on
J. I). Hawkins by
OTHER WRITE MEV.
The Victim of the Murderous Attack.
Who Was Left for Dead, Revives
and Tells How he Was Laid
on the Rail Road Track
to be Run Over.
The Columbia State of lsst W :doeslay
says Sheriff Jeuuiugs of Pickens
bounty arrived In Columbia on Tues1ay
of last week with a warrant for
John Ilenderstn aud Tom Vaughn,
who was in jail there charged with
t.ho murdjrous assault upon J. D,
Hawkins near Calhoun more than two
weeks a^o. The Sheriff ?ot the insniers
aud returned to Pickens with
tihem on Wednesday.
The Stale says Ilerdjrson and
Vaughn aro the two tmn who were
irresh (1 in the weave room of the
Dlympla cotton mill by Deputy ShcritTi
Knox and Cathoart last Thursday
iftcrnoon, September 1 I as the result
if tolephono communication from
Sheriff Ullreath of Greenville.
It was not known at that time
whether Uio crime was committed in
JrrcnviJe or Pickens county and the
nday In removing the msn from tlie
Lt.ciiland jail lias been due to the fact
bhat it was necessary to watt until
Hawkins had sufficiently regained his
louse to tell a coherent story of the
;ffort to tiko his life.
lie lias now improved sufficiently
lo do tills and reiterates what he stat;d
at a former interval of consctousiess,
that Henderson and Vaughn are
die men who attacked him and placed
lis almost helpless aid senseless body
>11 the track of the Southern railway
:o be crushed by an oncoming train,
io as to conceal the crluio that bad
leen committed.
Slier.ff Jennings stated that from
die. information now at hand it stems
dial Hawkins, who resides at the
drandon mill in Greeuvllle, was on
Saturday afternoon, September 2,
ibout to take a train for Mauley, where
re Intended to attend a meeting of
,he C) id Mellows lodge, and he iiad on
lis pe'son $100 belonging to the order,
riiii money he showed to 8everal men
vlth whom he was associating that afternoon
and a plot to rob him was evdeotly
determined upon by them. Af;er
attempting several ruses to get
llm to a point where the robbery could
19 committed without fear of discov;ry,
dually one of them told Hawkins
i scandalous story concerning his famly
and when Hawkins indignantly relented
the falsehood he was told that
f he would KO with them the men
jcu d carry him to the man who had
raid it and would furnish proof of its
iruth.
It Is supposed tltat that night they
got in an empty freight car of a passing
freight train and rode as far as
Jalhoun, where they got oil and startid
on foot toward the Seneca river.
When about half way to the river and
near a saw mill, Hawkins' companions
attacked him with heavy scantlings,
rtrlking several terrltlc blows on the
a tad and one on his left arm, which
oroke It between the wrist and tho
dlbow. He was also given a jab In his
aack with the splintered eiid of a
broken scantling, which made a
frightful wound. The blows on the
wounded mau'd head had rcnriored
him almost unconscious but not entirely
so, as the assailants supposed.
Hawkins, bleeding arid unable to raise
his hand to help himself, heard them
discuss the best way to dispose of his
b >dy. It was agreed by them to throw
his body In the trout o* river and gath rii:g
t up they started toward tho
: vei ' ink, but when about half way
Lht-y s?w tne watchman of the br'dgo
approaching with his lighted lantern.
Although he soon disappeared this
caused them to change their plan and
it was theu agreed to place the body
on the railroad track to be mangled
uader the wheels of the next train.
This was done and the would be mur?
derers quickly disappeared in the
darkness. Hawkins, dimly reahzlog
that certain death awaited him u-iles*
he could crawl from the track, made
a supreme etlort and managed to drag
his body to the outside of the track
and roll down the embankment, lo
will be remembered that his groans
wore heard by Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Chapman, who were passing on their
way to church the next morning, and
trie nail dead man was found and cared
for at their home.
Henderson and Vaughn were Been
at the jail Tuesday ar d asked for a
statement but tbey vigorously denied
any knowledge of or conneotion with
tbe affair. Tbey said tbat tbey were
in the company of Hawkins in Greenville
during tbe day but tbat tbey did
not see blm at night, as they were
both at the Magnolia cafe and later
at a lawn party at tbe residence of
Mr. Wbltesides. Tuey claim 10 be
able to produce proof of this aiibl.
| Hawkins' statement is conclusive proof
tbat tbe assault occurred in Pickens
county and the entire matter Is now
In tbe bands of Sheriff Jennings.
Will H?ng. t
Commander Johnson, a white man,
has been oonvicted of the murder of
Rev. H. D. Grainger in Horry County
and sentenced to bang the second Friday
In Deoember. Ani appeal will
probably be taken.
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