The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, October 12, 1905, Image 7
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aptain and *Four ofja
oner's Crew Murdered.
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JUTINY ANDMDKDER.
ur Bodies Thrown Overboard by the
[Murderers. Three Negroes, the
Remaining Members of the Crew
ef the Schooner Harry A.
[Berwind, Brought to
Southport, N. C.
A special to the Wilmington Star
from Southport Wednesday night says
the schooner Blanche II. King, Capt,
J. W. Taylor, Brunswick, Ga., Sept.
23, for Philadelphia, put In there
Wednesday afternoon, bringing In
irons three negroes, all that remained
of the crew of the four-mastered
schooner Harry A. BerwlucI^Capt.
Ruralll, from Mobile, Sept. 23, to
Philadelphia, the captain, mate, cook
and an engineer who did hoisting
aboard having been murdered in a
mutiny at sea and their b idles thrown
overboard.
The body of a fourth negro of the
crew was fou id lying on deck where
he, too had evidently been murdered.
I<Japt. Taylor of the schooner King
sighted the Berwlnd early Wednesday
morning about 30 miles off the Gape
Fear bar and was attracted to her by
the manner in which she was being
steered, having several times come
very near running down the King.
A near approach to the Berwlnd
to showed that she had been practically
. abandoned, uapt. u/ayior and crew
boarded the vessel and < placed the
three negroes in irons, bringing the
two vessels oil the bar when one of
them was towed in by Wilmington
tugs, which have now gone for the
other schooner, a gale prevailing on
.the outside.
The Berwind being from a territory
against which this city is quarantined
for yellow fever, the three negroes in
irons are held in quarantine until arrangemeuts
can be made for their detention
by the federal authorities. It
develops from the stories of the ne
groes brought in irons by the King
that the mutiny arose as the result of
a quarrel aboard the ship early Tues
day morning about some collee that
was being brewed for breakfast. The
King was signalled by the Berwind 30
miles east of Frying Pan lightshp and
in response to a signal Capt. Taylor
sent his mate, engineer and others to
board the Berwind.
The decks of the schooner were covered
with blood, giving evidence of a
; tierce encounter. The berth of the
mate was spotted with blood, indi^
eating that he was butchered in bed.
jt\ i ts:r liiu Du^runiK party iium tiic
King handcuffed the mutineers on the
ship one of the negroes complained
the Irons were too tight and hurt him.
When one of the boarding crew loos
ened the bracelet on the negro's arm
the captive whipped out a pistol und
shot one of his own crew, the presumption
being that the man killled
had signaled the King against the
wishes of the three others,
The total list of killed is four
whites and one negro, the names of
none of whom can be learned- The
King left a prlzs crew aboard the Berwind,
which is still off the bar, but
will be brought in tomorrow morning.
United Stale Commissioner P. Collier
and Deputy Marshall C. O. lvnox
left tonight for the quarantine to
take charge of the captives.
TIIK IIOltlllBLK STORY,
lie decks and cabins splotched
with blood from the fearful butchery
following the mutiny aboardsbip early
Tuesday morning off the North
Carolina coast, the four-masted
schooner Harry A. Berwind of Philadelphia
was towed into Southport
Tnursday by Wilmington tugs
Aboard were the prize crew of the
New York schooner Blanche H. King,
who were wanted as witnesses against
the three h eg roes shackled and
brought to tfte Cape Fear quarantine
station?on Wednesday, charged with
' mutiny and murder.
At the preliminary investigation
Derore united stares uommissioners
. Collier of Wilmington and Pinner of
Southport today the men who board,
ed the herwind told the story of condltions
on the vessel as they found
them, and the three prisioners were
1 then Introduced at their own request.
They gave their names as Robert
I Sawyer, Henry Scott and Arthur
Adams, all colored', and under 40
years of age. Sawyer and Adams employed
counsel and ooth charged that
Scott killed the five men with the exH
ceptlon of Capt. Rural 11, who disap|
peared before day Tuesday morning
9 in a manner of which they knew nothing.
Each said he saw Scott shoot
s mate on the lee side of the ship,
throw his body overboard. Tnen
... 'bed the engineer and went down
the Companion-wav. Very soon they
heard show belo* deck in the galley,
and a short while thereafter Scott
came up again, bearing the body of
the cook,a small white man,in hisjarm
depositing his burden over the rail.
Tney afterwards bound Scott and
Were steering the vessel as best they
tibuld until overhauled by the King.
Scott says all the seamen, four negroes
formed a conspiracy soon after
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leaving Mobile, Sept. 23, the colored
seamen feeling outraged because of
short rashlons. He said that he killed
no one except the negro seamen found
on deck, Coakley by name, and that
he killed him in self*defenBe. Coakley
hit him with a stick, and shot at
him while he was bound. He said he
saw Gokely shoot the mate and saw
Adams kill the engineer. He does
not know how the cook was killed as
the shooting was below deck.
Scott is a mullatto and is the most
intelligent of the four; Adams is also
a mullatto and claims to be a British
subject from St. Vincent islands. All
three of the negroes were held without
bail, and are contlned in the
Soutliport jail for the federal court in
Wilmington in November. Three
members of the crew of the schooner
Blanche H. King are held as witnesses,
but will give bond on the arrival
of the vessel owners tomorrow.
SIGNIFICANT SUGGESTION.
From a Prohibition Souroo In Kogard
to Liquor Ij?wh.
A dispatch from Columbia sa>s there
are strong indications that the prohibition
executive committee will, at
the Fair week meeting, name a State
ticket with Joseph A. McCullough for
Governor, and Louis J. lirtstow for
Lieutenant Governor. At the conference
held here a few weeks ago both
these men opposed nominations being
made, but Thursday's issue of The
Baptist Press, edited at Greenwood,
by Mr. Bristow, nominates Mr. Mc
Cullough for Governor, and advocates
putting out a ticket.
It is significant that the editorial
favors county control of the liquor
question. "Lttt us have a prohibition
law, but where it will not be enforced
let It not be a force," says the editorial.
"Where a majority of men are
willing to write, their names on a petition
asking for the privilege of selling
whiskey, the best thing to do is
to allow them to sell it, under stringent
regulations."
The editorial also says. "Beyond
the moral question involved there is a
political side. Men must be elected to
otllce who will enforce a law against
liquor selling. In certain counties in
this State that seems to be quite beyond
obtaining. A clear test of sentiment
must be made. Prohibition is
impossible nowhere, but it seems impracticable
in some localities. Itecognlz'ng
this fact we must take it intn
consideration. In a community where j
public sentiment is not sutliciently
strong to elect prohibition oftlcers who
will enforce a prohibition law, such a
law would be tlaggrautly violated and
would be practically inoperative and
that fact must not be ignored. Therefore,
we say let us advocate a prohibition
law which will cover the eutire
State, but with a provision that the
county which is willing to assume the
moral responsibility and odium of sell*
ing whiskey and the legal responsibility
of enforcing the law, that such a
county may vote upon the question
and show where it stands. If such a
county should decide to sell whiskey,
then let the Legislature prescribe the
manner in which it may be done, and
throw around its sale all safeguards
and restrictions possible.
"The dispensary is fast going, and
the moral element of our citizens must
have something to oiler in its stead or
demoralization will follow.
"We have long been a student of
the prohibition question, with particular
reference to South Carolina, and
our calm judgment, upon mature conditions,
is brietly outlined in the foregoing
paragraphs. Prohibitionists are
being looked to at this time and we
musi ciur ine scale the best method
of dealing with this vexatious question.
But such a State prohibition law
will not enforce Itself. We must have
a Governor who will enforce it, a prohibitionist."
Preparing For The Fair.
The Chamber of Commerce of Columbia,
as has been its custom for several
years, is sparing no efforts to
make the approaching State Fair one
of the most seccessful in its history.
With cotton at 10c and a wave of
property sweeping the State, it is ex
pected that the attendance will exceed
all former years. In anticipation of a
large crowd the Columbia Street Railway
has increased its faailities for
handling the visitors by double tracking
its line from the Transfer Station,
or Capital Square, to the Union Station,
thence a belt line encircling the
Fair grounds, which is practically a
double track all the way, and will afford
and ample transportation.
In addition to the usual attractions
of the weok, the Chamber of Commerce
has engaged the Barkoot Carnival
Amusement company, which besides a
band of Its own, has a variety of good
olean shows, which will give exhibition
at the several street corners, along
wibu a uumoer or rree attractions. As
usual, the theatre management has a
splendid card for the week.
Those expecting,bo visit the Fair,
which begins October 24, and desiring
to secure boarding and sleeping accommodations
should atonce commun
icate with Mr. E. H. Clark, Secretary
of the Chamber of Commerce.
W'Anta Damaged.
James O.Ligon of Charleston has
brought suit for $10,000 damages
, against Corntth Kaon and Hampton
K. Lea, merchants, because of defama|
tlon of character. In March last the
defendants had the plaintiff arrested
by a magistrate nnder the charge of
obtaining goods under false pretences,
the ca&rge having afterwards been
dismissed by Circuit Judge Memmln
ger.
BLOODY GRIME.
The Murder of Four People on
the Olney Farm
REMAINS A MYSTERY.
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The Mystery is Heightened by Mrs. ingerick,
Who Was Found Conscious
With Many Wounds on Her
Person Refuse to Divulge
Name of Assailant.
Orange oounty is aroused over a
quadruple murder on the Olney farm,
about four miles from the centre of
Middletown, N. Y. Wednesday the
bodies of Millls O. and Frederick R.
Olney were found in a wood half a
mile above their home. They had
been shot to death Friday afternoon.
The body of Alice lugerlck, aged uine
had been found with her skull crushed
in t.hft pillar of f.ho ninmi * %-?v
v. uuw irtl 1UI IU11SU,
and later her mother, Mrs. Martin
lngerick, living, but with her skull
crushed in three places, was found in
a horse stall in the barn, two hundred
yards from the house.
The absence of the Olneys, who
were brothers and old men, caused
surprise, not unmixed with suspicion.
No search was made for them until
Saturday morning, when a posse of
farmers organized a search, and at 9
o'clock the victim* were found lying
within 50 feet of each other.
Lulu Ingerlck, 18 years old returned
to the farm at 5 o'clock Friday
evening. She Lad left the house early
in the morning with the Olney brothers,
for whom her mother was house
keeper. The men rode in a wagon,
carrying a cm of milk to Pilgrim Corners.
When she arrived home Friday
evening she was accompanied by
Amanda Wheat, her sister-in-law.
They found the house closed, and
her mother, sister and the men were
not to be found. In terror, Mrs.
Wheat and the girl tied to the Davis
farm, adjoining, where thev asked
Daniel Davis to go back with them.
Mr. Davis complied and searched the
house from garret to the lirst II >or.
lie became greatly alarmed, for the
household goods were in confusion, a
trunk and several handbags being
burst open and bureau drawers pulled
out and their contents strewn upon
the iloor.
In the cellar, huddled in a comer,
was the body of Alice. The little one
lay upon her face, with hands extended
above her head. The skull was
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oi ubhou. iuu aiarm was given and
neighbors hastened to the scene. The
Middletown police were notified and
half a dozen detectives drove out.
Lanterns were procured and a
thorough search of the premises
made.
At 9 o'clock Mrs. Ingerick was
fouDd with her skull broken, in a
vacant horse stall in the barn. Although
she had three wounds upon
the head, any one of which might be
expected to have instantly killed her,
she appeared to be only partly insensible.
Hut all attempts to learn from
her the details of the tragedy were
unavailing. It was believed she might
know the identity of her assailant but
that she was determinedly shielding
him. Alexnnder Merritt, who took
her and the body of her daughter into
town, became Impressed with this
idea The woman made several attempts
to arrange her skirts, and
three times in the half hour's ride
raised her head and groaned.
All night long Police Chief Hrlnkerhcflf,
with several deputy sheriffs,
searched the roads and lanes near the
Olney farm, but without result. With
daylight two hundred men many of
them armed, Joined the searchers.
The Olney farm lies at the base of a
range of densely wooded foot hills. It
consists of one hundred and seventy
acres, and the brothers had bought
the right to cut cord wood in the up
lands. One of the searching parties
penetrated the woods. Chief Hrinkerhoff
and Deputy Sheriff Holer
nerman led this party, and Fred
Olney, son of Willis C. Oloey, was
with him.
They had scarcely entered the wood
when Kin#, the Olney collie dog, ran
out to meet them. He harked and
turned back into the glade fcas if inviting
them to follow him. The
searchers followed into the Derby
woods, where the body of Frederick
R. Olney, the younger brother, was
discovered. The man lay upon his
hack, with his hands over his chest.
A wound behind the right ear showed
where the bullet had entered.
Less than a hundred feet away
Willis 0. Olney lay with four bullet
wounds in his body, one entering the
right side and one passing entirely
through the chest. The wound in
Frederick's head bore evidences of
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iinTiu^ uoDi.' il'iiiuwu in uiose range,
and it appeared an if he might have
been surprised and fell without a
struggle.
The elder brother seemed to have
tried to escape and was evidently
brought'down after three bullets had
been tired into his bcdy. One went
through the right arm, another en tered
the right groin, a third the
rightohest cavity, passing through,
and the fourth through the throat.
No evidence that the bodies had
been carried to the spot was found,
and it is believed the men were surprised
by an assassin, who followed
them, and that tliey fell almost at
the game moment. Their pookets
were turned insile out and their gold
watches and all mluables were miss
In#. The autop?' developed that the
brothers had been slain with revolver
bullets of heavy ciillbre.
The motive foilf-he crime Is believed
to be robbery; fol the brothers are
known to have hyd about $700 in cash
between them. Iwithlu a few days
150 had been paid to them, and they
drew a considerable sum from a Mid- ,
dletown bank. 1'harles Frummell, of
llowells, below \Mlddletown, paid
Willis Olney $84.17 a few days ago, I
and Thomas Ogdeft, a mil* dealer in s
Mlddletown, paid the brothers a bill ;
of $70 on Wednesday morning.
FARMERS' IM8TITUTES.
To Be Jtftold In a.Nuinhor ol Countlen
This VoiL.
Clemson college will kdd Farmers'
Institutes in those oourwles desiring
them this fall and wlnteR and J. N
Harper, director of the ' b lia
sent out the following iw^.t? .tion
about It: at T\
The Southern railway has . 0Qr)ted
to Clemson college the uso of a c*r for
Farmer's institute work. The college
is going to have this car titted up with
all of the latest appliances for making
butter and the most improved
methods of handling milk. If the |
rarmerH wish it and will furnish the
milk, they can see the utensils put
to practical use in separating the
milk, ripening and churning the
cream, etc.' In this car we will have
samples of about 2(1 varieties of corn
and will lecture on thoso varieties
that are best adopted to Southern
soils. We will have about 30 varieties
of the most Improved type* of cotton.
We will also have on exhibition those
insects that are injurious to the field
and garden products with the insecticides
to be used in destroying and eradicating
these injurious insects. The
state entomologist will deliver lectures
on the proper method of using these 1
sccticldes.
We will have diagrams and chartsshowing
the conf irmation of dairy and
beef cattle and will have with us experts
to deliver lectures upon the
breeding, feeding and care of all kinds
of live stock. We will also have with
us a magic lantern and will give illustrated
lectures upon a number of ag
ricultural subjects. These lectures will
give the resmos of the experience of a
great number of practical farmers and
the result of experiments being performed
at this college and other agrl
cultural colleges over the country. We
will have views showing tho etlect of
different fertilizers when applied to
cotton, corn, wheat, oats and other
farm products. We will have samples
of those compounds that go into the
manufacture of fertilizers and will
have experts to deliver lectures on the
value of these compounds when put
into fertilizers.
We will have material to show the
proper way of making grafts, the proper
methods of pruning fruit and shade
trees, the method of retaining grape
vines, all of this with the view of obtaining
the greatest quantity of fruit.
In this car, will also be on exhibition
work of the Clemson college student
In other departments of the college
aside from that of agriculture. For
example: machines designed and made
by the mecohanical student, and fabrics
of all kinds made by the textile
student.
Can't Hang Him.
Recause of a peculiar freak of nature
Robert Garwner, a prisoner in
the county Jail at Chicago, charged
with the murder of Agnes Morrison,
may escape the death penalty. When
he was arraigned in court his Attorney,
William Ruckner startled the
court by turning to Assistant States
Attorney Harbour and saying: This is
a case wiiere it wont do you any good
to ask for the death penalty. They
can't break this man's neck if they
try to hang him and you may lose him
altogether by hanging him and failing .
..j cxooute oik. sentence in full." It
ippears that the prisoner is suffering
from ossiticatlon of the vertebrae and
tissues of the neck. According to Prof
Steffenson of Ruch Medical college
jnly live cases sirnjliar have came to
the notice of the medical profession.
Attorney Ihickner declares that the
tiardnlng of bone and tissue had pro- 1
ceeded so far that it would be impossable
to bring any strain upon the patient's
neck that would be sullllciently
severe to cause any discomfort other
than a slight straining of the muscles 1
Starved Him to Death. j
The county jail at Kansas City,
Kansas, was surrouued Wednesday ]
night by men who insist that Mrs.
Helle Biggins, her daughter Clarissa,
aged 14 years, and her husband,
George lllggins, held by the coroner's "
jury for the death of ltlggln's 6>ear- i
old son by a former wife, should be !
lynched. That the little boy was '
starved and tortured to death is specillcally
charged by the coroner's jury.
The boy's 2-year-old sister was also 1
cruelly treated and is at the point of 1
death in a hospital. While Mrs. ill#- 1
Kill's own children were well fed and J
kindly treated the two step children, 1
according to the evidence presented to '
the grand jury, were literally starved. 1
C'auho(1 by Failure
me suicide of Loo Loeb, the wealthy
Charleston man on Sunday, t?
now credited to the failure of the In- 1
dependent Cotton Oil mill of Darling- j
ton, a couple of months ago. lie J
osta good deal of money In the fall- I
ure, and this Is really what caused c
him to lose his mind, it Is said, rather <
than the retirement from business, 1
which seemed to grieve him consider- 1
ably. <
BANK OF
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CAPITAL STOCK, $20,000.00
TOTAL ASSET?
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II. 0. COLLTNS, President.
0. P. QUATTLE11AUM, V-Prks.
Our Hank, being a local instituti
building of Horry County and.for the
auing this policy we take ploasuro in
iccoimnodation when consistent with
With gratitude for the liboral ]
cordially solicit your future business.
Respectful
D A SPIVE
Robt. P. Scarborough, II. L
President. Vice-P
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Hal I,. Buck,
Goorgo .1. llolliday,
Wo will pay you 5 per cent, intoi
ish savings banks to tnoso wishing
Try our plan for saving your nicklos i
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atomach which no medicine seemed I
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Ttom. Atlanta Friday Night Clot), fl
I Secure a Dollar Bottle of I
|L Wine of Cardui Today, jB|
Draying and Hauling
I have secured all the Board
ends at the Conway Lumber
Company, and 1 will furnish
them cheap on short notice.
Best cook wood you can get.
1 have headquarters at the
store of the Hal L. Buck Co.,
ind orders for draying and
hauling left with me will be
promptly attended to.
S. M. Tompkins.
Sea-shor R. R. Conway
DAII Y SCHEDULE.
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sv Myrtle Beach 7 a. m
\r Conway 7:40 a. m
Ljv Conway 9:00 a. m
\r Myrtle Beach 9:45 a.m
Liv Myrtle Beach 1:30 p in
\r Conway 2:15 p. m
[jv Conway 6:30 p, rn
\rMyrte Beach 0:10 p. m
Ijynohcd.
Shortly after midnight Friday a
nob of about one hundred men, supposed
to bo from Trenton, Ky., took
Prank Lsavell, a one-legged negro,
'rom the jail at Klkton, Ky., and lynjhed
him in the near-by woods. Leavdl
was arrested on the charge of attempting
to enter the room of a young
ady at Trenton Saturday night, lie
confessed.
CONWAY.
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SUURFLUS FUND, $20,000.
\ $ 180,000.00.
ERS:
D. A. 8PIVEY, CASHIERY
M. W. COLLINS, ASST. CASHIER.
on, has always striven for the upbettermontof
her citizens. In porextending
to our customers every
Bound banking.
atronago received in the^ past, wo
ly yours
^Y ASHIER
t. Buck, Will'A. Freeman,
resident. Cashier.
HORRY,
y. S, C.
$ 25,000
TORS:
W. R Lewis,
W. A. Johnson,
Will A. Freeman
est on yearly deposits. Will furn;
to open small accounts with us.
and dimes, and you will find that
will 1KIV vnil I "ill Vnll?* OOirlnrta wr'.ll
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for "The IIiil). For sale by
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Professional Cards.
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SURGEON DENTISTS,
Conway, s. c.
toy*()vor Hank of ITorry.
M- M- Burroughs,
Physician and Surgeon,
Conway, S- O
OTscarbrougiT
CONWAY, S. C.,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
H. H. WOODWARD,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
CONWAY. S. C.
G. -Fiiivi). STALVivr
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
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M. W Collins, Secretary,
Conway Market
Fresh bleats and Sausage
always on hand.
Orders are taken and
promptly delivored
every day.
Geo. L. M arsh,
Propretor.
Shingles!
I luive opened a
Shingle Yard and
can 1111 your orders
promptly
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Livery ancl Drayage.
'Phone 3t5.
Horry Tobacco Warehouse*
. J. E. Coles.
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