The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, December 21, 1905, Image 5
"three" killed.
I Ruu Down by a Passenger Train
at^partanburg.
horrible accident.
Train Dashed Round The Curve While
f .The Men Were Standing on the
\ * *
Track Watching a Passing
freight Train and Dure
uowa on mem.
The Spartanburg Jourral says In
the twluk^/< of an eye, and with no
warning of their impending fate,
three men were hurled into eternity
on Tuesday morning of last week at
half past eight o'clock while walking
down the Southern railway tracks
near the lirawley street crossing,
being run down by train No. 30 coming
towards the city from Atlanta.
Tae dead men are M. D. Hill, J. E.
Stone and Richard Rogers. A fourth
man with- the party e.'-ciped injury
and lied in consternation from the
npflnp.
Toe accident took place thirty
yards beyond the trestle over Rraw
ley street. The party of four men
were w&tfcViing, it is presumed, an
outgoing freight, and heeded not the
thundering and heavy roll of the fast
mall running behind time at a rapid
rate of speed toward the Spartanburg
depot.
The huge engine was on the men
before they knew of its approach, and
the probability is that none of those
who were killed had time to realize
what had happened before they were
knocked unconscious and dead, and
their bodies hurled into the air with
territic speed.
The men were on the east track
coming towards the city while the
heavy freight was pulling out on the
west tr?.ek rnd while avoiding this
train they were suddenly overtaken
by the fast mall in their rear, which
shot into the party with no warning
that they could heed, and they were
killed lustantly.
The bodies of the dead men were
horribly mutilated, and Hill's remains
especially, were torn and mashed beyond
all recognition. It is supposed
that he was right in the center of
track when struck ana that the point
of the pilot caught him and his body
was rolled and ground under the
heavy engine and when the lirst peo
pie arrived at the Bcene his remains
were a mass of unrecognizable mass of
Hash and bones. There was not a
feature or part of the body that could
be identilied by looking upon it and
men who have seen mutilated corpses
say that never before have they been
called upou to witness a worse mutilated
corpse. In fact, it was thought
that Hill's body was rolled under the
train and engine for its whole length.
The remains were found by the tirst
arrivals at the scene of the awful
tragedy, lying midway between the
rails. t
The body of Stone was hurled some
twenty or thirty yards down the track
and to the right as one approaches
the depot, while Rogers's remains
were on the oppoiite side, indicating
that the latter two had been hit by
the sides of the pilot and thrown to
cither side of the engine, while Hill
was caught and rolled under the heavy
engine and train.
The engine which ran over the
three men was carrying the tirst section?the
mall section?of No. 3d,
which was running about two hours
behind time and la said to have been
speeding along the rails at rapid rate
of speed. The train was in charge of
Conductor Gordon and Engineer Fogus,
and was rounding ai curve just
beyond the IJrawley street trestle,
when le accident took place this
morning.
The preseuce of the freight train,
which not only attracted the attention
of the men walking along the
tracks but made it well nigh imposslb.e
to hear any warning that might
have been given by the approaching
passenger, formed a combination of
circumstances which scarce couid be
counteracted by any human agency
aud the result was a frightful killing.
For many feet along the tracks
where tho accident took place there
was scattered brains, blood, pieces
of Mesh and clothing, making a sight
sogasOy that few cared to gaze upon
it. Tho bodies were later brought
into the city and carried to Floyd's
undertaking establlthment on Church
street, where the remains were prepared
for burial. The ciwfulnpss of
the tragedy coming just at the height
of tho holiday season, cast a gloom
over the city all day.
Hill who was the worst mangled
of the three, had on his person, tax
receipts from Pelzer and It ia presumed
that he had been In the mills
there before coming to the city.
Rogers is a son of a minister, Rev.
Mr. Rogers who aboredo at Whitney
years ago, and is a young man of about
eighteen to twenty years and
lived at Saxon Mills. He bad relatives
in the city. The man Stone,
who was among the killed, was a
rur&l mail carrier and was from Enoree.
THJfi SAD STUDY
Of a Girl Who Starved to Teath in
New York.
Stricken Wltn Tuberculogtp. She
N ursoil Aitrd Aunt I'ntil the letter
Died And Then Huooumhod.
A dispatch from New Yoik says a 1
Philadelphia undertaker went to the
morgue and got the body of Mary
Weeks, who was found dead at 59
Barrow street. He was acting under
instructions from the young woman's
relatives. lie took the remains to
Pmladelphia for interment.
The girl was found kneeling by her
bed in the basement of the Barrow
street house. She grasped in her dead
lingers a broken rosary and an old
mildewed letter, describing a scene
in the basement room where she came
to her lonely end. The letter read:
"Spring had ripened into summer
and the day was far spent when 1
again entered the happy basement. I
found Mrs 11. sitting behind her
screen, reading her Bible. She arose
and warmed my heart by her truly
benignant smile, that threw a radiance
scarcely of earth upon her time worn
features. They were only two or 1
three articles of furniture left In the 1
room, lu the tireplaoe was a pile of
old books and letters, with a broken (
jewelry box on top. An old copy of
Shakespeare's plays lay open at "A j
Mldsunmer Night's Dream."
Mary Weeks was twenty tive years
old. She came from Pniladelphia not
long ago to nurse her aunt, who was
the widow of De Witt Waterman. The
old house, which has withstood the
changes that have been sweeplug over
the neighborhood, was once Mrs
Waterman's poverty, but it had been
alienated. She still retained the privilege,
however, of occupying the basement,
and there her niece took care of
her for many weeks.
The young woman, however, was
atliicted with consumption, and sh
had been taking the open air cure before
she came to New York. At one
time she became so weak that she had
to give up the task of nursing her aunt
and went to Hellevue Hospital for
treatment. When she regained a little
strength, however, she weut hack to
Harrow street and took care of the old
woman until she died, on Friday, December
15
Nobody seems to know how the
young woman got along the succeed
ing week. She wan too ill to work,
and it is believed that she had almost
no m'>ney. Mrs. Fjrshay, j uiitress of
the house, which is now let out in ten
ements, went to her rooms on Satur
day to see how she was getting along.
She says she found the sick girl sit
ting on the side of the bed trying to
restring the beads of her rosary, which
had been broken.
There were no sheets or blankets
on the bed. The girl was crying, and
Polly, a little rough-coated terler,
was sitting on the lluor looking up into
her face. Mrs. Forshay found out that
both the dog and mistress were hungry
and had nothing to eat. She ran
to her rooms and brought them some
ford. She says she thinks Mary
Weeks was too week to eat and gave
all the food to the d )g.
Tuesday morning an old friend of
Mr. Waterman sent for a portrait in
oil of the dead man, which still hung
on the wall of the front basement
room. When Mr. Forshay aud the
messenger went to the room they
found the young woman dead. Dr.
Conkling, of St. Vincent's hospital,
said tuberculosis had caused death
People in the house say that the end
was at least accelerated by privations.
The little dog was still in the dark,
lonely room, where his mistress died.
He whined from time to time, but)
hor) not cK mn ,?4-V-v f.nmv.Vi ~ '
muu iiuu lhjidu^uucuuu^u \,\J manu UiUUU
noise.
It Is said that Mrs. Waterman and
Mary Weeks were descendants to
Capt. Abel Bradley, a notable of the
Revolution, and that his daughter-inlaw,
Charlotte Bradley, was once
known as "Lidy Bountiful, cf Greenwioh
village."
lirkvo Man Itr. warded.
As a reward for defending the postolllee
at ICnma, N 0 , four years ago,
agalDSt four burners, President
R josovelt has waived the civil service
regulations upon the recommendation
of Postmaster General Cortellou and
promoted S. II. Alexander from a
la'iOrer to a clerkship in the depart
ment. Not only has the brave North
Carolenian been promoted but to accentuate
the hondr an official state
ment was Issued which gives a full
account of the deed. The attempted
robbery took place on the night of
February 0, 1901, and the otlielal ac
count shows that Alexander, although
of small stature, engaged In a deeper
ate struggle with toe men, one of
whom shot him in the abdomen. A lex
4.1 1 11
ctliwo11 nu ?oyci, U'JUbillUBU fcU ligUli,
and shot two men, seriously . ic,} jrlng
them. lie called for asslstarc; and
was found lying weak and faint in a
pool of blood. Tne two accomplices
who were waiting on the outride carried
away the wounded burglers to
the house In which th'ey were arrested
the same night. Two of them were
hanged, February 26, 1902, while the
other two received life sentences.
Old* Ht Odd fellow's y Birt hd*y.
John Wade of Sumner, la., who has
the distinction of being the oldest
member of the order of Oidfellowllvlng,
cdebrated his 87oh birthday
Wednesday. He became a member of
the order in 1743, when the organtza
tlon was only a few years old. Mr.
Wade is a saddler by profession, but
has devoted himself to farming for
many years.
TAKES liiS LITE.
A Young Alan Prom this State
Commits Suicide in
THE CITY OF MOBILE.
Was Short In His Accounts With the
Company for Which tie Worked.
He Was Popular and His
Death Was a Shock to
His Friends.
A dlspatoh from Mobile, Ala., to ?
The State says 101 ward Carew Rice,
33 years of a?e, a local society favorite
and a prominent club man, who estimated
his friends in Mobile by the
hundreds, committed suicide some
time Thursday morning in the otlloe
if the Virtf ina-Carollua Chemical
Botnuany, of which tie was the raana
tfhiK an nt. A 32-calibre Smith &
Wesson revolver was the means selected
by the younk' man and he took his
life deliberately, after leaving a tele
irram advising persons at Ninety-Six,
S. C., of his suicide.
Another letter near this nave practically
the reason for suicide. Rice
was found dead In a chair wiiere he
was sitting when lie sent the bullet
? U - -V. 1 J ?
uicvniimg uurougu inn uruin. lempie I
larles, a clerk in the otlice, was the <
man to Hnd the body. This was Hhort- 1
ly before 9 o'clock Thursday morning. 1
The police were at once notltied and
Detectives Murphy and Lacey were in
charge of the cilice and t tficts when
uewepaper reporters arrived on the
bcene.
Correspondence which was onven- 1
lently placed by young Rice before
taking his life gave the probable reas in
for committing suicide. Ills accounts
are overdrawn and it is because of
this that he took his own Mfe, although
he did not leave any message
to thatilT.iCt but placed the corres
pondence between olllcers of the com
pany relative to his financial status
in a position where this could be sur
mised. After a thorough Investigation
by the detectives and Chief Rondeau,
the body was taken charge of by the
Roache undertaking company.
Just what time Edward Carew Rice
ended his existence In the manner selected
by him is not known, but that
it was done some time early Thursday
morning is evidenced by the fact that
ms txxiy was rant becoming rigid and
a pool of blood on the 11 nr beside the \
chair was thoroughly congealed. An- !
other evidence was the fact that he ;
had taken off his ooat and placed It on '
a table where It was found to b* wet,
which Indicates that Mr. Rice enter- '
ed the office during the heavy down
pour of ra'n shortly before 0 o'clock
Thursday morning The surroundings
show that the butelde was a deliberate j
one.
He could have secured tinancial as J
slstance in various ways had he hut
made his wants known to his friends, 1
as those who visited the office Thurs
day morning proclaimed. Not one of '
his friends was aware that he was
in linanclal trouble until the circum
sta ices of his suicide became known 1
Thursday morning. That his suicide
was premeditated is conclusively '
shown by the following telegram which
younu Rice placed onspicu >usly ou a '
table: '"Mobile, Dec 28th. 1U05 Send
this to II. T. Sloan, Ninety Six, S.
0., Ed. Rice found dead In cfflie
Thursday morning, Signed, V?rgin?a
Carolina Chemical Company.' "
This told the story oftuclde and
the following 1 tter, under date of December
27th, addressed to E. A. Tabor,
of the sales department of the
Virginia Carolina Chem Cil company,
at Montgomery, Ala., and signed by
the president of the company, which
had been sent to R oe by Mr. Tabor,
gave the reason for the suicide,
thJs letter helm/ nlaeeri in nn?.
ltion where it could be ween: "An
swering yours of December 26th, I
beg to advise that, inclosed slip shows
that the account of E 0. It'.ei, agent,
Is overbrawn to the extent of $868.75."
Among his intimate friends Edward
Carew Rice was known as "Grit"
Rice, an appellation which is not explained
but indicates determination.
To them tills suicide was a terrible
blow and they were at a loss to account
for the cause. Young R'cecame
to Mobile about tree years ago from
Greenwood, S. G. A short time after
his arrival tnere he began to make
many friends and it was not long be
fore he was a favorite in the ranks of
the social set of Mobile. He was a very
enthusiastic member of the Manassas
and Atheletic clubs and also <.f several
franternal organiz itions. He was a
very interesting conversationalist and
made friends rapidly.
THE NEWS AT GllKKNWOOD.
A ?- r\ - - - - "
n. uirtya-tuu irum urtjonwoon to me
State says: News was received here
today of the death of Mr. Eiward C
Itlce at Mobile, Ala. The people of
Greenwood are immeasurably shocked
at the sad news, as Mr. Rice was formerly
Identltied with this city and her
Interests in great degree. He wasoue
of the city's most prominent business
men several years ago, being a mem
ber of the lirm of Ilall & lUoc. The
dispatches state that his body was
found in the offices of the Virginia
Carolina Chemical company at Mobile,
in whose employ he was at the
time of his death. No details were
**i to Uit? e of his <i< atb, aol J
the peop'e of tMs mfcy and county aro j
anxlousiv awaiting further uews.
Immediately upon the racelp of the
telegram announcing his death Mr C.
W. GarNt of this olty and Mr. HalT.
Sloan of Ninety-Six left for Mobile to
Bscort the remains to this county. It
was learned that the Masons of Mobile
have taken charge of the body,
Mr. Kioc being a prominent member
if that order. The body will probaby
arrive here next Siturday, and the
nterment will take place at Ninety- ?
Six on Sunday following. Prepara- ]
dons are being made by the Masonic t
odge of this city to inter the remains t
vlth Masonic honors. ]
Mr. Eiward (J. Ulca was about 33 ^
mars of age, and was a general favor- (
te in this city and oouuty with every- (
>ne with whom he came In contact.
Ie was generally loved by the youny (
>eople of Greenwood, and his death t
omen as a distinct shock to the people ]
>f this city. He was born at NinetySix
and is survived by two brothers,
lames Ilenrv Ulce, Jr., of Georgetown
ind Manor L. Rice, mayor of NinetySix;
a sister, Mrs. Hal T. Sloan of the
amo place, and his father and moth
ir, mr. ana Mrs. J as. Henry Rico of i
Slnety-Six. (
Mr. HO for a number of years held '
t responsible position with the Kdlsto j
Phosphate company of Charleston and
levered his collection with that con- |
)ern to go into business in this oitv, ,
'ormlng a connection with M r. W. P. 1
flail, under the tirm name of Hall A. i
[lice. He was closely Identified with ;
the business interests of Greenwood |
luring the life of the concern, and |
was a general favorite in social circles. (
I le possessed a xenial and whole-heart- (
?d nature which made for him numbers
of friends. A few years ago he
went to Mobile, Ala., where lie ac- ,
jepted a position with the Virginia- ,
Jaroliua Chemlctl company as bookreeper.
He was a Shriner and a
Knight of Pythias.
SAVAGERY IN MOSCOW.
liaro Uluth ah to Horrorn i'lxlhtliik in
the (/ttv.
There are no signs yet that the end
}f civil war la Mosc rw is in sight.
Revolutionists are surprising the authorities
bv the determination which
they have constantly shown since the
fighting began. A host of savage
passions have been shown, not only by
Jossaoks, but by revolutionists as
well, especially by women who are
fighting in the ranks of revolutionists
who have shown the greatest courage.
The number of casualties among
Lhe rebels has been decreased owing
to a change in their tactics of lightng
from houses instead of from barricades.
The castalties now number
about 200 a day, while twenty-seven
houses is the record destroyed by arartillery
in one day.
Two of the chief leaders of the Moscow
revolt have been arrested. The
police discovered that a general uprisIng
and revolt had heeu planned to
take place at St. Petersburg in support
of the Moscow insurgents. Following
the discovery many arrests
were made and the movement in St.
Petersburg has been checked tempo
rarily.
AdvlceB from Sarat( IT tell of one
Instance of brutality on part of the
Cossacks in the village of Upororl. A
Cossack olhoer demanded that peasants
should pay 250 roubles for a
horse which bad been killed accidentally.
The peasants replied that they
were too poor and could not pay the
amount asked. Tne otlloer then ordered
Cossacks to lire on peasants,
dtspite the appeal of vtcilms on their
knees that tney be spired. Cossacks
mutilated men and outsaged the women
and practically destroyed the
entire village. Maav of the victims
were thrown into wells by Cossacks.
rnetoiai casualties numbered twentyeight
killed and over a hundred
wounded.
Advices from Moscow say the situation
Is graver than ever. Hostilities
nave spread to neighboring districts
and peasants are responding to appeals
to arm themselves.
They Are (iratefiil*
At a special meeting of the Confederate
veteransc imp ao Natchez, Miss.,
a committee of Confederate veterans
of the camp was appointed to draft
resolutions thanking President Roosevelt
for his recommendation for the
nation to take care of Confederate
graves and for the appointment of
General Will T. Martin a Confederate
major general of cavalry, as postmaster
of Natchez and Captain John Rus
sell a one armed veteran, as collector
of the port. The commlttse will re
port on Janurary 8, 190f>.
W All tH It
iTCHiaerib noose veits attention hav
ing been called to a dispatch from
Haker Ulty, Oregon, to Lne t ITdCt thai
a subscription was about to be started
for wedding presents for Miss Alice.
The president staled thai while he
deeply appreciated the evldeicj of
good will he hoped nothing of the
kind would be undertaken. In fact,
he wished particularly that the pro
posei collection of funds should not
be made.
DjfiiiK M*ti Suvch Ulster.
Possessed of scarcely enough
strength to lift his head because of
coming death from lung disease,
(Jharles McKlernan, of No. 280 Tenth
avenue, New York Thursday dragged
himself from bed to aid In saving the
life of his sister, Mrs. Mary O'Lsary,
whose clothing was afire. Mrs (>Leary
Is In the hospital and may recover.
The shook probably will kill j
McKlernan. I
in*
A WUiliA^ ol'i.
Miss f mollanikoff. a Young Russian
Lady of High Birth,
liOariiH Many of tho Gorman Kmperor'n
Milltaiy Hccrotn. She Ih
(y'auKht and Imprisoned.
A dispatch from lierlln, Germany,
*ay.s the sensational career of a spy,
Miss Z natda Smollanluoff, a Russian
ipy, has been cut short by a eentor c ;
>f tlfteen months' Imprisonment at
Lelpslc Her case demonstrates to
what methods tho European governments
resort In order to ferret out
5ach others' military secrets.
iVlIss Smollanlnoff was a typical
:weutieth century spy, pretty, dushng,
of high birth and good education.
Ln St. Petersburg Miss SmolianiotT
was feted during one of two seasous
ih a society beauty. Suddenly, when
ihe had attained her twentieth birthlay,
her father lost all his money and
jommittod suicide. Her mother died
ihortly afterward and Miss Smollaniluff
was left alone ln the world with
Hit a cent. She became a governess.
The life, however, was Irksome and
Humiliating to her.
After a year of drudgery Miss SmolanlnolT
met by chance a young obiter
of tho Russian headquarters stall',
who had formerly been one of her admirers
and was genuinely distressed
it her unhapplness. lie suggested to
tier a career which would enable her
bo live In luxury?that she become a
spy in the service of tho Russian government.
He promised to use his lutluence
at the war otlloj to obtain employment
for her. Miss SmollaninolT
inscntcd and was shortly afterward
engaged as a spy.
She was dispatched to Germany to
learn as many military secrets as pos
sible. She arrived at Berlin provided
with exceptional letters of recommendation,
which, combined with her ap
pearance and manners, enableu her to
achieve a great social success In the
German capital. She appeared to
have unlimited funds and drove about
i i liAr parrl*?a ?-?/-! n?lf 11 ...... i ~ ,1
vx>i >wf(? nuvi |'uii vr I UK 11 VU1 It'll
domestics, and maintained a gorgeous
apartment In prlnc3ly stylo In the
most fashthlonable street of Berlin.
Her social connections gave her excellent
opportunities. She bewitched
sfate ctllclals an army ollloers luto
telling secrets which they ought to
have guarded as jealously as their own
lives. She was so adroit that her
victims had not the slightest idea of
how they were being duped. She continued
her operations unchteked for
four vears. During this period she
ascertained plans for the defense of
Germany's eastern frontier against a
possible Russian invasion, as well as
the scheme of mobilization if Germany
oecame involved in a war with
Russia. She obtained sketches of important
fortifications and copies of
weighty military documents. Precisely
how the achieved all this has
not been revealed.
Suspicion was first directed t,nw?rd
her by the suicide of a young olllcir
of hrllliaut prospects, out of whom
Miss SmollanlolT had wormed a moit
important military secret, lie left &
letter giving this as the cause of his
self-destruction. The German authorities
closely watched Mibs.Smollaninolf
from that day. After several
months they had sutllcient evidence to
justify her arrest.
The trial at Leipsic was behind
closed doors, owing to the nature of
the military secrets discussed. It
has transpired that Miss Smollaniuolf
received a salary of ? 15,000 a year and
had communicated to Russia over
iifty important military secrets. Had
it bien possible to prove this legally
she would hardly have escaped with a
smaller penalty than twenty years'
penal servitude. She had ensnared
over 100 state Gill rials and army olllcers
and exploited them for her purposes.
When she emerges from prison
in 15 months she will he expelled
fn m Germany and prohibited from
ever again entering the CDuntry. German
millt ry authorities regard her
as the most dangerous and successful
spy of recent times.
Doaih of Dr. Taylor.
wr. m. w. Taylor, one of the mos
prominent citizens of Columbia, and
a distinguished physician of the Slate
died this morning of heart failure
caused from pneumonia. His extensive
local practice over so many years
makes his death appear a personal
loss *o more citizens than that of any
other man could bring about. He had
an enviable war record, but as a physician
his reputation stands. He was
seventy two years old. Dr. Taylor
served throughout the civil war
as a surgeon on Gjn. Hampton's staff
and was acting as chief surgeon at
Fort Moultrie when Fort Sumter fell.
He was chairman of the State b )ard
of health at one lime and also head of
the board of regents of the State hospital
for the insane, among other offices
of trust and position. Ills family
was that which gave to the city of
Columbia too site upon which It is
fouuded. I)r. Taylor had a reputa
tion which extended well outside of
his own State and his death will be
deeply deplored bv hundreds as It Is
ujr urns uuuiiiiuuity.
AlintiMt Doonpiiaietl.
John Parks and John ^Coleman, ne?
gro tenants on the plantatto of Mr
P. B. Bailey, who resides between
Laurens and Chester, not jnto a dilllculty
on their returning home on toe
train, and Parks was shot and instantly
killed by Coleman. The shooting
took place about the time the
train reached Park's, and Cjleman
jumped ctV and made his escape, lie
killed his man with a shotgun, the entire
charge taking elTeot in the neck
[and almost decapitating his victim.
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Two Negroes Killed for Murdering
a Barnwell farmer.
TAKEN FROM A HOUSE
The Atrocious Murder of a White Man
in Barnwell County Followed By
the So Called Lynching of
Negroes Under Arrest
For Crime.
A dispatch from Barnwell to The
State says on Friday morning of last
week It was reported there that Mr.
Hayuo Uraddock, one of tho most
prominent farmers of that section of
the State had been foully murdered,
It seems that Mr. (Jraddock, accompanied
by two negroes, went to the
farm of a Mr. (Jordy, who lives about
two miles from Craddock's, to collect
somo money owed, him by a negro
named Frank DcLoach, living 011
Corny's place. When they reached
the house Uraddock called DeLoach to
the K&te and when asked for the money
l)eLoach became enraged. Hot
words were Opasaod and Craddock
caught the negro In tho oollar. Th?
negro then called to his son to bring
him his gun. The boy ran out with
gun in hand and oamc up >11 Craddock
from the rear, put the gun about a
foot from his back and tired, killed
him almost Instantly. The two negroes
with (Jraddook spread the alarm
while the two murderers returned to
their house.
As soon as he heard of the killing
Magistrate Ulmer and his constable,
W. II. (Jarter, went to the house of
I)eLoach and arreited both him and
his son. They were tied together and
carried to the home of Craddock and
placed under look and key in an out
house with a deputy on guard at the
door. As the news continued to
spread the friends of Craddock came
in from all sides and feeling ran high.
It was increased to such an extont
that at 12 o'clock SherilT Creech re
ceiled a telegram from Leputy Carter
asking for help, as he feared violence.
The sherltT wired back: "Your magistrate
should furnish you with all
men needed to protect prisoner. You
and he will be held responsible if anything
happens."
Capt. W. W, Moore of the Hamwell
Guards and Coroner Warner left
as soon as they heard of the trouble
in hopes of persuading the mob to let
the law take its oourse. When they
arrived the feeling seemed to havo
abated some and the clearer heads in
the crowd declared that the negroes
would receive no Injury. Those men
then returned to Barnwell, thinking
that all was well.
I Sheriff Creech left for the scene of
! the tragedy as soon as possible. lie
I met the men from h&rnwell and was
j told that there was no danger of a
i lynching, lie went on, however, un1
til he met another man, who told him
tiiat the prisoners were being carried
to Barnwell. He then retraced his
steps, coming back to Barnwell In order
to make ready to protect the men
when turned over to him, still fearing
that they might try to l>noh them.
In the meantime, however, after
the departure of Capo. Moore and
j others the mob decided to take mattors
in their own hands and when the
deputy, who had been on watch all
the previous night and that morning
went off a "few steps" to relelve himself,
the mob broke the locks and
j spirited the negroes away, the conj
stables never seeing them alive again.
A search was instituted at once and a
I sequel of the broken lock was soon
I found on the Saltkehalobie river,
I about 200 yards from the public road
crossing at Kays. There lay the man.
gled and mutilated bodies of old man
j Frank DoLoach and his son John, as
I they had been shot down and their
| bodies riddled with bullets from pistols
and shotguns.
Coroner Warner held the inquest,
' the jury being composed of seven
| white and live negroes. The verdict
I was the one usual in such cases, i.e.,
"That the deceased came to their
deaths from gunshot and pistolshot
wounds In the hands of parties un|
known to the jury."
Brother Killed Sinter.
Mary Forettmlnio, aged 20 years
# ? -I
wan instantly killed Mon lay by her
brother, Cesaere, aged 25 years, at
her home in East 104 th street, New
York. Immediately after the shooting
Cesaere jumped from a window to
the street, and was so seriously hurt
that he was unable to escape and was
arrested and taken to a hospital. Later
It was found that he was fatally injured.
It was learned ttiat Cesaere
snot his sister because she bad determined
to marry a man to whom he
objected.
K ah Into "Flyer."
A horse attached to a buggy ran
Into the Pennsylvania 18 hour "llyer"
i at Delphos, Ohio, Monday morning
i and llenry Ilornster and daughter,
i Hose, were Instantly killed and Mrs.
> Harney Wahompotf, also a daugnter
: of Mr. Ilornster, was severely Injured.