The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, October 15, 1908, Image 5
FIEND'S CRIME
Negro Attacks Voting Lady In
Woods Near Her Home.
A MOB ATTACKS JAIL
Aad Is tTrcd l!pon by the Sheriff
and His Posse?Three Persons
Are Wounded?Troops Ordered to
the Scene Senator Carlisle and
Others Appeal for Law and Order.
Miss Leila Demp&ey, the popular
and attractive bookkeeper of time al
Saxon mills, near Spartanburg, was
aasaulted by a negro named John
irby while on her way home from
tbe mill Saturday morning. The negro
wne captured In the woods near
the scene of the assault by S. G.
Porter and others, who took him
to the home of Miss Dempsey on
Parley avenue, where he was idetitiflcd.
Police officers took the negro
from the mob who were on the
way to the woods to lynch him, and
hastened him to county jail,
where he was locked safely within
(he strongest coll.
The Spartanburg Herald says a
mob, gathered about the Jail, and
Sheriff Nloholls ordered out the
Hampton Guards and later the Morgan
ill ties and strongly garrisoned
the prison house. Several attempts
wore made to break into the Jail,
but they proved futile. Several
shots were exchanged between the
mob outside and the guards inside
with the result that throe young
men in the crowd woro severely
wounded, Sheriff Nicholls, it is said,
was hit and a prisoner in tho Jail
by the name of Steve Howard sustained
Homo trifling injuries.
Story of the Crime.
Miss Leila Dempseyt daughter of
John Dempsey, who resides at 105
Parley avenue, is the time-keeper
at the Saxon mills, which position'
*he has held for the past three years.
John Irby, the negro who attempted
criminal assault on Miss Dempse/,
ft ginger cake-colored negro, who
has t>eoii living in Spartanburg for
some time. lie has been working
sround the cloth rooms of the Saxon
mills or the past two weeks.
Wi s Dempsey left the mill yeslerduy
morning at about 10 o'clock
for her home. As she passed
through tho narrow strip of wood on
t-.&Vdi avenue near Mr. Adair's home
a negro ?prang suddenly upon her
from the bushes, grabbing her about
the throat and choking her to insensibility.
She was dragged In the
woods a short way from the path,
and there it is believed the brute
attempted criminal assault upon her.
How long the negro was with her
Miss Dempsey could not say. When
#be came to herself she crawled back
to the road and saw Wilson Harry,
the old colored man who works for
Mr. Daw. In an Instant he saw her
oondition, and was off to the store
of Mr. S. G. Porter, a short distance
Away, where the alarm was spread.
Mr. Porter hastened to Miss
Dcmpsey's assistance and took her
home in a buggy. On going back
and looking around, Mr. Porter and
his friends saw the place in the
woods where Miss Dempsey's assailant
had her on the ground. There
they found the shoes of the young
lady, the comb from her hair and the
bundles that she was carrying.
It was not many minutes before
Mr. Porter and those with him found
John Irby hid in the bushes near the
spot, where he had attompted criminal
assault on tho youngMady. They
caught him and hastened with him
toward the home of Mr. John Dempsey
on Parley avenue for the purpose
of having hltn identified by the
young lady.
Identified by Miss Dempsey.
When the crowd with Irby were
within a hundred yards of the Dempsey
home they were met by Policeman
Fleming, who took charge of
the negro. Oiilcor Fleming, surrounded
by tho crowd, led the negro
on tho front porch of Mr. Dompsoy's
home. Miss Dempsey was
called out to look a* him. Irby
?eemo(l calm nnd deficit .but when
the young lady said, >J'He la the
man," he dropped hia head, and
neemcd to lose courage.
The moment Miss Dempsey pronounced
Trby as the man the crowd
aOemed to boil with rago. Strong
men grabbed hold of the negro, and
one picked up a brick bat and threw
It at him, inflicting a terrible wound
in the head, from which blood
flowed freely. Though the crowd
were^novlng with both ofllcer and
prisoner in tho direction of the
wood, with the avowed purpose of
stringing the negro to a tree and
filling him with lead. Policeman
Fleming stuck to his man and advised
the mob to let tho law take it*
course.
The crowd had not gone far from
the Dempaey home wnh tho ofllcer
SUB'
and the negro, when Chief of Police
Hall and Mr. B. (J. Landrum drove
up in a buggy. Chief Hall alighted
from the buggy and called out that
he would take charg} of the negro.
For an Instant the mob seemed dat,ed
at the audacity of the command,
and before they had time to recover
Chief Hall and Oliicer Fleming hail
Irby In the buggy and he was speeded
away to the county jail. The
crowd followed as fast as they could,
but before they arrived the negro
was locked safely within the strongest
cell in the jail.
Militia Ordered Out.
Sheriff Nicholls, when he saw how |
the crowd was gathering about the
Jail and clammoring for Irby, lo?*t
no time in having the Hampton
Guards ordered out. Cgptaln Nicholls
had the county Jail garrisoned
with the Guards in a short while,
and every part of the prison was
strongly policed with determined
soldiery.
From a handfull of fifty or sixty
men, the mob grew, as squads of
mill men from 8axon and Spartanmills
Joined their ranks. Tho crowd
seemed to lack a lender. For a timo
it seemed that one Cicero Thomas
was tho ruling spirit. He called
to tho crowd about him or all those
who Intended to Join "tho lynching
party" to hold up their hand*.
Hundreds of hands went up. Then
he asked those who did not Intend
to join in to step aside, and a general
division of tho "sheep aud tho
goats" followed.
At about 1:30 p. m. tho furor of
the mob was at its height. A lad
by tho name of Govrer Fowler .appeared
with a sledge hammer and
began pounding on the gate at tho
entrance of the jail yard. Almost
simulLanoeouly a ladder was thrown
against, the south wall of the jail
vard and Will Burnett and Mob McCarthy
mounted upon the wall, whll'i
others were following. Several
shots wore fired front the Jail. Instantly
the men got down ofT the
wall and the pounding at tho gate
ceased.
Grover Fowler, Earnest Foster
and two other young men, one named
Carver and the other Richards,
were sprinkled with shot.
John Parks, of the Exchange Cafe,
it is alleged, fired Into the jail with
a shot gun, and Steve Howard, a
prisouer, and Sheriff Nlcholls were
hit, hut not hurt.
Filled With Hlrd Shot.
The hoys hit during the firing
were taken to Whittington's drug
store, where they were tended by
Drs. Brown and Lindsay. They were j
all more or less filled with No. 8
blrdshot. One hoy had both thighs
filled with shot; one hnd his hack
and right arm severely wounded,
and another had his whole hack
punctured like a porus plaster. The
physicians say their wounds are
painful, but not necessarily serious.
Steve Howard, tho prisoner, who was
hit In tho melee wag Htruck in the
face by a piece of glass. He had
a gun and tried to use it, but when
ho pulled the trigger the cap snappcd.
Tho firing caused tho mob to
bo somewhat quiet and in more of
a considerate mood.
Dr. H. R. Black, the attending
physician upon Mips Dempsey, made
a statement to the mob that the
young lady had not been ravished,
that tho brute had failod to accomplish
his puropse. He said that
ho had examined the person of the
young lady and would give his word
of honor that she had not boon
touched.
During the afternoon Senator Carlisle,
Solicitor Seale, Judge J .J.
Gentry, Dr. L. M. Roper spoke from
the court house steps and begged
tho mob to disperse. Several times
at the order of Mayor Floyd, police
ofllcers cleared the crowd from
around the entrance to the Jail. Refore
dark the court house was entirely
cleared of the mob and police
and soldiers stationed all along the
fence kept them out on the streot3.
John Parks, who it is alleged, fired
tho shot into the jail, was arreate 1
and lodged in the city jail. *
WIFK WANTS DIVORCE
From llusbund for Failure to Ilatlie
in Eicon Years.
Failure to bathe In the 11 years
of his married life, is the principal
ground for divorce alleged by Mr*>.
Elise Erny, 'n her suit against William
P. Erny, wherein the Raster's
report was filed Thursday. Mrs.
Erny declared that, to the best of
her knowledge and belief, her husband
declined resort to tub or shower.
The master recommends that a
divorce be granted.
Tried to Lynch Him.
| At L.OS Angeles, Cal., there was a
scene of riotous disorder ip Justin's
court Monday, in which sevdral persons
were slightly injured in an attempt
to lynch Edward Martin, a
negro, who, on Friday night assaulted
Miss Edith Ralston, a concert
singer of college grove. Martin was
. spirited away to Superior Judge
Wlllaurs' court where ho pleaded
guilty and was sentenced to life im
prlsonment.
SCRIBE f*
HE DID SAY IT
Newspaper Mm S*y Longwcfh
Was Reported Correctly hi
HIS FAMOUS SPEECH
The Reporter* Who Made Note* of
the "llooeevelt Dynasty" Speech of
Hun-in-Law Nick Make Affidavit
That the Speech won Made us Kf.
ported.
Kepubllcan leaders have been
thrown Into consternation over the
"break" which Representative Longworth,
the president's son-in-law,
made in his speech at Rock Island,
111., In which he outlined tho Roosevelt
dynasty. Prince Nicholas ha*
boen called down hard for letting tho
cat out of the bag, and after allowing
the mutter to rest for three days
has issued a mild sort of denial
lie did this after boasting on the
day following his utterance that h.Y
was making a collection of clippings
from newspaper comments , and intending
to send them to the president
who he said, ho knew would
be very much pleased.
The Chicago correspondent of The
Democratic national committee has
procured affidavits from persons who
attended the Republican meeting at
Rock Island, and which proved con
clusively that Mr. Longworth made
the declaration attributed to him.
The foil wing are the aflldavltB:
"State of lllinoiB?County of Itoclc
Island.
"I, Hoy A. Sears, city editor of
the Hock Island Argus, on oath ib
state that 1 was present at tne itopuhlican
day exercises of the Rock
Island exposition, October 2, 1008,
and reported the addresses of Congressman
James McKlnney, chairman
of the afternoon; Congressman Frank
O. bowden and Congressman Nicholas
Longworth and others.
"1 further stnte that I heard i
remarks of Congresman Longworth's
relative to the suggestion made by
the chairman, as to his (Longworth's)
possible succession to the
presidency of the United States.
Congressman lx>ngworth's remarks
were substantially as follows:
" 'I must thank the chairman for
launching my candidacy for an office
to which I have not expired?
I should Hny aspired. My chances
for that office have "expired." I
had thought that a good ticket for
the Republican's for tho next eigl;t
yearn would he William Howard Tuft
of Ohio, and for the eight year after
that Theodore Roosevelt of New
York .then for eight yours nftor that
my good friend bore, James S.
Sherman, also of New York. After
that?but modesty prevents mo from
making any further suggestion."
(Signed) "Roy A. Sears."
"Subscribed and sworn to before mo
this 6th day of October, A. D.,
1908.
"James A. Roody. Notury Public "
(Seal)
"I, E. E. Ryden, a newspaper man,
who have been assigned to make unbiassed,
unprejudiced report of tho
addresses delivered by Hon. Nicholas
Longworth, Hon. James S. Sherman
and others wno spoke in connection
with the Republican day exercises of
the Rock Island exposition, October
2, on oath do state I reported the
address of Congressman Longworth
and his remarks with reference t <
the succession to the presidency, in
response to the suggestion having
been made by the chairman of the
MixAtln/v /x# !%!/? /T ?
lutx-iius ui 1110 v iaiu^wui ill n/ pur'sible
prefiidential candidacy, wore 11
substance bb follows:
" 'Your chairman has seen fit t.?
launch my candidacy to an office vo
which I have not expired?I mean aspired.
r.entlemen, I rather think my
chances for that office have "expired.
"Along this line I would like to
make a few suggestion myself. For
the next eight years I would propose
Mr. Taft. Then in order to keen
New York in line, I would suggest
Theodore Roosevelt for eight year?-.
Then to stili keep New York in
the Republican column, I would propose
our friend, 'Sunny Jim.' Aft.jr
that?modesty prevents me from
making any further suggestions.
/CM rrn ? W W R is H ''
"Subscribed and aworn to before mo
this 5th day of October, A- D ,
1908.
"M. L. Parker, Notary Public."
(Seal)
The Uock Island Union, the reeog
nlzed Republican newspaper of this
city, In Itp Issue of Saturday morning
following the Republican meeting,
'thus quoted Longworth In a general
way:
"I consider that Taft Is good for
the next eight years ns preslden:.
After which I consider that we really
ought to have eight years of Roosevelt.
Following this, I believe the
country needs eight years of 'Sunny
I0W TO
MANY KILLED
By a Terrific Explosion in Large
Grain Elevator.
A BIG FIRE FOLLOWS
The OoncuHflton Blew Up the Lurtfe
Klevator Iluildfng. and the Debris
Immediately Took Fire and the
Whole Structure Wmtt Destroy***!!,
K. a tailing Heavy I awe*.
At HIchford, Vermont, with ft concussion
which shook the entire village
a large grain elevator, having
a capacity of 600,000 bushels, exploded
lato Wednesday, causing tho
denth of seven workmen and u woman
.
The oxploHion blow off the entire
roof of the building, scattering timbers
in all directions, and almost
instantly flames burst out all over
the structuro.
Twonty-ono men were employed
in the building of whom eleven are
missing and undoubtedly perished.
All lived in Rlchford.
Mrs. John Jelifore, who was walking
with a companion along the
Canadian Pacific railway track close
o the elevator, was burned to death
and an unknown woman who was
with her was burned so seriously
that hor life is despaired of.
The elevator was owned Jointly bv
the Canadian Pacific and Boston and
Maine railroads und was occupied bv
tho Quaker Oats Company of Chicago.
Thy amount of grain It contained was
very large.
The flames, which are supposed to
have been started by spontaneous
combustion in the dry dust of the
grain, spread so quickly that the
limited lire apparatus of the village
was of no avail.
Tho heat set ttre to a flour shed
near tho elevator and the shod, together
with 75 freight cars standing
near it, was burned.
Lato Wednesday night tho Are was
still burning, but no other proper!"
was threatened. The total loss is
estimated at $400,000.
liAilOll'tS FIGHT ON CANNON
Will Send Many Speakers in IDs
Congressional District.
Labor is preparing a final and
determined onslaught on the cundidaey
of Speaker Jos. (J. Cannon.
The political action committee of the
Chicago Federation of Labor yesterday
made plans to send a number
of labor leaders into "Uncle Joe's"
district next week.
During the last three weeks of
tho cftmniiiirn will
a tT- X# r. ??l u\y u v;? * ,T
50 labor speakers in Danville, Kankakee
and vicinity. Two organizers
for the American Federation of Labor
are in the district now making
spoeches for the Democratic candidate
for Speaker Cannon's seat in
the house of representatives.
NMD INTO THE MISSISSIPPI.
$75,000 Worth of Property Ixwt at
New Orleans.
Sevonty-flvo thousand dollars
worth of railroad property slid into
the Mississippi river Friday when b
section of earth 3 00 feet long and
about 200 feet wide caved In between
Washington avenue and 4th
street, New Orleans, carrying along
seven freight cars and four lines
of railroad tracks. Undermining .?f
lV,? ?.? 1- ' ? ?? '
uiu unit tv ity iiiku wuier WHS ll.e
cause. The cars and two of the
tracks belonged to the Illinois Central
Railroad, and the other two
tracks belonged to the Public Belt
Railroad.
WOMAN KILLS HERSELF.
Fearing Tliat She Would Go to the
Poor House.
Fearing that she would be sent
to a poor house, Mrs. Carolina
Fisher, 68 years of age, committed
suicide at her home in the basement
of 692 East Fifteenth stree',
at New York, by Inhalling gas. Mrs.
Barbara Alberts, a triend, found her
body In a chair. Until three months
ago Mrs. Alports had lived with her
son, who was a butcher. She left
there after a quarrel with her daughter-in-law.
.*
| Jim,' after which?but modesty fo:*'
bids my mentioning the mutter further."
The speeches were heard by
Fi.OOO people, and all Irrespective ol
policies, *ho have heard Longworth's
denial, are thuderstruck.
The remarks in the first placf
creatfcd a sensation.
| The denial has created a grealc
(sensation. 4
THE \
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KILLING IN lCIMitCFIKLD.
Prominent Xi'gru Shot to l^ntti by
n Young .Man.
A dispatch from Rdgeflcld to The
State says Klchard Feun, a prominent
and somewhat educated negro
of the town, was shot and almost
Instantly killed by Tom Gray, white,
Thursday afternoon. Gray used a
pistol, shooting five times, two balls
taking effect, one in the right thigh,
the other two Inches above the nave ,
the latter wound causing death. 1
W. W. Shoppard and Polic?ma?.
Weir were the first to reach Penn
after he was shot and Lmtifled at
the inquest that the deceased made
the following dying declarations:
That he was coming towards
town and met Gray and they spoke
and deceased remarked that that wan
a fine pioce of corn. Gray replied
'Yes; it is not mine, but belongs '
to Mr. Samuels.' They then passed '
each other and when deceased ha 1 1
gone about 110 yards, Gray called *
him back and commenced cursing '
him and drew bis pistol and fired." '
It is said that Mr. Wright llolson 1
was an eye witness to ttie homicide, <
but he did not testify.
Gray nas, so far as Is public y 1
known, made no statement and Ills '
version of the affair Is not known. 1
It Is rumored that Gray Hpys that i
the deceased insulted his mother. 1
n ? -- * ~ - "
vyrujr i? now in jau ami has employed
COUIlHel.
The Jury's verdict was in accordance
with the above facts. i
. i
GOING TO NKW YOHK.
Bryan Will Again Visit and Speak
in That State,
That William Jennings Biyan will 1
make another address in New Yor'c
and visit. up-State cities was announced
Thursday by Vice Chairman 1
Hudspeth, of the Democratic nations! '
committee . Bryan, lie said, will
speak In Madison Square Cordon on
October 2G, in Brooklyn, on October
2 7, in Albany, 2X; Syracuse, 2!)
Buffalo, 30, Chicago, on November
* ? !
Hudspeth added that it is novsf
expected that Bryan will wind tip the
campaign with speeches In Omaha on
the night before the election. 1
It was also announced at Democratic
headquarters Mutt John YV. <
Kern will make his llrst address of
the campaign In New York city on '
tne night of October 13, in Tammany
Hall. Kern also will speak In Brooklyn,
Boston, several Connecticut
cities, Newark and Jersey City on !
dates yet to be fixed.
The national committee, it was announced
Thursday, will make public
on October 1 f? all contrlbuitons to
the campaign funds.
SHOT HIM TO IIKATH.
Wanted to Kill People and Himself
Got Killed.
A negro named Henry White
whh shot to fragments by 11 mob at
Younker, Ga., Saturday night. White
atarted out to shoot up the fainilv
of Mr. Thomas Allen Saturday, and
on his way met another negro, whom
ho ahot and wounded for refusing
to join him in his expedition. Ho
went on to Allen's and ahot at him
and his wife, running them away
from their home. A posao gathered,
pursued and captured White and
placed him in the lockup. About 11
o'clock Saturday night a band of unknown
men took White from the lock
up, carried him about a mile from
Younkera, tied him to a tree and
riddled him with bullets. *
LYNTHKl) IN MIHMIHSI1?I?I
Shot a Conductor and Cot Strung Up
for It.
A special from Lulu, MIhb., says:
liin and Frank DhvIh, negroes,
charged with having shot and probably
fatally wounded John C. Kendall,
a conductor of the Illinois Central
Railroad, wore taken from- the
Jail here today by a mob and hangnl.
The shooting of Kendall occurred
aboard a passenger train near her.*
late today when the conductor endeavored
to quiet the negroes, who,
it is Raid, had been drinking an I
creating a disturbance. Another
negro who participated iu tho shooting
escaped, but Is being pursued
by ft posse.
OAUNKO IK CIVKH TO TAFT FUND.
Contribution of $ ISO, (MM) from Htocl
King is Announced.
The fact, that Andrew Carnegie
has contributed to the campaign fund
of the Republican national committee
wan announced Frlady by New
' York State Chairman Timothy L*.
Woodruff . Mr. Woodruff also an
nounced that Mrs. Russell. Sage has
contributed $1,000 to the same fund.
' There have been no other largo contributions
from individuals, Mr.
* Woodruff said, but samll sums are
'looming in from various sources.
I0RRY HI
iCAMPAIGN FUND
Official List of Amounts and
Givers to the Democrats
TO BE MADE ON OCT 15
Thore lfavfl lu^.n ^
^ .r. ? vui \AIMFf*
buttons of $1,000 Kact to Democratic
< '-am pa iff Fund?-One Omt.
the Hinallcst Contribution, Deceived
from One of the litmiflfd.
Tho Democratic national eomulttee
is preparing to announce this
week the amount of its campaign
fund and the individual contributors
of amounts of one hundred dollars
and over. The lists, which bavo
boon compiled to dnte and sont to
Mow York from Chicago .show that
the campaign fund iH a little over
$220,000. Of this fund something
nvor $180,000 lias been collected
from contributions, which with $42.000
of the Denver Convention funa.
[s the total fund now in the Demo
cratle treasury.
it Is learned that there have
been 14 individual contributions nf
$1,000 each. There have been ao
contributions of sums between $1.1)00
and $6,000 to date. The Denver
headquarters of the national
committee has collected $6,006,
which is paid to include a check ot
$1,000 from former Senator William
A. Clarke, of Montana. The smallest
contribution received was one cent,
which came in the mail from Monroe,
Wash. The largest contributions to
the Democratic campaign fund follows:
I)elanc> Niooi), New York city,
$ 1,00u.
Jacob Jtuppert, New York city,
$1 ,ooo.
iniii iiftu Straus, Now York r.lt>,
$1,250.
National Democratic Club, Now
York city, $2,600.
W. F. Sheehan, Now York city.
M .000.
Archibald McNeil, of Bridgeport,
3onn., $ 1,000.
Guy B. Tucker, Little Hock, Ark.,
$1,000.
M. F. Dunlap, Illinois, $1,000.
Roger Sullivan, Chicago, $1,000.
Berry Belmont, New York citv,
$1,000.
Robert Owen, Oklahoma, $1,000.
J. J. llogan, LaCross, Wis., $1,000.
W. O. Wood, Flint, Mich., $1,000.
W. F. Goltra. St. Ix>uin, $1,000.
Monee C. Wetmore, St}. limits,
$1,000.
Normau 10. Mark, Buffalo, $1,000.
Molbort Cary, Connecticut, $500.
Jefferson Levy, New York city,
$500.
Dr. John Cox, Connecticut, $600.
William F. Burns, New York city,
$500.
K. S. D. Mallory, H.-lmn, Ala, $600
Nathan Cole, I>os Angela, Cal.,
$600.
P. W. Burns, Chicago. $500.
Jos. FoIh, Pennsylvania, $600.
William 1). Hodgers, Pittsburg.
$5 00.
Carl 8. Vrooinau, Cotnlt, Mass..
$500.
Molvin E. Ingalln, Cincinnati, $600.
W. R. Hurt, Saginaw, $500.
Murray Carleton, St. IxjuIk. $500.
F\ H. Lynch, St. Paul. $G0O.
T. J. WalRh, Helena, Mont., $50*L
W. U. Oeorge, Hillings, Mont.,
$500.
R. H. Ford, Great Falls, Mont.,
$r?oo.
The major part of the Democratic
campaign fund haa come from dollar
contributors and from the Demr>cratlc
press, which started campaign
subacrlptionH.
PKKACIIKR KILLS NKIGIIIIOR.
Family Feud in Alabama Results in
Tragedy.
News haa Just reached Athens,
Ala., of the killing late Friday of
Andrew Jackson, living near the
Lauderdale county line, by a preacher
named Livingston, 'i he men are
said to have disliked each other for
a long tline, and when they met
Friday Livingston fired on Jackson.
Livingston was later caught wandering
about the woods barofooted and
man only in his underwarments. L?ater
In the night he made his escape.
It is thought that his mind is unbalanced.
Quits the Party.
W. C. Cronerneyer, of Mackesport,
Pa., known for the past third of
a century as one of the original Republicans.
has retired from the Republican
party and is allied with the
party of Kugene V. Debs.
Mr. Oronomeyer was the original
tin plate maker of the country, and
a very cb?se friend to the lat Presii
dent McKinley.
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