The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, December 31, 1908, Image 5
A BLACK FIEND
Forces His Way Into^a Young
Married Lady's Room
AND ASSAULTS HER
The harbarous Crime Was Commit*
ted in a Home on One of the
Principal Streets of the Town of
Haitsvilie While the llushund Was
at I lis Stoie.
V
Ilartsville, Dec. 22.?Th\ crime of
last night, heinous., black and terrible,
in which a young married woman
was brutally asaulted by a negro,
is upi< irmost in the minds of
every Hartsville citizen today, There
is no clue, no o\kl< nee of who or
where the guilty party is. except
that the victim knows that t lu ? fiend
is a negro, that he is or medium size,
that he has a beard and that, he
wor<> a gray slouch hat.
The scene of the horrible crime
was a home on a principal slniot;
the time about 9 o'clock Monday
nigh#. The town has no arc lights
here and there 1s an i^eandescent
light. It was dark and the rain
to pouring. The victim is a young
imirrldd woman of -"tunable character.
Sh- has been married so oral
years, and has a little N>y about
live years of age, who was asleep,
,nd who was the only one at the
time in the house with her. Tlve
husband, a young business man, had
not returned front hie stoto.
The I lack fiend forced his way
through the f'-ont dcor of the homo
and en to ni the bed chamber of the
lady. She had retired, but had a
lamp burning on the bureau. The
fiend went to thio bed and said, "I
will kill you if you nuake a fuss,"
Btlatlng ho had a gun. He wont to
the bureau and blew out the light,
went back to the be 1 and caught the
lr?dy -around the waist pulled her
frort ' ne bed nrd carried her into
the hall. She phvided for her lHo.
lie repeated, "If yen scream I will
kill you." She said, "Please doM't
kill nte; spare mv life." He replied.
""Kctop your me nth shut and I won't
1?111 you." He aceomp IsluM his
fiendish purpose, then made his escape,
the rain, which continued to
t\i 11 rvtv<?H Ti ir nn ??11 nrvueri l^lo trapou 1
of his tsitepe.
The lady bnlieves she would recognize
the fiend w?e he brought
y - ?a(|^ to tace \\ith her. Chief of Po'
* * H H. Kirkpat/rick of Hartsvi'le,
Deputy SlToy'.ff W. II. MosLngo from
Gai lingt m and kewsral ot.h< r deputized
men, as well as the citizens of
Hartsville, are doing all In their
jiower to apprehend, arr**st and convict
the right man. Several ?u?
peota have been arrested and carried
before the lady, but tlvy proved
to be innooMnt.
One feature in the chapter is th -t
the negro, purposely to shroud Mr
identity in mystery, Ht.vted to the
lady that he was a fortume teller,
that he was with the carnival and
that if ahe sorosnn>d or made a noise
ho would return later and kill her
The Smith Great! a* shows aro here
hut no one believes the negri was In
in any way conneeted with the
shows. It is thought that 'he ma i
was amnaintod wit!i the town.
Hartsvl'le is distressed, her citizens
ntiupal'y are greatly enrag d
at the outrageous crime, but they
aro calm and cool headed, yet dili
gent. A licward of $500 has l>e *n
offered for the capture, apprehensi )i
an<l conviction of the fiend.
Tie is described .'is 1 oinir about
five fe ft ten inches hign, of medium
size, beard on face f^nd wore
gray slouch hat. The lady ts bearing
up as well as could be expect*-.!
2n the face of thir tei^iblo expe'ieuco
through which she passed.
FIRE FIENI) HITS SUMTER.
Damage About One Hundred Thousand
Dollars.
Sumter, December 25 ? Fanned by
a stiff southwest wind anl feeding
chiefly on frame buildings, Sumter
~ 1 _ nl..V,t 1... 1 .. . ?w?,l ,Uo.
VY iUS lu-ll I Kill V I HI If U l?.Y l,< . ; I'.lUOl \nr>astrotis
fire it has experienced in
years, entailing a property lovs that
"will reach $100,000.
The origin of the fire is not known
definitely, but it is supposed 'o have
been from the explosion of dreworko.
Included in 'the buildings destroyed
were the hose reel house of F'ro
Company No. 2 and the office of the
Western Union Telegraph Company.
The loss is variously estimated,
but will probably be in th" neighborho^i
of $100,000, with possibly twothfrds
insurance. The toss will fail
heavily upon the occupants and owners
of the buildings, and as yet It Is
Impossible to know just, what steps
will l>e taken to rebulln, but it Is
nafe to say that more suhs'aTitial an '
pafer buildings will soou take the
place of those'destroyed^
SUBSC
1
VERY SAD STORY.
Ol*T OF WOKK FOR SFVKKAI.
MONTHS.
IVnnllotis Amid the lUunpaut Joy of
Christmas Kvo u Youu^; M?n Tttkoo
Ills Own lJfe.
Now York, December 2 5.?Out of ^
work for months, and without a cent
on his person, Ekigur Verner, tweutyilvo
years old. of No. 1027 St. Denis
street, Mont rial, Canada, threaded
his way lust evening through the
crowd of Christmas shoppers ou Sixth
avenue. All about him everything
seemed to breathe the happy spirit ;
of the holidays. The lights were ,
bright, children were romping home (
with presents, and the whole world
seemed to he laughing.
Vomer wandered down Thirtieth
street and halted in front of the
hardware store of Rudolph Herold, (
;it 330 Seventh avenue. He gazed
longingly at revolvers in the window.
Hut he could not buy one to
carry out the resolve, which for days
had been in his mind. Ho was unwilling
to write homo and tell the
folks he was practically a derelict,
lie could not send them presents. Altogether,
life seemed worthless to
him, and he had determined to ?ml
It.
Vomer entered the shop and priced
some revolvers. He chose one and
asked Herold how the cartridges
were Inserted. Herold put a bullet
into the weapon to demonstrate. Yernor
said:
"Three dollars, eh? Guess 111 take
this."
As Herold turned to place the other
revolvers buck in a case the yo? n ,
man suddenly pressed the pistol near
his throat and fired. He did not fall
tit once. Herold, believing the man
had fired at him, (lodged behind the t
counter. Hearing no other shot, ho
peeped over the edge and saw Vernor
standing, with pallid face, just where
ho had stood u few moments before.
Uerold then remembered there wan
only one cartridge in the revolver,
and ho yelled:
"Von get out that door! I'll liiM?
yon airested."
"Just get an ambulance, old man "
said Vomer, quietly.
"I'll K'?t u policeman," shouted
Herold, its ho atartod fioiv behind
the counter, atill not realizing wh it
had occurred.
VTerner staggered to the door,
flung It open, and then pitched on t
faco to the sidewalk.
A crowd gathered and polloema i
McNally rushed up. He summoned
Dr. Dlakely from Roosevelt Hospital.
The surgeon found Verner h ?d shot
himself in thorax, and had nim removed
to the prison ward ot l.e'le- ue
Hospital, where it is said he oobauly
will die of bis wound He refused to
say where be has t>een living In 'his
city All he remarked, .n ndditio* to
explaining the cause of hi o \ o 1.1 W 5 I
"Things went wrong, an i ; could
not stand it any longer. It's Christmas
and I seemed to lu the on.y one
in the whole town who nad no reason
to be happy. That's all. *
SHOOTS W1FK, KILLS CHILI).
West Virginia Dentist Follows V\t
Quarrel With a Tragedy.
Cameron, W. Va., December 24.? !
Dr. M. C. McCracken, a dentist of
this place, today shot his wife and
fatally wounded his two-year-old
child, it is said, after having quarrelled
with his wife. He then turned
the gun on himself, but it failed to
explode, and Mrs. McCracken succeeded
in taking it from him.
After the shooting the mother
picked up the child and started for
the home of her grandfather, \V. M.
Kincaid, about four squares away.
The blood was streaming from the
wound in her back and that in the
child's head. The baby died shortly
after reaching the Kincaid home.
McCracken was arrested at his
home and taken to the Moundsvllle
jail tonight.
FATALLY 1UTK\KD.
Child's Dress Set on Fire by Fire
triiiarini
Savannah, (la., I)eceml>or 24 ?
While her mother was down-town tonight'
buying presents for her first
real Christmas, three year old Annie
McKenzle was fatally burned, her
dress ignitt.ing from a firecracker.
The child inhaled the flames and portions
of her lips were burned away.
Her brother, who was with her,
sought the baby's nurse ami calmly
romarkc<l that "little sister is burning
up." A hack man passing the
house put out the flames too late to
save the child, who died three hours'
later. * *
;ribe n(
BRYAN SPEAKS "
<
'refers Not to Run for the
Presidency, but Is
STILL IN POLITICS
Ho Kays the Commitment of (k?nt- ^
pors, Mitchell ami .Morrison In '
s
I'nique in t!?e Annuals of the la- y
lM>r Movement.-? He Stiil llolieveN
(
in Democracy. 1
Phi lad el pit la, Dee. 2 4.?Win. J. ,,
(1
Hryan delivered the prlncii>al ad- o
dress at the annual commencement
of a busiiu-BS school here. His theme *
was "Business Integrity."
"You will find that more of your .
temptations i 11 come from a desire y
to get rich quick thau from any t
other source," said Mr. Hryau.
"There is nothiug more empty thau '
a life entirely devoted to social en- !
joyment."
"l*-t money he you servant rather r
than your master." <
"I/)ve of money has a multitude
of ways in which It works tlie de- I
moraliiwition of those whom it rules. v
Mr. Dryiui described the court '
room as a "soul's market wher?? I
many barter nwwy their Ideals in the
hope of winning wealth or fame," 1
referring tx? lawyers who boost of 1
having secured the acquittal of men
known to them to l>o guilty of crime.
Referring to corruption in politics
a<s one of the temivtations to which i
tho commercial man in subjected,
Mr. Bryan oa/id: "Just in proportion
as a corruption secures a monojioly !
of the btiAitiess in which it is engaged,
in that proportion the necessity
of government regulation is increased
and, I may add, tho difficulty
of securing regulation increases in
proportion to the necessity for it.
Municipal corruption has lvocome a
byword, and tho lobbyist has made
his evil presence felt at tho national
and State capitals. Bribery is Incoming
a tine art, and neither the voter
nor his representative is spared."
He appealed to his hearers to
errata public sentiment against corrupt
ion.
When naked concerning: bin attitude
toward another Democratic
nomination for the presidency, Mr.
Bryan said:
"All T can say atxiut 1912 is that I
hope it will never l?e necessary for
me to run for office again. I prefer
to do my work as a private citizen.
When asked whether I would refuse
in advance of ever being a candidate
again. I have said that I would not
promise any laxly not to he a candidate
for any oflice.
"I will add one other thing, and
that is that I am still in politics,
and exjxx't to he for alnmt 2 0 years,
and I shall make it convenient to he
present whenever and wherever a
man or group of men attempt to Republican
ize the Democratic jxtrty.
Six million five hundred thousand
voters of tlx* Democracy endorsed the
platform adopted at Denver. I am
satisfied that a great majority of
those who voted the ticket honestly
hollev<vl In the platform, and I shall
cooperate with them, rather than
with those who would attempt to
conciliate the s|w?cla.l Interests that
have defeated the Democratic party
and now dominate the country
through the Republican party."
Mr. nryan was much interested in
the decision in the Buck Stove company.
He #avc considerable prominence
to the courts' injunction issue
in tho late presidential campaign. An
interview with him on yesterday's
decision was sought. Mr. Bryan
' said:
"The commitment to prison of two
men so prominent to the labor world
as Crompers and Mitchell is unique
in the annals of lal?or movements in
this country. Until I have road t.h?
court's opinion and considered tho
matter carefully, I 'have nothing to
say regarding the case." *
Kll,u:i> BY TBAI.V
Xcgro Man and llis Wife ltan Over
on Tlilirwdiiv.
Aikon, December 25.?Information
reached the <*ity this aft.orr.oon of t V.
killing of David Zenhan and his wifo
art. Ellenton last night by a train on
tho C. and W. C. Road. It Appears
that Zephan and wife and son, who
are negroes, had been at. Lilcnton
shopping all of yesterday, and had
started home last night walking down
the ra.ilroad track.
They had gone only a short, distance
when they were overtaken by
a freight train. Tho boy jumped ofr
In time to save his life, hut the man
and woman wore caught bei oath the
wheels and crushed to death. The j
engineer states that he did ?ot see
them unt.il upon them. *
I J
>W TO
SOME LATE NEWS
IUUSTMAS TKA(iKI>ll'?S KKPOHTKl?
FltOM A I.I. S11>KS.
1
5
Ioiim* Killed by Accident, Some by (
iNtdgn tiud Some by Wind and 1
Worm. <
Lancaster, S. C.. Dec. 2 7.?John ^
VIlfon was killed by Hob Oral*;, ,
Kith colored, at Van Wyck today.
sTo particulars of the homicide urc f
mown here.
1
Jewot City. Conn., Dec. 26.?Rob- |
rt Jeffrey, aped 17. and Hector il. (
tigras, 1 f>. broke through tho tee ,
vhlle skating on a lake here today
md perished. The bodies were re i
overed. ,
Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 26.? 1
distaking a drunken man clad In a i
ong buffalo overcoat for a bear
Thomas Deck mar, a well-known <
Miner, last night shot and instanMy
tilled Thomas Andrews near I.afay tte,
Tenn.
Johnstown, Pa., Dec. 27.?John '
^tornier, a blacksmith, on a much
raveled street today shot his wife,
ier brother, Wlllla mKuriz, and th??
atior's wife, and then Mow out Ills
xvn brains in plain view of a crowd
>f horrified bystanders.
l.ancaster. fl. C., Deo. 2 6.?A nrejro
hoy about eiglit years old, r.
von of Nettle Wvans, was aooldentally
shot nnd killed in the suburbs of
town today by Anion Lindsay, h
tonns: vhlte man. Mr. T.lndsay wae
shooting at a mark, and did uot see
the child.
vnnrinnnti, nr., Pec. 2fi.?-Jaw.
Geary, n brakoman on the Cincinnati
Rout horn Railroad, shot. and
instantly killed his sister. Mr. Pldla
Dltton. yesterday at a family rennlon
nt hlR father's homo tn Mount
71on vlllaeo. In Grant rouuiT, Ky.
Ho thon blow out his own bralnR.
Manning, R. C., Hoc. 20.?A white*
man named Frank PrlRRors today
shot his sister, Mrs. Mamie Ftoseiran,
with a Run, lnfllletlns a wound
from which sho dlod In about an
hour. Mrs. Tloseman llvod at Alnnln.
hut had boon on a visit to her
hrothor, on Major W. T. I.esesno's
place.
hnmlror City, Oa., Dec. 27.?Six
poisons were Injured, none fatally,
when a special freight train on Iho
Routhern railway jumped the traofnear
hero before day break today
and rolled down a hlfih embankment
WAS I/OST AT SKA.
Solf Survivor of Oow of Schooarr
Reaehee I'ort.
Newport News, Va., December 2 4.
?News of tho h)sa off Mog Island
WVnlTiesdiay of the throe-maRted
schooner Joanlo Ijlppltt and tho
drowning of Oajrt. Robinson and Ave
ni-c-iii I?r-i n ?>i Lli?? Mil I J) H crew, WU8
brought to Old Point this morning by
Andn'w Jorgensen, tho solo survivor
of tho wreck, who was picked up at
sea Wednesday afternoon by tho
American steamship Rnvenscraig,
Oapt. Johnson.
Tho Uppibt was liound up the coast
from Jacksonville, Fla., for Now
York with a cargo of lumber. Bhe
ran Into tho recent heavy northeast
gale off Oape Charles Tuesday afternoon
and after taking aboard considerable
water and sustaining much
damage to the hull, she ran on a
shoal off Hog Island and soon went
to pieces.
Oapt. Robinson and four men were
washed overboard and drowned v n< n
the ship struck. Jorgensen and the
other seamen of the crew also were
washed overboard, but succeeded In
lashing 'themselves to a piece of the
wreckage. The other seamen became
exhausted from cold and died before
the Ravenseraig could reach port. '
The men were picked up off Wlnterriuarter
light ship Wednesday afternoon.
The Haven sc. raig's machinery
became disabled during thestorm and
was returning here for repairs wht>?
the men were sighted.
The Idppibt was owned by Corn well
& Thurlow, of Boston, and was built,
at Boston in 1880. She was 74 8
tonnage. *
iiorm.Y \i ti.kmi:d family.
Four Members of It I>ie in Short
Time.
Lancaster, Dec. 21.?Mr. and Mrs
Loo Taylor 1>otli (Hod at thoir home
hrre yesterday within four hours
of each other, tho wife passing away
first. Only a few weeks ago their
ton. Edward Taylor, and his Mttle
boy died on the same day.
Mr. and Mrs. Taylor were victims
of pneumonia. Mr. Taylor was
about HO yo..rs of age and his wife
about 4T>. They wore originally
from Kershaw county and their bodies
wore taken today to Buffalo,
church, in that county, for burial.
Might children survive the couple.
THE HO
I>li:i> ON TIIK TKII\
I'lie Faithful I .overs l/ong Walt Was
in Yuln.
Now York, Ifcs*. 25.-?When tho big
inor Haltlc warped Into her dock
\fter ono of tho iiioh. tempeatous
voyages of hor oaroor, Charle? C.
Clarke, of Rureka, Utah, learned tnat
ho woman ho haa waited y<virs to
wed had dlod while crossing tho
H-onn to join hint lu tho homo ho
tuvd inado for lH>t.h.
Tho girl, Prlacilla llewlson, of
While Havon, Kngland, was stricken
with peritouitls soon aft t tho si.lp
Miihst. So rouxh was tho k<?h that
tho ship's surgeon fonud it impoaMt>lo
to porforin au oporation. and after
two days' Illness death ended her
uifforlng.
Neither tho young woman nor * or
brother, accompanying her. had money
to defray the cost of buri >1 ashore,
hut several first-cabin pashongotH,
nmong them Mrs. Whltelaw Held,
wife of the American ambassador to
Croat ltrltain, made up a libera)
purse and arranged to lrvvo tlw body
brought to New York for b?*m1.
Clarke and Miss llewison had been
childhood sweethearts, and they had
planed to he married l???fc?re Chrldtnas.
Instead, he and the dead girl's
will he oheif mourners when the l>o<;y |
e . i .. ! ?
i<ihi away in Kentsco cemotary on
what was to have been lior wedding
day.
to become a mass of wreckage with
in a few years of tin* banks <?f the
Ocmnlgeo liver.
Fairmont, W. Va., Dec. 27.?
When Oscar ITarr igulted with' a
cigarette stump a bottle tilled with
mine powder tonight he and three
companions living at Bellevlew, a
snbnrb, were probably fatally injured
and several others were seriously
hurt by being burned and
cut and bruised by flying glass.
OIiI>KHT TWINS.
Money Brothers, of Babylon. U. I.,
Are it Kcmurkahlo Pair.
Brooklyn, Dec. 2.r>.?1 ho old st.
twin brothers In the United States
will celebrate Christ.mas today In
their homes at Babylon, L. 1. Ther
nre Wililnm and Samuel Mnncy, and
they have passed their ninetieth
year. They were born In Babylon
and have always lived there.
The old twins are in fairly comfortable
circumstances, and work around
thoir farm dally. They used to ho
fishermen, hut falling eyesight and
rheumatism lately have kept them
from the nets. A few months ago
?. 111 unt'iiiu iiiMiiu^nr onorou mem u
big salary to upi>car on the ouiio
platform. William, who u fond of
his lit,tie joke, replied that thev
would accept provided they ^ere allowed
to make addressee on religious
and temperance topics, Both are teototallers.
NFXiHO ATTACKKl) YOL'NO IiAI>Y
Who Found Hlin Hiding on Her
House Porch.
Athens, (la., December 2 4.?Tonight
about eight o'clock a negro man
attempted to enter the rear door of
Mr. A. P. Hearing's residence with
the evident intention of theft. It so
j happened that juwt at the same time
Miss Kartio Hearing, the young daughter
of Mr. Hearing, opened 'th<? hack
doon to go out ui>on the porch to get
a drink of water, and ran right over
the negro.
He perceived that he had been de
tooted and seized the young lady by
the throat. She screamed and her
father came at once to her rescue.
The negro ran just as Mr. Hearing
came upon the scene and made good
his escape. The police lvoliovo they
r.iuifw i n<ii may icuq to mc arrest
r>f the criminal. *
YOUNG LADY ATTACKIOI).
And Almost Killed in llcr Home li.v
llurglnr.
Richmond, Va., December 2 4.?
M<q?i Klarcncc Jones, the grand niece
of the Rev. J. William Jones, chaplain
to Rolvert 10. Lee during the civil
war and now grand chaplain of th:
Grand Champ United Confederate Vet
erans, was attacked and almost killed
in her home in this city tonight by
an unknown burglar.
Miss Jones was sitting with the
family when she started up-stairs
and had reached the top of the steps
when she uttered a scream and the
family heard her fall. A base ball
bat by her side was the weapon used.
The burirlnr hurl eviUontiv m.x.r.
? -J " ' ' "
prised by her and felled her with the
blow. Physicians, tonight hold out
some hope of her recovery.
Blind Tiger Stutr.
Darlington, Dec. 2f>.?Although
Darlington Is a prohibition count,
Christmas whiskey, it is said, sent
several to the lock-up yesterday an
last night and at least two carving
affairs are said to ho attributable t<
Its effects. 1
RRY HEI
FIEND CAUGHT
The Negro Brute Who Assaulted
a Lady at Hartsville
HAS BEEN ARRESTED
And Tiikru to ?h? Penitentiary for
Snfc Kcr'itlDK?Would llnvo Iteeu
lynched 11 ii<I lie lleen Taken to
the Scene of Ills Hellish Crime.
Kurly Trial Wauirtl,
Hartsville, Iter. 2 7.-?The black
bend who entered the home of a
merchant of this place on Monday
night of last week and criminally
assaulted his wifr' has l?<>eu caught
? nd taken to the penitentiary for
safe keeping. it has been a terrible
week of waiting and disappointment
to every good citizen of
Hartsville as the days passed and
the many el ties gave no results and
the many suspects failed to he Identified
by the lady.
Knraged and determined that th ?
crime should not go unavenged If
. n> unman aK^nev could uccompiIsh
1 he detection and arrant c?f tho crt ilnul.
every man has felt. mora and
I nu re hopeless and ha Hied us on 'h
siKTt'dlnp day was fruitless. Every
j Ivat rument of ft ho law and ovory
moans that could l?o employed with
at y hope of pucoowh have boon used
at Rot to tho bottom of tho outrage
and quietly, hut constantly, tho town
end county authorities have workcl
day and nlchl every hotir.
^nd added to tho efforts of tho
authorities has boon tho voluntary
work of many person a In their private
capacity. Through this latter
source came tho first clue, which hits
finally l??d to the arrest of a bruto
arralnst whom the evidence Is very
positive. K nej?ro named Johnson
was arreste<l at Effingham Saturday
morning by Sheriff Tturch of Florence,
acting with Policeman Seegars
of this place and Mr. Ed Perry, a
I.>ofhor of tho victim's husband.
Tho negro was taken to Florenco
and thence to Darlington, rhrro Tin
' a? turned nvrr Saturday 11 fight To
Sheriff Slack well at R o'clock. It
".van proponed to bring him hero f'*r
' lontlflcatlon, but the authorities
bore fen rod trouble and advised
Sh'-rlfT Slack well to keep bftn nt
Darlington. Deter on. acting on
further advices from here that a
threatening crowd wan waiting to
r? sight of the negro. Sheriff Slackwell
drove to Florence at 2 o'clock
In the morning and there took the
4 o'clock train fr Columbia.
A crowd met the train coming In
bore at 9 /o'clock Saturday night
and H la pretty certain would have
made short work of the negro
once. Indeed, many of them believed
that the negro had been taken off
the train on the outskirts of town
and was nomowhero around, and all
right and all day Sunday crowds or
m<*n have been congregated arourd
town awaiting developments and
anxious to locate the brute. There
wss never any Intention on tne part
of the town authorities to allow the
man to be brought here.
This Is the first crime of Its kind
committed at this place and. indeed,
ore of the few In the county. It
fairly sta/ggered people r>y !fs enor
niltv, Int loft no doubt as to the
abort work that would have bee.t
made of the criminal bad It. been
T' fslble to lav bands on btrn. Tbo
citizens of the town look for fh?
governor 1o order an early trial of
the fiend, and If be Is guilty, of
which there seems no doubt, a
speedy conviction and a speedy hanging.
Quick work should be made of
such fiends.
FA KM Kit KILLS IIIM.-iKLF.
Kecause lie Did Not Have Money to
Kuy Toys.
Quitman, Oa., Decern l>er !!S.?Hecause
be did not have money enough
to provide the usual Christmas toys
for bis children C. A. h>iters, a
I farmer, near here, delllx rarely plan
ned his own death this morning and
died as he had planned.
. Leaving the home where t ii?? chll!
dren were he walked a short distance
i away, fitted his shot mm over ;
, ed Jitiok, pressed his broart against
I tiho muzzle and pushed the trigger
with a stick. The wound was a tor.
t'ible one. J lis wife and several small
, children ran out at the sound of the
snot and found the husband an I fathi
or dead.
Shot IIim Dead.
i Spartanburg. Doc. 2T>.?A fatal
' shooting occurred in the Spartan Mill
t village early this morning. An aged
I white man named Collins fired a
; load of buckshot into Joe l.ockman,
> who formerly conducted a restaurant
' on Kast Main street.
ItALD