The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, March 15, 1923, Image 2
TEN YEARS TO
WOMAN KLLER
His Accomplice Gets Acquitted
on Lack of Evidence
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ELLERBE TELLS REASONS
EUerbe Acted Under Circumstances
of Great Ag
gravation
The State vs. Neil Rouse, charged
with murder in the same indictment
with Richard Ellerbe for wife murder
was called on Thursday afternoon.
Richard Ellerbe had already pleaded
guilty to manslaughter, but had
Tiot been sentenced when Rouse was
called for trial.
It had been alleged that Rastus, by
which name the defendant, Rouse, was
known, had furnished the gun which
Ellerbe had used in killing his wife.
This, probably led to his being included
in the indictment.
He is a negro who came here with
a negro plantation show several years
ago and had remained when the negro
show left. It was rumored that he,
too, had family troubles of the same
nature as Ellerbe's and that they had
planned the killing together.
Dave Faison testified that Lizzie
Ellerbe is dead. She was killed with
a shot gun. He saw Richard Ellerbe,
her husband shoot her. Rouse was in
the house when the shooting took
place.
"I was in bed asleep in a house
about one o'clock. When he went
there he saw two men in the house
and one came out. Rastus was in the
house trying to keep Lizzie Ellerbe
from going off with him. He did not
see Rastus any (toore. The woman
screamed. Saw no more of Rastus.
That the woman started out with him
and when the woman got in the yard
Ellerbe came there with a gun and
shot Lizzie Ellerbe.
Cora Johnson was sworn and told
about the killing of the woman in her
house. Ellerbe was there at first dark.
He went off. Then he came back upon
the porch. Rastus came after Ellerbe
shot into the house. Ellerbe fired into
the top of the house. She called
her son to go and have Ellerbe arrested.
The woman started away and
was shot out in the yard and then ran
back in the house and then Ellerbe
went into the house and shot Lizzie
again. Neil Rouse had come over to
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Dry Goods, Noti
Ladies and Gents Furn
thing cut below Factory
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1,000 yds. of Apron a
hams, good quality, Sal
A big assortment of E
Ginghams, Voiles, Orgc
Chines, Taffetas, Pong<
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LADIES' READ\
a special on ladies' read;
several beautiful Dress
Spring and Summer fror
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Silk and Taffeta Dress<
Skirts for Ladies
Shirt Waists for Ladies
Gingham Dresses
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find out what was the matter.
Willie DeWitt was called and told 1
what he knew. He was at the house
when Ellerbe shot. Then Rastus and
Ford came and Rouse advised Lizzie
to stay in the house or "that fool
would shoot her. Lizzie started out
anyway and was shot in tl^e y*rd .
Richard Ellerbe was sworn. He
said he got the gun1, from Rastus.
Ellerbe was comipg^tieick from Paul
Smith's house, ..Saw Rastus and told
him he had caught Will DeWit and
his wife. Rouse said he knew that.
Rastus went and got him the gun and
five shells. He evedropped and heard
this man got to bed with his wife. He j
then called his wife to give him his J
coat and he went back of the house!
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ana asicea ior tne coat again. Kouse
was at the back door with him. The
gun went off in the top of the house
as he was mad. He pot another shell
and put it in the gun. After the first
shot Rastus went in like the rest, just
like the others, telling' Lizzie not to
pro out of the house. When he handed
the coat to Rastus Rou.se, Rouse left
and he did not see Rouse any more until
he saw him enter the house from
the other side, as he had not been
there before that night. He stated
that Rastus was with him when he got
the coat out of the house. Rastus had
offered to go there with him when he
had said that if he had a gun and
some shells he would paint the town
red. Then Rastus had gone and got
the gun and the shells for him. Witness
was under the house when DeWit
went in the house the first time and he
had heard DeWit and his wife make
an arrangement to the effect that he
would go in J. C._Ca1houn's room and
.oull off his shoes and that then he
would slip back in the room to her.
He had gone to Paul Smith's to find
out if the dead body of his wife's
father had come, as he was dead in
North Carolina. He was worried
about the thing he had discovered regarding
DeWit He told that he had
stood in the door and saw Will DeWrtt
enter his wife's room after he,
Dewitt, had made the plan. He saw
this through a crack in the door. He
said he had not run away but simply
walked off. He was in two miles of
Gallivants Ferry when caught. He
left after the shooting and stopped
at Cool Spring until morning. He
shot her because he caught her and
this man together. He did not intend
to hit his wife with the last shot but
this man had hold of her trying to
find out where she had been shot and
he had intended that last shot for the
man.
Rastus, or Cornelius Rouse, had
given him the gun to kill his wife
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with and he shot his wife about ten
minutes after that.
J. C. Calhoun said he saw Rouse in
the house after the first shot. Richard
shot his wife. Will DeWitt was
there. Rouse came in immediately
after the shot He saw EUerbe, who;
was in front of the house, when he
shot. He heard Rastus prevail with
Lizzie not to go out. DeWitt did not
go out.
William Johnson saw the gun, and
it belonged to a man named Owens.
It was in his shop. His shop was
broken into and the gun was gone.
Rouse had been in his shop about ten
minutes before he closed. He did not
see Ellerbe there at the shop.
Joe Suggs testified that Rastus
passed his home about five minutes
before the first shot. Rastus had
taken his wife there to witness* house
before anything had happened. When
the midnifirht train came in. Rastus
was there at Suggs', talking to his
wife. He admitted that Rastus was
out after saying he was going to
Ford's shop.
Sarah Suggs was sworn to the effect
that Rastus and his wife were at
her house that night. Rastus left
and in about ten minutes the first shot
was fired.
Wallace Ford was sworn to the effect
that he was in his shop and heard
the gun fire. He then saw Rastus
comincr towards his shop. He did not
think he could have had time to come
from the place. He went with Rouse
over to Cora Johnson's house and witness
then went on back to his shop,
leaving Rastus there and after a little
he heard another shot.
H. N. Sessions testified he heard
Richard Ellerbe talk since the killing.
He was not allowed to tell this conversation
on the ground that no foundation
had been laid for a contradiction.
Rouse, or Rastus, by whichever
name he is known by, was sworn in
his own behalf.
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ne saia mat, on ine nignt oi tne
killing he arranged for Joe Suggs to
take care of his wife. He talked with
his wife until midnight. He walked
out of the gate and he heard a pun
fire in the direction of Cora Johnson's.
He went to Ford's shop and went with
Ford to Cora Johnson's and was informed
that Richard Ellerbe had shot
into her house. He advised Lizzie
Ellerbe not to leave the house. She
went out anyway and Richard shot
her and she crawled into the house,
saying he had shot her. Rastus went
and reported to the sheriff. He emphatically
denied that he got the gun
for Ellerbe.
He said on cross examination that
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Women and Children at barre.
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Cordovan, (3c; Lisle 1 hread
n's and Women's 19c.
jes and Oxfords
'hole family at bargains you
:an't afford to miss.
shoes and oxfords 75c up
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AY, S, 0, MAJt. .18, 1923
BOB GRAINGER
IS CAPTURED
R. C. Grainger, otherwise known as
Rob Grainger, was captured on Tuesday
morning of last week in the act
of operating a whiskey still.
In the raiding party at the time^
headed by J. K. King, of the rural
police, were State Constable Youmans,
of Florence; G. P. Stacey, Jqhn Rogers,
W. C. Hooks, J. K. Floyd, and
Berkley Fowler.
The capture of Grainger was considered
as a feat, when thus at last
accomplished, because of the fact that
he has been sought by the officers of
the law for several years, and up to
the present time he had been able to
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eiuae tneir most vigilant efforts to
take him.
In the course of the several years
during which he has been sought by
officers, other men have been brought
into trouble on account of their alleged
assistance in aiding Grainger to
keep out of the way, and in helping
him to dispose of his product.
In the course of that time the officers
have found and destroyed three
whiskey stills which they allege belong
to this man, without a doubt; but
never, on any occasion of the previous
finding and destruction of the
stills, was there any sign of Grainger,
about the place of operation. It was
the fact that he seemed to have aid and
comfort from those who were on th?
outside of the official circle that led
to trouble with bands said to belong
to the Ku Klux Klan. There was a
number of men accused of having
aided and abetted Grainger in disposing
of his whiskey and in staying out
of rpnrh of ?r?H if wqo
these that the Klan is supposed to
have dealt with.
On one occasion within the last
three months, a posse went to the
home of Grainier, believing he was
there. They fully believed that they
had Grainger at last, but on investi- |
oration, it was found that he had fled j
again, and was able to stay out of
Ellerbe had accused him of going with
Lizzie and he had nothing to do with
it and he claimed that Ellerbe had
this against him. He denied that he
gave Ellerbe the gun and denied the
main facts of Ellerbe's story.
This case was not finished when
court adjourned Thursday evening.
Before leaving the court house, the
court passed sentence on Richard Ellerbe.
It was ten years on the public
works.
the history of c
>een guilty of
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(press such a pi
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vhat we have in
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Men's shoes and oxfords ...
$2.75 and $3.00 ladies she
and oxfords
$3.00 U. S. Army work sh
for men
>2.50 Scout shoes for men ..
Shoes of all kinds, and at ar
Under weai
For the family, both heavy
weight, will be put on the t
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JPON g 2^
worth 50c in tradfe* Q K
Article in our store ort , 2 6
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their hands.
On Tuesday morning of last week,
thrf party whose names already have
been given, remained in hiding at the
fourth still that had been located as
belonging to Grainger. They kept
their movements entirely secret and
about daylight Grainger came to the
stiU,which had a charge already filled
in ready for running, carrying on his
back a crocus sack containing two or
three fruit jars and a glass jug. The
still was surrounded, but he did not
know it. A ? he% entered inside the
circle and was spoken to by King, he
dropped the sack to the ground and
started to run off. Before he had
taken many steps he was about to run
into the arms of Youmans. You
mans spoke and Grainier started to
run the opposite way. In that direction
he was about to stumble over
King, and when he found he was surrounded
he made no further resistance
and gave up.
He was brought to Conway and
lodged in the county jail on Wednesday
morning.
It was said that he would not be
held here, but would be turned over
to the North Carolina authorities. He
is wanted there for killing a man several
years ago at Cerro Gordo. For
that he was tried and sentenced to
serve thirty years in the penitentiary
at Raleigh.
After serving a few years he was
paroled by the Governor and allowed
to go on his good behavior.
Some time ago, before the whiskey
stilling charges came out on him, he
went through the town of Fair Bluff
shooting oft his pistol as he went and
kicking up a rumpus such as the town
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to arrest him and was shot by him
and crippled for life. Since that time
Grainger has been a fugitive from
justice. His parol has been violated
in more ways than one, and the of|
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Our entire st
going at and 1
CASH. All past
being closed out
taken in and resc
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....$1,98 up ter at prices bel
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$1.98 Ladies' union
Ladies' Gauze
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$ ] 9g lvien s two-pie
..$1.69 Shirts, ov<
'yP"cehere- $1.00 men's d
$ 1.00 men's v
$1.25 men's c
and Summer $1.75 men's c
>argain coun- Other garn
FANCY AND STAPLE
ing in our Grocery Departmei
1 Lbfe. Good Self Rising Flou
ingans Pure Lard, Bulk, the p
Lbs. Good Green Coffee ror
igar (10 pounds to customer)
verything in our Grocery Dej
om the smallest article to the Is
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fleers of North Carolina have been on H
the constant lookout for him.
A telegram was sent to Sheriff John fl
Amnions as soon as Grainger was
lodged in the jail here, and the North H
Carolina officer was expected to arrive H
for him any day.
After he has finished his sentence in I
North Carolina for manslaughter, he H
will be brought back here to stand
trial in this State, provided he lives H
that long and does not escape. H
His life has been one of crime and H
constant trouble with the violation of
the laws. He is married.
He had this last still located in a I
thick bay. It was ready for the fire I
to be kindled under it when Grainger
came there about daylight, to begin
the work of running off a charge of H
whiskey. He had no weapons at the
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nrr?e ot nis arrest. He had an ordi
nary pocket knife which was taken off H
his person by the officers. Jfl
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MOTHERS' CLUB MEETING
The Mothers' club will meet Thurs- I
day afternoon at 4 o'clock at tfce Bap- H
tint Annex. H
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GOT OFF LIGHT
Richard Ellerbe, the wife slayer, got H
off remarkably light last week in the H
court of General Sessions. The fafts, H
as they have been detailed, show cold fl
blooded murder of the woman he call- H
ed his wife. H
Everybody thought that Ellerbe was H
sure to occupy the electric chair at no H
late day. H
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ne onerea 10 pieaa guilty to ine
crime of manslaughter and this was H
accepted by the court so that he has H
only a term of years to serve for his H
crime. H
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Don't stunt the garden on manure H
and fertilizer.
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:ock of furniture I
below COST for I
due accounts are I
and the furniture I
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aits, athletic 48c H
suits, good quality .... 69c H
i vest ... 10c H
ce underwear, each_._. 39c H
sralls, extra pants I
ress shirts 79c H
^ork shirts 69c H
>veralls 98c H
Iress pants $ 1.39 H
lents at similar prices. H
GROCERIES?Every- I
it wi ii rprliirpfl. I IH
ound 15c
jartment will be reduced, I
irgest. Come, and see for
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