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POSSE SHOOTS NEGRO TO DEATH JOFI. ORKEN, WHO SHOT GlARR H4)HHINs, I'.Ws PENALTY WITH Ills im, Hua Wm Evidently a Ov?|H?rtulo, mm He Had on UN Person at Time Two Uli, Hunting Knill nod Ws* I'i ? ?iim 11 11 by Double Steel Drvast plate? Inquest Held at Hnc wood. Where Body Was Brought After shooting?Man Wan Treed by Dogs, From the Dally Item. April 10. Joel Green, the negro who on yes? terday shot and seriously wounded Guard Robblna of the State peniten? tiary, waa ahot to death thla morning at 1.30 o'clock by a posse, after he had t>een treed by bloodhounds, which took the trail at his house this morn? ing and followed him Into the swamp. The negro was evidently prepared for trouble for a* the time he was killed he had on his person two thirty-eight calibre pistols, a single barrel shot gun. a long hunting knife and he wore a double steel breastplate six by ten ho hes covering his breast. This In? formation was secured by telephone from Plnewood this morning. The negro was not given time to turn on the posse after the dogs came upon him. for as he climbed a tree to escape the dogs the posse opened fire end his body was riddled with bullets. The posse wss headed by E. B. Gam? ble. Jr.. a son of Sheriff Gamble, Magistrate Toomer snd his constable, Jos Lowder, and the dogs were In charge of * guard from the peniten? tiary, who had been sent over to take the place of Guard Bobbins, who was shot, and their keeper, Hough. Lest night about midnight the ne? gro re urned to his cabin, which Is on the edge of the swsmp. He found the house surrounded by the posse upon whom he opened fire, with pis? tols and shot gun. The posse returned the fire, but In the dark no one was Injured. The posse after consider? ed* Ailng, decided to await morning, when they could make an efforft to take the negro. He, however, man? aged to get out and slipped past them Into the swamp. This morning under their new keeper the dogs were set on the trail which they followed into the swsmp. They came up to Green very suddenly and the negro at once took to s tree to get out of their way. It was before he had secured a perch In the tree and could fire down on the doge that the posse opened lu*. The} pistols, gun. knife and breastplate were removed from his person and he was put in an aulomoSJle and curried to Plnewood, where an Inquest was held, the jury returning a verdict In accordance with the abve stated facts. Yesterday when Guard Kobbins was wounded and put on the train to be taken back to Columbia, it was decid? ed to keep the dogs at Plnewood and Hough, the keeper, who had made the trip with Kobbins. was left In charge of them. Kobbins wss put on the train at Plnewood Friday afternoon and brought here, where he was transferred to the 9.:i0 train for Co? lumbia, after a wait of more than two hours. There were about thirty or forty men In the posse, when the negro was killed. ?M'.n.ii negroes being among i< sc present. It Is reported rhat tho negro, Joel Green, was a half-v*itt?>.i man of bad reputation and the fact that he waa so fully srmed seems to hear out this report. The killing o< cui?d In a swamp be? tween I'inewood and Kemlnl, known as Half Wsy Swamp, at a point about three and a half miles from Plnewood snd onl\ shout fifty yards awiiv from tre plsce st which he killed the lead? er of the pa'-k of bloodhounds \ ester day. (.i AII1) Rorrinn shot. rinewo.Ml. April i?.--John C. Hot. bins, gourd at the Stall penitentiary and State executioner, was rhot from to* h o ., ml palnfuly Injured while pursuing a negro with bloodhounds near hen today. Joel ClfSOsV Who did the shooting, is a half-witted negro. He wss surrounded in s canebrake and was not more than M feet from Mr Kobbins .vlmn the gun w as fired. The shot t? re an ugly Wound in the right hip lomf Thn Iniured man wus hurried to a hospital in Columbia by It Frank Hsrvln. Members of the poss* could not determine the serious? ness of the wound, but were uppre henslVe of Mr Bobbins? life. lister In th? afternoon the neuro was compelled to climb a tree to escape the vicious bloodhounds, from the tree he shot und killed the lesder of the paX" ?*n I then made his way to the thir*?*. "onflnes of the swamp The chase was abandoned late In the afternoon. Ii will be r ? sumed earh tomorrow morning, the ? heriff of Clarendon county teleplion Ing that he will loin ?M hunt at an early 'hour There is eonsld?*rah|?? ex? citement in th** community and a lynching Is feared In the e\ent the negro should be taken alive. When the dogs BfftVOd this morn? ing, the trsil was followed a mils or more from town, n wagon baMng Leeu held in waiting to pick up the fobbtfm Mr. Robbins and those with hin? then followed the wagon trail un? til they came to a negro houso on down the road. Joel Green 1 *s slt tinu on the steps at the time. He gave no coherent answers to questions plied by Kobblns and his deputies. Another negro was plowing in a near? by field. and the scouring party passed "ii to the plow hand. Inning the Interim, Green got his gun and went to the woods. His action ex? cited the suspicion of Mr. Robbing and those with him. The negro was followed and when he had been sur? rounded in a canebrake, he immedi? ately drew his gun on Mr. Robbing, The negro wus commanded to drop his gun, but opened fire before Mr. Bobbins could bring his own gun into play. Taking advantage of the demorali? zation of the pursuing party, Green made his escape and is ?;till at large. Green is regarded as a dangerous negro throughout the community, and those pursuing realize that they take their lives in their hands when attempting to capture him. ? Plnewood, April 9.?Tonight in the Mothodist church a special prayer service was conducted by Rev. R. M. Du Hose and members of other church? es, offering up special prayers for the recovery of Guard Robbins, who was shot here this afternoon. chance to Recover. Columbia, April 10.?J. C. Robblns, guard at the penitentiary, who was wounded yesterday near Plnewood, was brought to Columbia last night at 11 o'clock. He was carried to a Co? lumbia hospital, where he underwent an operation. At 1 o'clock this morning the phy? sician in charge Issued the following statement: "Mr. Robbins has a chance of re? covery, although nothing definite will be known for several days. He stood the operation well." ROBBERY AT PIXEWOOD. Plnewood, April 9.?When the bus? iness houses opened this morning, it was found that during the night three stores had besn broken into and a quantity of merchandise taken. The invaders broke a pane of glass out of the transom at the rear end of Mr. A. G. Stack's and gained entrance. They then proceeded to try to open the iron safe. A pipe cutter was used to wrench off the handle on the door and a hatchet and axe were used to force the door, but they made a failure in their undertaking, olguiettes and Otb>| er goods are missing. Mia. C. W. lialcfj' s>lure was. calci ed through a rear window, the iron bars being prized apart to allow some small person to go in and unbar the baPk doors. Various kinds of merchandise are missed. Mr. Robinson, manager for Mr. Nathan Stotsky, found that the rear door of their store had been opened and the store looted, something dur? ing the night. Guard Robbins and his bloodhounds were telephoned for this mot nlng at 8 e'clock. TELDS OF MAX HI'XT. Mr. J. E. Hough of Columbia, formerly a Sumter boy, but who has been away from here for several years, stopped In the Item office this after? noon und told about the hunt for the negro Joel Green at Pinewood yester? day and this morning, his tale being an extremoly thrilling one. Mr. Hough went S ?th Guard Uobbins from Co? lumbia to Pinewood and was with him at the time that Guard Bobbins was shot, but was unarmed so that he was unable to shoot the negro. He aided in bringing Robbins to Sumter. having given up tho chase to take care of his friend, and saw him put safely on the train for Columbia before he left him to return to Pinewood and renew the chase. It was during his absence that one of the dogs was kill? ed, he having turned the dogs over to the magistrate to renew the hunt while he was taking Robbins back to Pinewood. Mr. Hough was "all in" as the saying is with his strenuous day yesterday, having his friend shot by his side and being up all night at the negro's house In the swamp and being at the final scene this morning v hen the negro was killed. Mr Hough stated that on their ar? rival at PIneWOOd they at once too'.; up the ehase. which the ilogs follow? ed to a place where the goods hud evidently been put |g | wagon. They then followed the wagon trail to a negro's house. The horse was Iden? tified b) ceri mi marks on the boot and was bring plowed by a negro in a nearby field. They went to the to pi to arrest the negro. Mr, Hough dui not remembet his name, it wni while ihej were In the Held that th< negi o Joel (i> sen came out of i he house a negro woman handed him ,i single barrel shot gun ami he ran off across the held to the wooda Thin aroused their suspicion and I hey fol? lowed. Tho m gro m ole fo| the swamp and they followed. The nCgTO hid ,u Ihe bushes and Quard Robbing np pi ached, not knowing lUSt when' he a*ai Quard Rohhlns railed in Wi Hough tci bung the d?>gs on, when Hough saw the negro rise up out of the hushes and take aim at Bobbins 'who had turned to Hough. Kobb turned and the negro and Robb tired at about the same time. B< - fell and Kobbins at once rose ag; and fired a second time and then fell in the bushes. The negro fired again and disappeared in the bushes. "I again called to Kobbins to look out," said Mr. Hough, when he called to me "Ed, come here, that nigger has brok? en my leg." Despite the warning of others in the party Hough went to Robbttll, although he was unarmed, picked up Kobbins' pistol and looked for the negro, but he had disappear? ed. He then called for aid and Kob? bins was brought out the swamp and placed in an automobile to be taken back to Plnewood, "1 gave up the case then," said Mr. Hough, V'and turned the dogs over to someone else to continue it, while I went back with Kobbins. It was while I was gone that the dog was killed." Mr. Hough told how Kobbins was cared for at Plnewood and Sumter and then sent on to Columbia on the night train when he went back to Pinewood. "There were about thirty of us around the negro's house all night*' said Hough. "The negro had entered it early in the night before my ar? rival there, it being impossible in the dark to tell him from members of the posse." All during the night shots were being interchanged, fusillades occurring every short while. Tho ne? gro had a small flee dog which gave him the alarm by barking every time anyone approached close to his cabin, which was a little hut built of slabs down In the edge of the swamp among the bushes. Every now and then he would open the door and look out. Once he lit a fire and started to cook his supper, while the firing was going on on the outside. Once he left the house and came up close to a mem? ber of the posse, who did not recog? nize him at first, but who called on him to halt and surrender when he saw who It was. The negro's reply was a shot which narrowly missed its mark. The man could have killed the negro at the time had he chosen to do so without giving him a chance to surrender. It was a few minutes later that the negro made his escape. There was a heavy fog and It was hard to distin? guish objects. Several times the ne? gro was seen and called on to halt, but his only reply was a shot and to disappeared in the bushes. He man iij lo p iss through the posse w'dch j surrounded the house and make his way deeper into the swamp. Vs soon at It became sufficient i.? sWsi to uisiinguish objects the uogs were set on the trail again and the hunt was renewed. "I fully expected at this time that he would kill one or more of the dogs," said Hough, before he was killed, for we had de? termined now to take him at any cost, alive If possible, but dead if ho would not surrender. We pushed on into the swamp, finally locating him and surrounding him in the bushes. The dogs were hot behind him and he was saving his shells, being nearly out now. He tried to beat off the dogs with his gun. but they would not stay back. Suddenly he came up to several members of the posso, who were wait? ing for him. They called on him to surrender, but he endeavored to raise his gun and they fired on him. His body was riddled by bullets. He was then hauled out of the water, where he was shot, placed in an automobile and taken to Pinewood. The spot was not more than twenty feet away from where the body of the dog which he had killed the day before was lying." Mr. Hough stated that . the negro had shot several persons, two whltaj men among them, before he shot Kob? bins and he had been dodging tho of? ficers for several years, this being the reason he was living in the hut In the swamp, where he could escape if anyone came for him. He was an outlaw and this was probably the rea? son he had taken to flight at first, for nothing was found about him or nt his hut to connect him with the robbery of Thursday night, although he had had Ilms to move the things out of the way. When killed he had only six pistol shells and three gun shells, the latter loaded with slugs left. He also carried O sack contain? ing' various groceries and conjure Im? plements, showing that he expected to make a stay in the swamp if ne cessa ry. The negro who was plowing was taken to the Plnewood jail and the three w omen \. ho were in the ItOUSC were also srrested and are being held. the (bulge against them being that Ihey gave the gun to Joel Green, Mr. Hough stopped over In Sum ter long enough to rest n while and get dinner and feed his dogs, When he continued bis trip to Columbia, which he lefl \ery suddenly yesterday on the reeelpl ol the call from Plnewood, Marriage License Record. _ licenses to marry have been graute?! lo Thomas Klrkland and Mary Mc? Donald, Mayesvllle, und Thomas 1 Dees, Borden, and Hnttle Lloyd, llembert. GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WILL \DOPT SAME POLICY TO? WARDS KRONPRINZ AS TOWARD EITEL. After Inspection Vessel Must Rot urn to sen Within Certain Set Time or Must Intern for Rest or War?Dis? ease on Hoard Not of Contagious Type. Washington, April 11.?The arrival Of the Kronprinz Wilhelm at New? port News was reported to the navy department by Read Admiral Fletcher, coinmander-in-ch!et of the Atlantic ileet, at Hampton roads. Secretary Daniels immediately conferred with Assistant Secretary Peters of the treasury department and a course of action identical with what followed In the case of the Prinz Eitel Friedrich was determined on. As soon as the customary inspec? tion of the vessel is made by the American naval authorities a certain time limit will be fixed within which the Wlhelm must depart or intern. Officials were not disturbed over the report that the vessel had aboard U6 persons suffering from beri beri. Assistant Surgeon General Rucker of the public health service explained to? night that the disease neither was contagious' nor infectious and that there* would be no danger of its spreading. He said the public health hospitals would be thrown open to the sufferers if they were landed. Naval men here were keenly in? terested In the coincidence of the Kronprinz Wilhelms' arrival with the departure from the Virginia capes of the British and French cruisers which have been waiting for the Prinz Eitel to have. The suggestion generally ad? vanced was that the Wilhelm appar? ently was informed that the Eitel had been interned. Satisfaction was manifested at the. German embassy when it was learned that the cruiser had'made port safely. Embassy offi? cials considered it a piece of mar? velous good luck that the big vessel had not encountered the hostile cruisers off the capes. No comment was forthcoming at the embassy as to whether the Wilhelm would intern or ms?ke an attempt to get away again. THANKS FROM BERNSTORFF. American Government Accorded Ger? man teasel a "Squall Deal.'' \\\ lhtn| ton. April 11.?Count Vi a Bernstorft, German nrabasrador here. I lias thanked the American govern? ment for the "square deal," as he ex? pressed it, shown to the converted cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich. now j interned at the Norfolk navy yard, i and for the courtesy extended by ! American officials to Capt. Thierich- ! ens and the vessel's crew. GOT. MANNING GRANTS PARDON. Four Petitions Acted Upon at Recom? mendation of Pardon Board. Columbia. April 12.?Gov. Manning this morning issued one pardon, one parole and two commutations, the first j acts of clemency since he has been governor. A pardon was granted to R. S. Bowman, of Charleston, who has served his sentence. The sentence of Willie Green, a little 14-year-old white boy of Marlboro county, was cut dowr. from one year to eight months. The little boy forged an order for forty cents. A parole was granted to Sarah ' Rice, a white woman of Union serv? ing a term of four months in Jthe county jail for vagrancy. The parole is conditioned on the woman spending id) days in a rescue home in Greenville (The sentence of Sarah Moore, of Rich land, serving a ten year term for arson was reduced to two years. All of these cases received favorable recommendation:; from the board of pardons. TO RAISE SUNKEN SUBMARINE. Rear Admiral Moore Reports Opera? tions Progressing as Fast as Pos? sible. Washington, April 10.?The follow? ing (abb-ram from Rear Admiral Moore at Honolulu was received at the navy department late tonight: "Work preparatory to raising sub? marine F-4 progressing. Taking time for safety, but wasting none. Diver Agra/., a depth of 170 feet, thinks he saw F-1 below him. Have two lines to her." COMMISSION FOR THURMOND. Now District \ttorney Benins Work at Greenville. Kdgeflehl, April 10.?J. William Thurmond, the newly appointed dis? trict attorney for the western district of South Carolina, received his com? mission from Washington this morn? ing, being signed by President Wilson ndn Attorney General Gregory. Mr. Thurmond wii enter upon hi^ duties during the term of eourl which con? venes In Greenville on or shout April 20. CANADA TO SEND MORE MEN. Hccend Expeditionary Force Stunmon ed t<> Do Rattle for Empire in En rope, Ottawa. April 10.?Lord Kitchener lias called on Canada for a second ex? peditionary force. The news was given the puldie by Premier Borden, who said that the call had been expected for some time. Three months ago Gen. Kitchener was informed that the force was ready in Canada to sail for Europe. Premier Pordcn said that since that time the war office had been kept fully informed of its training and (had made suggestions which had been followed with absolute precision by the Canadian authorities. Now that the summons had come the second ex? peditionary force will go forward at an early date. The Canadian* second expeditionary | ! force had not been summoned sooner "for reasons which commended them? selves to the head of the war oflice and reasons which are generally rec | ognised." GOVERNOR RETURNS TO COLUM? BIA. Confers With Adjutant Genend and Col. Lewis of First Infantry Regi? ment. Columbia. April 11.?Gov. Manning returned to his office at the capitol yesterday morning after an absence of three days. During the week he attended a meeting of the board of trustees of Clemson College and de? livered an address at Orangeburg, where a parade was given in his hon? or. W. W. Moore .adjutant general, and Col. \V. W. I^ewis of Yorkvllle, former commander of the First regiment of the National Guard, held a long con? ference with Gov. Manning on militia affairs. Barn Burned. Mr. W. F. Davis who lives in the Ionia section had his barn burned last Thursday night between *J and 10 o'clock with all of his corn, fodder, cotton seed and cotton seed meal, the whole valued at $510 with no insur? ance. This is a heavy blow these hard times, but Mr. Davis is one of our most energetic and successful farmers and i' will take taors t ban One fire 10 cower Ida indomitable energy.?Bish? opvtlle Leadei and Vindicator* COMES TO CHARLESTON. Rev. Hurl A. Powell Named as Spa in? street Pastor. Charleston, April 10.?Bishop Den? ny has designated the Rev. Ruit A. Powell to mi out the unexptred year of the Rev. Marvin Auld, who recent? ly resigned the pastorate of the spring Street Methodist church, following a period of rest and recuperation in the North Carolina mountains. Mr. Powell is en route with his family from San Francisco and is expected to arrive in Charleston in time to conduct ser vces at his church a week from to? morrow. Till: BEST PROOF. Given by a Sumter Citizen. 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