The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 14, 1915, Image 7
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.
Doan's Kidney Pills were used?
they brought benefit.
The story was told to Suntter resi?
dents.
Time has strengthened the evidence
lias proven the result lasting.
The testimony is homo testimony?
The proof convincing.
It can be investigated by Sumter
residents.
W. M. Folsom. proprietor dry
goods store. 143 Calhoun St., Sumter.
says: "My back ached nearly all of
the lime, and if I made a quick move
sharp pains started through me. Af?
ter sitting down for a while I would
have to lift myself up by force. The
kidney secretions . were discolored,
and filled with sediment. Doan's
Kidney Pills relieved the backache
and pains and after using them I
could rest much better." (Statement
given March 17, 1908.)
On Jan. 11. I'Jl.", Mr. Folsom said:
"The benefit Doan's Kidney Pills
brought me has lasted. Another of
my family has since used them with
good results."
Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy?get
Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that
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