The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, August 22, 1913, Page PAGE 7, Image 7
NEGRO BRUTE ASSAULTS
WOMAN AT WHITE STONE
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ing mob, or to assemble the police
force there and dispell the would be
lynchers. The appeal was made to
him in behalf of the brave sheriff
and his deputies, many of whom were
policemen of the city. It was also
explained that the wife of Sheriff
White and his two young children,
wKn wora aariAiiolw 511 w?J*U
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fever, were within the jail. Mr. Johnson
refused to consider either of the
requests, stating that his friends had
counseled him to keep hands off, and
not try and defend the negro accused
of criminal assault. Without
avail it was explained that he would
not be defending the negro, but would
be assisting Sheriff White, his deputies
and the emperiled family of the
intrepid sheriff. This had no weight.
Shortly after midnight a lull occurred,
and many of the mob went to
their homes, but the report soon gain
currency that the construction men
had gone to their camp to get nitroglycerine,
seeing that dynamite made
little impression on the well .constructed
jail.
Wire Governor.
Thinking that the situation was
fraught with peril, Magistrate Gantt
wired Governor Blease, requesting ,
him to ordei out the militia. The
wire was as follows:
"Peace officers and mob in battle '
at the jail. Mob using dynamite.
Sheriff's wife and two sick children
within walls. Wire authority to call
out militia."
Magistrate Gantt received a reply J
from the governor, in which he ig_
nored the request for militia, only 1
stating that he had ordered a special !
term of court for the first week in J
September.
Special Train Ordered.
Solicitor Hill talked to the chief
executive over the long distance tele. :
phone and expained the situation to '
him. Governor Blease wired him the j
one to Magistrate Gantt:
"Columbia, S. C., Aug. 19, 1913
"Solicitor Hill, Spartanburg, S. C.
"Your request for special term of
court to be held first week in Sep. 1
tember at Spartanburg has been !
granted and order issued.
"Cole L. Blease,
"Governor."
The Crime.
Yesterday morning, about 10:30
o'clock, while alone in her cottage
home two miles from Glendale, a
comely young white woman, aged 19,
-who was only married during Christ,
mastide, was criminally assaulted by
a negro, suspected of being Will Fair,
who was later arrested and placed in
the county jail in Spartanburg.
On Visit.
The young woman had been on a
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t*oiv iu a neignuur uuuse ana was ^
on her way home to prepare the noon
meal for her husband, a prominent J
farmer, who was at work in the field,
She was coming through a small by. j
path, and as she beared a small patch
of wood that skirted it, she saw a ,
negro standing at the edge. She (
stopped, stooped and tied the strings
of one of her shoes, that the negro '
might precede her. The negro then
walked on some distance ahead and
stopped in front of her cottage, pull. '
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cu luuaccu uiiu paper irom nis trous_
er's pockets, rolled a cigarette and '
placed it between his lips. The woman
again stopped, lingering until the j
black had passed her residence.
Was Fixing Hair. 1
She then went into the front door
of the home, closed and locked it.
Proceeding to the rear of the dwelling,
she opened the back door preparatory
to commencing to cook. The
young woman then went to a dresser
and proceeded to arrange her hair.
At her feet was a small dog, wagging
,his- tail and barking at his mistress. j
His antics deadened the sound of
stealthily approaching footsteps, and
no premonition was given her of the (
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black deed contemplated in his heart. {
Grabbed by Throat.
The young woman, with her hands
behind her head, was facing a mirror
slowly winding her luxuriant tresses |
into a becoming tyot. Suddenly a
black hand grabbed the rear of her 1
throat, while another ebony hand
was placed over tier mouth, and a
threaty, jungle.like voice hissed: '
"Cry out and I will kill you." I
Resisted Brute. I
This did not deter the outraged i
woman from making the small meas. <
ure of resistance that was in her
weak power. The brute then reachover
to an ODen window. nnAtohi?d i
there from a lathe that was support, i
ing the upraised sash and struck her \
a vicious blow across the head, fell. 1
ing her to the floor. She immediate. <
ly became unconscious. 1
Accomplished Purpose. <
The negro then accomplished his i
dastardly purpose. <
When the young woman regained j
consciousness, she slowly dragged i
her weak way to the open door. She 1
then saw the negr0 crossing a near. <
by bridge and wending his way up a i
hill. She reached for a gun for the i
purpose of discharging it, that the i
report might bring her husband or <
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3omeone else to her assistance. Her
weakness and horror then overcame
tier and she fainted.
Found by Husband.
About 11 o'clock the husband arrived
at the home, and found his wife
prone on the floor. Upon being revived
she related her nerve-racking
axperience to him, accurately describing
the negro. She said he was
)f medium height, black and stockily
built; that he wore a black felt hat.
white shirt and dark trousers which
were hung from his shoulder by suspenders
and additionly secured
around the waist with a tightly
Irawn belt. She said the negro was
leaded toward Glendale.
Given Medical Aid.
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a ne nusuuna men cook ms wne to
the house of his father, some halfmile
distant, and secured medical assistance.
Whence he went to Glen_
lale, about two miles away and reported
the assault of his youthful
wife.
Search Begins.
Immediately Spartanburg was
communicated with and W. J. White,
sheriff of the' county, and Moss P.
Hayes, chief of police, organized
posses and went to the scene of the
crime in automobiles. Other machines,
bearing citizens of the town,
soon left to join in the man-hunt.
When they arrived at the crime,
shadowed home they were aueument.
ed by farmers and mill operatives,
who came on foot, on horseback, in
auggies and in automobiles, carrying
in the words of a member of one of
the posses, "everything from a cap
pistol to long-unused flint lock muskets."
They were a calm lot of men,
with no bluster, but with faces rigidly
set in the determination to affect
the capture of the perpetrator of the
crime.
Reiterates Description.
When seen by members of the
posses, despite her nerve-trying ordeal
and her weakness the young wo.
man fouj^ht for composure and gave
the members the same accurate description
of her assailant that she
had imparted to her husband when
Bhe had come" from under her swoon.
The man hunt was then begun.
Clue Found.
For some time no clue t0 the identity
or trace of the black assailant
was found; but after a time, one of
the automobiles, containing Sam J.
Nichols, an attorney of Spartanburg,
and others, came across an aged ne_
f?ro man in the public highway near
Glendale, who stated that he had
seen a negro by the name of Will
Fair within 200 yards of the scene of
the crime. Without divulging to the
aged negro the description given by
the young woman, the posse obtained
from him, in every detail of dress and
appearance, in stature and in physiognomy,
the exact likeness as told
by her. The negro said that Fair had
Kone to Glendale to catch the car
zoming to Spartanburg; also that
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force building the interurban railway,
and was stationed at Spartanburg
Junction, working at night;
that his home had been formerly
near the scene of the crime. This
sentered suspicion on William Fair.
Come to Spartanburg.
In the meantime the police station
in Spartanburg had been notified that
a negro answering the description of
the assailant of the young woman
had boarded the 11:20 o'clock care at
Gllendale and had gone to East Spartanburg.
Two policemen, were rushed
tQ that place, but the negro was
not there. Elijah Holcomb, the con_
iuctor of the car, stated that the ne_
<ro, answering in every detail the description
of the wanted black, had
hoarded his car at Glendale, getting
>ff at the square in Spartanburg. He
appeared, said Mr. Holcomb, to be
nervous, distraught and apprehensive
is if some weight was resting on hfs
conscience.
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Fair Arrested.
Coincidently, Rural Policeman
Williams was on the same car and
saw William Fair, whom he knew. He
was dressed as described, and Mr.
Williams said he got off at Pine
street. This was before he had received
knowledge of the criminal assault.
Whon hp wont tn fV?o Qoono nt
the crime and heard the description
given by the young woman, he immediately
suspected the negro wanted
was Fair; so, obtaining permission
from Sheriff White, he came back to
Spartanburg and began his search.
He found the negro at the union station,
where he had purchased a railway
ticket, placed him under arrest,
concealed him in the body of the automobile
and incarcerated him in jail.
Suppressed News.
Fearing that the knowledge of the
capture of the negro suspected of the
crime would arouse the people t0 an
attempt at retaliation and a desire to
avenge the young woman's wrongs,
his arrest was kept a secret for a
time. As a precaution, during the
absence of Sheriff White, who could
not be notified of the arrest of the
suspvL-t, ? strong guara, neavny arm_
ed was placed within the walls of the
almost impregnable jail and no one
was allowed to see the prisoner.
Clubs Closed.
That the indiscriminate dispensing
of liquor and beer might doubly in.
cense a mob if there would be any at.
tempt at lynching, about noon O. L.
Johnson, mayor of Spartanburg, ordered
all the "social" club's and the
sellers of near-bear t0 close and discontinue
the sale of their beverages.
Prominent People.
The victim of the assault is a
comely young woman of some 19
years, and was married during the
Christmas.tide. She is a native of
Georgia, and her husband is a farmer,
a son of one of the most prosperous
and prominent agriculturalists in
the White Stone section. While she
is in a highly nervous condition because
of her terrible experience, yet
she is bearinc un wpII ?nH nrooonto
a creditable composure.
Three Shot.
During the storming of the jail
last night, Frank Eppley and J. C.
Owenby were shot in the leg and \?.
P. Turner through the clothing. The
two former men were not seriously
wounded, and Turner's skin wm not
touched. The shooting, which was
by one man, is alleged to have been
done by W. C. Alverson, a policeman,
but this could not be substantiated.
Another man, whose name is unknown,
is said to have been shot in
the hand later in the night.
While Lieutenant of Police Hall
and Officer Johnson were attempting
to wrest a revolver from the hand of
a member of the mob, Johnson was
felled to the ground by a severe lick
on the head from a stick in the hands
of an unknown man, who escaped ar_
rest because of the dense crowd.
Officer Johnson was not seriously injured.
A part of the mob attempted to
break into the hardware store of
Montgomery & Crawford, but were
prevented by the police, who arrived
on the scene before the ingress was
accomplished. One of the men was
arrested.
One Man Bluffs Nineteen.
Nineteen members of the mob
broke into the armory of the Hamp_
ton Guards, and secured, each, a
Springfield rifle, loading the magazines
to their capacity. A Frank
Metcalf, a former constable, arrived
on the scene at this juncture and
proceeded to make the pilferers give
up the rifles. While he was doing
this, a member of the guards arrived
on the secne, rushed to the back
of the armory, loaded one of the rifles
and told the nineteen men that
if they were in the armory one minute
longer he would kill them- Seeing
the determination of the man in
his eye, they dropped their rifles and
made quick haste to obey his com.
mand. He remained on guard in the
armory throughout the night, and
threatened to kill any man who put
his head within the door.
Small groups of men remained
around the courthouse until early In
the morning, but by 3 o'clock they
had dispersed and Spartanburg had
its. usual early morning calm.
(Wednesday's Spartanburg Herald)
Will Fair, a negro, aged about 30,
Who is suspected of criminally assaulting
a youthful white matron
near Glendale Monday morning, is
safe in the state penitentiary at Columbia.
In Penitentiary.
Yesterday morning Sheriff White,
Chief of Police Moss Hayes and a
deputy, through a clever ruse, spirited
the suspected negro through the
rear door of the county jail, walked
down Choice street with him and
Moss Haynes, and the black boarded
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Spartanburg at 3:40 o'clock. He
went by the way of Charlotte and
reached Columbia early yesterday
morning. Upon the presentation of
an affidavit by Chief Hayes that the
county and city authorities of Spartanburg
would be unable to protect
the negro, Governor Blease issued
an order placing the black in the
penitentiary for safe keeping. He
will be brought back to Spartanburg
during the first week in September
for trial. He has not been identified
by the young woman upon whom the
deed was committed.
The daughter of A. Mitchell, Bagdad,
Ky., had a bad case of kidney
trouble and they feared her health
was permanently impaired. Mr.
Mitchell says, "She was in terrible
shape but I got her to take Foley
Kidney Pills and now she is completely
cured." Women are more
liable to have kidney trouble than
men and will find Foley Kidney Pills
a safe and honest medicine. At The
Rice Drug Co.
Prof. John Thomson Brown of
Charlottesville, Va.f will succeel Dr.
Jas. P. Kinard as head of the English
department at Winthrop colege. Dr.
Kinard resigned to accept the chair
of English in the Citadel.?Newberry
Observer.
Postmaster Antoine Deloria, Gardner,
Mich., speaks for the guidance
of those troubled with kidney and
bladder irregularities, and says
"From my own experience I can recommend
Foley Kidney Pills. My father
also was cured of kidney disease,
and many neighbors were cured
by Foley Kidney Pills." At The Rice
Drug Co.
Stake Morris, colored, a life term
prisoner in the penitentiary, who es_
caped from the state farm on Tuesday,
surrendered on Friday to Sheriff
Rector in Greenille. He wns wn
tenced from Greenville, anl says he
only ran up to his old home to see his
wife and friends. Alonzo Smith, colored,
serving seven years from
Greenwood, escaped at the same time
and is still at large.?Newberry Observer.
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Bucklin's Arnica Salve when applied
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scald, or other injury of the skin will
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Chamberlain of Clinton, Me., says:?
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its equal doesn't exist." Will do you
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A great conference of physicians
will be present at a pellagra conference
to be held in SDartanhuro- tho
29th instant. Amonf? those present
will be Dr. Sambon, a famous spec,
ialist of London.?Newberry Ob.
server.
Sometimes the symptoms of kidney
and bladder trouble are so plain
no one can mistake them. Backache,
weak and lame back with soreness
over the kidneys, sharp pains,
rheumatism, dull headache, and disturbed
sleep, are all indications of a
trouble that Foley Kidney Pills will
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Try them. The Rice Drug Co.
Homer Eiseman shot at a mad dog
in Anderson Fridav nie-ht. anl hit it
and also hit Clyde Erskine, the ten.
year.old son of Luther Erskine whom
the dog was trying to bite. The dog
did not succeed in biting the boy.
The boy's wounds is not. considered
very serious.?Newberry Observer.
Notice of Lost Stock.
Notice- is hereby given that stick
certificate No. 49 for 5 shares of the
capital stock of Everybodys' Bank of
Jonesville, S. C., belonging to the estate
of Miss M. P. Goudelock, deceased,
has been lost; and' that on
Monday, September 22nd, 1913, at 10
o'clock a. m., E. G. McCuclloch and
Mrs. B. J. Foster, Executors of the
last -will and testament of the said
M. E. Goudelock, will apply at the
office of the said Everybodys' Bank
at Jonesville, S. C. for a new stock
certificate in place of the orieinal
ceritficate which has been lost.
Dobson & Vassy,
I Attys. for Executors.
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