The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-09-28
Murder in BarnweII County.

From Mr. J A. Bon"rii. Of Barn
wei! county. : =, we earn the Gnow.
lug particulars vi M inhnmAn nnd bars
barou$ murder committed II that conn.
~ on Monday niShl bv two nrgrors-
one mnlaun anrl he u,hrr l,aclt upon
ll" person ui cnlrrrd nlan ut his own
house. tog"'h"r with the shooting and
mortal woundn" OF another coored
man IN his own yard and thc shooting
OF an aged white mru called 10 his door
| tv the firnds on their murLurous ram
page.
Near Williston, about thirty mile,
from Augusta, on Monday evening,
about e'cIock, two colored men, names
not gwen, rod" up 10 the honae OF man
named Moses Bonnet anl asked him
to snl Ny them with chew Of tobacco
which he furnished. They then asked
him ilhe did not have good gun, to
which he responded in the affirmative
and at their instance produced the wra
pom. as soon as within reach one
Of the mounted negroes seized the gun,
while the other drew his pistol and fired
at Bonnrtt. who fell, both Of the negroes
then continued firing upon hnu until
llr was extinct, and the face, arms and
neck o! the dead man were shot to
pieces.
With their appetite for blood seem.
lngly only wErItrd by this mhunan
outrage, they rode OF in quest Of other
victims OF their hellIsh vengrncc. Pro-
cc"ding about nile and half. ,he
friends arrive at the residence Of Mr..
Joshua kradle, an aged white man.
keadlc went to his door, torch in hand
when the negroes fired Il voll"y of four
or five shots one OF which took effect in
one Of his legs. lie too, in all proba-
bilty, wonld have been murdcI"d, but
for The va!or Ola savage dog, which com
PEELED the murdrrers to move on. From
this point the negroes rode to the farm
OF MIR. john Redt, about FIVE miles dis.
tant, and called out n colorcd man
named july Owens, asking him ;or a
chew OF tobacco. Receiving the to-
bacco, they proceeded to iaterrogate
Owens hs,to whether Mr. Rodd was at.
home and how many others resided OH
the place. They also desired to know
whether times were peaccable, and re-
.celvlng assnrace that everything was
quiet, they replied that "umcs should
no longer be praceabl".' upon which
they simultaneously drew their pistols
and fired, shooting Owens down m
his tracks, and continued firing until
four or five shots were expended, only
one Of which took Effect. Owens was
shot through and through the breast
and survived through the night, hut 20
hopes were en'eramed Of his il" n.
daylight Yesterday morning, the hour
Mt which our informant saw him.
Great excitement prevailed in the
ncighborhood, and parties were organ
ized TO pursue the murdrlrrs, who were
Tracked in the direction Of This city
The murderous rampage Of these
negro savages seams to confrm Tie
plan proposed bv th3 confidential cir.
cular picked up at Union Court House
proposing that The Lengnes, in order to
establish the supremacy Of Radicals
in the ensuing State election, should on
the 20th instant. commcnc. slaughter.
ing colored men, charging their crimes
to Reforln party. It is 70 be hoped
that speedy justice will ovcr,akc these
fi"ndisIl Negroes one at least Of whom
is known to those Iii pursuit. The
names Of the negroes guilty Of the re.
voling crimes above rccitcl are given
as JubA johnson and Lewis McCrca-
ry-t the former positively known as one
Of TIE murlercrs, while The latter is
strongly snspicIoncd..-~Angusta Con
sttuhonalist, 2lst