The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-09-21
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,MAaNYNsa1; ;sAug: 26,,. 1870.

their Investigation in reference 10 -th,
death Of Isaac Fraser, colored, OF til,
finding Of whose body, or rather por
tion Of his body, I recently wrote you
The result Of the inquiry by the jury
was that the deceased was killed. by
Hugh Boep; Allen DeSaussure, Griffen
Seymour and Ben McCut cheop, and
that Sally Boen, lately the wife of The
deceased was an accessory to the killing
All Of the above named persons, who
are co!oied, except Ben. MoCutoheon
have been fully. committed to Jail. tc
await their trial the list named has
not yet been arrested, but the constables
are on his track. <I+ - 81
1t seems from the evidence adduced
at the inquest that Isaac Fraser camo
to his death some time in July, 1867 ;
that his wife Sally, the next morning
after the day on which the deed is sup
posed and alleged to have been commit.
ted, moved with her household, furni.
ture to kitchen in the yard of Mr.. Jen.
nings, on whose place she and her hus.
band lived, and took up with Ben Mo.
Cutcheon, ono of The supposed M ur.
derers !; that subsequently she became
the wife of Hugh Boen, another one of
the supposed murderers; that at interim
she told Mrs. Jennings and others
that she had heard from Isaac Fraser,
who was living in another State and
doing we'll. A negro girl who was liv.
ing on the jennings place whose state.
ments were in evidence only through
third parties, as her attendance could
not be procured before the jury, has
said repeatedly that, on the day on
which the murder is supposed to have
been committed, about the hour of twi>
light, she saw Sally Fraser admit four
men (the same who stand accuscd,) to
her husbands house, and afterwards
came out and closed the door; that,
subsequently, Isaac Fraser, WHO had
returned from his work, camo to one of
the negro houses contiguous to his,
procured light and went home, and
soon after she saw by the bright light
from the cracks in the house,
that he had kindled fire; not long
aftor this, witness heard noise III tho
house of deceased like blows struck,
then the noise Of body falling to tho
tioor, then deep groans; witness then
noticed that the fire iu tho house of
deceased had been extinguished, and all
was silent in few moments. Some
little time afterwards, witness noticed
four men noiselcssly leaving tho house
of deceased-the same, as we'll as
she could tell, that she saw enter it.
Some negro boys who. after tho 90.
currenoo were storing fodder in the
house mentioned, (Which it seems, was
closed up and entirely abandoned after
tho night of the killing,) stated that
they saw where blood had been split or
puddlcd on the floor and on raising
the planks of tho floor a holo in tho
earth about the length of man was
visible, having the appearance that.
grave would present were body disin.
tered from it. This house was, some
year or two ago, torn down and the
place whero it stood has been cultivat.
cd. The woman, Sally, pcrsisteutly
denies any knowledge of tho circuln-
stances attending tho death of Isaac,
and denies having said that she chad
heard from him and that he was in an.
other State doing WE'LL" When tho case
is thoroughly investigated and tho cvi~
acncc siftcd, then will be developed one
Of the most appalling and tragic occur
erces that has ever taken place in this
Correspondence Of Charleston
Nc,os.