The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-02-09
s.,..A TALE OF BLOOD, n
ee1n DISCLOSURE By CRIMES


Another True Story of the Murder Oh
[ colonel white-C. c. Bowen again on
The eonls-A Mackey-avenianN Nara
ttye-Great Commotion amonE the
Pol'ticians. IL
~ rST2 II
From the moment that Mr.. C. C. eoEen ap1
peared in the Reconstraction Convenaon5as oel1
&eoate from Charleston, aud was sheEueo iu
praphtc style in the columns OF the cltF Fpapels
Ethat interesting Individual has eontriVso
tract 10 himself o considerable share OF pponc at
/ tent,on. To begin with, 1t was said thaf ne wa7
dismissed the Confederate service for Drawing hi1
nav more frequently than the army regulation|
allowed. Then, again, unkind rnmor had II tnal
he was unpleasantly implicated in the cod.o.oode'
murder Of Colonel White, in 1884, tine clrcunl
s,ances of which form the basis OF the presen|
article,) and fer alleged completely IN TINS dari
ausness the persecuted Bowen was arrested an'|
r6t haye-oam TO grief but for that suaae'|
suphesyal,, In 1895, which. brought soeeoN Il
many joyous heart and an unexpected releasI
to many trembling criminal. little later mn
In. j. Mackey, himself q Radical politician, print
led catalogue Of charges against the unfortu'
pate Bowen. Mr.. Mackey said that Bowen nae
eo!sn faro checks; had misappropriated the funds
the Union League; that he was o bigamist and
hcendiary, robber of dry goods, and so forth,
everthe!ess Mr.. Bowen was elected to Con-
kress, and, at the time Of the election
1870, the circumstances made It ine1pedient
array against him the ''grand, gloomy and
ecu.isr', facts connected with this personal his
bry. There has beer, hg@&er, an undercurrent
o. !. excitement in the 1e6Amunity. This was
kenz,henea by revelations in connection with
manipulatory prQesSs5Sof Congressional
ections, which, as part Of the history OF "ine
allot Box: In America, are printing IN the
olumns OF The NEWS. Yesterday the excite
Ihent reached its heghth when the report ne"
|som Line street TO the Battery, and was circula-
IA, from courthouse to curb stone, tAat the
5,bloody yillainn who murdered Colonel W hise mad
made cleanbseastJ crime; andsprepared'a .
noose big enough to eucircle his own necs ana
tina. OF the tender.hearted Bowen.
The ubiquitous reporter OF THE NEWS ct once
hastened to the centres OF criminal interest," ana
learned that 6ue ell i Grimes mot tnetraditlonal
Crime owitR Ssssons down behind"enad mace
sSn sfadayit before Trial Justice Caulaeld, conles
sizing the, murder Of Colonel White, Snd staat ne
Z vas tnstlgated thereto by Mr.. c. o. Horen. Pro-
ceedtng to the 7. J. c., our reporter Hts Informed
THAI Sheriff Mackey was in possessifof all the
,sanars. Knocking at his oniclal occptfor facts,
1our'reporter was referred to Hg Thorhas Jefer.
ann ann TacSey (as disints$estsl person) for
rpr,nsr information. ard that mid.mannered
man, being properly iuterv!eysA furnished the
,enhstra.nm OF the curious narrHive, which Is
given below. ---.i
THE .PRELCDE TO THE DRAMA. 2
II anpears that on Saturday last, Governor
Scott. ON the application Of Mr. Stephen McAhste'
White Of Savannah, issued requtsitlon'on the
Governor Of Georgia for the person OF one Ell e.
crimes charged with being the murderer OF COL
onsI VIM. Parker White. of the Twenty-frst Bat
talon OF Georgia Cavalry, then encamped on 'ns
waccamaw, opposite Georgetown, IN mis ssa'e
Tne nfurder took place on the night o. ue ..h
, March, 1854. Itmay be here remarked tiat az
S. McA Whiteis the son 81: tne murdered o.-.se.
!. TIE; PURSUIT AND ARREST.
Armed with tlIs paper, once: $. s. Coates,
the State consrabnlary, started at once upol hi
mission, and, atter visiting several points IN Geo
e;pia, succeeded In tracing Grimes to McDnn,
Coupsy. Ca, where the arrest was made IN
prisoner was IL house With FIVE or six friena
though for what purpose they were gathered 1t
net stated, and on being informed BY the ofacer
the object Of his arrest, promptly ;surrendere
himself. not even demanding tfseefhe warran
AS proo, OF the extraordlnaryEo confidence repoSe
inhim by otlcer Coates the prischeg was noWhe
restrained by handcurs, but madshs journey
a agen,ee, peaceab:e and voluntarySnanner. The
n we're ACCOMPANIED from Georgia eby Mr. Lari
more, afrl-nd Of the prisoner.
4 ARRIVAL IN CHARLESTON.
The marty arrived in Charleston on Tuesda
evening by the Savannah and Charleston Ra
road and Yesterday morning Grimes was carrie
before Trial Justice caulned, and made II II
confession OF all the circumstances attending Il
CONFESSION OF THE PRISONER.
He states that his name was Eli G. Grimes; th
he was born apd raised in Lee County, aeorgl
but At present was resident Of McDufhe Count
Georgia. That he was present at the Killing
: Colonel VIM. Parker White, on the night Of the !
a of March, 1864, near GeorgetowQ O., and
II himself fred f6esfataI Shot, besneooIpelled to
so By Captain Christopher G. Bowers That
was rrst approached by said Bowen in the latt
part of February, 1851, and told to Kill Colonel
Aatthe nrst opportunity, That Bowen thereup
toSstfncted !.
TURKEY E1rsD
Ia place from which turkeys are shot, on Il
road which the Colonel w4s In the habit Of trav
ing on his visits to cerh4n lady friends, a
handed prisoner rine, which he tBowen) h
oadea. ,Tnar prisoner At stss rejected the D'
: iositio9, but subsequently fearing that Bow
sould Hi him, tGrimes,) he did enter the bl
SowsSSatch for his victim. That subsequent
ana s.e, Sylsoner removed the lock from theg,
tho i eae ,,as >qainspringt Informing Bowen tt
As lasset was ofuxer vHtlein the act Of cockIr
tue rln'. That Bowen remarked, ut was damn,
strange that tho cockias,of o gun should bres
sSs spEinss1 That Bowen then bup secon
lind on the road leading from The, camp to =,
oat landing, aud gave pvIsonenIano,her. 1,a a
Ae#lse loaded by Bowea. THAI prisoner o,o,
e1ased to slll cooael Whises saying he had don don
IN no wrong This was on Saturday.
TIE sPR!soNERTHRRArEssb Wtrls nr,-,
eas Bowen then remarked: II am goine
raeslesson' and willreturn on Tuesday mornin,