The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-10-19
TIE OAKLEY MURDER.
The Story of an Eye-Witness-The De-
tails OF the Deed-Three Other Ae-
completes Arrested.

completes Arrested.
The examination Of the case OF the huruei
| of W. B. Fidea, at Oakley Station assuineu
phase Of deep interest yesterday morning. apu
the office OF Trial Justice T. j. MacHey was cfomu'
ed all day. The principal excitement was lne
sta,en ent Of Ran Bolden, who at first attempted
| n move an alibi, but being detected, now came
ort with what purrorts to be the full story. The
nrisoner having been duly sworn anu warned
.ba- he was not bound to criminate himself, les'
titled as follows:
Tho, he works and resides at the shops OF "The
Atlantic Phosphate Company" aoout iour eai miies
from Charleston; that he was at MS house Satur.
day. tie 7th instant, at about O'CLOCK, anu put
un and fed the mules; Sam White had called on
him the night before friday at the phosphate
ToT6w aRe snsw 70 to s s a
money, and would give him Che prlsoneil good
handful OF money II he would meet him lsam
White) the next night Saturday between and 10
o,c ocE; that after feeding the mules ne started
for The Eight Mile Pump. on the Northeastern
| Railroad, 10 meet Sam White, as agreed ON the
night before; he arrived at the Eight Nile Pump
| between and 10 O'Clock SATURDAY n,gns, anu 1.
| there met sam White, who said that he had Wait-
| ed so long he was ABOUT to leave without MIN,
1.-THE prisoner) White said on Friday nighethat ne
was going 10 Oakley to get the pile OF money that
spoke Of on starting ior Oakley fo 'Ie @ tigns gbe
balance or his party had gone on 10 OaKey
to ket Mr.. Fldea up, ry pretending 10 trade win
him; arrived at Oakley with White, some tlme
after midnight between midnighI anu Gay oreak, sa
| Oakley is about seventeen miles from Els sht Nile
Pump; walked very fast and made no stop en- tne
Eay: on getting to the railroad. Just IN lrCnt OF
Mr. iides's store. halted, and Mhite Weas 10 Iae
store door and called tC George Parker, who was
| then in the store to come oT, and Parker came
out with the crowd; the men who came out OF the
store were George Parker, who lives at GO 1rdin
Station. abouI TWENTY-FIVE miles aEoVe M oah,ey heyy
forty mil 8 from Oakley; Anthony Inomson, VINO
| had formerly worked with Mr.. watson at Gour'
dins station out has Lately ers
lgaw) who lived at Bonneau's Station, ABOUT elgnt
miles above Oakley; when the croWd came ,S ous,
sam White took them asice and talked 10 lhem
| a ltile while, then he and tuddy KaVenel Nl GaMe
| 70 where was sitting On the railroad, ana WhlIe
| asked me TO 20 in the store with the party, out
| refused, and B. Ravenel said tnat ne woulu not
| 20 In either but would wait OUTSIDE WIN nei we
agreed with White that we would Welt OUTSIDE anu
wstch and give the alarm to the men inside II any
body was coming; they were In the store ABOUT an
hour and rushed out suddenly, as they were scared
somehng saw no weapon OF stcS ,h WIN s,nrs any 9,
one had pile OF goods which ne Threw lnto
cart a. the back door; they rushed out OF the
| back door; the cart was brought down TO Oakley
horse OF middle size, rather stout. with white
| face in the cart; Parker had lslt the morse aud
cart unhitched on the east side OF the road, but
before the crowd went back Into the store, AN.
tony Thompson hitched the horse up IN the
carl and drove across the r. .ilroad 10 the oack
door OF he store; Parker drove the cart on WIN
| the goods, and up the road towards Gourdln's
in company with SAMUEL Williams anu An,Say uaSayy
Rayenel, walked down together on the raireadi a.
ter walking down about hundred yards, Wnlte
gave me twenty five d liars, IN Two ten doliar
bills and i've dollar bill; he struck ten 10
connt the money. and ne (White) said that all he
had was fifty (S5o) dollars; that Parker q ao tne
balance OF the money; White and lthen parted
he (WIite) going up the road, saying that ne was
poisg to overtake the cart; kavenel and then
came down 10 Strawberry Station, about TWO
miles below Oakley, where he tRavene9 TOOK
the train going up to Bonneau's, ana took
the Charleston tram; ! arrived about oppos.
ite the phosphate works, at the Magnolia
Cemetery road, about seven o'clock on sunday
morning, the 9Th instant, ana there Iumpea ON
| the train, and hurried TO the Phosphate VOTES
from Straw berry spoke with several Of the tram
| hands: IrecogniZe the prisoner now IN court ss
Samuel Williams the same man saw at Oakley
! on Saturday night last: Williams was introduced
to me in front Of the store by Sam White on that
night. and tails ed with him there, and he told
| me that he lived at Branchvile; observed MN
| close, and know him well; Sam White tald wnen
| he introduced him (Wllliams) TO me- "ihls ID my
partner, - and he said Williams is my frieni;''
/ when cot TO Oakley that night had no Idea
anybody was going TO be murdered at the store;
| but thought when White told me about gong up
there that he was only going to steal !ot OF
money out Of the store, and never thought any.
| BODY would be hurt; recognize the prisoner now
| In court as George Parker; the same man VINO
drove the cart or with the goods, as nave before
stated; have known Parker well for about
i've years. and was near him on the night
| OF Saturday before last; recognize the
prisoner, Buddy Ravenel as the same who
waited win me on o,oI the rsiroad -eon,n,1 On l1e
/ Antony Thomson, now In custody, as the same
| man who drove the cart to the back door OF Mr..
| Fidea's store on the night Of Saturday before
| last: have known Thomson about three years
| he has six fingers On each hand, and Elk roea on
each foot; the night OF the robbery was starlight
night; mean the night o. Saturday before last;
| spent rae twenty-five dollars that White gave
/ me In furnlture-a bedstead, mattress, chair ana
some other art!c es; bought them at q furniture
store on King street, east side, Just below the
| Upper Guardh0use; the articles are now at my
house; met White on Monday before last, on
| Line near Meeting street, about II O'Clock Ia the
| day. and went with him down King street, and
he treated me to q shirt aad pair OF pants, and
/ q pair OF Shoes and we then came back TO the
corner OF Line aud Meeting streete, anu wsna a 10
out OF black OIL cloth sack that he had there and
gave it to me; It was not quite new, and was a
klttle too short In the body and arms Tor me-;
White and were together all the afternoon OF
Monday before last, the 9th instant, and left the
| city together at o'clock that evening on the
| Northeastern Railroad; Antony Thomson was
on the trdin White and were setting 10
when we arrived at Oakley several men
entered the train and arrested Thomson
White at this said he was sick and wanted 10
| puke and put his cad out OF the car window;
| When the train moved Oh, White sprang up an ),
| cried out "Hang the damned rascal, !" and jumped
of the train; went on 10 Gourdin's that night,
and left there the next morning early for Charles
ton; first heard 0f the murder OF w. B. Fidea at
Oakley on Monday ght, when Thompson Wa
rested; heard the people about the train speak
| OF 1t; White never mentioned L. TO me; returned
| to Charleston on Tuesday morning, and on the
| next day Wednesday heard that was accused
1 OF having hand In the murder Of Mr.. Fldea; II
was read to ne In the PAL ers by Mr.. E6augh, su
| perln.endent at the Phosphate Works; denied II
| 10 him and went to Mr.. Ravene, president OF the
| told the superintendent, that was at the Phos-
phate Wo' Ks. near Cha lesion, throughout the
whole night Of the IT. urder, Saturday be ore last
did that to save myself; but now tel the truth
recognize the person thai have just seen at me
hospital In Charleston Jail as the Samuel Whit e
| that / have spoken OF above, and who gave me
the money after coming out OF Mr. Fidea's 81 ore,
a. Oakley, on the night OF Saturday before last,
| and he recognized me; when White went to Oar
| ley on the night OF the robbery at Oakley be
| (White) had on good black coat
| This confession OF Boden had been made on
Tuesday morning, and Oficers Burke and Davis
having followed up the clue, arrived in the city
yesterday morning With Sam Williams, George
Parker and Buddy Ravenl, the three negroes
who are implicated In the murder by Bolden's
confession. Hearing that Sam Williams was at
| Branchville, the officers took the morning train
TO that place, and, on arriving, inquired for Will
/