Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-04-23
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A Curious Gasear .skspsp

IL "a W itt"th a. pctOHC TO 1mpf1SOn.
ne iHshs fof tIs llp9iat mons fsssyos
public intefeat, s +, in btbe 4incsnd disrsafre
which. wel..nigh- -r.ined- -the1resiaantss Of
the villagesssfI IseatpHs tobsdN. Y, last Oc.
tfffF .af 1hirfIng B mere ,rlnl than .ass previ-
Gnsly s yy ths s51n, yl ,lgersa era had been rightly
edSrtsI ead& USED "a 3t95d to9 disSSHeri s fSs
e7Shs daiadfs daidf S sSsuYId as aRss;SaS , s0s
sdJpiS6hsao we're Sas iS enfertanSasdT
nectioh With ths lb s hi5np, the tIses,lt
was evident lHhaaft itbey Sere 1aet1 vIds
tobef ths loIng dFeaded a evehs eh.saagI; arrived
ts E advantasfes add29ntafs,f Il sfsans
southerly wind. Hcs set, s. re H5 nth6a to Ham
hie was was qy} e }sifahtSfds aasS soA 4.
&ffRa block ofF fFfK1t Kouses ased fSr
Purp9ses. Once Vel Stated aT adIsfi9iy the work
ass Of dcstFasation 5s continued un9l siS eeEes
J we're seT burnt oyer and the M most val valuable
part Of the vilagoo VAS sotsl cons,med ilrasd W.
neh ana children were re- driv7tean,s ii 7ta,stiaR2 is2a tbe
street III ihd5ffi light ht clotI5es.a Il ina
very Severely from iside iesoide nan and e. fIiabt.
Many poor persons p @ iost i aall they Re- lad az dI
On the following day, at a meetine sIiila9s Of
villagers, s5mhiittse WA2si5 Was apbbooiIHSfed $50 iISfd to
i the saase s%a L. lfs re ssT1 She
PoEpPullapFrI lpFrIy verdict aWas thata brand bhad
Reen dropped into the fharn bynanilincen-
diary, but there's was,sno, evidence,thht
would warrant che accusation of an$yTp mar.
ticuiar person. Every man tlien3, hsao;iet so to
speak, resolved himself into, t,'.t"a5 COMMITTEES
Of one to 3es SEARCH & ItS9r clue night
Of o4NSioyeeTmabeE9lt 9lthe diligencaoftwo young
men named Odcll and Ingrahan .wasFe.
warded' blythe discovery'of one ,ihfslyin
ID Woodford;a 'dissipatedh Y resident ii,iitT !; of
the village iii the act OF APPLYING pl !. torch orc
to vacant hstel He wa was Is shot as s,,ip and
wounded while endeavorings to escape.
Subsequently,. probably under the fearof
approaching 'death,lhe made a full con-
fession, from wl,ichiitappeared that he
and another dissipated person, ~ of ffisoood GOOD
family, we're bit tools in the hands Of
one William A. Stone. a lawyer hof the
village, about thirty eight years softsage
1t further appeared that this trio had for
some pears been leaders in an iasSocia.
ton composed ofwealthy butllwosthless
young men; that theImembers cheiaysoc.
cupied themselves in ipreparingluthe
groundwork and playing off, what xfey
called "sells" and practical jokes.saiog
J p Weodford hadmce occdpied sfelhand-
son,est mansion in the neighbofh0oa; and
was considered a rising young tnaah until
imam evil momcntihe wds iedminto bad
society. Stone was a man ofstilI sbstter
prospects. He had'received the benefit
a first-rate legal education, and sswas" a
brilliant speaker Inthe outset s6f his
career his prospects werel sd 1g5od sllat
mis- friends believed lie would become one
of thcmost eminent lawyers insthe State
However, instead of presercvingR In His
efforts TO acquire an enviabfe ifia,ne,sshe
I'stopped'suddenly on athcI road, became
electromagnetic dissolatei young men Of
the village, and finally plotted atlies des.
truction ofthe latter. What reason he
could have lad for desiring to. renade sla 50
many persons houscless, from the rem remarks
Of the Judge in passing sentence, would
seem to be still in doubt. Now, to us,
what bis object was is quite plain. rHav.
ing, BY his bad habits, caused the, prin-
clpal people Of tile village to look, eoldly
upon hin, he resolved, likcthe burglar or
sneak thief, to "gct square" TO the
minds of his associates, it appeared like
like excellent fun to have q big blaze
and tremendous scare, and they enter
cd into scheme with enthusiasm. Stone
was, probably never sober enough to se-
riously consider the consequences of his
crime. Ifhc had been, it is scarcely
possible that he would have willingly run
the risk of ending his days in a State Pri-
con. BE that, as it may. his sentence is u
just one, and it is to be hoped that his
fate will serve as warning to tile hun
drcdS of Young men of liberni education