Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-08-12
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.


Alamancc county, and FIVE more are being
built.
The vote of Buncombe county on the
proposition to subscribe 100000 to the Spar.
tanburg and Asheville Railroad, on Thursday
last, resulted in majority Of 1,712 in favor
of the subscription.
james Smith, who shot Mrs. Hepsey
Austin in Wake county about one year ago
and made his escape, has been arrested. He
confesses his guilt, and says he shot the lady
because she refused to marry him.
Among the names most prominently
mentioned in connection with the presidency
of the State University, to be re6pened next
month, are those of Jefferson Davis and Gen
Wade Hampton.
Thomas w. Dewey, a prominent citizen
of Charlotte, and who has been connected
with the various banking institutions in thai
city for the past twenty-five years, died sud
denly on Wednesday morning Of last week
aged 4S years.
Capt. James j. Waddell, who command
ed the Shenandoah during the late war, and
who is native North Carolinian, has been
appointed to the command of the San Fran
cisco, which sails between New York and
China.
- The latest advices from Raleigh leave the
result of the convention election as yet doubt
full Returns from all the counties show q
representation of SO Democrats, SO Republi
cans, and 1 Independent Cherokee county
which has heretofore voted Democratic, is
yet to hear from. The Democrats claim four
majority in the convention.
The Sentinel says that on Sunday, as a
large number of colored people were congre
gated in Oak Grove church, six miles from
Raleigh storm broke over the locality and
thunderbot struck the building with terrific
effect. Two negro women we're instantly
killed; seventeen negroes are reported to
have been stunned, and some of them seri
ously injured.
The injunction case to restrain the State
Treasurer from issuing new State bonds t.
the Raleigh & Augusta Air Line R. R., was
heard at Greensboro, before Judge Kerr last
Saturday, Josiah Turner and c. P Menden'
hall appearing for the plaintiff; T. G. Fuller
and Walter Clark for defendant. After hearing
the argument Judge Kerr dissolved the in.
junction. The old bonds were issued during
the war; and bear upon their face the line
Confederate States of America" instead OF
the " United States" and hence the desira-
bility of changing them. The opponents to
making the substitution took the ground that
the bonds were invalid.
ESCAPE AND CAPTURE OF PARKER.
Ex-Treasurer Parker effected his escape
from Columbia Jail on Wednesday night Of
last week, the particulars of which are fur,
nished as follows by the Columbia correspon-
dent of the Charleston Ne,us and Courier:
The Jail is two.story brick building, on
the second story Of which Parkers cell was
situated. Leading to this story is a flight of
stairs, at the top of which is an iron grating
cutting off egress and ingress to the second
story rooms In this grating is an iron door,
which leads into corridor along which the
cells are ranged. Going in this iron door
Parker's room is the first on the right hand
side, and owing to the leniency with which he
was treated, his door was never locked, he be.
ing allowed the free use of the corridor, which
was secured by the iron grating and door
above mentioned. Now in the ceiling of this
corridor is scuttle and scuttle.hole, always
secured by a heavy paddock. AS Parker's
room door was not locked, and he had free
access to the corridor, he of course had access
to the scuttle, as the iron grating running up
to the ceiling affords an easy means of reach
ing it. Wednesday afternoon Parker had a
great deal of company. Mattison, prisoner
charged with murder, but who is on parole
frequently visited him, and was with him at
times during the afternoon. DIR. Neagle was
with him, and his wife's son and sons wife
were with him up to Sp. nj. At o'clock the
turnkey was given bottle of brandy by Mrs
Parker and told to deliver it to Parker, which
he did. At o'clock the turnkey locked his
doors and saw Parker in his room but as usual
did not lock Parker's door, leaving him free
access to the corridor. About half past 1C
o'clock p. M, Sheriff Dent was awakened and
told that there was a report that Parker was
about to escape ; that his horses were saddled
and in waiting. The sheriff laughed at the
idea, but went Immediately around to the
jail and found that the scuttle in the ceiling
of the corridor just outside Of Parker's room
had been broken open, and that the lock was
gone. Parker's room door was open and
Parker was also gone. On examination, q
bottle of brandy and package Of cold meat
was found up among the joists, near the scut
tie. Now this scuttle opens on fiat tin she'd
and running across this shed from the chin
neys are lie ghtning rods, which run down the
south wall of the building into the yard be-
meath. Supposing that Parker made his es
cape in this way, which is more than proba
BILE, the means of accomplishing his object
were Just suited for the purpose. The rods
are twisted wire, and the fastenings on the
wall project over foot, allowing favorable
foothold. 10 render the descent still more
easy, Parker secured to the rod piece of pa
vlion gauze twisted into rope, and evidently
used this to hold on to the rod with, and wher
within about fifteen feet from the ground evi
IDENTIFY jumped, as the gauze is still hanging
At the foot of the rod was found new re
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