Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1876-06-24
TIE ESCAPED PRISONERS


Coronc, Fordl,am held III inquest
over .hc bn,ly Of Anthony Kennedy
on Tuesday Of this week, from whom
we gather, that on Sunday afternoon
last Anthony Kennedy and Simmon
Green, two OF the prisoners that cs,
capped sometime back from The County
Jail, came up to where Il. e. Glover
and }. j. Pisckncy were sitting in
the road i'll Pine Grove Township, in
tile ncighbnrino,i Of Oakland, and
inquired of l'inckncy the way To the
river, when Green WAS recognized as
an escaped prisoner. Pinckncy told
them the way, adding that he knew
them and that they were escaped
prisoners. After they walked on
down the road, Glover remarked to
Pinckucy, "Ihcy acknowledged who
they were, and it is our duty to ar
rest them" Pinckncy replied that lie
was afraid Of them rs thy might be
armed, but was willing to run around
them to a certain mans house, boT-
row gun, and try to head them in
the road. In doing this they met
three other parties whom they i'm
| pressed to assist them, and then
selected q place in front Of the prison
crs where they laid in wait for them
rs the culprits ncarc,l tkc spot where
Pinckncy and his crawL we're con-
ccalcd they sprang out and halted
them, whcrcupon Simon Green came
to stand still, and cvinccd signs Of
a willingness to give up; but Anthony
Kennedy wheeled and fled, and was
followed down the road by Pinckncy
and others, who repeatedly called
upon him to stop. From the facts
elected ut the Coroncr's inquest it.
seems that the gun Pinckncy Ii ID was
out Of repair and would not stand
cooked we'll; that lie had sprung it rs
soon as he started in pursuit of The
fugitive, who would run first i'll and
then ont Of The road; that during the
race The gun went Off in The hands OF
Pincknev, WHO had no intcnlion of
shooting Kennedy; that after the
shooting the latter ran over Two
hundre.I yards, jumping bitches and
fences, before falling to the ground,
and that when he did fall no,ic Of his
| pursucrs knew that he was hit unit
they came up to him and found blood
running from lis mouth. lie died
two or i'lrcc hours after he was shot.
The following is the verdict Of the
jury: That Anthony Ncnnclly came
to his death in manner and form
aforesaid, to wit: from Il gun shot
wound, said wound being inflicted by
misclancc or accident.
| Simon Green Mas brought into
town and turned over TO the Sheriff:
BE.iNCHFILLE I1EliS-
The young men Of Branclvillc
speak of organizinga rifle team, to
compete with Orangcburs Tor the
championship Of the County.
Mr.. Il. Lewis Berry is erecting q
neat cottage on town. Mad
am I,umor says the birti will be
caught us soon as The cage is COM
| plctcd.
The Edisto River near this place
is several feet higher than it has ever
been III the recollection or the oldest
inhabitants.
Gods mills grind slowly yet they
| grind exceedingly small and our
friend Smoke has mill which
though it sams slowly yet it saws ex-
cecdingly small loys.
Mr.. Jas. Van Tasscll County Au-
ditor was in town OH Saturday as
scssing property. Quite large
crowd was here on that day.
Our Intcndant w. II. Reddish,
with Ills usual interest in the ap-
pcarance Of orr town and the rrcscr.
vation Of lablic property, has given
the Town Hall several coats Of
liquid plaster, (Which ut a short dis
tancc can not be distinguished from
paint. a view Of the Compound"
will richly repay the trouble Of
visit to Brancl:villc G. 1t must be seen
to be fully appreciated.
A FLOWER THAT CHANGES ms
CoLoE. Botany is division OF na
tural science which treats Of plants,
and u study Of Vegetable Physiology
must be the. foundation Of botanical
knowlcdge-a study only possible by
the improvements in The microscope
and i'll organic chemistry. As plants
arc not scattered haphazar,l over the
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