The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-01-18
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ieaIH IL Will iaSt Vntll scTdc tlnl6vdeXt
week, making more than two weeks.
The sessions business has been conclud-
ed, aRd tho -remainder cf the time will be
devoted to clearing the civil docket.
More tiiau usual irpportante aaiisss been
attached to this teria Of Court in conse-
quence of the intense interest manifested
ID the trials of the murderers of Riley,
near Greenwood, and of Clayton Allen,
at Lowndesville. These were more than
ordinary murders, both as to the number
Of persons charged with their commits.
sion and the horrible circumstances con-,
nected With :heir perpetration.
=, THE GREENWOOD MURDER,.y
as 1t is termed, was, TO sum 1t up briefly.
committed under the following circum.
stances Riley, a suryey4r, was camped
| near the house uf col0rcd nmn named
Bluiori Jones, whither he went to get
come chickens, and being refused ne
commenced and shot three of them. The
next morning his body YVES found about
seventy yards from the house with a fear.
fal confusion upon the back of the head,
jaw bone broken, and gun shot wound
IN the abdomen. The matter ,waa inves-
sigatsd, and before the inquest Bluford
Jones denied the killing or carrying away
of the body, and stated that two women
living with him carried it of They tes-
tilted that his son did the killing in self
defensN.o Upon the trial of the case oil
the partiesAfather, son and two women
were upon trial, and agreed in saying
that Bluford did the shooting after he
hadibeen shot at, and that he alone csr-
ried OF the dead body, after striking one
lick with his gun. The prisoners were
ably represented by Messrs. Burt g.
Thompson and the State by Col. Goth.
ran. The jury, which was composed of
four white and eight colored men, after
en- ahaence of several hours, brought in
o sealed verdict against Bluford Jones for
manslaug hter and acquitted the others.
The testimony developed in r ..'
THE I.owNDEsvILLE MURDER
differed from the facts published by the
IntelNgencer in. only two particulars.
There was no evidence of any intention
to burn or murder .pFomiscuopsly. Os-
borne Rhodes was not taken out OF the
callaboose, by tho murderers, but had
agreed to more to Georgia and not to
come back to this State IL tho whites
would release him from the peace war
rant and give him safe escort to the
Georgia line. Under this agreement
MeSsrs. Allen md Baker were going with
him to zee him over the line without
harm, and when they came to the party
In ambush, Rhodes was riding some dis.
tance behind, 60 thero was no danger of
his getting hurt. 1t is generally believed
that he knew Of the plot, though no evil
dance Of 1t was elected. There were
twelve PRISONERS trssdd ff0f the crime,
Messrs. MCGOWAN, L. w. Perrin, w. C.
Bennet and n, P. DeBrubl were ap2oin-
ted by the Court to defend the prisoners,
%Ao performed that servire with zeal and
unusual ability. There were thirteen
witnesses for the State and the same
number for the defense. Two of the
,nurderers, John and Henry Burton.
turned States evidence, and their testi-
mony was the positive proof in the case.
Twelve of the witnessed for the defense
/! were parties charged with tho crime.
After occupying the days Of Friday and
Saturday the trial was concluded, and
Judge Cooke delivered ap exhaustive and
Impartial charge, in which he condemned
the course Of interfering with parties in
the hands of the law under any circum-
stances, and warned the colored people
that it was to theirinterest to, check the
disposition of many of them tc take one
of their race out of the hands Or the off,
GERS Of the law, The case was submitted
to o jury Of four white and eight colored
men, and Mt 9 O'Clock Sunday morniug'
they brought in q verdict Of a,iGuilty Of
Murder" :, ss 70 Edwin Prince, G;lhert
Burton, Eli Hunter, CapersA Allen, Aabury-
Allen. WhitmanAlleb, Jenkins yVhitner,
William Johnson,,, Eatsona i,CoLby and
John Allen ,@sNosI Gpilty, 'p5as to; Ed
ward Prince and Pan. Cozby. Osborne
Rhodes is in Jail Upon peace warrant,
but was not tried. Tho sentence of the
prisoners will be pronounced, At the end
ofthe term next week. r,d,i1,s., '..,!sl
= sin2r OUR soklctr6E,, ,''ji %''';sr'
Col Cothran, has already I,won,. ,ffeel:i
laprels es Solicitor,' bothsfrour his hbilir
ty as lawyer and his eloquence rs ia
orator, . .s ,ilSI t
{ Judge Cooke has ,alao presided with
marked patience, courtesy dad abilityl, n
q To.morrow the rule agaihstitnsA Audi:
tora af 4 ,idefaon and Ahhsyille wiil' cotee e
up. Capt 4. Blythe, appears. .fos Comp,
troller General Dunn and Col,Cothran'
and Mr.. E. B.. Murray for the sax.payefs
Of their respective counties. They ask q
continuance Of the injunc.ions until the
ti1sa hearing Of the cases. M uat s-s
(: ~ tiss'+iIlk CAD SUICIDE f'''e re;i
occurred ut Hodgss Depot ON idst sasut:
day evening". mr., sJamea, Cochran q,
young man OF ahvatstwepty years of age,
q soa of Capt. Cochran, of, Hodges be-,
Ganie offended ae some parental rebuke,,
and TOOK . dose Of i;nsS d ra ~, Nh Z
catIaed, ,hiss dsath 10 avery shost time.
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