The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-01-18
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and bids fair to be also long ons, tasswe
learn it will last 6ntil sbme timeynext
week, making more than two weeks.
The sessions business has been conclud-
d-and- the -remaindeEof.the -time-will be-
devoted to clearing the civil docket.
More than usual Importance has been
attached to- this. term. Of Court -conse--
quence of the intense interest manifested
in the trials Of the murderers Of Riley,
near Greenwood, and of Clayton Allen,
at Iowndesville. 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 their perpetration.
rs. THE GREENWOOD MURDER,94, =
aslit is termed, was, to sum it UP briefly,
committed under the following circum-
stances: Riley, a surveyor, WAS camped
near the house of coloredi nmn named:
Bluiord Jones, whittier he went, to get
some chickens, and being rsfased he
commenced and shot three of them i The
next morning his body was found about
seventy yards:from the house with a'fear-
fa1 confusion upon the back Of the head,
a jaw bone broken, and gun shot wound
in; the abdomen. The. matter, was ;inves-
tigated, and before the inquest Blufora
Jones denied the killing or carrying away
of the. body, and stated that two women
living with him carried il. off. They tes-
titled that his son did the killing in self
defense Upon the trial of the case all
the parties father, son and two women
were upon trial, and agreed in saying
that Bluford did, the shooting after he
hadbeen shot at, and that 'he:alone carr
ried off the dead body, after striking one
lick with his gun. The prisoners we're
ably represented by Messrs. Burt -
Thompson and the State by Col. Goth
ran. The jury, which was composed Of
four white and eight colored men, after
an absence of several hours; brought in
sealed verdict. against Bluford Jones for
manslaughterand acquitted the others.
The testimony developed il i"a' ,...o;., ,,.,,
THE LowNDEsv1LLE MURDER 8
differed from the facts published by the
Intelkgencer in only. two particulars.
There was no evidence Of any intention
to burn or murder Fomiscuoqsly. :, Os;
borne Rhodes WAS not taken out Of the
callaboose, by the murderers, but had
agreed to move to Georgia and not to
come back to this State if the whites
would release him from the peace war
rant and give him safe escort to the
Georgia line. Under this agreement
Messrs.f Allen and Bakerwere going with
him to See him over the line without
harm, and when they came to the party
in ambush, Rhodes was riding some dis
tance behind, so there was no danger Of
his getting hurt. It is generally believed
that he knew Of the plot, though no evil
dence of it was elected. There were
twelve prisoners tried for the crime.
Messrs. MCGOWAN, L. w. Perrin, w. C.
Bennett and N. P. DeBruhl were appoin-
ted by the Court to defend the prisoners,
who performed that service with zeal and
unusual ability. There were thirteen
witnesses for the State and the same
number for the defense. Two of the
murderers, John and Henry Burton,
turned States evidence, and their testi-
mony was the positive proof in the case.
Twelve of the witnesses for the defense
we're parties charged with the crime.
After occupying the days Of Friday and
Saturday the trial was concluded, and
Judge Cooke delivered an exhaustive and
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 theirlinterest to, check the
disposition of many of them to take one
of their race out of the hands Of the Off
GERS of the law. The case was submitted
to jury of four white and eight colored
men, and at o'clock Sunday morning
they brought in verdict Of 'tGuilty Of
Murder" as. to Edwin Prince, Gilbert
Burton. Eli Hunter, Capers Allen, ,Asbury-
Allen, WhitmantAllen, JenklntWhitner,
William Johnson, Hntson@ 5cozby and
John Allen, Not Guilty AS To- Ed
ward, Prince and Pan. Cozby. Osborne
Rhodes is in Jail upon peace warrant,
but was not tried The sentence of the
prisoners will be pronounced At the end
Of the term nextweek..a .saf,i7ts.. .sr,.i
t:at' OUR soI1c1roR,, ,',,,d 3.,.l 5''.;-G @.,a.'5
SVi.r Sotntau, Aao .aAi0puy iiWVuSSiSau
laurels as Solicitor. both9from'h his abiii
ty as lawyer and his eloquence as al
orator. 49,: .. ,.-a.,, ~
Judge Cooke has also presided with
marked,patience, courtesy and ability !
To-morrow the rule against'the Audi
tors Of Anderson and Abbeville will come
up. Capt. A. Blythe appears. for Comp
troller General Dunn and Col; ;Cothran
and Mr.. E. B.. Murray for the taxpayers
of their respective counties. They ask a
continuance of the injunctions until the
final hearing of the cases. -
= g. A SAD SUICIDE -.
occurred at Hodges Depot on last Sstur;-,
day evening. Mr., James. Cochran, q
young man of about,twenty years of age,
a son of Capt. Cochran, ofsHodges, be-
came offended at some parental rebukc,
and took dose of chloroform, which