The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-03-18
Crime in the State The Causes and
the Remedy.

amongst Wnlt6 people 10 tnlS State. Iuele
are few robberies by white men, and no
murders by white men engaged in rob-
berry. There is none of the brutal treat
ment of women and children, by white
men, with which Northern communities
are familiar. The crimes in this State
and in the South generally, where whites
areSsoncerned, are usually the product OF
rows and brawls, rarely premeditated,
and never, we may say, growing out OF
foul blot upon humanity. This is the
difference between crime in the North
and crime in the South.
| An absolutely complete record Of the
crimes committed in the State is not to be
obtained, but the following summary of
offences reported to the Neaos and Courier
! isyery near the truth:
December 10, 1879: A man named
] Fickiing seriously cut in the back with q
razor bya drunken negro on the Charlotte,
Columbia and Augusta Railroad train at
Granitsville.
December 20, 1879: Jenny Bates, COL
ored, severely stabbed by negro near
Barnwsl Village.
December 2l, 1879: Policeman John
Harlow severely beaten by party of
roughs, and afterwards killed by dis
!. charge,of his own pistol while he was at
tempting to make the arrest of his as
sailanH.
December %, 1879: Ebenezer E. Tru-
witt stabbed TO death by Robert Meyers,
IA years old, in Bordeaux Township, Alb
! beyille County. Cause: An old grudge
between the deceased and the homicide's
father.
December %, 1879: John J. SILVER
shot and killed by johnson, colored, in
Spring Hill Township, Sumter County.
Cause unknown.
December 81, 1878: Samuel McGreer,
colored, shot in the shoulder by Green
Williams, colored, at Johns Greek Col
ored Baptist Church, Abbeyille County.
Cause: A dispute about a watch.
December Is, 1879: Jim Chappell shot
and killed by Bill Harp at Newbery ;
Press Chappell, anephew of the deceased,
also seriously shot by Harp. Cause: A
quarrel about q gamecock fight.
December, Is, 1879: James Cooper
stabbed to death by his twin-brother,
Samuel Cooper, at Monks Corner,
Chsrleston County. Cause: Whiskey, and
a. spute about aShog.
,ecember "a, 1879: Stephen G.. Bush
= 1t and killed by VIM. Bates, near
denton, Barnwel County. Cause:
December 26, 1879: A colored man
named Mcpherson seriously shot in the
.Ldon,a,, bx, a sBs, ~ ', :, ~ az WonJoy,
at Lancaster. Cause: Whiskey.
December %, 1879: Mrs. Richard
Compton shot and killed by Turner Os-
borne, Jr., at Fairplay, Oconee County.
Cause: A difficulty between Osborne
and the husband of the deceased concern
December 25, 1879: Newton Latimer
beaten and shot at Townville, Anderson
County. Cause: Whiskey.
December 29, 1879: Tom Massey, col
orsd, killed by his brother, Aaron Massey,
in Spartanburg County. Cause: Un-
known.
January 2, 1880: Cash Norris, colored,
killed by his brother, Abram Norris, in
Anderson County. Cause: Apersonsl
quarrel.
January 8. 1880: Oliver @. Ross, Jr.,
shot in the breast and seriously wounded
by his father. Cause: Marrying against
his wishes.
January 10, 1880: W. J. Patterson
killed by unknown persons in Darlington
County.
January II, 1880: Jasper Deal shot
and killed by Henry Townsend in bag
ME in Greenville. Cause: Whiskey.
January 25, 1880: Mark Morrison Sc.
riously stabbed by Robert Stewart and
others in Line street, Charleston. Cause !:
A personal alteration.
January %, 1880: Alfred Groves killed
by Citizen Rosemond, both colored, near
Abbeville @. II. Cause: Dispute as to the
ownership of a hatchet.
January %, 1880: Jesse Horn sho: and
killed by Thos. o. Parker near Seneca
City, in Oconee County. Cause: A dis
pute between the deceased and the ia.
ther of the slayer concerning wages.
January 30, 1880: Henry McQuage
seriously stabbed by man named Per-
kins, during an alteration in the upper
portion of Marlboro County.
January 80, 1880: A negro named
Bellinger was cut to pieces with razor
by another negro named White, in Col
Teton County. He died in few minutes.
Cause: An alteration concerning wo-
man.
January 16, 1880: John Barnes stabbed
to death in drunken row in Oconee
County by Milton Nicholson.
January 81, 1880: E. G. DuBose shot in
the breast by Policeman Edwin Scott;
while the latter was attempting to arrest
him for disorderly conduct in Manning,
S. G.
February 2, 1880: Stephen Land shot
by John Holcombe in barroom in
Greenville during drunken quarrel.
February 5, 1880: james Gaillard, COL
ored, assaulted his wife in Reid street,
Charleston, and cut her throat with a
razor, inflicting dangerous but not fa-
tal wound.
February 2, 1880: Nat Dickersou, col
ored, was struck on the head with stone
by Stephen Gary, colored, at the City
Railway stable. He died of his injuries
on February z.
February l, 1880: Jefferson Gates shot
and killed by Tom Watson and John
Brooks, colored, in Edgeield County,
while attempting to quell negro distur-
>bsnce.
February 9, 1880: Mrs. Berry and Mrs.
Byrd assaulted and outraged by two ne
groes named Kinder and jenkins near
Branchville.
February Z, 1880: Patrick Darcy se-
vereIy stabbed by John Rowan, on East
Bay, Charleston. Cause: An insult Of
fered by the former to the latter's wife.
February, 1880: J. 81. Irby stabbed
in the neck by L. E. Irby at Laurens.
Cause: Whiskey.
February 8, 1880: Charles Sullivan col
ored, shot and killed by his brother, Jim
Sullivan, in Abbeville.
February 9, 1880: Eli Wilcox shot