, 1880-12-12
ty, S. c.,
with an Account Of the Consequent
,Lynching by the Victims
Neighbors.
4 Man and His Wife Brutal1y
Murdered Near Gene
SEQ, i'll.
Killing and Wounding Of Revenue Officers
By Tennessee Noon
sinners.
/ Il, Louis Clergyman Assaulted and
Badly Beaten By Roughs.
Asheville, N. c., the Scene Of Cold
Blooded Butchery.

&HhaV1lle. N. ", tQe oC908 Oh d [110-
Blooded Butchery.
HORRIBLE WORK.
CHARLESTON, S. C., Dec 11.LThe Nc1p
,nd Courier has received details of the mur
der of Mrs. Kennedy. In Clarendon County
md Of the subsequent l,nching of the thret
nu5dere1s, already briefly reported. Last Sun
a,y Thomas Kennedy, white man livins
near Salem. Intending to visit Charleston
went oye1 to his fathers house, short dis
tance from his OWN, to ask his mother to stay
With bis wife during his absence Kennedy:
xife vas formerly Ada Wright, of Darling
I'm. mi had only been married about a year
She vas only 10 or 20 years Of age, intelli
rent refined, and highly respected. When
ber husband lett, she shut the door and sal
dovn by the window to write a letter to hel
mother. As she sat there she saw In the
yard Joe Barnes, acolored boy about 16 years
oid: employed by Kennedy the previous
week and she asked him to bring her an
armful Of WOOD. This boy had been induced
by two negroes living near by. Vance Brandt
and his sister Julia, IS and Is years, to hang
around the premises, and when Kennedy left
the place to give signal to Vanca and
Julia, who
KEPT THEMSELVES CONCEALED.
These two had heard Of Kennedy's intention
to yisit Charleston, and thinking he would
hare good deal OF money in the house, de-
te1mined to break in and get it When Joe
turned 70 90 for wood, he gave the signal
md sosn met Vance coming into the yard.
Vance asked him where Mrs Kennedy was,
ind vent Immediately to the window and
three times tried to get In, and each time he
was showed out by Mrs. Kennedy. Finding
be was determined to get III, she opened the
frunt dooE, ran through the yard, and was
Just gpfng through the gate when Vance
snatched up stick and overlook her at the
gate md Knocked her down. She implored
for mercy, and told him she would give him
all the money in the house if he would spare
her life. He cursed her, and said: Use
been waiting to kill you long time" and
struck her two more blows, In attempting
10 avert them it is supposed her hand was
broken. Just then his sister Julia came up
With hoe and severed the woman's head.
When Mr. Kennedy returned, some three
hours. afterwards, he found his wife lying
outside the front gate,
NuT1LATEn, COLD, AND STIFF,
herhead almost severed in twain. The entire
Uranium was cut off from ear to ear, leaving
the brains scattered around on the ground.
a Jury Of inquest being had, returned
verdict Of "murder In the highest degree
By unknown hands.''
Several colored persons were arrested Mon
day, but, no clew to their guilt being OBJ
tained,. they were promptly released, On
Tuesday the coiored boy Joe Barnes was ar
rested. He showed. SO much confusion
on being questioned as to his where
abouts Sunday that only few
questions served to bring out bis
full confession. from which the above
account Is taken Vance and Julia denied
having anything to do with it, but the clothes
which theS wore Sunday were very bloody,
with small particles OF brain upon them. The
money and pistol Of Kennedy found in their
possession were bloody, and on being ques-
toned about the blood upon their clothes the
woman said she had
KILLED Il CHICKEN -
md the man said he had killed some part
rdseS Op examination the >bloody finger
prints On the hoe-handle corresponded pre-
clsely With those on the shawl worn by the
woman the day Of the murder, which circum-
Stance had as great weight to convict her as
ne testimony Of the boy.
Inc horrible character of the murder awak-
enoo' intense Indignation in the-nelghbor-
hood, and crowd Of 150 white men and fifty
oolofed men assembled to
PUNISH THE s1CRDEEERs.
further examination established the truth |
u 1aa confession Of Barnes The negroes
oekeed the whites to permit them to take the /
prisoners and burn them alive. This was re-
FUSED, but vote was taken whether they |
saonid be Jailed and await the court or be |
Snched. Only twenty~three voted to await
ee IAN, and It was determined to hang them
- u uee nearest the scene OF the crime. |
4 nA,teEs were obtained and fastened to the
nmoot ~ the tree. cart was placed under the
''tao, md the prisoners
ORDERED TO MOUNT.
suss then joe Barnes begged to be allowed |
~Mss' and commenced by saying he had
.e'9 ptaTed before, and never expected to
.ta .saa' Nothing was said by either of the
s.usn except groan and "Lord, have
~ as.eS rom Vance. Handkerchiefs being
sol over their faces, the cart was pushed
-"@s' aud the trio soon dangled in the air.
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