The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-08-19

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twice, or even thrice, before sitting down
to games Of skill wherc cards arc concern.
DEAD HENS BONES ron LUCK.
voadocsssn In the. gosttIi--a arutiletEng
1 Coxpacs and Playing Cards Over Tie IA
ned iGrnyes 20 Get q "clarino-- CHASTITY
6uperBtitions.
On Sunday morning, July 16, about
1.30 o'clock, Sheriff Lacy was called up
by arm3d men, who demanded the keys
of tho Jail. When positively refused,
thoy placed o guard at his door and told
! bin not tn come out, as they did not
wish to hurt him. They then proceeded
to tho jail, broke open the doors, and.
after hammering tho cage awhile, were
lheard calling: "Come cut of there |
come ont ofthere II several times. Then
ton or twelve shota we're heard, thought
/ mostly pistols, and the mon, thought
to be about thirty in number, marched
away. When they were gone Lindsay
| Portwood, Dudley Brothers and Wesley
Richardson were found dead in the cage
and the door Of the cage broken open.
They had been committed ten days ago
i Tor violating graves.
Coroner w. 4. M1rler summoned @
linry and held an inquest. DR.. William A.
Brown examined the bodies in the pres
ence of the jury, and made out State
ment, in writing, of the nature and num-
ber of the wounds, and stated that they
1 Nil came to their death by alioE wounds
| Thomas d. Nesmith, solicitor, summoned
i l: tEe jus;y every per-
uon from whom 1t wes supposed that
any testimony could be obtained, but
/ no discovery WAS made as to who COM
/ mitted the crime. The citizsns OF Ver.
non met and prepared good, plain coiiins,
| and dressed the dead in neat suits and
Egaye them leeank burial. The co!ored
\ people refused to aid and seemed to have
| 2 auperssitious fear of coming near tho
dead.
tnnate mon, and the facts and manner of
4 It's discogery. are abops as follows: One
l day last month "a negro named Dock
Poe, being sicI and thinking he was
| abons TO die, unburthehed his consciancs
to his nurse, an old negro woman
inamed Jude Dobbins, apd named the
Iaboye three as engaged in the crime, and
| told her that some Of the human bones
thyy had been operating with were about
/ the house. Aunt Jude thinking that
Poo would die, o nd being superBtitiousIy
alarmed, communicated her Information
to O Wbito woman. The white people,
finding TINT several graves had been dug
t;s tt;;s.;sie g ssii;a .7-sTTe
! Ing summary vengeance. Some GRADIENT
aitizen obtained o warrant aud succeeded
In arresting the three named above for
! ling ing graves, Poe being sick, they
IiV ;lii5iiiTa isiIIi,5s ssaa EaiU prisoners
when arrested separately confessed the
crimo, and each told about the came
story. Each was taken to tho prayes
lseperately, and each pointed ont the
graves they had opened. The prisoners
we're then taken before q magistrate.
who upon their full confession. com.
mitted them 60 Jail. 5
The citizens who had the mattoe Ia
hand had great difficulty in protecting
the pgisonerg till they wero lodged in
Jail, aud for several days afterWard the
Sheriff and citizens OF Vernon feared
something like what has nov hapnoned,
but ail seemed 10 have become quiet
Tho people nftersiard opened aud exam
iaed the graves. Ono in which man
had been buried aheaE .i.iss,- q -!.,z =,
had been Ding cut lc tho bottom and the
doeayed bones ssere mixed with the dirt
10 tho top md some of them were found
out OF the grave. Tho negroes said tloy.
did not take any. of them hecausN they
we're TOO much decayed. The other WIS
thas of Mfa. Tom Poe, who hid lSeer,
l.s . 81 s,..s .sa sse=.ns THE lAf had
OF the cerpsg had bean pulled Of ct s6S:
Igfist and was missing the eight arEa
had been Quilted of at the ehoulder and
.gsas missing And tho cor pre- Nas naangie6
md turned abosit in the cofEins The lid
had bsen merely laiti back and tb@gFays;
away th6 hands. They ail had bones
about their persons. which they said were
frolds AIrs. Poe's hands. These bones
are tieM IN possession of Sheriff Lacy,
aid are eaid not to belong TO tho saniS
human hand They said shey had cold
Same Of them. It Is believed that soyer-
| at other gftives Ind been dur into, Tho
| lgFAyasyeTd where NEST Of the digging
had been adnE Is RE or near Poplar
| Spslng Church, In the GOuihps est corner
Os this County, sKsIl all tle sFs sysa mol esq.
ed elsse slle graves Of N rite people,
ne ealIaG Of fiiiB stfAiiSS c6isdsiok as;
/ tels AY the Eesgaes fheTase iYes Is IS
lfCliowa
ring ~ ovclill ana z 5Speniber InHE,
egrJ: :uy tEle name pf Jerry Vaughn,
1 from Mississippi 81 ss cd d efia01g sEieisi.
/ hI5 sold theIi Hight s. aud 9eessSis fof!
10 King chains and glers5fFnirg fIIiSd-
/ eiea, o acqniro the card eharin
thse3 o1 fsnra 90 IS 8 graz one knelia;
.lltt tho 1eok aHE cfYaa. the ana dip
and aes tho kpiie d IS II sip the
I grave agais he aFsi b sIia f igl lIsiR
gain pa gu tho lli le. ilesl 3bsh Ia