Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-10-11
South Carolina Notes.

SOuJn carolina Notes.
Aiken IS to have town clock to cost 500.
There are nineteen subscribers in Beaufort
to the one dollar Garfield monument fund.
The case of the State VS. j. T. Groves, George
Wimberly and W. R. Wright for murder is
i progress at Barnweu.
Mr. Morgan Knox, who stabbed H T. Gall
man some time ago, and who it was thought
had fled the county, came in last week and
gave himself up to be tried at the term of
court in Union, which began there on the Cd.
Mr.. James F Jackson, of Hampton, denies
that he stabbed Richard Curry, as charged by
the Hampton Guardian
Sheriff J. w. Wilder of Sumter, died sud
denly Thursday night
Mrs. S L. Wright, of Columbia, and Mrs R.
]. Bowe, of Augusta, were thrown from buggy
in Columbia on Friday, and Mrs Bowe was
hurt seriously about the head Mrs Wright
escaped with some bruises.
The total number of patients in tFe Lunatic
Asylum is 667 OF these 52s are females and
139 are males. This is meant as no reflection
on the fair sex. but it shows, we think, that
many males who are fit subjects for this in
stitution are unconfned.
In Aiken q few days ago two white men en-
gagged in difficulty, when John Green struck
James Henderson on the head ylth large
stick, from which he died Sunday morning
at O'Clock. Green was arrested Immediately
after the difficulty and is now in jail. Hende--
son had made no effort to strike Green, and
was unarmed.
Hicks g. Williams, colored, who has been
assisting Postmaster Brooks in the post office
at Camden. was arrested recently upon
charge of purlOining letters from the post
Office.
county ] il-Thomas FTipp, committed by
Trial Justice Youmans, for thirty days, and
Randall Green, sent up for burglary and
larceny, by Justice Bipnicker.
James Lynch, a colOred boy twelve or thir-
teen years old, met With awful death at the
gin and mill Of Mr.. w. J. Smith, three miles
west of EaSley. in Pickens county, a few days
ago. While engaged in putting the wheel
bsnd with a crowbar he was caught in the cog
wheel and his body drawn under the tunr el
head and literally mashed or cut to pieces by
the cOgs. Death was almost instantaneous.
Mr. David Tidwell, OF Fairfield county, few
days ago got his arm ca ght in a in, but sue
cesded in extricating 1t after receiving num-
ber OF painful but not serious cuts. II ha1 on
a new shirt. the sleeves Of which caught in the
gin saw from bene Ath, and drew the arm up
With powerful WE ench Mr.. Tidwell tore the
sleeve off near tn elbow and saved his arm
IL was out in several places.
Mrs N. H. Woodward. with her two daugh-
terS Miss Sallie and Miss Genia, aud Mrs
Cochran, left Aiken one morning last week in
a carriage driven by a negro en- route to the
EiiStO Baptist Association, which was in ses-
sion at Tabernacle Church, about twenty-five
niles from Aiken. When nea- the church the
carriage struck stump. causing tie breaking
a spring and upSetting the carriage The
horses took fright and ran away. The occu-
pants of the carriage were violently thrown
ut and Miss S lie injured to such extent
that she died at five o'cl ok yesterday after
noon. The 9th RS were only slightly injured.
Solomon S. Jones. the negro postmaster at
Bsmburg. charged with opening, secretlng and
detaining letter containing three dollars, Ia
decoy letter,) and with other official sins and
shortcomings, reached Charleston one day last
week During the morning the Deputy Mar
shsl. who had him in custody. left him sitting
in the piazza of the United States Court House
for few moments. Jones seized the oppOr-
tunity to bolt, and was captured later in the
day lust as he was striking out for the depot
v it'll his valise and overcOat He way taken to
j all and will remain there until his trial, which
will he held during the present term of the
District Court.
Between five and six O'Clock Sunday after
noon bold game was played success fully by
a sextette of penitentiary convictS. Two
guarcs, Messrs John Thornton aud Robert
Latta. were escortlng six convicts from the
brickyard back to the penltentlary late Sur
day afternoon, and after going short distauca
one of the prisoners stopped down as If to ad
Just his shoe asking one of the guards to lend
guard was in the act OF complying with this
request " hen the convict turned upon him and
seized his gun This was the preconcerted sig
nal for the others to assault the other guard
and dispossess him of his gun. Seeing their
intentions, he endeavored to fire upon them,
but before he could pull the trigger. was in
their clutches and unable to either extricate
himself or use his gun. The six desperate men
having obtained the guns attempted to shoot
the guards but, fortunately, were unable to
manipulate the complicated locks and trigger,
and the guns would not fire They ran on, car.
rying the guns and guards hats AS soon as
possible the alarm was given, and parties start
ed out to scOur the country in search OF the
fugitives. Three of the conVlets were suese-
quently found drowned in the Congaree. The
guard-Lotta-has been held in $1,000 bail.
Aiken Journal and Revfe,c: I'VE learn from
Trial Jus ice SOuthall that since the first Of
January last there has been regularly organ
lied band of thieves on Beach Island, who have
been driving off the cattle in droveS across the
Savannah river and selling them in Augusta.
Perhaps as many as seventy-five or one hun
dred cows have been stolen from time to time
during the year by this gang. So bold were
their operations, it is said. that they would
take as many as a dozen at time, and In broad
daylight drive them over the river. On
the 29th of September, Mr. b. ID. Lamar,
Of Beach Island, made application to Trial JUS
tice SOuthal of Langley. for warrants for the
arrests Of Lee Boyd, Monroe Irvine. Nelson
vii Jams, Henry Sample. Walker Dotcher, Bill
Thomas and George Thomas. Mr.. Southal
went TO the house of Lee Boyd and demanded
his SURF nder. Lee became very violent and
cursed out the posse, and swore he would die
before he would he arrested. They then
St mt for Mr.. Southall. who advised them not to
enter the house while it was dark, as it would
be dangerous The house was guarded until
daylight and there being such large number
t. arrest, Mr.. Southall sent to Aiken for Sheriff
Holley but before he arrived the posse sue
ceeded in arreSting Lee Boyd Henry Sample,
Monroe Irvine and Nelson Williams. After
the arrival of the Sheriff he arrested Walker
Dodson preliminary examination was held
and the prisoners were all committed in de-
fault Of $500 bond each. All of the defendants,
except Nelson Williams, were charged in five
different cases, he only having two cases
against him. Monroe Irvine made his escape
from the Sheriff on the way to jail-some Of
the prisoners cutting him loose. They are
charged in the indictments with the stealing of
thirty-nine cows. We trust the last one OF
them will be caught and punished to the full
extent of the law