The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-08-30
CRIME IN THE STATE.
& Horrible Outrage in Union County.
News aud Courier.

Of one OF our trial JuSuceS q Iearlui
outrage upon the person of asnegro
woman in, the lower part OF the
county. A cording to the state
ment made by the sufferer, she lived
IN in a cabin in the woods, some dis
tance from any other house. and
one morning, between midnight and
,day. she was aroused from sleep 10y
some persons demanding admit
tance in a very boisterous manner.
She refused to open her door, and
they then took it off the hinges. and
four young negro fellows, of from
II to 20 years of age, rushed in
and seized upon her and treated
her in a most beastly manner, leav-
ing her in truly pitiable condition.
The indignation of the whole neigh
borhood is greatly excited, both
black and white, and a. hot pur-
suit of the wretches is now being
made. D. ].
ARREST OF A NEGRO DESPERATE IN
r. g%z DARLINGTON.
News and Courier.
DARLINGTON, August 25.-Some
time ago negro named Reuben
Norward stole a cow from Mr., Ker-
vim, Of this place. He has escaped
capture ever since and, armed with
q double-barrelled shot gun and two
pistols, has defed che sheriff to
arrest him, saying that he would
not be taken. Last night two of
the deputies, with Mr.. D. c. Mil
ling, came upon him at Mr.. Mil
ling's place, about two miles from
town. AS Mr.. Milling, attempted
to arrest him, Norward fired at
him with a pistol several times. One
of the balls struck Mr.. Milling on a
finger of the right hand, cutting a
furrow in the flesh to the bone.
Mr.. Milling returned the fire, one
of his balls burting itself in the
feshy part Of one of the ne
gro's arms, when he surrendered.
HE has been in various bad
scrapes before, and seems to
be a yerv bad character, He was q
butcher here a while, and was al
ways in some trouble with other
butchers about his crooked deal
ines. The cow he stole he butch
cred for beef. MIMI
The Horny Progress gives an ac-
count of an assault on Mrs. D. NJ.
Oliver, in Socastee Township, Horny
County, last week, by anegronamed
Scott Butler. The negro entered
the house in which Mrs. Oliver was
sleeping and tried to stife her cries
by placing his. hand over hermouth.
He did not succeed, and Mrs. Oliver
raising an alarm he fed with out &C.
complishing his object, which was
evidently robbery. He has noty ct
been captured, although efforts are
being made to catch him.
The correspondent of the Colum-
bia Register writing from Prosperity,
Newberry County, gives an account
of an outrage ON white woman in
Lexington County by negro named
Fred Hodge. The avengers are on
his track, but he has not been cap.
tured.
On Wednesday Mr.. John Rawls
and a negro man was working in a
field in the Hollow Greek neighbor.
hood, Lexington County during a
severe storm. Becoming alarmed
they ran toward house, but were
stricken down and instantly killed
by a bolt of lightning before they
could reach the house.
A young white woman named
Louisa Hair, living in Flat Creek
Township, Lancaster County, was
shot last Saturday by white man
named Dunbar Robertson. The
ball entered her left breast. came
out on her right side and went
through her right arm. Whiskey
waskat the bottom Of it. '-...
The sixth suicide in Charestonl
within the past six months was
committed last Saturday morning
by Mr. Robert B. Hayne son o.
Isace ". Hayne ex-Attorney Gen,
eral Of the State. He shot himself
in the brain with Smith & Weston
pistol. Mr.. Hayne has been for the
last ten years Paymaster Of the sc.
r. R. Co. No causeis assigned for
the act except alteration of the
mind .,a ga