Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-06-28
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THE PLUCK AND ENDURANCE OF An 44LA
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gomery advertiser, gives the particulars OF
a heinous crime in that State, and the pluck
and endurance of a woman after her huS-
band had been dastardly murdered by her
side. The circumstances have.been briefly
outlined by telegraph:
The assassin of Mr.. Corden was captured
this morning about t o'clock, near Raze-
more's Crossroads, about fifteen miles north
of this place and about eleven miles from
the scene of the tragedy. He was ut the
house of his brother and had retired. He
made full confession, and carried the par
ties who had him in charge to where he
had hid the clock, the gun, powder can and
blowing horn. He was carried in the pres
ence of the wounded wife of Mr.. Corden,
and fully identified by her and daughter
and two sons. He also made a full confes-
sion, going into the minutest details. He
was afterwards brought to this place and
lodged in5jail. 1T tSrequired great exertien
on the part of some of our citizens to pre-
vent him from being lynched, which doubt
less he would have been, had it not been
that the crowd did not have time to collect
and the express promise of some of our citi-
zens that they would pledge their word that
Judge Cobb would call special term of Our
Circuit Court for the purpose of giving him
a trial. He was subsequently lynched.
The courage and fortitude displayed by
Mrs. Corden: on Monday night could not
have been surpassed. Her nearest neigh
Dor was about quarter of a mile distant.
After the fatal shot had been fired into the
head of her husband she sent her son to
blow the horn for help, while she gave her
attention to her dying husband. After her
little boy had been shot down she closed the
door, put out the light, seized the gun and
made effort after effort to fire it, but with
out success, although she had often fired it
before and says that she is confident that
had it fired she would have killed the assas-
sin. When she failed to discharge the gun,
and the assassin was battering on the door
for admission, she put her other son out the
back, window with instructions to fly for
assistance, and when the fiend was demand
ing of her to send her daughter out or he
would kill the entire family and burn the
IhOuse, she assisted that daughter out the
back way and bid her fly for safety. And
while she wassstill refusing the fend ad-
mission and holding the door with all her
strength, he asain, and for the third time,
fired his gun through the window, terribly
wounding her, and again sought admission
and succeeding in forcing the door partially
open, seized her by the arm, dragged her to
the piazza, where terrible struggle ensued,
which resulted in her throwing him out OF
the house and enabling her TO again close
the door. The assassin then demanded of
her bed quilt, saying if she would give
him one he would leave. She gave him
one through a window and he left.
Your correspondent this evening visited
the prisoner in the Jail, in company with
the Sheriff, when he made the following
statement:
"My name is Jordan sCorben. = I am %
years old and was raised in this county. l
have been working this year by the day,
have no regular employment. l was at
Spring Hill Church on last Sunday evening;
went from there to my stepmOther's.; only
in the woods Sunday night; stayed in the
woods, because had been doing some
meanness The meanness that had been
doing was the breaking into the dwelling
house of Mr.. Henry Carnard and stealing
clock, shotgun, powder flask and blow
ing horn; went hunting Monday; wanted
tokeep out of the way of folks; went into Mr..
Corden's field Monday evening and tried to
hire to him to cut oats; said he did not want
me as his were not ready to cut. MIR. and
Mrs. Corden, their daughter about grown,
and their two. sons were in the field; went
from there to Mr.. Corden's house there was
no one present except three small children.
T asked them how many COWS they MIXED
and who MIXED them? Theytold me their
sister MIXED. / then went round behind
the cowpen and hid; the coWpen is about
seventy-fiye yards from the house; the sun
was about quarter of an hour high. / re-
manned there until the young lady came and
MIXED, but little girl came with her and l
did not say anything to her or let her see
me. I remained there until the family went
to supper. l then went up to the yard fence
and waited until they got through; saw them
60 into the house; saw part of the family 60
to bed When | knew they had all gone to
bed I pulled off nv shoes and Slipped up
to the window. Had my loaded gun with
me all this time; the window is about foot
square, tried to open it but could not; it
seemed to be buttOned. There was crack
in the window about as wide as my two
fingers; I could see Mr.. and Mrs. Corden
lying in the bed; their heads were towards
the window; .Ipoked my gun through the
crack and pointed it at the head of MIR. Cor
den and fired it. then ran off about seven
ty-fve yards and loaded it. There was a
big light in the hall, heard the young lady
say: "Somebody has killed pa" l heard
Mrs. Corden say to the little boys, "Run into
the kitchen and get the horn and blow it."
I saw them 60 and get the horn and one of
them got on the verandah and commenced
to blow it. had loaded my gun, and shot
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when / shot he halloWed and ran into the
house. The lights were then put out and the
door closed. l went up to the house and Or
dered them to open the door. wanted to
get into the house to domeanness. WANTED
to get to the young lady. l told
Mrs. Corden if she did notsend her daughter
out 1 would kill the whole family and burn
the house told her that had kerosine oil,
but did not have any. Mrs. Corden had
moved bed against the door, / then went
back to the window it was dark in the
house; couldn't see anything. [ poked
my gun through the crack in the window
and fired in the direction where Mrs. Cor
den was talking. then went back to the
door and forced it partly open. She was
trying to hold it to. I caught her by the
arm and pulled her out in the entry; we
had scutf1e. [ tried to throw her down,
but she threw me out in the entry, and got
back in the house and fastened the door, l
then told her if she would give me a bed
quilt would 60 away she then threw me
one out of the window, and left. went
down in the field and got in an old out
house, and went to sleepand slept until day.
| have never been to Mr.. Corden's house but
once before had never seen any OF his FAM
lily except that one time. Mr.. COrden or
any of his family have never done me any
injury"
During the whole time that the prisoner
was making this statement, he was appa-
rently cool and unconcerned and exhibited
a remarkable memory, and appeared to pos
sess an intellect above the average of his
race.
| INDIA's BLACK HOLES OF JAII.s.-The
amount of sickness and mortality in some of
the iails of India is stated with good rea-
son, in tie official reports to be very, de-
plorable. ~This is particularly applicable to