The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-04-22
LirElS SOUTH CAROLINA,
Some OF the Notable Incidents OF tho
Past Week. .n

J Past Week.
CHARLEsvoS, S. G., April ol.-The Grim,
inal record OF tho past week in South
Carolina Is alarming. On Thursday night,
at Lanes Station, two negroes, Samuel
Green aud Jsrey Rease, quarsled abou.
a woman With whom they had both been
intimate, and Rease drew his pistol and
shot bis rival dead. The sssassin fsd In.
stantly and has not been captured. On
Saturday night Harvey Scott and Gabriel
Aloulhie, two negro turpentine hands in
Orangeburg county, had dispute. After
some ho. words Scott drew hand.saw file,
which had been ground quite sharp and
pointed, and plunged 1t into the temple Of
Moultrie, intllcting q terrible wound, from
which he died In leEs than an hour. Scott
escaped -
Jerry Thomas and Gilbert FAR, both of
whom are colored, quarreled in Union
county about negro woman. Thomas
cut Farr with large knife, inficsing
wounds from which he cannot recover,
One OF the gashes was seven inches long.
Thomas was lodged In jail. In George
town county Alexander Gordon, white,
and colored man went turkey hunting on
Tuesday. Knowing that the negro could
initiate the call OF a turkey Gordon sent
him into the bushes. Shortly atterward
Gordon heard turkey calling and firing
into the bushes shot the negro through the
head killing him ins'antly. The Coroner's
jury acquitted Gordon Of all blame. On
sunday, in L1urens county, ]. a. Monday
and W. N. Culberson, two white men, had
a fight with knives. Culberson was fear
fully mutilated and would Lave been kill
ed outright had not Mondays wife inter
fered, whereupon Monday turned upon
his wife and beat her 60 terribly with his
fists that she had to be put under medical
treatment. Monday was jealous Of Culber-
son, who Was quite friend Of his wiies.
Culberson viii probably die from his
wounds. .u astfls It,E
William Crawford and Jack I,by, OF
Laurens county, 60: drunk les. Sunday,
and, mounting their ho.se3, rode down to
the Sweet Springs colored church, in New.
berry county, where they assaulted several
negroes withou! any proyocation and raised
great disturbance. Abou. the time the
meeting was breaking up Irby rode up to
loc luupN dI0 utt0 lulu tue CuuIcQ, IQS
class meeting going on ct the time, but did
not injure any one. After the congregation
broke up Crawford and 1rby met several
colo,ed men, one Of whom, William Swim
dler, was assaulted by the doughty pair and |
accused Of stealing pistol:.--frby fred at |
Ssindler, the ball striking him in the head |
ard inaictinsa dangerous wound. 4 war
rant was is.usd for the arrest oi Irby, but
he has not ye! been caught. i
The recsnt municips! election resulted |
in the overwhelming de!ea, Of the whisky
men. The night siter tie election the |
Academy, at Edgefeld, was broken into
and the slases and books were broken and |
torn up and thrown into the Streets On |
the same night moo went to the house OF |
Wst Crsmer, colored man, and called |
him out. As he refused to come ont sew.
eral shots were fired into the door OF bis |
house. During the night pistol shots were
continually fred on the streets, and loud
yells were heard in sll directions, with
oashs and curses. This was the way the |
bar.keepe,s celebrated their defeat.