Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-04-16
of the spine. Both of them were instantly killed
ONLY thrna sLnts ,yara tirnd at them.

OF the spine. Both OF them were instantly kllleu.
Only three shots were fired at them.
On Friday morning the coroner of Richland
county held al inquest over the remains of the
dead convicts and the jury rendered verdict
that they came to their deaths by gunshot wounds
at the hands of certain of the penitentiary guard
while in the lawful discharge of their duty.
Lewis Pettis, the York convict, killed Sandy
Workman, colored, on the plantation of Mr. S.
l.. Milling, near EbeneZer, in this county, on
Sunday the 10Th of November, 1882, by striking
his victim in the right breast with an axe. He
was committed to Jail on the following day, and
at March term Of the Sessions Court was tried
before Judge Kcrshaw. In extenuation Of the
offence he pleaded that the deceased was paying
improper attention to his wife, and that the deed
was committed while under the. excitement in
cident to finding him at his house under suspi-
cious circumstances. The jury returned ver-
dict of manslaughter and the Judge sentenced
him to Imprisonment at hard labor in the peni-
tentary for term of ten years.
SURRENDERED BY HIS BONDsMAN.
D. 4. Long, who was indicted at the last term
of the Circuit Court on the charge of bigamy, and
who was admitted to bail by Judge Wallace in a
bond of $500, Mr.. NJ. A. Thompson becoming his
surety, was surrendered by his bondsman and
recommtted to Jail on Friday last.
Long, who is carpenter by trade, came from
CASTOR county, North Carolina, to Rock Hill,
several months ago, and being industrious and
steady, gained the confidence of the people. He
recently married an estimable and highly re-
spected young lady of the town, and soon after
the marriage the rumor gained currency that he
then had wife living in North Carolina. On
being confronted with the charge he attempted
to make his escape, but was captured mile or
two from town and on hearing before Trial
Justice Fewell he admitted that when only six
teen years of age he went through the form of a
marriage ceremony with woman of i'll repute,
much older than himself, she having inveigled
him into the misallance; that it was not valid
marriage first, because no license was issued by
the county register as the law of North Carolina
requires, the register refusing to issue license
because he was under age; and secondly the
ceremony was illegal because not performed by
a person properly authorized by the law of the
State to solemnze the rites Of matrimony lie
further claimed that soon after this mock mar
rage, he still being a minor, his father sent him
to Florida where he lived for more than year
and had never, since lie left North Carolina fol
Florida, lived with the woman. This story was
plausible and to some extent gained for him the
sympathy Of those who had so recently censureo
him; but with that strange perverseness fol
which trial justices and other administrators Of
the law are noted Trial Justice Fewell decided
to hold him for the action of the grand jury
Court being then in session, and in default OF SZO
bail he was committed to Jail. The grand jury
found true bill, and the case being called, the
State moved continuance, one reason being thai
there had not been time to procure testimony
from North Carolina for either side, and the
family of his second wife desired, in justice tc
her. that he should haye ample time and oppor'
tunity to vindicate himself fully and entirely
or failing to do so, abide the consequences.
The motion for continuance was granted anc
the Judge fixed the amount Of bail at $500. The
bond was given, Mr.. Thompson becoming his
surety, rs above stated; but after signing the
bond he Investigated the case in North Carolina
and finding the records all against the accused
he decided to annul his bond.
The Analecta published at Cherryville, in Gas
ton county, n. c., fully confirms the ugly ru
mors in connection with Longs disgraceful ca
reer That paper of last Saturdays date furnish,
es indubitable proof that Long was married tc
Mary Ann Hovis, in CASTOR county, by }. klser
a Justice of the Peace, eight or nine years ago, g
license having been duly obtained therefor; that
Mary Ann is now living in CASTOR county, and
that she is woman of good record. The Ana'
lecta further says that since the recent proceed
ings in York Sessions Court, Long has been in
that county, and report of his marriage here
having preceded him, he denied it, but admitted
that he had been living with woman at Rock
Hill. While in CASTOR he attempted to bribe his
wife No. to sign paper certifying that she did
not recognize him as her husband. This she re-
fused to sign. She says she considers herself the
only lawful wife of David Long. However
many women he may marry, she claims to be
the first, though the rest are welcome to him
1t is supposed that Long was making his ar
rangements to skip the country, having returned
to Rock Hill last Thursday for his tool chest and
clothing when he was unexpectedly and unavoid-
ably detained.