Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-12-15

in Jail told me had broke my own neck. L
said, "Boys, I am going to tell the truth
They said, "You and Dan done told every
thing They said to me and Bailey, "Don't
tell anything Ifany one belonged to the club
and was to tell anything, he was to be murdered,
or run out of the country. When we got caught
in stealing scrape, the balance was to swear
him out. We were to take the cotton we stole to
Levi Wood and he was to bale it and sell it, and
we would divide the money. They put me
through preliminary trial and told me that l
would never come out except to be hung. I an,
nineteen years old. was persuaded into this
thing. Nose Lipscomb had spots of blood on
his face He said he got it off the quilt. The
following belonged to the Lower Club: Giles
Good head man; John Good Sam Good, Bud
Darby, Owens Moore, George Jameson. The
following belonged to the Upper Club: Prindy
Thompson, Wallace Reid, Dick Thompson, little
Scott Thompson, Sam McCluney, Wade Bank
head, Levi Woods, John Cole, Bill Craig, Dan
Craig, Dave Wilkes, head man; Nose Roberts
Sam Thompson, Nose Lipscomb, Bailey Dow
die, Dan Roberts and Will Roberts.
Dan Roberts was interrogated and denied all
knowledge of the affair. He said he did moi
belong to any club.
Wade Bankhead also denied all knowledge OF
the club.
Bill Craig, also in Jail, was interrogated. He
said: did not join the club, but they tried tc
get me to join. am talking about this side OF
the river. Old man Jack Dowdle tried to gel
me to join. He asked me if I would join this
society. We were to work for dollar day
If one man did not hire. him and another did
not hire him, he was Just to take it. Bailey came
along and said the same thing. This thing was
Just in their .headsJ There was no writing. One
of them got old man Jack Palman on it. That
is all know about it. If we could not gel
our wages we were just to take it. They were
going to have meeting on the other side OF
the river. did not ioin;and I told Mr.. Sarrat'
about it.
The jury of inquest was in session yesterday
LYNCHING FRUSTRATED.
Late yesterday evening the Sheriff received in
formation which he regarded as perfectly relia'
able, that a party of men would visit the Jail be-
fore this morning for the purpose Of taking Out
at least four of the prisoners-those charged as
principals in the murder.
He therefore applied to Judge Witherspoor
for an order transferring them to another
county, and accordingly, about dark, Nose
Lipscomb, Dan Roberts, Bailey Dowdle, Prind
Thompson, Giles Good and John Good were
started, under proper officers, to Columbia, via
| GaStOnla, N. Z.
This action was known only to those immedi'
ately engaged in it, and as the talk of lynchine
had been renewed in the evening, demonstra
tion was confidently expected some time last
night. But it was deferred until about O'Clock
this morning, at which hour party numbering
perhaps rs undisguised white men, having an axe
and sledge hammer, and a few armed with shot
guns, approached the jail. About dozen of'the
men secured an entrance to the corridor and
proceeding to the third floor commenced batter
ing the wooden shutter opening to the iron
grated door,
Sheriff Glenn having been up nearly all night
had retired and was asleep. He was aroused by
information that there was a large mounted
crowd approaching the Jail. He jumped up, but
before he could reach the head of the stairs, one
panel of the wooden shutter had been knocked
out. The Sheriff addressed his unceremonious
visitors and asked them what they wished. The
answer was. "We want the four murderers.' y
The Sheriff replied, "They are not here; they
| have been sent to Columbia" He then proposed
to open the doors and let the men examine for
themselves.
Four of the NUMBER accompanied by the
Sheriff, entered, and after thorough examina-
ton returned, fully satisfied that the men want
ed were not in the Jail. The whole party, which
had been quiet and orderly, then rode out OF
town. r.- p.