The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-01-14
a woman and Two Children Frozen to
heath.

A.. woman and Two Children Frozen to
It is our duty this week to- chronicle
one Of the saddest events that has ever
happened in And ersonI. County within
our recollection, viz: the freezing to
death of mother and her two infant
children.
About 81 miles from Bolton, in Broad
way Township, on the plantation Of Mrs.
Lucy a. Ewell, there resided in a rude,
log hut colored woman, named Emaline
,Barmore, and her little child, two or three
years Of age. About two weeks ago the
woman became the mother of another
child, and since then She had been con-
fined to, her bed. On the same plantation
resided several other families of her color.
They. knew of her condition, but it seems
were ,It,r not thoughtful enough to visit her
and minister TO her wants or comfort,
and in that log cabin the poor woman,
with her two little children, lay, with no
one to cook her "a meal of yictuals or to
provide asstick of fuel. Thus she was
when. the extreme cold weather set in last
Thursday.
-on lastS Saturday afternoon Adam Bag
we'll, who resides on an adjoining plan
.tation, was asked to look after the unfor-
tunate;woman, and on Sunday morning
he and John Watkins decided to 60 to
hsr house and cut her some wood, When
they reached the house, Wadkins knock
ed! Land called to the woman, but they re-
ceiYed no response. They then pushed
the door open, and their eyes beheld G
most heart -rending scene. Across the
fireplace lay the poor woman, with her
infant;elasped in her arms, both cold in
death, and in one corner of the fireplace
lay the other little child dead. How long
they had been dead no one could tell.
There was no fire in the fireplace and no
fuel in the house, and the cold winds
whistled through tile large cracks of the
hut. The hearts of these two men were
no doubt melted, but they could do moth
ing, for the poor woman and her two chill
dren were beyond the reach of human
aid.
It was evident that the woman had
crawled out Of her bed and made on q
FIRE to keep her and her little ones warm /,
but when It burnt out she was too weak
to secure more fuel.
On Sunday afternoon negro messen-
ger was sent TO Bolton to notify the au-
thorities Of the terrible event. he was
instructed to take charge of the remains
until the Coroner could arrive there.
Coroner Nance was notified, and on Mon
day morning he repaired to fireplace to
hold an inquest over the dead bodies.
When he reached the house there were 25
or 80 negroes standing around, and the
unfort unate woman and her children lay
in the same place where they were found
the day before, None of the negroes
could be induced to come into the house
and assist in removing the bodies to a
bed; and the Coroner and two or three of
the white jnrymen had to perform this
duty. ~,
Coroner Nance Immediately organized
a Jury consisting of J. s. Sim mons, ]. 81.
Breazeale, Moses Briscoe, Jesse Jones, T.
F. Callahan, j. T. Thompson. Henry
Loyelace, ]. B. Satter6eld, Isaac Agnew,
o. *. Breazeale, P. Mattison, NJ. E. Brea-
zeale and a. i. Willingham, who, after
hearing the evidence, which is in accord
ance with; the facts given above, and TAX
ing the statement Of DIR. j. M. Holcombe,
rendered verdict that Emaline Barmore
and her two children came to their death
by freezing some. time between the 7th
10th of. January inst.
This terrible event is deeply regretted
by the citizens Of the community in
which it happened, and had they been
given the least intimation that the poor
woman was suffering, they would have
provided literally for her comfort.