The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-10-18

comparatively s. r1ch man. InaYlnE lnOeIO
the war: DAYS owned q snumber of slaves,
lived aquietl = and as usual on his farm,
enjoying the respect, of fshis .neighbQ and
maxim ia good citizen as: things went.
The disappe arancs Of: Meeks had long since
ceased TO he Interesting gossip and as the
;suspici ion had never hunted Sont sthesreal
urderers, Sit t=loo oked as: if vengeance had
passed them sinzits rible;sways over the
ranks Of the guilty 5;ll
The dream of peace and; safety was;
|rudelys bsok ZEN. One day about seven
Year Years afetsrs the smurde 81 message came
from Bill Brock, the negro who had been
the sone disintere rested witness of the
Killing tos q brother of the !. murdered
man: Z be negro was visited and reveal
ed theWhole: story of the murder, detail
b,Y5detail dec cIaring that it had haunted
lis mind until Ehe: could get mo rest. He
told softhes ootingS at the well and of
the burial of the body in the blackness
and ghostly silenc Of the forest, describ-i
ing the exact location Of the grave and
telling; the position of the body War:
rants were quick ly sworn Cont for sYand1-
YER, the preacher, and Davenport, the
ones still az. the country Implicated oy
the.negro, g tory :,s,,Y z snaver golaWln93
of the discovery and tied put was captured
somewhere near the Georgia rs II! IN e.. {,
Davenport was the tirst@ captured, and
when the zofic icers appros ched the house
he set q violent bull dog on them, which
nnarly Killed sone sof the men. The pair
were hnallY loagea laits s,as1Alaelson.
=, Inc ltla! zane ~ pe!o.e. = uuse 9.l:,
The.princlPals witness was {, the negro.
brocE wno mad lnrnea ntate.s y eYlosncs ,,
and escaped punishment a!neleDy. ae as
trial resulted an. the .conVictl9n o. Dotn
Davenport and y andlyer, ana 1 tney we're,
sentencsd;to be hanged: 10 =, neither II, case
was @she sentence e9ecatea: Inc .agea
ex:preac cner a!eo5 N an De!otez tae gay
Tor the e1ecnnon ana tae easy yusllce oI
Governor MOSES ,1elsaseo q DaYe1po
an e1ecanye Palo9n, IeIg ~ way :aau
80 the expense ", e. nis Possessions.
davenport Wens pack @ nls snons neaI
Bolton ana lived mere siot = y num3et ol
years Until ne came y, mere: ae nag aS'
CURED ttne morPhlne snaoll, ~ was ssaio &
before ms imprisonment ana !Ilal ana 81 3!
the jail Wnen sYisltols came :in ne Wouio
peg ZOE money s9; ;Day eas asu AHs.
nls le.sase ;nta y. ssrv "a the
lio1o :an ~ M ~. ts =. Il sa,,l of
soul OF t9e mulosles oecaine ..ae SUI ~
inc, tne moIaily aePsayeu opla.1 Ylc..n' agnas M:
and callo9s 20 every nora sellss; nls
property drifted aWay, nealtn ana cnal, :,
acter were lost and misery accumuiateo aIes
on him.
This; does not finish the tale OF horrors.
One day after the murder OF IN eeks M ms )
little daughter salo IN ,9e presence OF
her grandfatner, tne elaer y analYel: 3. ,,:
would nave 9 ia1aer m now =, = nauas :
6een Ilol gIanapa.. Z, : no ga.:! t mau
neaio Will 9lslIay eu1 ~, acc.salto1
the ups OF tne GnlIo. !ne: nsA. ,gay sae
cai'd Mas Gea saT no;.onaJ H1
sau ,e - fsther al s hscansa aha Enaw of the
1e .ha. hsd s,ona A = 'o
s. ms SnsS 3S ef DoeI hioo5 ,,,;tton
~ = sshann tho ~ D arrsst ~ Horvsv
~ 1Ea,d nd;rar a h;o u;fs driven tn dasnerat;on
aIa..I,, nj 49, aeof ths donhle murder
.sy s ~. tnsi ,an iaoGm.I I 9rendch;,d com.
:. a;..aa no. o sn;o;da hn I .ts;nS aSent ~ ra,n
.ss.I aha,t bar sS nscL ettach;no the other and
aDoSs Ie. ad nga, noa, od ra5l;ns otF on the the
q ~ lug pou po9s' auu to.11e - =. '1o
noTa .Tl, !. = r,af foto,;tu o,tend;no the
: - o,ors ~ Il the sthat oedv was eramnled again
to Green7ille, one Of his daughters, at
the time an operative in the Gamperdown
Mills, sIell lfOm One OIE:tne nefUulluiugsou ou