The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-05-01
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY
COMMITTED OVER TWENTY.slx YEARS
AGO

Enthor- \. Remarkable Story.
Atlanta t'nn@tt:m'ton.
SPAR ;ANDUM,. $. c., April ia
sensation, that reveals the talo OF q
horrible murder, and relates story
of deep-Clyed villniny, was unearthed
i'll this county to-day.
Not since the murder Of Captain
Dawsoa has South Carolina been 80
startlc mot since the recital by Mo
Dow of! his assassination Of that
knightty editor hns there been told
story OF such cruel and cowardly
murder. Prominent people arc cons
nected with 1ita perpetration, md
'lllauaksry other el9 tail makes the revcla-
t;on ~ lost scnk kational.
An aged m2yh, surrounded by
s.,o;l Aand ricf fles, garncrod by fair
.,5 fo, meapjs s., with Indications of
;,,nondi ng dissolution, aud with
no,,o ri ready Plotched beyond repara-
t;on ;s a1.rcSt7fA Fl quietly and silently.
for . u,rdor sommitted nearly bwen-
ive;y vrnrs I'd 20. This mnn so rich,
sn Jo,1hlv pro Eminent, is Samuel JEFF
Fo,.;os y rnsid lent Of this county. He
ia a hrotAer pf one of the siSncrs Of
tLn er,a4,iou ordinance, who wG0 .
n,nn ~ 1ncDr Siety and profound learn
;n,r Tn rvrrvt wiy he is well connect
oil ,viiL H,e fill st families Of Carolina.
IL i, :I,yutB sevfG tmo$ ears of ago
onI u the Acff many Il, In This sec
ton.
AEkD OF THE WAR
Inc, 81 o1 the end OF ths war,
S,rm'i ] tyi killed neighbor
n:nnod 81 ln Sparks. Jeffcries on
nrrm,nt q ,is riches did not go to
th,. wnr. hired asubstitute. Sparks
wa; n cd tipt officer and abouS tho
close of attempted to compel
Jcffnriee 10 INTO the army, but his
cowudiH NS too grc.t. Tho result
was that cries went to tho woods
and hid from the conscript Off
Ger. BIZ Ahounds werc put on his
irnr,,, ana MR. some mishap he nevor
was apprl (ht lled. Enragcd at tho
conduct ortuc consc,ipt officer, Jof-
forici sooF Fye Wight Il difficulty with
nn, AMI S,slnfRP his official pwsuer
About THE close of the war, when
cycrythiu2; WIS in Il condition OF al
most irryil ilriG|HblA chaos, the trial OF
Jeffcrica f}>r this murder was held
EcryboIf<Wa3 interested in tho case,
and great inds, Aation was oppressed.
Men of mean- h;ho condemned this
murder attcipepted to have justice
meted out .1aRly. One Of these WAS
DR. Mexaudf6ff white, an influential
local Dhysicia,E. Ho denounced the
murderer and financed to obtain somo
damaging test AuOry against Jefl'criea
This WIS soon huadC known to JET
"rics AMI his fliiantls, and fell like .
omb shell in iEhnir camp. How to
.lpprcss this damaging evidence and
ave JcffcreSl life wn3 the Uues-
zion. Various Schemes were hatchod
mo effect.
w,urn PUN OUT or TIE WAY.
Al last it was) determined to for
ever silcnce the tbnguo OF Dr.. White
by death. YtfhcH H4S$n was conceived
and cons,tmmatcd " IDLY. In the
darkness of u midsui4Aa@Af-ni in
August, 1865, while rocking hismoth-
erless child to sleep in his country
home, DR.. White was shot dead. That
shot was fired through the door.
Instantly DR.. White fell dead The
startled child awakened by the cruel
commotion, and themurderera plung
ed into impenotrable darkness. Short
ly afterwards the prattling child, sec
ing the blood Of the father flowing
freely, sat down and dabbled in it.
Cove. 4 with the sMce ofita father, the
child fell asleep, and there beside
its parent rested peacefully until
its brother discovered the dastarlly
deed.
Tho murderers of DR.. White were
unknown. Suspicion pointed to Sam
uel Jeffcries, and sex1ral others, but
none were arrcstctlMAd tried for the
decd. Soon nftcrMard the trial of
Jeffcrics f0r The staying Of Sparks
was holdY Itresultcd in all acquittal.
despiteEtho fact that Jcfferies was I'M
ar1ih. ~ dsly condemned by the people
Since then ho has prospcred, and is
today o very rich man. His charac-
ter has never been good, and many
doeds of doubtful fairness have been
laid to his account. All his acts were
tho fruit OF Il mastcrly cunning mind
limo and again he has been accused
Of numbering DR. White, but he and
his associates kept thcir secret well.
But his associates, who were not
mixed up in the decd, often said pub
lcly that he rarely ever slept, and
frequently ho Say apparitions Of his
victims. Whether this is truo or not
1T il certain he aged worry rapidly and
never spoke OF his past life His sole
ann seems to lInv1 been to conceal
forever Tins secret and make money
rapdly,but murder will out and Sam
ucl Jefterics il now on the threshold
of direful personal calamity
AN ASSOCIATE sQRALs.