The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-04-17

Shortly before sundown yesterday
Mr.. Denny was Informed by some oi
the searchers for the outlaws that they
were going to attempt to capture them
this morning at their fathers house
where they believed them to be. At
a. m he set out for Carpenters house
and found eight or ten men there
There We're twenty or more surround
ing Murrell's house. The latter party
closed in their Gordon at daylight, and
and against the protests Of Mr.. Frank
Murrell, the father Of the criminal,
searched the premises. Under the
straw of the stable they discovered a
slanting hole in the earth large enough
to conceal a mans body. Searching
it, they found hidden within some
quinine capsules aud other medicines,
which convinced them that their man
was not far distant.
Acting on TIE hint received they
made i close examination of the earth
under the residence. Removing some
loose planks they found a spread OF
guano sacks, and under these buggy
robe. When they lifted the robe they
found a hole, out Of which was thrust
a pisto. held in mans hand. The
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\ member of the party, whose name
cannot be ascertained, fired into the
hole, and this compelled the surrender
of the occupants. Whitefield Murrell,
the young desperado, was hauled out
of the nest which he had made com
Portable with quilts and straw. The
pistol ball had struck him in the left
hand, furrowing the three first fingers,
but lot shattering the bones.
This occurred about $50 a. m. He
was kept under guard all the morning
and brought to Johnston in the after
noon.
LOOKING FOR CARPENTER.
The party at Carpenters house
aroused its occupants at daylight, after
searching the lot and outbuildings.
When they entered the residence,
which belonged to John Carpenter, the
fugitive's father, they found something
which previous searches of the premises
had not revealed. It was hole in the
ceiling about two and a half feet long
by ten inches, where plank had been
removed. The men started to crawl
into the loft, saying: There's where
be is" Upon this old Mrs. Carpenter,
who is described as being both an
Amazon and a Tartar, produced an old
sabre, which she flourished in their
faces, and declared that the first man
who went into the loft would get his
head cut off. Members of the expedi,
ton declared the language used by old
Mrs. Carpenter and the oaths she
hurled against them, between puffs Of
her short pipe, We're quite beyond the
range Of their previous experience. The
sword and tongue Of the belligerent
dame forced parley, and when it was
reflected that any head stuck into the
loft might really be shot off by viii
Carpenter, it was thought best to com.
municate with the Governor, and il
was at this stage that Mr.. Denny's
telegram was dispatched. Subsequent
ly an entrance was effected under the
caves of the roof, but careful search
failed to discover Carpenter. This
houses of several neighbors were eX.
amined without success, and at last
the conclusion was forced that the out.
law had escaped to the swamp and that
tie object of his mothers simulated
fury was to divert attention from his
actual hiding place. This house was
about three and half miles from John
ston; Murrell's five.
THE ESCAPE FROM EDGEFIELD JAIL
Telling the story of his easy escape
with Carpenter from Edgefield Jail, be
admitted it gave him little trouble tc
elude Sheriff QUITS. An old chise
and some wire had been found in ar
ashpan, and some negroes drew up ar
auger from below with a string. Some
of these negroes were afraid to attemp
to escape when the time came. HI
and Carpenter had the freedom of thu
second or middle floor of the Jail. BY
pushing the wire through a crack il
the door they dislodged a bunch ofkey'
hung outside, and and with the sam,
wire drew them under the door wher
they had fallen to the floor. BY mean
of one Of the keys they reached room
over the kitchen, unlocked it, scale(
the Jail fence and escaped.
They walked about fifteen miles tha
night, hid out during the day aEt
walked to Augusta next morning
They marched through most of Geor
gia, but travelled westward by raj
after leaving the State.
AN ARKANSAS OFFICER BRIBED.
AtBrinkley, Ark, they were arreste
on the train on suspicion of being Mul
rell and Carpenter, but after bein
locked up a day or two bribed certai
officers, whose names he would no
state, and were released. He had LEI
home with $500, and paid so to be Sc
free. Carpenter paid most of th
money he had. This is a matter whic
the Governor of Arkansas should ir
vestiyate. Sheriff QUITS reported t
Governor Richardson at the time tha