The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-13
HIS SECOND VICTIM.
George S. Turner's Hando Again Stained
With B1ood..-This Time he Kills
Edward Finger, His Wife's
Brother.
Special TO the REGISTER.

Especial to the Register.l
SPARTANBCRG. S. c., March S.-The
particulars of the killing of Edward
Finger by George 5. Turner at Valley
Falls yesterday are obtainable only
from private parties, the Coroner not
having yet filed the proceedings OF the
inquest.
Finger was driving along the road,
not far from Turner'S prem SOS, little
under the influence of whlskey, when
he met a white woman named Sparks,
who it seems had previously charged
him with the paternity OF her child,
Finger maintaining that she had done
so on the suggestion ofTurner. Finger
abused her severely and denounced
Turner
The woman Immediately related the
interview to Turner, who met Finger
near his (Turner's) store. Accounts
ditler as to whether Finger had dis
mounted before he saw Turner or did
so on the latter's coming in view,
Finger became abusive and advanced
on Turner, but was held back by a ne
gro man. Finger reached for his pistol,
the colored man still holding him.
Turner said: Let him come I'll fix
him." and threatened to shoot the ne
gro If he did not turn Finger loose.
The negro complying, Finger tried to
draw bis weapon, when Turner fired
his pistol, his ball taking effect in
Fingers left side, near the centre ofhis
body, and killing him instantly.
Turner SIlrrpO1prpI hirOStlf 70 the
Sheriff this morning and is now in
Jail.
There has been bad blood between
the two men for some time. Turner
WAS sued for $4,000 damages for the
seduction of Fingers sister, but at the
last term of the court the case was
marked settled. Turner and Finger are
said to have had several quarrels over
this matter, in one of which shotguns
played part, and which was settled
only with difficulty.
Finger was a brother of Turner's
wife, the alleged victim of his seduction
being his sister-in-law.
Public sentiment appears to be
against Turner in the present case.
Turner was tried some months ago
for the murder of julius Metzkie, an
inottensive and friendless German
laborer, and was convicted Of man
slaughter. Appealing to the Supreme
Court, he procured a new trial and was
then acquitted. In that case feeling
ran high against Turner, and the peo-
pie generally are not now satisfied with
its result.
Finger was about % years old and
unmarried.
TRIED 70 LYNCH TURNER.
Special to the Greenville New.
SpARTASBURG, S. c., March 1O.-To-
day crowd came into town to lynch
Geo. S. Turner. There was much eX-
element. \ throng gathered in jail
Street, near the public square, and the
situation looked serious. Sheriff Nj
chols and his deputies, John Vernon
and Eber Bruton, with Messrs. Andrew
+. Moore and I'd. ID. Gentry were in
the Jail with arms and ammunition
determined to resist violence, and the
sheriff gave out that some one would
be hurt if the mob entered the jail and
that at last he would place Turner in
the cell and arm him and let him fight
for his life. The lynchers were badly
organized. They had been slow III
getting to work and nothing had been
done. About one o'clock team draw
ing the cannon which is kept at the
encampment grounds was driven into
Jail Street and pointed at the Jail with
rush and hurrah. Then the most
credtable action of the day was taken.
Mayor Henneman and four policemen
with drawn pistols advanced into the
mob Just at the time when the posse III
the Jail had their rifles pointing through
ths 2z Ta99YH aud e9yeFEpg E aE afEafgs
spoke few determined words and the
cannon was captured and with the aid
Of some citizens. white and black, it
was rolled into the jail yard and spiked
with a ten penny nail which w. NJ.
Jones drove into the touch hole. This
disconnected the lyn:hers. There was
some boisterous talk and t1ourishing Of
pistols, but only Benz. W. Ewbarks
was arrested and placed in the Gala
boOse The arrest was made by police
man Camp. Ewbank and two others
had brought the cannon into town.
The excitement lasted some time longer
and there were rumors of large crowds
on the outskirts, but at this hour, five
o'clock, the war seems to be ended,
but the Jail will be guarded tonight.
Our sheriff, and his deputies and our
city police are us fearless and fine set
of men as ever can be found. John
Nichols during Il battle in the late war
went out of the Confederate entrench-
ments exposing himself to fire from
both armies to give water to wounded
yankee soldier. The timely action of
Mayor Hennelnan today alone saved
blo0dshcd. TO policemen john Hill,
John Miller, Frank Camp and Jesse
Croak, high praise is due. II. +. X.
LYNCHERs LEFT IN THE LURcH.
Especial to News and Courier.]
COLUMBIA, March 11.-George Tur-
ner, the coveted prey of Spartanburg's
lynching party Yesterday, is spending
tonight in Columbia, the guest of
Sheriff Rowan. He was spirited away
from SI>artanburg last night by Sheriff
John NJ. Nichols, who at the Hotel
Jerome this evening. told the News and
Courier correspondent how the affair
Was managed. The sheriff said that he
had Yesterday received a dispatch from
Governor Richardson insructing him |
to protec3 Turner at all hazards and to |
bring him to Columbia if necessary. |
Leading citizens assured him of their |
confidence in his ability to hold the |
iail against all assailantS, but urged |
him to remove Turner, since keeping
him in the Spartanburg Jail would re-
quire him to be constantly on the alert
for many days and any attack upon the
Jail would be attended by loss of life,