The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-04-30

:s--i.s, resident o. .his county. Ao
s brother Of one OF she siSners Of
Tue secession crdinsuc., who waa r
taaa q! deep p;ety md profound leaSn-
,.s. i. every way &c IS well cocnec%
81 With the frat families Of Carolina
de is .boat eexenty yescs OF sss
aod is tho -ici.sas man "a this 500
..on.
AsaaID oP TIs wAa
Jsss sbous tae end OF the wsr,
5sGaselJss~e.ies Gillsa ue!ghbos
asnsd S5>iton Sparks. tefer@s OF
.scount .; his riches did not go to
She var.Dut hired asubstitute. Sparks
1.s s conscript ci;cs-, and shout the
slose ot 1854 attempted W compel
]eaezie. kc so into tho s1lny, but h!a
eowardice was TOO great. Tie -esUis
Was that Jeferies went to the woods
and h:a .w.y from :ae conscr3pt Oh
ees. Blood hounds wore pat on his
scsct, and by soma mishap ne neysr
vs.s anprehe1dsd. Enrsged at the
eonaucs OF the conscript officer, JET
ierisi .soon aought a difficulty witn
aim, and Killed bis Official pursuoc-
About the close Of the war, when
Everything was IN corcation Of 81
most ii:;c ii:;cetSriie7able chaos, the trial Of
Jei-er;es for this murder WIS held.
Egeryhod. was interested IN the case.
and sreat indignation vas expressed:
&en O: m,ans who condemned tat:
slarder attempted 20 Ssye juss.co
meted -oas fairly On- or these w&s
Dr.. alexander White, az influential
iocsl phys;cia5. he denounced tae
uaurds.er .ana chanced to oobSaln sons
Damaging testimony against 1effer;e,.
This was soon made known to Jei-
~4ies and his friends, sno fell Ike
.=,>snb shell IN their camp. Aow -
;,apgfess tbs damaging evidence and
:sTe JeEeries lie was the qncs-
SION. Various schemes were hstched
sono effect,
wurs PUT OUT OF Tan WAY.
As last il wss determined to FOX
ever silence tas tongus Of Dr. Nhise
hy death. The plot wss conceived
sSl oonsumnated rapidly. IN the
a.rness Of 6 midsummer night N
august, 1865, while rocking bis moth
erlcss child to sleep In his County
home, Dr.. White was snot dead. That
snct was fred through the door.
Instantly Dr.. Whits tel dead. Ihe
startled child ow.ksned by the eruel
eonnotion, and the nurdersrs pluns-
ea into impenetrable darkness. Short
" afterwards the prs5tGog child, ses-
ins the blood o, the father flowing
freely, sat down sud dsbbled n it.
Covsre<sw;;3hh the gore Of It's father, the
child fell asleep, and there beside
its oareaS rested peacefully until
its brother Uncovered the dsstardly
:leed.
The -ntlrderers Of Dr.. White were
unknown. Suspicion pointed to Sam
o.el Jeffteriss, and several others, but
mono were, erested and tried ioz tbs
-.ised. Soon .fterwa-d tho trial Of
JetSe.ies io- the slaving OF SPARKS
vas held. Itresultcd Il al scGuittal,
despite tho fact thas Jeferles was IN
aninously condemned by the people.
Sinos shcn he has prospeEeo, and Il
today q very rich man. His charac-
ter has never been good, and many
deeds Of doubtful fairness have been
l.;d to his account. AL his acts were
lhe frui: c' mastery cunning mind.
T:no enS .sain he has been accused
os numbering DR.. Whits, but be and
ais associates Kept their secrss well.
Bu. his associates, who were Rot
mixed up in the deed, of:.on said pub
Eclv that ha rarely ever slept, and
frequently he saw apparitions OF bis
qictjras. Whether this is true or not
il IS certain he aged very rapidly and
never spoke OF his past life. Hls sole
ain seems to have been to conceal
forever this secret and msks money
rsni6ly, bit murder viii out snd Sam
uei JeEe-;es is now on the threahold
~ . di-eiI personal calamity.
~ ASSOCIATE so2Ns
When Or. Nnits was murdered,
.jeEerlos eac Oan named NeOGc7
were intimate asscsistes.
It wss believed that Aeoin had
either been hired BY Jsferiss to Kill
White. OF that he WIS ST. sbettor IN
.he desi. Medlin had 70 leave, and
went to Texas. There he died some
years ego, and while on his death-bed
msas. . stsseIoent e1onerating hin
sell, sna GecIa-ins that Jef.ries had
murdered D.. White. This confession
was kept secret by Medlins family
Not long sso Medlin's SOD told tbs
sal. related By lis father.
Tas Aa1EsT MADk
This started anew the ole sensation
among tbs few people who were
s~ora t. secrecy The prsstlng chlc
vae asb5led unconsciously N I'll
usenss lie blood IS now man. ",sr
sazy DiS5 o; testimony be hss wounc
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