The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-11-19

Attorney General Pope, who went
down to Barnwell to Investigate, re-
turned to the city yesterday morning,
and very soon the result Of his investi-
cations were whispered around on Law
ltange, causing q considerable stir
among tho lawyers.
The result of Gen. Pope's investiga-
tlons are contained In the following
statement presented by him to Governor
To His Excellency, D. II. Tillman, the
Governor of the State of South Caro-
lima:
YOUR ENCELLENCY-Inr response to
your letter Of the 7th inst, requesting
me to personally superintend, on this
day, in Barnwcll, an examination into
the recent occurrences touching the re-
ward offered Wy you for the apprehension
OF w. l.. McFail, charged with murder,
and while evading arrest for said al.
legged crime, | beg leave TO report:
That on this morning proceeded to
l}arnwell and made an investigation of
the matter referred to me, with the fol-
lowing result:
l.. became thoroughly convinced that
the cause of good government In this
State required that all indictment for
conspiracy should DC preferred against
the elder McFail, &. w. NJ. Williams and
ii. ii. Hill.
.. was equally satisfied that indict-
ments for perjury should be handed out
against G.. w. M. Williams and A. Nc
Fail. The Indictment referred to in
the ilrst and second paragraphs of this
communication will go before the
Grand Jury of Barnwell county tomor-
row.
3. The conduct of the sheriff, Mr.. Ian
caster, which you requested me to in
vcStigate at the same time, was inQuir-
cd into, and | am satisfied no steps
should he taken against him, for in the
| first place he tried to arrest w. l.. Nc
Fail, even going 60 far as to offer the
sum Of $50 from his own means to ac-
compiling this result. In the second
place no act on his part in relation to
the alleged arrest OF w. l.. NICFail by
II. III. Hill could be objected TO except
the giving of a certificate Of said arrest.
| and in this last matter he declined to
| give such certificate until his attorney,
Il very highly esteemed and gifted law
| yer Of the BarnWell bar had recommend
| cd such a course for his adoption. Un-
der such circumstances, | repeat, no
proceedings should be had against him.
| would lily discharge my duty in the
premises if neglected to bear testi.
mony to the cordial cO-opperation of
the most worthy solicitor of the Second
circuit, Hon. w. Perry Murphy, and as
well to his ability as counsel.
Respectfully,
y. j. POPE, Attorney General
HILL TELLS WHAT lie DID.
The following letter from the alleged
captor Of McFail, received by Governor
yesterday, is very interesting coming
as it does along with the above:
BARNwELL, S. c., Nov. 9, 1891.
TO His Excellency, Gov. Is. II. Tillman
l reiterate the assertion that | die
arrest McFail. l concede the fact tha
l could not have arrested him had h,
resisted me; but he and l being friends
and as he intended to surrender before
court and his trial, ne yielded to my
wishes and allowed the arrest made
that L might get the reward. This
was done at my request, and If there
was anything wrong in it, it was an er-
ror from the head and not from the
heart. Now, in order to stop this un-
fortunate newspaper warfare, and to
put speedy end to 1t, l make no fur
ther claims to the reward. Yours,
with great respect,