The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-11-11
a Lawyer to Defend him.

Esq, one OF McFaii's counsel. and Air
II. c, Folk. acquainting him with tht
fact that McFail Lad ''surrendcreG'
voluntarily. and also limiting that there
vas some coilusion between Hill &ss
McFa!l 10 the end that the reward money
would be used .or the purpose Of ds
fense. The first CT thsse commun.ca
tious is from Robert AlGrici}, Esq, o
da;c November ,, and is as follows:
BAHNwELL, c. T., Nov. 2. 1891.
To His Excelie2cy Governor Z. r. TIL
man. Columbia. 5. {.
DEAR SIR:-Wi!iam i. AcFa!l sur
readerad voluntarily 20 the Sheriff o
tn IS County to-day. Should any CLAIM
be made for tie reward !! will be traut
upon the State and should oe disregard
ed. Yours very truly,
ROBERT ALDRICH.
The next is from Mr.. II. {. Folk O
Bamb berg ef date November 3:
BAMEERG, Nov. 3.
Hon. 3. r. Ti:iman. Governor OF Soutt
Carolina, Columbia, S. c.
Ny DEAR SIE:-McFail, the slayer
of Buroee. has surrendered to the Sher
II through his friend H. II. Hill. Thi:
is done to get the reward offered by yor
for his arrest, or at least this is the gen.
eral impression here. Can you not With
hold the reward and Investigate the mat
ter2
Our State should not pay for the de-
tense of her criminals ifit can be avoided
I have written the above with the hops
that you may be able to do something
to stop this business.
Yours very truly, II. G. FOLK.
When Mr.. Hill called on Governor
Tlllman yesterday morning he wa:
armed with the certificate OF Sheriff Ian
caster Of Bacnwell County acknowledg'
ing the receipt of McFail at the Comfy
Jail, but of course in the face Of the IN
formation received in the matter Gov.
erner Tillnan refused to pay the reward
offered. The following is the certificate
Of Sheriff Lancaster:
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF BARNwELL.
This IS to certify that H. II. Hill has
this day delivered to me the person ot
w. L. McFail. charged with the murder
OF E. G. Burpee, at Midway, in this
Coanty and State, and that the said w.
L. NicFail is now confined in the Coun'
ty jail. J. W. LANCASTER,
Sheriff Barnwell County.
November lst, 1891.
Witness: ". GILMORE sIMNs, c,
c. P. and G. S.
Upon the payaent Of the reward be-
ing refused Mr. Hill called upon 6. W.
81. Williams, Eaq., Of this city, one o.
McFail's counsel, snd explained the
matter to him, whereupon MIR. Williams
wrote the following letter to Governor
Tillman:
COLUMBIA, Nov. 1, 1891.
TO His Exceliency 3. E. Tillman, Gov
ernDr Of South Carolina:
Having been informed by Mr.. II. A.
Hill of certain communications to you,
l have read the communication OF Robt.
Aldrlch, dated Nov. I'd, and addressed
tc you, IN which he states that Wm. L.
McFaii surrendered voluntarily to the
Sheriff Of this County to-day, and VISA
to say that while | make 10 charges OF
wilfulty mistaking things against Mr..
Aldr!ch, he IS verr seriously mistaken.
| am the legal adviser Of Mr.. McFail IL
tie case he now stands charged with
having committed against the law.
Colonel AlGrich vas by scDe means
brought into the case TO assist rae in the
Defending of MeFa:!. l further wish
to state tha. Colonel Ait.;ch is deleCd-
ing party chsrssd with arson, against
whom Mr.. IicFaii ;s an important
witness. and IN whose hcha:; NJ. Al
drich is OF cour.e quite sol!citouS. |
further wis; il knswn to go1 that was
in Bsrnven on tie "a, .(the date o!
Co!oaei Aldrich's letter. } and lie did lot
intimate IL me any Intention Ct writing
YOU, or asked nc anything concerning
this anomalous cores esponGence. ! saw
Colonel Aldr!ch early IL the morning OF
the ID, and asked him for a consultation,
aid after leaving him at the font gate
of his residence. saw no more OF him.
In regard to II. c. Folks communica-
ton to you, dated Sd November, I wish
TO say to you that. although hc Is G.
from Barnwell. he would
not dare tell the Sheriff that McFail sur
rendered to him. Though Folk has the
honorable attached TO his name as the
of the people, he has ex-
hibiEed to my mind a partisan feeling un-
founded in fact except as quits his own
peculiar notions. ! would not write
this TO yeu. Governor, except for the
language used in Folks letter which I
ho pc the public will see and appreciate,
and for the backing the enormous report
seems to have from one OF McFaiPs law
ycrs, so considered. Very respectfully,
yeur obedient servant.
G.. ". ". WILLIAMS.
And thus the matter stands, and so it
will stand untl Governor Tiilman has
had time and opportunity to make a
thorough investigation Of the whole
matter.-Register.
Thursday Go7erncr Tillman received
the following additional letter in regard
to the alleged fraudulent capture OF W.
L. McEsil by II. Il. lI;lI in BarnwelI
County:
"BARNwG1L c. H., Nov. 81, 1891.
ITO His ExcelleacT. GOV. B. Il. Till
man, Columbia, ). c.:
Dear Sir:-I wrote you last night
that VIM. /. AIcFail lad voluntarily
TO the sheriit.. and any claim
for the reward offered would be an at
tempted fraud upon TIC State AID should
be disrerarded. l was moved to write
you as | did without any knowledge o.