The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-11-12
A MUSS IN BARNWELL.
ALLEGED ATTEMPT 70 DEFRAUD
THE STATE.

tho sheIiH. and Wants the Money to Pay
Lawyer to Defend him.
COLUMBIA, S. g., Nov. 4.-It will
be remembered that during the earl,
part IF last summer +. &. Burpcc. town
of the town Of Midway. Barn
" ell County, was shot and killed by one
VIM. l.. Mcfail, a full account of which
was published in The Register at tho
time it occurred.
McFail "skipped," so to speak. and
was not heard of from the time of the
killing until last Sunday when his ap-
pearanCe at Barnwell Court House gave |
no little surprise. Besides this there is
considerable difference Of opinion as TO |
the cause OF his appearance, it being
claimed by some that he was captured,
and by others that he voluntarily sur
rendered himself. These differences of
day morning when officer III. IL. Hill
called upon Governor Tillman and
claimed the reward offered for McFulls
capture.
Previous to Mr.. IIil's arrival, how
ever, Governor Tiliman hid received
communications from Robert Altlrich,
ii. &. Folk. acquainting him with the
TACT that McFail had "surrcndcrcd"
voluntarily, and also limiting that there
was some collusion between Hill and
McFall to the end that the reward money
would be used for the purpose of de-
tense. The first of these communca-
tious is from Robert Aldrich, ESQ.,, of
date November 2, and is as follows:
X n y
To His EXcellency Governor B. II. Till
man, Columbia. S. Z.
DEAR SIR:-William l.. McFall sur
rendered voluntarily to the Sheriff of
III $ County to-day. Should any claim
be made for the reward it will be fraud
uron the State and should be disregard
ca. Yours very truly,
ROBERT ALDRICII.
The next is from Mr.. II. G.. Folk of
Bambcrg Of date November 3:
BANBERG, Nov. 3.
Hon. B. II. Tillman, Governor of South
Carolina, Columbia, S. G.
MY DEAR SIR:-McFail, the slayer
OF Burpee, has surrendered to the Shcr-
III through his friend II. II. Hill. This
is done to get the reward offered by YOU
for his arrest, or at least This is the gem
clal impression here. Can you not with
hold the reward and investigate the mat
ter:
Our State should not pay for the de-
Tense of her criminals if ii can be avoided.
havo written the above with the hope
that you may be able to do something
to stop this business.
Yours very truly, II. &. FOLK.
When Mr.. Hill called on Governor
Tillman yesterday morniny he was
armed with the certificate OF Sheriff Ian
caster o. Barnwcll County ACKNOWLEDGES
ing the receipt of McFail at the County
Jail, but Of course in the face Of tho in
formation received In the matter Gov
ornor Tillman refused to pay the reward
offered. The following Is tho certificate
o! Sheriff Lancaster:
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF BAKNwELL.
This ls to certify that II. ii. Hill has
this day delivered to me the person of
w. l.. McFail, charged with The murder
OF f.. &. Burpec, at Midway, in this
County and State, and that the said w.
Ia. NlcFall ls now confined in the COun.
W jail. >. w. LANCASTER,
Sheriff Barnwcll County.
November lst, 1891.
Witness: w. GILMoRE SIMMS. G..
&. Il. and G.. :.
Upon the payment Of the reward be-
ing refused Mr.. Hill called upon G.. W.
NJ. Williams, Esq, OF this city, one of
McFalPs counsel, and explained the
matter to him, whcrcupOn Mr.. Williams
wrote the following letter to Governor
TilIman:
COLUMBIA, Nov. t, 1891.
10 Ills EXccllency B. Il. Tillman, Gov
ernOr OF South Carolina:
Having been Informed by Mr.. III. a.
Hill OF certain communications to YOU,
1 have read the communication OF RObt.
Aldrlch, dated Nov. I'd, and addressed
TO you, IN which he states that VIM. l..
McFail surrendered voluntarily to the
Sheriff ofthis County to- day, and wish
TO say that while make no charges of
wiliully mistaking things against Mr..
Aldrlch, he Is very seriously mistaken.
l am the legal adviser Of Mr.. McFail in
the case he now stands charged with
having committed against the law.
Colonel Aldrich was by some means
brought into the case to assist me in the
defending of McFail. | further wish
to state that Colonel Aldrich is defend
ing party charged with arson, against
whom Mr.. McFail is an important
witness, and in whose behalf Mr.. AL.
drlch Is OF course quite solictous. |
iurthcr wish it known to you that was
IN Barnwen on the I'd, (hc date of
Colonel Aldrich' 8 letter. and he did not
intimate 10 me any iIteAtion of writing
you, or asked me anything concerning
tins anomalous correspondence. l saw
Colonel Aldrich early IN the morning of
the I'd, and asked him for consultation,
ahd alter leaving him at the front gate
OF his residence. saw no more of him.
In regard to II. G.. Folks communica.
lion to you, dated I'd November, l wish
TO say to you that, although he is a re.
preventative from Barnwcll, he would
not dare tell Uhc Sheriff that McFail sur |
rendered TO him. Though Folk has the
honorable attached TO his name as the
representative Of the pson!c, he has ex.
y tied to my mind a partisan feeling un-
rounded in fact except rs suits his own
letuhar notions. l would not write
tIllS TO VOL Enucrpo, n>,,o,,, A,