The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-02-12
A CHASTITY SIGHT.
THE DEAD BODY OF ALLlCe MCLEOD
FOUND IN THE CONGAREE.

Tho Detectives Follow Strong Clues
which Result in Finding That II nIur-
der Had Really Eccn Conmittct.-Thc
Links OF Evidence.
COLUMBIA, ;. G., Jan. 24.-Alcc Nc
Lcod'S dead body has been found, And
it shows that daStardly murder has
been committed. II was stripped of
its clothing, and with hands and feet
bound together she was lowered to Il
| Watery grave. with Il massive weight of
rocks around the middle of her body.
Last night Detective j. w. Holloway
asked that Olliccr Donald Harrison be
detailed TO go with him to the willows
on tic bank of the river to grapple for
the body Of Alice Mcleod. The Chief
| gave the permission. and Mr.. Holloway
| had two strong grab-hOOkS made. Arm
ed with them the two mcn went to the
| river this morning.
| Hired Il boat, managed 10y q negro
| boatman. and they glided out a short
distance from the shore right from the
spot where the footprints mentioned
elsewhere were found. This place is
just below the Pcarce quarry. They
started to grapplc in the open space
just i'll front Of this place. AS the boat
swung around Detective IiolloWay'S
This WAS in less than five minutes af-
ter they had commenced fishing for the
| body. The obstruction in which the
grab caught was less than six feet from
| the shore.
The detective pulled hard and Il heavy
weight moved. They then realized
that they had u" BODY, and with Il DOW
erful pull t!iat :isAoSt overturned the
| boat the almost made body was raised
70 the surface Of the water. O!licer
| Harrison leaned over the edge Of tn"
boat and tied L rope tround the dead
| WOman'S neck. Then the boat was slow
ly turned towards the shore and the
| body WaS dragged out Of the water
and laid on the bank.
The body Was almost nu,lc, no cloth
ing appearing on it except Il chemiSe,
which WAS slightly torn. The womanS
hands We're tied together with Il stout
piece Of rope, aMu even her feet were
crossed and bound together in the same
manner. Around the wouan'S body
was tied d sack full OF large rocks,
which made Il heavy weight. This bag
was tied with heavy ropes
NO sign Ut hvr being killed before
being thrown in thr water appeared
on her huly. There WAS no stab
wound5 Vtai:ilc, bat, ot course Il close
! examination UI shp holy C0,ltd not he
= mad" until the Coroner arrived. The
WOmana ti:rUIt Wd>. however, much
} swollen a'IG of Il dark black color
showing $hH A2d been "hOkru to death
probably before b"irg thrown in the
water. After laying the body out on
the bank the officers Grputi%Cd the boat
man u guard il, ANA FASTENED up street
to inform the Sheriff, Coroner and the
Chief of Police of their ghnstly find.
y teluphOnic message at 3 o'clock,
however, had preceded them, and the
Record man sped away to the scene.
In the meantime the news had spread
like Wildi!c in the lower section Of
the city, and men, women and children
were all much wrought up by the dis
covery. Many ut once went to the
river ana viewed the body in all its
ghaStlncSS.
Even while the woman was being
dragged from the river an old negro
WAS found 10y the detectives who can
give the only absolute testimony
against the negro III the jail. He says
that he met WaitcS Martin on the rail
road track dragging Alice Mcleod to-
| wards the river. On arriving at the
Sherir's Office the detectives immcdi-
atcly notified the Coroner, and he ac-
cOmpanicu by the officers and many
curious persons, left for the scene at
once. At this hour $50 p. m., the eX-
citcmcnt is running high.
WaitcS Martin, ere this, had been re-
moved from the station house and con-
fined III The most secure cell in the jail.
There has already been talk Of u lynch
ing, but Sheriff Rowan will see that all
such attempts shall hc properly dealt
with. The condition Of tho body shows
that the murder was most ,!iabO!ical
and prcmehitatcd ana that the woman
was undoubtedly killed before she was
thrown in TIE water. What makes it
more hClnOuS is the fact that the mIIr-
dercr must have spent hours with the
corpse arranging tn" plans for diSpoS-
ing OF II. Officers Harrison and Hall
and Detective holloway deserve much
credit for their perseverance,, even
when the Sheriff! and Chief Of Police
diScrcdItcd thc m RIDER theory. Record