The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-05-18
SERVED HIM RIGHT.
ANOTHER FIEND LYNCHEb FOR THE
USUAL CRIME.


and Is Promptly Strung Up.
LAURENs, S. c., May 10.-Auother
negro rapist has mot his fate. II eyward
Barksdalc, young negro man, havin"
confessed TO the crime of attempted
rape, was strung up 10 hickory tree
tour miles west of this city by u crowd
of rom five to seven hundred citlz ems,
at about S o'clock this afternoon. Here
is the story:
There are few, If any, better known
OF more substantial and upright citizens
in Laurens county than Farmer James
Wham, who lives six miles west Of town.
Monday afternoon, about 6 o'clock, his
t~o little daughters, one eleven years
old and the other younger, were going
home from the neighborhood school. AS
usual they left the man road and took a
nearer path. 1T led through a dense
wood. Suddenly they were rudely ac-
cGstci by negro, who used language
intlmatin@ foul intentions. The elder
girl thinking he only wanted something
to eat offered him her lunch basket.
Then the scoundrcl seized her. She
fought desperately, and both the chill.
dren screamed until the licnd ran away
without having accomplished his pur-
pose.
The children told their mother of tho
attack as soon as they reached home,
| hut their ta.hCr was absent aud dld not
Inc II OF il until alter supper. Early this
morning search for the criminal was
instituted. The children had described
thclr assollant as a young negro dressed
III shirt and trousers, and hatless. a
little white boy named Coleman told
That he had seen negro talking to Hen
ry Bryson, another negro, who was at
work in field not far from the scene of
the crime at about the time it occurred.
Bryson was uestioned, and at first
declared thai hc>had had no such Cou-
versation. Subsequently the party car
rcd him to his house where his wife ad.
vised him 10 tell all he knew, when he
narrated that Hayward Barksdale had
come TO him in the afternoon before
school wns out, and after while left
and entered The adjacent woods When
school was dismissed Che school house
is near bY), in few minutes he heard a
scream in the woods, ana after time
Barksdala, or Monk, as he wa, called,
came back to where he WAS. He (Bry.
;. sony inquired: "What were you both
, criOS them white children for?' Monk
. denied th)t he had seen any children.
y BrJ sons vile stated that her hus banC
y had related this 10 her the plght before.
0 In the meantime Monk YVES ploughlne
D some distance off, but III sight, when
D Bryson vas being examined. Though
y he had no wi"nlng. lie suddenly aban.
doncd his plough and went to his house.
where he was captured. Brys0n then
led the party to where The Interview had
occurred tho evening before, to the
point where Monk had entered the
wood AMI out to where he had come. In
each place tracks fitting his feet were
found. Such tracks were also found at
Tie scene OF the assault.
a negro, who was not suspected, was
carried before the little girls. They
promptly sail, "Ie is not the man.
When the guilty man was brought up,
before he had approached within TWEEN
} ty yards, both the little girls cried:
, THAT is him! That is him! That is
him!' The younger child became
lrigh' Cned at the sight Of linn, and
shrunk back weeping.
In the meantime a large crowd had
} collected, which increased all during the
} day. The negro persisted in declaring
his innocence until late in the day.
Finally, he made full confession.
From tho time that he was identified
there was not the slightest doubt as to
what the result would be.
This afternoon ihe crowd callectcd a
a point on the "old Grcenvillc road,O
7 between the residences OF Capt Albert
Dial and Ambrose Martin. They placed
the raplst III one. horse wagon, bound
his arms and legs, covered his eyes, tied
a rope around his neck and pulled the
: wagon away. Then they quietly DIS
. pcr.cd, leaving the body hanging.
Not as loud word was heard and not q
[ shot was fired. 1t is estimated that
onc-third OF the crowd were citizens OF
the town OF laurens. There were some
negroes present, who seemed to be sat-
lsiicd with Wha, was going on. The
crowd was thoroughly representative,
aud included many Of the best citizens
Of the town and the ncighOOrhoud.
The scene OF the lynching is less than
Il mile and almost in sight 0: the home
Oia certain prominent official. This
: gentleman iS auid TO have been a specta-
) tor. and to have addressed some remarks
) TO the croTd. he urged them to be
; temperate and orderly, and not to fire
Z into the body. lie said that the cOunC Cry
was opposed 70 lYnch law, ana dcplOrcd
the circumstances that sometimes made
il necessary for The protection Of the
virtue Of women and children.
. With the exception Of a few who do
not approve OF lynch law under any CIR.
cumsLanCes, public sentiment Opealy
and unanimously endorses tho lyncherS.
There was no possible doubt of Monk
l'aEkcSdaIc's crime, and if there has
ever been case in which an appeal to
"Lhc higher law was justiliable, il was
this. The ACT was in open daylight, on
a public road. There was no semblance
OF secrecy.
SHOULD HAVE BEEN LYNCHED.
SUMMERVIL.E, S. c., May 1O-.Yes-
tcrday while Coroner Sweeney was
holding an inquest near Ten milo Hill,
he was notified that one Jack Smith,
colOrcd, had committed criminal as.
; sau!t on one May Jones, also c0Iorcd.
Coroner Sweeney immediately sent Con-