The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-08-10

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had agreed to stand for Mr.. Slghtler in
The matter of the reward and that the
prisoner would be brought up and turned
over to the crowd. All the crowd then
went down the road about half mile.
There tho men who had charge Of the
prisoner ordered every one to halt, tel
ling them that in a short time they
would bring the negro to them. Every
one waited.
In the meantime Mr.. Goodwin, and
other well-known citizeus Of the rlace,
came up. There was now considerable
going to Lexington Jail for the other ne.
gro, Handy, was discussed but it was
thought best to wait. In about half au
armed with double barrelled shot guns
came from down the road. They Joined
the party in waiting. Shortly after
wards the buggics containing those who
had captured the man IN the distance,
moving slowly. The negro was in the
first one. There was rope around his
neck the end OF which was held by Mr..
Grillin. \ Columbian Was the other
occupant G. the buggy.
Men armed with guns walked on each
side of the buggy. Just before thcy
reached the waiting crowd old heads adj
viscd all to keep quiet and cool. Here
Thompson was closely questioned, the
facts developed being the same as
lonnd below. Then the procession
moved on towards the town, armed men
Guarding the buggy. When in short
distance OF the town, halt was made
and all but the newspaper men were re.
quested to 90 ahead as it was desired
that they should hear the fellow tell the
whole story.
THE NEGRO'S FULL. CONFESSION.
When the boy was told to tell all he
knew and tell only the truth. he began
to cry. and said, "You know never told
YOU lie yet" Handy was out in the
field on Monday night, he sad, when he,
was going 10 IIec McCaw's house, met
him. Handy told him to come 90 with
him that night. lie was not going far
from there. He said "I'm gwine some
whar tonight" fIe asked Handy where
il was. Handy said 81 amt going to
tell you TIL we get at the door. |
turned round and told hun | did not
want to. Then he told me had to 90
and fired his pistol at me, the bail pass.
ing through my shirt close to my skin.
told him l did not want 10 90 with
him. He told me would have to 90 or
he would shoot my Cd ID heart
out. Then told him | would 90 but |
did not want to. told him we had no
business at Mr.. Arch Slghtler's house.
we met Tom Preston at the house at
the fence. L Just stood there aud thought
that Handy was going to kill me. We
dld not talk out loud but in whisper
lie told Tom we were going iuto the
house. Handy went Off a little piece
and sit down on rock. Then Hand,
took walking stick had brought from
up to Mr.. GOOdwyn's house and broke
the glass out. l never give it to him
lie took 1t. Tom jumped up there on
the baDnister when the glass was broke.
Then Handy histed the window.
l was down on the ground. Handy
was the iitst man that OF in. | was the
next. Handy stood in the Window with
a pistol in his hand. Before this we
had crawled under the house for a while.
They would not let me run. II hal
run Handy would have shot me sure.
got in window last. When got in the
house Handy took hold OF the woman
who was lying on the bed asleep. She
made one h0ller. She asked Handy if
that was him. He told her it was. She
told the boy to light the lamp, but
Handy told him if he did be would knock
| his d-n head of. She told Handy won
Just leL me alone and l'll give up, and if
you 90 away l'll never say anything
| about IT, Those boys said thew was
gong to have what they wanted or kill
her. Then they called me and made
me assault her told them it was against
my will cause | didn't want to be hung.
they said d-n that. | said don't d--n
that for you know we got to hang for
this"
The other nOrtiOns of his story here
would net do to appear in print. He
stated that the other two mcn likewise
assaulted Mrs. Si@htlcr. Tom Preston
coming last. Handy held her by her
hands but they never chokcd her.
''Sle was very FAINT. Handy stayed
in the house a good time. got ont of
the house the first of the whole crowd.
We all staid there about half hour. !
told the boys we had done bad thing,
and we ought to be put IN the peniLen
tiary. They sad d-n the pcnitcntary.
| then went to Mr.. Goodwyn's. They
went on ahead. ! went on walking
through the WOOds after one OF the fox
| l.,
and he said they was looking for me,
and would kill me. | then went on up
the road and struck out for Mr.. Iluclt-
abaa's ! never stopped till daylight.
Then | went on down to the river. |
tried to get across, but ! couldn't get
no boat, done without anything to eat.
| did this because Perry had told me
that they were gong to kill me. ! never
did run. AT night laid down in the
swamp, and had never had anything to
eat yet. | land out there two nights in
the swamp, with nothing to eat. On
Thursday morning ! got across the
river in Il batteau, + ddling myself
across, leaving from the mouth OF the
creek. Nobody did not take me across.
| pulled the boat on the sandbar and left
1t there. Thursday night | stopped at
a COlorcd mans house there on the Bluff
road. | stayed there all night. He did
not know it. The old man at the Jerry
gave me change "f clothes and the ra
ZOr they found. Then went across to