The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-04-04

taurant. and while eating dinner were arrest
ed. They were Mcdonald, N%unnamsker and
| Owines. all Of whom were 10 the row in OAR
%linetou. Mcdonald boosted that be emptled
sbis reyolyers and Winchester into the OAR
lineton crowd and would do SO again. The
other two said they had had enough of the
spy business and were going to quit. AS
soon as they were arrested some members OF
the S L.. were called in TO act as guards.
The spies were taken to the jail and the >. l..
/. put on guard. The authorities 10 Daring.
ton were notified Of the arrest. and the reply
received that a posse would be sent over lot
them on the first train. Then it began to DE
rumored that a large crowd was coming over
from Darlington for the spies and there was
danger of lynching. In consequence a spe-
cial train was obtained and the three spies
sent to Columbia as the best means OF DIS
posing of them. A squad Of the S. l.. l.
went along as q guard.
When the Darlington posse Of eight men
armed with warrants arrived the meo were
greatly surprised. Sometime after the arrest
of the spies and while the S. T.. !. was guard
ing the Jail q telegram was received from
Darlington, copnsermsnding the request for
the S. L.. l.. to go over.
Monday night another mass meeting of
citizens was held in the Court House.
Speeches we're made by Gen. E. W.: Noise,
Col. Banding, Maj. Aarion Noise, Col.
Dargan, Mr.. a. B. Stuckey, and Maj. g.:
Frank Wilson. The sentiment of the meeting
was overwhelmingly in favor Of resistance to
any attempt to search priya:. houses by the
dispepsary spies with or without warrants.
It was expressly declared by several OF the
speakers, and endorsed by those present;
that in no case would there by any vi ace.
or lawlessness, bat simply a determined, and
nnceasing resistance to unlawful searches and
seizures by Gov. Tillman's gang of ruhians.
1t is to be regretted that it is impossible to
pies involved and the duties men owe them
selves were clearly set forth.
1t was also brought before the meeting that
certain parties without regard for truth were
circulating reports that it ives the purpose OF
the people of Sumter to have lynched the
spies, had they been captured. The matter
was fully discussed and it was decided that
the action of the people of Sumter in regard
to the three spies who were arrested and sent
to Columbia was sufficient contradiction for 8
lie go UNANIMOUSLY patched and circulated.
The people of Sumter endeavored to arrest
escaping murderers, but it is lie out Of the
whole cloth to say that lyncbing was con-
templated here.
Yesterday morni-. two men were arrested
at the A.. c. L.. $50 ---.n by Col. Dargan.
One of them was Cain, one Of the spies engaged
in the killing of .Norment. and Redmond,
and the other gave his name as Mcknight,
and claimed to be a trial justices deputy on
his way to Columbia with Cain under arrest.
Cain had two loaded revolYers and Mcknight
one unloaded. 1t was, Oh its face, apparent
that the scheme was one to get Cain over II
Colombia and prevent his arrest for the crime
committed in Darlington. After the men
were brought up to tie Jail no authority
could be obtained to hold them and theS
were told to leave, but they preferred to remain
in Jail all day until the time to leave for olum-
bia on the 8 80 p m. train. 1t is presumed
that Gov. Tillman has set Cain at liberty as
he has done the others. :,
Throughout the whole trouble Sumter has
been peaceful and law-abiding. The only
thing that any one could take exception to
was the refusal of the S LII. to 60 to Dar-
lington, and in this the company has the
backing of the whole city.
Some of our citizens ave seen fit to censure
the company for guarding the three spies
on last Saturday and for allowing q squad
of the company to go to Columbia in uni
form as a guard to the spies, but we believe
that when they consider, the matter carefully
they will see that the company acted
10 the interest of order and in the line of duty
when called on by the Sheriff. 1t might
have been better to have sworn in a
half dozen special constables to escort the spies
to Columbus instead Of sending members of
the company, hut it was the most natural
thing in the world under the circumstance to
send Il squad from the company. The Dar-
lipgton Guards acted as guards of the OAR
lington Jail where McLeudon, the spy, was
confined, aad if that company could guard
without disgrace the man who acknowledged
killing Norment, there was no disgrace in the
action oil the S. l.. /.