The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-03

upon the hour OF the raid. directed the Chief
Quoted IN such ouiet msnnsr thsthsrdly any
tour p.opis have done nothips that knew
no saihofity ySstsSsr kasT he'd s.sr S't that
susrd over the property here. which had. been
sSd Ss,s p re- ss sss S IN
myrowsr Up to this time it has not bee.
II found out that some Of the constabi.s
were not in the tight; and told Capt Thorn pson
sufs them .na pIc.s sd hS ap .. o nT .. G
p:SI. y0gd think f had taken a. .n part In
STs ss' sos sh. .SoSS SH h.
seo;sct.a anS Of' sod the hsf would I'D pros ss
teet him With my life, We ar, not lynchers
into our town and shoot down iSnocsnt citI.
s.s. We fight: W. are always .ssdy t. pro-
This statement expresses the universal SEN
timent Of the people. Fridays killing 10 called
murder and murder can be sveaGed in this
country only by the death Of the men respon-
sible for H. The last Of the posses that set out
from Darlington to catch the spies has been
called in. but that don't mean that the avenR-
ing IL any the less certain to take place.
These men must die. the citizens say. and 10
they ever set foot In Darlington county again
they will die. There has been no meeting at
which this was decresd. but Il IL the under
standing OF every man. woman. and child In
the county.
OF the nineteen spies who escaped after the
shooting It 10 known here that twelve have
been heard from. How these twelve escaped
they themselves hardly know. They fed from
the derot 10 the woods. mile and n quarter
above. thence they plunged into the deep
swamp. heavily grown with brush. and thon
a. - - IT A. N..A
nine OF them came together again near
Timm onsville. Here was their narrowest
escape from capture and death. One posse
armed with Winchssters caught up with them
and almost located them. How 1t happened
none OF the posse knows. but they got on the
scent and headed away for Syracu'e In the
mem time tho nine made tracks 10 another
direction. hiding Ia barns md sh'ds in the
daytime and walking at night. until they got
out Of the county into willlamsb county.
There are Tillmanites a-plenty there. and in =
very few hours they were under tho protection
OF q hundred armed men. who marc he'd them
to tho railroad. stopped train, and put them
aboard. bound for Charleston. This was Sun
day night. How three OF tho others escaped to
Sumter has already been told in THE Sun.
This afternoon ut Florence there vas re-
port that one OF the missing was hiding in .
house three miles from here. He was wound
Five minutes after tho rumor got ont the
Bhoriff OF Florence county had posse heading
for the house. and ten minutes later posse OF
citizens numbering about twenty-five started
by another route and reached the house ahead
OF the Sheriff. The SPY had escaped. Tho people
In the house denied that he had been there
but IL was learned that he had. and that he
had started away in the morning at o'clock.
This was the last news OF any OF the missing
m NJ than nTohah1v daad and
possibly their bodies will not be found. Peo-
ple In Darlington say that this 10 tho fact. but
they will not give any details.
The SuS reporter to-day talked with ono OF |
tho brothers OF Norment the fret OF the citi- |
Eens killed on Friday. The spirit evinced by |
him 10 q fair sample Of that evinced by all the |
people.
" I was there . moment after II had hap |
pensd" he said. There was my brother lying |
on tho ground dead At his feet was Melon |
don. and some ono told mo MoLendon was the |
man who had shot him. / could see
he wasn't dead. He was playing possum |
worcs than any Niger ever played IL. / |
got Winchester. I don't know whore. and /
walked over to him. I put It behind his ear
and was going to finish him. whom some OF the
boys interfsred and said. You wouldn't shoot
. man when he 10 down. Anyway. they
wouldn't let me finish him and said I'd inst
like to make his last moments sweet
and. as stood over the body 1
said. I know he Is PLAYING possum. hut It won't
do him any good. for By God. sir. ~ he lives I'll
cut his damned head OF with the duilsst knife
In Darlington But he lived, and they sneaked
him out OF town." this last sadly. Pm sorry.
ana everybody else is sorry I didn't finish
him."
A companion OF Mr. Normsnt went on and
told how they fred into train that was sup
Al IN contain of thu aDiea Aaeanin0 |
II was going to shoot the engineer" he
laid. Tho train was coming around the
rurvs. and no made the best kind OF mark.
could have picked him on with ease.
md was Just going to fire. not that
had any grudge against him. you
Know. but We had to stop the train, when I
happened TO think that killing him wouldn't
stop the or CINE. and let 1t go. My quick
thought saved his life"
MeLendou. the people say. IL . fair sample
81 Gov. Tillman's eonstables. or whiskey spies.
he boosted In the jail where he was kept until !
10 got out Of town. that he had killed four
men. and that Normsnt was his NTH. Re-
ports rs to MeLendon's condition are con-
iictinR. HE whereabouts is unknown.
nut It is said that = report from
reliable doctor states no will die OF portion
tie. The son OF Chief Constable Gailliard Is
Iiso said TO be dying. II three OF the missing
onstablss are dead. that being the number
tAtsd: It brings the total OF killed so far to
Ugh two OF them being Darlington citizens
Tho people nov express regret for two
hinga One Ii that any OF the constablss
escaped The other is that Gov. Tillman him
elf did not head his Invading army
II he had come" said dozen men to-day.
he never would have gone out except In q |
'ox. He never will set foot In this county and
20 out alive"
Thia aama thinR IL aaId In FIorsnea eountx |
rhs disponsAry in Florence Is . total wreck.
I was wrecked By the citizens Just after the
Darlington nEht but not because OF the nght
" The Dispsnsary law" said Florence Of
eiAl to-day. provides for division OF the
rofts with the towns Under the old system
4 license the town used to have $1,000 q year
o use In improving the school system and the /
Dads and In other town improvements We
Tsre entitled here. when the day to d. !
N md Id I