The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-12-10
. ONLY ONE WAY 10 sroP IL.
HANG THE PERPErR iTCRS OF
SUCH HORitiBLE CRUELTY

Case of Double Lynchina i'm Cole
ton County that will iitficct Inucli
PIE DisGrncc upon south Carolina
| unless the Guiity Men are Bpoughi
10 Prompt and a Ondign PUNISH.
men,-Drink is no EXCUSE.
News ami ourier
| COLUMBIA, December g. The details
OF All ugly iyncuing which occurred in
this State last Monday night came to
hght tonight. 1t took place in Collie
ton County, near the BArnwell and
Hampton lines, ana was not known
generally in that vicinity until We'd
| ntsday morning, when the dead bodies
OF Two Of the victims stripped of their
| clothing were found-one being an old
woman. They had been taken out
| and beaten to death with new buggy
traces-the mans offence being that
he was suspected of having stolen a
Bible and some furniture from a
church, and the woman's offence bel Y
that she was supposed to know some
thing of it. Liquor seems to be the
only excuse Tor the deed, if excuse
there can be.
The affair occurred in Broxton Town
snip, COlleton County, at Broxtun
Bridge or ford, as it is frequently
called. Several months ago ST. NIcholas
Church, in Barnwell County, was
broken open and robbed, u Bible and
some pulpit furniture being taken
away. a young negro named IsoIh
kearse, who disappeared from the
ncig borhOod about that time, was
suspected OF being the thief. He had
become somewhat notorious for thefto
and had been suspected OF burning Il
store some time ago.
In some way four Barnwcll men had
gotten information that tie was at his
mothers home, near BroXton Ford.
and they went over JnCre on Monday
night last These men got two men
from the neig borhOou To assist them,
one OF them being Frank Heirs. Then
they went to Isom's house. They
tounu him just coming out Of the door.
Ihe party took tne negro, put rope
around his necE and tied him behind
their buggy. Iucn they drove to the
ferry, two miles away, very rapidly.
Ihe poor negro kept up rs long It's he
could, and 1T is said that finally he fell
anu several time was dragged along. !
On the way two of the party were sent
back TO get the negro's aged mother,
"Otd Mauma Hannah" and MS young
vile, glrf about II years Of age, who
mas hVo-monIIis-uiu infant. Al tho
ferry the party hold up and awaited
tue arrival of the detail. When the
or could tell anything about the
"hnrch property. Upon their reiueai
Lhoy were all stripped naked and
beaten with u new buggy trace, which,
II is SAID, was almost worn out. The
muu was given about 100 iashrs and
lell inoenslble, his BODY being in d
terrible condition. The women wore
likewise severely beaten. The man
several times pleaded with his tor
mentors to shoot him. Tne old woman
broke away and dashed INTO the wo ds.
Inc Young woman uid likewise, gong
III d,llerenL direction. The mcu
bllt II fire near the lnscnsio'e negro,
Lhr, his o,d coat over hln aud lett.
o. Wednesday, morning uls U5uy
Was iUunu where lU wa, left, cola III
I, aLh. lJ haL D,cu there one nIgu
ana ouo day ABOUT uug nuEdr q
yards away IN the swamp, lying IN II
poor OF water uUUut knee uccp, was
iound the old woman's body, cod and
sum. She had fallen face downward,
with her hands extended. The young
woman managed To fiud her way home
and Is e;tlu to be in IL crilic|l condition.
ono told some Of the negroes about 1T
Iu sday afternoon, but thcS seemed to
be afl u d To mcnti, II it.
Tllal Justice y. g. Walker held an
inquest yesterday evening, the bodies
stlli being where found. The jury,
composed almost entirely of good white
men from the neighbOrhoUd, upon the
testimony OF Hers, VINO it develops,
tried to prevent the deed, and who
gave all the details, has rendered ~
verdict charging directly four prOmi-
nont men, one physician, with the
crime.