The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1895-12-11

A Buggy-IWo Women Beate
And One of Them Dies from II
Effects.
Columbia, S. c., Dec. 5.-The d
tails of an ugly lyrhing which o.
Cured in this Site last Monda
night came to ightonight. It too
place down in Collton county, nea
the Barnwell and hampton lines, an
was not known enerally in tha
vicinity until Wenesday morning
when the dead boies of two of tn
victims stripped Of their clothin'
were found-one eing an old VIC
man. They ha6een taken out an'
beaten to deathwith new buggy
traces, the man'offence being tina
he was suspecteof having stolen
Bible and SOM furniture from {
church, and theoman's offence be
ing that she wssupposed to know
something OF it Liquor seems to be
the only excuseor the deed if ex
cuse there cane. The affair oc
Cured in Bro0n township, Cole
ton county, atroxton bridge or ford
as it is frequely called.
Several mohs ago st. Nicholas
church in ;arnwell county was
broken open ID robbed, Bible and
some pulpit lrniture being taken
away. A lng negro named Isom
Kearse, whdisappeared from the
neighborhoabout that time was
suspected oeing the thief. He
had becomomewhat notorious for
thefts andld been suspected of
burning a IRE some time ago. In
some waylr Barnwell men had
gotten imitation that he was at
his old mter's home near Broxton
ford and y went over there on
Monday tht last. These men got
two meum the neighborhood to
assist th, one being Frank HERS.
They veto Isom's house. They
found hjust coming out Of the
door. party took the negro, put
rope and his neck and tied him
behindleir buggy. Then they
drove hs ferry two miles away
very rsly. The poor negro kept
up as : as he could, and it is said
that Fly he fell and several times
was dyed along. On the way
two oe party were sent back to get
the ;ro's aged mother, "Old
Maudannah" and his young wife,
girbut II years of age, who has
fvenths old infant.
Ae ferry the party held up, and
awaithe arrival of the detail.
Whae women arrived none of the
threould or could tell anything
aboue church property. Upon
theifusal they were all three
strip nalel and beaten with q
newuggy trace, which it
is ssas almost worn out. The
mans given about $50 lashes and
fell nsible, his body being in a
terr;condition, the women were
likelseyerely beaten. The man
seveimes pleaded with his tor
mento shoot him. The old wo-
manke away and dashed into the
wooe The young woman did like.
wiserg in different direction.
The built a fire near the insensi-
BILE u, threw his old coat over
him left. On Wednesday morn
ing bdy was found where it was
LETT, i'll death. It had been
there night and one day. About
100 J away in the swamp lying
IN bf water about knee deep,
was + the old voman's body
cold stiff. She had fallen face
down with her hands extended.
The j woman managed to find
her won e and is said to be in q
crlticadition. She t)ld some of
the nes about it Tuesday after
noon, hey seemed to be afraid
to melt.
Tristice A. c. Walker held an
inquesterday evening, the bodies
still bThere found. The jury,
compolmost entirely OF good
men fhe neighborhood upon the
testlmf Hers, who it develops
tiled tent the deed, and who
gave aldetails, has rendered
verdichrging four prominent
men, oAhysican, with the crime. s.