The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-08-28

den, and thinking It was some of the
white family, pursued them, but
finding it was a servant girl belong
in, to the house returned to COM
mence the work of death, but they
whom l had left had not been idle:
all the family were already murdered
but Mrs. Whitehead and her daughter
Margaret. AS I came round to the
door I saw VIII pulling Mrs. White
head out of the house, and at the step
he nearly severed her head from her
body with his broad axe.
Miss Margaret, when | discovered
her, had concealed herself in the
corner formed by the projection Of the
cellar stoop from the house; On my ap-
proach she fled, but was soon overtak-
en-, and after repeated blows with a
sword. I killed her bya blow on her
head with fence rail By this time
the SIX who had gone to Mrs Bryants
reioined us, and informed me that
they had done the work assigned them
We ragain divided, part going to Mr..
Richard Porter's and from thence to
Nathaniel Franciss 5, the other TO Mr..
Howell Harris and Mr. T. Doyles.
''On reaching Mr. Poter's, he had
escaped with his family. | understood
there that the alarm had already
spread, and immediately returned to
bring upthose sent to Mr.. Doyle's and
Mr.. Howell Harris's; the party
I left going on to Mr. Fran
cis's having told them / would rejoin
them in that neighborhood. l met
those sent to Mr.. Doyle's and Mr..
IIarris's returning, having met Mr..
Doyle on the road and killed him; and
and learning from some who joined
them that Mr.. Harris was from home.
| Immediately pursued the course
taken by the party gone on before !;
but knowing they would complete the
work,.of death and pillaee at Mr. Frank
Francis's before | could get there, |
went to Mr.. Peter Edward S expecting
to find them there, but they had been
there also.
Il tl.en went to Mr.. John I. Bar
rows; they had been there and mur-
dered him. pursued on their trac k
to Captain Fcwitt Harris 5, where |
found the greater part mounted and
ready to start. The men, now amount
ing to about forty, shouted and hur-
rahed as | rode up; some were in the
yard loading their guns; others drink
ing. They said Captain Hrrris and
his family had escaped, the property
in the house they had destroyed, rob
bing him of money and other valuable
| ordered them to mount and march
instantly; this was about or 10 o'clock
Monday morning. I proceeded to Mr..
LIE Walters two Or three miles dis
tant. I took my station in the rear,
and as it was my object to carry terror
and destruction wherever we went, |
placed fifteen or twenty of the best arm
ed and most to be relied on in front,
who generally approached the houses
fast their horses could run; this was
for two puroses, to prevent their escape
and strike terror to the inhabitants
on this account I never got to the
houses after leaving Mrs. Whitehead's
until the murders were committed, ex-
cept IN one case.
II sometimes got in sight to see the
work Of death complied, viewing the
bodies as they lay in silent
and Immediately started
IN quest of other victims. Having
purered Mrs. Waller and ten children
we started for Mr.. William Williams's
having killed him and two little boys
that were there. While engaged in
this Mrs. Williams fled and got some,
distance from the house, but she was
pursued, overtaken, and compelled to
get up behind one of the company,
who brought her back, and after
showing her her the mangled body Of
her lifeless husband she was told to get
down and lay by his side,' where she
was shot dead. then started for Mr..
Jacob Williams, where the family
were murdered. Here were found a
man named Drury, who had come on
business with Mr.. Williams. He was
pursued, overtaken and shot. Mrs.
was the next place we visit
ed, and after numbering the family
there I determined on starting for
Jerusalem. Our number amounted
now to fifty or sixty, all mounted and
armed with guns, axes. swords and
clubs.
''On reaching Mr.. James w. Par
ker's gate, Immediately on the road
leading to Jerusalem and about three
miles distant, it was proposed to me to
call there, but objected as l knew he
was gone to Jerusalem, and my object
was to reach there as soon as possible;
but some of the men having relations
at Mr.. Parker's, it was agreed that
they might call and get his people. |
remained at the gate on the ROAD, with
seven or eight; the others going across
the field to the house, about half a
mile off.
After waiting some time for them, |
became impatient, and started to the
house to meet them, and on our return
we were met by party OF white men,
who had pursued our bloostained
track, and who had fired on those at
the gate and dispersed them. Imme-
diately on discovering the whites, |
ordered my men to halt and form as
they appeared to be alarmed. The
white men, eighteen in number, ap-
preached us within about one hun
dred yards, when one of them fired
this was against the positive orders Of
Captain Alexander P. Pete, who COM
and who had directed the
men to reserve their fire until within
thirty PAGES and | discovered about
half of them retreating. ! then order.
ed my men to fire and rush on them
The few remaining stood their ground
until we approached within fifty yards
when they fired and rctreated. We
pursued and overlook some of them
whom we thought we left dead (they
were not killed After pursuing them
about two hundred yards, and rising
4 little hill, | discovered they were
met by another party and had halted,