The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-03-13
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GEAD 6CDY OF Ma. C. 3. OLIVER
FOUND THIS MORNING


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sl's morning information reached 'he
city Shat the dead body Of Mr.. Con
way 3 Oliver, one of the locomotive
Acstleis IN the employ Of the Southern
Railway Company, had been found in
the strip ofwoods jus. back Of tie
S}audon pavilion. at SilanGo;1. some
distance from The road leading 10 the
:ar.:.S j@st beyond: The body was
found late III the night by q party OF
anxious Sc:"caers. and 1t lay n a pool
Of blood, :, nasty eH&a!natlon show
ing that tie ma! hao either been stao-
oed or shot. Ihe latter theory IS prop
toiy correct as parues IN the nelgA.
DorAood say tneH heard 4 pistol shot
earl y IN the morning
the strange part about 1t IS that Mr.
Oliver was general thought to nave
been without an enemy III the "o1u; q,
lie vas steady young man OF %
Years OF age. lie was ma:rieo ana iS
leaves a vie and several little emil
'ifen. his aome vas III the northern
SUBURBS. more than two miles from
where his body vas found: Robbery
could not have been the OBJECT OF the
murderer rs Mr.. Oliver wore his dirty
,overails and had no money abouthl
Eecam up town earl Y in the evening
after quitting wor k for the day; lie
intended to go out on one of the farms
beyond Shandon to spend the night
with some trends. 1t tlssupposed that
ne was on his way there when ne met
the person VINO Waylaid hlm ana emu
ed his existence so cruelty.
Coroner Roach was notified shortly
before 2 o clock this morning and at
this hour he IS starting to the scene
! OF the chaStly find. This is all that
is known in the city ct a. m
st O'Clock this morning the repre-
sentative Of the State who went to the
| scene OF tn" murder with Coroner
Roach and Police Sergeant Hamilton,
returned to the city. The scene of the
killing was most desolate. about three
quarters of a mile beyond the Shan
don pavilion. near the point where
Shandon adioins DR.. Burney's farm.
The body was lying flat upon the back
across path which ran at right an
giles 10 the roadway running east and
west. There IN the cold night air We're
the gray-haired father-in-law and
other relatives of the deceased man
around a big fire: Sitting on the body
was the murdered mans faithful dog,
bull dog, which steadily refused TO
allow any one TO approach the re-
mans. ms dog hao discovered Inc
pooy .,,
After a battle With the dog ne was
secured while the officers examined
the body and the locality. There were
two pistol holes IN the right breast,
both bullets having evidently gone
through the lung. They We're WITHIN
three inches Of each other. Both pul..
/! lets had gone through a long plug OF
Rebel Spy chewing tobacco and a
! copy of the State. which the unfortu-
nate man had II his right breast pock-
ct His open-face. snnooth-baek silver
railroad watch and double hneo
watch chain We're missing. IN hls
pants pocket, however, was 30 Genus 6
inmoney and some other things. On
the opposite sloe OF lhe Toao was
fo;@aS !ils c!nncr o9cket ana a SUI sILIHs =
OF hsh- Wlioh ne nad PuTcAaSeo II III
town. IheT h2o evioentlE oeen care,
| fully placed down on lne Sfouhu
either before or after he was snoI;
/ The indications are that ne was slloS
on the opposite side OF the road ana
then ran on down tie path Where ne
was found, going IN the direction OF
his father-in-law,s house
lie had many times before ccme over
to his father-in-law s. to spend the
night. This relation was Mr; Johh
". Boyc. al olc gfey-halreo ma man,
who has been residing on nc pace
Tor the past TWO mohths: WI: Dos =
says the murdered mans wIfeIhls En-.
daughter-"aS at ms mouse ana OllVer
had told her that ne would De over IN 2
time for supper. at lO 0 CLOCK ne hao
not come, ana pel!iS uneasy WI. Doy u
and his other soa-ln-Iaw, went out 10
go along the roat IN the hope OF meet,
ing him: Ihey took the murdered
mans little dog along with them.
they went Oh down the short cut pain
and past the place where the body lay,
it being to one side. They went on to
the Shandon pavilion. After waiting
there awhile, they missed the dog and
started back. As they came into the
road Che dog ran towards them bark
ing, and then ran back IN the WOODS.
Then they 50" the body. 1t looks as
il the purpose was not robbery; that
the taking Of the watch, leaving the
money, etc, was merely blind; and
that the man did the shooting used a
double action pistol, firing hastily al
close range. else the bullets could not
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