The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-12-11
DOOMESOAY IN CAROLINA.


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DooMEsDAYlN CAROLINA.
Five Negro ,1urderers Pay the Death PEN
atty.
CHESTER. Dec. 6.-Charley Logged
was hanged here today. Young
William Welch, son of Capt. J. V.
Welch of kershaw, Lancaster Co.,
was murdered by Charlie Lloyd, des-
perate negro, on the night of the oath
of August last at Halle gold mine,
without any provocation whatsoever.
From tue facts brought out at the tri-
al it sesihs that while a negro frolic
was. in progress, VIM. Welch and
John Hough, two young white men,
were passing along the road near the
house where the fun was going. on
and without any warning from
any source they were in twinkling
fired upon and Hough was wounded
in the left arm and Welch was shot
through the stomach and head and
killed instantly. The murderer made
good his escape Immediately and
Hough remained by the side of his
dead comrade until the white men of
the neighborhood could be- aroused.
A posse was formed that night -and
commenced to search for Lloyd He,
however, could not be found in Lam
caster county. He was, however,
captured ~ miles above Monroe, N.
c., near his home, on August 26, two
days after. his. atrocious crime had
been committed. He. .wass taken to
Lancaster and lodged safely in Jail to
await his trial at the September term
of court.
When the trial came up Loyd's at
torney moved for a change Of venue
and before argGment could be made on
the part of the prosecution, Capt.
Welsh granted a achange on the part
of the prosecution. The court order
ed the prisoner to be taken. to Chester
for trial in October The trial.was
completed 2lere in one day and the
jury was out only 10 minutes when
they rendered their virdict-''Guilty
of niurderin the first degree" Judge
Townsend Immediately ordered Lloyd
to stand up and ordered that he Should
hang on the 9th day of December in
in the county OF Chester, between the
hours of l0;and O'Clock.
+ Exactly at II o'clock Sheriff Hood
opened the back door of the jail and
admitted those who held permits to
the scene of the execution on the third
floor, where was arranged unique
and easy-working trapdoor. This same
gallows was fashioned after Sheriff
Hoods own original idea tAree years
ago for the execution Of joe Braxyan.
1t was used m May. 1894, when Moses
Fair was hung, and again in 1895
Charlie Lloyd paid the death penalty
for the brutal murder Of. William
| Welch Of Lancaster county.
Lloyd acknowledged his atrocious
crime. and said he hoped God had
forgiven him, and that he was not
afraid to die. At IL: 30 Sheriff Hood
had the death sentence" read to>-him,
and led him upon the trap scatfold.
Lloyd did not finch while his legs and
arms were being tied and the rope ad-
iusted around his neck, but when the
black cap was placed over his head
and face he seemed terribly ;frighten-
ed and almost shook himself off the
:. stand The rope was securely tied SO
as not tosAp and cause stragulation
but almost in an instant after Sheriff
Hood sprung the trap, Lloyd twisted,
| squirmed aud kickedaround so violent
" that he. broke his hands loose and
was grasping for the ropes around his
neck. He pulled the leather string
that held the main rope in. position,
loose from his head and was about to
misplace the black cap before Sheriff
Hood could.get to him. One of the
| constables' finally caught his hands
and Sheriff Hood tied them again
tightly and then the poor wretch
strangled for26 minutes, when Drs.
Brice and Henry pronounced him
dead.
THREE SWING IN HAMPTON.
HAMPTON, Dec. 6-The three ne
groes who SO brutally murdered Mr..
+. r. Mears on the night of August
9th, for the purpose of robbery: were
executed here today in the enclosures
! OF the county Jail: They all confessed
to the murder and said they were pre-
pared to die. The names of the ne
groes are Prime Graham, Jason
Blake and VIM. Fraser. The two
former struggled for minute or two
and the latter was dead as soon as the
drop fell. They held out TO the last
that the negro; VIM. Blake, 'Sr., who
was lynched at this place the night of
| the 18th OF October after he had been
sentenced to life in the State peniten
tiary, had nothing to do with the kill
ing whatever. -
MURDER OF MosELEY AVENGED
.ABBEvILLE, Dec. 6.-The foul MUIR
der of Constable }. J. Moseley at
! Greenwood. on October 18th, was
avenged here today, when Tom Peter
kin was hanged. Peterkin made no
Statement on the gallows, bat met his
f4te' calmly and without tinching.
He was attended by Father Buddo.
His neck was broken by the fall and
life was pronounced extinct and his
body was cut down in" 13 minutes
from the springing Of the trap. No
friends were present to claim the body
Eand Peterkin was buried at public eX-
pense in potter's. field. The crime
! which Peterkin was convicted was a
particularly cold:blooded one and the
Levidence was that it had been planned
for some time before its execution.
Constable Moseley was shot down at
l about LIS o'clock on the morning of
of October 18th, while he was at the
Georgia, Carolina and Northern, rail
road station, in the act of placingsome
contraband liquor. Which had arrived
on the train IN the depot He was
Shot through the brain and died al
most ntlv.-The State.
TnIman on the Message.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.-Speaking of
| the Presidents message. Senator Till