The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-09-23
FOR THE USUAL CRIME.
10 Began Arrested at the Raiiroa"
shops Last Saturday.

Shops Last Saturday.
10 Began, of Hamlet, North Carolina. met
the pay train of the S. A. l.. at the shops last
Saturday. Presenting himself for the pay
ment of a debt due by the Railroad Company,
the paymaster told him that he muSI get sotlie
one to identify him. lie went OH 10 llhu
railway employee, and the phymaSter OF otn.
err person connected with the paytrain Went
to the telephone and sent IL message to Chief
Of Police Riley. Mr.. Riley instructed poiicc-
man Mcmillan TO answer the cali; IuttinS
on citizens cloths he went to the ShopS WIFI
Mr. Robert Kennedy in search Oh Jo bosan.
The man who wanted his pay had heen
identified by some one who knew him. After
a little delay the policeman arrived on tnS
scene, and upon enquiry Began was poi,s,tu sS, !.
out 10 him, who at tina; time was aoout MY
yards away walking of. Policeman McMll,
ian, with pistol in hand, ran after him, ana
when near the departing negro he called 10
him to stop, which he did, ana Turned VIII VIII
he was commanded to throw up his hanuS.
Obeying the order the policeman proceeded 10
make his game safe. The negro had on ms
person good pistol. 1t was proved Lnat MS
name was 10 Began. which ne sG aamt.ni nssa5it
When confronted with the charges OF assaul!
on Il woman and attempt TO Kill her nusoaMla anu
he denied his guilt, but admitted thaI he iiau
been accused of the crimes.
When policeman Mcmillan afterward went
to take him from the guard house 10 the JAN,
he enuuired for the man who arrested MIN.
When informed that the policeman ulu IL, ne
remark ed on the change OF his ciotheS, dhG
the fact of his not seeing the uniform was Inc
reason that he did not use his pistol at the
time OF his arrest. He said he had given the
people OF Hamlet considerable trouble, out
ihat he had always cvaded arrest, by escape.
When told that the husband OF the wonan
whom he had assaulted was not dead, by word
and manner. he seemed greatly pleased.
The report Is, that about three weeks ago,
he and his pal, beat white man until they
thought that he was dead. and that they then
assaulted the wife OF their victim.
Some negroes seem to Dave an insane desire
to do that which they must know will seal
their fate. There is, perhaps, not week IN
the year that the newspapers do not publish
the accounts of one or more assaults by ne
sroes upon white women, and, up to this
time, if single Individual negro has escaped
the vengeance OF the outraged mob we nave
failed TO note the fact or have forgotten the
circumstance.
Why a negro in his right mind will dare
commit a crime of which he Is sure 10 pc de-
Lected, and when arrested, is sure 10 suffer a
speedy and ignominious death is more than
we can understand.
Ii occurs to US, that If the negro preachers
who profess to assume sucn an ar o.
grief when one of their race is lynched,
would openly and earnestly urge their young
men to obey the laws of the country ana re-
spect the rights Of others that they would uo
more good than weeping over ,he c0rPse o,
their fellows who justly deserved death-and
who, whether they deserve 1t or not, are sure
to meet death from the outraged people as
soon as they can lay their hands on the cul'
prit.
the inStill ,tion of better morals into thell
young men, they might at least take prac.
lical common sense view OF IL. Ihey mlgh'
| tell them to recognize the fact that an out
ragged community will surely wreak ven
geance on the negro who lays violent hands
ON white woman.
They might teach that the negro who goes
| ont of his way to assault white woman has
or the public sentiment OF the community.
| They ought to be informed OF the TACT tba'
| there is now no living perpetrator OF tho
crime of assault on white woman.
They ought TO be informed of the fact tha
not one man has escaped capture sooner OF
later, and that all have Jared the same fate.
| The poor creature who was so recently ar
rested at Abbevile is conscious OF his I'm
pending doom, and has begged TO be protected
| from the people whom he has outraged. lie
| has begged TO be saved from their righteous
| indignation.
death? Does anybody doubt that he will gel
what he deserves? No man can assault
white woman in this country and live.
The only safety for this man is the estao
lishment of his innocence Of the crime Where
of he stands harged.
TELEGRAMs.
The following telegrs ms have been received
! IN reference TO 10 Began:
Columbia. S. c., Sept. q, 1906.
TO +. w. r. Nance, sheriff:
Hold Joe Began until re9uisition papers ar
rive. John Gary Evans,
Governor.
Rockingham. y. c., Sept. 81, 1886.
To F. w. R. Nance, sheriff.
Hold Joe Began. Paper by mail.
j. NJ. Smith, sheriff.
Raleigh, n. G., Sept. q, lS9i.
To F. w. r. Nance, sheriff:
No reward for Joe Began. Elias carr,
Governor.