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ATTEMPTED MURDER.
Mr.. Thomas Perrin, of Cotton Lever,
is Assaulted In His Own House by


Robber.
This community was shocked on Inesday
morning at the report that Ihomas felTln,
living near Bradley had been Killed the pre-,
yious night and the report was not corrected
until the return from that place on yesterday
OF Captain Lyon and Mr.. Ken nedy.
Cotton Level, the scene OF the nrsI lyncnlng
that ever occurred In Abbeville County, is
the peace and dignity OF the State.
In 1916 the Harmons, white, were slain In
their own house by negroes, the object being
10 SECURE The money Ei sne and vae' so
tina: the people-rose In their might and slew
the perpetrators Of the deed.
Now, twenty years later, Thomas Perrin,
with murdefous intent, In his own house.
The first information that nybody had az
AbbevilIe OF the affair was telegram which
Chief OF Police Riley received, Monday light,
" = '''' ~ Bradley, s. c.. Nov. 3, 1885,
Send bloodhounds at once, regardless ex-
penses, to Bradley. Send Immediately exper.
fenced man with dogs. Answer quick:
The fact was communicated to Capt John
Lyon. He went 10 the Poor House, where
Mr.. Robert Kennedy Is 10 charge, and IN
whose custody are the bloodhonnds: . 81 Captain,
for Bradley about midnight, reaching the
scene before daylight.
Sitting In his room reading Mr.. Perrin was
assaulted from the rear by some unknowr
person--supposed TO be Wade Adkins, colored
| That we may give the reader better ldes
of the situation we offer the above diagram
When Mr.. Perrin received the first blow, he
cried "murder." The tenant who lived i'm
mediately In front of Mr.. Perrin's house
heard the cry, and called to Wade Adkins, hi
near neighbor. This call was repeated three
times. Finally, after some minutes he an
swered.
The negroes went to Mr.. Perrin's house and
found him lying in his blood, on the floor II
an unconscious condition. He received ont
cut in the top OF his head, which opened tht
skull, one lick on the back OF the neck Of
headt another lick or cut on the side Of bill
| face, breaking his jaw, and with the back o
| the axe he received q blow on the arm. Mex
morning Mr.. Perrin recovered consciousness
but he knew nothing about who II was ina
assaulted him. He said that his assallan
could not have had his shoes on, or he woule
have noticed his approach.
DIR. j. D. Neel. DR.. Wldemap, and DR.. Ken
nedy, of Troy, were summoned. IL lssaiC
that the Doctors would not venture an opin
| ion as to his recovery, further than to say
| that the chances are against him. They con
slider him In an exceedingly critical condi
tion.
forenoon. While all seemed 10 take the
greatest interest in any effort looking 10 lhe
discovery OF the perpetrator OF the crime
yet 1t was thought that there was no Danger
MIR. Perrin ls son OF Samuel Perrin, Q
cousin of the members of the family by thai
| name at Abbeville. He was living alone a,
the old family homestead. He Is an unmar
ried man, aged about thirty years.
VILE Messrs. j. L. PERRIN Wade S..Cothran
and l.. w. Perrin went down to see thelr
kinsman. MIR. ]. L. Perrin on MS return
seemed of the opinion that the wounded man
would recover. He was lying reasonably
easy when he left him yesterday afternoon
The sufferer expressed the belief that DE
would get WE'LL
On last Friday he came to Abbevile with
cotton, which he sold In this market. The
negro who Is charged with the crime saw Mr.
Perrin with the money. The robber secured
slOO from one pocket Of his trousers. In tax
Ing 1t out he turned the pocket. In an
other pocket were several dolIars, put "hlon
Wade Adkins was lodged In jail late yester
day afternoon. The charge Is assault and bat
terry OF high and aggravated nature, and
grand larceny. .
cover the assassin, but no progress was made
In ferretting out the tracks until daylight
After daylight the tracks OF the assassin who
ran in his stock ing feet were plainly to be
seem and they circled from the back OF Mr.
Perrin's house around TO the public road
There the tracks or any trail OF them were
lost.
! Wade.A Adkins was present, and accompa
MED the searching party. At bamboo briel
the assassin stumbled and fell, falling, one o.
his banda making clear and distinct I'm
print, and showing the tation OF tne
| loose shoes AZ they struck the ground, Ad
kins was red TO take OF his shoes ana pul
his feet in the track. The searching party
thought they fit. He was then asked TO pu
his hand In the imprint Of the hand Of The
man who had fallen. That fitted, too, TO tht
satisfaction of those who were trying to dis
cover the perpetrator OF the crime