The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-06-10
and gathers ferocity as it grows.


for murder next, lynching for burn
ing next: lynching fer burglary next,
and so it goes and winds up in dis
order, wreck and ruin.
Tii:it has been the experience OF
sGme Of the greatest governments OF
OF tlle world. I do think any
women who regards her good name,
who has been the victim of rape, any
man who regards the fair name of his
wife, and the honor of his children,
should be the first to step forward,
ard demand in court OF justice the
only vindication this side of Heaven.
This kind of a vindication keeps un-
:ul!iel the fail name of woman.
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I have had considerable experience
on the bench and my ear and eye is
trained to detect the false chords as
they are struck on this stand, and I
have watched the witnesses during
The progress Of this trial, aud from
:he verdict OF The jury with which I
heartily concur, they believed the
victim OF ycHr brutal and helIish lust,
and they, as well as I did not believe
one word you said.
Judge Aldrioh then said: The
sentence of the court IS that you
Judson N. Chewing, alias Jud
Chewing having nothing further to
say: 1T is ordered and adjudged, that
that the said Judson NJ. Chewning
alias Jud Chewnins, be imprisoned
in the State peniten tiary at hard
labor during the whole lifetime of him
the said Judson N. Chewing alias
Jud Chewing"
The verdict was received without
any demonstration, but satisfaction
was depicted opon the contenances OF
all present. even the prisoner felt
relieved, because he escaped the
death penalty. Before the jury was
discharged the foreman in behalf Of
the jury rose and thanked the Judge
for the kind consideration shown
them BY him, after which the pris-
oaer was remanded back to jail and
The court adjourned sine die.
Last Sunday morning the editor OF
the Times called at the Jail and made
a: appointment with Judson N.
Chewnins to call later in the day for
an interview; our motive was to make
every fair endeavor to drive away
the last vestige of suspicion whicb
might have been created in the
minds of some by the testimony
given in the court house by Chew
ming. We felt as did almost every
body that Chewping's testimony was
false and that if he had a spark OF
manhood left he would at least be
willing to atone as far as be could for
the sins he committed.
We went into the jail and through
the kindness of Jailor Strange was
permitted to have private interview.
After explaining fully our mission,
without holding out any promise OF
Ilessening his burden Judson Chew
ming with tears in his eyes and amid
sobs and prayerful exclamations such
as "Mr. Applet I am hopelessly lost.
God will not forgive such a wretch
as me- Ask everybody to pray for
me- God have mercy on my poor
wife and children I thank God
shat he has sent you here that 1 may
lift this load from my heart My
dear mother, God help her to bear
it," and many more. We asked
him a number of questions, and told
him that If his statement on the stand
was true to stand by it and die with
It, to which he replied, ''it is not true
ana I now want to tell the truth to
the world through YOU We then
made rough draft OF what he said
and read it to him twice, and after
making q few alterations at bis sug-
gestion we left him with the under
standing TO return with a statement
properly shaped for publication and
with witnesses to see him sign and
hear him make his declarations.
After dinner in company with
Messrs. Joseph Sprott and Samuel ].
Bowman we went back to the Jail and
before anything was done we first
went I'D stairs alone with the paper.
Chewing was offered the paper, but
he said that he was so nervous he
preferred our reading to him;
we then slowly read and at its conclu-
sion we told him if there was word
he wished stricken out orput in to say
so, or if he wished the whole thing
torn up to say so. The poor fellow
put his hand out Though the bars
ana caught US by the hand and said,
"that is the truth, the whole truth,
before God" We re-read the paper,
and then with his permission we called
AIessrs. Sprott and Bowman up stairs.
When these gentlemen had spoken to
! the prisoner we went over our mis-
sion and what had passed between
the prisoner and ourself when in pri-
vate and then read the paper in the
presence of the witnesses. Chew
ming very much effected told US that
was the statement he desired to make
and in reply to question from Mr..
Sprott he said he wished it published.
He requested US to sign his name on
account Of his extreme nervousness.
The following is the confession:
CONFESSION.
CLARENDON COUNTY JAIL. |
$Gn:!ay morning, Juac 7th, 1896.
70 tic Public
was charged With, and tried in the re-