The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-07-28
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yu5jissea tie fo;!c~ing: There wer-
several r,.1nors Il the c;,y xss.s2 d.
to he ttf>ce ia, jynchins had &C
cured q: Gu?dvilie. G'Es FIRST E&c:s
were obtained from The Register cor
RESPONDENT At NeSberry, who tc.a
grsphed as follows:
''Solicitor Saase returned from tie
Laurens court today with news OF a
probable lynching henry Gray, a
coal black negro. with 3 loa.hscne
disease, assaulted 8 three yesro:d
white girl in Laurens cou2.y. He was
arrested and would have been lvncAeG
Wednesday but fos the advice Of 2 re-
spectacle old ci:izan. who got the esp
tors to take the prisoner to Laurens
before the grand jury and have him
tried; butthe jury had oeen dismissed.
The solicitor got an order rom Judge
Buchanan Thursday to remove the
prisoner tc the penitentiary. The
sheriff Instructed the deputy accord
ingly. The crowd boarded the train
st Laureus today, and the solicitor
tried 10 set the conductor no. to stop
ct Goldvil!e, where the deputy would
have boarded the train with the priS.
cner. Wnen the negro saw the men
get off he ran about 300 yards before
being caught. He was shot at FIVE
times but not hit. He has probably
been lyHched."
The correspondent was eFninen:ly
correct il his sutnises' Gray was
lynched and there can hardly be
doubt about it. Conductor Fowler,
Of the Columbia, Newberry aud L2u-
rens road. who arrived il the city yes
terday, states that a large crowd OF
people got on his train at LaurerS hav-
ing tickets 70 Gold7ille. A gre t
many CT them be cid ret know nor
could hs;judge exactly what their OBJ
ject was in going TO Goldville, though
ne had his own suspicious.
Before the train got to Goldville So.
licitor Sease and ex-Sclicitor Schup1
pert came 10 him and advised him not
to step at Goldville. Capt. Fowler
told them that he could not possibly
refuse to stop, for there were num-
Der Of people. who had bought tickets
to that plsce, and he would be com.
PEELED 10 stop. IN addition he told
them there was a corpse to put Gil
there and his duty was explicit, how
ever muchs he might want to avert
trouble. Even if he lad decided not
10 stop be could not have done SO, for
he had to sidetrack oa account OF a
freight train.
When the train reached Gold7ille
all the Laurens passengers jumped of.
The prisoner was in the hands OF 8
deputy sheriff who had brought him
to Goldvills in order to bring him to
Columbia, and circumvent the lynch
ing party. As soon as the crowd be-
gan pouring out of the train, Gray,
though handcufed, j. mped out OF the
buggy and ran. Sheriff McCrary,
who had come from Laurens, rushed
out to the crowd and commanded the
peace, assuring them that the negro
would be safely returned to Laurens
and would have fair trial. The
crowd paid no attention to him what
ever ard pursued the negro, who,
though handcufed, was making ex:
cellent time. Shot after shot was fred
q! him, but none seemed to take effect.
Finally the crowd caught him and a
man, taking his pistol from his peck
ct, struck him. He was then put in
buggy and rapidly driven eff, the
crowd following. The telegraphic
facilities at Goldville are meagre an d
details could not be learned, but thai
the fead is not nov dead would be
most improbable. l. has since been
learned that the brute was lyLc1ed
beyond boubt.