The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-09-08
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eix men were probably m2sssoraG
in the wi!ds Of lie movut&ins oi Poue
coua:y Ark, Tuesday sitsrnoon. To
we're killed outright, t7To we're rat&liy
wounded and Je'S fo7 dead, &@d two
have nysterinusIe Gi@e%pca1ed and
sre either dead @" beioe held
cap!ies 81 ha2dits The kji2ed are:
Captsin 3. + Tay|, C Searcy cc,!a
tv. deputy Uaitsd S&'sS Gaarsaaj; joe
D0dsGn Of Store c@s:ajg, dep1:y uI:sr.
ishal Tbs fa:s!:- rnuoGs5 are two
brothers RACED Rsiifraa CT SagTcy
county. Tha names % toe missing
men are not &n:va. b1t ley are sup
posed 70 i;e deputy sheriff froln &n a&.
i,ining couptY. ?Hs victims were al
depaty Unite1 Sales maTsnais and
deputy sheriff. aud the n:er WHO did
the wark are rnoonshiners oftHe bold.
est &0d NOS das2ecate class The
scsna cf the crime was s. grlah or
r2yiae in the mountains Of Pope
county. ST an ISOLATED spot IS miles
from R1ssellviiIe, the nearest tele-
graph Office. and 10 rules from Witt
Springs TIE region is wild end iso.
lated. It has for year been TIE fayo.
rite rendezvous for counterfeiters aaG
moonshiners and is distric: in which
no lawabiding citizsn can live. The
officers fer long time have been
trying 10 brssk Up the lawlessaess N
that vicinity and many battles between
them sud the Gespecadoes have ccc IL
red. Caotsin 3 f. Taylor, the rich
est man IN Searcy county, and man
Of much prominence. 6eiercniGeG to
sid the cfcers in putting down criula.
He seclrad q commission IS deputy
Uai;sd States narshal ard led the
posse IN the raid that resulted IN his
death.
4 few days ago successful rid was
msde in the same locality, in which
dsz,a moonsbine:s were captured and
brought to Little Rock. OGe OF them
told the officers tha: at least so large
dis.iieries were operating iu tie same
neiehborhccd Taylor, with MS posse,
located large moorshine outds Sst
urday night and decided to make the
raid Sunday. Preceding slightly 10
advance os his men, Taylor vas with
! IN 80 feet OF the distellery wien hs
was fired upon from ambush and ia
stantIy killed. As Do6son ran up to
Taylor he was also shot dead. R:fes
BEGAN to crack in all directors aDd 8
volley was fred into the officers. The
Renfrew brothers fell ,mortally Wound
ed and lay By the roadside until later
in tbs day When traveller named
| Pack came by. All traces Of the ban
dts had isappeared as veil ss two Of
! tie deputy sberitfs. The latter hav9
! not since been seen or heard from.
Pack hurried to Russe!lviile with the
news and the coroner, together with 2
sherif'S posse Immediately started fer
| the scene. No Eews has b;en received
since they departed. Pack thinks the
Renfrew brothers will be dead before
tas party reaches them. It vas not
known by whom tie crime vas con-
!mitte3 bat the officers believe the
/; gang is composed OF desperadoes head-
| ed BY Horace Bruce and John Church,
five Of the most dangerous characters
in that locality. The Uni.ss. States
!authorities were today requeSed to
!ofar a reward for the despsTdces,
land determined effort will be made
Ito capture them. 1t is very probable
;tbat the effort will lead to further
bloodshed. Captain Taylor was an
ex captain in the Federal army. lie
had served two terms in the State leg.
tislatu-e and was noted for bis bravery.