The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-04-29
STILL At LIBERTY.
THE SLAYERS OF THE TWO lTAL-
IANS NOT YET CAUGHT.
Nine Negres Have eeen Arrested Up
to This Writing, But all Have
Been Turned Loose.

Been Turned Loose.
Nothing definite has yet devel
oped in the case of the strange
Italians who were so cruelty
bulchered near Salters last week.
As TO who the murderers are, and
their present whereabouts, is now
just as much mystery as it was
when the crime was first dis
covered. suspicion still points tc
the Davis negroes but nothing
has yet been seen or heard
of them. Even if, they were
caught it would be hard matter
to fasten the murder upon them, as
no one knows any thing about the
men who were murdered, and.
therefore, could not identify any
article that may be found in the
possession of the supposed MUIR
ders, as belonging to the Italians.
The three negroes who were ar
rested at Lake City last week were
given a hearing before magistrate
j. 6. Lifrage last Thursday, and set
free. Jailor Britlon, in the absence
of the sheriff. telegraphed the
Charleston authorizes that if the
negroes were wanted there to wire
him and they would be held. not
having heard from there, the dep
uty let the boys 80 Thursday eve
ming.
Three negroes were arrested
Thursday at Fayetteville, N. c.,
on suspicion of being the mur
ders. They were on their way from
Timmonsville, this State, TO Selma
N. c., ,and were "nabbed" en- route.
Sheriff Daniel and Mr.. Cannon, OF
Strawberry, in whose store the
Davis negroes did so much firing
about two weeks ago, went up to
Fayetteville Saturday, but Mr.,
Cannon failed to identify the
prisoners as the Davises. In fact,
the negroes proved where they
were on the night of the tenth,
when the shooting at Strawberry
occurred, and on the seventeenth,
the night of the murder.
Three other negroes were arres
ted at Lanes and locked up all
night in a box-car, but were set
at liberty.
While looking over the field
of the murder last Sunday. some
Sallers gentlemen discovered some
clothing hanging on a tree and
some on the ground only a short
distance from where the murdered
mems bodies were found. There
was also a kind Of a camp, at least,
the ashes from a fire, aid chicken
bones near the clothing, indicating
that a camp had been made there.
This discovery only adds mystery
to the whereabouts of the real
murderers, as this woodland was
every bit searched last week, and
these things were not seen. Among
the articles found on the ground
was white shirt. bosom upwards,
which was not soiled in the least,
This indicates that the articles
were placed there Sunday morn
ing, for had the SHIRT been exposed
to the night air, the dew would
have left marks on the stiff
bosom. Then, too, there are mum
bers of hogs in the woods, and it
stands to reason that, had this
shirt been on the ground for any
great while the hogs would have
soiled it. A careful survey of the
immediate vicinity OF the murder,
and two empty shells from a
Winchester rife were found. One
of these was mashed, as if some
one had stepped upon it. or a hog
had bit it. These shells are now
in the possession of Kingstree
gentleman, but nothing is proved
by them,' as they will fit any
Winchester OF a 80 calibre.