The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-02-16
JOSH BUTLER GUNG.
ghe azu-d.r OF Psllc,r. tgoGo aysps-
sd L2st Er.d ~.

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o,icra4 aho,4t 81 TSorz,,fd $50 7ey ,,.I, :,
res;ding sG Of Wiji P6Hd IN sika.1 - GU =, =
7C was hrng IN tre Oraro eSrrc Ill
last E~idey Slsr;F D1Eas 90 ie
den1ties had every yecssssrv Ggfa:I so
sdm;rsblv srrsrged ;I,9c rof he
sliqb;ess 5i.eb cccurr,3 About one
hcpr before he Cy,cu.:o-. f,.r rsy-
sea-. il cIu5;nc yeonr.crs. were ns.-
mitted t. SEE re d2orsed fc&1. Batlsr
sid bat Ii,;Ie 10 arv cze k. Ct
course. ackcc x;s9esd ire s}.oo.;!-
hnt claimed t3aJ be a2-ed il sell O..
feDse Ba sad ne hsd he'd TO II
fe..!irr sosiot afr Wolfe anJ hon, 4
t3e fs:7oi'Z- cf tEe murdered n.liico,,;a -
would rst,,en,b.~ i,;.:,-f}r7t - o. =.
1ho yS;Is hoy-I,7g SID, ,f9e;r f,,:end
had r-nc1ra5 and rIsds lis -esce y; \
God. erd wcIid wEec Ecog rescH
Hpsvan 10 thsnked nsYticI,jarIV his
spi-;tual adviser Ra7 y. L ,JoRnscn.
cslnrsd. whc Lat c0rstar:Iy y.1inis;-,.
ed r2to hin. and wno IN to ? rew
roinrles h.fcra ii,a evsc ,tioT. Nod
nrsred and ADVISED him Hs as.s5 IN
ytry soIer1r tones tce s.ran5e q rs
,ior. .sWI1g arn hprs>o to y5r.ioh
tbare WAS no reencrse
\ about y 30 r n asBut!er vas
taken from the G il bsnd-eaffsG and
guarded bv denu,ies be gscardsd win
Ste .dy tread the scatf3Id, and il was
rct nnt:I tho h.ack ON sh,,+ ont Fcr
ever from his vision ali things earthly
shst he showed snv s1rrs Of weaEe6-
ing Then he asked T. Re supported
He said q few worts of THANKS rritsr-
ated his firm, balief tEat he rad been
forgiven b9 his Maker ard ap0ouac-
ed that be had no.hing more to say.
Then the sprine was touched b7 3
deputy. and the 0ody CT John B1.ier.
With Ieck broken, swuue betwsea the
earth and SKY. The hands Ct the
clock pointed 70 1243 . N. y few
minutes af,ergard D.. T. G. DoyIe
pronounced the man dead.
John Butler. baripr abcut nice
months 400 committed 3 minor, Hence
against the nun:ci pal laws aad also an
assault upon another policeman a
warrant was sTorn out by the city au-
thori,ies before MAGISTRATE Btuuson,
aud Policemen D. Wolfe and Joseph
Lightfoot were appointed special con
stables to execute 1t. They found But
Ter about seven miles from the CITY in
2 cotton field pickiuo cotton. He SO.
nearod INNOCENT enough until the off !.
cars cot in r.sc9 Of his pistol which
he Rad corcaaled in his cotton sack
when ne olicklv 0hicpsd it out and
BEGAN fc,ng at Wolf and Liehtfoot
Ole bulley struck Wolfe iuA cling a
wound in the throat, from the etf :cts
of which ne died several Gays later.
Butler is said 10 have osen struck oy
one of the officers shots. He went
into hiding in Barnwell county near
Baubsrg, R-aards were offered for
his capture by State and city. 4 de-
scription Of 8 tctaIl;, different man
was published-and i. is o lieved tnat
of R,tIsr who confessed that he
would have been conv;cted Butler
WAS tln2llV SOoreneOQSC BY CODStAOle
r 4 WaIyer and q few ciherS b7 the
statements Of nepro who knew his
bidine MA, "a Init mt hefore Batl-r
had alter y ed n tsEe the life Of one
of the pose. Bu'l.r was brought to
Orsngeburg, snd owing to the adv;ce
and coed management OF the county
and city authorities, escaped lynching.
At the last tern CT court in January
he was tried and convicted and sen
| tenced and Friday paid the FeDa;ty
the law attached to his crime. The
question ne asked while over the deat1
| Trap shou d be a warning to ali wtc
t>may be tenop,ed to crime 70 stay their
hand
The bcdy Of Rlller was shipped tc
Denmark Several NJ the colorsd min
isters At II; reoIsst hsvipq raised By
SUBSCRIPTION money 10 defyay the eS
pshses ot oufiai, as Us o1o hV; e. van
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