Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1899-10-11
AN ATROCIOUS CRIME
NEAR DARLINGTON.
Young Woman Ravished by Num-
ber Of Black Savages.

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crime was committed in Darling
ton county, Dear Lamar, yester
day afternoon, for which at least
three negroes will pay the penal
ty with their Hves. Two OF them
are now In Jail, and If there 10 no
attempt to lyuch them made be-
tore court convenes two weeks
from today, they will be convict
ed without s doubt and habAed,
tor they have confessed the com
mission OF the blacklist crime that
has ever dsrkened the talr nsms
of Darlington. If the other party
Is caught he will doubtless be
spared the suspense Of waiting
two weeks to meet his doom.
The details of the crime are too
horrible to be published, but they
have heen told over and over
again all over this county today.
1t is sufficient to say a highly re-
spectacle young lady of Lamar
has suffered at the hands OF sew
eral black brutes, and she now
lies IN DANGEROUS condition fear
fully mangled and bruised.
The two negroes who are now
In Jail admit the commission of
their fearful deed and say that it
was accomplished only after a
terrible struggle with their vic.
tim and only after they had
ch"k~d her into inse ensi bility, aud
that when they left her they
thought her dead. Two of them
only we're present, the others hav-
ing gone away and had not gotten
hack in time to take part in the
deed as was their intention.
One Of the black brutes now in
the custody of Sheriff Scarbur.
ough bears on his clothing stains
Of blood from his victim, and this
now owes his life to the tact and
skill of the deputies who secreted
him from an angry mob and
brought him to Darlington
through the swamps under cover
of, the darkness. The people are
aroused for miles around, and
justly SO.
The third negro, one of those
who assaulted the unfortunate
girl, has not yet been captured,
but he will be if he is in Darling.
ton county, and if he happens to
fall into the hands of any of the
present searching party his hours
of life will be but few more.
There was a deal of talk of a
mob coming to Darlington to-
night for the purpose of ly ynchl ng
the two negroes who were stolen
from it's fury last night. 1t was
at first thought by the citizens
that an effort would be made to
induce the governor to order a
special term of court for tomor-
row or next day and give the
poor wretches speedy trial. but
as court convenes here two weeks
from today, anyhow, it was after
wards decided to attempt to stay
the wrath of the angry men and
allow the law to take its course.
A party Of Representatives, but
sympathetic men went to Lamar
this morning to try to persuade
those cooler ones there not TO at
tempt any mob violence. While
these men fully realize the justice
"f the anger and the desire for
revenge on the part Of the rela
tives and friends Of the girl. thev
nevertheless know that it will be
better to have legal trial and a
legal execution than to have the
negroes lvnched There can be no
doubt that the prisoners will be
convicted if they are allowed TO
have a trial, for one of them has
admitted that thew did it and has
told the tale in detail.
1t was later decided to move
the prisoners from the Jail to
Columbia, and they we're taken
off this evening.