The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-28
News and Courier.

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and four OF the dispcnsury constublcs
! wEo.n the General Assembly 1T it's re.
cent session refused To hond oven in tin,
/ small sum Of five hundred dollars, urc
now safely lodGrd within the walls OF
the State l'cnitrntiary, thanks to the
pluck aud determination Of Shrril
Cathcart and Chief DAILY and their rs,
sisluntA.
| This morning Il, i30 o'clock the
crowd in front OF MagisLrutc Smi Il
oIllcc dwin,llrd down to II bakers dozen.
Shrrill tnihcart announced his rc,,dl.
ness to take the prisoners, to the pcni-
irntiary. Capt. McCrrcry formed the
Governors Guards on tho sidewalk
to the right Of Magistrate Smiths
"ilirr door, and Capt. Eirlinnd formed
the ltichland Volunteers to the left OF
the door. y squad Of policemen was
then formed in II hollow square immrdi-
nirly in front OF the door. Sheriff.
taIhrart marched out Of the office
with HIS rriSonc,s and PASSED into the
center of the hollow square. There
was not II multrr or II murlnur us the
procession moved OF.
Capt. kirkland murchcd tn, Eich-
'and Volunteers out into the street and
llankrd the squad OF oircmcn. Chief
Daly and reporter for The News and
Courier brought up the rear. The
march mp to The prnitrntinry was long,
tedious and dusty, over the stone
Strrwrd and uneven sidewalks that
lead up I" the lcnilrntiury. Some OF
the mob, apparently out of curiosity,
followed the procession all the way to
the 'rnitcntiary, but there was no de-
monstration at all, and everything was
SO quiet that probably not II dozen pco-
pie in the dwellings on the streets;
through which the procession passc,,
'inrw what was going on outside.
l'hrit DAILY remarked that it. reminded
him OF old Confederate days. marching
ut night. Arriving ut the pcnitentiurv
about > o'clock, Sheriff Cuthcart AMI
prisoners were received by Capt. West
field OF the l'cnitcntiary guard Re-
'rcshmcnts wcro served to the officers
on the inside, and then the militia
companies, the policemen, the officers
OF the law aud the remnants of the
crowd disburscd rs quietly as they had
come.
rms Is but an illustration of what
is to be expected as long as the inioui
t"us "lapcnsary law remains upon the
statute books and irresponsible men
arc selected to enforce the law. Ir
we" OF this transaction, the words of
Senator Barnwcll, in his recent speech
IN the Senate on bonding the constables
seem almost prophetic. He said that
there were only two remedies against
the tyranny Of search by these con-
StaEics-to buy or to shoot. He
said the wealthy would either buy or
shoot, that the plucky man would shoot
AND the timid man, who was Door,
would have no redress at all.
Mrs. Stuart died this afternoon at
$3.50 O'Clock at the Hospital. Her hus-
band was not able to be with her ot
the final scene owing to his wounds.
which are reported to be giving him
cohSl lcnblc trouble this evening.
l]nt there is no reason to anticiDatc
SERIOUS results in his case Crawford
and the other corstablcs will now bc
charged with murder, but it is not
likely that any steps looking towards
securing them bail will be taken i'm
mcdlately. Attorney General Bcllin-
ger said this afternoon that he did moi,
Know whether his duties required him
to defend the constnblcs or not. and
until he had looked the matter up he
declined TO say anything about it,
Ihcrc were number of wild rum0rs
IN circulhJion today TO the effect that
mobs were forming in various parts Of
'lc county to come to Columbia and
take The prisoners from the Pcnitcnti
airy, bnt little crrdcncc was in the re-
ports, as 1T Is hardly possible that So
'ool'sh Il mob could be gathered. The
''chltcntiary is next to imprcgnablc TO
assaults Of that kind.
Mrs. Stnarto body was removed from
'he Hospital to her home. Coroner
Green will hold an inquest in the morn
ing.
Now that the excitement is somc-
what abatcd the facts can be accurutc-
~ ahalyHcd. That Constable Cruwford
was under the influence OF liuuor thcro
appears to Ic 40 doubt, and but for his
diSordcrcd brain by reason OF it, the
tragedy probably would not have han.
pcncd While in the magistrates Of
iice his breath was heavy with tho
smell OF liquor, and he seemed hardly
10 realize the position he was in. He
would dose away into stupid maps even
when the crowd outside were most loud
~ demanding his life. Constable Dorm,
VINO seemed to realize the situation
"h''c at the house more than any other
constable. did his best TO got Crawford
away, knowing his condition, but nc