The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-10-10
DIED FROM his WOUNDS.
A Very Sad Ending of a Deplorable
Accident.

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Accident
We regret to announce that Alr. j.
W. H. Hydrick, Of Knots Mill, who
was run into and injured on last Sunday
afternoon week by negro In buggy,
died on the Tuesday following. 1T
seems that Mr.. Hydrick aad his wife
we're returning home from Eoenezer
Church, which is few miles west from
Woodford, where Mr.. Hy drick had just
addressed the Sunday school. While
driving along in his buggy in the rosd,
just this side of Jeffccas's bridge, Mr.:
H7drick heard coumotion behind and
a negro driving his horse at full speed
towards him. The negro hallooed to
him to get out of the road and this Mr..
Hydrick attempted to do. He was in
cut of the public road, going down
grade, and on account of the piling on
each side Of the road it was impossible
for him to get out Of the way. Any
how, MIR. Hydrick drove mis- buggy as
far or one side as he could, placing lis
buggy so that his wife would be next to
the bank aad remaining himself il the
buggy about midway Of the road. The
horse came at full speed from behind
and lesped upon his buggy and on MIR:
Hydriek He was knocked several
feet away and remained iusensible for
some time. Mrs. Hydrick was also
knocked cut Of her buggy and Injured.
Negroes nearby came to their assls
ts1ce when they heard MIS-. Eydrick's
scream and she ran to the house of her
brother-in Law, Mr.. Paul Livingston,
who lived only short distance away
Mr. Livings;on went to Mr. Hydricks
relief. He was moved as soon as posi-
Bile ard r, covered only for little while
after the icjury. He complained Of
severe pains in his he'd which had
been internally injured. He fingered
until Tuesday, when he died. 1t is
said that after the accident Wilson in
differently adjusted his own harness
and drove away, leaving Mr. Hfdrick
on the ground, without even off, rig
any assistance or expressing regrets
over the affair. It is also said that a
short distance back the negro was seen
beating his horse and driving him at
full speed and most carelessly. 1t is
also reported tina. this negro was knosn
as reckless driver and that it was his
delight 20 drive around people OF the
highway and sha. he was often reckless
in so doing. The report is that after
the negro stated that he could have
stopped his horse after seeing Mr.. Hv-
dr.ck ahead Of him in the cut, but b
was afraid he might break his harness.
It was this remark that stirred Il e
community and caused them to deter
mine to lynch him. Their reasouiag
was that if 5='lson was 50 reckless Of
human life as TO vsl1e his harness more
he deserved to be Ius 20 death as =
punishment to him and 2 lesson to oh.
ers. During the winter months drluk-
ing negroes with teams often cause
''smash ups" and 'Da'roW escapes" by
their reckless and careless dciyiog along
many tf the public roads Many cjti-
z,us in the sam, CON uuuiiy have oesn
often so annoyed. All these things
seemed to sir the community and
caused the desire to a7enge Mr.. Hy-
drick's death.
We understand that Wilson Claims
that bis horse was running away and
that he could not avoid running into
Mr.. Hydrick's boggy, but the facts srs
all sgainss such a theroEy. In the first
place he gave the endangered parties
no warning of the fact that hi, horse
was running away, which he could ba7e
done by shouting to thez &c Sc: out Of
the way. In thu second place after
the accident Wilson's horse stood
quietly until he repaired whatever
damages his buggy aud harness needed
for him to drive off, IL stands to rca-
son that if his horse was running away
before the accident that he would
have continued to run away after the
accident. This seems plain, and Will
son will have to fod some other ez-
planation Of his brutal conduct if he
wishes to establish his Innocence. If
Wilson's horse was not drumming away
as be claims, then he was guilty Of
reckless driving or most diabolical
purpose to run down Mr. Hydrick.
These matters will all be Investigated
when Wilson is brought back and tlieo.
WANTED TO LYNCH HIM.
When the news Of Mr. Hydrick's
death spread around where ne lived the
people became very indignant, aad opsn
threats to lynch Wilson were made.
Wilson was then in the custody Of
Sheriff Dukes, and was confined in the
county jail. These threats coming to
the ears Of Wilson's wife, she tele-
grsphed Governor McSaeeney as fol
lows from North:
my husband in Orangeburg jail.
Danger Of lynchipg tonight. Please
have him protected
Minnie Wilson"
As the governor had received 10 pre-.
vicus information as to the affair, Re
sas at loss 10 know what the tele gram
meant In order to get information
upon which to act, the governor to!e
graphed the operator at North as fol-
lows:
Who is Minnie Wilson's husband,
and with what crime is he charged?'
The operator replied as follows:
Willie Wilson ran his horse over
man aud killed him The negro ran
his horse and buggy into Mr.. Hydrick's
buggy Sunday night and threw him
self apd wife out and il j1red him in
ternally The people think he was
druok and didn't care anything about
it. Don't think he intended killing
him, but q posse came here last night,
thinking he was in the guard house