The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-08-01

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who we're handling the situation that
the ooly way tc get at Charles was TO
bDrn the building in which he was en-
tronched There were, however, some
scrnoIes about rcsorting to this method
of getting him, owing to the exertmely
tbickly populated section in which the
house was situated Nevertheless, it
was determined that the fire depart
nent should be called out, in order to
protect surrounding prop .rty, in case
it should be resolved to burn the build
ing.
At the moment Of anparertindecislon
some one went to a neighb0rlDg gro
Gerry, purchased can OF oil, and, pour
ing it over the rear steps Of the build
ing, applied a NJ itch aud soon had the
building in flames. S. fercely did the
fire burn that it became evident that
no human being could live in the build
ing and picked men from the police,
souards and mem 5ers Of the militia
stationed themselves about the build
ing in order to pick of the desperate,
as he attempted to leave the house.
A young soldier named Adolph Auder
son, member Of the Thirteenth com
pany of the State militia, was one Of
the first to see Charles as he ran down
the steps leading to the second story.
| Charles ran across the yard ard entered
the second room. He fred several
times at Anderson and the latter, who
was armed with Winchester riff. shot
the Negro in the breast and he fell and
died soon after.
As soon as the Negro fell nu nb2rs Of
people armed with Winchesters and re-
volvers rushed il and fred into the
body. Charles was literally shot to
pieces. After it was certain that he
was dead N . entered the yard and
dragged the body into the street.
There the police and the mob empticd
their revolvers into it while q son CT
one Of the murdered men rushed up and
stamped the face beyond recognition
There were then loud howls that the
body should be taken to vacant
square in the vicinity and publicly
burned st this instant, however, a
big squad of police dashed up in pa
troll wagon There were thousands
of people congregated in the vicinity
and it seemed as if there might be a
clash between the officers and the mob.
But che police took the body and car
ried it to police headquarters Shortly
after the body Of Charles had been
taken from the scene report spread
that there were still some negroes in
the burning building. The square was
again quickly surrounded by picked
men and under guard of men with Win
chesters a special squad made its way
into the building. In room which
the fire had not yet reached three ne
groes were found dressed in female at
tire. They were hustled out and i'm
meGiately sent to prison in patrol
wagon. Subsequently a fourth negro,
mulatto, was discovered in the build
ing. He made desperate resistance
against being arrested and while IN the
hands Of the police was killed by Shot
fred from pistol in the hands of one
of the disorderly mob that had congre-
gated ia the 7iciuity Just about the
time that Charles body reached the
norgue the body of an unknown negro,
who had been shot and stabbed to
death on Gallatin stree, was carried
in. This darkey was passing through
the French market when he WAS seen
by a crowd of whites. The latter were
intensely excited by the news of the
slaughter of Porteus and others up
town and they Immediately mobbed
him. The unknown negro ran for his
life and the angry mob kept at his heels,
the crowd increasing in plumbers every
minute. The negro finally succeeded
in entering house in Gallatia street.
He ran up stairs aud jumped from the
gallery to the ground. Before he could
arise the mob shot and stabbed him to
death.
August Thomas was identified today
as the negro who had met violent
death at the HANDS of hoodluus Wed
nesday night at the corner of Custom
House and Viiliers streets. Louis
Taylor one of the negroes who was shot
aud dubbed at the French market
Wednesday night succumbed today to
his wounds. Late this afternoon Har-
ry Mabry called at the Central police
station and identified two men under
arrest, George Flanagan and Mike Fo-
ley, as members of the mob who muir,
dered Anna Mabry, his mother, while
she vas asleep in her home on Rous,
seau street this morning. The mob
broke into the house and firing reck-
lessly around the room, wounded the
old woman. She died on her way tc
the hospital.
At late hour tonight mob which
had evaded the militia and the citiz,ns'
police attacked the Thomy L.fo school
house, Sixth and Rampant streets, upon
the supposition that negroes had stored
arms and ammunition in the building.
They quickly gained possession and
fred the structure, destroying it COM
pletely. The school building was
erected few years ago by the city, and
was devoted exclusively to the educa-
ton of colored children. No nesrves
were found in the school, but number
who emerged from houses in the vicini
ty were pursued for quite distance.
a strong force was dispatched to the
scene as soon as the alarm was given,
but too late to save the school. The
mob was quickly dispersed.
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