The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-01-10
Louis Burgess Killed.

An unfortunate killing occurred at Pine
wood hast Saturday afternoon. in which
Louis Burgess, negro raised in this town
| aad well known 10 maGy town conncl's
was the victi:u. and Conductor F. II
HurSey, OF the local freight train between
Sumter and Denmark. WAS the slayer. Bur
CESS was q train hand aaI he and Con-
duct0r HurSey had an atercation at Kim
mi, in which Mr.. Hursey ordered Burgess
to leave the train. At P!newooi they both
were on the ground and the trouble WAS
renewed. when Conductor Hnrsey ordered
Burgess not TO board the train again. Sev-
eral statcIG snts prevail as to what accurr"d
Just prior to the shooting; one being that
Burgess hal stick, and another that be
put his hand IN his pocket to draw knife
or pistol, when be was shot once By Mr.
Hursey The engineer took charge OF tue
train ADD car led il o., - S?:n:e.. willle
Mr.. HpI-ry va, ,:rI inr,i Ly the anthor:i.s
and on inquest AeI hv Magistrate a 2.
Racin. Burgess Was raised here. bnt has
been away two or three wears and VI trout
attempting IN the slightest to prejudice the
case. while here lie WAS generally known
| to be bad character. Ee married 4 sister
| to William Dixon, who is wauled here for
many crimes.
Conductor HurSey was brnus:!, 10 Man
ming Monday night by way Of Sumter BY
| Constable R. ". johnson and Mr. Brough-
tc, and taken in custody by Sheriff Brad
nam. He was accompanied by ais atto:-
nev. Mr. r o. Purdy. Solicitor Wilscn
was conferred with and. after e1aming the
testimony given at the coroner's inquest
decided not to oppose the granting OF bail
to Mi Hursey provided bail be fixed at
sum not less than two thousand dollars
Mr. Purdy will probably be able to obtain
bail before Judge Buchanan today and If
so Mr. Hursey will immediately give bond
and he will be free until the February term
of court here.
There was some excitement at Pinewood
Sunday and Monday and it was thought by
some that negroes who were incensed by
| the killing would rise up and either bnrn
the town or cause other trouble, but 1t
seems that there could have been 10 very
sufficient ground for such fears, and that
most OF the talking was done by only few
negroes.
Magistrate Rasin sent the fcllowiog teie-
gram to Governor McSwee-ey:
"His Excellency, Governor McSweeney:
please send by earliest express tweuty-
FIVE repeating rifles and q thousand rounds
of cartridges. Send at once. ! am respon-
| s!be ! must have them.
"a. P. RAG1S, Magistrate.
Governor McSweeney had DO authority
| to send out rifles that way, and telegraphed
| to know the state Of affairs. Sheriff Brad
ham was the proper party to be informed
as to any trouble, as he is the chief execu-
! tive of the county, and as the Governor
had heard nothing from the sheriff be did
dot send the rifles. He got statement of
the condition of affairs at Pinewood from
Representative H. B. Richardson. who ar
rived II Columbia Monday, and held him.
self ready to instruct the sheriff 10 case any
trouble should arise and call out the mill
tia if necessary.
Sheriff Bradham says lie has heard moth
ing further of any trouble at Plnewood and
he expects matters are quiet there.
Conductor Hursey has since been grant
| ed hail in the sum OF two thousand dollars
| by Judge Buchanan. The bond was i'm
meiiately given and be was released and
returned to his home in Florence.
It was rumored that there would be trou-
BILE at Pinewood on Tuesday and that two
or three prominent citizens were to be
| lyuched, and in consequence Governor
| McSweeney ordered the sumter Guards to
| he in readiness to proceed to the scene OF
the trouble at any moment. In the NEAL
time Sheriff Bradham was il tonch with
the Piuewood authorities and the Cover
nor, and had eight or ten we'll selected men
ready to accompany him to Pinewood at
any moment Latest accounts say that
everything is quiet at Plnewood.