The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-11-27
LOCAL News.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 27, 1901.
A Negro Commits an Atrocious Crime
and is LyHcled.

Of this city, was the scene of q most
atrocious crime, for which there was
not the slightest provocation. Mr..
Craft lives on the plantation of his
father-in-law, Mr.. Alex. Glenn, q
highly esteemed citizen OF that section,
and not far from tho lattcrs home.
About o'clock negro man came to
Mr.. Crafts home and found Mrs. Craft
alone in the house. He asked her for
something to eat, and she replied that
she had nothing prepared except some
cold potatoes. Tie negro said he
would buy five cents worth Of them.
Mrs. Craft went back TO the pantry and
brought them TO him As She handed
them to him she noticed IL piSt"! in his
hand. and he exclaimed "D-r YOU,
believe will Kill you.' This, OF
course, frightened Mis-. Craft vino ran
10 the rrarsihcof the room and While at
tempting 10 open :: dour, he negro
fired a, her. he bn!l cu..'in. Tie hach
near tlir spine she i::;.!ly opened the
door and ran st;:ic distance in the yard
and fell to the ground.
The husband and fltii"r Of tic un-
field near by, and, hearing the shot and
her screams, ran NJ once to the house.
They saw the negro fleeing from the
house us they ran up. The father
brought Mrs. Craft inside, and the lIus-
band, securing his pistol, started after
the negro Mr.. Craft soon got in
shooting distance and snapped his pis-
fnl lbtt Ill Ma.
turned and snapped his pistol two or
three times at Mr.. Craft, hut it also
would not fire. III the meantime MI
Lucius Glenn, un uncle of Mrs. Craft.
who happened to be in Il distant field
with his rifle, hearing the alarm and
seeing the negro, ran to the road and
tiIt,l several times ut him, apparently
without effect, and the negro was soon
nf sight
DR.. Pepper, who lives in that section,
was at once summoned to the bedside
Of Mrs. Craft, and he telcp!Oncd to this
city Tor Dr. Gray, who Immediately
went to his assistance. They probcd
the wound hut could no find the bull
let, and they informed the family that
it was IL very serious wound.
The ncwsof the terrible crime spread
rapidly through he neighbOrlnOd, and
i'll Il short while every citizen who could
leave his home went to Mr.. Crafts \
telephone message was sent to Sheriff
Green. ansi i'll Il few minutes Deputy
Sheriff Dillingham;, with his blood
hounds, was on his way there. The
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the city, and in IL short while many of
our younger citizens started for th.
scene to assist III capturing the brutal
negro. deputy Dillingliams dogs trail
ed the negro for several miles and lost
his track at IL branch running from
swamp on Robert Cham blee's plnnt;,-
ton. The party then scattered and
went in every direction searching for
the villain. Some of them went to
Hollands and COoley's Ferries. on tho
Savannah River, and at the latter
place, the ferryman, who was aroused
from his sleep, stated that negro,
whom he described, had crossed the
river that afternoon from Georgia
Mrs. Craft, who was able to thlk, had
given Il description OF the negro. and
her description fitted the negro whom
tho ferryman described. The negro
carried bundle of clothing, which he
dropped rs he left Mr.. Crafts house,
and had an old towel tied around his
neck. Both the ferryman and Mrs
Craft spoke OF this
About s o'clock Sheriff Green left the
city and went to Mr.. Crafts to take
supervision of the search, aud after
midnight it was feared that the negro
could not be found. = large party,
however. continued tho search all
night, and early Sunday morning 9TH
ers joined them. AS the morning pass
ed away tho crowd increased in num-
bcrs, the excitement increased and
every number OF the party WIS deter
mined to capture the negro if possible.
On Sunday about noon negro, who
lives on tho Cooley plantation, about
six miles west of MIR. Crafts home, APP
preached posse who were hunting
the villain and told them that he was
at his house. They returned with this
negro to his home, and, surrounding
the house. ordered tho criminal to come
out and surrender, which ho did. The
party then brought him to the home of
Mr.. C.aft, and he was ut once identified
by his victim. The negro WAS wound
ed in the calf OF his right leg, which
showed that one of the balls from the
rifle fired by Mr.. Lucius Glenn had
struck him.
After the negro had been identified
he confessed that he was guilty OF the
deed, and said that tho reason he shot
Mrs. Craft was because she insulted
him by saying that "you negroes are
always around begging" By this time
crowd Of nearly two hundred people,
fifteen or twenty of whom were negroes
of that section, had congregated at the
home of Mr.. Craft, and it was soon de-