Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-03-20

next few days. The whole trouble
with us is that we are too big thing
for our immediate financial surround
ings." Mr.. Ashe said nothing during
the conversation that indicated the
least suspicion Of contemplated self
destruction, and when the reporter
left it was with the impression that
after a good nights sleep, the unfor-
tunate man would wake up refreshed
and with q much brighter view Of the
situation.
Shortly before IL o'clock, Mrs. Ashe
missed her husband from his bed. She
had also lost much sleep, not having
-------'.-.ee s tsIinss frlats. On:
count Of the distressing condition Of
Mr.. Ashe. Waking up from from fit
full slumber, she found that Mr.. Ashe
had gone. Fearful that something
dreadful had happened, she sent out
and alarmed the neighbors, a number
of whom promptly gathered at her
home. A search was instituted at
once. Mrs. Ashe explained her fear
Ashe alive. He had left his clothes in
the room. The searchers made care
full examination of the premises and
looked down in the WELL They let
down the bucket without finding any
thing. Then two or three of the
searchers went out to the York Cotton
mills, with the expectation Of finding
the missing man either on the road or
probably in the reservoir there. They
alarmed Mr.. P. M. Grimes, Mr.. Ira
Grimes and Mr.. Tilghman, all of whom
returned with the party to Mr.. Ashe s
home. Mr.. G. H. O'Leary made an
other sounding Of the we'll and discoV-
ed something in the water that gave
q suspicion of the horrible truth. Mr..
J. E. Carroll (Toad) went down into
the well and found that the suspicion
was a horrible fact. This was at about
2 o'clock in the morning, and the pre-
sumption was that the body had been
in the water for at least two hours.
The removal of the body, which had
evidently gone in feet foremost, was
accomplished with great difficulty, the
deceased being a very heavy man,
weighing something like 2S5 pounds.
Among those who were present dur
ing the search and up to the time of
the recovery of the body from the well,
were Messrs. Brooks Irman, w. Brown
Wylie, w. H. Herndon, w. D. Glenn,
r. T. Allison, Louis Roth, r. 5. NC
Connell, ]. J. Hunter, G. H. O'Leary,
DR.. Miles Walker, w. R. Carroll, E. b.
Beard, ]. E. Carroll, R. B. Lowry, w.
Mason Mcconnell, DR.. J. L. Hannahan,
w. l.. Williams, Jake Mackorell, M.
L. Carroll, Frasier Anderson and per-
haps others. Mrs. G. H. O'Leary, Mrs.
]. J. Hunter, Mrs. Wells and Miss
Anice OLeary were present to offer all
possible comfort and consolation TO
Mrs. Ashe and the children.
Mr.. Ashes body showed signs or a
few insignificant scratches and bruises
about the face and breast. There was
no evidence Of a struggle after he
threw himself into the we'll. The wa
ter was some II or Is feet deep, and
from the fact that nothing was to be
seen on the surface at the first inves-
tigation, the presumption Is that the
body first sank to the bottom and then
rose to the surface of the water, Short
ly after which it was discovered.
1t seems that the last visitors to Mr..
Ashe during the night before were MI.
p. M. Grimes, Mr.. E. B. Beard and MIR.
w. r. Carroll. This was about 10
o'clock. They came to tell him OF the
result of a conference during the after
noon, at which plan to raise the nee
essary money had been agreed upon.
All three of the gentlemen were conf
dent of success, and they so assured
MIR. Ashe. In leaving, Mr.. Grimes told
how it was his purpose to start off ear
ly the next morning (Tuesday) and
that he would be back in the afternoon
with the money. Il hope you will get
it." or words to that effect, was about
all that MI. Ashe had to say; but
none Of the gentlemen suspicioned any
thing to warrant fear Of the tragedy
that followed. On account Of the