The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-12-31
LYNCHEI} THEM BOTH
For the Murder Of M. y. K Jay
Near Troy. 5. c.
THEY ACCUSED EACH CIaES,


\ special dispatch to The State
from Greenwoui, Of Saturday says Win
n. JAY. uae of tie most prominent
young farmers OF the Troy section Of
this county, was foully murdered in
his own yard Friday evening between
s and O'CLOCK by either Oliver Vice
man or his wife. two negroes living On
his pace. Bota negroes were MADE
to pay the death penalty t0f thcir
deed by an Infatuated crowd OF Mr..
Jays neighburS and friends.
From ali accounts. many CT which
differ. the following is offered as the
most nearly correct Of how the killing
occurred:
Mr.. Jay lives IN new house about
three and one-half miles from Troy.
This place has never been incloSed and
the negro cabin formerly occupied by
the negroes is within about - or 80
Yards Of the residence: Mr. Jay was
returning to his house after attending
To some business in the neignbJrho0d
and when close ID his house he head
the two negroes making considerable
disturbance in the cabin. It seems that
the man was abusing or fighting his
wife and they were both Quarreling
and resisting. 1t was 20 stop this dis
turbance that lead Mr.. Jay to their
home, which as stated, is only about
80 Yards from his own house. On
his arrival be ordered the negroes to
be auiet-that if they could not be
tLey could not stay on his place. In
mediateIy after this Mrs. Jay, who
was N her house, heard the report OF
a gun. She ran to the door and looked
out, and saw the two negroes, man
and wife, running away from their
cabin. Calling to them, she asked
what was the matter, but the negroes
made no answer and kept on running.
Failing to get any response from them
she called loudly to he husband.
There was no response. She was then
wild with fear and began looking
over the yard, and in a short while
found him dead in pool of his own
blood. Almost his entire head had
been blown of. Death was inStan-
taneouS.
The alarm was at once given and
the immediate neighborS rushed in.
The news OF the horrible murder
spread rapidly. Carriages started in
all directions. \ telephone furnished
the news to Troy and nearby towns,
ara the whole country for miles
around was soon being literally Sc0ur-
ed for the murdererS.
4 party Of men coming towards the
place from a section Of the community
a few miles near Mr.. Jays home, met
TWO negroes in the road, man and
woman. The party did not know the
negroes. but arrested them on Susoi-
cion and carried them back to the place
of inquest. They were the guilty
ones. When examined both acknowl-
edged the deed, but accused each
other of committing 1.-THE man said
the woman did it and the woman said
the man did it. They never changed
from this, but died accusing each other
Of the crime.
The gun with which the murder
was committed was carried to Old Bill
Wideman'S house, the father Of the
man, and left there while the two
started cut in flight. They were 60
ing towards Edgetield when caught.
After the inquest the two negroes
were tnrned over to the constable.
who started to jail with them. AT
the Winterseat bridge they were stop
ped by a crowd of infuriated friends
and neighborS and lynched. The
lynching occurred about midnight.