The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-30
A BRUTAL MURDER
Of a Young Married Lady Near the
City Of Charleston.
PEOPLE VERY MUCH EXCITED.

PEOPLE VERY MUCH EXCITED
The Victim Felled With Club an(
Her Throat Cut. Robbery
Was the Object. One
Man Arrested.
News comes from Charleston of
brutal murder that was committed
near New Roads on the Charleston
and Savannah Railway few miles
from Charleston in Colleton County.
The murder, which was one Of moSr
extraordinary brutality. was commit
ted on Monday morning. the victim
being young married lady. Mr.. W.
| W. Jones. a section master on the
railroad on returning to his home in
the forenoon found the body OF his
wife in a doghouSe near his home.
The throat Of the young wife was cut
from ear to ear. and the head was al
most severed from the body. A blood
stained sickle, which lay near the
corpse, showed how the crime had
been committed. AS several articles
were missing from the house, robbery
is supposed to have been the main
object. Whether, as has been report
ed, there has been a more tiendish
crime will depend upon the reports
of physicians.
New Roads, where the shocking
crime was committed, is a flag station
between RaYenels and Adams Run, on
the road running from Charleston to
Savannah, and is about twelve miles
from the first named city. Mrs. J. E.
Chinis, neighbor. and colored girl
went to call on Mrs. Jones. Walking
about the yard they saw Mrs, Jones
in a dog house with her throat cut
from ear to ear. 1t seems that the
murderer used a club about three and
one-half feet long in knocking Mrs.
Jones down, and seeing Scythe lying
nearby, used it and almost severed the
head from the body.
Cain Ford, a negro, was arrested
Monday night On suspicion of compile
ity in the murder of Mrs. Jones and
was Tuesday brought before Magis-
trate Behling. Never have the peo-
pie in this section been more aroused
than they were Tuesday. About $50
persons were present at the coroner's
inquest over the remains Of the dead
woman and several times it seemed
that the negro would be taken from
the officers and lynched, but cooler
heads prevented this, and Deputy
Sheriff Arnetg was allowed to carry
the prisoner to Jail at WATERFORD. If
the testimony against Ford had been
at all positive he would have been
swung to a limb in a very few min
uteS.
The object of the murder was clear
ly robbery. Mr.. Jones, the section
master, had been paid off only few
days. After the crime the trunks in
the house were found broken open
and the robbers left with a pistol,
razor and a gold watch and chain. DR..
J. T. Taylor, in his testimony, declar-
ed that Mrs. Jones was not assaulted.
1t is thought that Jim Black, notori-
Gus negro in this community, IS the
murderer and that Ford knows some
thing of the crime. One witness testi-
fed that he saw Jim Black near the
scene of the murder, hurrying through
the woods with a pistol. Deputy
Sheriff Arnett and the citizens of the
community will leave nothing undone
to capture the guilty parties. Mr.. and
Mrs. Jones were married one year ago
Monday, and before the former started
to his work in the morning, he gave
his wife the gold watch and chain.
THE MURDERER ARRESTED.
Mr.. Jones is distracted with grief
and shock at the terrible end Of his
wife. He had left her Monday morn
ing at their house to 60 about some
duty at distance. Returning du-
ring the day he went into the house
and found no trace Of his wife. Call
ing for her and getting no reply, he
searched about the premises and was
Mortified to find the mangled body in
box which had been used as a dog
house. The bloody corpse had been
thrown into this receptacle by the
murderer Mr.. Jones at once gave
the alarm and the trail of the bruteS
were struck. Suspicion fastened upon
Black and Ford and they were follow
ed across the country. Tuesday morn
ing Ford was caught at Adams Run
and confessed his participation in the
crime. The sheriff OF Cclleton county
is handling the case and the prisoner
will be taken to Walterboro. Excite
ment runs high throughout the coun-
try and it is possible some difficulty
will be met in holding the men and in
bringing the other to jail safely.
Mrs. Jones was an estimable young
woman and had many friends in the
country about Ravenels and in Char
lesion. Her husband has been in the
employ of the Plant system for sever
al years and is highly thought OF.
Their dwelling was near the railroad,
and there were few houses nearby and
the surrounding country is but sparse
" settled with white people.
NEGROES HUNTING TROUBLE.
Sheriff J. ElmOre Martin OF Char
lesion County sent posse Of deputies
to Bulow's phosphate mines for the
protection of the white people and
property. on account Of reports re-
ceived that the notorious negro
Grim lis Of that section had de-
termined to clean out the place. The
negroes were worked up over the re-
ports of the white posses hunting Tor
the negro murderers Of the wife of
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