The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26
! BRAVE WOMAN .
4 Nagr0 Assails q White Lady and
She Kills Him.
FER COURAGE SAVED HEE,.
She Protected Her Honor and Pre-
rented the Taking OF Her
Young Sons Lite. Case
for Coroner.

y special dispatch from Camden to
the Columbia State gives the details OF
y daStardly attempt on the part OF
negro by the name Of Ned kcndrlck
to tore. his way edneSday night
intu the room -ut Mrs. Mary +. Elliott,
highly respected and hardwOrking
! Write lady Of about f0rty-tive years
who lives with her son, nineteen
wear Cd lad. about four miles from
! Blancy. and l. miles from Camden in
West Waterce.
The negro rcaped the due reward
for his criminal intent, as Mrs. Elliott
with undaunted courage that would
have done honor to any. killed him. at
her door step. The story as related by
reliable parties. who live in West
Waterec. is as follows: Mrs. ElliottS
nearest neighbor, Ned Kendricl1, who
lived with his family about 100 yards
from her house: the next nearest
neighborS were some white people,
about quarter Of mile distant.
Kendrick had been living there about
three years and had worked at the
Conquest saw mil.
Mrs. Elliutt's home consisted OF one
room. occupied by herself and shed
room. where Alien Elliott slept. open
ing into a back porch. On Wednesday
night, between 9 and 10 o'clock. Ned
Kendrick appeared in front of the
shed room. began to curse young
Elliott. tired Of i pistol, and warned
him he would Shoot him if he pOked
his head out Of the window. that lie
had the right gang with him. He
then went on 10 Mrs. ElliOtt's back
door fired his pistol again, cursed her
and told her to keep quiet or he would
shoot her. He then began TO batter
down the front door with an axe. Mrs.
Elliott recognized kendrick By his
voice. and locked the back door just
as he entered the room, armed with a
gun and pistol: by the front door at
the same moment Allen Elliott rush
ed into the room through the door
Just opened by his mother.
Then it was that Mrs. Elliott, in
mortal terror that the intruder would
shoot her unarmed son, jumped at
Kendrick like tigress and winding
her arms around him pinioned his
arms TO his body, at the same instant
her sou seized him by the throat and
began to choke him. In the scutfie
that followed all three fell and rolled
out of the house. Mrs. Elliott jumped
up. wrenched the negro's pistol out OF
his hand, and beat him over the head
with it till it broke and then crushed
his skull by hammering it with rock
till be died.
Had it not been that the negro was
weakened by spell Of fever the out
come Of the fight would have been
doubtful as he was. when in full
health, powerful man. weighing full
ly 2IO pounds, and young Allen is an
Oyergrown. rot very strong slip Of
boy. Mrs. Elliott who has supported
herself and has raised her son unas-
sisted. by working her little farm her.
self, enjoys the esteem and respect OF
all who know her.
The coronerS jury, Magistrate
Bowen acting as coroner, met Thurs
day night and brought verdict OF
eycusaOle homicide. On examination
OF Hendricks body it was found that
the negro had tied up his shoe in old
rags. and had q quantity Of matches
in his pocket, and it Was also ascer-
tanned that he had made arrange
ment to drive to Camden early in the
morning. II is therefore presumed
that after killing young Elliott and
CARRYING out his sinister design on
Mrs. Elliott, ne intended to kill her
also. and then oblterate all traces Of
the deed by setting fire to the house,
and abscOnding.