The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-06-11
HE FEARED BURNING.
So Jim Black Told All When Ee
Was Promised
THAT FIRE WOULDN'T BE USED.
One Of the Murderers Of Mrs.
Jones Shot to Death and
his body Nailed
Telegraph Pole.

his body Nailed
Telegraph Pole.
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A special dispatch from Walter
boro to The State says Jim Black was
lynched at New Road Wednesday
night for the murder of Mrs. J. K.
Jones month ago. The information
is that Jim Black was carried from
Savannah, where he had been appre-
hended, to Ravenel for a hearing be-
fore Magistrate Behling. AS soon as
he had been identified as the one seen
near the place at the time of the crime
he offered to tell them all about it if
they would not burn him.
They promised. He then said that
he himself had killed Mrs. Jones and
threw her in the goat house, while
Cain Ford, Ned Prayer and a negro
whose name could not be learned
watched; that the purpose of the kill
| ing was for robbery, he having been
told by one of the hands that Mr..
Jones had money in the house. He
also told OF number Of other rob
berries that had been committed and a
number they had planned.
| Particulars are meagre as to how
Black was killed, but he was probably
shot to death, after which they hung
his body to telegraph pole by nail
ing hiS hands with railroad spike.
A placard was then placed on his body,
but hayn't been able to ascertain
what it was. Cain Ford is in jail, ab
Walterboro, Ned Pryor was killed
some time ago while attempting to
escape. There are two reports as to
the other negro implicated: one is
that he was found dead in the swamp
about two weeks ago and the other is
that he lives several miles from Rave
mel and that the mob is now in search
of him.
TAKEN FROM DEPUTY sHERFFs-
A crowd, presumably from Rayenel,
came to town during Friday night
and at 2 o'clock next morning took
Cain Ford from the custody Of Deputy
Sheriffs II. n. Ramsey and G. S.
Arnett and, it is supposed, lynched
him, although no signs whatever are
seen this morning either Of the mob
or the body. Cain Ford is the negro
who was implicated in the murder Of
Mrs. Jones by the confession Of Jim
Black reported in The State Friday.
Deputy Sheriff Arnett, when seen
this morning, stated that the mob
was composed of $50 to 200 people:
that during the evening he had been
informed that an effort would be made
to take the negro from the jail; that
he waited until everything was quiet
and about 2 o'clock in the night he
took the negro out of the jail and
started for Columbia by way Of St.
Georges. Before getting very far he
saw some one approaching from be-
hind and looking back he ran into a
crowd who were cenSealed behind the
corner Of a fence and was oVerpo powered,z
diSarmed and the prisoner taken away
He states that sack was thrown
over his head, his pistol taken away
from him and discharged. BE was
thrown upon the ground and held un-
til the crowd had taken the negro
away.
Ramsey, succeeding in getting his
pistol and fired at the mob at close
range, but could not fire again, being
Immediately disarmed. He does not
know whether the shot took effect or
not. There was a regular fusilade ona
the edge of town. After being releas-
ed they both got together the citizens
Of the town and followed the mob,
but were unable to overtake them.
This morning the sheriff and his posse
searched the surrounding country but
they have not been able to find the
body Of the negro or any Of the par
ties. 1t is supposed that they carried
Ford to New Road, the scene OF the
crime, where he will probably. be lynch
ed. Information is this morning that
all the roads leading out Of town were
guarded.
Later: Reports just received that
Ford was found in the woods mile
from town, tied, alive and unhurt.
Later: Walterboro, June 6.-Re-
port confirmed. Ford just recommitt-
ed to jail unhurt.
CAIN FORD LYNCHED.
A dispatch from Walterboro, under
date of June I, says Cain Ford, one
Of the four negroes implicated in the
murder OF Railroad Sectionmaster w.
w. Jones wife at New Road, in Cole
ton county on April 2l last, and who
from the day after the commission OF
the crime has been confined in Walter
boro jail, was lynched about 2 O'Clock
Saturday morning. Last "Wednesday
Jim Black, the chief actor in the ter
rible tragedy, was carried from SaVan-
nah to the scene Of his crime. he
confessed his guilt and named three
Others who aided him in the commis-
sion of the crime. He was hanged to
a telegraph pole in front OF Jones'
place and his body riddled with bull
lets. The news of the lynching and
of Blacks confession reached Walter
boro and ? o'clock Saturday morning
Sheriff Owens apprehensive Of trouble,
endeayored to send Ford to the State
penitentiary, but his deputies were
twice overpowered en- route to the de-
pot and Ford was tied to pine tree
and shot to death.
Don't Love US.