The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-11-26
MIIRDER MOST FOUL IN HEART OF TOWN!
Mr.. II. B. Warn Struck Down and Robbed on One
of Our Principal Residence Streets.

MAYBE IQe arrival Ol LulS UuSSy oCaAeo
the murderers off, and no doubt they
thought all his money was in the sack
anyway.
THE ARRESTS.
The same night Policeman, Kirkland,
Constable Padgett and several others
went to the house of Led Warren, negro
who was employed by Mr.. Warn week be-
fore last to drive his dray. He was awak-
ened and questioned. Friday morning
he was arrested, as was also Joseph Rob-
inson, another negro who drove the dray
for Mr.. Warn up to a few months ago.
They were arrested by the town authori-
ties and put in the guard house. Later
in the day Tom Matery, an associate OF
these two, was also arrested and locked
up, as it was thought he also knew some
thing of the murder. All said they knew
nothing about the killing, and Robinson
said he could prove that he was at night
school all the first part of the night before.
THE TESTIMONY.
A jury of inquest was formed Friday
morning by Magistrate W. ". Lightsey,
composed of the following gentlemen /:
Edgar L. Price, foreman, A. S. Easterlin,
J. C. Brabham, F. W. Free, N. P. Smoak,
W. G.. Hoffman, ]. q. Rowell, 81. W.
Beard, C. R. Brabhan, Jr., A. Kirsch, j.
W. Pearlstine, and D. ". Phillips. They
viewed the body at the home and took
the testimony of Mrs. Warn and the ply
sicians.
Mrs. Warn testified as to becoming un-
easy and going out to hunt her husband
4 and as to finding the body. The physic-
ians testified to the wounds on the body,
saying that they would have caused death
in short time. Their description is prac-
tica!ly the same as that heretofore given.
The jury then adjourned to the court
house, and in the meantime parties had
removed the shoes from both Warren and
Robinson and carried them to try into
the tracks at the body and going away
from it. They fitted exactly, and this
fact was communicated to the jury. There
fore, in order to give further time for in
vestigation, the jury adjourned to meet
again Monday afternoon.
At this time several witnesses were ex-
amined as to these tracks and the shoes
fitting. Policeman W. G. Kirkland, ,Messrs
Geo. A. Jennings, and F. s. snider
testified that they had measured these
tracks, fitted the shoes of both Warren
and Robinson to them; that they tried
them carefully and they fitted. That there
were two kinds of tracks at the body and
going away from it. Warren's shoes
were new and they fitted the tracks going
toward the direction in which he lived.
Robinson's shoe had break in the bottom
and the tracks going in the direction that
he lives fitted his Shoes, Tracks were
wide apart as if parties were running
The testimony along this line was very
positive.
Mr. Warns son, Herbert, testified in
regard to the differences between his faith
er and these two negroes. He esaid Robin
son formerly drove dray for his father;
that while he was working there some
money was missed out of the store, the
box it was in and the money being stolen;
that his father laid this to Robinson, tell.
ing him that he had never missed any
thing until he (Robinson) went to work
for him. Later two bundles of shingles
were missed from the yard, and again his
father made this same remark to Robin
son. They found out shortly afterwards
that Robinson was making arrangements
to run dray of his own, so Mr.. Warn
stopped him from driving. Warren drove
their dray for the week ending Saturday
night, the 18th. For that days work he
turned in twenty cents, so Mr.. Warn told
him that wasn't paying him so they might
as we'll stop off. Warren started dray
of his own last week.
G. W. Moore, principal of the colored
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a pupil at his night school, and was there
last Thursday night from 7:20 to 1915.
The jury retired, and after deliberating
for some time, returned verdict that
M. B. Warn came to his death by blows
in the back of the head, struck by un.
known parties.
During the inquest Monday afternoon
Tom Matery was released from custody;
but Warren and Robinson were again pu,
in Jail, charged with the murder, a warrant
having been sworn out by Mr.. A. G. Warn
a brother of the deceased.
Considerable testimony was taken at
the inquest which we have not room to
publish. 1t was shown that Robinson had
tried to buy horse, saying he wanted it
for Warren to run dray with. However
Warren bought the dray he was driving
from Mr. Smoak, paying small amount
cash, the balance on time.
The dead mans wife says that a few
nights ago two men followed her husband
home, and that one had gun, which he
tried to hide when Mr.. Warn became sus-
picious of their intentions and stopped
under light for them to pass. He said
these men followed him for some distance;