The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-08

father he expressed the opinion ina,
one OF the Evans negroes had com
mitted the crime. The child, Ruoy
who was wounded, surprised the peo
pie who quickly assembled at ths
house, by her actions, and 1t wa:
found after some investigation thai
she was running about the house try
ing TO find an old pistol that she might
kill, as she said, her fath-rsS slayer
Mrs. Phillips was 10 such condition
of nervous proStlation that the entire
village sat up to nurse and care foI
ner and try and save her husband who
it seems, was the greatest favorite IL
the town, and much respected because
of his valiant service during the war.
A NAN OF IRON.
DR.. C. II. Abels, who was called ir
TO examine the wounds Of the old sol
dier, said that he could live but few
hours and when night came Tuesday
and the old man was still alive no one
could understand it. The doctor sale
that it was Slrnly his wonderful CON
stitution that had kept him alive, anc
that beyond the peradrenture OF a
doubt he would die before morning
That he had lived as long as he had,
the physician said, was one Of the
most remarkable things that he hao
ever encoun; cred in his practice but
at the same time pointed out that the
old man had constitution second tC
none that he had ever known. TC
bear out this statement DR.. AbelS
pointed to the arm dangling at Mr..
Phillips side. 1t was almost shot
awav at the battle Of Deep Water.
Va, and has since hung practically
by the skin, every connection with
the bone below the shoulder having
been severed. Then again, said the
agoihcent physique OF the old man
was illustrated by his family which
has numbered two wives and ls chill,
dren, l3 Of whom are living. All this
was known to the village people and
the farmers for miles around, and
they watched and waited around the
bed Of the old man, hoping against
hope that in some miraculous way his
life would be spared. 1t was first
warm weather that the county has
known this year and the house was
open so that any one in the village
could come and go at will and wit
ness the death struggle OF the veteran
who lay dying By the hand OF mis-
creant negro. There may have been
thought Of other things through the
long. long dreary watch Of Monday
uight but there was no action.
WHERE'S THE MURDERER"
1t was on Tuesday morning, when
all hope Of Mr.. Phillips life was given
up that the leading men began to
consider the advisability Of trying to
ascertain the name Of the assassin
an assassin Of a character that made
the Who'll. community reek with hor-
ror. Then the Phillips boys and 9th
ers began to put two and two together
and TWO together and recall that they
had heard that Evans had been max
ing threats. 1t was brought 70 mind
that the two negro brothers had made
the threats and that they had not
been seen about the place since Satur-
day. Inquiries were made and it was
learned that they hao both been seen
near the dam across the railroad from
the village, armed with two guns. A
prominent citizen Of the town sent to
Bamoerg and got some bloodhounds
that bel, ng to the chaingang there.
They were put on what was supposed
to be the trail but the ground was so
dry that they could do nothing. Fur
ther inquiries were made and the corl-
fession was forced out Of a negro that
he had seen the two black despera-
does hiding behind the dam with their
guns. The men who obtained this
confession are two of the most prom
inent citizens in the whole communi-
ty and their word could not be gain
said. But every one wanted to make
sure and nothing was said in public
because it was known that the young
farmers in the vicinity were angry,
and not inclined to wait for the slow
process of the law. Several Of them
finally determined to get evidence
themselves, and they went to the
Phillips house and began to pry
around the premises for some clues
that would lead them to make arrests.
A VERY LEADING CLUE.
The very dry ground that had
thrown the hounds of the scent helped
the young farmers. Near the Phil
lips house they found the tracks Ct
two negroes-negroes presumably for
the reason that all of the race living
in the immediate vicinity, even to
the educated Evans brothers wore a
peculiar shoe that was bought at one
store in the village. They followed
these tracks across the cotton field
and on to the dam There other
tracks were found, leading across the
road and over the cotton held-a
nearer way to the Phillips household.
Coupled with the story OF the man
who had seen the Evans boys hiding
behind the dam with their guns this
was deemed sufficient evidence to ar
rest Charles, the other brother hav.
ing disappeared. He was taken with
out great difficulty not far from his
home and the spirit Of bragadocio
with which he denied his guilt did as
much to arouse suspicion as the tell
tale tracks across the fields. Further
inquiries developed the fact that ii
was only half an hour before the
tragedy that the Evans's were seer
hiding behind the dam.
THE FIEND JAILED AT LAST.
Chas. Evans was lodged In the guarc
house early Tueslay morning and the
news began to spread around the