The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-30
4 BLACK FIEND
Shoots Twice ct Young lady Eears
Kine:y-six.

Shoots Twice ct Young lady Fear
Kine.y.six.
GAME NEAR BEING LYECHED.
Bill Williams, the Suspect, is Now in
the Greenwood Jail Charged
With the Awful Crime
of Brutal Assault
A special dispatch from Greenwood
to The State says Bill William 8. a
negro, was Brought there Monday
night by Magistrate W. L. Fouchs
and Mr.. D. Sidney Ha]tiwanger Of
Ninety SIX and lodged in jail, charged
With attempting a criminal assault
upon Miss Ludie Smith, the 18.year-:
Did daughter OF Mr. Milledge Smith, a
we'll known farmer who lives below
Ninety-Six, about half a mile from
Sister Springs church. The story OF:
the attempt, as tod by Miss Smith,
is substantially as follows: Tuesday
afternoon she was out in front Of her
fathers house sweeping up leaves and
burning them and otherwise cleaning
up the yard. Her father and mother
were both away from home, and her
two brothers were picking cotton In a
field ABOUT $50 yards back o. the
house. Between 2 and 8 o'c.Ock,
while she wes sweeping as above de-
scribed, she heard noise back Of her,s
and, turning to see what it was, saw
a young negro man advancing towards
her. His appearance was foroidding,
and becoming frightened she started:
to run. H. ordered her to stop, and
followed his order by threat tc:
shoot. she did not stop, and he drew
pistol and fired. At the irst shot
sae glanced over her shoulder, and Ees
again ordered her to stop. She hads
now realized her danger fully and ran
IN the direction Of the field where bers
brothers were at work. The negro
fred second shot at her: but both
failed OF thtir aim. In a few seconds;
sne had reached her brothers and told
them OF what the negro had done,
and they both rushed to the house
only to find that 5ae brute had mads
good his escape.
The news spread rapidly, and at
3 O'Clock the news had reached the
sheriff's Office in request for blood
hounds with which to trail the negro:
1t was kept quiet, but the dogs were
sent at once in charge of Deputy
Sheriff Charles Dukes and Capt. jim
McCombs, who has charge OF the :
county chaingang. :1.S.ss:5
Judge Ernest Gary: who is here
holding the court Of common pleas
5nis week, heard OF the attempt and
he at once had himself put in tele-E:
phonic con a1nlcation with Ninety.
Six, and in conversation with EN-.
L L:pscono, PRESIDENT of the Cam3
bridge banl:, there, and Capt. James
Rogers, former magistrate and now
county superintendent OF educa-
tion for this county, he urged upon
these two gentlemen the necessity OF
using their influence to prevent a
lynching, aud told them to protect
Williams there and bring him to-
Greenwood and that he Ju6ga Gary)
would see to it that he was protected I
here. Both these gentlemen and
many Others, all men Of sound, calm
common sense, at once left for the
scene 30 use all their influence to have ].
the lay upheld.
Meanwhile Gne dogs had arrived in
charge OF Msssrs. Dukes and Nc
Combs ana they we're put to work, but
so many people had visited the place
and had been riding and walking SO
promiscucusly around the premises
that the dogs could not make start.
Finally they got off on some trail and
ran It a short while, but finally gave
it up. While this was going on, and
q majority OF the crowd were watch
ing with feverish interst the work OF.
the dogs, an ,ther party we're at work
or clue which a few had got hold ct
and which had been kept from the
main body Of men. Following up
their clue, they soon had under arrest
the negro Bill Williams. He was
carried before Miss Smith, WHO could
not positively identity him, but she
said he was about the right size, and
there were other similar marks OF
Identification. She thought that the
negro who fred at her had on a dove
c0lored hat, but the negro Bill Will
Jams was wearing a black hat. It-
was ascertained that he had changed
shoes In the afternoon, and it Is like
ly, or it is possible, that he might
have changed his headgear. He was:
not armed when found, but as no
search was made Of the house IN
which be was found, this fact does
not 60 as far as it might in bis favor.
The negro lives ab3ut a mile from Mr..
Smiths house. Tuesday afternoon
be came up from Chappels to DysonSs
on log cart belonging to another
Mr.. Smith. From Dyson's be started
out to walk to his home. On the
'.ay he stopped and had some talk.
with negro, and this conversation
was denied by Williams, although the;
other negro held to it that be talked
vito Williams. Also, the negro Bill
Williams claimed that he did not 60,
up the regular road by Mr.. Smiths,
but went around the hack, route
that was in the neighborhood Of
mile and a half out Of the way.
Others saw MIN going towards his
home that afternoon by a road dif-
ferent from what he claimed he used.
Even Il there had been no fear Of
a lyncning, there was enough against
the negro 20 warrant bis being held,
and there was certainly enough
against him to warrant some, If no
other negro answering more closely
the desc1: stion could be found, in
oaliru him nav tho cl,cfnnoorv non