The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-10-28
SIX MEN ARRESTED
Charged With the Killing of the
Negro Prisoner Bookhardt
AT EUTAwvILLE LAST SUMMER.

Town Marshal Of the Town and Con.
stable of tho Magistrate Arc
Among Those Arrested
for the Crime.
The Columbia correspondent of The
News and Courier says it took real
bull dog tenacity to do anything in
the Eutawville lynching. Just as
soon as Governor Hayward went over
the case with Solicitor Hlldebrand he
realized that 1t would take hard and
delicate work to secure the evidence.
Governor Hayward went into the
case with the full and fixed determina-
tion to see that the law was vindicat-
cd aud that such d brutal murder as
that Of Kitt Bookhard shoulu not go
without brigiug the culprits to trial.
Solicitor Hildebrand pledged and gave
his loyal support. From the very first
1t was suspected who were the men
implicated in the killing and the sub
sequent throwing Of tie body into the
river.
Solicitor Hildebrand knew, but he
plainly told Governor Hayward that
there was no use to 70 into the case
without evidence. Governor Hayward
promptly got into touch with the Pin
kerton detective agency and has had
that agency persistently at work sire :
he went to work on the case.
THE PINKERTON MAN.
mir. e. P. Demlio, Jr., who is
assistant uperintendent Of the
Pinkerton National Detective Agency
OF Philadelphia, was placed in charge
OF the case. He is in charge Of this
district and has force working under
him. The first difficulty was that
Edwards, the hired man of the
Martins, who had the trouble with
Bonkhard, left Mntawvilln In mediate
tely after the killing. Wheter he
left OF his own accord or was made
to leave by these Interested does not
appear, but that was the tils5 serious
hitch and it took patient work TO 10.
cate Edwards, who had evidently been
spirited away and was agreeable to
being kept in the background.
AT first 1t was thought be was in
Savannah, but he was not to be found
there and the hunt continued for
months. In the meanwhile every
day of the week and every week Of
the m1nth there was detective In or
around Eutawvlile gathering evidence.
They were not welcome and made
short stavs and then were supplanted
oy oti,e detectives.
When it is known that J. II. Pal
mer, Tho town marshal, and S. A.
Eadot, the. constable OF the local
meg kate . =" : : n the -Penitentiary
walls, charged with the crime, then
the dBtliculties Of the detectives will
be better understood.
The men who were wanted In con-
nection with the killing OF Bookhard
were II. @. Edwards, the young man
with whom Bookhard had the quarrel,
Penny Martin and Benz. Martin, on
whose place Edwards worked; Adger
Butler, who was on the wagon Oh the
famous fl hing expedition; Eadon, the
magistrates constable, and Palmer,
the town marshal.
ON THE WAGON.
The two Martins and Butler we're
on the wagon when Edwards and
Bookhard had their quarrel and ex-
changed drunken compliments about
spanking each other. edwards was
taken In custody several days ago and
has been at the Penitentiary since
Sunday, where he is being held as a
material witness for the State, ani
be knows the details Of the tragedy
in which a town marshal and magis-
trate'S constable are said to have fig
ured SO prominently.
Governor Hayward has toilcd and
worked patiently on the case, never
once dtSpalring that peISistency would
win. Wednesday night on his return
from the Lexington Fair he had the
pleasure Of receiving q telegram from
Sheriff Morrison that he was On his
way TO Columbia with five prisoners
in the Eutawville case and another
message from MIR. h. z. Demaiu, Jr. :,
assistant superintendent Of Pinker-
TOMS National Detective Agency Of
Philadelphia, that Penny Martin
Benz. Martin, Adger Butler, S. A.
L
Columbia Wednesday night under ar
rest. Even after the warrants had
been sworn out conStablei from an.
other county had to he called in to
serve the arrest warrants. The pris.
oners were primarily brought to Co.
lumbia for safe keeping AID also to
have Il saFer place than the Berkeley
Jail Is reputed to be.
IT WAS NOT FORGOTTEN.
Many have thought and said that
the shameful Eutawyiile lynching
would sink into an unpleasant mem.
ory, as so many other similar cases
before 1t have done. Governor IIey-
ward, however, felt there was a
chance In this case to arrest those
implicated and TO get the evidence
and he grappled with the task with
determination. There was no money
with which to employ detectives and
he full we'll knew that nothing could
be done without competent detectives
in such circumstances, and so he Obli-
gated himself because he felt the
shame Of the killing Of the helpless
negro and the necessity for calling a
halt.
The men will be given a fair and
prompt trial. The arrest of the al.
legged Eutawvllle lynchers means very
much at this time.
The news that arrests we're ex
pected has been known for several
dayS, but In RESPONSE tO thp renuaSt cf