The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-10-26
SIX MEN ARRESTED
Charged With the Killing Of the
Negro Prisoner Bcokhardt
AT EUTAWV[LLE LAST SUMNER.
Town Marshal Of the Town and Con
stable of the Magistrate Are
Among Those Arrested
for the Crime.


bull dog tenacity to do anything ir
the Eutawville iynching. Just as
soon as Governor Hayward went over
the case with Solicitor Hildebrand he
! realized that it would take. hard and
delicate work to secure the evidence.
Governor Hayward went into the
case with the full and fixed determine
tion to see that the law was Vindicatr
ed and that such brutal murder as
that OF Kitt Bookhard should not go
without briging the culprits to trial.
Solicitor Hildebrand pledged and gave
bis loyal support. From the very first
it was suspected who were the men
implicated in the killing and the sub
sequent throwing Of the body into the
river.
Solicitor Hildebrand knew, but he
plainly told Governor Hayward that
there was no use to 60 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 since
he went to work on the case.
THE PINKERTON MAN.
Mr.. F. P. Demaio, Jr., who is
assistant superintendent Of the
Pinkerton National Detective Agency
OF Philadelphia, was placed in charge
OF the case. BE 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
Bookhard, left EutaWville immediate
tely after the killing. Wheter be
left Of his own accord OF was made
to leave by those interested does not
appear, but that was the first serious
hitch and it took patient work to To-
cate Edwards, who had evidently been
spirited away and was agreeable to
being kept in the background.
At first it was thought he was in
Savannah, but be 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 month there was detective in or
around Eutawville gathering evidence.
They were not welcome and made
short stays and then were supplanted
by other detectives.
When it is known that ]. 81. Pal
mer, the town marshal, and. S. a.
Eadon, the constable OF the local
magistrate are in the Penftentiary
walls, charged with the crime, then
the difficulties Of the detectives will
be better understood.
The men who were wanted in con-
nection with the killing of Bookhard
were 81. c. 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 fishing 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, and
be knows the details of the tragedy
in which a town marshal and magis-
trate's constable are said to have fg-
ured so prominently.
Governor Hayward has toiled and
worked patiently on the case, never
once despalrlng that persistency would.
win. Wednesday night on his return
from the Lexington Fair he had the
pleasure Of receiving telegram from
Sheriff Morrison that he was on his
way to Columbia with FIVE prisoners
in the Eutawville case and another
message from Mr.. F. P. Demaio, Jr.,
assistant superintendent OF Plnker-
toms National Detective Agency OF
Philadelphia, that Penny Martin,
Benz. Martin, Adger Butler, S. A.
Eadon and J. H. Palmer would reach
Columbia Wednesday night under ar
rest. Even after the variants had
bsen sworn cut constableS from an
other county had to be called in to
serve the arrest warrants. The prls-
oners were primarily brought to Co.
lumbia for safe keeping and also to
have safer place than the Berkeley
Jail is reputed to be.
IT WAS NOT FORGOTTEN.
Many have thought and said that
the shameful EutawVille lynching
would sink into an unpleasant mem
ory, as so many other similar cases
before it have done. Governor Hey
ward, however, felt there was a
chance in this case to arrest those
implicated and to get the evidence
and be grappled with the task with
determination. There was no money
With which to employ detectives and
be full well knew that nothing could
be done without competent detectives
in such circumstances, and so he obli-
gated himself because be felt the
shame Of the killing Of the helpless
negro and the necessity for calling a
halt.
The men will be given fair and
prompt trial. The arrest OF the al.
legged EutawVille 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 the request of
the authorities no use was made Of
the information until the arrests we're
actually made.
A STORY OF THE CRIME.