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

TownsNIarshal of the Town and Con-
stable of the Magistrate AFRO
Among Those Arrested
for the Crime.
The Columbia correspondent OF The
News and Courier says it took real
bull dog tenaclty to do anything in
the Eutawville lynching. Just as
soon as Governor Hayward went over
the case with Solicitor Hildebrand 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-
ed aud that such d brutal murder as
that OF Kitt BcOkhard should not go
without hrigiug 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, bI. he
plainly told Governor Hayward that
there was no use to 20 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. z. Dem lio, Jr., who is
assistant superintendent 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
Bookhard, left Euta willie Immediate
tely after the killing. Whetcr he
left OF his own accord or was made
TO leave by those interested does not
appear, but that was the tilsJ serious
hitch and it took patient work to To-
cate Edwards, who bad evidently been
spirited away and was agreeable to
being kept in the backgrc und.
AT first 1t was thought he 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 m)nth there was detective In or
around notwithstanding evidence.
They were not Welcome and made
short stays and then we're supplanted
by otGer detectives,
When it is known that J. Fl. Pal
mer, The town marshal, and S. a,
EadoIt, the constable Of the local
mag ESate .s--2 ~ the -Peaitentiary2
walis,l charged with the crime, then
the difficulties Of the detectives will
be better understood.
The men who were wanted In con-
nectiQn with the killing OF Bookhard
were IL. @. Edwards, the young man
with whom Bookhard had the quarrel,
Penny Martin and Benz. Martin, on
whose place Edwards worked; Adeer
Butler, who was on the wagon Oh the
famous hing eXpedi lion; Eadon, the
magiA trate's constable, aud 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 oth,r. edwards was
taken in custody several days ago and
has been at the Penitcnsiary since
Sunday, where he is being held a, a
material witness for the State, and
be knows the details Of the tragedy
In which q town marshal and a mapis-
trate's constable are said to have fig
ured so prominently
Governor ueYward has toilcd and
worked patiently on the case, never
once dtspalring 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. z. Demaio, Jr. {,
assistant superintendent OF Pinker-
toms National Detective Agency Of
Philadelphia, that Penny Martin,
Benz. Martin, Adger Butler, S. a.
Eldon and j. II. Palmer would reach
Columbia Wednesday night under ar
rest. Even after the wairLntS had
been sworn out cOnstableS from an.
other county had to be called in to
serve the arrest warrants. The pris.
Oners were primarily brought to Co
iumbia for safe keeping AID also to
have IL SAFE place than the Berkeley
Jail Is reputed to be.
IT WAS NOT F0RG OFTEN.
Many have thought and said that
the shameful EuCawyillc lynching
would sink into an unpleasant men,
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 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 co npetent 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 Eutawville lyncherS means very
much al this time.
The news that arrests were eX.
pected has been known for several
days. bnt, In RESPONSE To the ranueSt of