The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-11-30

son. Upon this receipt, to WHICH the
sheriff's official seal is affixed, the
governor paid the reward offered for
Henderson. The sheriff afterward
accounted for the receipt by saying
that it was obtained from MIN through
Misrepresentation on the part OF
Henderson's lawyer, Mr.. N. G. Evans,
who told him that it was merely a
formal paper in an application for bail.
Mr. Evans in q signed statement fully
explains his connection with the case
and emphatically denies that he pre-
sented this paper to the sheriff for his
signature. Maj. Anderson, also over
his own signature, tells of how be
sought out and found Henderson and
arrested him, but discovering that
ne vas suffering so much from his
wounds left him at Mr.. Davis's,
where the sheriff placed guard over
him, and that therepon the sheriff
signed the receipt. Maj. Anderson
concludes his statements by declaring
that the whole trouble is caused by
ssSaluda being afflicted by sheriff
who is. incapable OF attending to the
duties of his Office.
A fresh chapter to this lamentable
story OF laxity il carving out the law
over in Saluda is added in the shoot
ing of the negro Will Culbreath, ap-
parently by friends of Morse who seem
to have practically lynched him. 1t
is understood that the negro was i'm
plicated in the beginning merely to
discredit his testimony against the
white men. The coroner's inquest
yesterday brought id this verdict on
the death of the negro:
"We find that Will Culbreath came
to his death from pistol shot wound
at the hands of S. D. Gillion, and
that u. D. Gillion, NJ. b. Morse, j.
Mid Modett were accessories. !"
The men came upon the negro
while be was piougbing in the field
of W. Henderson, a brother of W. l..
Henderson. S: D. Gillion had been
deputized to arrest him. According to
several eve witnesses Gillion told the
negro that if he ran he would be shot.
Clubreath was shot in the back of
the head as he was running in
front of Gillion at a distance of about
80 yards Gillion's hands was already
bloody, he was tried for the murder
of a Mr.. Coeburn just after the new
county was formed. Warrants bave
been issued for the men named in the
coroner's verdict and it is said that
warrants are also out for Dock Nc
Kay. and two others whose names are
not known, these three being in the
woods nearby when Culbreath was
killed.
The story of another dark crime
comes j. from Chester, near which
town Mack Anderson, q negro, was
taken from his home at night and
murdered with an ak and robbed Of
$50. It was known among his negro
neighbors that he had money and sew
eral. of them have been arrested on sns-
picion.
The Tbornwell Orphanage seminary
building, was totally destroyed by fire
yeste rday. The loss was IS 600 with
only sl,0c0 insurance. The building
was dedicated in 1888 by Gov. Thomp-
son whose funeral was held here this
week
Columbia, S. c., Nov. 2s.-Hoyt
Hayes, the young r,ountaineer con-
cerning whose communication OF the
death sentence there was SO much
feeling engende1ed throughout the
State recently, ard which act of the
governor inspired redbot petition
from Hayes county, Oconee, asking
the governor to resign, presents the
unique situation-uDique fer this
State at least-of a man being denied
a pardon for fear of his being lynched.
At least it is the understanding
among Hayes friends that the govern
or is Sufficiently well satisfied that the
young man is innocent of the crime
for which he was sentenced to hang,
is convinced, as practically everybody
else who has studied the testimony
and other records in the case, that he
did uos murder lis young bride but
that she committed suicide, bot it is
ozged that feeling in certain parts of
Ocouee is still so strong against the
young man that there would be grave
danger of lyncbing if he were to re-
turn there now. hayes expects and
probably will get full pardon within
six months or year, but hardly be-
fore that time. Up to few days ago
be was not compelled to put on prison
garb and was not required to do hard
labor. But in order to allay dissstis
faction among the other prisoners be
hiss now been put in stripes and is
working along with other convicts in
the knitting mill The governor con-
tinues TO set letters from various
parts of the state commencing his
course In committing Hayes sentence.
A prominent OccHee man who heard
all of both trials and who is intimate
ly acquainted with every other matter
connected With the case, was here to-
day, and in a chat with your CORES
pondent related an interesting Incl
dent of the case which has escaped all
of the newspapers. According to this
gentleman the strong preudice against
young Hayes which has now spread to
all ,arts Of tie county, and which has
been communicated to neighhoring
counties and found expression III their
newspapers. had its origin about four
years ago III misunderstan ndiug
among the members of Return Baptist
church, where Hoyt Hayes and his
wife attend services and Sunday
school,. The feeling against Hoyt,