The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-07-20
LYNCHlNG Ar EUTAWVILLE.
Negro Taken from the Guardhouse
and Strung Up.

and Strung Up.
The State of Monday morning says
Gov. Hayward has a new lynching to
Investigate, and according to the
Jth;!al which came to him Sunday
about the affair, it is the mcst mex
cuSabe that has occurred since be
vas inausprated. Because he threat
ened to paddle young white map, a
mob took Kitt 8 jokard, a negro, from
the Eut.WVil.e calatoJs in Berkeley
county, where he Was serving SEN
t nee Of Is days for the ofeose, AMI
after killing him and multjla,ing his
body threw corspe into the Sa1t2e
tiver with a so pound iron weight
tied toit.
Although the crime occurred Mon
day night, July II, the Official report
OF the affair did not reach the COVER
nor until Sunday. Magistrate Wig
gins letter being written On Saturday.
Gov. Hayward Sunday wired Solicitor
Hi.derbrand at Orangeburg to attend
the inquest today and be says be will
do all in his power to assist the
Magistrate and so!icitcr to fed and
prosecute the members OF the N DO.
Gov. Hayward has made an appoint
ment with Solicitor Wilson to meet
nim ftr the purpose Of outlin: ng a
plan Of action with reference to the
Scranton lynching. 1t is likely that
II, the go?ernor's plans are carried out
with reference to these lynchings that
interesting. results will follow within
the next month or so.
The only statemsnt that has been
published ABOUT the EutawVil!e lynch.
ing was that contained in q special to
The State Of Saturday to the effect
that the negro was missing from the
town guardhouse and that it was sup
posed that he had been lynched, the
body not having beea recovered at
that time Magistrate Virgins let
ter to the governor follows:
Eutawville, S. c., July l6, 1904.
Hon. D c. Heyward, Governor,
Colum ola, S. c.
My Dear Sir: Ol Monday night,
the 11th Of July, a prisoner under
sentence for assault aud riotous con.
duct by my court was taken from the
town guardhCuse Of this town by un-
known persons, and his body was
found floating in Santee river near
Ferguson yesterday, with mis- hands
tied with 1ose and an iron weight
weighing so pounds or more tied to
him, his body being evidently mutil-
ated before cepo iting it in the water.
I had a coroner's jury empaneled,
viewed the bcdy, and the same was
identified as that of Kilt Bookard,
the prs s,ner.
!, The action Of the mob is entirely
unWarfanted, as the negro only had
little quarrel with young white man,
cursed him and threatened to paddle
him, to which charge be pleaded gull
ty. imposed fine Of SIS or Is days
on tie county chaingang. He didn't
have the money to pay the fine and I
turned him over to my constable with
commitment with instructions to
collect the fue OF com nit him.
On Tuesday morning about daylight
my constable reported to me that he
found the guardhouse broken open
and the prisoner gone. The hearing
Of inquest is set for Wednesday, the
10th. I have done my duty so far to
the best of my ability by aiding the
searching party, by appointing special
constables to direct aud control the
search until the body was found, and
I intend to fully investigate the crime
without fear or favor and hope to
avoid trouble. If anything happens
I will wire you. l am
Your obedient servant,
JEFF D. Virgins, Magistrate.