The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-07-06
ANOTHER MURDER.
R. B. Wallace Killed by VIM Jacobs
Near latta, Marion County.
Row ABOUT WALLACE's SISTER.
He Visits the House to Which She
Had Fled From Her Fathers
House and Was Shot and
instantly Killed,

Instantly Killed.
We have to record one more murder
in South Carolina. Aspecial dispatch
from Latta, in Marion County, to The
State says:
''One Of the most terrible tragedies
that ever occurred in these parts was
enacted in the old Vidalia school house,
no occupied by the Jacobs family, at
half past 10 o'clock Saturday night
when Mr.. Will Jacobs shot and in
stantly killed .Mr. R. B. Wallace.
1T is said that the dispute arose
about Mr.. Wallace's sister, Miss Bell
Wallace, who had taken her abode in
the Jacobs home She, it is claimed,
was made to | ave, or any rate did
leave, her fathers home some days
previous. On her exit from her pa
rental home she was Immediately
lodged in the house Of Mr.. Jacobs as
stated above.
"Her brother, Mr.. r. B. Wallace,
having heard Of her whereabouts, left
Saturday night from Dillon in com.
pany with .Messrs. D. W. Biggs and
&. NJ. Jackson. They arrived arrived
at the house of Jacobs something at.
ter 10 o'clock, all in rather buoyant,
good spirits. Without further cere-
mony Wallace knocked at the door
while his companions remained in the
buggy.
"At the time Of ia BIS appearance
at the door they seemed to be IN q
very friendly mood and both gave the
accustomed greeting with a hearty
nandshake. Wallace did rot enter
the house but was led by Jacobs to a
corner at the rear ehd Of the building.
They were in conference for some i've
or ten minutes when they returned to
the door-ste eps, where Wallace sent
cat volley Of oaths, against his sis.
.er, threa. eDing to give her thrash
ing. He then began to penetrate the
dark recesses OF the little cabin and
vas followed by jacobs, who up to this
time was unaware Of the pistol he heid
in his hand.
when both were within another
hover Of oaths and threats escaped
his lips. At this instant be was or
dered from the house, but Instead OF
taking heed Re, it is said, rather
, sS::aed MS weapon at JACOBS. But
quick as lightning the latter seized
MS gun from behind the door and
en- pied it's contents in the head OF
Wallace. His companions heard the
noise and fastened to learn the cause
when puddle Of blood and the brains
of the deceased were in evidence of the
Ceed that had been committed.
Jacobs e:caped through the rear
door and no clue to his whereabouts
as vet has been, ascertained, but it is
thought that he is. lying concealed
until after the inquest OF the jury,
when he will deliver himself up in
person. Mr.. Jacobs is farmer living
on the place Of DR.. F. NJ. Monroe and
up to this time has conducted himself
very well. Those who know him say
he is quiet and peaceful, but has
plenty of grit" when thoroughly
aroused.
a dispatch from Dillon gives this
version Of the killing. The old school
house one mile south Of Latta and oc.
cupied by a Croatan family by the
name of Jacobs was the scene of a
fearful tragedy Saturday night about
9 o'clock. Bob Wallace, foreman OF the
Dillond Herald Office, lies dead with
the whole back OF his head blown
away, his young wife a widow and his
four children fathefless.
Saturday afternoon Wallace, In
company with a Mr.. Biggs and a young
man by the name of Jackson, all riding
in one vehicle, left Dillon. One Of the
party claims they went to Latta, and
on their return, as the buggy got op-
posite the house mentioned above,
Wallace asked that they hold up mo-
nent. He went into the house, and
few seconds afterwards there was re-
port Of a gun. When the house was en-
tered Wallace was found lying dead
upon the floor, his pistol near his
body.
There were two or three females in
the house, Wallace's sister being one
Of them. They did not hesitate to say
that Jacobs did the shooting, but ru4
mors are conflicting as to what proYok-
ed the tragedy"
DASTARDLY CRIME ATTEMPTED.
A House Set on Fire in Saluda Coun-
ty by Firebugs.
A dispatch from Newberry says one
Of the worst attempts at wholesale
murder that that section Of the coun-