The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-10-06
Bryan County Terrorlzed by a
Desperate Named Simms,
is HEAVILY ARMED.
Large Section of oae Georgia county
Terrorlzed by Him. lie Makes peo.
pie Contribute to His Needs.
lie Has Already Killed ga
Two Men.

A dispatch from Savannah. Ga
says while VIII e. Slmms ha.vilv
armed, stood In plain sight, q ooro.
aer's jury Wednesday found him gull.
6y Of murder.
Ellabell is in Bryan county, "a
niles from Savannah, and that vioini.
5y Is IN state Of terror because OF
the acts of Simms, q white desperaao.
"ho has already killed two men, has
notihed others that he will kill them
IN sight, and, who, for the last three
weeks has openly defied the officers
u Ine state and county, balng, IL ia
SAID, sheltered and supplied with
ammunition by relatives and openlv.
levied contributions of food and money
from various persons of the oommuni.
n.y. enforcing compliance With his
wishes at the point Of Winchester
wednesday, a coroners Jury delhi.
Grated on the death Of negro. the
latest victim Of Simms. The muir.
derer was SO near the scene and so
veil posted as to the proceedings that
before verdict had been reached he
1ad addressed an open letter to all
who were against him, defyIng them
TO do their worst, and inviting them
10 come In the woods and look for
him.
-Four weeks ago Simms shot and
killed Julius Lansburg, q freight train
conductor on the Seaboard Air Line.
Tor no other reason, 1t is reported.
than that Lansburg had refused him
p. I mission to come to Savannah on
als train. After this crime he dis
appeared for few days, but did not
leave the vicinity of E LABEL, merely
keeping out Of sight in the day time.
Friday he killed an old negro man and
seriously wounded his son. He open.
~ admitted the deed to some of his
relatives, and gave as. his reason tfie
TACT that the negro had told OF tha
place where Simms was In the habit
of spending the nights.
1t was for his latest crime that
Wednesdays inquest was held. The
man who gave the most damaging
testimony against Slmms i'm nediate-
~ lett the vicinity, fearing the ven.
seance OF the murderer, aud numbers
of negroes likewise are fleeing from
the country, being In state Of abiect
Tear that they, too, may become vic.
Tins OF Sinms' unerrlng rifle, A
posse led by the sheriff, is searching
Simms haunts, with the intention of
taklng him dead Or alive, If he can be
found.
Simms is armed sswith a Winchester
ana two revo)vers. He is q sure shot.
lie was within sight OF the court
house, wheSe the inquest was held,
but so great is the terror his name in.
spires that none would dare 20 TO car.
lure him.
AT the hearing, Sheriff James PAY
rlsh, Npbraided those who have bsen~
giving 1ood Hnd shelter to the outlaw
A dispatch from Ellabele, Ca.
says that Win e. Sims, the desperadu
VINO has terrorlzed Bryan county,
Thursday afternoon paid the penalty
Tor killing Conductor julius Lands-
burg, of the Seaboar1 Air Lima He
!s alleged, too, 70 have killed Jamoa
Perry, negro.
Sheriff Parish and Deputies Gibson
ana Dukes of this county, followed
Sims Into Liberty county this morn
lng They found him at the home OF
man named Parker, his father.in-
law. A child shouted the alarm to
Sims as the officers approached, ard
the OUTLAW sprang from the bes in
which he was sleeping seized his rifl,,
he tired twice at Sheriff Parish, but
missed. Sheriff Parish fred once and
missed, but Deputy Gibson's first shot
struck Sims and he went 10 his knee.
All three officers continued to fire
rapidly, and Sims sank to the ground,
Fourteen bullet wounds in his body
"ere shown by an examination. Sims
killed Landsberg here because the
c)ndu"tor would not let him ride TO
Savannah on bis freight train. Perry
was Killed, 1t is alleged, because Sims
mad heard that the negro had been
carrying reports about him to the
nlli;ors. There Is grea5 belief In
Bryan county that Sims is no longer
alive to threaten with death all who
oppose him.