The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-20
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Mr.. G. 3. Kittell Claims That It Is
Tan Murphy.

Capt. Griffith. Mr.. Kittrell and Mr..
Hardy VIII Take 8 Look at
the Famous Prisoner.
The Columbia State says that 1t
appears that after all Dan S. Murphy
may be in arrest in Swainsboro, Ga.
AS has been published in The State,
Mr.. Geo. B. Kittrell, OF Orapge5urg
county has assurances from the sheriff
at Swainsboro that the prisoner Is
vsry much like photograph OF Muir.
phy, taken while he vas in Jail in Or.
angeburg awaiting trial.
Sergt. G. G. Roberts Of the peniten.
tiary guard was sent to Swainsboro
about ten days ago to see if the man
in prison there was Murphy. as had
bseu alleged by the chief Of police OF
Augusta. S5rgt R3beIts reported by
wire that the man was not Murphy,
although it was singular that the man
convicted CT horse stealing at SWANS.
boro attempted to take his life when
be heard that an officer from South
Carolina was coming for him. He
broke bottle and with a jagged piece
OF glass made wound on his wrist
from which he bled profusely and his
condition was discovered Just In time
to save lis life.
Whether it was from his emaciated
condition On account OF this blood let.
ting, OF On account Of the change OF
five years OF out door life upon the
ccunJenance OF one who had been con-
fined in q cell, Sergt. Roberts was un,
able to identify the man as Murphy
However, on his return to Colun bia
be did report to Capt. Griffith, super.
intendsnt Of the penitehtiary. that be
suspected the man Notwithstanding
the faci that there was marked dis
crepancy in the height OF the nan In
arrest at S Fatnsboro and the height
OF the man in the penitentiary as
shown By the penftentiary records.
Murphy had had several teeth miss
irg, and the msn in j. I'll at SRainsooro
lad gold crown in the place where
these teeth were missing. Sergt. Rob-
erts being unable to complete the iGen-
tifcation, Capt. Griffith had written
to the sheriff at Swainsboro to send
photograph Of the man in prison there,
and this has not yet been done.
Thursday Gov. Hey"ard took the
matter up with Capt. Griffith and the
latter, instead OF going to Washington
to attend the meeting OF the com mis-
sion to confer with Mr., Roosevelt in
regsrd to q Southern Interstate reform
atory, decided to leave at once for
Swainsboro an5 to take g look at the
prisoner him self he will be accom-.
panied by Corporal Hardy, one OF the
Oldest man at the penitentiary In
point OF service en- the force.
NJ. K:tIrell auiV:d IN the city
Taur.day night and will accom- pany
Capt. Griffin to S SEainsboro. Mr Kit
trsll is tie man who, with MI. W. O.
Tatun, ran Murphy down aud accom-
pitsced his convection in 1897. Mr..
Kit5ren Was auditor Of Orangeburg
county at the tlme and was very much
interested in tie cass He said Thurs
day night that but f3r miscarriage
OF justice there might have been
others convicGed in coenec ion with
Dan Murphy. he is sure that the
man in jail at wa!nsboro is Dan Muir.
ply, fer bis acslons have indicated as
much. Mu7 ply Is kEown 10 have been
IL that part Of the c2uasry anyway.
Sainsboro is % Emanuel county, equ
distant from Augusta and Savan nah,
and is not on through line Of rail.
way.
A special to The State THURSDAY
night from Orangeburg says:
''Tae Impression here is that the
psniosntiary guard made mistake
Murphg's Wite's relatives moved t.
SNainSboro several years ago and Il
has been reported here several times
that he ranged b.tween Swaiusbcrt
SnG JacES0nV1lie.
It is also reported that party
here had located Murphy at SWANS
boro just prior to the time the fact O.
Murph.'s being a G or9ia convict be
came known and unat this p;rty hat
hoped 70 secure the reward. The senti
ment here has never changed, Murph!
is still believed guilty. The statemen
uf his Georgia relatives that be was IL
Augusta at the time Of the murder O.
Treasurer Copes has been proven false
II is believed to have been unWise t.
have commuoed the sentence Of mar
who 80 richly deserved his death
without making some # ,rts to verify
the statements made In Murphy's be
half at the last moment and which
could have been d,sproVed without
much trouble. %
MR. KITTRELL S STATEMENT.
Mr.. KiJlrell made the following
signed statement for The State before
he letI home Thursday:
Cope, S. c., Dec. Il, 1905.
The State,
Columbia, S. u.
You ask my reason for believing
peraon at Swains5oro D4n Murphy. ]
nave always felt IKE some one In au
tnority was bribed to give him his
liberty, and If they we're and any OF
them ssnt they could not afford tc
iden5lfy him, so when I saw by the
papers it was not him I sent bis pic
TUE 10 sheriff at SHainsboro and wrote
him my fears in the matter. recsiV.
ed letter Thursday stating that the
picture sent was the man be had. I
cent the letter to governor in morn
ing's mall and wired him Thursday
night and ask him to call On ". o
Tasum OF letter that would explain
G. B. KITTRELL.
MURPHY IDENTIFIED.
a special 10 The Savsnnah Morn