Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-07-05

Jail, the mob first sought for Sandy
Price. Price was arrested late yes
terday afternoon by q posse of forty
citizens of Oconee county and de-
livered to the jailer. AT the time of
his arrest lynching was narrowly
averted. Price was charged by Mrs.
Weldo Dooley, who lives in the
suburbs of Watkinsville, with having
made an attempted criminal assault
Wednesday afternoon. When be
was carried to the prison there was
wild excitement in the town and it
was generally believed that he would
be lynched, but this feeling was
dispelled after he had been delivered
to the jailer, as cooler judgment pre-
vailed and the situation soon became
quiet.
THE STORY OF THE CRIME.
Mrs. Dooley had gone into her
room and was lying on the bed with
her baby. Suddenly the back door
of the house was thrown open and
the negro rushed in and made a rush
for her. She grabbed her baby and
ran through the front door in time to
get out of his reach. AS she did 80
she screamed at the top of her voice,
and the negro went out the back
door and made off into the woods.
Mrs. Dooley sent word to Watkins
vile that this negro had entered her
house, and in less than fifteen min
utes fully forty men were on the
scene in buggies and afoot.
The negro was tracked for nearly
half mile to the house of a negro
woman and the house was sur
rounded. He was told to come out
and did so after little hesitation.
AS he came out some members of
the crowd fired at him two or three
times, but all shots missed the mark.
He was then captured and brought
to the Jail in Watkinsville. He de-
MED going into Mrs. Dooley's house,
but her Identification of him was
complete, and there was further
identification that his shoes were
fitted into the tracks in the back
yard
THE HOLBROOK MURDER.
Four of the victims of the mob
were held in Jail for the brutal
murder of Mr.. and Mrs. Holbrook,
an aged couple, which occurred in
May. With their heads battered al
most beyond recognition, F. M. Hol-
brook and his wife were found mur-
dered on the back porch of their
home. They lived by themselves
and owned farm and country store.
The store was found to have been
broken open and robbery was the
supposed motive for the murder.
Black, an aged negro, who was
walking near the home, discovered
the dead bodies at an early hour on
the morning following the murder
and gave the alarm. Bloodhounds
were secured from Athens and every
effort was made to capture the mur-
derer, but without avail. Citizens of
the village formed themselves into
an investigation committee and as
result of their work several negroes
were placed under arrest.
The store in which Mr.. Holbrook
was attacked is annexed to his house
and he was evidently showi ng his as
sailants suit of clothes when he
was struck on the back of the head
with blunt instrument. The suit
of clothes was very bloody, and his
spectacles were found near spattered
with blood. He ran from his store
into his bedroom, probably to get his
gun, as a streak of blood was found
on the wall near his gun. His body
was found on the porch. His wife
held a piece of scantling in her hand
when found and had on only one
garment. She perhaps heard her
husband give an alarm and jumped
from the bed and ran to his rescue.
When fOund the bodies wara nor