The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-12-27
WAGES OF SIN.
Killed a Few Hours After Being
Married by the
BRIDES BROTR ERS.

Young Lady, and Was Made to
Marry Her, But Tried to
Desert Her Few
Hours After.
The release of James and Phillip
Strothers Thursdsy on bond, after
being hsld by the cronorer's jury to
answer ths charge Of killing William
r. By0aters, within an hour after
The had married their sister, Viola,
has created q great deal OF eIoitament
at Culpepar, Va, near which town
all the parties to the terrible tragedy
lived.
"The ''unwritten" law will be in
volVed to clear the brothers. They
forced Byvaterg to marry their sister,
after q confession she made to them,
while the woman was In bed sick. As
ByWatsrs tried 10 leave tho house, he
was shot down. Mrs. Bywaters ap.
peared at she inquest and testified in
behalf Of her brothers. The follow.
ing If a full account Of the. sad trag.
edy:
W. u. Byvaterg, g we'll known
man, with speciality Of high jump.
ers, q follower OF the fox hounds and
popular society man, was killed Sat-
urday night week ago by uF'o Eons
OF tho late Col, John B. Strothers.
whose sister he had married in the
afternoon. The three men concerned
belong to old families, and the town
has been In a great state Of excite.
nent since the tragedy.
ByWstsrs had shown attention for
some time to Miss Viola SbrotherE,
and 1T was believed by friends that
they would marry. No engagement
was announced, however, and the
marriage took place as . gurprlse.
A week before Mics StrotherS went to
Washington on visit, and was fol-
lowed by Bywaters. On her return
the marriage was arranged. Accom-.
panied by one Of her brothers, Bywa.
Gars rode in from his residence In the
country and procured marriage Il
oense, the brother giving consent for
Miss Strothers. The two men rode
out to the old Strtohera homestead.
three miles from the city, The RsV.
J. T. Ware, rector of st. Stephens's
Protestant Episcopal church, was sum.
moned, and he married the young
couple ct nightfall. Only few init
mate friends Of the couple knew Of
the marriage.
Immediately after the ceremony
the bridegroom and the BRIDES broth.
ers, Phillip aud James, who are young
nen, had a quarrel. Bywatera guar.
relied with bis bride and attempted to
leave the house. The brothers were
appealed to, and after endeavorlng to
persuade him that he was In the
wrong they declared that be must not
leave under any circumstances. By.
waters apparently agreed and went
up stairs to bis room. There ne re-.
newed his quarrel with his bride, and,
being determined to leave her, tried
to escape from the house by jumping
from the roof Of the big porch.
The brothers, who knew the quar-.
rel had been renewed and feared Buch
an attempt, were waiting for him be-.
low, and as he came over the piazza
roof they opened fire on him. Twelve
bullets were fred into his body and he
died almost Immediately. The young
nen then sent for the sheriff and sur
rendered to him. They were taken
to the prison here and the news spread
ovsr the city. causing the greatest OK
citement. When brought before the
coroner they declared they had done
the shooting in protection Of their
sister.
ByWaters was we'll known among
fox hunting people throughout Vir-
ingia. His pack Of hounds was per.
hapS the best known in the country.
r.. tho Grufton ack OF Harry w.
Smith, which defeated the Middlese1
pack In the American English hound
match In Piedmont Valley about o
year ago was largely drafted from
these dogs. Bywaters also owned a
number Of crack GRO ss.cou ltry horses,
among them Jubilee, which he gold to
CT urtlsnd b. Smith and which ia
now owned by David 8 ennant, Of
Leesburg. At the Oulpeper, Orange,
and Manassas horse shows he was a
frequent exhibitor, an be had served
as Judge at N any shows
Colonel Strothers, father OF the
young widow and of the young men
concerned, was one Of tho ieadi ig
men Of Oulpel per county in bis life
t.me. He was for many years a
prominent member of the general rs.
sembly
| John j. Ingalls, on Graes.
Grass Is tine forgiveness Of Nature,