The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-06-20
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s:!.rc1y Sc s?:p2sc around to the
other s;de OF the BID, sratching from
her %"rk tao's g gar Ct SHEARS. Len
;Es over the ba5 80 thai her untaster-
ID Lair ofcshed her husbands fsce,
she savsgely plunged the sharp points
into his boty.
Stop, Aggie! Honey, It's ne you're
s&sboirg. Hscs'S The burglar 90 this
sios. 7 have him FAST" screamed the
doomed husband.
BEo2thiug h2rd, the womsn ss1Iaiok
With the shsars again and again. Witc
a mighty ef9rs Myers lsaped from the
bed anG seized Hc:tnsa by The throat.
MIS-. Myeis, seeing that her husoand,
in spite Of his wounds, vas getting
tho nectsr OF ner acconplice, tore q
slat from tie bed, rushed around 70
the other side, and rasned 5ioTs upon
the man she hated. Again he calico
cut to heE:
You're hitting me, honey. Just
leave US sloae; can manage MIN"
The husband had not the fsintes'
idea OF his wife's faithisssness. 81.
knaw this, and tbs thought increased
her fury. Around the room and oveI
the furniture ane awful struggle con,
tinued. Myers vas saving hinssl!
f,cm Hotumau's b:u6ssoa, but be
coud not avoid lis wIiz's o.ows with
rha bed slat. IL the deep gloom G!
sns room ii Was impossible for him tc
see that she ea- aiming *h:;se blows
at him, and i. asvs7 ~ jusaS 50.
And 50 this ser, BE-, tGau az coI'
bat in the op:k Aeo9 CO.
a bed slaT is al sy4Saci w-sp
Mrs. Myers c>u i :: 70 = :;
b ow with tie TT, Sc $50. SO 3 ::
shat HOFFMAN V>' .s-::y o7@con:
In q nomens n: na 1a;.t *cu :
understand .beir rc~SSa:caa r!2t
would have ;tttG l-oya IL bl> s''ae,
and wculd le4::n -:.a= :7.r::.-e ..S--.9:
was enactipG.
BELIEVED N HER 20 T--s END
She g7op=i Atu. ga !1u!d De
shear5. Cfe@p - ua-ec ~. a-a3'
Of the str3s..,.,s Ma >:s :. r..cA
ssvs2eiy f1f t..a :.,a.srt aae :.c3,1 =.
ohe white r,s~- SO, :;-s-afr u band.
"Ol, AK IJaeJ! Il IS L" he
uoaned isss TINA, and fell TO the
carpet, dead.
Hoffman, trembling in every limb,
fell over On tie bed. Mrs. Myers drew
Gown the blinds carefully sld turned
up the hight light. The room was ike
shambles everywhere, on the
bed, oo she overturned fura:;ure, oD
ner nsshtdresS. Eottmsn's cuffs, even
ais hat, were covered with blood.
TIE wnm2o stepped over her bus
bands BODY to dresser, found pair
1T cuffs aod noti3led to Host1an to
put taen en- in pisce OF bis own. She
senS to closet s2d found one OF her
husbands hats. Tais she put OF Hoa-
n2a's head. Then she said calmly 30
her 5seoh:;1g acconpisce:
60. Get tc St. Joe before the po-
?ics can Arrest you"
E2atnsa fed.
Eails t1e next morning neigh5ors
:ouad Mrs. Myers lyiag On the back
oo.ca Of her nome. She said that W.
3sg-oss hai attempted to roo ths
house ana had killed her husband after
! terrible struggle. Sle had c=aHleo
az t&r Is the porch, seeking assistance,
an5 t2en hat ;;iatsa.
Tne polio, wara summoned, and t.
saam tas Eon 70 aiisd that car0ata
iz8a!s had b-sc s-olea. Waen they
iouad stssa articles hid Ssn IN a bn-
re.u 6.assr they ahey arrested MIS-,
Myers and b;gen a search for ner &C.
CO piice.
N=tgcbors toll them OF tae visits
af Bowman. Ho*tusn vas nissirg.
H, : sd followed Mr.. M5er's orders
Toey Jracsd bin to S.. Joa, aheoce t.
q. :ics7ilie, No, Eae toruer home
d oo5n himself acs Ms Mya1s auI
s:cn there 10 Wills Walls, Wash.
*. re ne was s-.es$s6 Es was still!
Sssricg t:,e nat an6 cuff, OF tee 1or
as:ad man.
Bling 5-ouChs backsa Kscsas Cisy,
Hctt1zn cocfe:s-d everything IN Mrs:
Myers Pre- ence. TIE woman laughed
IA i;is face, denying eve-y detail.
Tae pair were ttied separately.
Hoffman vas speedily convicted Ats
awaI6sd the dessh penalty Mrs. NJ
ers's c:s7 wss cont: ued half d zso
Zines. The fasl verdict was the sane
as in the case CT hoffman. Both cases
were appealed 70 the Supreme Court,
ahers both verdictS were indorse3.
Than came, ten days $50. the sen
tencs OF both to bs hanged on the
sane dsy-Juae 29-she IN her cell, In
the county jail, wnere she Is confined
as Liberty, Mo-, for she will be sae
6rs5 white woran 70 reet that fate
n tbs State OF Missouri, where there
is sarong sentiment against execu-
ting the death penalty upon NO
man.
All hope for Mrs. Aggie Myers nov
rests liz Governor Folk. But that
hope is so sticnS in he1 tiat she is ss
cheerful as though the j4ry had te-
lievsd all be. ds:s!s!s Of guilt. To n,
ae1views she "Hs>, wiEn 81 easy sn.is:
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