Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-08-22

(-blank shape here, as no testl,
mony was taken ,whatever) Being
lawful jury of inquest, who being
charged an sworn to inquire for the
State of South Carolina where and by
what means the said Bob Davis came
to his death; UPON their oath to say:
We the undersigned Jurors do say
that Bob Davis came to his death by
gunshot wounds in the hands of I'M IN
known parties. And we, the Jurors
aforesaid, upor their oath aforesaid,
say that Bob Davis in manner and
form aforesaid came 10 his death. In
witness whereof, /, W. S. Shadraeh,
coroner aforesaid and The Jurors
aforesaid 10 this inquisition have in
terchangeably put our hands and
seals, the day and year above men
toned.
W. S. Shadrach O.. So
t. P. Purdy. foreman U.; So: M.
N. Banks, ]. X. Devorc. ". t. Ed
wards, r. L. Fooshee. j. MMRlkard,
Jr., J. l.. Mcclellan. T. d. Jones, j.
R. Lieon, j. B. Ward, j. G. Hughes,
J. I. Anderson and L.. NJ. Gregory.
Relics.
Crowds visited the scene of the
lynching all Thursday night and
shots were fired into the mutulated
body of the wretch off and on. dur
ing The night and even Friday morning
until tho county authorities took
charge Of what was left of the body,
the remains literally, and putSthem in
a cheap pille box. 1t was supposed:
that he would be buried in the color
ed churchyard nearby, the egroea:
having church named M Mount:h hIoriah:
closesto the; white church
name, but thsS ehlreh 5;B #
&, avis VA Ss
lone oif a
Mr.. Ed. CresWell, not far iron the
place of his death. The usual ghoul-
.ish souvenirs were. taken: toes ears
fingers, etc. were cut off by those who
possess this morbid desire to have re-
minders Of Iynched persons.
The Lew Again.
Solicitor Cooper arrived at 2 o clock
from Laurens in response to the tele-
gram sent him by Governor Hey
ward. The governor referred to this
telegram in his second appeal to the
crowd, but it had no effect. Before
returning to Laurens, Solicitor Coop
er directed that tlh coroner hold his
inquest at once and send him copy
of the inquisition and further that if
no testimony was taken for the cor
oner to reconyene his jury and take
some testimony As will be noted
above, no testimony was taken and so
far 10 steps have been taken towards
reconvening the jury.
The Negroes Approve.
The negroes in town and in the
country, so far as it is possible to as
certain, have acquiesced in the lynch
ing. Proof of this will be found in
the following open letter Principal
Turner Of the school had submitted
it TO different white citizens who ad-
vised its publication. The address is
as follows:
"NYe the negroes Of this county,
wish to say that we are with You and
i'll anything so serious as this you
have assistance in what you think
best. We cannot afford, as race, to
uphold anything that tends TO lower
'om Christian or moral standing, and
the quicker we show that we are ready
to help trace the rascal 10 his den the
quicker will we have the sympathy
of the white man when we are intrud-
ed upon. Some misguided colored
persons may say that negroes should
not have assisted the white men in
their search, but we say to them, 'You
are simply needing common sense.
If there is anything lacking on the
part of The negro race ii is that Of
self-respect and we say that il he
cannot respect himself, teach him.
and do not be particular how and in
what manner The lesson the race cs-
tablish the fact that we should join
n'and overtake any rascal we are moi
in full discharge of our duty. Then
let lis as race learn to respect our
selves and thereby expect it Of others.
"Wc think we voice tile sentiment
of every respectable negro in the
country when we say that the coun-
try is rid of one of the meanest,
most disrespeetable characters mag
Unable and your thoughts are ours. Tt
is unreasonable to expect the white
men to respect and protect us when
we do not respect ourselves. The
only thing wanted was the right man
and that is what we had and we are
satisfied.
(Signed) "Colored Citizens of
Greenwood County,"