The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-08-29
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Negro Boy Who Entered a Resi-
dence at Badhan
TAKEN AND LYNCHkD.

to Pieces After Identification
By q Little Girl of the
House lie Entered.
About twelve o'clock Thursday al
the town Of Badham, which is about
5wo miles west Of ST. Georges, Mr.. S,
L. Connor, vino IS the manager o1
Dorchester Lumber companys stores,
vas notified by . negro who came into
the store thai he had seen a negro
un away from the residence OF Mr..
Connor, which is about $50 yards from
she main store Of the Dorchester
Lumber company. The view from
the store to the house is obstrucsed tc
10 considerable extent by 8 large
field Of sugar cane, which is growing
between them. The negro upon run.
ming away from the residence OF MI
Connor was seen by the negro who In
formed Mr.. Connor, dodging into the
ugar cane endeaVoring to conceal
himself.
Mr. Connor, knowing that there
vas no one at the house at the time
except his 11-yesr old daughter, went
sowsros the house and vent through
the sugar cane field, aIa came upon
the negro hiding among the sugar
cane, getting within three itst OF the
cegro before the nsgro saw him. He
laid hands upon the negro, ;uS the
clothes OF the negro were ro:, ca ano
ais hold was broken and the negro i'm.
nediately offered to give battle to
Mr.. Connor. Whersupon Mr.. ConnoI
truck the negro on the head with his
fist, breaking several bones In his
hand without visibly wounding the
negro. When Nh. Connof hit him
the negro rolled about in the sugar
cane and ran out O. the field into the
st j >ining woods ana was soon LOST
signt Of. MI. Counor was severely
wounded in his hand.
Men in the vicinity where this al,
fair happened Immediately formed a
Josse who went in search OF the negro.
They also telephoned to St. Georges
and a town posse left on horseback
for the scene OF the trouble. After
securing the country in the vicinlt!
Of Badhsm for about two hours, the!
located the negro, whose name was
Willie Spain, and brought him
5nrt ugh tie town OF Badham on tc
St. Georges under guaro The ne
gro was delivered into the custody Of
Sheriff Limehouse, who placed him il
j IL.
The prisoner had not been In jai:
more than 80 minutes when, withCu'
warning lever car on the Southern
railway, which runs within $50 fee
OF the county jail, was stopped, and 6
crowd Of determined men went into
the ill and took the prisone' tu<,
placed him upon the hand car and
ped away. It is not known how many
osrscns were present when ehe pris
oner was rescued from the sheriff OF
whether any Of them or not partici'
oatsd In the lynching.
The negro did not protest bis limo
csnce, but admitted that he had gone
80 the residence Of Mr.. Connor ane
intended to entsr the house, but wa!
frightened away by the screams o.
MI. Connor's little daughter, Wht
saw him approaching through the
window, and By buggy passing along
road, which i, quite neal the residence
The admission upon the part Of tht
prisoner evidently satisfied those Wht
aad him in custody that be was tn
:uilty part, but out Of abundance o
caution be was taken by the partle
who had secured him from the sheriff
osck to the house and be was posi-
lively identified by the little girl.
After this nothing was known q
the affair until q volley OF perhaps So
shots rang out just west OF the towl
OF Bsdhsm, and when the sheT!H al
rived. upon the scene the lyncnini
oarty had all departed, and there re
NAMED nothing to tell the tale bu
The lifeless body Of Willie Spain
hanging on limb Of small oak tree
shot beyond recognition in the face
We're it not for the hair upon hi
scalp and tsttsred clothes upon hl
form, it would take somewhat clos
Investigation to satisfy ones self tina
q human Icing had there died.
immediately upon losing his prison
er at the hsn6s Of the determine
crowd, Sheriff Ltnehonse called u
Goysrnor Heyward over the long dis
tance telephone and told him Of th
occurrence and the governor instruct
ed the sheriff to do all in his power {
prevent the lynching, but evIdentl
at that time the lynching party ha
psrformed its work. Sheriff Lime
nouse pressed in q few deputies an
went in pursuit Of the lynching part
only to find the body Of Spain and tt
oarties who killed him not TO /
found.
This negro Spsin was stranger
this locality, and had worked for tt
Dorchester Lumber company, 1T Bal
nam, 8 short while at intervals. E
claimed that he came from Mort
Carolina. He vas about 21 years
age, and was said to be sullel
worthless negro. What the purpo
:. OF the negro was in his endeavor
enter the residence OF Mr.. Conn
can be imagined without stating it
8 full in this report, for he was loafil
around the town OF Badnan al
evidently knew that there was no o.
) at Mr. Connor's house except h
little daughter. TIE mother OF Il
{ little girl and the other children
S the family are spending a while
= Eendersonville, N. G.
# Gov. Hayward, Immediately up
b rscsipt Of information that trout
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