The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-08-30
Negro Boy Vine Entered a Resi-
dence at Badham
TAKEN AND LYNCRED.
Was Taken from Jail Soon Aitsr Being
Arrested by the Sheriff, and Shot
to Pieces After Identification
By q Little Girl of the
House He Entered.
House He Entered.

By q Little Girl Of the
House He Entered.
About twelve o'clock Thursday 81
the town Of Badham, which Is about
two miles west'of ST. Georges, Mr.. s.
Z. Connor, who La the manager oi
Dorchester Lumber company's stores,
was notified by q negro who came into
the store that he had geen 0 negro
1uu away from the residence Of Mr.,
Oonnor, which Is about $50 yards from
the main store Of the Dorchester
Lumber company. The view from
the Btore to the house is obstructed ia
TO q considerable extent by Q large
field Of sugar cane, which is growing
between them. The negro upon run.
ming away from the residence of Mr..
Common was seem by the negro who In
formed Mr.. Oonnor, dodging into the
augar cane endeaVoring to conceal
himEalf.
Mr.. Connor, knowing chat there
was no one at the house sG the time
except his 11.year. old daughter. went
towards the house and went through
the sugar cane field, and came upon
tho negro hiding among the sugar
cane, getting within three feet OF the
negro before the negro saw him. He
laid hands upon the negro, but the
clothes of tho negro were rotten and
his hold was broken and the negro Inn
nsdistely offered to give bsttle to
Mr.. Common. Whereupon MIR. Connor
struck the negro on the head with his
fist, breaking several bones In his
hand without visibly Wounding the
negro. When Mr.. Connof hit hin,
the negro rolled about in the sugar
cane and ran out of the field into the
2ci oiniug woods anu was soon lost
signs of. Mr. Connor was severely
Ronnded In his hand.
Mem In the vicinity whsre this at.
fair happened immediately formed q
cossewno went In search of the negro.
They also telephoned to St! Georges
and q town posse left on horseback
for the scene of the trouble. After
securing the country in the vicinity
Of Bsdham for about two hours, they
located the negro, whose name was
Willie Spain, and brought him
through the town Of Badham on to
Sc. Georges under PuDru The ne,
gro was delivered into tho custody Of
Sheriff Limehouss, who placed him in
jail.
The prisoner had not been In jail
more than 30 minutes when, without
warning a.lever car On the Southern
railway, which runs within $50 feet
of the county jail, was stopped, and q
crowd Of determined mon went into
the Jail and took the prisone' QUO,
placed him upon the hand car and
sped away. It Is not known how many
paseonS were present when the pris.
oner was rescued from the sherif OF
whether any Of them or not psrsici-
pstsd in tbs lynohing.
The negro did not protest his limo.
Gense, but admitted that he had gone
to the residence Of Mr.. Connor and
intended to entsr the house, but waa
frightened away By the screams OF
Mr. Oonnor's little daughter, who
saw him approaching through the
window, and by Q buggy passing along
road, which Is quito near the reSidencs.
The admission upon tho part Of the
prisoner evidently satisfied those who
had him in custody that he was the
guilty part, but out Of abundance Of
caus,un ne was taken by the parties
who had secured him from the sheriff
hack to tho house and he was posi-.
lively identified by the little girl.
After this nothing was known Of
the affair until o volley Of perhaps SOC
anots rang out just west OF the town
OF Bsdhsm, and when the sheriff ar.
rived upon the scene the lyncning
party had I'LL departed, and there re-
mained nothing 30 tell the tale but
the nfeless body Of Willie Spain,
hanging on . limb OF q small oak tree
shot beyond recognition in the face
Were it not for the hair upon hit
scalp and tattered clothes upon hii
form, it would take somewhat Close
investigation to satisfy ones self thai
q human being had there died.
immediately upon losing his prison
or at the hands Of the determined
crowd, Sheriff Limehonse called VI
Governor Hayward over the long dis
tance telephone and told him OF The
occurrence and the governor instruct
ed the sheriff to do all in his power tt
sprevent tbs lynching, but evidently
M that time the lynching party hac
oarformed its work. Sheriff Lime
house pressed In q few deputies Inc
went in pursuit Of the lynohing party
only to find the body Of Spain aud the
parties who killed him not TO bs
found.
This negro Spain was . stranger ir
this locality, and had worked for thf
Dorchester Lumber company, at Bad
ham, 8 short while at Intervals. III
clsimsa that he came from NORTH
Carolina. He was about 81 years o.
age, and was said to be a sullen
worthless negro. What the purpos'
OF the negro was in his endeavor tt
enter the residence Of Mr.. Connol