The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-03-21
A VICTIM OF FATE
THAT IS WHAT MAJOR ROWELL
SAYS ORA. adams,

That IS WHAT MAJOR RoWELL
SAYS OF r. 4. aDAMS,
Who Killed Henry Jacques in Cole.
ton County and is Now
Awaiting Execution
The c2se OF r. a. Adams Of Cole
ton county has attracted wide atten-
tion. he is a Write man under SEN
teace OF death. and that is something
unusual tor S ush Carolina. he es-
capped from Jail and rem aimed around
bis own home for months, long
enough to build more comfortable
house for bis family, and that, tco, Is
unusual. On acc unit Of rumors
which reached the governors office to
the If CT that Adams was threaten
irg tie lives Of people and had de
clared that be would never be taken
alive, reward Of 1000 Was CT ered
t. T his capture. That was the largest
reward on rec nd in this State The
fugitive was captured in bis own
home, where he had oeen ali OF the
time since his escape. he tfsred no
eff sctive resistance. The reward was
not paid, as the capture was effected
by the sheriff and his posse and the
law does not allow sheriff to be re-
warded for arresting a Criminal In the
sher:ff's own balllw.ck.
Mai. NJ. P. Howell Of Co]leton, at
torney for Adams, was In G lun ola
on Friday on his way back to Walter
boro after having secured from Judge
T ope at Newberry stay OF tie re-
nittitur in the case Of Adams MAJ
Howell told a Reporter OF The State
that his client is languishing in jail,
that his family Is without means ano
that he is re presenting Adams With
out pay. This stay OF the It mittltur
will pre- vent the circuit court from
passing death sentence before the
supreme court can h,ar further a~gu
ments. There is quite long and 10.
teresting story leading up to the trial
Of Adams for the killing OF Henry
Jacques. These two bad lived very
close together and had been gooc
friends, 50 it is said. Adams brother
rarried daughter OF Jacques, ano
soe it Is who testified that she hearc
Adams threatening to kill Jacques
and now makes af3jaVit that shs
swore falsely against Adams b cause
she was afraid Of the Jacq1e family
Some time in December OF 1902,
resident Of the Cottagevi ls settle
ment, q man named hyatt, lost
good calf Later tt cow was seer
near the place Of W. B. Adams lowing
as II her calf were in Adams encloS
ure. As Adams was de ller In CATTLE
the re pie OF the neighborhood seem
ed to think this a first class jka OF
W. B. Adams. Sunday afternoon
January 4th, shor II after dinner, TIT
Jacu ues children began to moo and loV
when they saw w B. Adams. Ther'
had been some trouble the day before
between them. Trouble was brewing
and B. a. Adams, according to b1
own stat. ment, went cut an o g then
and told the children that If thei
father " re at home they would no
be 50 Insulting to the Adams children
Mrs. Jacques came out and took par
in the discussion, and she charged &
A. Adams with having SWORD at her
She sent her oldest SOD for Jacques
who returned ia about two hours Ii
was then late in the afternoon. Wit
nesses at the trial stated that the!
heard Jacques send ooe OF the chit.
dren for his gun. BE, armfd with
single barrelsd gun, and Bis oldes
boy with double barreled qua, thel
went over to r. a. Adams house.
The latter swears that he had no
cursed Mrs Jacques and was slspec
ing no trouble, bat be was in the yart
drawing a bucket OF water. His at
tention Has attracted by some noise
Jaco les and bis son we're tnen within
80 yards. I am going to Kill you,
said Jacques, cursing Adams IN tbs
yilest manner. At that he blazed ava!
and Adams staggered with blooc
squirting out Of his mouth. Subse
quent examination showed that there
we're "a shot in his face, side apc
arms, and his wounds were palnfu
though not dangerous. Jacq les coollJ
unbreeched his gun and loaded II
again. 1t is said that be went away,
saying boastinely that be had killed
the old Crockodlle''-meaning Adams
Even Maj. Howell, Adams lawyer
admits that Adams is hard favored,
hence his name "Crockodile."
Jacques probably thought he hao
finished Adams and fred no more. Tae
wounded man at once sent to Walter
boro and informed Maj. Howell that
be wanted Jacques prosecuted MAJ
Howell asserts that Adams was q
''blow-hard," braggart, always
threatening, but there was no evil
dence to show that he had ever bsen a
dangerous man. He had Jae ques al
rested and at the preliminary the &C
cused was bound cv5r to urt on the
charge OF assault and battery. Maj.
Howell states that Adams had showed
q great deal Of feeling when be drst
sent for the lawyers, as be was then
at home stot up, tu- on their persuA-
sions be decided to put the matter in
the ct urts rather than try to get ven,
gea2ce.
Later Adams went to Walterboro
and told M j. Howell that he believed
his life to be in danger. BE believed
that Jacques intended to kill him, and
be wanted to know the law in regard
to carrying gun on his own prenis-
es. His lawyers d;ssuaded him rom
any such course, telling Adams that
be would hang.if he killed Jacques
sfter so long a time had elapsed alter
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