The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-12
BRUTAL MURDER.
EMANUEL MAELARD SLa1S
CasB AND HENRY PORCEER
And MutiIates Their Bodies In a
Most Horrible and schoeklng
Manner

Vancas, was the scene OF 3 NEST orut-
al and horrible murder on last Sun
day afternoon when negro by tee
name & Euanusl Msllard murdered
in ccld bloodsd msnner two oSner
neg .oss, Cso5 PJ.chsr and H7nry
Po1cher, two brothers. Il seems
from the testimony that was brought
out cefore the coroness jucy that was
snpsnnel!so to hear the case by Mag
is.rate T. M Fslder, that Mallsrd
ard Csbo Porsher. who had married
Msllsrd's daughter. spent pretty
much sll OF Sunday together at NAL
lsrd's house on tie Bull place. Dur
ing tie day they took several drinks,
and towards eve1ng they were some
ahst mellow, and it is thought got IN
quarrel atout 8 women Of the regh-
1orhood, Ct whom both we're enan'
,red, which resulted In Mallard mur..
lerjng Csbb Porcher with an old axe.
rae beao of the dead man was near
y severed from his bcdy. Afer
:7n hitting the murder Mallard drfg.
Jed the body to bis back yard, Whsre
"a left 1t and locked himself 10 biz
house.
his all occurred about five O'Clock
Sunday afternoon. When Henry
Porcher heard that his brother Cabb
aad bsen murdered by Mallard, he with
another negro by the name OF Alien
White went to Mallsrd's house to see
.hst was the trouble. When they
t reached Mallsrd's place, Henry Por
cher went up to the house and tapped
on the door leaving White ip the
road a. the gate. Mallard answered
Henry Porcher's rap by hq airing
from within the house who was
5here, Henry Porcaer answered that
it was him, and Malla1d after saying
something about he would let him In
i ne came With no hostile intent,
slipped out the back door and came
arcund to the porch on which Henry
Porcber was standing and shot him
dead in his tracks without.a word CT
warning. Mallsrd used an old army
nusksJ, and nearly shot his second
victims head cf. After being shot
Porcher, who did not know what hurt
him, fell in bis tracks on the porch.
About this time Mallard saw White
standing at the gate and Immediately
vent to him and sail he had a gocc
notion 10 kill him too, at the same
time striking at him With the butt
end Of the old musket. Hs missed
White and the musket struck thl
ground aud broke the stock White
not Caring to share the fate Of his
friend, beat q hasty retIest down
the road.
Msllard then went nack to tht
body OF Henry Porche,, which ne hae
left on the porch, and threw it oVel
the banistsy. he then dragged Il
around to the back OF his house anc
laid 1T near the body OF bis first vic
tim. Msllard then seemed to have be-
come snraged and beat the heads O.
oora sne murdered men into jelly witt
the barrel OF the old nusket. How
long he engaged In this 1nhumsr
brutality is not known, but long
enough to reduce the faces OF bis
victims to shspeless masses OF flesh
He than made bis escape to the leigh
boring woods, where he remained IN.
til he was assured by some white mer
that they would protect him from the
negroes, whom he seemed to feal
would do him bodily hsrm.
Ee wss at the iIq1sst, on Monday
aud freely admitted tnat he had kill.
ed the tHc men, but made nc
statement as to why he did it. The
coroner's jury, OF which Mr. e W.
AYinger, Intendant Of Vance, was
the foreman, heard the case nd
brought in q verdict charging Mallard
with tho crime, and be was brought
up to Orangeburg by Messrs: w. G.
Grtfi n and 2. W. Avinger and com.
mitted to jail to await his trial fo1
the terrible crine Of double murder.
The two negroes who were killed are
said to have been bad fellows, and
will be little OF no loss to the COM
nunity. Mallard Is said to have
been a peaceable, harmless kind OF .
negro, and what caused him 20 kill
his son.in.laW, Cabbs Porcher, NAV
rever be known, but as stated above
it Is generally surmised that the kill.
Ing was caused by low over wo-
nan OF. the ne1ghborhood. Mallard
seems to have q sJ-sight road for the
galloWs. He will be lried next jan
1ary, and the probabilities are that
ne will be promptly convicted and
hung. he Is guilty Of one OF the
worst crimes that has been commit.
ted in this county, Orangebufg
Timss and Democrat.