Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-02-02
Friday, February 2, 1906
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

Eliza Bunch, the white woman
who swore that w. C. Dickinson ad-
ministered poisoned whisky to Reed,
at Bamberg, has gone back on her
first story and admitted that 1t was
a lie. She said that she swore against
Dickinson because one G. B. Kittrell
had told her that unless she fixed
the crime on some one else her neck
would be cracked.
In the United States court at
Charleston last Tuesday, Thomas c.
Duncan, former president of the Buff
falo and Union cotton mills of Union
was adjudged a bankrupt. Duncan
claimed that he could pay his debts II
allowed to do so; but because OF lack
Of harmony among the creditors he
thought it best that the courts should
administer his estate.
Judge ]. E. Webster Of Gaffney'
has given out the following statement
with reference to the unfortunate sem
sation in which his family has be-
come involved: "Since the interview
with Judge ]. E. Webster which was
published recently in several daily pa
pers, referring to Pauline Webster OF
Kansas City, Mo-, later information
from unquestionable sources causes me
to welcome the glad news that my sis
ter, Pauline, who was so long thought
of as dead, is living. While I regret
the circumstances under which this
fact has been presented to me and my
brother and sister, we stand ready to
extend her any financial assistance she
may need and welcome her to her old
home and associates. In speaking for
her brother John and her sister Leli-
tha, would ask the public to be gen.
erous in our sisters behalf and allow
us, with her consent and presence, to
arrange all interests that may be due
our sister, Pauline, and shut out the
Jack leg attorneys and sharks who are
endeavoring to cause dissension. We
are fully competent and capable OF
handling this affair to the interest Of
all concerned"
Columbia, January 80: North
bound passenger train No. 66 and a
southbound extra freight, on the
Seaboard Air Line, collided head-on
Is miles north Of this city at 1880
o'clock this morning and as result
four men are dead and three injured.
The dead are: Engineer A. A. Smeck
and Fireman Will White, colored, Of
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H. A. Pattillo and M. c. Watkins, Of
Jacksonville, Fla. The injured are
John Robinson, the engineer and
Dan Douglass, the colored fireman
of the passenger train, and Express
Messenger Hinton, of Richmond, Va.
The freight train was at Blaney's,
with orders to wait for the Florida
Flyer, the passenger train. Accord
ing to the statements Of those on the
wrecked passenger train the wreck
was caused by a general misunder-
standing of orders. The regular pas
senger train left Columbia one hour
late. The Florida Flyer passed the
freight at Blaney's and its believed
that Engineer Smeck, in charge Of
the freight, thought that there was
a clear road ahead. He pulled out
of the siding with twenty cars at
tached, and just ahead the passen-
ger train approached. 1t was too
late to stop the freight, but Engin-
eer Robinson Of the passenger train
applied his air brakes and the train
was brought up with a jerk, throw
ing every one out Of their seats. 1t
was due to the nerve of Engineer
Robinson that the lives Of the pas
sengers were saved. The mail car
and only one Of the passenger cars
were demolished. Mail Clerk H. A
Pattillo was buried under the wreck
age and instantly killed.