The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-09-05
HUMAN MONSTER
THIRTEEN YEAR OLD CHILD VIC
TIM BRUTE.
Made Trunk aud Married to the
seoundrel While in that Con-
dition.

t13t is revolving in the extreme na
been brought to light In the cottol
mill district in the city Of Columbia
The State says Jennie Bradley, gil
cot yet quite 13 years old, was eutic
ed from her home In the G -anby vii
iage, to the home OF Mrs. Julia Col
lins On Sixth street In the Olympia
Village on the night Of August II, OF
the pretext that the child was to b<
taken to a prayer meeting.
Instead, however, the child was do
tanned at TIE Collins house among 8
party OF carcusing men and women.
sne was given whiskey to drink until
she was in state OF intcxicaJion
While In this condition SIZE was eth.
4r persuaded or coerced into being
married to Isaac alias Pat Hallman,
she ceremony he!ng performed by
Magistrate S. I. Riley. Ealnan Is e1
smploye is one OF the cotton mills and
one Of the party at the house OF Mrs.
Collins during the evening. Hallman,
it is alleg ID, was married at the time
and bis wife, 1,',n whom he is uvirg
spart, resides In North Carolina.
The mother OF the girl, Mrs. Mar
tina Bradley, sought her daughter tie
next morning and was informed by
Mrs. ColliUs OF what had taken place
The mother was enrsged and In spite
OF the protests Of the husband tie
Collins woman took her daughter
1ack to the maternal roof and kept
her there until later. Hallman tol
lowed them to the house and remain
ed there several days and nights.
Mrs. Bradley sought the adV'cs Of
an attorney, Mr.. John T. Duncan, In.
forming him OF what had taken pIacs
and Of the fact that the man had q
wife living In North Carolina. Sht
vas advised to let tbs matter rest
until Hallnan's wire could be found
This was done and about two wee!;
ago he was arrested on a warrar t
sworn out before NJ lglstrate Lortcs.
charging him with an offanse, the
punishment fjr which Is death. Hall
nan was placed in j Ill. BE waived
preliminary hearing and Is still behind
ihe bars.
On last Thursday afternoon Mrs.
Julia Collins was arrested ,larget
Nth being an accessory to /. crime.
She vas logged In jail and was given
! preliminary hearing before Magis-
srate Moorman. At this hearing the
1hole horrible story was told by Mrs
Bradley, the mother, and her daugh
GER, the child wife. The girl has ju59
oeen dismissed from and infirmary,
zhe1e she has been under the treat
uent Of physicians since the arrest Of
holman.
She was the most important wit
ness in the case and told In her in
ger uous manner Of all that had oc-
Cured. Sne told OF the drinking at
the Collins he u ,e that nioht and how
.he, had bsen given whiskey to drink
until she "fslJ 80 foolish that she did
aot know what she was doing;" OF
now she was dressed in the long
skirts and c othiog Of the grown wo-
man In order to disguise her and de-
csiVe Magistrate R:ley when he Came
20 perform the marriage ceremony
and Of all the subseq lent humiliating
details.
Magistrate Riley testified that he
married the couple, but did not recog
a.zs the bride as the child Jennie
Bradley. He had no record Of the
The ceremony took place
in the presence OF Mr.. and Mrs. Col.
Inns and several others. The court
decided that the State had made out
a case and c ,mmitted the Collins wo.
nan to jail in default OF 81 600 bail.