The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-10
HUMAN BRUTE.
He Held Up Four Young Ladies in
Bamberg.
And at a Pistols Point He Forced
Them to Obey His Command Until
Scared on.

Scared on.
The citizens of Bamberg were
greatly aroused at an early hour Fri
day night when it was reported that
four white ladies had been held up
by man on public !oad only a
few hundred yards beyond the city
limits.
The News and Courier correspon-
dent promptly left for the scene of
the trouble, and upon arriving at the
residence from which the ladies had
gone forth in the cool of the
evening for pleasant stroll and
in quest of wild flowers, he found a
! large crowd of the most substantial
| citizens assent bled there.
The ladies, who had only a short
time before passed through an Or
deal that WILL remain fresh in their
memories until their dying day. were
inside the house and had almost en-
tirely recovered from their excite
ment In quiet way their expert
ence was detailed by them as fol
lows:
Shortly after we left the house
walking down in the direction OF
Hunters Chapel, we discovered a
man, white man, not negro, walk
ing in the woods near the road. He
came into the road, passed few
steps in front of US and pulling his
pistol, pointed it at us and told us
chat If we made any outcry he would
kill us. We were all paralyzed with
fear. There was wide ditch by the
side OF the road almost full of water
| He ordered us to wade through il
and go into the woods. We did moi
go into the water, but finding a com
paratively small span in the ditcf
three of US managed to get across
and he assisted the fourth in cross
ing.
''He kept his pistol pointed towart
us all the time as he marched u
through the woods, across a barbet
wire fence and into a pond, wher
we sunk in mud and water almost t,
our shoe tops. Here he ordered u
to sit down in the mud and water
but no one obeyed. The youngest il
the crowd began to cry, and abou
the same time a wagon could be seel
in the distance coming along th
road. The man then laughed demon
ically and said: I just wanted t
show you what I could do with you,
and ran off through the wood.
He did not touch one of us ex
cept the one he helped across tn
ditch, but he had us completely a
his mercy and we were afraid to re
fuse to obey his orders
The description they gave of tn
nan was that he wore a slouch ha
and a brown suit Of clothes, wa
rather shabbily dressed, of medium
build and had blue eyes, brown hal
and a sallow complexion and wa
cleanly shaven.
Blood hounds were secured ant
Iput on the trail promptly, but the
followed it for only about mile to
point on a road leading to Earhardt
They were carried back again an
again, but each time they came to
halt at this particular point, and th
presumption is that the man got int
a buggy or wagon at that point an
the hounds were useless.
Several searching parties were sen
cut in different directions, and per
sons who were suspected were visite
and questioned, but no satisfactor
clue could be obtained. The scare
was continued throughout the nigh
an6 was kept up the next day with
out avail If the guilty party is az
pretended and there is not convine
ing proof that he is not insane b
will be harshly dealt with.
The general impression seems t
Je that it was the act of crazy mar
but if so, it is passing strange tha
he has not yet been found. One o
he ladies held up is married and
from another part of the State O.
visit to Bamberg while the othe
::hree are single and reside in tina
community. They are all member
If Bamberg's best families and It i
1t their earnest request that thel
names are not given.