The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-06
HOUSE SET ON FIRE
ATTEMPT aTINCF,N-
DlAsYIsM At srisINoFIELD
Some Fisnd Attempts to Burn Gown
tha Residence OF Marshal
Holloway.

Tuesday morning st , o'clock the
handsome ne~ two story dwelling OF
Mr.. L. e. Phillips at Springfield
together with the entire contents was
burned. Il Is thought the house was
set on fire by come 1snd.
Town Marsha! Henry w. Holloway,
who was seriously wounded by VIM.
L. Fleming In an attempt to arrest
Fleming at Springfield January 15.
with his wife and little children, oc-
cupied rooms on the top floor, and 1t
looks like some midnight assassin
was attempting to burn him as he
lay, as Ii were, chained to bis bed.
Those who frst saw the fire affirm
that the dwelling was saturated With
kerosene OIL and the oil was yet burn.
ing on the ground and base OF the
chimney when they got to the fire.
There is grim determination on the
part of the cltjz ,ns that the perpe.
traitors shall be brought to speedy jns.
tice. Fortunately the Ere, which had
bsen lighted with kerosene, was dis.
covered in time and e1tinguished, and
the wounded officer was taken to Co.
lumbia.
The following statement from J..
W. jumper. tntendant OF the town,
caused the governor to offer reward
for she 3csndssry.
II beg to inform you that there was
q fire at Springfield Tuesday morning
at 3 O'Clock which destroyed the house
Of T.. E. Phillips e Is thought by
everybody that the act was incendi-
arism. I also beg to inform you that
the barn OF L. 3. Fulmer has also
| been burned, and think that was an
act Of incendiarism. The d!spensary
| and two Stores were burned the 2lst
Of last November, and respectfully
ask your e1cellency to Offer suitable
reward for these burnings."
1t will be remembered that the
shooting afrsy which resulted in the
serious wounding Of three persons took
place whsn Marshall Holloway arrest
ed Fleming who is an itinerant pho
tographer travelling out OF Brooklyn
and companion with whom ne had
become intoxicated. Fleming shot the
marshal and 3 citizen deputized to as
sist him and was himself shot In the
thigh by the marshal. as the latter
was falling. After the shooting, which
Fleming says took place at a time
when he was 80 drunk as to be uucon'
scious Of his actions, Fleming was
placed In the Ofangeburg county jail
at Ofangeburg.
He appealed through friend tt
Secretary e. s. Fox, of Congsree aerie
Ftaternal Order OF Eagles. asking fo1
assistance and representing himself al
a member OF the Brooklyn aerie. Mr..
Fox communicated with the Brooklyn
asrie and upon receipt OF instructions
from there to do everything in hil
power for Fleming, retained an At
torney, Mr.. w. Boyd Evans, ane
through him secured court order fo]
Eleming's removal to the State Hos
pitsl for the Insane, on the grcunc
that the Orgngeburg jail was no place
fer q man 80 graeyously hurt.
| Subsequently, Fleming vas agair
moved. this time to the hospital Of
the state psnitentiary, because the
insane asylum proved too crowded tt
afford facilities for adequate treat
ment. He is now st the penitentiarI
hospital, snd making good recovery
1t is said that If the Brooklyn Eagles
do not drop the case. application vii
be made for an ordsr admitting Elem
ing to bail as soon as he shall have
become strong enough to leave thi
hospital.
Marshal Holloway is thoroughly n
dignant over the attempt to destroy
bis home this morning, and feels
sure that the incendiary meant the
| flames to wipe out his whole family,
as we'll as the dwelling In which they
~ere asleep, unsuspecting, He de-
| MES most positively statements fIon
Fleming in the press that be hao
often taBn drinks with Fleming and
that Fleming had begun carrying .
pistol at bis suggestion.