The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1907-01-24
WHO is FOE 2:
Unknown Person Has Attempted
to Kill Mother and Son.
MARKED FOB DEATH.
Poison, Dynamite and Fire Have Beer
Used in Attempts to Annihilate
asonth Georgia Family by
Some Secret Euemy
or Euenies.

+ Marked for death by an unknown
foe, Mrs. Alice FuSeh and her SOD.
Allen Futch, are momentarily expect.
ing assassination in their homo in the
lower part OF Taousr county, Ca,
says . diapasch 10 the Atlanta Jour-
nal. Nine timasj the hidden. hand Of
mysterious death has been raised
against mother and son, poison. dyna.
mite and fire failing in each instance
TO accomplish itB hendish execution.
Secret sSfgicsS officers, county of1.
cials, private detectives and the COM.
bined efforts OF the law, augmented
by sympathetic and jealous friends,
have bSen foiled IL their strenuous
Efforts tc deteob the man and the mo-.
tive and today Ghs terror-stricken and
sole inhabitants of the old Futch
homastes are calmly awaiting what
they fear may bs complete annihila'
tion.
Racounting their terrible expert
ence, young Allen Futeh, The son,
tWonty. one yesrB Of age, dramatically
exclaimed today: y.
tItis the protection Of the Lord
that has saved me and my mother
from deathl"' ~
"Yes, it's proVidenco alone," the
mother interposed. ~
And to those who have watched the
plot thicken, 1T aoems apparent that
moro than humansagensies have been
brought to their assistance 20 eoun.
tersot the execution of nine diaboll.
cal attempts to take their lives.
''Auother attempt will be made
upon the lives OF EtheEa innocent peo.
ple," asid Hon. Fondren Mitchell,
member of the Georgia legislature,
who has been employed aB special
counsel to aid the solicitor Of Thomas
county in running the assassin to
cover.
For seven months 8 veritable terror
reigp has ruled oYersehe Futch home.
When the Gwo nemherS of the
family were away, poison woald be
placed in their food, In the milk and
eYSn in the well; when they were at
honae they were targets for dynamite
bombs and tho assassin's bullets. Go
or stay, thsir lives have been in peril
since early In last June.
| What vicious motive has driven ar
enemy to such extrsmes9 Ask the
trembling woman. and she only shakes
her head. Ask the young son who re.
mains constantly by her side and be
cannot answer.
"They haven't an enemy In the
world. made 80 by an act Of theil
own," declares Attorney Mitchell.
TITS all mystery. deep, weird and W
TO the present impenetrable. I ant
moving heaven aud earth to find the
guilty man. Others are doing the
same thing. We all have theories
but tho facts are still beyond oul
reach"
The population OF the loweT half o1
Thomas county is busily engaged ir
speculating upon this strange case
and gossip has connected many per
SONS with the crime, in which Ro'
nance, Love and Jealousy figure IL
sensational human interest, but the
evidence is lacking.
| On June 4th, last year, Mrs. Futch
and Allen were suddenly seizsd with
desperate illness. That they were
spared seemed almost miraculous. II
was believed their illness WaB due tt
acute Indigestion. As matter of fac,
they were poisoned, but 1t was not unit.
the third attempt had been made that
they realized fiendish plot bad bseu
laid for their assassination. The first
attempt vas made By putting either
arsenic or rough on rats in tho water
bucket and coffee pot.
On June 10th q second attempt was
made, and this time the mother and
son were again In the shadow of death.
On July 5th the chicken 1T the
noon meal was saturated with poison.
and mother and son again were deS'
peratelY Ill.
July 10th the assassin returned and
poisoned Mrs. Futch.
The condition of Mrg. Futch grew
constantly more critical, and on July
18th Dr.. Taylor, the family physician,
Rev. T. A. White, tho pastor Of the
First Baptist church at Metcslf, and
other friends and relatives were sum.
nonaa