The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-07-05
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"A Highly Respected Young Man
of Batesblrg AssassInafed.
i'm THE WOODS

when he Ayas ssSt. 5yn nv -.
Assassins.--seyerai Young Men OF
Batacsbnrg Community Are Char
ged With the Crime.-The Trouble
Commenced About a Young Lady
of the Community.
Mr.. Geo. w. Mabus, a highly re-
spected young white man OF Bates
burg was shot to death on SATURDAY.
about -four miles from that town. aa
he was returning homo from a mill
by some one In ambush. Three shots
were fired by the assassins.
Dr.. L. Nj. Mitchell, who was visit
ing a patient near the scene Of the
assassination heard the shots and
was the first one to find young Ma.
Dus, his mule and the buggy contain
ing his almost ~lifeless body only q
snort distance from the scene Of tho
shooting.
Mabus' condition vas such that he
could not tell anything Of the circum-
stances or the shooting beyond that
~ 'o' 'N'I dlIlDISISu. ne ulGut yarV
shortly after Dr.. Mitchell reached
him.
or the three shots which were fir
ed, Two were in rapid succession, fol-
lowed by q third after an interval.
Eight OF the buckshot entered the
rlSnt side OF Mabus' head and one
TOOK effect In his throat.
some weeks since young Mabus
was involved in a cutting scrape with
Lee Fallaw, a young white man and
a neighbor of Mabus, on the streets
of ~Batesburg, and beyond the chimes
made as q result Of this fight, was
not known to have any.
1t is said also that boil OF the
young white men were in love with
a young lady Of the neighborhood
ana that the real cause OF the TRACE
ny was jealousy. The young nan
VINO is suspected OF having commit
Ell the murder was seen Friday morn
ing going in the direction OF the
place where Mabus was shot.
Tho c%oroner's jury after being out
about three minutes Sunday return
ed a unanimous verdict, charging Lee
Fallaw and Clifford Fallaw, two
brothers with murder, as principals,
and Clinton Fallaw and Isaac Taylor,
as accessories, the former before the
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The evidence adduced before the
jury showed that Lee and Clifford
Fallaw were seer leaving the place
where the shooting occurred imme-
diately after the shots were fired,
armed with shotguns. 1t was also
brought out that Clinton Fallow was
seen near the roadside just before
the killing.
Isaac Taylor, a farm hand In the
employ Of the Fallaws, it is shown
had walked In their tracks In order
to obliterate them and cast suspicion
upon others. Much other circumstan-
tial evidence was adduced and the
State has a strong case against the
FallaWs, who have left for parts UNI
known.
This cowardly assassination has
stirred the people of the community
very much and the excitement Is still
undated. 1t is not thought, how
ever, lynching will be resorted to-in
the event of a capture of Lee and
Clifford Fallaw. The motive for this
awful crime is supposed to be due to
a feud between the Fallows and the
Mabuses. Some weeks since young
Mabus and Lee Fallaw became In
volved III a difficulty in Batesburg,
with the result that both of them
were badly cut.
This served to accentuate the hat
red already existing between the
families. The immediate cause OF
the difficulty on the streets of Bates
burg, it is said, was due to jealousy
over a young lady to whom both men
were paying court.
All the parties directly connected
with this horrible affair are young
men highly respected in the commun-
ity. Young Mabus was only 90 years
Of age.