The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-10-27
TWO NEGROES
ASSAULT PEDDLER
NEAR LELAND TUESDAY AT
TERNOON EtiEs
HIDE HIM AWAY TO DIE
Was Discovered by Accident-Ne-
groes Captured and One Makes a
Confession-Are Now in County
Iail-Victirn is at Deaths Door

Leland Miss, Oct. ga most
daswardly murderous assault for
robbery was committed yester
day afternoon about 3 O'Clock
back of w B. SWANS place near
SWANS station, by two negroes on
Jew pedler named Sol. Aranovitz,
who has been here about a week from
Louisville, KY. The negroes who
committed the assault are Dock Will
lis, an ex-convict, who has been out
bf the pen for about six weeks, and
the other is Harrison Whitney, who
was brought TO this place and put to
work by Mr.. W. B. Swain about
SIX weeks ago.
The negro Dock Willis made a con-
fession and says that Harrison Whit
ney was the one who struck the
blows. The implement used was 4
large hickory stick, three inches in
diameter and three and half feet
long, at the end of which was a knot.
Their victims head was beat to pulp
and his skull fractured. In his CON
tession Willis said that when Arono-
vitz came along they were at work
m field near by and as he had
pack, they engaged him in converse
ton, and seeing some jewelry they
decided to help themselves As the
Jew moved off they agreed to follow
him and proceed to appropriate his
stock They called to him and told
him that if he wanted to go to the
Morgan Johnson place they would
show him near cut, and in that way
got him into the woods and knocked
him in the head and dragged him in
to the underground and left him.
The bo5y was discovered about :
o'clock in the Afternoon and was
brought here where the victim has
been given everp attention.
A search was started for
the scouadrcIs who committed the
act. For several hours the search
was witl'9ut avail and the discovery
was made accidentally this morning
when Mr. Paul Swain went to his
barn and found the negro Willis with
watch and some other jewelry
which lie had hid away under all old
mill rock
Mr.. Swain Immediately took him
into custody ar,j after getting as
s1stance made the negro tell where
the other things were and the negro
led them to the spot where the tele-
scope satchel was in which the ped
der carried his stock. and it was here
that Willis made his confession anc
implicated Harrison Whitney, saying
that Whitney had been the one tc
use the club and had unmercifulls
beat him up after he had beer
Knocked out and was unconscious
He showed where everything was ex
cept the money, and this he claime>
amounted to about 5000 and wa
given TO Whitney.
Whitney was found at Bully Dav
IS where he has been working sine
leaving Mr.. SWANS place He dc
nied all knowledge of the affair whe,
arrested, and said he knew absolute
~ nothing about Dock Willis. excep
that he had seen him pass along tn
road following Aronovitz He ac
counted for the spots of blood on h:
clothes by saying that he had helpe
kill a COW and that i'll dressing tn
beef the blood got on his clothes
Whitney's story, however, is nc
borne eat by the facts in the mat
ter, as he was known to pay Denni
Longstreet. a negro who works 70
Mr.. w B. Swain. IS cents whic
he had borrowed from him. He a
so gave another negro IS cents wit
which to buy something for him, an
was also said to have paid a negr
woman, Francis Williams, who is a
SO on the Swain place, 5000 he owe
her for board
Aronovltz is lying at the point ,
death in an unconscious state, an
the negroes are being held awaitin
results. A "necktie" party was b
ing talked of, but Sheriff ] H. Croue
was notified and the negroes We
removed to Greenville and the
placed in Jail
Aronovitz is member in good star
ing of Carnahan Lodge, No. 80 ]
of P, of Louisville, KY, and has
wife and brother in that city wi
have been notified. His brother is
pected to arrive here tomorrow mo
ing.