The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-06-26
SHOT T0 DEATH
A Highly Respected Young Man
of Batesburg Assassinated.
IALONI: in THE WOODS

assasssns.-Severai Young Men Of
l.atacsburs Community Are Ciar=
ce;. With the Crime.-The Trouble
Commenced About Young Lady
of the Community.
Mr.. Geo. W. MaTus, a highly re-
spected young white man ST Bates
burg was shot to death on Saturday
about four miles from that town. as
he was returning home from 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
bus. his mule and the buggy contain
ing his almost lifeless body only a
short distance from the scene OF the
shooting. r..
could not tell anything of the cireQni-.
stances of the shooting Beyond that
he had been ambushed- He. died very
shortly after Dr. Mitchell reached
him.
Of tie three shots which were FIR
ed, two were in rapid succession, fol-
| lowed by third after an interval.
Eight of the buckshot entered the
right side of Mabus head and one
| +aoly affoc+ IL, hic throat
Some weeks since young Ma1uss
was involved in cutting. scrape with
Lee Fsrliaw, a young white man and n
a neighbor of Mabus, on the streets
| of Batssburg, and beyond the enlmes
made as a, result Of this fight, was
not known to have any:
It is said also that both of the
! Young white men were in love with
a youne lady of the neighborh
and that the real cause of the trage-
; DIV was jealousy The young man
who is suspected of having commit
:, ed the murder was seen Friday morn-
ing going in the direction OF the
place where Mabus was shot:
The coroner's jury after being out
about three minutes. Sunday return
: ed a unanimous verdict, charging Lee
Fal,aw and Clifford Fallaw, twp
brothers with murder, as principals,
: and Clinton Fallaw and Isaac Taylor,
: as accessories, the former before the
fact and the latter after the TACT.
!, The evidence adduced before the
Jury showed that Lee and Clifford
, Fallaw were seen leaving the place
where the shooting occurred inome-
diately after the shots were ired,
7 armed with shotgunS. It was also
4 brought out that Clinton Fallow was
I seen near the roadside just before
4 the killing. .sE:.5..;:S 4
S Isaac Taylor, a farm hand in the
r employ of the Fallaws, it is shown
had walked In their tracks in order
~ to obliterate them and castSsnsptc tcion
,, upon others. Much other circumstan-
{ tial evidence was adduced and the
L State has strong case against the
0 Fallaws, who have left for parts un-
known. &. -,
e This cowardly assassination has
: stirred the people Of the community
very much and the excitement is still
y undated. 1t is not thought, how
). ever, lynching will be resorted to in
] the event of capture OF Lee and
l Clifford Fallaw. The motive for this
: awful crime is supposed to be due to
e feud between the Fallows and the
Mabuses. Some weeks since young
Mabus and Lee Fallaw became IN
volyed in a difficulty in Batesburg,
with the result that both of them
q were badly cut.
| ", t1 -onnnrt1ofn tha. h1f.
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 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 % years
: of age.