The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-01-23
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u r1shed into Aliens room," sal
Mrs. Futch, and was blinded BY th
light and flames. I expected to sc
ny boy torn into fragments, but b
was unhurt. We threw water on th
danes ana saved tie house and thel
I was 80 thankful that ne mad beel
spared, that threw my a-ns srounI
Allen and cried: Thank Gee; Than,
Goo!
II Is tsken for granted by al ths
tbs attempts are TOO cunning to b
planned by negro.
1T is the work Of a white man,
says Allen. why, when I got myssi
together from the shock OF the syna
mits bomb, I rushed out OF the house
shooting, to give the alarm to tn
negroes who were sleeping in ths
quarters.
ITO my astonishment. the dog
were gons
I'VE have three dogs which "
Keep II the yard for added protection
One of the negroes came running Vi
ABOUT this time and I told him t.
hurry to the barn and saddle 10.
horse, as I wsnted to 20 to Thomas
vile to get the sheriff and blood
hounds.
My horse was gone.
The horse returned about twt
hours later and With him came tht
dogs"
The theory advanced Is that ths
assassin first went to the barn ant
mounted Aliens horse, knowing TIT
dogs would follow the horse.
Ny dogs Elil follow that hors;
day or night, without question OF sus
picion " Allen says.
The horse was ridden about quar-
ter OF q mile away, tied and left be-
lind, and with him. IL is belieysd
toe dogs waited out In the woods.
The ass ASSN, and tfe tracks in ths
newly plowed ground clearly estsb
Ashes this, returned to the house.
creps under the building cut bis hos
through the floor and put the dyna.
mite bomb into the room, lighted the
fuse and f1sd.
The bomb exploded at II % O'Clock
Sunday night and within ten minutes
she negro servants and tenants on the
pisce had -,bsen thoroughly aroused
and were at the home.
When found the horse and dogs
gone" says Allen, "l ordered one OF
the negroes to hurry to q house
garter of nile away, for more
assistance.
I'm a few minutes the negro came
running back, badly frightened. He
told me he hsd just seen q man on
my hore riding through the woods.
''This man was, beyond question,
the assassin, who had hurried to the
woods where be had left my horse,
mounted 1t and was escaping. Tracks
the next dey showed the nesrc'E
statement to be true. The horse re-
turned alone, with rsins gone, il
about two hours.
''EyerYuntag connected with this
awful case indicates the work to be
that of 3 cunning white man vino Is
thoroughly familiar with the place;
80 familiar, in fact, that he could
lccs.e the exact position Of my bed,
though ha was under the house" !"
The ninth. attempt was made last
Sunday night, and but for the slert-
ness OF Night Guard Judson Fe~ell,
might have been successful.
FIRED TO KILL BIN.
Guard Feweu went on duty last
Sunday night at dark. Mrs. Fasch
and Allen we're In the house, with
shotguns and revolvers In reach.
Il had q prssentment," says Mrs
Fusch, that there would be trouble,
and told Judson to watch every
thing and Investigate the least noise
I told him not to shoot anyone com
ing in at the front gate, as Jonr
might be coming home.
Shortly after s O'Clock FeWel
heard q noise.
he was In the rear Of the house al
the time, but quickly era |led ovsl
the deep sand oD bis all fours, to the
front.
He heard the latch OF the gate
drop into it's socket and then VA
silhouetted the form Of man
whether white OF black Fewel die
not know, in the darkness.
II cried to him to sHsltr but he
turnel and sprane bshind a tree, )
says Fewell. The next moment hs
started to run, and fired point
blank aud I fired to kill, but missed
the man IS IL was dark. he go1
away, but We followed bis tracks Into
the woods for some distance"