The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-18
He Will. HANG.
Pink franklin, Who Murdered Mr..
Henry Valentine, Convicted
Of Murder and Sentenced to be Hang
ed on Friday, the Twcnty-tifth Day
of October.

ed on Friday, the Twcnty-tifth Day
of October.
The court was occupied Monday
with the trial Of Pink Franklin, the
negro who shot and killed Mr.. Henry
Valentine, who went to arrest him as
the special constable Of his brother.
who is magistrate at Cope. Frank
lin was given a fair trial and was
defended, by two colored lawyers
Jacob Moorer OF this city, and Jno.
Adams Of Columbia, but he was con-
vicred of murder and was sentenced
ro he hanged on Friday, October 25,
Sad Franklin. who was placed on
trial with him as an accessory to the
| killing was acquitted.
Franklin's lawyer knew that he
was guilty of g cruel murder, but
they fought hard on technical
grounds to save his neck. Adams,
who teaches at Allen University at
Columbia, as we'll as practices law
saw that his client had every safe
guard of the law thrown around him
One day last week he raised three
constitutional objections to the jur-
les, two based on the Federal Con-
stitution and one on the Constitution
of South Carolina. Saturday he ar
| gued for a continuance of the case
pleading some irregularitr connected
with the proper keeping Of the coro-
ner's records In all of his motions to
quash the indictment and for the
postponement he was overruled by
the Court.
The trial Of Franklin and his wife
consumed the entire day, the case
being called on the convening OF the
Court Monday morning. Franklin,
who had been in the State Peniten-
tiary since his arrest for safe keep
ing was brought from Columbia Mon
day morning by Sheriff Dukes, who
took every precaution for the safety
of the prisoner. Frankiln's wife was
kept in the jail here. There was a
large crowd in the city to attend the
trial 1t was perfectly orderly and
seemed disposed to let the law take
it's course. Sheriff Dukes took extra
precaution to protect Franklin, but
there was no demonstration. By or
der of Gov. Ansel the dispensary was
closed, and as far as We know there
was not a single man under the in.
fuence of whiskey and everything
passed off quietly. The verdict as tc
Franklin gave general satisfaction
but there are those who think his
wife should be punish he'd for ner part
in the tragedy.
The crime for which Franklin was
convicted was committed by him only
few weeke ago, and If he is huns
on the day appointed justice will be
meted out 10 him as it should be tc
all criminals Of his class. His exc
cution legally few months after the
commission of the hei1ous crime viii,
have a better effect than if he had
been caught and 1ynched Immediately
after he had killed in cold blood ar
officer of the law, who mad gone to
arrest him. The crime is fresh in the
memory of our readers. The doom
ed man, Franklin, was farm hanc
under contract to Mr. Jake Thomas
of Cope. For some reason he broke
his contract with Mr.. Thomas anG
went to work for Mr.. Sol. Spires, o:
the Norway section, where he was
when he bruttally murdered Mr.. Val
entine.
After Franklin left his employ in
violation of his contract Mr.. Thomas
had a warrant issued for his arrest
by Magistrate Joseph Valentine, who
sent his brother. Constable Henry
Valentine. to arrest him. The later
went to the home of Nj. Carter ard
spent the night and at daybreak the
next morning he went with Mr.. Car
ter to the home of the negro to make
the arrest. The negro was apparent
~ asleep when they reached the
house and Mr.. Valentine entered the
front door while Mr.. Carter went tc
the rear to prevent his escape.
When Mr.. Valentine entered the
front door and reached the bed room
door the negro suddenly opened the
door and fired, striking the constable
just below the heart and telling him
to the floor The negro. then hearing
| the approach Of Mr.. Carter at his
back door, turned and fired in that
direction, inflicting painful wound
which caused Mr.. Carter to ertreat
Witnesses state that four or five shots
were fired and the first three were in
quick succession. The result was
that both Mr. Valentine and Mr.. Car
ter were wounded. as were also the
negro and his wife.
Franklin fed following the killing
and managed for three days to elude
his pursuers. He made his way to
Denmark and there gave himself up
to Ex-senator Mayfeld, VINO COM
Emunicated at once with Sheriff Dukes
who went to Denmark. got Franklin
and sent him to the State Peniten-
tiary for safe keeping. The murder
of Mr.. Valentine created great excite
ment at the time, and had Franklin
been caught it is safe to say that the
county would have been saved the
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