The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-13
WHO SHOT Her?
A Murder Mystery at a Country
Wedding Serenade. AS
TIE PRETTY BRIDE
Opened the Door to Bow to the Sere.
naders Somebody Fired Shot From
the Darkness That Robbed the
Waiting Bridegroom of
His Lovely Bride.

Ills Lovely Bride.
Since Christmas Eve the quiet New
England village Of Ira, Vermont, has
been terrorizsd as though q Franken
stein monster were stalking the coun'
try roads.
For over 8 month two young wo'
men haye lain at desth's door, stricken
down by the diabolical hand OF an IN
known aend.
One wss bride. snatched from he,
bus oand's aims IN she first hour Of bis
~edded bliss.
This singular crime occurred on
Christmas Eve. On that evening
pretty, winsone Mary Parker, the
ulneteen-year- old daughter Of Farmer
John O. Parker, was married to Cnss.
Gilmore. the son Of neighboring
farmer.
The Parker farm house was full Of
happy visitors, showering congrstu-
lations and good wishes on bride and
groom. At length, amid the laughter
and chatter, singing and music, there
was heard a noisy blowing OF horns
and banging Of tin pans in the road
outside.
"A horning party" cried somebody,
snd there was rush for the door to
give the boisterous serensders . vel
come In hospitable country stYle.
Chsrlss Gilmore, the groom: with
the dainty bride OF an hour, advanced
toward the door to acknowledge the
salute and to give the serensders an
invitation to come inside.
As the pretty bride opened the door
to bow to the se,ensders and the light
flooded her figure, lash and shot
came out Of she darkness.
With q scream the bride fell into
her husbands arms. The right sleeve
Of her wedding gown had suddenly
turned red. The warm blood spstter-
e3 her bodice and the bunch Of pure
white roses at her corssge.
It trickled down her white skirt to
the floor in q sickening food. 1t even
splsshed upon the shirt front and
upon the face OF che horror-stricken
husband.
There was q momentary hush, as
the company stood trans6xed With
awe. Thsn second lot rang out,
and Mrs. Henry Gilmore, sster-in.law
OF the bride, fell to the floor, with
blood streaming from her arm and
shoulder.
A yell Of race riot rose from the men
guests, while the girls and women
screamed snd tainted. The men rush
ed out doors after the fendish sssas-
sin OF sssassins, who had parsded un-
der the guise Of friendly serensders.
But 10 the darkness Of the winter
night they had vanished like ghosts.
The lover.husbsnd, crazed and fran.
tic with grief, st first thought only
OF his belo> ed. snatcned from him in
she hour Of his supreme happiness.
In bis arms he carried her to what
was to have psen he1 bridal bed. Her
life blood was fast ebbins away. The
stupor OF death seemed upon her.
A physician, hu1riedly summoned,
stopped the fo ~ OF blood for the mo.
ment and gave some hopes Of her re-
covery. But 1t was terribly cruel
wound. The girls fair, round arm
had been almost shot away, the bona
fractured between the arm and shoul'
der. Only her corset side.steel had
detected the bullet from iss fatal
course toward her heart.
When the young husband, almost
dsmented with grief and rage, had
time to regain his self'possession, and
after the vain pursuit OF the sere-
naders. he tried to think who could
have had 8 motive fcr the inhuman
deed.
Jealousy IVES the frat thought that
csme into his mi d. he suspected,
at first, 3 neighbor and supposed
friend, Andrew Farrell, young man
Of twenty. bis own sge. He made a
CCuDl6lGp w Cuo CIWA SuSS1o oAS
Farrell was arrested on the charge OF
assault with intent to kill. He was
taken to the House OF Correction at
Rutlsnd.
When the enormity Of tee crime
came to be considered, it seemed al.
most inconcsivable that young Ear.
yell could be guilty OF it. BE is q
frank, honegt-looking young man,
popular among his fellows and OF good
reputation.
Taking these things into account,
and also the growing Impression In
the community ttat some other, more
vilsinous hand had str ack down the
young bride, State Attorney r. A.
Lawrenos changed the charge agains:
Farrell to one OF simple assault, snd
put him under 81, 900 bond to appear
before the March term Of the grand
jury.
The principal evidence sgalnst Far
rell is thHt he was recognized by Chas
| Gilmore, the groom, among the more