The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-01-25
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lar to Jarrett hurled Alien Futol
from his ped and sat tta house afira,
II yugaad Into al lion, d roo,sl !, uaid
Mrs. Fntelf and WAB blindsd .byS The
bght AMI hnaes exptctad to aas
my boy 8ern Into fyag gtnonta but lac
was unhlItU. Nv B. tliyssf siat ter on The
flames add as.Sed aho iaouse and tlaen
was SO fthAnl fIll hAS Ss ia 81 baen
spared tt,kt Il g ttisEess ii, 81 Srras sround
Allen Sna CITED i,hNnkG ID srhpnh
Ii iassken for q gYanted bysall Shs,
the attsA pts are too cumming TO bt
plannedi q negro N NJ st;
Ib is tthe work of a white nagss,i
says Alle1, y wv Thy, /, when e gOG iny SeIj
togetnerI from Gfl0 ahock OF the 3 yisa
mite bonlb, u rushed out OF the house 81
shoottngl to- give the Al8rni to the
negroaa who were sleeping in the
quarteIAi
ITO 4ay astonish mont, tie dog
were gore IS. 81 4
I'VE rave three dogs which we
keep In yard for ail ltled spfote eotlofil
Ono Of .tsie negraS csrne running luf
about t,Ns time aud I told him sc
hurry is the barn aud aaddle nat
horse, az 1 w &ated 20 90 TO tThonnss.
Vile to} get the sheriff aud blood.
hounds. By +. ss5S y
my Horse was gone. .i
The horsB reburn0d about two
hours laasr and With him came the
dogs" 4; ,S }st3.3
The Theory advanced ia tha6 the
assassin Hrat Went TO tho barn and
mounted Aliens horse, knowing she
dogs void follow the horde.
My dogs viii follow that horHe
day or nsght, Without question or auB,
picion nsAllen says. II .si,y95 a
The horse was ridden ahoue a quar-.
ter Of aImile away, sio6 and left be.
hind, apa with him, iU 5is belieY ed
the dogs, visited OUT In the Woods.
The assassin, and Glie tracks In the
newly sloBed ground clearly estab.
lishes this, returned TO the house,
crept uu9ier the building cut his hole
through i1he floor and put the dyna.
nite betab into tho room, lighted the
fuse an6fiad.
The bbmb exploded at 1923 O'Clock
Sunday bight and Within ten mln1teB
the negro ser wants and tenants on the
pIaoo bad boen thoroughly aroused
and were as tho home
When 4 found the horse and dogs
gone, shys Allen, / ordered one Of
the negroes to hurry to q house q
q lartes OF q mile away, for more
assistance.
I'm afeyS minutes the negro canaa
running bh5k badly frightened. He
told me- yh0 had just seen i man ON
my hor rssriaing through the woods.
This man was, beyond qusltion,
the assgsaia, who had hurried to the
woods fiieee The had lett my. noYse,
mountsh bSand was e,:csping. Tracks
the nett ds2 showed the negro's
stRteme1 30 30 be truo. The horse re-
turned slone, With Yelns gone, In
about iionfs. IS l
8 ssistR cs1nns ssEstl Ssii I'D tiiIs
awful CASE indicates the work to be-
that Of 3 cunning white man who is
thoroughly familiar with the place;
so familiar, in fast, that he could
Nccate the exact position Of my bed,
though ho was under the house."
The ninth attempt was made last
Sunday night, and but for the alert.
ness Of Night Guard Judson Fewell,
might have been successful.
l FIRED TO KILL HIM.
Guard Fswell went on duty last
Sunday night al dark. Mrs. Futch
and Allen waT6 in the house, with
shotguns and revolvers Ii reach.
Il had presentment !" says Mrs.
Futoh, that there would be trouble,
and told Judson to watch every
thing and Investigate thu least noise.
told him not to shoot anyone com.
ing In ut the front gate. ab John
might be coming home"
Shortly after 8 O'Clock Fewell
heard s noiae.
He was in the rear of the house at
the time, but quickly orawled over
the deep sand on his all fours, to the
front.
He heard the latch OF the gate
drop into It's socket and then was
silhoue6ted the form Of q man,
whether white or black Fewell did
not know, In the darkness.
II DRIED to him to Haiti but ho
turned and sprapR behind tree, I"
says Fewell. The next moment he
started to run, and fired point
blank and fired to kill, but missed
the man as 1T was dark. He got
away, but we followed his tracks into
tho woods for some distance"
Since Sunday night the house hes
been constantly guarded, day and
night.