Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-03-12
TUESDAY, MARCH II, 1907.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

- EX-freSluent cleveland Is spcHuhS
couple of weeks at Georgetown. the
guest of General E. P. Alexander.
- Spartanburg Journal: Mrs. Mary
z. Littlejohn, aged seventy-nine years,
sister of John Terrell Wilkins, who
was burned to death at Mary Louise
mills several days ago. met with q
similar fate at Cowpens Friday night,
shortly after o'clock. Her clothing
caught fire and burned rapidly. When
assistance reached her she was lying
on the floor In front Of the fire place,
her clothing having been burned from
her person. The flames spread from
her clothing to the furnishings In the
room and 1t was by hard work that the
fire was extinguished. Mrs. Lttlejohn
lived alone in small cottage in Cow
pens. 1t is supposed that she was try
ing to heat water In kettle when her
clothing caught fire, for when her body
was discovered kettle Of water was
found sitting near the fireplace. Evil
IDENTIFY the old lady was leaning over
the fire place and was in the act Of
placing the kettle on bed Of Goals
when her clothing ignited and blazed
| up. The flames within the house at
tracted neighbors and relatives and
they rushed to the house to find Mrs.
Littlejohn lying on the floor with her
clothing on fire. ]. w. Wilkins, her
nephew was one Of the first to reach
the house, and he set to work extin-
| gushing the flames. He was badly
burned. Several days ago ]. T. Will
kins, brother Of Mrs. Lttlejohn, per-
lshed in a fire that destroyed his home
at Mary Louise Cotton mill, four miles
| from Cowpens. That two members Of
this family have been burned to death
within a few days is a remarkable
| coincidence. Mrs. Littlejohn Is sur
vived by three children. The funeral
service took place on Sunday.
= Columbia special Of Sunday to
Charlotte Observer: Charlie b. Green,
a suburban merchant, was waylaid
and killed, and his assailant, Edgar
Marshall, son of p. G. Marshall, was
also killed about midnight last night
In Shandon In sight Of Green's home.
| Their dead bodies were not found for
several hours. So far as eyewitnesses
ara concerned, the tragedy is mys-
| terry and only circumstances tell the
tale. Green, with his clerk, left his
store near Epworth orphanage about
1880, and they walked two blocks
together, when Green turned down
Preston street. Half way Of the
block he was accosted and the posi-.
ton Of the bodies and other circum-
stances indicate that Marshall attack
ed him with a heavy slung shot: that
Green fired at Marshall at close
range and that Green was himself
fired upon either by Marshall or
confederate OF Marshall. Three shots
Frustrated Green's body, and two Of
| them were fired as he was falling to
his knees. Before being wounded he
had doubtless given Marshall his
death wound, the ball entering the
right chest and two others making
| flesh wounds on the face. When Mr..
Green had not come home by 2o'clock
Mrs Green aroused q neighbor and
search was made. The two men
were found In the street, lying with
their feet together as they had fallen.
Green's pistol, with four chambers
vas at his right hand At Marshall's
right was a 3S-calbre Smith & Wes-
son, which had not been fired, and
near his left hand was q 41-calibre
Colts, Of which five chambers had been
fred Under Marshall's body was
found the regulation highwayman's
slung shot, and his face was covered
by a black cloth mask, while q woolen
comforter enveloped his throat to COM
was unknown In Shandon and was not
Identified for several hours until his
father was sent for and recognized In
| the would-be robber his young son.
The neighbors heard the shots, but as
| shooting by negroes and drunken men
| 's not unusual no attention was paid
to 1t. Not even the clerk J. B. Ward.
who had just left Green, gave any fur
ther attention to the shooting. Shandon
Is separate incorporation from Co
lumbia, and has only one officer to
preserve order. Marshall had returned
several months ago from Panama,
where he had a good position as ma
chinist. He went In the Southern
shops here as q strike breaker sever
| al years ago, and at that time had
some trouble with striking mach:nists.
He was considered Wild and reckless,
but had apparently settled down re-
Gently. His father Is highly esteemed,
and the family is an excellent one In
this community. Green was man Of
excellent standing and Is well connect
| ed. His wife Is sister Of Mr.. L. p.
Levin. They have no children. Green
was about forty-flve years old. Mar
shall was not yet thirty. The coroners
| Jury returned a non -committal verdict
to the effect that Green and Marshall
came to their death from gunshot
wounds.
Columbia State, March IL: Judge
Ernest Gary did not go to Walhalla
yesterday to hold court, and the seal
ed sentence against II. Rudolph Ra-
oens was not opened. Rabens Is the
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being the fence" for the yeggs who
operated in this state, but the partic-
ular crime for which he was convict
ed was for receiving goods taken In
the Courtenay mill safe robbery. AL
though Rabens was convicted on
February and a bench warrant was
issued for his arrest, the man Is yet
at large. 1t will be recalled from the
reports Of the trial that Judge Ernest
Gary acted with great deal Of firm
ness and forced the trial to proceed.
The jury brought in verdict Of gull
ty within five minutes. The object
of the defense was to delay going to
trial, because the prosecution had
brought there at great expense the
reformed yeggman, Mccarthy, upon
whose testimony Rabens was convict
ed. 1t was hoped that by delaying
the trial Mccarthy could not be per-
torneys for the defense moved for a
preliminary hearing. This was over
ruled by Judge Gary, who decided that
the prisoner was not present and had
practically waived a preliminary by
his absence and could not be
given preliminary by proxy.
Judge Gary handed the indictment to
the grand jury and true bill was re-
turned. The next morning the indict-
ment could not be found. 1t was al
legged that an attorney in the case was
the last one seen. with the indictment
but he proved alibi sufficient to pre-
vent him from being ruled for con-
tempt and Judge Gary ordered another
indictment drawn and ordered 1t toin-
clude two additional counts-being .ac-
cessory before and after the facts.
Within five minutes a true bill was
returned and the trial was engaged In
with the results stated. Upon a ver-
dict Of guilty being returned, Judge
Gary rendered a sealed verdict From
this there is no appeal until the de-
fendant shows himself In court at the
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