The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-01-23
En oraDgeburg Jury Restores Eol
chestsr's Sheriff to Els
Eish CEce.

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little daughter OF Mr. L. S. Connor,
. one Of the best known and most re-
spscted nen in Dorchester. The negro
wss captured by posse, among w1on
was the father OF tho little girl, and
taken 80 ST. Georges and delivered to
the sher Il Tijs Was ABOUT II o'clock,
on the dsy CT the crime, and just 80
hour or two later second posse,
composed Of score OK more OF men,
came to the jail and comnittee O.!
| shout y entered and asked the sher.
If for 81 interview with the negro,
who was looked in So iron cage on the
seccrd floor.
The sne.tt went ior ana hrough.
the pcisolsr down stairs a1d the mob
took him away snd lyncned him. The
sheriff claimed that he thought that
the mob only wanted to question the
negrc-Go hold q sort OF preliminary
Grisl-snd chat he hsd no idea thst
they intended to make way with the
prisoner. The sheriff also claimed not
80 know any Of the men who conpos
ed the mob, although they demanded
tie prisoner within four hours sitter
the deed was committed, snd were
undou btedly men from within rad.
ius Of Eve miles OF the county seat.
Governor Hsy ward = q Listed Sole
itor Hildebrsnd to investigate the
matter, which be did. but Is the sher.
if claimed no: to have recognized any
Of the mob, and IS the jury rendered
8 verdict to the effect that the negro,
viii Spain, cane to his death at the
hands Of men unknown to them, the
Jury, no indictments w're handed out
agsinst the mob, but at the fall term
Of the cou.s OF generSl sessions for
Dorchester county Solicitor Hide.
brand prepared bil. charging Sheriff
L!nehouse with criminal cowardice.
The grand jury found & true bill
snd Gov. Hey yard, who had taken 8
deep interest in the matter, promptly
suspended the sheriff from cf6ce,
pending his trial. The coroner, ?. L
E z:r, was commissioned shsrif and
oss so acted since, but did not want
! the cfse and wrote tae governor to
appoint some one else IN his stead.
| Orsngehurg county was selected as
the county in which the case would be
sried, the csse was reached Friday
as scheduled. Solicitor Hudeb-and
represented the State again as ably as
be did little less than year ago
when he prosecuted the Eutawville
lynchers, and Sheriff Linehouse was
represented By . brilliant array Of tai.
ent com posed Of Messrs. Connor, Hiers
and Dennis e.f tbs Dorchester bsr,
and R1ysor & Summers, Wolfe s. Bsr.
y and Bowman & Bowman Of the Or
angsburg bar.
The first witness for the State was
Lawton Linehouse, son Of the defend.
ant, and deputy sherid Of Dorchester
county, who testified that he received
the prisoner, Will Spain, and locked
him in the cell. Ssid that st request
OF parties who came to the jsil he
turned the prisoner (Vsr to them for
the purpose ct holding 3 preliminary
s12ninstion and having the prisoner
properly committed; thst the mob
overRowered him and his father snd
Go.k the prisoner trcn them, and that
the mob Vas composed OF IS men, II
Of whom csrHied the prisoner away on
q hand Car on the S5atharn railway.
Dr.. 4. r Johnson testified ti:st be
sss il the jsil sad that he SEW the
mob overpower the sheriff and his
deputy and take the prisoner away.
BE saw the soerif try to use his pis
tol, bus recogn z ID none OF the mob.
Dr.. Joe P. Johnson testified as to
conditions IS he found them when he
went to the jail, atte, the mob ha6
dispersed.
| Z. Virgil Minus testified that he
wss at work In an cfice nesr the court
house. He took the testimony st the
coroners II quest, but didn't hes, the
sheriff ssy Re knew any Of this mob.
Miss Sibyl Thomas and Mrs. e. E.
Thomas testified as to the sheriff IS
conversation with Gov. Hayward, thsy
being Southern Bell long distance ope-
cators. Mrs. Thomas testified she
sheard Sheriff Ltmehouse tell the gov.
ernoE he knew the members OF the
NIB.
Ike Minus tasti6s6 SIS to the search
I md capture Of the prisoner and IS to
delivering him to the sheriff. This
gas corr ooocatsd by Peter Stokes.
| Dr.J. P. Minus testified that he
sent 80 the jail after tie mob had
! taken the prisoner, saw the hand car
| In the distance and told OF the sherif's
mental condition At the tine.
| 4. e. Mccormick, secletsry and
treasurer Of the Dorchester Lumber
company, OF Bsdhan, and who lives ct
Badhsn, ssw the mob come by With
the pf.soaer, knew cole Of them, ana
knoRs that none were employees OF the
Dorchester Lumber company.
W. T. JAG ces and John 4. Hire:
also testjfed as to conditions IS they
found shem or arriving on the scene.
out that they knew none OF the mob.
; The defense introduced no testi-
, mo1y at sll, and consequently Their
attorneys had GO rely. Solic!to,
EudebEaad made an able argument
3 for the State, while Hon. Thomas NJ
! RsyEor replied for the defense, being
the only one Ct the brilliant arrsy O:
I ssleDt tc reply to Solicitor Hide
t brand.
S Judge Cages chsrgs to the jury va!
$ unusually strong and brilliant. Ee
held that II the shsr + brought th<
prisoner before q body OF unknown
msn and allowed them TO take r.!