The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-10-14
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spartanburg. Oct 10.--ln the heart
Of spartanburg. with Its 10000 pso-
pie. mob Of infuriated citizens. al
ttnss apmbsring 1000 OF more,
4 fought today and tonight with the
military and civil authorities for the
posssssion Of John Irby negro. who
y alleged To have attempted to raw
ish Miss Lille Dem psey earlier In
the day while the young woman was
cn her way here from saxon mill viii
iags. three miles away. Four persons
were wounded. one OF them seriously.
and John Sparks. restaurant keeper,
vas arra.ted and held without bail on
the charge OF shooting Sheriff Nichols.
Who was tightly wounded In the ex-
change OF shots between the mob and
the suthorities. who wers protecting
tbs prssonsr.
Beginning about noon. the crowd.
suilen and bent on vengeance on the
negro. roamed about the court house
squaSs. approaching at times the very
4, sates OF the high wall enclosing tho
nil. Later tonight the situation be-
came alarming. The crowd was aug
mentsd by 500 people from Greenvillc.
There was some shooting In the street
and the mob mos ed into the public
square.
Tho hrst shot came from a window
Of the Jail and II w3s followed by
others from the same Quarter. An an
swering shot was hred from the
crowd. This broke a window In the
JAN and slightly wounded Sheriff Mich
olla Sparks was accused OF the sh ool-
ins, and immediately taken into custo-
day. His attorneys ofSersd $1,000
bail tonight. but this was refused.
Those wounded BY the officers when
shsy nssd on the crowd were:
Grover Fowler. IL years old. shot
IN the arm and hand: Earnest ros-
ter. 30 years old. seriously wounded
In the side and shoulder: Garner. -
years old. siightiy wounded In the
hip; al mill operatives.
DR.. b. r. Black addressed the mob
froSs the church steps. stating that
the negro ala not criminaily sssult
Ne girl. but she was badly bruised
shout the breast. neck and face.
\ whilo today's crime OF the negro
lrbv vas the chief cause Of the mob's
fury. the presence In the Jail Of two
other assroes against whom there
have from time TO time recently been
tnrsass OF violence added to the ca !.
cfssmsnt One OF these negroes. Clar-
Jencs Agnew. wrecked passenger
train on the main lire Of the Southern
s>iiwsy two weeks ago. near Duncan.
9 9. and the engineer and fireman
vers killed In that wreck.
y W., ,expec ,sd that Agnew would
- U;sd at the last term of court, bu'
80 ssns unexpected reason he was
~ 0}o4 The other negro, Will Fos-
-. vqo|twice convicted OF the revolt
me uuopr OF John Young. a white
Rsa. a. November.
vQ46vsst was, effected shortly az.
r - pnnission of his crime and
Close g - Gene of his attack. RE
e4 ~ mill operatives. was
"<en oaes> ~ young lady. who i'm
msdlAss'y >esesAsd him. and was then
carried inse ~ woods. His captors
were about = hsA him when mount
Cd police srrsvs< snd wrested him
from the CROWD. ~ however. before
che "es'o had sssa hsAly beaten. Tl.
negro was taken v NE jail and al
most Immediately TIE storm,n~ n, the
JAIL began. Sheriff NhAo,, .wors In
number Of deputies s>a n. militia
was ordered out The ma ,,,sd 20
sain ingress by means Of NJ, Ia
ders. but that too proved inss.c,v,,
AZ midnight the mob spsr,. 600.
waning. The men that rushsa ,n,o
the city from Greenviile made 49,.
% tho stores where nr,s,
might oe had. but found policemen :,
every turn and after conserring w,th
local leaders the crowd evidently d.
ci'icd 70 make no immediate assault %
the .si. The policemen arrested Nv.
sl'ssed leaders Of the mob about mi
night. this action having a saiuto-,
effect The IAurens company o.
state troops had been stationed at tn,
court house overlooking the Jail.
shortly after midnight the crowd OF
the streets had diminished and tn,
crisis was believed to be passed.
IAsrens Company Responded.