The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-03-18
State and General News.

The late w. w. Jones, superanuat-
ed Methodist minister, who died few
days ago, kept a large amount. of
money in sack tied around his body.
It is said that the minister lost money
in bank that failed several years ago
and ever afterward was afraid to trust
his savings to anyone.
At 7:3O O'Clock Friday morning in
the mill of the Marion Manufacturing
Co., Luther Hewitt shot Arch Ste
phen's twice, inhicting dangerous
wounds and then shot himself dead.
Both parties were young men. He
witt was prompted by jealousy, it
seems, as the night before Stephens
walked home from party with a
young lady to whom Hewitt had been
paying marked attention. The two
met and quarrel resulted, but it was
thought the matter had been settled
until the next morning when Hewitt
began firing at Stephens without
warming.
Frank Bolton, young white man
about 26 years old has been arrested
in Asheville upon the charge of Grim
inally assaulting Miss Daisy Koon, 1S
years old, in the suburbs of Columbia,
a few days ago. He will first be tried
in Asheville upon charge Of larceny
before being brought back to Colum-
bia. Bolton denies the charge of as
sault.
Miss Emma Yancy,. a 16-year-old-
girl, was arrested ateher home near
Cameron, Orangeburg county, on Fri
day, upon the charge of violating the
postal laws. 1t is alleged that Miss
Yancy used cancelled stamps and the
evidence brought out at the prelimi-
nary was sufficient to bind her over to
the higher daurt, but the Inspector
did not require that this be done and
the young lady was released.
The will Of the late Senator Latimer
has been probated. It is estimated
that the estate is worth between three
and five hundred thousand dollars.
There are several legacies: William
A. Latimer, broth er of the deceased;
Mrs. Sarah Alice Latimer, wife of the
deceased, and William Carroll Lati-
mer, son of the deceased, are the
executors.
st. Matthews was visited by a S3, 900
fire on Friday night.
Mrs. Mary E. Frady, of Anderson,
who was charged with numbering her
infant and then throwing the body
away, has been released from custody
on account of insufficient evidence.
w. H. Sellers, the blind tiger king,
of Columbia, has been granted bail
by Chief Justice Pope in the sum of
$1,000. Sellers put up the cash and
was released from custody on Monday
afternoon. The motion was made at
Newberry. Sellers was represented
by Col. P. H. Nelson and F. G. Thomp-
kins, while Solicitor Zimmerman re-
sisted the motion.
William Perkins. negro, attempt
ed to kill himself at the State peni-
tentiary on Saturday morning by
jumping from the fourth floor of the
building and landing on the cement
floor below. The attempt was unsuc-
cessful, however, as he only received
broken arm. His escape is
remarkable. He denies that he tried
to kill himself. Perkins is life term
prisoner.
Margaret Burton, aged 15-years,
shot and killed herself at her home in
Trenton, New Jersey, on Sunday.
The young girl had become despon-
dent over the care of her mother, who
has been seriously i'll for some time. :.
William A. Courtney, one of the
best known men in South Carolina
and gentleman of the old school died
at his home in Columbia last night.