The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-12-25
Forces His Way Into a Young
Married Lady's Room
and ASSAULTS HER
The Barbarous Crime Was Commit
ted in Home on One of the
Principal Streets Of the Town OF
Hartsville While the Husband Was
at His Store.

at His Store.
\Hartsville, Dec. 22.-The crime os
last night, heinous. black and terri
BILE. in which a young married wo-
man was brutally assaulted by ne
gro, is upplrmost in the minds ~
every Hartsville citizen today. There
Is no clue, no evid, nee of who Or
where the guilty party IS. excepe
that the victim knows that this fend
IS negro, THAT he is OF medium sdzes
that he has beard and that he
wore gray slouch hat.
The scene of the horrlble crime
WIS home on a principal STREET,
the time about 8 o'clock Monday
night The town has no arc lights
here and there is IN incandescenT
light. It was dark and the rain
was pouring. The victim is Young
married woman Of .stimable- char
| acter. She has been. married Sc.
eral years, anu has little boy about
FIVE years Of age, who was asleep.
:: nd who was the only one at the
time in the house with her. The
husband. a young business man, had
not returned from his store.
The black fend forced his way,
through the front dtor OF the homo
and entered the bed chamber OF the
lady. %She had retired, but had q
lamp burning, on the bureau. The
fiend went to the bed and said, '.E
will kill you If You make FUSS"
stating ha had gun. He went TO
the bureau and blew out the light
went back to the bei andtcaught the
lady around the Tyaist pulled far
from ine bed ord carried her into
the hall. She pleaded for her life.
He repeated. "If ycI scream I win
;rill YOU" She said, Please doe'e
kin me; spare my life." He replied.
"Xesp your me euth shut and Nc,nie
kill you" He acconn ished his
fendish purpose, then made his ses-
cape, the rain, which continued t.s
fall, covering up all possible traces
of his steps.
The lady balieves she would rec
cgnize the fiend w.'e he brought
face to iece with her. Chief Of Eo-
K. Fl. kirkpatrick of Hartsvi'le
Deputy Sheriff w. H. Mosingo from
Darlington and se.&ral other depu-
tized men, as well as the citizens .uf,
lIartsville, are doing all in their,
power to apprehend, arrest ana c2n-
vict the right man. Several sills
poets have been arrested and car
ried before the lady, but they prov
ed to be innooant.
One feature in the chapter is th {
the negro, purposely 10 snroud bis
idelrtity in mystery, stated to the
lady that he was fortune teller,
that he was with the carnival and
that if sue screamed or made noise
he would return later and kill her.
The Smith Creator shows are here
b,rt no one believes the negro was in
in any way connected with the
shows. 1T is thought thst the ma
was acquainted with the town.
Hartsvl'le is distressed, her scft-
izens natr ally are greatly enrag ics
at the outrageous crime. but they
are calm and cool headed, yet diii.
gent. A Tsward Of $500 has be- m
offered for the capture, Apprehension
| and conviction of the fiend.
He is described as feiHp about
five fe:t ten inches hign, Of medt-
nm size. beard on face and wore
gray slouch hat. The lady is BEAR
ing up as we'll as could be expect"..
in the face Of this ter -ihle experience
through which she passed.
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