The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-02
OFFICER slain
And Three Negroes We're Quietly
Strung Up for the
DAST5D2DiY crime

DHS HESSs yENss9E&
Three Brothers Resisted Arrest FOR
Disturbing Public Worship, Kill.
ing One Officer and Fatally
Wounding Another Mur6erers
Caught, Tried and Executed.
Union City, Tenn, Nov. 24-The
little town Of Tiptonville. bordering
on Reel Foot Lake, which has been
the scene OF many stirring accidents
the past month, witnessed the hang
ing late this afternoon OF three n
groes who were arrested this morn
ing FOR numbering Special Deputy
Sheriff Richard Burruss. and fatally
wounding John Hall, deputy
sheriff.
The negroes names are Marshali
Stinebeck. Edward Stinebeck and
Jim Stirebeck. The brothers Great
cd disturbance al religious mee:-
Ing near Tiptonviile Saturday night.
and when the two officers went 10
srrest them, fight ersued in which
the negroes shot down the officers
snd made their escape.
It was barely daylight Sunday
morning before posse OF cittzens
from TiDtonville and the surrounding
country were in. pursuit Of the ne
groes, but they successfully eluded
the white men until S o'clock this
morning when they were surrounded
and captured in little swamp near
the village Of Ridgely.
Once captured, the murdereEs
were quietly landed in jail at Tip
tos7ille. The news of their capture
spread rapidly to the surrounding
territory aud in addition to several
hundred memuars of the posse men
began arriving by every road and
soon the jail was surrounded by q
mob which had no hesitancy in
threatening lynching quickly and
surely.
In fact it was feared at noon that
the best towns people could not pre-
vent the ly1ching from taking place
IN broad daylight.
One Of the first citizens to noun
the steps Of the jail and make an ap-
peal to the mob was ]. T. Burnett
a well wnown lawyer. He recalled
the recent night rider outrages which
had disgraced the vicinity. He ad-
nonished his hearers not to do any.
thing desperate, and to let the Law
take it's course, at the same tins
promising that full justice would be
done the three black men. Thi:
met with long growl Of disapprova
and Mr.. Burnett, evidently seeing
that his remarks were Of no avail
pleaded with the men that If tne3
were determined to lynch the ne
groes to at least await until nigh
had fallen.
Taylor Hall, brother Of The
wounded deputy sheriff, followed MIR
Burnett. He said in effect that {
postponement Of the lynching unit
night would be satisfactory to him
The mob, however, was very rest
less and it was soon seen that i
would be impossible to stem the tide
Of feeling.
AS a last resort S. ]. Caldwell
townsman, and Sheriff Hayne:
went before Justice Lee Davis ant
explained the situation, telling Of thu
menacing attitude Of the crowd
which thronged the streets leadinE
to the Jail. Justice Davis agreed K
open his court at once. and at
o'clock summoned jury Of 12 mel
and allowed the negroes, after al
evidence that could be adduced va
heard, to be duly sentenced to death
Meanwhile Governor Patterson
was advised by telephone Of the sit
uation and ordered company o
militia in this city to porceed witt
all haste to secure the negroes anc
conduct them to a place Of safety
The troops were started at once
but failed to arrive in tine TO pre-
vent the hanging.
At the trial only the evidence @
those who had seen the killing was
heard, and in s,n incredibly saor
time the case was given to the jury
who, in q few minutes, returned {
verdict Of guilty and fixing the per.
atty at death.
The sentence had barely been pass
ed On the three negroes when the
mob, with q whoop and a yell
swarmed into the court room, a1G
seizing the negroes, rushed them =
q large tree near the edge Of towI
snd hanged them, firing volley ate:
Tolley into the air as the bodies were
drawn up from the earth.