The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-30
Forces His Way Into a Young
Married Lady's Room
and ASSAULTS her
The Barbarous Crime Was Commit.
ted in a Home on One Of the
Principal Streets Of the Town Of
Hartsville While the Husband Was

Hartsville, Dec. 22.-The crime OF
last might, heinous, black and terri
bic, in which young married wo-
man was brutally asaulted By a ne
gro, is upprmost in the minds ~
every Hartsville citizen today. There
is no clue, no evid, nee Of who or
where the guilty party IS. except
that the victim knows that the fiend
IS q negro, that he is Of medium size,
that he has beard and that lie
wore a gray slouch hat. -.
The scene of the horrible crime
was home on principal street;
the time about 9 O'Clock Monday
night. The town has no arc lights
here and there is an incandescenr
light. It was dark and the rain
was pouring. The victim is a young
married wornln Of -stinable char
cter. Sha has been married ser-
eral years, anG has a little boy about
FIVE years of age, who was asleep,
I'D w'nc was the only one at the
time il, 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 door Of TIE home
and entered the bed chamber Of the
Lady. She had retired, but had
mp burning on the bureau. The
hend went to the bed and said, "I
will kill you If you make a fuss
stating hh had a gun. He went to
the bureau and blew out THE light,
vent back to the bed and caught the
lady around the waist. pulled ter
from the bed ord carried her into
the hall She pleaded for her life.
lie repeated, .'Jf yc1 scream I win
III. you" She said, please doc't
Kill me; spare my life" He replied.
Keep your me nth shut and ] won't
ill you He accom- fshed his
1endish purpose, then made his es-
cape, the rain, which continued to
Eall, covering up all possible traces
Of his steps.
The lady hnlieves she world rec
cgnize the fend w':,e he brought
face to lace With her. Chief Of Po-
T. n. Kirkpatrick of :Hartsvi'le,
Deputy Sheriff ". H. Mosingo from
darlington and several other depa-
ti3ed men, as well as the citizens ,,r
sIartsville, are doing ali in their
power to apprehend, arrest ana con-
vict the right man. Several sus
nocts lave been arrested and car
lied before the lady, but they prov
ed to be innoe1nt.
One feature in the chapter is th t
the negro, purposely to snrou1 his
idelstity in mystery, stated to the
lady tl,at he VAS fortune teller.
that he was with the carnival and
hat if she screamed or made a noise
he would return later and kill her
The Smith Greater shows are here
mt no one believes the negro was IN
N any way connected with the
hows. 1t is Thought that the ma
vas acquainted with the town.
Huntsville is distressed, her cit
fzens naturally are greatly enrag d
at the outrageous crime, but they
are calm and cool headed, yet dill.
gent. a Tsward Of $500 has be.n
offered for the capture, apprehenstoa
md conviction of the fend.
He is described as feing about
Eve fe1t ten inches high, of medi-
rm size. beard on face and wore
cray slouch hat. TIE lady is bear
ing up as we'll as could be expected
N the face of this terrible experience
through which she passed.