The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-04-24
sheriff Buford Made Arrest.

rest OF Ned and Brack Poland on the
night of Feb. &c between Hilton and
Little Mountain. on the Columbia,
Newbcrry and Laurens railroad. The
arrest was made on tho train. Ie
was in Columbia on the day hat
Mrs. Ellison was murdered. Intended
taking 1925 train for Newberry. but
was called off By Mr.. l.. b. Abcr-
nathy, who told him that Mr. Adam
ID. Shull wanted to talk with him
about this murder.
There were Il series OF objections
to this line OF testimony as being here
say and witness was instructed that
he couldn't tell what others had said
to him.
He told of receiving information
) from Conductor John G. Mccain OF
the presence in the forward part of
the train that two negroes whom the
conductor had suspected as haviiS
been connected with the murder. He
arrested them and took them to the
Nowbcrry jail. They denied any
knowledge of the crime. Later he
telephoncd for Mr.. NJ. Il. Fox to come
to Ncwbcrry and identify the prison
clS. NIL. w dlh III. fDtl iIt'HN
came up early Thursday morning and
after tho former identified them they
were taken to Columbia and placed in
tho pcnitcntiary for safe Keeping.
Shcrif Buford started to tell or a
statement made by Brack Toland
while in the Ncwborry iail. hut this
was objected to by counsel Tor the
defendants on the EruOnd that proper
grounds for Introducing a confession
had not been laid mt on further
ground that the statement was made
after tho negroes had been told that
they were in danger. The solicitor
did not insist on the statement and
this feature was dropped,
Sheriff Buford identified the arti-
clos found on the defendants.
Confessed TO Capt. Griffith.
Capt. ID. j. Griffith, superintendent
I the State pcnitcntiary. testified that
the defendants were placed In the
~pcnitentiary on February 81. He had
a conversation with both Of them in
his Office a few days later. They made
voluntary statements about the Ellis
or murder. BraCk was the first to
iHhN a Pl'ttIlitllt hnOhI Nv tutll b..
He said he had never been away from
home before: was induced BY his
i, brother to accompany him on this
trip, telling him that he (Ncd) knew
where they could get some money. He
said they staid around Caycc's depot
{ for Il day or two and the morning Of
the date on which they were arrested
he and Ned went to the house where
Mrs. Ellison lived. They went into
the house and asked for some bread.
f She gave them some biscuits and they
5 offered to pay for it but she rcfuscd
to take my pay. They then started
into the house to warm. Mrs. Ellison,
} he said, at first made no objection to
their warming. but hat she told them
that she believed they were up tC
some mcanncss."
. Brack said that they grabbed her
. and while his brother got the axe he
held her tight. Ned hit her in the
head two or three times and they
= put her body in Il basket, got some
{ things ont of the house and they ran
l. going through the woods a piece.
+, They sold the gun to a man at
I INt" piOoNltHu thu lIII NCHi W
( Columbia, taking the train from there
and going to Irmo; that they walked
: up the railroad from Irmo to Hilton,
boarding the G., n. and /. train there
and being arrested Il few minutes lat
, cr by Sheriff Buford.
Capt. Griffith said he warned Brack
before he made any statement tina ii
would be used against him.
After Brack was SEM back to his
cell, Ned was brought to the office
and made substantially the amc
statement as that made by Brack. he
too, being warned that he could not
be made to make any confession and
that whatever he said would be used
against him
Capt. G.. G.. Roberts of the %penltcn-
/, Itiary guard correlated Capt. Grlilith'S
testimony. The statements made by
Ned and Brack Toland were made in
his hearing as well rs in the hearing
OF Corporal j. p. iiarllng.
Ned Toland on stand.
Ned Toland was sworn for the de-
tense. He said he was from Pros
lpcrity. Left home on Monday ti'cb.
2A) told his brother that he WAS go
ing to Columbia. Ills brother and he
beat the local freight to Columbia.
When they reached Columbia they
went to a restaurant. lie bought
some cocaine from a negro named
Luther. After getting dinner he and
his brother went to Ca%cc. lie carried
5 coal for the operator at Caycc and tho
/ latter allowed the two TO sleep III
the waiting room. They swept ou'
l Inn whiting rNNm tho nnNI mnrninN