The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-02-17
MANNING, S. C. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY II, 1909
PLEAD FOR LIFE
Some Substantial Evidence in an
Aiken Murder Case.
HEARD Her BEGGING

For Her Life, and Then Heard
Screams and Blows-One Witnes:
Declared That Mrs. Lowe Resign
ed in Favor Of Another Woman
Who Had Supplanted Her.
Aiken, Feb. l0.-A very interest
in case is being tried at the present
term of our court, being that OF
Sovereign Lowe and Lee Boyd, charg-
ed with the murder of Loves wife.
The case had not proceeded far
before it was discovered that Boyd
had nothing to do with the crime,
and the Judge instructed the jury
to bring in a verdict of not guilty
in his case. Lowe is now being
tried and the testimony against him
so far is very damaging.
was that of Afford Glover, who re-
was that Of Alfard Glover, who re-
sided a short distance from the
Loves house. He said about three
o'clock on the night Of the murder,
he heard Mr. Garry Toole call him,
and he went out, and when he got
out OF the house, he heard wo-
man scream in the direction of
Loves house, and he went to the
corner of the fence a few feet from
the door. Here he heard screams,
and a woman begging for her life.
He said he recognized the voice as
that Of Mrs. Lowe, and he heard
man striking blows and cursing,
and he recognized this voice as that
of Lowe
DR.. H. Hastings Wyman, Jr., testi-
fed that he assisted in the second
examination of Mrs. Loves body,
and made dissection. He found
her neck broken. and corroborated
the testimony of the other. physic-
ians. A very important point in the
physicians testimony was that they
were of the opinion that the bruises
on her person were made before
death.
Coroner johnson held the inquest.
He first went to loves house on
day Of her death, but did not hold
inquest: again visited that section
on following Saturday, at instigation
of mother of deceased. Remains
were disinterred, but body no: TAX
en- out of coffin. Again held an ex-
animation on following Wednesday,
when the physicians made q. dis
section. Neck was timber, as was
also the hands. The defendant did
not object to the holding of the ina
quest.
The negro Afford Glover, said on
cross examination that he did not
testify to what he told today, at
the corooer's inquest because he was.
afraid to do so, as his brother had
been waylaid and killed. He also
said that threats had been made
against him since the crime, If he
said thai he had heard Lowe say
said that he had heard Low say
that his wife had come home one
day, and wrote on the wall that she
would resign in favor of another
woman and would leave Lowe.
Tie State then rested its case.
The first witness the defense called
was Mr.. Garry Toole, who resided
near the Lowe house. He said so
far as he knew the defendant and
his wife were on good terms. Said
he got up about three o'clock on the
morning in question, and called to
Afford Glover; said he heard no
screams; knew that Mrs. Lowe had
sore on cheek; said he saw face
was black after death, and that
breast and throat were discolored.
Olivia Boyd testified that Mrs.
Lowe could not write, consequently
could not write the inscription on
Loves house. Saw blue place on
neck: looked like bloodshot mark;
neck was stiff. (Witness was the
other woman referred to in the
writing on wall Of house.) Jennie
Atkinson said she wrote the inscrip-
ton on Loves house.
Two witnesses here testified that
the neck of the deceased was timber
at the inquest.
Lee Boyd, the acquitted defendant,
being sworn said he was with Lowe
Sunday afternoon and night; said
Lowe was not drunk; Lowe. after
being in bed a few minutes. said he
was sick. and got up, and went out.
Witness then went to sleep; was
awakened at about three o'clock
when Lowe looked at clock, and went
back to sleep. Short time after that
was awakened by Lowe calling his
wife. Boyd and Lowe got up, struck
light and found Mrs. Lowe dead.
Slept in same room.
Lowe, the defendant, was next
placed on the stand; said he had
several drinks on afternoon before
Mrs. Loves death. he told prac-
tically same story as Boyd, finding
his wife dead. Boyd went to Mrs.
Garry Toole's and then several came
to his house. Denied that she met
violence at his hands. Said wife
was not sick.
Found Him Guilty.