The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-11-04
A FIEND CAUGHT
AID Narrowly Escaped Lynching For an
Attempted Assault
ON A LEXINGTON LADY

ON A LEXINGTON LADY
The Fsend watched the Home 2 >. o. Q!
Tho Lady Until Hg HRasb'zasaa i i ED
sor His wsrs. When he Attacked
Her In the Yard and iKnoesed Ee,
Dowa and Choked Her.
A dispatch from Lexington say:
coot Lever. the negro Rho attempt,
ed to crsminally assault the young
wife of "a psomiueat' Dutch y Forh
easme-, at Her home near Pihey
WOODS Church Monday afternoon
between the Hours of and 2'o'clock
was lodged in the Lexington jail
iby Deputy Sheriff Miller Tuesday
morning about 2 o'clock. after the
most exciting race that officer has
eve. known, Lever was captured
In the house 9of another negro near
the town of Chaplin.
The train for Columbia was, soon
due, and it was the first intention
of the officer to carry his man by
rail-, but before the train arrived mr
Miller heard the posse coming on
horseback and he at once secreted
the negro until buggy could. bs
secured. In the meantime the angry
crowd was SECURING the whole neigh,
borhood round about. seeking the
whereabouts Sf the deputy. *.
AS soon as possible Constable. 2. l.
Roof hitcheds. up his horse and me;
sIr. N!ller few hundred yards away
and tie journey OF fourteen nsiss
TO iae court house was begun. Is
the party rode over the rought hills
Of Dutch Fork. they often imagined
that they easd>theasonnd !9e hosses
feet right behind, and by the use
OF the whip ehe horse was made te
increase his speed. when the rlTeE
was reached, 9e was found ehat ths
se,yymen. Mr. James Wisa had gene
'possum hunting. Realizing that nc
time must bs lost, Mr.: tAiiFefstold
the wife of ghe Serrymen that he
would leave the tat on TIE sotheE
side, and the eriver was creased. ~
Almost before the Officers bad
crossed. however. they heard fhe
crowd ride UP to the banks of the
river on the opposite side. But tne
fat vss gons; aud theiss: pt&gs were
again Soiled for the time .beiRg; 8S
the time the parties on. horseback
crossed the tirer, the officers had
almost reached Lexington. How
ever. In the hope Of oyertaainG the
men with the negro, eight OF the
party rode ot to Lexington, arriv'
ing there about fifteen minutes after
the officers. They rode Up to the
;ail armed to; the teeth, and asked
about the negro. but no attempt at
violence was shown.
while Deputy Sheriff Miller was
talking to the crowd, Constable
Roof had Lever hid away n the
garden, the posse arriving before
the negro could be placed in IL cell,
Some of the horseback riders had
come the whole distance Of eigh-
teen miles bareback. so determined
were they to bring vengeance upon
the assailant's' head. The negro was
kept in the Jail until news was re-
sceived that a mob was forming
when he was removed to the Peni'
tentiory just Tin time to avert an
attack upon the jail.
Story of the Crime.
Monday between IL and I o'clock,
the negro was seen to walk quietly
by the home Of the woman. but nc
attention was paid to this at the
time. AS soon as the husband OF
the woman had gone 10, the field
to plough, the negro returned ano
made ais way into the yard, where
the woman was hanging up clothes
He made q most vicious attack
knocking the woman down by Sc
we're blow with his fist. He grabbed
her around the throat. and choked
her down, the finger nails OF the
brute bringing the blood from he-
neck. With almost superhuman ef-
fort the woman cried aloud to her
husband, and the negro left before
accomplishing his fendish' purpose
To the officers Lever has confessed,
laying the blame to what he calls
4 Root Doctor" He says that ne
owed the doctor bill, and being
unable to pay 1t, the doctor told
him that he would cause him to get
in trouble. He says that he was
"coniured," and could not help It.
Lever is of a light gingercake col
or, and is under so. He has been
working for different people in the
community, last for Mr.. Chas. r
Robinson, of Chaplin. where he turned
up later.