The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-08-26

chita Lumber Company, West Mon
-oe, arm shattered.
Slightly wounded:
DY. a. A. Forsyth, mayor of Mon
roe.
D. A. Breard. banker.
Ed Strong, cashier Southern Ex-
press Company.
Steve Burke, telegraph operator.
Joe Thompson, dispatcher.
A. A. GreDnly, lumberman.
Manuel Bgromowits, clerk.
Albert Marx, merchant.
C.. e. Bynum stenographer.
J. T. Kendall, trainmaster Iron
Mountain railroad.
D. G. Trousdall, merchant.
J. ". Merryman, express agent.
Armand Baer, clerk.
D. Enzell. travelling salesman.
E. P. Davies, clerk.
M. Braun, blacksmith.
Roy Fisher, messenger boy.
E. B. Edwards, steamboat man.
I. L. Haas, merchant.
Herman Abioues, merchant.
R. B. Ross, clerk.
Fred McGrath, clerk.
Three negroes, shot in face and
body.
Wades body was publicly burned.
after it had been cut down from q
pole, on which it hung for an hour
or more after he was killed.
An investigation by the police
showed that when Wade purchased
the shotgun and box of shells, a
few minutes before he opened fire
on the first man, that there was moth
ing unusual In his manner or behav-
ior. Other negroes who were with
him In the morning say that he had
not been drinking nor did he show
any evidence Of having taken CO.
caine.
At the store where Wade bought
the box of shells the clerk says that
the negro asked for buckshot. He
gave him bird shot by mistake. This
mistake probably saved the lives OF
score or more Of men.
The negro, after purchasing the
gun, took q position In the arcade
Of the Bank of Monroe, at Grant
and Desiard streets, the most prom
inent corner In the city. His first
shot was directed at ]. ]. Jordan,
cashier OF the bank. who was ap-
preaching the building. He missed
+ .ordan, but the load struck George
Mccormick. who was close enough
to the negro to have his arm badly
shattered, In spite Of the small shot.
The frst shot brought many mer-
chants and clerks out on the street
and the negro then began to fire In
their direction. AS fast as he dis
charged his gun. he would step back
into the arcade. reload, reappear and
renew his FIRE.
DiS6Clb nAo he@o 49,
attracted by the shooting, ran to-
ward Wade and was shot down. but
arose and emptied his revolver at
the negro. The negro continued to
fire into the crowd, wounding many
of them, when Mayor Forsythe,
Manager Edward Stannard, of the
local Western Union office, and Ran
iel Mcleod came up and returned
the FIRE. Wade finally falling as a
result of the fatal wound in the
heart.
After the body of the negro had
been cut down from the pole on
which 1t was hung, crowd Of men
and boys proposed that 1t should ne
burned. 1t has already been drag"
ged to nearby square and coal oil
poured over 1t when Mayor Forsythe
went to the square and demanded
that the body be turned over to the
authorities. He was courteously
waved aside, and the torch was ap-
piled. In a few minutes nothing re-
mained but a heap Of ashes and
bones.
Several hours later Tom Wilford.
q negro. was shot in a lunch room.
near the city market house 1t is
not definitely know whether or not
this shooting formed any sequel to
the disorders earlier in the day.
Nobody knew anything after the
shooting, except that "someb1y" had
shot negro. The wound is not
regarded as dangerous.