The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-10-06
SERIOUS CHARGE
-Four White Men Arrested los Whipping a
Negro Man to Death

MAN Was Ill AND DIED
The Law Abiding Citizens Arc VERY
Much Aroused and the Governor
Called Cpon 70 :act-The Evidence
is Not Convincing That the Whip
ping Caused Death.
The State says report By prom
Inent citizen OF Greenwood county
to Gov. Ansel's Office Te"eals "a state
CT affairs at Dyson. near Sicety-SiX.
,ha, demands Immediate !nvest:Sa-
ton. According 20 this report ne
gro died as a result OF injuries In
a!cted by severe whipping. and
the magistrate. James Rogers. hello
an !nques: at which verdict OF
death from natura! causes or
heart disease was brought IN.
The case a. reported TO Secretary
Bethea. Gov. Anse! being out OF the
city. was :hat the negro. who had
worked for Henry Williamson. a
farmer. had been arrested charged
with violation Of contract and taken
10 Greenwood jail. Last Saturday be
VAS taken back BY the men who
placed him there and Saturday night
the negro diec.
Some Of the law-abidiug citizens
IL the community determined 20 TAX"
up the matter with the State au-
thor!,ies and as result Mr.. Bethea.
on hearing Of the facts. a. once tele-
2honed Sheriff Mcmillan. The sher-
If stated that he knew nothing OF
the arrival or departure OF sae pris-
oner. He promised 10 investigate
the matter at ouee.
The particulars OF the whipping
is given IN a dispatch fcoC Green
wood to The State. The dispatch
says four white men. Henry R. VIII
Hanson. Sloan Williamson. Ashby
King and Sam ". Cooper. were ar
rested and lodged in Jail by Shesio
Mcmillan on the charge OF having
caused the death OF negro. Gus
G!!c7ease. near Dysor's last Friday
By whipping him
An .nouest was held Saturday b.
Magistrate James Rogers OF Ninety
| Six. An old negro named Robin
son testified at the inquest. 6ut stat
ed tha, he knew nothing Of the maj,
ter. Dr.. John Lyon OF Sinety-S!'
examined the body. with Magistrate
Rogers. and saw the marks OF whip
Ping. BIZ, nothing further developed
However. later the old negro Rooih
.-on came 10 C7or. James Rogers. t.:
magistrate. and tod him that be hac
|! ~; told the Iuth. that be knc
he was dead man II be told th'
truth. but he had TO tell the truth
I He then told that the four meo above
named had whipped the dead nes:t
and that be afterwards dropped Head
Magistrate Rogers sent the old negro
! on TO Greenwood and be IS no~ !!
jail.
Gov. Aasel wired Sheriff Mcmillan
! 20 look into the matter with al
possible diligence and also. wiret
Magistrate Rogers Sheriff McM!!
Ian wen, to Einety-Si1 and Maj. S. ?
Brooks. foreman OF tie grand jury
also went down to Ninety-Six. ant
they consulted with Magistrate Ros
ers and other citizens there. ant
Sheriff Mcmillan placed the William
sons under arrest there. Asho.
King and Sam Coop-. were !n tow
and were arresteI here. Henry r
Williamson Is the young man VII;
had TO serve two years in the peat
:entiary for the whipping os J. II
Wertz. now living in Greenwood
then 4 neighbor OF Wil!iamson's-
The correspondent interviewed al
four men now under arrest aad the.
deny the charge made against them
They state that they did not wh!l
the negro. Two OF them. Coope
and King. say they we're not wit!
the Wil!!amsons but short time
having met them in the road. tha
the negro got out OF the buggy ant
started to the field to work ans
dropped. that Henry Williamson
went 10 him and asked him wha: wa
the matter and the negro said b
was sick: that the negro got rp ant
started OF again and dropped again
that they carried him TO bis sister
house and that Henry W!ilianso,
sent for & doctor. but the negro die,
soon after.
Henry Williamson had tie negrs
under contract but be ran awal
! about three months ago. He CAV:
description OF him to difereu;
chiefs OF police Ia adjoining town.
and last Thursday the negro was ar
rested IN Green wood by Chief Nc
| Combs. Williamson was In toEE
Friday on ais way bone from show
a: Abberi!le and was told BY Chile!
McCombs that the negro was there
He carried the negro on home with
him on the train and says that De
told the negro II he wanted to &C
back 10 work it would be all right
He was met at Dyson by his buggy,
driven by the negro. Robert Robin
son. The four drove OF in the bug
Ey aud he says that the death OF
the negro occurred as above stated.
Chief Mct5>nbs says tie negro
vas sick while at Greenwood. that
be was staggering as be walked. that
when he offered him some Dime.
'he negro told him be was too sick
10 eat end told him what was the
matter with him. and that he was In
4 mighty bad fix He said that il