The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-09-01
VERY BAD PAIR
a Man and Woma,, Who Should
be Kept Locked Up
TRIED BADGER GAME

II tA2 6D1~ 0NS ~
On .n Homes. Man From Spartan
burg at AsherilIe-The5 Also
r.aa 10 Work . Columbia Man
Rus He Called Their Blan-How
Their Game IS Worked
The Record says that ar. and Mrs.
sax.er Mitchell Of Sparanonrs.
Who figured II the alleged attempted
badger game. against the wealthy
x.ocknan. Nr. .. P. Morgan. also
O. spa-tanburs. IN the STannaaoa
Ho.e, in Asheville on tAe l3ts. are
we'll known in Columbia. particularly
"a the Columbia police. asd how taeS
were run out OF Columbia reveals
An interesting study OF the naoes
world
Chief ca:heart has the picture OF
.he Mitchell wonac and her SISTER
on a postcard. but be was onaoie
70 catch the couple n any badger
ing game here. although they Az al
legged TO have made at least one at
tempt. tie victim promptly calling
the blus and getting Of without s'7-
ing CD even any checks
The victim on this oceasfoa sca
into bathroom with Mrs. Mitchell.
A,mos. Immediately atterward the
"outrssed" husband s.orned in Win
,eroIver n hand. and. after giving
a s.ss line Of .a)s about his ruined
home. demanded aoney. The VIC
tim eoolly called the elus. threaten
ing to kill both the man and the
woman Il he was aot allowed TO pass
out. Ee passed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mitchell occupied
ora-ters over a leading Main street
store, and the CHIEF and his men
watched the pair so closely that after
the arrest Of MS Aitchelfs sister,
who Is now IN house II the restrict
ed district. so- occupying the wrong
sort OF house n respectable nsssn-
ho.hoods, they left town and the
CHEFS information IS nat they went
70 Charlotte.
The single woman, when the
chief told Ae, what be knew OF aes.
Mitchell. broke down ssd told hin
OF Mrs. Nischeli's career. pleading
uathe,icslly for the protection OF
her little child which was being
raised BY the Mitchells- The single
woman appears to have good traits.
and she wanted - give her child as
near q respectable surrounding ss
possible.
Mitchell e q member OF Enc
family OF Spa-canou-g. br: his OWE
personal caree- Is well known there,
as is his wite's. who was run out o!
Spa-tanourg for keeping house OF
tti-fame. They were regularly mar
r;ed all right A Spartaoor-g pa
pare drew a curious. Il not inspis'
ing wo,d-p!eeure Of Mitchell dowz
at the depot 70 see his beloved wse
oct of town Oh the occasion Of the
recent Justly celebrated exodus o.
such women from Spa.ranours-
Mr. Morgan's Statement.
In the Spartanbn-s Journal NJ
Morgan makes g ve-y clear and de
tailed statement OF the affair q.
follows:
Referring to the card Of J. B
Mitchell printed in the Charlotte
Observer I wish to make the follow
Ing statement:
This scheme Of which 7 was q,
entirely innocent victim. was stnp!!
bold hold-up TO attempt TO se
some money out OF me- I am tole
that these people have several tine'
cracticed the scheme successfully
but they failed in my case eecaus'
I stopped payment on the checks
was forced to give them. and has
them arrested. Il tad been suils!
would have kept quiet and ooooa!
would ever have heard OF the az
cair. But employed q lawyer. ha.
these takirs arrested and got ~
checks back.
81 have lived here all NY Est
and am known as a decent, honest
truthful nsn. and I an not atraic
Of this attempt on the part OF thest
people to blacken ny name and char
aceer.
81 was IN Ashev.l!e On my basi
ness OF trading horses. made q,
headquarters at Gilla-d's stables
where had my sninals. Mitchell:
wife telephone 20 the stable severa.
times for ne. Finally she got ns
20 the telephone and said that be,
husband was looking for me. .ns'
tsey were oa their way to Tennes.
see 70 90 into the stock business
lad that be wanted 70 talk with d.
about some stock She said be
wanted ne to cone 70 the Swaa.
. aaanoa Eote! between and
o'clock agreed TO do so.
Accordingly went to the hotel
at the in,e appointed While ]
was standing In the o@ce the Mitch
eli woman came up to me and spoke
% ne. asking II I were not NJ. Nor.
sac- She then stated that Mitchell
was ont. but would be back il q
few minutes and pointed to the open
door Of their room. which was op-
Dosite the parlor. she invited ne to
so in and sit down and wait Tor
him. She herself went away, but In
: few minutes returned and came IN
the room and sat down. the door still
being open II a short while she
got up and closed the door. saying
that the housekee2er would come in
and interfere with the conversation
unless she did so.