The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-04-28
MADE A MISTAKE
REMARKABLE CASE OF AIIsTAK.
EN- IDENTITY.

4 Woman Takes Strange Man !
for Her Husband and Sues Him
for Heinous Crime.
The jury at Yorkville in the case
against Marshall Steele, indicted for
assault with intent to commit a
heinous crime, brought in verdict
of guilty of simple assault. Judge
Klugh imposed sentence of thirty
days imprisonment or 500 fine.
This ended, says the Columbia Rec
ord, one of the most remarkable cas-
es ever tried in South Carolina. The
case was entitled the State VS.. Mar
shall Steele, and the charge was at
tempted assault.
The beginning of this trouble was
on Saturday night, February 6, when
lady came to Rock Hill from Lam
caster to meet her husband, from
whom she had been separated for
seven or eight years, the husband
having just received his discharge
from the United States army, had
written his wife tc meet him here,
but the husbands calculations mis-
carried, and the wife after alight-
ing from the train and not finding
her husband, secured colored hack
man by the name of Price Cloud, and
was driven to her uncle's. Steele
was at the depot, and being an al
most exact countrpart Of the hus-
band, the wife naturally gave him a
searching glance, which Steele claims
was more than ordinary, and one
that might be expected from wo-
man of the world.
After she was carried to her un-
cle's the driver returned to the city,
and meeting Steele told him the
lady he had just carried was looking
for some one to meet her, and from
the description given Steele filled
the bill. Steele told the negro that
if he thought she was "all right"
to go and get her and that he would
be in the pool room. The negro
returned and informed the lady that
man wanted her uptown, and the
negro described Mr.. Steele. The la
day, thinking that her husband had
sent for her, came with the negro,
and was driven up in front Of the
pool room, the negro going in and
informing Mr.. Steele that he had
the lady.
Mr. Steele went out to the car
riage, which was a closed one, and
on opening the door was greeted in
very afectionate manner by the
lady. She called him by her hus-
bands name. and he INDUCED the
deception The couple was driven to
the outskirts of the city. What
happened in the carriage was not
fully brought out at the hearing be-
fore recorders jury, as Steele was
being tried for disorderly conduct
On this charge he was convicted
and fine Of 500 or thirty days
given, from which he appealed, but
the evidence showed conclusively
that the lady thought Steele her hus-
band and Steele was just as sure
he was not her husband.
After considerable parleying the
driver was instructed to drive back
to town. Steele telling her he was
sorry the mistake had been made,
and that he thought her a perfect
lady. The driver was told to take
her to her uncle's, and that gentle
man learned of the affair. He i'm
mediately had warrant issued for
Steeles arrest, and he was tried as
above stated, on the charge Of dis
orderly conduct in the city Of Rock
Hill. On the charge of attempting
rape before Mayor Beckham he
waived examination and was bound
to court under a $500 bond.
The lady is very beautiful wo-
man and her character is above re.
proach, so say those who have
known her since childhood. She
marnied the husband about eight
years ago at her home in Lancaster,
but they separated, the husband join
ing the army, but they have contin-
uously kept up a correspondence and
the meeting that was planned to be
a happy one was turned into one of
remorse and much notoriety. They
have been living in Charlotte since
February.