The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-20
MURDER CHARGE
Made Against the Alleged Slay-
ers of Arthur Davis.
They ARE ARRESTED

anE8 HNL EnNES5ED
And Are Now in Jail-Three of
the Six Prisoners Are White Men.
All Of the Accused Deny Com
plicity in the Outrage, Which Was
Most Brutal.
Florence, Jan. 14-As result
Of the inquest at Hymansville
Tuesday to inquire into the killing
If Arthur Davis of last Friday night,
six men are now in the county Jail,
.hree white men and three negroes.
The whites are: L. S. Bigham, A.
r. Fuller and Dan Hines, while
-he negroes are: Jim Burch, Rob-
inson Singletary and John White.
The authorities are sure that they
now have the right men.
The men when questioned all de-
lied any knowledge whatever Of the
,ffair. The outrage has been the
principal topic of conversation in the
city for days.
On Tuesday morning Solicitor
Well, accompanied by Sheriff T. s.
9urch, Deputy Sheriff E. c. Harrel
Ind Chief Of Police ]. J. Koopman,
went down to Hymanville to attend
he inquest. The proceedings took
up almost the entire day, and it was
at late hour last night that they
returned with their prisoners. Pc,
feet order was preserved by the Of
dcers during the inquest, and there
was no attempt at any disorder.
After the crowd had assembled at
| the place of inquest orders were is
sued that no one be allowed to leave
the premises, and this order was
obeyed to the letter.
Sheriff Burch forwarded his Of
fetal report to Governor Ansei.
Sheriff Burch and his assistants, By
their prompt action, in all proba-
5ility, nipped in the bud a movement
which would have grown to serious
proportions.
Night Riders Posted.
| What caused probably more ex-
| element in the neighborhood were
night rider" posters tackled up on
trees and buildings all through the
aeighborhood. These posters were
lacked up on Monday night. One Of
the members of the coroner's jury
found one Of them tackled on the
front door OF his house on Tuesday
! and another found several stuffed
in his mail box The posters are
written on plain note paper, and
are decorated at the top with what
purports to be rising sum-, with the
! word Notice" in the centre Of the
sun. While, Of course, they were
only intended as bluff, which q
thorough Investigation disclosed,
they caused quite a great deal Of
alarm in the community. Several
Of them were brought to the city
and were shown, on the streets to-
day.
A copy of one follows:
! Notice.
eve night riders, the one Arthur
Davis, colored, was killed on last
Thursday night by band OF 81
men, which has sworn to protect
their country, and we here further
say that if there is any white
brought up in that thing, we will
make each and every juror, magis-
trate and witness suffer the, same as
Arthur Davis did, for rcpe on a
white lady"
In addition to the officers, your
correspondent today interviewed a
gentleman from Hymanyille, who is
well acquainted with all the facts
of the case, and he corroborated in
every detail facts as set out above.
He further stated that there was alb
solutely no ground for the statement
| that the negro had been lynched for
rape.
This crime is one Of the most bru-
tai in the history Of the State. It
will be recalled by the readers Of
Mondays State that the. negro was
taken from his home at night and
after being stripped was severely
beaten with buggy whips and sticks
studded with long sharpe thorns.
So far the accused men have made
no move to get counsel, but it is
expected that they will employ coun-
sci in few days and make an effort
to regain their liberty.