The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-09-01
SHOT HIM DOWN
Negro Pays the Death Penalty
for His Folly.

/
HIS BODY IS BURNED
Angry Because Two Friends Had
Been Shot BY Officers, q Desper-
ado Wounds Twenty-nine Mea.
Before Bullet Through His Heart
Stops HIS Wild Rampage.
Angered. It is believed. because
two OF his friends had recently been
shot ey police officers in Monroe.
Ia, William 8. Wade. q negro. a
few days ago. ran anuck on the pr!n-
cipal business ctTeet Of Monroe. with
a doub!e-bar.el shotgun. shooting
crst g, every white mar be saw and
then sring !nciscrininate!y at every
object before him. The fre was re
turned and the negro finally fel! dead
With . bullet through his heart. but
not before 2s men. three OF them
members OF his own race, had been
wounded.
Seriously wounded:
Hugh Bigger. police officer. shot
!naodonen and thigh: may die.
T. H. Grant. deputy sheriff. sho:
n neck and breast: may die.
Simon Marks. merchant. Tuskesee.
Ala, shot IN breast and face. may
die
George Mccormack. manager Qua
ehita Lumber Company. West Aon-
roe. arm shattered.
Slightly wounded:
DR.. A. a. Forsyth. mayor OF Mon
zoo.
D. A. Breard. banker.
Ed Strong, cashier Southern E1-
press Company.
Steve Burke. telegraph operator.
Joe Thompson. dispatcher.
A. A. GreoaIy. lunbe!uao-
Manuel BgTomowits, clerk.
| Albert Marx. merchant.
c. E. Bynun. s,enog.apheT.
J. T. Kendall. trainnaster Iron
Mountain railroad.
q. G. Trousdall. merchant
J. ". Aerrynaa. express agent.
| Armand Baer. clerk.
D. Enzel!. travelling salesman
E. P. Davies. clerk.
| q. Braun. blacksmith.
Roy Fisher, messenger boy.
E. 3. Edwards. steamboat man.
!. L. Haas. merchant.
Herman Abioues. merchant
r. B. Ross. clerk.
Fred AcGrath. clerk.
Three negroes. shot in face anc
body.
Wade's body was publicly burned
after II had been cut down from
pole. oa which It hung for an hou
or more after he was killed.
An Investigation By the pol!c'
showed that when Wade purchased
the shotgun and box OF shells.
:ev minutes before he opened ar'
on the first man. that there was moth
lag unusual il his manner or behay
ior. Other negroes who were will
t!n il tie morning say that be hat
not been drinking nor did he sho'
any evidence o; having taken 60
eaine.
| A. the store where Wade bough
the box OF shells the clerk says tha
the negro asked sor buekshot- II
gave him bird shot by mistake. Th!
mistake probably saved the lives o
score o, more OF men.
| The negro. after purchasing th
gun. took Z position IN the arcad
/ OF the Bank Of Monroe. at Gran
and Desiard streets. the most prom
iioent corner in the city. His frs
shot was directed at J. J. Jordan
cashier OF the bank. who vas ap
preaching the building. He n!sse
o-dan. but the load struck Geo-g
Mccormick. who was close enoug
TO the negro to have his arm badl
shattered. IL spite OF the small shot
The frst shot brought many meT
chants and clerks out on the stree
and the negro then began TO FIRE Il
thei, direction. AS fast IS he dis
charged his gun. he would step bacl
Into the arcade. reload. 7eappear an
renew bis a7e.
| Pateolnan Bigger. who had bee'
attracted BY the shooting. ran to
ward Wade and was shot down. ou
arose and enpt!ed his revolver a
the negro. The negro continued L
Gre in.o the crowd. wounding man.
OF them. when Mayor Forsy,he
Manager Edward Stanna.d. Of th
local Western Union Office. and Ran
lei Mcleod came up and returned
the Are. Wade finally falling as
result OF the fatal wound in th'
heart.
| After the body Of the negro hat
!, ea cut down from the pole OF
We b It was hung. crowd OF meI
and boys proposed that 1t should e'
burned. 1t has already been d-a.
ged to nearby square and coal OF
poured over It when Mayor Forsytht
went TO the square and demanded
that the body be turned over to tht
authorities. He vas courteousl!
waved aside. and the torch was ap
Piled In a few minutes nothing re
NAMED but a heap OF ashes and
bones
| Several hours later Tom W'ilford
a negro. was shot in lunch room
near the city market house. It Is
not definitely know whether or no.
| this shooting formed any seCue! &c