The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-05-27
Surrendered by Fathers Advice.

Lexington, May 23.-Ed Bynum,
the negro who shot Sheriff Corley on
Wednesday, is now safe behind the
prison walls of the State penitenti-
ary. Bynum went to the house of
his brother, about fifteen miles above
Lexington, at an early hour yester-
day morning and stated that he was
ready to give up. He remained in
his brothers barn all day yesterday,
and was carried to Columbia last
night by Mr.. Jake Oswald and his
son, Willie D. Oswald, and Tillman
Taylor. The long journey was begun
at 8 o'clock last night. The party
went around through the Dutch Fork
and arrived at the governors man
sion at o'clock this morning.
Deputy Sheriff Miller has been on
the hunt night and day for Bynum
since the crime was committed, and
to him the credit Of the negro's cap
ture is due. When he realized that
it would be an impossibility to run
the man down with dogs, he went to
Bynum's father, gained his conf
dence, and the old negro assured Mr..
Miller that he would see to it that
his son gave up. Yesterday morning,
true to his word, the old man came
to Lexington to see Mr.. Miller and to
tell him to come get the boy, but Mr..
Miller was in Columbia, and did not
see him. Bynum left word with Mrs.
Miller for Mr.. Miller to come to his
house as soon as he came home. This
he did, but upon arrival at the
house, it was learned that some par
ties had told Bynum's brother that
a crowd would surely lynch Ed If he
stayed in that neighborhood last
night, and, becoming frightened at
this, Mr.. Oswald was asked to carry
him to Columbia, and the party had
| left before Mr.. Miller got there.
Henry Bynum, the father Of Ed By
mum, came to Lexington this morn
ing to get Mr.. Miller to phone to Co
llumbia to see if his boy had reached
there safely. He was evidently very
much worried that Mr.. Miller was
not able to carry out his plans. He
stated that, had it not been for Mr..
Miller, his son would not have given
up. The old man stated to The News
and Courier correspondent that he
was glad that his son had given up,
and that he wanted the law to take
it's course. He said that no fight
would be made, that he was going to
| try to get Ed to plead guilty and ask
for mercy. Mr.. Oswald said that Ed
Bynum told him that he had not had
anything to eat In more than three
days, from Tuesday evening to Sat-
urday morning, and that he was
nearly starved. He said that he
had waded a creek to keep out Of the
way of the dogs, that he remained in
the swamps and was out in all the
rain that fell last week. He was
nearly dead from exposure. He said
that a crowd was in behind him on
Thursday night, and that when he
heard them coming, he jumped off
into the creek" under bridge into
the water while the posse passed over
him.
The carrying of Bynum to Colum-
bia meets the approval of the people
here, since it is believed that Sheriff
Corley will recover. It is the general
belief that the negro could have been
placed in the jail with all safety,
and that no lynching would have
been attempted. Sheriff Corley is
now improving. and, while it will be
several days before he will be able to
be out, his complete recovery, with
the exception Of manned hand, is
expected.