The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-07-21
SELF ScRIFlCE
Rich sankeE Suffered Death to
Shield Daughter.
lyNCHlNG INTIMATE
sanker Slain By Physician With
Whom Bankers Wife Is Alleged 20
Have Been Intimate fos Aany
Iex-The slayer and tho Bank
er's VIE IN jail.
er's Wife IN Jail.

Ecar-la ac Slayer SNN s@0
er's VIE IN Jail.
Icol!zation Of h:s daughter. Coda
!. wears o!d. IS said 70 have caused
8. Say!e:. Yics president ot the
First National Bank. Of Crescent
CITY H.. 20 suser IL si!eaee The do
mes:ic tragedy that led 20 dis deasa
Sunday night a. :Ae hands OF o..
q. r. Miller. who 10. nasS oonsss
ssd PAID arden, attention 20 .ae
bankers wife. no,he. OF Go!sa Say
Ter.
According 20 " Z. E:sheenss!e.
cashie. OF the bank Of which M.
Sayle. was vice president. the oeSot-
ed father determined 20 suSer %
silence rather than ,ake any acton
which would involve bis esi'e u
ao:o.ie:y.
Ike seemed TO fear 5000 tragic
solution Of the situation. SAID As'
S;sa,rugale. when &c left ;ne c:s'
during tie las. year cr so Il was
his haoi. to seek privacy. ate. which
he would -eappea. with bulk! en-
velope containing papers
SHOULD anything happen to NE.
he always told ne. open this paeSas"
and follow TO the letter tho 'nsssoe-
%t:cns contained therein
After each trip but tie aass &c
DESTROYED the papers upon bis return
He was away little wht!e ago. ou'
when be came back be tailed % :o!'
low this practice.
..Tha: packet. ] believe. IS !ocxee
In his private box IN the osSA
yau.. Whether !r vii! ssed any
thing on the tragedy which eoeeS
his life ! canao. say The eo'one'
has the key and will open the oos
later. possibly after the :uaesa!-
That D.. Mile. stood n seas esS
se. o: iynch;as Mocday night Is as
serted BY Mr.. S!gheensale aad many
Others. More than hundred nes
thronged the streets OF the usaa!.!
cr.et village trying % organize =.
attack on the jail. Ooe mas <sta .
rope was sorc.bly taken to ass soot
hy cooler persons. whose couasel
saally prevailed Among the iaese'
was Willis Say!er. . brother OF ta'
slain man.
Dr.. Msl!er's defence Is thai be sac
only when attacked By the banker
with a hatchet Evidence csst.Ss
shadow on this stakenea: vas s'vea
at the inquest
Say,er vas slain about 10 o'c!oel
Sunday night. Mrs. MILLER. vile o:
the doctor. had Ies, few days pre-
vsousiy 20 visit her parents at Saas-
on. Pa. and Dr.. Miller wa. taI!ns
his meals at the Say!e- table aae
sleeping a; his own home. TSess
we-e also 3: the Sayler home At ss'
time OF the shooting. John c. Grua-
den. father Of Mrs. Sayle:. AID iSe
Grraden, Ter o-oeae-. The eIde'
Grundea came recently from Ard,
more. Okla. 70 become al inmate o.
the Soldiers Home At DanvN!e
Coda Sayie- was seat away by he:
mother a few days ago.
Sunday evening John GrundeT
vent 70 ask MT Sayie-. who was oe,
eupy;ng q rocking caats 90 tee lawn
TO come in and play cards. they twe
aga:ns, Dr. Miller and Ms Sayler
His refusal. NJ. Say!e. states. was
due TO ass belief that she and th'
doctor attained success q: the game
By q system Of signals.
Grace Davis and other girls aae
Godfrey Ruhle stopped 20 chat eo'
q moment with NJ. Sayler .; t..
s.oa: gate jusS few minutes besors
be was slain. He was il seoe su
ror. They had !e.t Say!e. aeou'
(. three minutes whea they sea-d ss'
fatal shots.
Three bullets were found :a The
bankers body and IN the vail. A
STR ballet was found embodied j:
an outside wall. whereas the s,ayios
occurred in the house. and ssth
empty shell! talsyins with ,se Others
found N the house vas found or she
lawn This fact is connected by the
States attorney with q wound in
Dr.. M.l!e-'s -igh: wrist.
The doctors explanation Of his
Saanaged wrist IS that he was shot
by his OWN pistol during struggle
with M. Sayle-. The discovery o!
fftk empty shell. however. has
opened u2 line OF inquiry TO which
the State attaches much importance.
After tie sho,:ng Of Sayle-. Dr.. MI
Ger was alone With the BODY 20. q
time while the others went 70. as
sss,anee When they returned ae vas
on the porch complaining 0; s!s
wounded wrist.
The struggle il the house was wiz
messed BY John G-undea- Ee de-
ciared tina: Sayler brought Ratchet
ia.o the house With him. Mrs. Say
Ter says her husband came IN M
armed and took the hatchet t.o1
under a couch. Edward Blantic.
,aborer:: Dietrich II. Nyer. retired
merchant. and Edward E. Meyer.
president OF the village OF Crescent
City. assert that they examined the
room thoroughly right after the
shooting. bu: saw no hatcEet.
Nrs. Sayie. IS said TO have be-
.-syed TO concern e,tr -he 6:spo-
e:,'oa OF he. hu,h.rd body. which
!.y Oh 'he foo wns- It fell. tu'
20 hav> expressed ..tSt solte,cu1e
over the doctors wounded wrist.
DR.. Miller and MIS-. Say!e. s.e IL