The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-11-29
LAST SAD CHAPTER.
Inuuests Held and Body of Murdered
Child and of Lynched Negro
We're Buried.

near Little Mountain, on the Lexlng-
ton side Of the line, and the subse-
quent lynching of the negro, Flute
Clark, on Friday night, by the deter
mined crowd which gathered as soon
as the news Of his attempted criminal
assault on a 14-year-old white child
of the community and the cutting by
him of her throat from ear to ear and
of the bone in the back of the neck,
almost severing her head from her
body, was given in a special edition
Of The Herald and News on Saturday
morning.
The body of the negro was found on
Saturday morning, some three hum
dred yards on the Newberry side of
the Zine, where it had been left after
his body was riddled with bullets on
Friday night. The negro had been
taken to a field on the south side of
the mountain, and it is said that Ian
tern was swung on his body IN order
that the crowd might see where to
y aim.
Of course it is problematical as to
how many men took part in the kill
ing. The body had been pierced with
a number Of bullets and a good part
of his head was shot off.
The inquest over the body OF. the
negro was held on Saturday by Mag
istrate B. B. Davis, Of Little Mountain
at the request of Coroner Felker, Of
NewDerry county. After viewing the
remains and taking some testimony
the verdict was to the effect that Clark
came to his death from gun-shot
wounds at the hands of unknown par
ties.
The inquest over the young girl was
held by Magistrate r. W. Frick, of
Chaplin, acting for Coroner Clark, OF
Lexington county. No new facts were
developed at this inquest.
The child was buried at Mt. Tabor
church on Saturday afternoon. The
services were held at the church, and
we're conducted by the Rev. E. J. Sox,
assisted by the Rev. o. B. Shearouse.
The church was crowded to its utmost
capacity and there was throng OF
veople outside who could not. find
standing room inside the church.
The negro's remains were buried at
q negro church over on the Lexlng-
ton side.
The two funerals were at about the
same hour.
Several Newberrians attended the
funeral of the. young girl, among them
Governor-Glect Cole. L. Blease.
The funerals on Saturday afternoon
added the final chapter to a tragedy
which stirred this section Of the State
as few tragedies have done in many
wears. The attempted assault and the
murder occurred at between three and
4 o'clock OF Friday afternoon. 1t
was shortly after 10 o'clock when the
negro confessed and at about lO.3o
o'clock the lynching occurred.
When the negro came back to the
field after his horrible crime and the
alarm was given he went back to the
house, and keeping himself under
wonderful control, aided around the
house and was apparently helping the
others to find some clle of the per-
petrator of the crime. wien suspl-
cion pointed to him, chain OF EVIL
dencc gradually appeared which lett
no doubt of his guilt, and which was
confirmed by his subsequent confes-
sion.
There were men gathered at the
scene of the crime from NeWDerry
and Lexington counties to the num-
bar of more than thousand. Many
of them. however, did not know the
nesro's whereabouts, he being in the
hands of another party some hundred
wards distant from the home OF the
girls parents. Sheriff Buford, of New
berry, and Sheriff Corley and Deputy
Sheriff Miller, of Lexington, were pow
erless to prevent the aynchlng.
Some Sidelights.
1t is no easy matter to handle
1vnching sixteen miles from town at
1890 o'clock at night, send on reports
of it to the daily newspapers and get
hack to the city in time to get out a
special edition in time to catch a o'1S
mail next morning. Such was the
newspaper feat performed by The Her
aid and News. For this good time
mich of the credit is due the run made