The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-12-08
REASON FOR MOVE UNKNOWN
Mystery Surrounds the Case. NJ!
gro Now Held il Charged With ,
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The State,

The State:
Mary Harris, the @0-ycar-Old
Hampton county girl, who. since
shortly after j. r. Langford's body
WAS found Tuesday morning. has
been held in the Hampton county
jail either as witness or charged
with having some connection with
his murder, was brought TO the pen
itentiary last night, an officer reach
Columbia with his prisoner 1T I:25
/ @ clock
Why the girl mas been brought
to the penitentiary could not be
learned last night. The officer who
brought her here "din not want TO
talk TO newspapers" and nobody
else seemed to know the reason
why. and perchance the officer from
Hampton didn't know.
The girl, when seen at the un-
ion station seemed far from terri
bic. \ white sweater. an apron
and hat with red ribbons on il -,
were the most striking parts of her
apparel. and she was trottinc along
behind the man who had her in
charge. APPARENTLY perfectly willing
to follow his lead
Information from Hampton is
that there is no rumOr OF violence
there. and the frail slip OF a girl
does not seem to one able to break
such sturdy structure as the Hamp-
ton Jail surely is. And the officer
Esst night didn't seem TO have amy
trouble wire his prisoner.
RiChey Williams. the negro Mary
Harris accuses of committing the
murder is lodged in the pcniten-
tiary, where she was brought Tues
day night
Mysterious Case.
The case involving the white
E:ll and the negro who are now
behind the same stern walls at the
State penitentiary is most mys-
te:iouS one.
Tuesday morning J. r. Langford,
:. prosperous white planter, left
his home near Brunson to go TO
b"pee, Il small station on the Sea-
board Air Line railway where he
was setting up Il saw mill. he
u"Ter reached the mill. He never
r. turned home alive.
His hands at the mill awaited
him in vain. and when he did not
PAT IN lan appearance, they went te>
hrH home to find out what they
Should do. Night came ON and As
M. l.angford did not return homk
ts wife became alarmed and a
searching Larry WAS organized. Al
l"r some hOd3S a. search his horse
and bug2E "orc found beside tho
iDad, the horse being securely tied
\ short di:tance from the roadside
Jim LanglCId was found dead. his
body lying on his buggy robe.
WednC sGay 4 cOruncr'S Jury be
NSan an nycsigatiDu INTO The death
| ad learned that Mary Harris. IN
Nlhteratc whit girl, 20 years of age.
%h5 lived n,ar where Mr.. Lang
ford's bOGy was found. knew Somr-
tEmg about his death.
:. ~ S.'':I"" Was Nc"In.
Upon being questioned closely
',ie girl admitted. but mnwillinely,
that she was with Mr.. l.angford in
the woods at the time he was killed
She said that Richey Williams, Il
negro man, had crept up behind MIR.
Lamgford and hit him over the
head with Il stick He never mov-
cd or spoke after the blow was de-
livered
The negro was arrested. and to
prevent the possibility of any at
tempted lynching, was spirited away
10 Rarnwell and from there brought
to Columbia and put i'll the peniten-
nary for safe Keeping There was
holhlnE brought our against him
except the statement n.adc by the
girl and his own statement that he
thought he had seen MIR. LangfOrd
that morning driving on the Fair
fax road.
Mary Harris was put in the
hampton jail. The coroncr's Jury
continued its investigation but
could gather no more information.
and as the girl repeated and stuck
tenacIously TO the story that she
INST told, the jury rendered YER
dict that Richey Williams killed Mr.
l&ngfOTd