The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-10-06


" murdered 1t was a sad and silent
crowd. Willing hands lifted the body
on it's stretcher out of the baggage
car and carried it to the waiting am
bulance 1t was carried to VanMe-
tres. The funeral arrangements will
not be made until the arrival Of the
bereaved parents this morning.
Paul Williams said one Of his
friends last night, hadn't an enemy
in the world. Although he was con-
scientious fellow and had his own
ideas about what was right, he was
fun-loving boy, always jolly and
with a good word for everybody he
met"
D. L. Bryan, freight agent of the
Southern Railway in Columbia, under
whom Paul Williams had worked for
the past three years, said last night,
Il considered Paul Williams one of
the best men in the department. He
was careful about his work and sell
dom made a mistake. He not only
managed his own desk we'll, but he
took an interest in all the desks in
the Office and was always ready to
help wherever he could. He had re-
Gently been promoted to the position
of report clerk
Father Highly Respected.
F. ]. Williams, the father of the
murdered youth, came to Columb bia
II years ago from Lowell, Mass. He
was employed as jeweler by Charles
A. Sentz and afterwards by Sylvan
Brothers. In few years he opened
jewelry store of his own on Main
street. Several months ago he closed
out and went to Athens, Ca, where
he is the manager of the Brant Jew
elry company. He was highly re-
spected citizen of Columbia and holds
responsible position in Athens.
Two years ago Paul Williams lost
the sight in his left eye in an accl-
dent which occurred while out hunt
ing. The bullet from his unknown
murderer's pistol entered the right
eye.
Rumor has it that young Williams
was to have been married to a girl
in Charleston in the next few months.
She was notified by telegram of his
death yesterday afternoon.
The officials and special agents OF
the Southern Railway are co-operat-
ing with the officers of the law in the
attempt to bring the slayer OF Paul
Williams to justice.
Negro Has Confessed.
Augusta, Ca, Oct. 2.-As a. result
of employees of the Hagenbeck-Wal-
lace circus trying to rob other en-
rloyes of the company, on the first
section of the train coming to Au-
gusta from Columbia last night, Paul
A. Williams is known to be dead, and
missing negro is believed to be
dead, though no trace can be found
of him.
William Gresham, a negro canvas
man, employed by the circus, one OF
number of the help arrested to-day
by the Augusta police, has made a
confession in which he says the re-
port that the train was held up is en-
tirely untrue, and that the trouble
started and ended on the train while
it was in motion.
At the conclusion of the perform
ance in Columbia last night, the work
force was paid off and the larger
number of the help INDUCED freely
in liquor. After the train had left
Columbia, according to Gresham's s
confession, he, John Wilson and
Elijah Clarke were in the canvas
wagon, when two white men and a
strange negro joined them. Clark
and Wilson are negroes employed by
the circus and seem to be intimate
friends. Just before the train reach
ed Gilbert, 25 miles from Columbia,
Gresham declares, Wilson, Clark and
the two white men began quarreling.
Wilson shot one of the white men
and threw his body off the train.
Clark, who also had pistol, forced
the unknown negro to get on top OF
the canvas wagon and jump off while
the train was running. Whether he
was killed or not Gresham does not
know.
According to Gresham's statement,
Wilson and Clark then decided to go
through the train and rob the help
who had been paid off before the
train left Columbia, with the inten-
ton of themselves leaving the train
before it entered the city of Augusta.
What became of the second white
man on the train and who was in