The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-11-09
A GEORGIA TRAGEDY
TEE TERRIBLE ACTS OF A i'KoS-
pEROCS MERCHANT.
Killed HIS Vie. Nine i-ar Old Sou
and Little Baby, Wounded Older
Som and Kills Himself.

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The motive :or the terrible trns.
oty enacted IN La~reucev!!le. Ga.
on Tuesday. whaa Joe D. Wallace.
a prosperous merchant. killed hts
wife and n!ne-yea--old son. C!!c".
aad desperately wounded ano;hc-
son. Felton. eleven years OF age an
then killed himself. Is s'!!! sAr- cI
ed in nys'c.y.
Joe Wallace. 4 man about IS yea
Of age. had attended meeting o.
the Odd Fellows. o. which cry DC
had oeea a prou!aec. cea:tcf Tor
many years and returned hove aocas
10 o'clock IN the evening. He sooo
retired and from :ha; moDeut there
is 40 living member Of h:s :an:i!r
who can ;el! wha: ;ransp!-ed Up -
2:Se oeioeS 81 the n:ova:nc. Wien
his two daughters. Misses Es,e!la
acd Lollie Belle. we're awakened b.
rapid are G: pistol shots n thc!-
mo,her's room adjoining ;hat OF
their own.
The e!des: daughter. Miss Lena,
vas also aroused acd toget>er tie
three s!.!s fastened 20 the -ocn Of
the parents 10 snd the cause Of lie
shooting. Upon entering the d1o.-
way they saw their father stating
by their mothers bed. while she lay
gasping sos breath. with haT Eight
clothing oa ere rom the p:s:o!
shots. Wallace turned to leave the
room and seeing his little son. Fel-
:oa. coming n az the door. e1clalm-
ed."l will &c, you 100 and q; the
.epo., o. the p!s;o! lie child fell TO
the aoo..
Stepping over .he PROSTATE form
Wallace went cat the door. after
picking up his pants on the aoov
and feeling n bis pockets Cor his
KEYS IS he walked. wen, 70 h!s gro
eesy store. only a few yards below
the house. and going IN reloaded h:a
pistol and returned TO the house
When wallace reeate7ed mis- home
he walked up 20 lis baby boy. Cline.
and said. Well. have Killed vorT
mother" and holding ;h- ch!it o,.r
a; arms length s.ed ;our bans
through !,s heart, Dropping -" cc!v-
ering form 20 the hoo- &c walked
to the entrance ot the aeNt -oon aad
placing the smoking revolver 20 rs
head, sec, hu!!e: crash sa-ou:h h:'
owa brain. Ms. Walt5ce vas shc:
:our times through the breast and
head while lying on the bed.
Joe Wallace had Seen ;~ice max
lied. By bis frs; wife ne hei iou'
children. one soa and three oauSh-
:e7s. all grown. The son. Leon Wa!-
lace. las position - Atlanta and
vas not a, home. His daughters a.:
!Ieno. Lol.ie Belle and Es;e!ie. Va
!ace's second wife was dauSh.te.
Of Andrew O. Bowman. FARMER re-
s:dias 10 the upper Tar, o. tae cou0-
y. She took "a .>;!ve pa.: II reliS-
Gus xork. being mem ee- o: S-v"r-
Al societies in :he Baptist churcn.
os which he was also o!em Der.
Their married lie. 80 t:- rs The gem
era! public knew. was happy on.
although !: IS stated ,, some TIA;
she Was OF a very Jealous temper
ueo!.
About seven wears aEo VI, Na4
lace vas awakened !; night by i
ao!se on h:s from, verarGn and a:;':. !
opening the door slightly. saw a
form IN the dark ness. whc:eupon ae
called 20 his vile 30 Bring !:eh'.
and as she held the lamp se ,ook DE-
soe.a,e aim and sao: the nan dead
He vas q negro vho worked FOR IT,
Seaboa-d. I, is thought ;ha: pos
Ny this occurrence preyed unoa MS
mind and had some connection with
the tragedy.
All three 0. the bodies vii! y. ca"
r!ed TO Hog Mountain. Ny Wal,ac"
old home. elk miles above Lawrence
,.;y1> yor hrrIc1