The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-11-29
ElIENE). LYNCEEIIlEEID !.
The Brutal nraer Of a Young Gil By a
Negro Speedily Avenged.
Was HORRIBLE CRIlaE

Was HORRIBLE CRIME; ,l|l MI
Flute Clarke, After Relating HosFs-.
BILE Details of Attempt to Ravisa,
Before Numbering the Pretty Four
teen-Year-Old Daughter Of Lex
ington Farmer, Shot to Death
Villa her throat cut from ear TO
cara pretty 14-year-old girl, daugh-
ter of highly respected farmer OF
the Little Mountain section OF Lex
ington County, lies dead in her home,
surrounded by friends and loved
ones, while Flute Clarke, q negro
lies on th e. south side of Little
Mountain, lantern across his breast
and thousand bullet wounds
through his body. = '..f 'iaa
The above dispatch to The NevE
and Courier, published. in Saturdays
paper, told story Of horror and its.
quick avenging. The dispatch goes;
on to say that Friday afternoon. ba-
tween the hours Of and o'clock,
the young girl was brutally attack
ed by Clarke. There was no one &c
the house at the time, and only the
confession Of the negro is all thse
remains of the true story. The
young girls mother had gone to the.
home of a nearby neighbor. ~
The body OF the girl was found bY
her young brother and an alarm was
given. The sheriff OF Lexington was
notified, and the bloodhounds from
the county chain gang were Dispatch
ed to the scene In charge of Capt.
Pete Mack. Upon arrival at the
scene the dogs at once took up the.
trail and carried it successfully to a.
field, where the negro had been
ploughing; Here they stopped and
the chase was. given up. ',' '.'-.:; :. !.f'e q
Clarke was spirited away by some
hilf-dozen persons and the officers
were 'eluded:: To those men he made
a complete confession of the crime,
IN which confession he estated that
he had gone to'the2 house for water
and asked the young woman to bring
him some potatoes;to the well. When
she brought them he made his t1end-
lsh attack. He said that the girl
screamed, and said she was going TO,
to tell her father. He then cut her
! throat. -
The physician who was called in
asserts that the negro did not ae-
complish his purpose. The girl'sbodY
was found lying in the yard near the
cellar door, and the surroundings
show that desperate struggle was
made by the young girl. The dis
tance from the well to where the
young girl met her death is about
thirty yards, and she was dragged
the entire distance. Her head was al
most, severed from the body.
Upon arrival at the scene Monday
night, at 9 o'clock. The News and
Courier correspondent found crowd
of armed men, variously esetimated
to number from 500 to 1000. They
were all armed to the teeth. NJ. n.
Buford, the veteran sheriff OF New
berry, thinking that the crime was
committed in Newberry County.
Flute Clarke had lived on the
place for twelve years; haYing been
practically raised by the alnil53a He,
was married and IS said to have been
about Fl years of age. After having
committed the crime, Clarke return
ed to the home OF his employer and
even went so far as to assist in car
rying the body. to the house. -.
The scene OF the crime is about
1900 yards from the Newberry limo
aud about a mile and a half from
Little Mountain. AS soon as the ne
gro had confessed. tht word was
whispered from one to another and
the crowd quietly left In small
squads. to where the negro was be-
ing concealed from thee officers, H.
was about 1890 when the lynchine
took place.
The crowd was composed OF the
sturdy citizens Of the Dutch Fork
section and hundreds Of Newberry
people were on the grounds. There
were no signs OF rowdyism. The VIC
tim is school girl, but on account
of the Little Mountain School being
closed for two days. she did not at
tend school THANKSGIVING or Friday.
The crime shocked the entire COM
munity. and on every hand the ex-
preston Is heard that the negro re-
ceiyed his just deserts. At II o'cloca
the report. OF guns are heard and
parties continue to visit the scene
Strange, it may seem. but the crime
WAS committed within less than two
miles OF the place where Cute Levar
attempted 10 assault the wife of
pnonlinent young farmer. about a
year ago and for which he was legal
" hanged