The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-12-07
AWFUL Times
On the Circus Train OF Which Young
Williams Vas Murdered.
true BILL In The CASE

True BILL In The CASE
George Nichols, John Wilson, Elijah
Clark and Garland Brow. Are
Charged With the Brutal Murder
OF the Young Man From Colurn-
bia While on the Train
At q special term oi court ordered
by Governor Ansel. the general ses-
s!ons court FOR Lexington County On
Monday entered upon the trial OF
several defendants FOR the murde.
AID robbery OF young Pau! Williams
ot Colum t!a. which occurred October
, last. on a special train over the
Southern railway. carrying the Hag-
CT beck & Wallace circus 10 Augusta
srou. ColuDb bia. Judge George W.
Gage OF Chester IS presiding.
The evidence Monday gave sonc
idea OF the wholesale p:ilage OF the
arst section OF the Hasel5eck-Wal-
lace circus train BY bands OF -iotous
! circus employees. *h!;e mea and ne
grces. which took place In the early
morning OF October .. between Cot
umbix and Augusta. and duTia:
which Paul Williams was shot aad
robbed.
The circus men we're paid OF n
Columbia on October /. In the
privilege car on the frst section
o! the train going 10 Augusta there
was an abundance c. wh!skey. The
roughs and soushs OF the circus gang
proceeded 10 get tanked and robbed
or red lighted" their fellow en-
ployes. In circus parlauce. red
lighting" Is throwing man OF the
train and letting him see II he is
able. the red signal lamps on the
caboose. FELTON, Gilbert. negro.
who testified against Dave Woods
and Ed White. was among those
red lighted during the riot
Masked bands OF negroes and
white men. armed with pistols. roam
ed the train on the night OF October
.. robb!ns and red lighting prom
iscuously. Members of one OF thesi
gangs shot Paul Williams and threw
his body overheard. George Nici-
OILS. Elijah Clark. Garland B:own and
John Wilson are charged with being
the guilty men. In their stories each
excep,s himself. but declares that
the other three did the bloody work.
The arst Indictment, handed me
grand jury by George Bell Thinner
man. solicitor. was that charging
George Nichols. Elijah Clark. John
Wilson and Garland Brown with The
murder OF Paul A. Williams aac
with carrying concealed weapons.
: The grand jury returned true bill.
The four men charged with the
: murder are very low types. George
Nichols. the white man. about thirty
=. years old. has a weak. vicious face,
On bis chin Is heavy growth @!
beard. Elijah Clark is coal-black
negro. with the features. arms ard
torso OF gorilla. He was named
IN two 81 the true bills returned by
the grad jury. besides the on-
charging that he murdered Paul VII
l!ans. John Wilson and Garland
Brown are both nulattces. John
Wilson. the younger Of the two Is
not over twenty years old. Ee claims
,ha- he was bo-o in London. Eng.
lani he has a letter from his
siste.. written from Springfield. o..
in which she advises him 20 '.com-
mend himsel: 20 God" Garland
Brown is thick-set mulat;o. with
low. reced!ng forehead.
In the case. the court appointed
as counsel for the dtfense MesS.s. J.
B. Wingard OF Lexington. and Bar
ret; Jones Of Ba,esbu-g. Solicitor
Zimmerman has secured several i'm
portant statements. practically con-
fes.!ons. from car!ous ores OF the
defendants and witnesses. The sub
stance OF some OF these statements IS
, as follows
Garland Brown. colored: was II
it. me. Elijah Clarke. John W!lson
and George Nichols tNichols Is q
white mani. Nichols said: Com.
on. know exactly where he IS.
Made two fellows jump on. Paul
Williams said: Don't xii! NE. doa' /
XIII me- John W!!sor said: C
d you. am going 10 kill you.
You are too damned hard On negroes
,'own here in the South" And then
/. sho; him in the head and Made
Cabe tJ. o. Ca5e. white. Witness
jump. and shot again. had pistol.
Nichols had a sack. making as Il u
was pistol. After that be goes to
mother wagon. where I work. E.
Clark hit another fellow called
i"Sh:nc" oye. the head with pistol
Geogre Nichols was saving: Give
me the gEE.' Geolce Nichols had
on black shirt with sleeves rolled
up and big black slouch hat.
John Wilson. colo.ed: Ne. Clark
Garland Brown and George Nichols
We're together At the frst stop We
wen; 70 the fats. We got 20 wagon
IS saw Chickens" ard Frank
Clark in il. Garland Brown and
Geor-e Nichols had this strauS! !e'
low in the corner Of the wagon when
| got up Garland said: Give me
thar pistol. and he said: II haven't
got any He said: Let me see.
and searched him. Garland had
pistol He then reached down and
| started 10 take OF one o: the oov's
| shoes. said: oh, come on back "