The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-12-01
WILLIAMS CASE TO BE TRIED.
Four Men Charged With Murder
Granted Delay.

the four former employees of the
Hagenbeck- Wallace circus, George
Nichols, white man, Garland
Brown, John Wilson and Elijah
Clark, three negroes, all of whom
are charged with the murder of Paul
A. Williams, of Columbia, was post
poned. until Wednesday morning at
10 o'clock at the request of one of
the attorneys appointed to defend
them.
Dave Woods and Ed. White, two
of the negroes who have been un-
der arrest since the murder of young
Williams on October 2, were found
guilty to-day of robbery and assault
and battery of a high and aggra-
waited nature. The prosecuting wit
ness was Fenton Gilbert, a negro
off the train on the same night that
Woods and White were among the
men who robbed him and threw him
off the train on the same night taht
Paul Williams was killed. The ne
groes were not sentenced.
The trial of Roy Rich, negro,
charged with robbing and assaulting
Marley Hightower, white boy, en-
ployed as a waiter by the circus, was
begun during the afternoon session
of the special court. 1t will be con-
cluded tomorrow.
Look the Part. - :
The four men charged with the
murder of Paul A. Williams, the
young forwarding report clerk in the
Southern freight Office tn Columbia,
are very low types. George Nichols,
the white man, about 80 years old,
pale from his two months confine--
ment in the Lexington Jail, has a
weak, vicious face. On his chin Is
heavy growth of beard. Elijah
Clark is a coal-black negro with the
features, arms and torso of gorilla.
He was named in two Of the true
bills returned by the grand jury to-
day, besides the one charging that he
murdered Paul Williams. John Will
son and Garland Brown are both mu-
lattoes. John Wilson, the younger Of
the two, is not over 20 years old. He
claims that he was born in London,
England. He has letter from his
sister, written from Springfield, Ohio,
in which she advises him to com
mend himself to Cod" Garland
Brown is thick set 'mnlatto with a
low, receding forehead.
Implicate Each Other.
George Bell Zimmerman, the So
licitor in the Eleventh judicial cir
cult, who is representing the State,
has voluntary statements from all OF
the four men accused of numbering
williams. The statements do not diff
fer materially, except that each man
duplicates the other three and denies
that he fired the fatal shot.
It is probable that only one more
case will be tried before the murder
case, as several Of the eight men not
indicted for the murder Of Paul Will
liams will be called on to testify next
Wednesday. Their evidence would
not be admitted If they were found
guilty of the various charges pending
against them. Solicitor Zimmerman
will consequently call tomorrow only
the case against Frank Anderson, a
negro, charged with robbery, assault
and battery and carrying concealed
weapons.
Carnival of Crime.
The evidence in the two cases tried
to-day gave some idea of the whole
sale pillage of the first section of the
Hagenbeck- Wallace circus train by
bands of riotous circus employees,
white men and negroes, which took
place in the early morning Of October
2, between Columbia and Augusta,
and during which Paul Williams was
shot and robbed.
The circus men were paid of in Co.
lumbia on October /. In the priv
ilege'' car on the first section Of the
train going to Augusta there was an
abundance of whiskey. The roughs
and toughs in the circus gang pro-
ceeded to get tanked and robbed or
..red lighted their fellow employees,
In circus parlance, "red lighting" Is
throwing man of the train and let
ting him see, If he be able, the red
signal lamps on the caboose. Eel
ton Gilbert, a negro, who testified
against Dave Woods and Ed. White,
was among those "red lighted" dur
ing the riot.
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