The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-03-30
AWFUL TRAGEDY
4 Dysakea Nan Says I've Mea os a
Train Near E.laisstsa, Del
Killer SHOT TO DEATH

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q. 81. Bethea OF Dillon, S. c.. Kill
. Colore6 Porter and the CondHc
Tor on q Pullman Csr and Is Fl
nally Killed in Sstsie With th'
Police.
An exciting battle In which three
men were killed took place on
north bound Baltimore and Ohie
railroad train "Wednesday afternoon
Tae aght began at Newark. Del, anc
ended at Wilmington. Del
Several persons were wounded i;
the deadly ARRAY which occurres Al
the Delaware avenue station at VIII
nsngsoa following the arrival OF the
train at 5:i5 O'Clock
The dead: o. e Wellman. aged
50, OF philadelphia. conductor OF the
train Samuel Williams. aged so. ne
gro Pullman porter. whose home Is
said TO have been IN Jersey City:
5. Il. Sethea. aged 80. Dillon. S. c.
The injured: John 0. Wiley. aged
20. q park guard OF Wilmington.
Del. shot in the hand and leg: Mat
thew Haley. a citizen OF Wt'min"-
ton, sho, In the leg Others were
Srazed by flying bullets The fo'
lowing graphic story OF the awful
tragedy was told by one Of the men.
oers Of the train crew.
I'VE left Washingsoc at three
O'Clock - said the member Of the
crew. "but nothing peculiar in tbs
actions OF Beehea was observed un-
til the train pulled out OF Baltimore.
We had scarcely reached me Out
skirts Of the city. when Bethea. who
was occupying chair n tho parlo7
car, threatened 20 cnastise Williams.
because OF no apparent reason. otse.
than be TOOK exception to the 2'E-
tes being q negro.
"a short time later the porter
again had occass.a to pass th-caSh
The car. He was busy ooealns
yeneilator. when Bethea arose anc
lcnged toward him. The porter h1s.
rsedly ief. the car and reported 'hs
matter to Conductor Wel!msn. tn.
latter toi3 Williams to remain ort
OF the car unless It wss aosc,uteiy
necessary Tor him 70 enter. Sethea
Il the meantime had taken scai
"a coach
when the .rain was bs:wcen
Earve de GRANGE and Newark, tue
porter started through the coaca. not
noticing Beshes. The latter was ap-
parentiy dosing IN his seat. brS jus;
IS the colored man passed aim he
rose and said: You negro: III
shoe. you full Of holes"
williams was less than four fee;
from the enrssed man and as Eethes
spoke Williams turned half aroui
In evident surprise. AS he did SC
Bethea fred shot into the porter's
heart. Williams fell back into .
seat. and as Conductor Welirsan ap
proachee the murderer. Beehea AreG
again This last shot wen. throuS'
williams thigh and buried itself in
the woodwork IN the side OF the
car.
..By this time pandeuoaiun reisE
ed. There were about thirty persons
in the car and they made mat
rush for both doors Conductor
werman apparently didn't know that
Williams had been fatally shot. as
the negro was sitting upyisat In the
seat. AS wellnaa spoke TO Beshe',
the latter turned ,svid with rage
and placing Ids revolver almost OF
the conductors chest. iced. Well
man dropped without moving ar
.nch and Beehea. aourishins his re
7elver. backed toward TIE to:le'
room. entered and closed the door
"Ir the meantime the train had
reached Newark. Del. No stop vas
made but q message was thrown OF
asking the railroad officials at VIZ
rsington. IL miles distant. to have
policemen on hand 10 arrest Beth
ea None Of US knew at this time
chat either Williams or Conductor
Wellman was dead. Before the train
reached Wilmington the dcor was
barred from the outside and has
ty examination OF both men showed
that life was extinct
so bitter was the feeling agains
the desperate man among the PAS
sengers that he could have been torr
limb from limb had they been able
to gain admiteance to the toilet
when Wilmington was reachet
. score CT policemen and citizens
were waiting on the station platform
The top Of Bethea's head could DC
seen above the window blind as he
was standing in the toilet Captain
Kane OF the Wilmington police soTcs
was the first man to step on ou'
train. He was followed By half
dozen other policemen AS they ap-
preached the toilet room Betee'
threatened to nurde: the whole
bunch. If they attempted to entr1
the room. The officers withdrew
from the car and held consultation
This conference was interrupted By
severa! shots from the toilet win
dow. Bethsa then drew back as the
pci;cemen returned the are.
..At this juncture a Are appartus
appeared and stream was turned
In the broken window. Bethea kept
on firing. but we had all secured
convenient posts and waited develop
mentS. IN few minutes Bethea
staggered from bis arsenal. He was
still firing his revolver. AS he start
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