The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-11-01
F0ULLY SLAIN.
Negro Farm Hand Charged With 'nurdsr.
ing Florence Farmer
IN alS COUNTRY HOME

| In His COUNTRY HOME
Four Loads from Shotgun Find
! Lodgment in Victims Body
killing Occurs in Dead Mans Res.
idence where Slayer Evidently Lay
in Waiting COR His Return.
IA dispatch to The News and cour--
Ter from Florence says to be fouily
murdered within the confines ,ls. Of his
own home was the fate ',t>f. Ct Mr.. Elihu
M. Moye, a well known and highly
| respected farmer and citizen OF the
Ehenezer section, about ten o'clock
Friday night, and Clarence Ham, a
ginger-cake colored negro, about 80
years old, is In jail, charged by the
coroner's jury with being the man
who committed the helnous crime,
and using Moye's own gun TO Kill
his victim with.
The news OF the horrible deed
was telegraphed in to Florence at
IN early hour Saturday morning
TO the sheriff, asking that he come at
once to, Ebenezer and bring with him
Coroner Cooper, as Mr. Moye had
been found dead on his piazza, sup
pcsedly from the hands OF marder-
er.
Sheriff Burch and Coroner Cooper
hastily went to the scene. aud the
neMs. as telephoned in proved TO be
reality. The news spread through
out the Ebenezer section with iignt-
ning-like rapidity, and it was only u
short time before hundreds OF people
had gathered about the Moye home,
with the hope OF gaining some inior-
nation as to how he met death in
such foul and dastardly manner.
All the while from the time the news
became known until the coroner's
| jury had been empanelled, the entire
neighborhood was wrought up and
there is no telling what might have
happened had it been known at that
| time that Clarence Ham, the negro
now in jail, had had anything to do
with the taking Of the life OF Elilu
Moye.
The Sheriff had learned that Clar-
ence Ham had been IN the employ Of
Mr.. Moye some weeks ago and had
been discharged because he failed to
| work to suit his employer. Last
week, however, Mr.. Moye agreed. to
take Ham back and put MIN to work.
Saturday morning Ham was the only
negro on the plantation who failed
to show up. and Sheriff Burch, in
order to see what there was in him,
put him up before the jury to testify
and he stated that he had left the
place late Friday and went to q wo-
mans house by the name Of Ethel
Wilds Friday night, where he stay
ed. While he was testifying, Deputy
Sheriff Harrell was sent to the Wilds
woman's house to bring her also as
| a witness and while at the house
Deputy Harrell thought he would
search the premises.
He found in a bureau drawer
coat belonging to Mr.. Moye and
| pair of trousers. These he took
along with him to the inquest, and 1t
proved to be the right evidence on
which the murder could be laid at
Hams door, for it was the coat that
Mr.. Moye wore Friday night, and
the one he had just divested him
self of a few moments before the
killing took place, as was sworn 20
by Mr.. Harold Cole, who had accom-
panied Mr.. Moye to Timmonsville 10
a protracted meeting. Letters. and
other papers of Mr.. .Moye's were
found In the pockets, going still fur
ther to prove Mr.. Coles testimony,
and tending to show that Ham is
the criminal
Mr.. Moye was married several
years ago to Miss Minnie Harrell,
! who preceded him some eighteen
months ago. He has since llvat'
! alone. excepting when his maiden sis
ter visited him. He was a son of the
late Wash Moye, Of old Darlington,
and is survived by one brother, Mr..
Theodore A. Moye, and two sisters,
Miss Mary Moye and Mrs. Sarah
Mum, all Of Florence county, toEeth-
er with a large and wide circle of
near relatives and hosts OF friends.
The horrible murder has been the
talk Of the town and county, for all
the people knew Elihu Moye, and
they were terribly shocked when the
news was first handed out.
Clarence Ham. the supposed slay-
er of MIR. Moye. is behind the bars
Of the Florence County prison and
stands charged by the coroncr's jury
as the slayer of MIR. Moye. Had It
not have been that petition was
quickly circulated immediately after
the inquest, calling upon Solicitor
w. H. Wells, by Mr. John McSween.
of Timmonsvllle, asking the Govern
or to order special term Of the
Criminal Court in the County to try