The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-10-26
AWFUL CRIME
Black B,use c,misaHy Assaults White
lsdy in calanbia.
THE FIEND WAS CAUGHT

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And Vas Taken to the i'en.icntrarY
:ar,er Being Identifies, b. His Vic
:im. WIS, j. Seriously Ill From th'
Terrible Ordeal Through Whicl
she Passed.
The Record says wha; WAS 2ernaIa
she mos. revolving Of ali Crimes >oa'
have ever been committed u Column
hia criminal! anauls occurred Tues
d.r afternoon in the noc;hweStcro
section OF the city. \ negro. asme1
with a pistol. compelled the vile OF
wei:-kaown paper aaneeT aod pa'a'
or 20 WELD 20 his hend:sh designs.
rhe ,,dv was in pTeca:soGS coaci-
ton TUESDAY night. but Wedns soa;
morning her condition VAS reported
70 be somewhat, improved. No one
nu, her husband and an intimate
friend are allowed 20 De a; her s'ce.
av the advice o: the attending paySa-
clan. She is completely p3oSsTa'e".
The home OF the husband and Ti.e
is on Lincoln stree: Between Elm
wood avenue and Lumber streets
In ;he family besides The husoaao
and wife are two pretty cn''o'eo-
Tuesday afternoon a: ABOUT -:"o
o'clock the woman had just 800 !
visitor roodsye and had returned 20
rho resr OF the house 20 resume ae'
domestic duties. 4 negro ~oo2i
sse had never seen before appeared
., the fro.; door explaining :ha; ..
had b.oush, letter from he- sa;a-
ter From, my father: she eN-
-r.s,r~ea-se;as very much surprise
n. the ueero's remarks. what 90
vou mean Hers what mean.
the negro said drawing sse pistol,
Tho circumstances OF the aitac"
ON the woman are 700 revolving .os
pun,ica,ion. When :he negro 'e''
,hc house she sen, one OF ne: chit
dren 70 a neiShbor's. asking sor AM
mediate assistance. Making nes wa
IN telephone she summoned To-
emp,ove. OF her husband. The oe'Se'
,ors informed Policeman N:'es'e
Who was on his oca, in me ue'Sh oo'
hood and ne soon learned the :ac'-
os the case and started in puTso'' o
the negro who Is ahou; IS years o.
age ..,
Before the criminal asssu" 1907
MACE word was received from ao''i
: lincoln stree; ,ha, negro aTaiec
with pistol was threatening &C
shoot number Of persons in ta'
ne,-hoo.nood. and the reSe7'e or
,er. Policeman Hi,e. responded '''
followed Lincoln street 20 SsS'''e
S,ree. where he overlook and asses'-
Cd Bird. The negro seemed Sn7ps:s'
ed A, the arres; and cemanoeo I
know .be cha..e against him 70
carving pistol" replied ;he p"s'c@
man who Quickly diSa-n.ed ham.
While waiting :oc :Ae passo! Sae
ON Policeman Mi!e:: came up an
recognized :he necro as anS*"s'h'
.he description o! the man 'o' mo"
no was searching. The officers 700"
the negro 20 the home Of ;ae ~o'na"
and she IN the presence o: u" o1''
re-s and a neighoor sad wEao"S a''
narent hesitation. Yes. taat '"''
man" The pistol which had oee;'
taken from. Bird WAS shown ae: an
she identified the weapon as Gems
,hc ono ,ha; the negro bad us+-c.
Ed Bird IS Tho full name OF ta'
f;eud. He is carpenter and Charms
,ha. hr xen, to Columbia t7o@ W
anseburs few weeks ago. n''
wac H:s: taken 20 police headqoa''
:.rs and formally piaced under ar
rest. Fearing les, public !ad:snaaoh
would assert Itself n moo spi7'
the police had the negro Te:no''-'
m the pe.i;eutia-y short time az
forwards. An automobile ~',a 'S'
prisoner ard the officers '"'esS
oo,ic,. headquarters and !er MI"
u,es afterwards he had been p'aceo
hcr;nd n. walls OF the peni:eotia's
and before the news OF 'ae norT'o''
crime had become G"ne7sHS Know
BIRD denies .ha, be u The negro
who attacked ;he woman. sac'"'o'
IN 20 establish an abb, c!ain!a'
,ha, h~ had been hunting with NoS'
Pete another negro. on Crane e.s-S
Chief Ca;ac:rt has obtained I!"''
pete an affidavit; 10 the eHets ta'
his only companions on ioe aua
we're negroes who reside in that CON
munitv and who Here found and ie'
here.
Iohn franklin. colo-ed. who claim
ed tha: Sird attempted 20 shoot MN
said be saw Bird unload p!s'o
Chic! C.;hcar. upon receiving "a!
information took Franklin 20 ~
n,,ce where the pistol was ai'"se.
:o har. been reloaded. and there a'
found .wo empty shells and ca:'
ridge. This WAS a. the S. A. l.. turn
table in the northeastern section
the city.
Tn. husband Of the woman "oc
vas IN. v:c:!m OF Bird. was no; II
.hc city a: the time OF che a;'acA
on his wife. p" was 10 Oa1iiaS'or
engaged in work and Tuesday af;s--
neon friend sen, him telegram II
stating ,ha. his wife was ser.ous:
iii. Not un;il his arrival az his
home did he become acquainted "iio
the :cal tac;s in :he affair. Natural
!, he ~.s very much ~.ou:h, ~ aad
his anguish ~as touching IN the e>'
srcmc
ioo,sI! Farm Houses
Mrs. Ma-;ic jennings. aged 80. anr
hcr :uo daughters. Mrs. f. +. IA"
don and Miss Laura Jennings. He7'