The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-10-19
MURDER CHARGE
Laid to the Door Of Dallas Y. Cara, a
Magistrate Of Berkeley.
BE HELD THE INQUEST
Over the Sody of james c. warmer.
Coiorcd, Nh" Was Nnrdcr"d AZ
Hi. Home One Night and Is Ar
rested With Julius panSer'icla.
CHARGED Viii, the Crime.

CHARGED Win the murder o: Jas.
G. Warmer a nero. a; whose lnqueSi
h. acted as The coroner. Dallas Y
earn. ,a.. magistrate O: that secioa
OF Berkeley County, known as CaTn
Gross Roads is now in the SerkeieS
County Jail. in NoncSS Corner.
awaiting ria: a; the November ;erm
oe the Circu:; Court. which conren-
eS in MoncEs Corner on the seventh
OF the month. while his alleged cen
feoe-a,e. julius D2nseraelc. was az
rested Monday morning al Summer
vile. Both arrests were made on
warrants sworn OUT by spec!a! o.
,eccire, z. +. Thompson. OF Washing
ton D. c.. was was assignee TO tbs
case OK Governor Ansel. OK Souin
Carolina
Because Of the many unique fea-
III; OF the case sad the prominence
OF M-. Casa. ard the good reputa-
ton be has always borne il the coU-
nun;ty. the entire county IS reused
and waiting fo- the trial with eager
anticipation. 20. Il is said chat many
startling disclosures viii be made n
the Court room oa the tris! Gay.
Dargeraeid = less well known than
Is earn: but his arrest. coming at the
same time as did that Of tie latter.
has simply served 20 intensity the In
teres.. Six witnesses were also piac-
ed ZEN mporarily IL ;ae counugaso-y
shei. failure TO make the required
s2Ge bond
The ssor- OF the crime is as soi-
lows: On the nigh; OF Sunday. Sep
TEN Der IS. aocu, i o'clock. James
c. Warner. who lived alone @ita as
wife. and had retired earlier in the
evening. was called 10 the door by
a mans voice He opened the door.
and on dong so was shot His vile
screamed and rushed 70 his side: but
he had already died.
MAGISTRATE D. V. Caro was noA-
fed Of the crime Immediately aud ac-
cord.ns 20 hts statement be al once
started out to collec: g coroner
jury. as in the absence Of the cor
ooe-. he acted n the stead OF that
Official. The jury collected was cocA-
posed OF the following: Dallas '.
cs-n. acting coroner: J. II. MazZel!e.
George Lawrence. Theodore Law
renee. David Simmons. J. J. Orczc.
p. A. Burbage. L. y. Bccoase. Julius
Dangerne,d. J. II. Fielder, David
Lynch an6 S. 4. Bu.5age-
At this inquest. according 70 the
oac;al iaou.sition. which was for
warded BY earn 20 Coroner 7. P
Crawford. and legally entered BY
him. but one witness was examined.
that one being Elizabeth Warner. the
wife Of the dead nan. The follow
;cs is her sworn statement. /. regard
to what she knows OF the killing OF
her husband.
"oa Sunday night. the 18th night
OF Septem moe1. 1910. az about eleven
o'clock, someone come 70 the front
Of my house. and hal!ooeG Hello:
several times. Ny husband and self
had gone 70 bed. asked my hus-
band to get rp and see who that was
He did so, and as soon as he Soe to
the doc, someone ased aad my hus-
band. James. fell on the aoor and
said. oh Lord cos out OF bed
and struck match ana wen: 20 him
and found that he was dead I did
no, see or look for anyone or me
outside Of the house
Shortly after the killing. and the
subsequent inquest. vague Eumors
were circulated IN the sparce!y set
tied community connecting Mr. Cara
with the crime. No one in the cCn-
nurity. who was familiar with the
circumstances. paid serious heed .
these r:s,ors: but little more than
e week sgo some enc officially report
cd TIE matter 70 Governor Anses.
The Governor Immediately sent Spec
ial Detective H +. Thompson. OF
Washington. D. c.. tc the scene OF
the crime with Instructions 20 probe
the a.air 70 the bottom Detective
Thompson arrived on the scene on
las. Tuesday and on this Monday ap-
peared in Moncks Corner. where be
ne: Coroner T. P Crawford by ap-
po:ntmeUs., after having spent Tie
intervening days IN the woods near
the scene OF the crime.
Considering the data that ne had
gathered suEcien: to warrant the ar
rest o, earn and Daoserfel6. he
swo-e out warrants and these were
placed IN the hands Of Sheriff z. G..
Causey. together with the warrants
for the six persons who were arrest
ed as being needed n the evidence
for the Safe q. the trial Two OF
the witnesses arrested are Louise
Warner and Rosa Lee Warner the
latter being girl who was at the
tine ct the arrest. and for year
previous to that time. according 10
her statement. emyioyeG by earn as
his housekee2er.
After being arrested NJ. Carr
made the following statement: "On
the night OF the tragedy ! was With
David Simmons and two OF The Bur
oages AZ my home Until AFTER 1910.
Shortly after the ler:. Julius Dan
SerfelG came IN 70 S':s pc. having
heep up the road rsa- my house.
and while be was :hare " 4 Var