The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-11-01
TilER N oRlneEDuRe JAIL.
SAVED FROM SPRINGFIELD MOB
BY SHERIFF. sALLEY.
Man Suspected Of Aiding Arthur
Bowen. Alleged Assaliant of White
Woman, To Escape May not Sur
vivc Wound Received During Res
cue from Threatening Mob
Makes Statement About His Part
In A6air--Detectives Continue
search for Bowen.

Orangeburg. Oct. 27.-Sheriff A. NJ.
Bailey. after some very unpleasant
experiences at Springfield. last night
finally iande1 Wade Tyler. a negro
charged with assisting Arthur Bow
On To escape. In Jail here.
Bowen. a negro. Is accused Of at
tempting to criminally assault a
prominent white married woman, OF
the Springfield section. He has been
sought by various posses since last
Monday. the day OF the alleged as
sault. but has so far eluded mis-
wouid-be captors.
Suspicion pointed to Wade Tyler
as having assisted Bowen to escape.
and a warrant having been sworn out.
Tyler was arrested at Springfield yes
terday. and placed In the town guard
house. Sheriff Salley was at once
notified and left here for Springfield.
TO bring Tyler to jail.
After arriving at Springfield and
In attempting to take Tyler from the
lookup to a waiting automobile. the
sheriff was opposed In his designs by
. large mob. which seemed bent on
iynching the prisoner. and for a time
the town was threatened with a gen.
eral race riot
However. Sheriff sailey was deter
mined to carry out his plans and pre-
vent the negro's life being taken. IL
possible. and after a strenuous time
was successful. but not before some
member Of the mob fred at Tyler.
while being transferred to the auto
mobile. the buIlet striking him in the
body. producing a wound which IL
sad - be serious and may result ia
tally. Fortunately this deed failed to
precipitate general trouble. The
darkness and the crush of men
around the machine prevented the
sheriff from locating the man who
did the shooting.
Tyler. In an interview with Editor
Fred Wannamaker. Of the Orange
burg Sun. stated that on the after
noon OF the alleged attempted assault
by Bowen. he. Tyler was seen by
Bowen's father. who gave him ten
dollars with the request that ne get
TO the younger Bowen. who would
be found at Phillips Town, near
Springfield; that ne found Arthur
Bowen and gave him the money and
advised him to 60 to Columbia, tell
ine him that IL caught by officers he
would be placed In the Penitentiary
and be out OF reach Of the mob: that
he went with Bowen about six miles
from where they had met. and at
plight left Bowen anj stopped with a
eolored friend: that he saw no more
81 Bowen and thought Bowen had
gone towards Augusta.
There In no further news from
Springfield today.
Tyler was brought to jail with the
sheriff. In DIT. Boieu's machine. as
the sherifr's car was rendered useless
by the cutting Of the tires by some of
the mob. The sheriff was inter-
fered with by some of the men pres
ent. but was not injured In any way;
and that he stuck to his man notwith-
standing the opposition. Is proven by
the fact that Tyler is In Jail here
and not a dead negro.
IL Is said that apprehension is stisi
felt at Springfield that the trouble Is
not yet over. Other negroes may
beeome involved In the matter bef Dr. t,
Bowen ~ caught. Il Is said.