The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-24
Will T PROTECT them
DLEASE ANTICIPATES TROUBLE IN
BOOZE CASES.
TAKES ACTION At Once

Six Men Charged With Holding Up
Detectives Sent by Governor
Blease to Work Up Blind Tiger
Cases at Bamberg and Threaten
ING Their Lives.
Charged with assault with intent
to kill, highway robbery and riot,
six white men OF Bamberg, We're
arrested there Wednesday afternoon
and locked in the county jail, &C
cordiag to the report Of Mayor
Smoak, Of BambeTg, TO Governor
Blease, \ sixth man, ". L. NcPhall,
and the alleged leader Of the crowd,
has not yet been arrested, and was
reported from Bamberg to have gone
to Augusta. The Columbia cores
pondent Of The News and Courier
gives the following particulars OF
the affair:
The men mentioned ore charged
with having intimidate6 and run out
OF the town Of Bamberg Two men,
Garner and Garter, who were sent
there 70 work up evidence against
Illicit whiskey dealers BY Governor
BIease, on the request OF two attor-
neys Of Bamberg, who stated that
they would have the detectives re-
port TO Mayor Smoak. The men
worked up nine cases for selling
liquor and six for storing liquor, so
It is stated, in the town OF BambeTg.
Subsequently TWO Of the parties
charged pleaded guilty, but the 9th
ers demanded q jury trial. Last Sat
urday, according to the report, they
had been warned that they had bet
ter leave Bamberg on account OF the
feeling worked up against them as
result of the liquor cases to be tried
They walked ou. OF town, so they
stated, intending to take train at
Denmark, few miles below BAN
berg, and while on their way they
noticed an automobile containing
several men whisk by.
"When Garner and Carter reached
the railroad cut they were covered
by guns. fve pistols and one gun
staring them in the face. According
to their story, the six who covered
them with guns We're ". L. McPhail
Josh Lott, ". D. Blume, Dave Rob
ertson, man named Dodd and one
they did not know. They state that
NcPhail, acting as leader for the
'hold-ups," demanded them to throw
up their hands, cursed them anc
asked what they were doing in BAN
berg.
Garner and Carter stated tha
they showed their commissions from
Governor Biease and the six mer
looked at the commissions; tha
McPhail cursed the Governor ant
told Garner and Carter to tell hin
that Bamberg could run itself ant
II he didn't think SO TO come oow1
and do it himself Garner and Car
ter stated that they were threatened
with lynching, but finally the mob
decided to let them DO, but made
them surrender their pistols, telling
them the pistols would be shipped K
Columbia and for them to "beat it. ,
'tThey also stated that the mob
fred at their feet and sent one OF
two bullets through one Of thei1
bats. Finally, they got away anc
went OF to Columbia and reported
the matter to Governor Blease. The
Governor at once wrote letter tt
Mayor Smoak, of Bamberg, demand
:, ing that he take out warrants agains
the six men for assault with intent
to kill, highway robbery and riot.
s'Fe also wrote Sheriff Hunter tc
arrest the six men and land them II
Jail and told him the Bambers
Guards were subject to his orders
&c case he would need them. A let
ter was sent to the captain Of the
military company to hold his com
sheriff and carry out any iastruc-
tions he might be given, and a tele-
gram from the captain came to the
Governor saying the orders would be
o5eved.
Solicitor Gunter was Informed by
the Governor Of the situation and
instructed to 90 toBanberg and take
charge Of the States case. These
instructions were mailed out Monday
and Wednesday afternoon Mayor
Smoak telephoned the Governor that
i've Of the men were in jail, that
McPhail had skipped, but it was
thought he would be in custody be-
fore morning, and the mayor asked
that Garner and Carter, the two de.
tectives, be sent back to Banberg tc
testify at the hearing.
"wednesday night the Governor
Instructed Garner and Carter to sc
tc Bamberg Thursday morning and
be present at the hearing to testify
He also instructed Chief Kibler tc
take his squad OF Columbi cons:a-
bU!ary and wired Chief Stothart 70
bring his Charleston force Of con-
stabulary to Join Chief Kibler and
the Columbia squad at Branchvil?e,
il the morning and proceed to Ba.o-
berg. This Will be done and they
will accompany Garner and Carter
TO Bamberg.
Garner and Carter, who worked
np the cases at Bamberg against the
Illicit wh!skey dealers. and who al
lege that they were run out OF the
town, are boys from the factory who
bear good regulations and moi rae3,-