Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-03-15
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
- The state pension board met in
Columbia Wednesday, for the purpose
Of apportioning the annual appropria-
tion of $250,000. Capt. w. H. Ed
wards Of Chester, has been elected a
member Of the board, vice w. II. Har-
din, deceased.
| - Samuel N. Hyde, the young white
man, who killed his wife and her faith
er on the night Of July Is, last, and
who has been convicted Of murder,
and Is now in the county Jail waiting
| to be sentenced to be electrocuted,
says an Anderson dispatch, wants to
to assign his body after electrocution
to a medical college or to some per-
sons who will use 1t in furthering the
profession Of surgery. Hyde sent for
a newspaper man today and made
this statement. He says that he is
prepared to execute any paper that
may be legally necessary, so that the
person or college to which the body
is decided or assigned will have no
trouble in getting 1t after the execu-
ton. He prefers that his body go to
medical college, because he says he
believes 1t will accomplish more good
for the public generally. Should a
college fail to make application to him.
then Hyde wants his body to go to
some surgeon who will dissect 1t with
a view Of increasing surgical know
ledge. He does not want any pay for
the body 1t Is to be a gift. Some
time ago Hyde expressed himself as
preferring hanging to electrocution.
This afternoon he stated that electro
cution suited him all right, and that
he Is willing to be taken to the chair
has earnestly repented and seems to
be eager for the end to come.
| MIR. v. B. Cheshire, editor Of the
Anderson Intelligencer. who was as
saulted in his office in Anderson re-
Gently, has sent the Greenville News
the following card, which was publish
ed in the News Of Sunday: Your is
sue Of yesterday carried q story from
Anderson to the effect that had been
beat up in my office by Magistrate
Muldrow of this city, assisted by AL
derman Tolly. Your correspondent
failed to state how 1t was accomplish
ed. He Is the city clerk and Is there
fore afraid of his job, therefore the
unfair report. BY referring to Satur-
day afternoons Daily Mail, paper
that Is not friendly to me, you would
have come nearer getting the correct
story. The true story Of the attack Is
this: had my back to the door and be-
fore knew anyone was near, I was COW
cred with two pistols In the hands OF
Alderman Tolly and Magistrate Null
drow, the latter holding his gun In his
left hand. About the time I discover
ed the men I was ordered not to move
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being struck in the back of the head
with a loaded billet in the hands OF
Magistrate Muldrow. I then backed
out Of the door in an effort to get at
my pistol. This finally succeeded In
reaching, but I was so dazed by the
blows on the head that the two shots
fired at Magistrate Muldrow went
wild. I wasn't given a dogs chance,
or else there would have been one or
two funerals. My two assailants were
backed by two Of the magistrates con-
stables. who stood across the street
looking on, ready to come to their aid
II it was needed. In justice to my
self, kindly ask that you publish
this card"
| -Olar, March 13: Three negroes
in charge Of two constables on their
way from Olar to Bamberg to be lodg-
ed in the county Jail were taken from
the officers by a mob at Odom's bridge
seven miles from this place, and shot
to pieces this afternoon. The mob of
seventy-five to one hundred men sur
prised the two constables and quick
ly securing the three negroes finished
their work in short order. The ne
groes are: Alfred Dublin, 25 years of
age; Richard Dublin, 80 years Of age;
and Peter Rivers, 40 years of age. All
three negroes had confessed to at
tempting to burn the house Of j. E.
ICook, mayor of Olar, early yesterday
morning. On February 81 des-
Itructive fire occurred in the business
part Of the town, resulting In much
loss. A fortunate circumstance pre-
vented Mr.. Cooks house from sacri-
flee to the flames. By the merest
chance he came from his house to the
porch yesterday morning about $50
o'clock He was surprised at glow
coming apparently beneath the floor
and on investigation found a pile of
fat" splinters burning and an empty
bottle that had contained the oil used
to start the fire. With several buck
cts Of water he was able to eXtinguish
the blaze before serious damage had
occurred. A rigid investigation fol-
lowed the attempt to burn the may
or's house. In view Of the fact that
indications at the February fire point
ed to incendiary origin, the search was
even more determined than might
otherwise have been the case. Blood
hounds were used in the pursuit, but
to little avail. One negro was arrest
ed last night, however, and the other
two today. without being allowed to
see or communicate with one another
they were closely questioned and fin
ally confessed, the three telling the
same story. All three are known To-
cally as bad" negroes. All had had
trouble with Mr.. Cook. Peter Rivers
had been convicted Of illegally selling
whisky and Mr.. Cook, as mayor, had
filmed him 500. The two Dublin ne
groes had been discharged from the
employ of Mr.. Cook. The negroes
were held in the guard house at Olar
until the confessions were obtained
and then it was decided to send them
to the county Jail at Bamberg. Two
constables started this afternoon about
3 o'clock on the twelve-mile journey
with their prisoners. Olar was in a
state of comparative quiet prior to the
departure of the officers with their
prisoners and no violence was antici-
pated although the necessity for a
speedy trial had been appreciated by
number Of citizens and such a re-
quest had been communicated to the
solicitor Just what happened when
seven miles of the trip had been safe
ly travelled is more or less conjecture.
1t is only positively known that at
Odom's bridge determined crowd,
numbering from seventy-five to one
hundred men, dispatched the three
"fire-bugs." using bullets as the means
Of execution. An inquest will be held
over the bodies Of the three negroes at
Olar tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.
Sheriff Hunter of Bamberg county,
said over the long distance telephone
from his home at Bamberg last night
that he was advised Of the arrest of
the three negroes and was about to
start for Olar when he was advised
that the negroes were already on the
way to Bamberg. He then abandoned
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