The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-10-03
REPRESENTATIVE LONG
KILLS MIR. PICKENS GUNTER
Sheriff Raborn, of Aiken, Eludes Mob and Lands
Prisoner Safely in JaL.-Political Differ
ence Said to be Cause of Shooting.

through strategic ruse VI mug L
Long from Wagner about l O'CLOCK
this morning cancelled the call from
Sheriff Raborn to Gov. Blease for a
company of militia to cope with the
riotous and threatening crowd which
had gathered last night with the
avowed intention of lynching him for
shooting Mr.. Pickens Gunter yester-
day afternoon at 6 o'clock; and has
served in a degree to alleviate the
troblous conditions existing in the
little town since the occurrence OF
the tragedy. However, it was neces-
sary this morning for several rural
policemen and deputies to return to
WAGNER to control the situation,
which the local police officers COM
planned that they were helpless and
wholly unable to regulate.
Sheriff's Clever Ruse.
The ruse whereby Representative
elect Long was safely escorted
through the Gordon of armed and
angry men surrounding the house IS
this: Sheriff Raborn, by word and
action, created the impression that
cognizant of the determination TO
prevent the safe removal of Long and
realizing that an effort to do 30
meant possibly the lynching OF Long
and the killing of officers, he was
temporarily resigned to the SITUATION
He and his officers Herewith pre-
pared to guard the house of Long S
concealment during the night, and to
await such developments as daylight
would bring forth, formulating their
actions in accordance Herewith.
Two of the ruling spirits of the
threatening crowd were then tempo
rarily enticed away from the vicinity
Reasonably satisfied in their own
minds that, from the appearance OF
things, no further effort to take Long
into custody would be made that
night, the crowd relaxed their vigil
lance to a degree sufficient for Ru-
raj Policeman Samuels to enter the
house and secure Long and spirit
him away to an adjacent and shaded
cotton patch, where Rural Policeman
S. E. Holly awaited to take charge of
him. Then carefully choosing thel:
way, the two men, Holly and Long,
bv circuitous route, walked toward
Aiken, beginning their journey be-
tween II and l o'clock and continu-
ing on foot for thirteen miles, when
they managed to press into service
conveyance, which brought them the
remaining twelve miles to Aikep.
The 'sFeint Guard"
They arrived here this morning
about 7 O'Clock, Long being imme-
diately lodged in Jail. In the mean
time Rural Policeman Samuels re-
turned to the house, and he, with
Sheriff Raborn and the deputy news
paper man, established "feint
guard around the house, keeping
alive the prevailing impression that
Long remained barricaded in the
house and the officers intended to
guard their man until daylight. Not
until daybreak this morning was the
actual condition revealed to the dis
comfted men, and Long was then
safely behind the bars of the Aiken
county Jail.
The noisy demonstrations which
had marked the earlier part of the
nights proceedings waned from
midnight on, but minor depredations,
assuming the form of mere malicious
mischief, were slyly perpetrated un-
der cover of darkness throughout the
night.
General Shooting.
Some time during the night one or
more malcontents shattered every
pane of plate glass in the front OF
Hugh Longs newspaper establish
ment. Long is editor of the Wage
ner-Edisto News. Further, about
midnight, two shots from a shotgun
were fired in the direction of the Of
fcers' automobile, which stood IN
front of the besieged residence. How
ever, the missiles wasted themselves
on the roof of a nearby house, hav-
ing done no damage. These shots
were fired simply in spirit of brava-
do and to annoy the officers. With
out surtouts the officers sat about or
patrolled the front of the house in a
cold. biting driZzle of rain, and day.
break was hailed with a sigh of re-
lief by the benumbed guards. The
officers left the house about $50
O'Clock this morning, going uptown
and giving out the intelligence of
Longs removal, the knowledge being
calmly received without any unseem-