The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-03-20
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Confessed Negro Firebugs Nee
Death at Hands of Mob, Made q
OF Ban,berg County Men.
Three negroes in charge Of two
constables on their way from Olar tt
Bamberg to be lodged in the count.
! Jail were taken from the officers b!
mob at Odom's bridge, seven mileI
from Olar, and shot to pieces Wed
nesday afternoon. The mob OF Z;
tc 100 men surprised the two con
stables and quickly securing tht
three negroes finished their work il
short order. The negroes are: Al
fred Dublin, 25 years Of age; Rich
ard Dublin, 80 years Of age, anc
Peter Rivers, 20 years Of age.
All three Of the negroes had con
fessed to attempting to burn the
house OF J. E. Cook, mayor Of Olar
early Tuesday morning. On Feb.
ruary 21 a destructive fire occurred
in the business part Of the town, re-
sulting In much loss.
A fortunate circumstance prevent
ed Mr.. Cooks house from sacrifice
to the flames. By the merest chance
be came from his house to the porch
Tuesday morning about $50 o'clock
He was surprised at glow coming
apparently from beneath the floor
and On investigation found pile of
"fat" sp1inters burning and an emp
" bottle that had contained The OF!
used to start the fire. With several
buckets of water he was table to e1-
tinguish the blaze before serious
damage had occurred.
A rigid investigation followed the
attempt to burn the mayors house.
In view Of the fact that indications
at the February fire pointed to in
cendiary origin, the search was even
more determined than might other
wise have been the case. Blood
hounds were used in the pursuit, but
to little avail. One negro was ar
rested Tuesday night, however, and
the other two Wednesday. Without
being allowed to see or communl-
cate with one another they were
closely questioned and finally con-
fessed, the three telling the same
story.
All three are known locally as
"bad" negroes. All had had trouble
with Nlr. Cook. Peter Rivers had
been convicted Of illegally selling
whiskey and Mr.. Cook, as mayor,
had fined him s1O0. The two Dub
lin negroes had been discharged
from the employ of Mr. Cook.
The negroes were held IN the
guard house at Olar until the con-
fessions were obtained and then it
was decided to send them to the
county Jail at Banberg. Two con-
stables started that afternoon about
8 o'clock on the 12-mile tourney
with their prisoners. Olar was In z
state of comparative quiet prior to
the departure of the Officers with
their prisoners and no violence was
anticipated although the necessity
for a speedy trial had been appre-
ciated by number Of citizens and
such a request had been communi-
Gated to the solicitor.
Just what happened when seven
miles OF the trip had been safely
Travelled Is more or less conjecture.
It is only positively known that at
Odoms bridge determined crowd,
numbering from IS to 100 men, dis
patched the three "fre-bugs," using
bullets as the means Of execution.
Sheriff Hunter OF Bamber county
said over the long distance telephone
from his home at BAN berg that he
was advised OF the arrest Of the
three negroes and was about to start
for Olar when he wss advised that
the negroes were already on the way
to Bamberg He then abandoned
the journey and shortly afterwards
was notified OF the lynching by Mag
;strate o. J. C. Lane 4 deputy sher-
III had gone to Olar but did not traT-
eli the road used by the Olar officers
and arrived there after the lynching
at Odom's bridge. Sheriff Hunter
and the solicitor will go to Clar for
an Investigation.