The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1913-10-29
RESISTING ARREST
NEGRO is KILLED
Two Officers Shoot 10 Pro.
teCt Themselves.
CHARGED WITH ARSON
NEGRO DEFlES ARREST
Lace Glover, Charged with the Burn.
ing OF NJ. B. McCuen's Barn, Killed
by Sheriff 0wings and Deputy Aber-
crombie When They Attempt to
Make Arrest.

With six bullets in his body and two
more bullets in the stock Of the gun
which he grasped in his hand, Lace
Glover, colored, fell at the feet of
Sheriff Owings and Deputy Leonard
Abercrombie early Monday morning
In the cabin of the negro just across
the Greenville county line a few miles
from Princeton. The killing followed
an attempt of the sheriff and a posse
OF FOUR men to serve a warrant on the
negro charging him with arson, the
crime being the burning of NJ. b. Nc
Cuen's barn near Princeton in this
county September 2Sth
1t will be remembered that several
weeks ago an account of the burning
OF Mr.. McCuen's barn was published
in this paper, wherein it was stated
that it was thought the fire was of in
cendiary origin though blood hounds
brought from the state penitentiary
had failed to follow any trail of the
supposed incendaries Lace Glover
was at that time suspected of being
the guilty party, though no tangible
evidence could be secured on which
to swear out warrant. Since that
time the case has not been neglected
and by Sunday enough evidence had
been secured to Justify the arrest of
this negro. AS Sheriff Owings had re-
ceived word that Glover was prepar-
ing himself against arrest and that he
had threatened to kill any white man
that came to lay hands on him, the she
riff laid plans to take the negro by sur
prise and before he could iniure any
of the arrestng party. Taking depu-
ty Reid with him Sunday, Sheriff
Owings went in his auto to the home
OF Magistrate Chestein, just across the
Greenville line and there secured au-
thority from the magistrate to make
the arrest in GrcenYille county With
him to the ncgro's house. he carried
Mr.. Reid, Constable Leonard Aber-
crombie and Messers e. l.. Ridgeway
and j. *. SaXton. They surrounded
the house Of the negro about five
o'clock Monday morning. The sheriff
and Mr.. Abcrcrombie entered the
front door with a lantern and
called the negro. Lace Glover arose
as the officers entered the room and
seeing who they We're, turned and
cast his eye towards his shotgun,
which was hanging on the wall, as if to
reach for it. The sheriff, anticipating
a move by the negro for his gun, com
manded him not to reach for it, In a
twinkling the negro had sprung for
the gun and was taking it from the
rack when the sheriff fired. Mr. Aber-
crombie came to his assistance and
both of them fired several times more,
eight shots in all. The negro fell to the
floor with his gun underneath him.
Several negro women who were
in the house at the time began to
rush into the room in a terrified man
ner, but the remaining officers
had arrived by this time and held them
back for fear they might attempt to
iildhc VI cuDlc' RAS SOOil DIS NulSI WIS re-
stored, Lace Glovcrs wife and his
two sons, Bob and Wesley, We're ar
rested. Lace Glover, himself, never
spoke between the time the officers en-
tered and his death He died imme-
diately
Magistrate Chesticn held an inquest
over the body of the negro Monday af-
ternoon and the jury rendered a ver-
dict to the effect that Lace Glover
came to his death by gunshot wounds
inflicted by Sheriff Owings and Con-
stable Abcrcrombic while in discharge
Of their duty and that the killing was
iustifiable However. warrant was
sworn out for the arrest of the two
men and sent to Sheriff Rector's Of
fee in Greenville. Sheriff Owings tel
ephoned there yesterday that he would
appear if summoned
Emma Glover, the wife of Lace
Glover, and their two sons, Bob and
Wesley, after being arrested, were
brought to Laurens and placed in the
county jail Sheriff Owings states that
Bob Glover has confessed that he and