The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-12-04
RECORD OF A CONVICT.
Freed Twice by the Governor of
South Carolina.

Lexington, S. c., Nov. 2I.-JacoD
S. Jeter. the white man who was re-
leased from the State penitentiary by
the governors parole yesterday, is
said to be one of the most danger
Gus men in the State. Jeter was the
first man to receive a pardon at the
hands of the present governor and
his parole Yesterday makes the Sec
ond time that he has received clem-
ency from the chief executive within
the past three years. Jeter was serV-
ing a life sentence in the State peni-
tentiary for having killed a man on
the public streets of the city of Union.
and was released after having served
only about seven years, it is said.
Jeter, soon after his. release the
first time, returned to the home of
his mother and sister, at Swansea,
this county, where he is alleged to
have robbed the home of lot of
personal effects belonging to his
sister. The goods were practi-
cally all recovered by P. H.
Corley, who was then sheriff of
the county. The different articles
were located in a number of disrepu-
table houses in the city of Columbia
by the officers, but Jeter was taken
into custody. Upon signing an agree
ment that he would leave the county,
never to return to the home of his
relatives again, Jeter was allowed to
go his way. It was not long after
that, however, before he was again
in trouble. While on a drunken
spree in the town of Swansea, JeteT
resisted arrest, making an effort to
shoot his would-be captors, who
found it necessary to shoot him in
order to effect his capture. His
wounds were considered so serious
that he was carried to Knowlton's
Hospital in Columbia After remain
ing in the hospital for several weeks
Jeter, upon the promise that he was
only going out on the porch for a
little fresh air, slipped away from
the institution, and, while on his
crutches, made a rapid getaway.
A warrant for his arrest had been
placed in the hands of Sheriff Sim j.
Miller, who at once got in pursuit.
1t was learned that Jeter had boarded
a train for Salley, where he secured a
horse and buggy and drove for sew
eral miles into the country, to the
home of a relative, where he was
captured by the Lexington sheriff as
he was preparing to leave for Sa-
vannah
Jeter was brought back to the
Lexington county Jail, where he was
kept confined for several weeks. He
was tried on a charge of resisting
an officer and assault and battery
with intent to kill at the January
term of the general sessions court
this year; was convicted and sent
enced to serve a period of two years
in the State penitentiary.
Jeter made strong attack on
Sheriff Miller while in the Lexington
county jail previous to his trial, and
it was only by the, almost superhu-
man strength of the Lexington sher-
iff that Jeter did not harm the Off
Ger and effect his escape. He is also
said to have made a threat against
George Bell Zimmerman, solicitor,
who made a strong fight for his con-
viction during the trial, and to have
threatened the life of the Lexington
sheriff and other officers of the
court.
The fact that he has been turned
loose a second time by the governor
has occasioned considerable COM
ment among the people of this coun-
ty who are acquainted with the char
acter of the man.