The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-02-20
NEGRO WOMAN KILLED.
Anna Curry Cut to Death by George
Ann Bronson.

| STABBED announcer negro woman nd1lcu
Anna Curry in the neck, severing the
| jugular vein, death occurringin few
minutes. The killing occurred near
the meat market operated by Bronson
opposite the colored graded school,
on Church street.
It seems that the two women had
a fight half hour or more before the
killing, and the Curry woman, who is
daughter of Nose Johnson and is
some times called Anna Johnson, cut
the Bronson woman on the lip with
clever or butcher knife, but not in
ficting a serious wound, this fight oc-
curing at the meat market of Bron-
son. 1t is said this fight grew out
of Adam Bronson's attentions to the
dead woman.
The Bronson woman was not salts
fed with the outcome of the fight,
so she came down town and told
Chief Hand of the difficulty and ask
ed that he arrest the Curry woman
and told him also where she could
be found The chief took the Bron-
son woman along with him and went
to house opposite the power plant
where Anna Curry was at the time
and endeavored to get an account of
the difficulty, but both women had
so much to say that he was at loss
to know which one was responsible
for the fight, so he takes them both
along and goes to Bronson's market
where the fight occurred, as both OF
the women agreed that Bronson was
present when the fight took place.
When they arrived there and Bronson
began to tell Chief Hand something
about the fight his wife kept inter-
rupting and told him he was liar
several times. In fact, she seemed
to be the aggressor all the way
through, or rather was excited and
had a great deal to say, while the
dead woman kept quiet and did not
wrangle so much. Seeing that it was
impossible to get the matter straight
then and there, the chief decided to
hold them both for trial, and they
put up bond of $500 each for their
appearance at Mayors court Mon
day. The Bronson woman gave the
chief $500 in silver as bond and
the Curry woman gave him a check
but signed on the wrong line.
He handed the check back to
her to fill out properly, and while
she was doing this he was sitting on
the steps of the house next door to
the market and she was on the steps
nearer the door. While she was fix
ing the check the Bronson woman
reached over the chief and stabbed
the Curry woman in the neck with a
small knife, severing the jugular
vein. At first the chief states that
he did not know what had happen
ed, thinking only that the woman
had been struck with the open hand,
as the blow sounded like a slap, but
he turned around and saw blood
scouting from the woman's neck in
a great stream.
At once he se.-- some one for
physician, but he told them nothing
could be done, he felt sure, as the
Curry woman would bleed to deatn
in a very short time. He then gave
the Bronson woman back her money
and told her he would have to take
her to Jail. The injured woman ask
ed the chief to get doctor and at
tempted to walk few steps When
she sank down and was caught and
laid down by Mike Guess, negro
man who was present. She never
spoke after she was cut except to
make the request for physician,
and she died in a short time. AS
the Bronson woman made the fatal
stroke she remarked: Take that,
you bitch; I'll hang for you How
ever. she said a few moments after
the cutting that she did not intend 10
kill the woman, but only wanted TO
cut her like she had been cut by the
dead woman.
A crowd quickly gathered at the
scene, and for a while there was
some excitement, as there were
number of negroes in town. The
Bronson woman was at once taken 10
jail, where she now is and Will
doubtless remain there until the
March term of court, when she Will
be tried for murder. An inquest was
held the same afternoon over the
body of the dead woman by Coroner
Zeigler, and the verdict of the cor
oner's Jury was that the dead Wo-
man came to her death from WOUNDS
;,A;otoS hv George Ann Bronson.