Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-06-25
WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA,
DOUBLE MURDER IN GEORGIA.
Merchant and Wife Shot Down by
Negroes, Who Rob House.

Macon, Ca, June 22.-J. II. Hew-
ell, country merchant at Long
Branch, near Dublin, and his wife
were murdered early this morning
after being called from their beds.
Bloodhounds placed on the trail led
| the posse to the cabin Of three ne
groes, Smith Harris, Joe May and
Henry Kitchens. These negroes were
hurried to the Jail, and, although a
heavy guard was established, a crowd
outnumbering the guards formed out
side the jail and demanded the sur.
render of the prisoners
At o'clock tonight several hun
dred citizens had joined the forces
outside the jail and had begun to
storm the Jail at Dublin. At supper
time the mob adjourned for it's even
ing meal, and the sheriff hurried his
| prisoner to the railroad, where an
extra train was waiting, placed the
prisoners aboard and rushed them to
this city for safe keeping.
Mr.. Hewell was shot down with a
shotgun. The right side of his face
was riddled with No. shot, and his
right eye was shot out. 1t was be-
| lamp in one hand. The lamp set his
| burned about the chest
! Mrs. Hewell ran to her husband S
assistance and was ordered back in
! the house, it Is believed, as her body
| was found on the doorstep, as If try
ing to enter the house..
The sheriff and coroner were npti-
fed Of the shooting by neighbor,
who, on hearing the shots, set out
for the town Of Dublin. When the
officers and quickly summoned pos
Sc appeared on the scene Mrs. Hewell
was dead, but her husband was still
breathing and suffering awful agony
from the wounds and burns. He died
while being carried to Dublin by the
| coroner.
Hewell muttered something about
a negro having done the shooting,
but nothing tangible couIt be OBJ
tanned from himA The countys dogs
were placed on the tracks and they
led to the cabin of Harris. where they
also found Joe May. Both negroes
were placed under arrest. Harris 8
tracks are alleged to fit the tracks
found at the HeEsse>IIii ell hon 8. }ssi ~,
| There were barefoot tracks at the
Iscene OF the Shooting also and the
bloodhounds were placed on these
tracks also. The dogs went straight
to the home of Henry Kitchens, also
negro. A single barrel shot gun
was found in Kitchenss home that
had been recently fired. He also was
arrested.
Robbery Motive of Murder.
The motive for the murder is be-
lieved to have been robbery, and the
| theory is that Harris borrowed
Kitchens's gun to commit the deed
! They evidently met in the woods to
divide the spoils. Mrs. Hewell's 8
trunk was rsnsacked, the suit cases
and grips were thrown into the yard
after their contents had been search
ed, while a small grip Sin which
Hewell kept his money was found in
the woods near where the shoe prints
and barefoot tracks met
Search Of the premises of the ne
groes failed to disclose any money
that had been obtained. HeweI ey-
identity put up hard fight with the
negroes, as both of his revolvers
were found in the yard near the
scene of the shooting. Hewell had
removed his clothing after it caught
fire and he was practically nude when
found
Hewell's son travels out OF Macon
for a packing firm. The son was To-
Gated at Hawkinsville by phone and
has gone to the scene of the crime.
Hewell was 53 years old and his
wife was so,
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