The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-08-23


give them a clue which seemed 10
point to the guilty party. The ncgto
stated that a short while before II
o'clock he had been returning from
Glendale To his home and had met a
strange negro. dressed in a white shirt
ana dark trousers, and who seemed
to be in great hurry The descrip-
ton which was given convinced the
posse that this was the negro for
whom they were searching ana they
FASTENED TO Glendale. Citizens there
had noticed a strange negro board a
street car bound for this city. and il
was found that their description of
him tailed i'm every respect.
Conductor T.. Holcomb, who was in
charge of this car. stated that he no.
ticed the negro who got on the car at
Glendale particularly, as he seemed
to be i'll at ease ell during the trip to
Spartanburg. \ negro woman and
'N'e'h |hiiuieh were on DOaru the
car and the negro man was evidently
acquainted with them, said Conduc-
tor Holcomb, as he spoke to them sew
eral times before he reached the city.
Holcomb said that he was tempted Ia
inquire into the negro's evident ner-
vousness, but finally decided that
such action might cause trouble. Al
this time Holcomb had not heard of
the crime. III had. he said he would
assIredly have reported the negro's
strange conduct to the police. How
ever, he remained silent until after
the negro left the car on the public
square. A few minutes later, just be-
fore starting on the return trip tC
Glendale, he heard of the crime and
at once reported to the authorities
what he had observed on his trip to
this city. This was at once followed
up by the posse.
The crime is one Of the most re-
Voting that ever occurred i'm this
county. and aroused the greatest ex-
citement and Indignation at Glendal,
and at White Stone. There was nc
attempt to conceal the fact that a
lynching would probably follow the
capture of the guilty party. Crowds
gathered at Glendale and at White
Stone.
After the assault the negro rushed
out of the house and made off in the
direction of Glendale, which is located
about two miles from the scene OF
the crime. Before the woman could
give the alarm, her husband had oc-
casion To return to his home for some
ching which he needed in his work
and found his wife on the floor with
blood streaming from her head where
the negro had struck her with the
bludgeon. Placing his wife in the
buggy the husband drove at break
neck speed to the home of his father
who resides short distance away.
A physician was at once summoned
and the husband FASTENED to Glendale
to report the crime. His story arous-
ed the greatest excitement, and doz-
ems of men voluntarily made prepare
tions to assist in running down the
criminal Messages were sent t.
White Stone and this usually quiet
little village was soon filed with stern
visaged men preparing to go to the
scene Of the outrage. Within an hour
after the crime had occurred a large
crowd of citizens were on the scene
searching for the guilty negro.
The negro's victim is a very young
woman, being about 19 years of age
She was married last Christmas to 9
well-to-do young planter of this
county.
The last reports from the home o
her husbands father indicates that
she Is suffering greatly, but that there
IL hope OF her recovery.