The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-06-25
LYNCHING AVERTED.
JAlLER, SINGLE BANDED, fOILs
PLANS OF MOB
JAILEB Showed PLUCK

Crowd of Fifty Attempts to Take
Negro Prisoner from the Walter
boro Jail, threatening to Blow
it Up, But Would-be Lynchers Re-
treated When Resisted.
: A special dispatch from Walter
boro to the News and Courier says
what came near being lynching at
the county Jail there on Friday night
just came to light Moadny morning.
On account of the taciturnity of the
officers of the law, the attempt to
take Obbie .Boges, colored, from the
Jail and lynch him, was not made
public until Monday morning, after
the prisoner had been transferred to
the Penitentiary, in Columbia for
safe keeping
Lucas Padgett, deputy sheriff Of
Colleton county and keeper of the
jail, had quite stirring time with
the would-be lynchers, when, in the
early hours of Saturday morning a
crowd Of about fifty strong came to
the Jail and, by sending forward one
of their number who was we'll known
received admission into the jailer's
nuarters of the prison
Threatening to enter the room.
where the wife of the jailer was
sleeping in order to secure the keys
to the cell the crowd was held back
by the deputy sheriff at the point OF
the gun and seeing the determination
of Mr.. Padgett, they finally desisted
in their efforts and left the jail, but
threatened to return later.
The trouble was started by the ne
gro, Obbie Boges, beating his wife
severely, for which he was placed in
Jail. The warrant, however, was
withdrawn and Boges returned to his
home, near Stokes, in Colleton coun-
ty, to find that his wife's father, ii
is said, had carried his wife away by
force and with her had taken nearly
all Of Boges's worldly goods
Becoming enraged the negro went
Immediately to the house Of his
wife father, and shot the old man
inhicting painful but light wounds
He then went to the town of Stokes
where, acting on the advice Of the
magistrate, who had ben notified Of
the occurrence, Mr.. J. NJ. Bennett, a
prominent citizen Of that town, at.
tempted to arrest him.
The negro resisted, and attempted
to shoot Mr. Bennet. After a strug'
gle Mr.. Bennet secured the gun of the
negro, an oId-fashioned muzzle load
er, and held Boges while the wife oi
| another well known citizen made
him fast with ropes. After being Sc
curely tied the negro made threats
against the entire settlement, stating
that he would kill the entire crowc
as soon as he could get out Of jail
and it was these threats which later
led to the attempted lynching.
Deputy Sheriff Padgett, being not
fled of the arrest Of the negro, went
early Friday morning to Stokes, bu
on arriving there the person who
had the negro refused at first to turn
him over to the officer, but aftel
much discussion decided to. He was
brought to Walterboro and lodged
| in Jail and it seemed that nothing
more would be said or done about
the affair.
At l o'clock Saturday morning
Officer Padgett opened the Jail dool
leading into his living apartments
after someone had knocked loudly
thereon. With a rush, more thar
ten men entered the apartment
Threatening to hold the officer while
others entered the room where the
| ;ailer's wife was asleep, the CROWD
was about to put such plan into ef
feet when Mr.. Padgett hastily regain
ed the entrance to the room, and
held the crowd back.
Through their spokesman the
crowd then threatened to blow VI
the back of the Jail and secure their
man by that method, but Mr.. Padgett
urged them to go away. Seeing the
grim determination of the officer
the crowd left the jail after holding
conference returned and notified
the off Ger that no further attempts
would be made that night
Later on Saturday messages were
received by the officers, in which 1t
was stated that the crowd would try
again on Saturday night. This led
to a heavy guard being stationed in
the Jail all night, but Sunday came
without the appearance of the lynch
ing party.
The officers before this had gotten
in touch with Governor Blease who
ordered the prisoner carried to the
Penitentiary, which order was carrid
out Sunday, AM the entire affair
made public this morning.
1t appears that the negro was a
desperate character and quite a ter
ror to the community, and this was
probably the cause Of the attempted
lynching, for the crowd had learned
to take the negro at his word and
wanted to remove him before he
would have a chance to carry out his
threats.
Certainly the bravery and deter
mination Of Officer Padgett prevent
ed the lynching.
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False View of Life
The man who refused to do any
thing for posterity because, so he
said "nosterity had done nothing for