Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-12-24
UsT FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT THE DAY: THOU GAN
WALHALIA SOUTH pEoENBER p 1913
WIDOW is VICTIM OF ATTACK.
MRS. sue &. Cannon Wounded Near
Fance-AcCuscS COlOred Woman.

Orangeburg, Dec. 20.-As results
OF one of the most atrocious deeds
ever committed in this county, Mrs.
Sue Z. Cannon, about As years old.
a widow, is in this city desperately
wounded, and Mary Gaillard, a negro
woman, accused by Mrs. Cannon of
attacking her, was, at last reports.
surrounded by a possee in a swamp
IN the vicinity Of Vance, near the
scene OF the assault. The doctors
attending Mrs. Cannon hold out lit
tie hope of her recovery.
MIS-. Cannon was brought to Or
angeburg last night for surgical and
medical attention, after her physi-
clan, DR.. w. II. Lawton, of Vance.
had taken more than twenty stitches
in her wounds. She is now at the
home Of her daughter, Mrs. w. ].
Morgan.
Children Save Mothers Life.
The tiendish attack on Mrs. Can
non was made early Thursday night
at >Mrs. Cannon's home, on her plan
tation at Millican's, a small station
on the Coast Line, near Vance. Mrs.
Cannon was alone at the time, her
children, boy about l. and girl
little younger, having gone on
visit to neighbors, and returning just
IN time to witness part Of the attack
ana prevent the assailant applying
match to their mothers clothes,
which she had saturated with kero-
sene.
Although fearfully injured, Mrs.
Cannon has been able to talk about
the attack, which she declares was
1p for tho Of Il
during which sum Of money. for
which she had sold some cotton, was
taken. She asserts positively that
Mary Gaillard was her assailant. 1t
is said that the Gaillard woman has
been in the Vance community about
two years and bears bad reputa-
tion among both the negroes and
white people.
The substance Of Mrs. Cannon s
version Of the difficulty in which she
| received what may prove fatal inju-
ries, is about os follows:
Victims Recital.
She declares ssthat while alone in
her home, about O'clock Thursday
night, Mary Gaillard came to her
house, but the woman's presence be-
ing Objectionable Mrs. Cannon or
that she had come to see about a
pattern and also spoke about some
sewing she probably wished to have
Mrs. Cannon do for her.
Then, without giving the slightest
intimation Of her intentions, Mrs.
Cannon says, the woman struck her
on the head with billet of wood.
then began siashing her with razor,
also striking her with bottle. Mrs.
Cannon further declares that her as
sailant grabbed her, telling her that
she was going to break her arm,
which she proceeded to do by twist
ing the member until the bone was
fractured.
The woman then, says Mrs. Can
non, stuck a knife into her ear and
twisted it around several times, caus-
ing eXcruciating pain and inficting
one OF the most serious of her many
wounds. Mrs. Cannon says her
clothes were then saturated with
kerosene by the woman, who was
about to apply match to the OIL
soaked garments Of her PROSTATE vic
tim, when the children arrived, find
ing their mother barely able to
speak. The negro woman then ran
out Of the back door and, presuma-
bly,, going into the Santee river
swamp.
Posse in Search.
The alarm was Immediately given
and posse was soon in search of
the perpetrator of one Of the most
brutal deeds ever recorded in Or
angeburg county. Sheriff A. NJ. Sal
ley sent one Of his deputies from
here to direct the hunt for the wo-
man, and Rural Policeman Ballard,
OF Elloree, about ten miles from the
scene Of the outrage, and other men
from the community are assisting.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT ELBERTON