Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-05-21
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OUT OF PEN, COMMITS MURDER.
Nj. L.. Garrett, Degenerate, Shoots
SOn-in-Law and His Father.

Bishopville, May 18.-John H&
Campbell and Aaron Campbell, his
son, were killed to-day by M. l.. Gar
rett, since Friday the father-in-law
Of Aaron Campbell After firing the
fatal shots Garrett dragged his
daughter, bride of three days, to
the swamps a few hundred yards
away, and there defies the body of
men that soon sought his capture.
Garrett only eight months ago COM
pleted a term of two years in the
penitentiary after conviction of a
charge of having IL licit relations with
his daughter, the girl that figures in
the double tragedy of to-day.
Late to-nigh, the hunted man is
surrounded by posses, aggregating
probably $50 men. The net is slowly
tightening, and as the hunters are
aided by bloodhounds from the State
penitentiary and the State farm his
| capture seems certain. The dogs
picked up the trail this afternoon and
followed it until nightfall
CARROTS daughter eluded her IA
ther and escaped She was arrested
by Sheriff Robert Muldrow, of Lee
cor Lty who is on the scene, and was
bought to the Bishopville jail by E.
N. Austin, Bishopyille's chief Of pc
lice
According to the girl, her father
has announced his determination not
to be captured alive. He is said to
be heavily armed, having the gun
with which the two Campbells were
killed and revolver with a sack
| tilled with ammunition.
Garrett was released from the
penitentiary at Columbia July 16,
| 1912, after serving two years for the
| unspeakable offense for which he was
convicted. Last Friday this daugh-
ter and Aaron Campbell were mar
ried and took up their abode at the
home of John HI. Campbell on the
Rose Hill plantation, 13 miles from
BishopVille. Garrett lives at Dal-
zell, some 6 or II miles away.
Only the bare details OF the shock
ing affair have reached this town,
although many have gone from here
to the scene of the double killing and
the ensuing man hunt. 1t is believed
that the tragedy is the result of the
marriage F'riday,sof Aaron Campbell.
and s he dap ghteis " hs5E Had &beetfS
abused by Garrett. ~
Garrett is said to have gone to the
Campbell home about i o'clock this
afternoon, and finding the elder
Campbell on the veranda shot and
killed him. Entering the house, he
found Aaron Campbell and his young
wife: Then Garrett, 1T is said, shot
his son-in-law to death, and, catching
his daughter by the hair, dragged hel'
to the swamp hardly more than 100
yards away
The 18-year-old bride-widow is
said to have declared that after the
double killing her father told her
his plan was to kill the two Camp
bells, secure some money and leave
the country with her.
AS the news was circulated posses
began to gather and Sheriff Muldrow
went to the scene For the chase
dogs were secured from both the
penitentiary and State farm. So sue
cessfully was the trail followed that
the daughter came from the swamp
and was arrested by the sheriff. Gar
rett refused to come out. AS the girl
is quoted as saying her father will
not be taken alive, it is believed that
the breaking of dawn will see him
killed or captured.
Garrett Captured.
Bishopville, May 19.-Crouching
behind tree ten miles from the
| scene of his double crime committed
yesterday, NJ. l.. Garrett was arrested
at an early hour this morning. He
had been trailed to the spot by blood
hounds, and when the sheriff of Lee
| county and a posse Of ten men rode
| up to him he offered no resistance.
Garrett was found to be heavily
armed, but he made no attempt what
ever to carry out his threats of
yesterday, when he declared that he
would never he taken alive. lie was
Immediately shackled, brought to
Bishopville and lodged in Jail.
Soon after he was made a prisoner
it was reported that there were
| threats of lynching, but this after
noon all is quiet and no trouble is
feared