The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1913-08-22
NeqrO Arrested and
Placed in Spartan
burg Jail.
Mob Dynamifes Jail in
Vain Attempt to Lynch
Negro-Three Men Are
Shof-CroWd Held at
Bay by Sheriff and His
Deputies.

tuesdays Spartanburg Herald)
The impregnable walls of the coun-
ty Jail defended by fearless Sheriff
w. j. White and band of deputies
and policemen defed charges of dy-
Mantle placed by the mob clamoring
for the body of Will Fair, who is al
legged to have committed criminal as
sault on young white woman at her
home two miles from Glendale yes
terday morning. For time the sit
uation looked So threatening that
Robert T. CAN'T, county magistrate,
wired Governor Blease requesting
him to call out the militia.
The fusillade of shots and the de-
tonation of three charges of dyna-
mite caused only three casualties,
and they were only slight. Two men
were shot in the leg and one in the
wounded.
Special Term of Court
Governor Blease wired Solicitor
Hill and Magistrate Can't this morn
ing that he had called q special term
of court to try the suspected negro.
The mob began to form about 8
o'clock yesterday until about 10
o'clock it numbered approximately
1000 people ,massed around Che court
I house and before the front Ientronce
in the iailrvvaaAsssssss'-s.-ss3s
h,,t Give cat calls and call for the de-
livery of Will Fair into their hands,
After a time, however, few OF the
bolder spirits secured an iron 1ali aho
ot+emnted to batter down the massive
gate. :,
Sheriff Unafraid.
At this juncture Sheriff White ap
neared at the gate inside the wall am
imperturbably announced that IL
would not give the prisoner up, an
reouested the mob to disperse, stat
ing that they were his friends and
did not want to do any OF them
injury. His advice and pleading
were met with jeers and sarcastic r.
marks. When an attempt was agal
made to break down the gate, blar
cartridges were fired into the air
the guards inside the wall, and Tn
had a dampening effect on he assel
blaye of would-be lynchers. Sever
snasmodic attempts were then ma
bv the bolder element of the mon
oroanize a concerted attack on I
iail and it's inmates. This ala
materialiZe. -, :,
For a time all was quiet, until, IT
said by those participating IN the
tack. members of the construct
force working for the interur'
railway, joined the mob with a
plv of dynamite. Then things be-
to look serious for the brave men
hind the wall.
Dynamite Used.
Shortly after II o'clock charg
dynamite was exploded against
iail wall, with little effect, only b
ing small hole. The sheriff
deputies fred few shots into th'
which were answered by the mob,
no one was hurt.
The next charge of dyna'
which rended the air with heav.
tonatior. was more successful, I
tore down the heavy iron gate.
guards within the Jail began TO
in dead earnest after this att'
And the whine of Winchester b
filled the air, but they went high
IDENTIFY the guardians of the jal
desiring to hurt the members Q
mob, the majority Of which wer
irresponsible boys.
Last Charge.
Quiet reigned for time.
midnight stick OF dynamite
thrown over the wall into tn
yard and exploded with terrific
1t could not be ascertained what
was done by this last and fin
plosion, as the Jail and its II
could not be communicated w
Mayor Refused to Assist
At this juncture o. l.. Jt
mayor of Spartanburg, was al
to to send the firemen to the
house and turn the hose on tn
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