The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-07
~~~-.-. MANNING, c. WEDNESDAY, MAY Z. 1913

Juries with buckshot in his face. Not
| withstanding this, DR.. Moore recov
| cred his weapon, which had dropped
| to the ground at the shot, and com
menced firing with his left hand al
the negro.
Mr.. ]. Frank Bowers, rushing in
at this time, was met with two full
loads Of buckshot from the gun Of the
| man, which completely blew of the
top Of the head and upper face OF Mr.
| Bowers. It being almost suicidal fol
Dr.. Moore aud Mr.. Hanna to stay
where they were, the negro being Sc
curely barricaded, they withdrew
leaving MT. Bowers body in the pond
in the pool of his life blood. Dr..
Moore was at once carried to Luray,
thence to Columbia, where he now
fingers.
This shooting occurred at about 8
o'clock. Pickets were then placed
around the pond and it was while on
picket duty that Mr.. McTeer Bowers
was shot by the hidden negro.
Reinforcements from Hampton
anil Allendale having arrived, Magis-
trate Edenfeld called for volunteers,
and Policeman Harter, DR.. Tison,
John Dunbar, Mr.. HERS, all Of Allen
dale, and Mr.. Dunning and two trav-
elling men from Fairfax answered
the call, and under the leadership Of
Edenfeld entered the bay. When
within twenty feet Of the hidden ne
gro Judge Edenfield was shot thru
the breast and stomach with buck
shot, and falling to the ground, call
ed out, "Get him boys, for he's got
me-"
Mr.. Harter dropped to his knees,
and with his sixteen-shot Winchester
riddled the logs and bushes, forming
the barricade of the negro, with bull
lets. The negro evidently fearing to
rise did not shoot at the searchers
more, and fearing death, the men
withdrew out Of range of Austin's
gun.
Austin wisely, from his viewpoint,
stuck his overcoat up on a nearby
tree, and this overcoat. which was af-
terwards recovered for the use Of the
,bioodhounds in getting the scent, was
also seen to be filed with bullet
holes.
No further attack was made on
the negro at that time and the au-
thorities in Columbia were communi-
Gated with for dogs and men. Night
came. Fires were built by two negro
men all around this bond except on
one side. Austin, knowing that some
negroes were engaged in building
these fires, walked boldly out to
where several white searchers were
standing, and upon being halted ex-
planned that be was one of the men
who had been building fires around
the pond and that.he was going up TO
his house and that he hoped they
would get the negro who had killed
two Of the best white men In this
country. He was allowed to pass
but not stopping at the house 1nd1-
Gated and stopping and lodging for
the woods, the men on guard kne"
then that he had escaped and imme-
diately gave chase. Austin entered
branch, and until several hours later
was not heard from.
A party of eight men who had been
sent in an automobile to Cohen's
Bluff to intercept rhe negro should
he attempt to cross the Savannah
River at that point, when their ma
chine broke down, were returning on
the public highway when the rattle
Of shells in a bag approaching them
caused them to command Halt
The response were shots from the
mans gun. The party returned tic
fire with probably fifty shots, but no
negro was found. he having escaped
in the dark.
About this time the train from Co.
lumbia bearing the hounds arrived
and being placed on the trail at the
last place the negro was seen, failed
TO get the trail. They were then
carried back to the pond where the
drst shooting had occurred and imme-
diately picked up the trail and ran 1t
for several miles, but it ran into
public road and was lost.
Reports received at Hampton at
about 3 O'Clock Thursday afternoon
were to the effect that the dogs have
recovered the trail and were running
n Coosawhatchie Swamp with about
one thousand men following.
Judge Edenfield was shot In Barn
we'll County and Mr.. Bowers was shot
IN Hampton County, the county line
running about midway through the
pond or bay. Each of the men was
shot in the county in which he re-
sided.
KILLED A SQCEALER.
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