The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-12-25
NEGRESS ATTACKS WIDOW
MRS. SUE G.. CANNON DEPERATE-
LY WOUNDED NEAR VANCE.
Fugitive Reported Surrounded by
Posse in Santee SWamp-De-
tails of Fiendish Deed.

ola ana a WIDOW, is III Iue City ucs-
perately wounded, and Mary Gillard.
a negro woman, accused by Mrs. Can
non of attacking her, was, at last re-
ports, surrounded by a posse in 4
swamp in the vicinity Of Vance, near
the scene of the assault, which, it il;
greatly feared, will terminate in a
tragedy. In fact, it is said, the doc
tors attending Mrs. Cannon hold out
little hope of her recovery, so serious
are the many wounds she received.
Mrs. Cannon was brought to
Orangeburg last night for surgical
and medical attention, after her ply
sician, DR.. w. H. Lawton, of Vance,
had taken more than twenty stitches
in her wounds. She is now at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. W. J.
Morgan, wife of the we'll known At
lantic Coast Line conductor on the
Pregnall branch.
CnllUrcu saves IoCiACA > AAAOs
The fiendish attack on Mrs. Can
non, of which Mary Gaillard is ac-
cused, was made early Thursday
night at Mrs. Cannon's home, on her
plantation at Millican's, a small sta
tion on the Coast Line near Vance.
Mrs. Cannon was alone at the time,
her children, boy about II and a
girl little younger, having gone on
a visit to neighbors, and returning
Just in time to witness part of the
attack and prevent the assailant ap-
plving a match to their mothers S
clothes, which she had saturated with
kerosene.
Although fearfully injured, Mrs.
Cannon has been able to talk about
the attack, which she declares was
made for the purpose of robbery, and
during which a 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 hs
been in the Vince community about
two years and bears bad reputation
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 in
iuries, is about as follows:
Victims Recital.
She declares that while alone IL
her home, about s o'clock Thursday
night. Mary Gaillard came to her
house, but the woman's presence be-
ing Objectionable Mrs. Cannon order
Cd her away. The woman stated 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 saws, the woman struck her
on the head with billet of wood,
then began slashing her with razor,
also striking her with a 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 knife into her ear and
twisted it around several times, caus-
ing excruciating pain and infiicting
one of the most serious of her many
wounds. Mrs. Cannon says her
clothes were then saturated Wlth
kerosene by the woman, who was
about to apply a match to the OIL
soaked garments of her PROSTATE VIC
tim, when the children arrived, ind
ing their mother barely able to speak.
The negro woman then ran out or
the back door and, presumably, go
ing into the Santee River swamp.
Posse in Search.
The alarm was Immediately given
and a posse was soon in search OF the
rcrpetrator of one of the most brutal
deeds ever recorded in Orangebur5
county. Sheriff A. NJ. Salley sent one
of his deputies from here to direct
the hunt for the woman, and Rural
Policeman Ballard, of Elloree, about
ten miles from the scene of the out
rage, and other men from the COM
munity are assisting.
The latest information from the
scene of the woman hunt, received
here tonight. it that the fugitive mas
not yet been captured, but it is be-
,jeved that she is in the swamp, which
the posse has surrounded, and cannot
escape.
It is said that in the searching
party are a number of determined