The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1913-12-24
ATROClOUS DEED
NEAR ORANGEBURG
Lonely Widow Attacked by Negro W0-
man and Seriously Wounded In
Many Places.

'""ii anu ocilouslS NOunuCu LII
Many Places.
Orangcburg, Dec. 21.--As results of
the most atrocious deeds ever COM
mttcd in this county, Mrs Sue G.
cannon, about 40 years old and a
widow, is in this city desperately
founded, and Mary Gaillard, a negro
woman, accused by Mrs Cannon of
attacking her, was at last reports,
surrounded by a posse in swamp in
the vicinity Of Vance, near the scene
of the assault which, it is greatly
feared, will terminate in a tragedy. In
fact, it is said, the doctors attending
Mrs. Cannon hold out little hope of
her recovery, SO serious arc the many
wounds she received.
Mrs. Cannon was brought to Or
angeburg Friday night for surgical
and medical attention, after her ply
sician, Dr. w. II. Lawton, of Vance,
had taken moro than twenty stitches
ind her wounds. She is now at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. w. j..
Morgan, wife Of the well known At
lantic Coast Line conductor on the
Pregnall branch.
Children Save Mothers Life.
The ficndish attack on Mrs. Can
non, Of which Mary Gaillard is ac-
cuscd. was made early Thursday
night at Mrs. Cannon's home, on her
nlont,.; ion ~ >I;ll;con'e n email ef,t;,,,
on the Coast Line, near Vance. Mrs.
Cannon was alone at the time, her
children, a boy about Il and girl a
little younger, having gone on visit
to ncighbors, and returning just in
time to witness part Of the attack and
prevent the assailant applying a match
to their mothers 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 has
been in the Vince community about
two years and bears a bad reputation
among both the negroes and white
people.
The substance Of Mrs. Cannon's YER
sion of the difficulty in which she re-
ceived what may prove fatal injuries,
is about as follows:
Victims Recital.
She declares that while alone in
her home about o'clock Thursday
night, Mary Gaillard came to her
house, but the woman's presence be-
Objectionable Mrs. Cannon ordered her
away. The woman stated that she
had come to see about pattern and
also spoke about some sewing she
probably wished to have Mrs. Cannon
do for her.
intimation Of her intentions, Mrs.
Cannon says, the woman struck her
on the head with billet Of wood,
she began slashing her with a razor,
also striking her with bottle. Mrs.
Cannon further declars that her as
sailant grabbed her telling her that
she was going to break her arm,
which she proceeded to do by twisting
the member until the bone was frac-
tured.
The woman then, says Mrs. Cannon,
stuck knife into her ear and twisted
it around several times, causing cX
cruciating pain and innicting one Of
the most serious Of her many wounds.
Mrs. Cannon says her clothes were
saturated with kerosene by the wo,
man, who was about to apply match
to the oil-soakcd garments Of her pros
trate victim, when the children arriv-
ed, finding their mother barely able to
speak. The negro woman then ran out
OF the back door and presumably, go
ing into the Santee River swamp.
ENTERTAINMENT FRIDAY.