The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-01-01
BEATEN I And KILLED.
TAKEK OUT 6UaaBH0DsE At NOR.
var AND sBBT
aAYERs ARE UNKNOWN

The rsctim. Who Was Charged With
a Minor oaease, Was Carried
Short Distance from Town, Beaten |
VITA Pissol Butts, and Was Then |
Sho. to Death.
John Fielder. a negro, was brutal
>+r beaten and shot &c death near the
town OF Norway on Friday night.
FeAdes had been committed to the
town guard house on the charge OF
obtaining money under false pre-
lenses, which trouble had been
st,sSghtened out early in the night.
Snt taser in the night the guard
house was broken open, the negro
taken ont, beat about the head with
pistol butts, and then shot to death
lis body being left by the roadside
short distance from the town. Re
yorss indicate that but few COM
posed the little lynehing party that
aid the nights work.
Reports say that the negro's f.
nancsal troubles had nothing to do
With the tynching, as that matter
Mad been, settled. Il is also stated
thas Fielder had had some words with
q white man. From the reports OBJ
14,!ned from all sources. It appears
e.ast some man or men had grieV-
aaoe, OF Just what magnitude Is not
A,oxn, against John Fielder. and that
ae or they took advantage OF the oc-
scssion OF his Incarceration. drove into
tie, little town Of Norway, secured
his or their victim. then proceeded
5 with the usual mob ceremonies with
the probably addition OF the ante
: mortem brutalit1es-
A story OF the lynching from Den
mark says e negro. John Fielder.
tenant OF the plantation Of Herman
: Brown. near the town Of Norway,
wa arrested Friday by Magistrate
Tyler on q warrant sworn out By J.
z. Leysath, OF North, on the charge
OF obtaining money under false pro
sence and was lodged in the guard
house at Norway to await a prelin-
iaary hearing. The negro had con-
trasted TO work OF the farm Of S.
D Guess E. Son, st Denmark. the
: coming year
Nr.~Lsysath knowing this. COM
apnieateG With Guess & Son the ear
: ~ part OF Friday night and Guess 4
Son agreed to reimburse him ano
thereby permit the negro to compl,
with his new contract. Also durins
the early part Of Saturday night the
two sons OF the dead negro came tc
neama1k and urged Guess & Son tt
ast speedily in securing the release
o. their father. as they feared that
barn would come 70 the prisoner l.
be remained in the Norway guard
house over night.
Their fears were we'll founded. TO.
during the nightya mob OF men broke
open the guard house, took the ne
gro and carried him a short distanc.
from the town, tied his hands anc
$ shot him to death. Before or after
the shooting the victim was horr!b!,
beaten about the head with the but:
end Of the 1evolyers. Broken piece!
OF the handles Of the revolvers founc
pear tAe dead body show that the
blows were inflicted with force ant
brutality.
a large black dog was found
guarding the body Of the negro. the
dog did not belong to the murdered
. man nor can any one be found who
s will name the master of the sym
pathetic canine. 1t IS conceded b. az
: that the killing did not originate
f-om the Lersath arrest, as this was
aMieas.y settled in the earlier part
Of the night.
A few days ago the negro, Fielder.
and a white man had an alteration.
or words, and the negro is reported
to have drawn gun on the white
and used some ugly threats.
The name of the white man coulG
not be learned. but the story has con-
siderable authenticity. The mob. il
formed to avenge this bad behavior
oe the negro, shocked a law-aoidins
community. and otherwise disturbed
the good feeling between the races.
The good people Of Norway reg7e!
the occurrence OF the terrible crime
and pray that the Law will assert it
self. and promise to this dne agrieul-
tu-a community future Of safety
and Keen recognition Of law in its
protection to society and individuals
They we're excited Saturday morning
when It was found that the negro
had been taken from the guard
hecse. In Che middle of the night. and
shot to death.
The tracks OF two busgies leading
from the guard house we're followed
three miles from town, and there the
dead body Of the negro met the eye
ot the magistrate. The body was
riddled with shot, several Of them
piercing the head. The dead body o.
the negro and the buggy tracks con,
stituted all the evidence to the deed.
The fact that there we're tracks o:
only two buggies leads to the belle.
that the band which lynched the ne
gro was small!
The motive for the deed is not ap-
parent. The first news Of the lynch
ing went to Governor Riease Satur-
aay IN the e>shape OF a telegram from
Magistrate Tyler and stated that IN.
known persons had broken open the
guard house and !ynched man who
had been locked up on minor
charge. The narrative Of the circum-
stances vas obtained in q lo.s-dis-
ta1ce telephone conversation with
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