The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-06-19
JAILER AVERTS LYNCHING
SINGLE-HANDED, FOILS PLANS
OF COLLETON MOB.
Crowd of Fifty Attempts to Take
Obbie Boges from Walter
bOrO Jail

jail mere OH IludS ulSul just SdlHe
to light this morning. On account
of the taciturnity of the officers OF
the law, the attempt to take Obbie
Boges, colored, from the Jail and
lynch him, was not made public until
this morning, after the prisoner had
been transferred to the Penitentiary
in Columbia, for safe keeping.
Lucas Padgett, deputy sheriff of
Colleton County and keeper of the
jail, had quite a stirring time with
the would-be lynchers, when, in the
early hours of Saturday morning, a
crowd of about fifty came to the Jail
and, by sending forward one of their
number who was well known, receiv-
ed admission into the jailer's quar-
ters of the prison.
Deputy Protects Prisoner.
Threatening to enter the room,
where the wife of the jailer was
sleeping in order to secure the keys
to the cells, the crowd was held back
by the deputy sheriff at the point of
the gun, and seeing the determina-
ton of Mr.. Padgett, they finally de-
sisted in their efforts and left the
Jail, but threatened to return later.
The trouble was started by the ne
gro, Obbie Boges, beating his wife
severely, for which he was placed in
Jail. The warrant, however, was
withdrawn, and Boges returned to his
home, near Stokes, in this county, to
find that his wife's father, it is said,
had carried his wife away by force
and with her had taken nearly all
of Boges's worldly goods.
Wounds Father-in-Law.
Becoming enraged, the negro went
Immediately to the house of his
wife's father, and shot the old man,
inficting painful, but trifling wounds.
He then went to the town of Stokes,
where, acting on the advice of the
magistrate, who had been notified of
the occurrence, Mr.. ]. NJ. Bennett, a
prominent citizen of that town, at
tempted to arrest him.
The negro resisted, and attempted
to shoot Mr.. Bennett. After strug-
gle Mr.. Bennett secured the gun of
the negro, an old-fashioned muzzle-
loader, and held Boges while the wife
of another we'll known citizen made
him fast with ropes. After being
scurely tied the negro made threats
against the entire settlement, stating
that he would kill the entire crowd
as soon as he could get out of jail,
and it was these threats which later
led to the attempted lynching. -
Lodged in Jail.
Deputy Sheriff Padgett being mott
fed of the arrest of the negro, went
early Friday morning to Stokes, but
on arriving there the person who had
the negro at first refused to turn him
over to the officer, but after much
discussion decided to do so. The
negro was then brought here and
lodged in Jail, and it seemed that
nothing more would be said or done
about the affair.
At l O'Clock Saturday morning,
Officer Padgett opened the Jail door
leading into his living apartments,
after someone had knocked loudly
thereon. With a rush, more than ten
men entered the apartment. Threat
ening to hold the officer while others
entered the room where the jailer's
wife was asleep the crowd was about
to put such a plan into effect when
Mr.. Padgett hastily regained the en-
trance to the room, and held the
crowd back.
Threatened to Blow Up Jail.
Through their spokesman, the
crowd then threatened to blow up the
back of the Jail and secure the
prisoner by that method, but Mr..
Padgett urged them to go away.
Seeing the grim determination of the
officer, the crowd left the Jail, and
after holding a conference returned
and notified the officer that no fur
ther attempts would be made that
night.
Later on Saturday, messages were
received by the officers, in which it
was stated that the crowd would try
again on Saturday night. This led
to a heavy guard being stationed in
the Jail all night, but Sunday came
without the appearance of the lynch
ing party.
Ordered to Penitentiary.
The officers before this had gotten
in touch with Governor Blease, who
ordered the prisoner carried to the
Penitentiary, which order was car
s,,@