The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-12-09
YOUNG MAN FOUND
WITH THROAT Cut
Body Of J. C. Written, of Green.
wood, Discovered in Patch of
Woods by Negro.

GREENWOOD, Dec. 7.-(SpecjaD-
The body of J. C. Whitten, with his
| throat cut from ear to ear, was found
| In the patch Of woods across Hard
Labor creek, a short distance from
the public road, this morning by q
negro man while hunting. The ne
gro reported his ghastly find to Chief
Of Police Riley, no with others be-
gan an investigation and, upon the
report of another person, arrested
Jesse Glen. at the Greenwood Mill,
charging him with the deed. CIem
was at once placed in Jail. A fur
| ther Investigation will be made by
the coFoner's Jury this afternoon
Saturday night the wife OF young
Written asked police officers IL they
had seen her husband, who had been
missing from home since early in the
| afternoon. She told the police that
Written had drawn his pay, about
S11, and had come to the city to pay
bis grocery bili and purchase eome
supplies for Sunday. The officers
| could give her no information, having
| seen nothing of the young man. Later
Saturday night the young woman with
the father of Whitten went to several
barber shops of the city, asking II
Whitten had been in any OF them, he
having stated that he would get a
shave before returning home. Again
the search proved of no avail.
Reported to Chief.
Monday morning the young wife
| and her father-in-law reported to
Chief Riley that Whitten had been
absent from home since Saturday af-
ternoon and they were sure he had
met with foul pla. They declared
their belief that he could not have
remained away from home this long
Intentionally as he was man OF
good habits and had lived happily
with his wife. Chief Riley -omised
to begin q search as soon as possible
telling the young ;wmoan that he
would have the officers to go over
the mill woods on the edge OF town
thoroughly, thinking that Whitten
had possibly been waylaid.
"A few minutes before Chief Riley
intended going on his search the ne
gro hunter appeared at the city hail
and reported that he had found a
dead man in the woods across the
creek. The chief, guided by the me-
gro went Immediately to the scene
and found the body, with the throat
gashed from ear to ear and the wind
pipe severed In two. Evidences Of q
scuffle were shown by footprints in
the soft ground and a pool Of blood
near where the body lay.
Robbery the Motive.
The fact that Whitten's pockets
had been turned wrong side out
wards. both coat and trousers, lee at
once to the belief that robbery was
the motive for the murder. Immed-
lately other officers were notified and,
upon <ey dence which they believed.
warrantei them In making the arrest.
Chief Fiiey with other uificeTs went
to the Greenwood Cotton Mill and
took Jesse Glen to Jail on warrant
charging him with the crime. Clem
stoutly denies that he knows any
thing at all about the killing.
Dead q L0He Fine.
There is every indication that
Whitten has been dead for many
hours. which indicates that the muir
der was committed Saturday night II
Is stated that the woods across tile
creek furnish q favorite haunt for
gamblers on Saturday nights and
Sundays. No cards were .found there
tulay, but many empty whiskey anu
beer bottles and q case from which
they had been taken showed that a
drinking party had recently been In
the woods.
Fif'f Not Drinking Man. IS
Written is q young man about "a
years old and 'is reputed to be of good
habits HIS wife and father stated
to Chief Riley that he was not
ayerse to .staIting q drink" but that
as far as, they knew he never got
drunk and they had never heard OF
his gambling Until saturday night
he had alWays gone home early and
usually spent his Sundays with his
II seems unaecountahle to his fam
iIy that no should have been .snticed
away but they can believe aothing
else than that he was wayiaiG and
killed q IS s;s' ss3s
Clem has been an emplcye OF the
Greenwood mill for some. time and
| Is understood to be n good worker.
The police officers do NOT give him
o bad name. =. =