The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1914-04-29
BOY FOUND GUILTY
GIRL IS ACQUITTED
Triad Of PcndIetOn- Clement Case
Comes to End in Spartanburg.
Mercy Recommended to the Court.


ton to mercy; Flcda Pcndlcton, not
guilty"
The foregoing was the verdict rem
dcrcd in the case against Laura Flcda
Pcndlcton and Clyde Caldwell Glenn
cnt, Jointly indicted for the murder
Of their siN-wccks-old daughter, Vir-
Einia Nirl, who was drowned in
Whites millpond. at Lawson's Fork.
on the night OF January 80 The YER
dict was announced at 7:i0 O'Clock
last night after The jury had bccn out
since 5:26 in the afternoon, at which
sine the Indictment was handed
them. The decision was marked by a
demonstration in the crowded court
room, those present cheering and
rlapping their hands. Tho verdict
means that Clement is saved from
rlc2trocution. hut the lightcst sentence
IS life imprisonment.
SohS in Mothers Arms.
When tho jury filed in clyde Clcm-
cnt Straightcncd with a pcrccpiblc
tightening Of the muscles, his already
pale face turned ashcn and he sccm-
cd to be stcclng himself for the blow
which he intuitivcly imagined was
about to fall When the jury an
nounccd his fate, he threw his arms
around the neck OF his aged mother,
who was sitting near MIN, buried his
Face on her breast and sobbcd pit
rouSly. After he was taken back to
tho jail his father, Robert c. Glenn
ont the weeping mother and the
other members Of his family got into
u waiting automobile and left for their
home in North Carolina. While sit
ting in the automobile, to which she
had to be Supported Mrs. Clement
between sobs, exclaimed:
"Sparc My SON.
"Oh, my God. spare my son Oh, will
they kill him? Oh. save him."
The dcmcanor Of the other dcfnn-
dant was quito different. When the
Jury filed in Miss pcndlcton's h"ad
sank on her breast, so that her face
was ;'.riShlc. Inol announcement
hv the Ij'y t.1t Sic was ricr. her
face broke into smiles ,n' hcr eyes
widcncd with the jcv which courscd
through her veins. Her mother show
ed the effect Of the decision by trcm-
bling, and her suspense was broken
by the JOY which was hers because
Of the clearing of her girl from the
grave charge under which she had
rested SO long. ,,n' -
ne s't! Ff!S. her mother took MfN
sG,ur at the Finch hotel last night and
then went to the home Of Frank
Smith, on South Converse street,
whore hundreds Of Spartanburg wo-
men visited the young woman and
congratulated her upon her deliver
ancc. Mrs j. II. Pcndlcton and Miss
Flcda Pcndlcton will leave for Dur
ham, n. c.. the home Of the family,
tomorrow. After the verdict Miss Pen
dlcton shook hands with the jury
mon, and hundreds in the courtroom
crowded around her with congratula-
tions.
Baby Buried Today.
The murdered infant, Virginia Virl
whose body has been at Floyd's un-
dertaking parlOrS since it was discov-
crcd In the race OF Whites millpond
by "Buck" Scay, the miller, on the
morning OF January 81, will be bur
led in OakwOod cemetery this after
noon at 1 o'clock. The funeral scrv-
ices will be conducted at the grave
by the Rev G. 'C. Herbert. pastor Of
Central cMthodst Episcopal church
who bcfricndcd Miss Pcndlcton while
Jail. The shroud OF the dead infant
will be the hand-cmbrOidcrcd gar
nicnts OF silk and cashmere in which
it was cnwrappcd when it sank to
death in the dark waters of Lawson S
Fork on the fatcful night Of its death
Mrs. Pcndlcton, the grandmother Of
Pcndlcton, will attend the funeral.
May Appeal.
Sam J. Nichols, leading counsel for
Clement, announced to the court that
he reserved the right to appeal for a
new trial SO IudGc Shpp did not
sentence tie young man. hit held UP
decided upon.
The jury which decided the fate Of
Laura Flcda PcndlcI1u an.l Clvdc