Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-03-24

and on the wall of the house by DR..
| Kirkpatrick when he made his first
survey Of the premises.
Angry Crowd Gathered.
BY the time the investigation had
! progressed this far daylight had come
and the news of the brutal assault
had spread throughout the surround
| ing country, causing hundreds Of
armed men to gather at the scene OF
! the crime.
DR. Kirk patrick and other we'll
! known citizens Of Lowndesville were
cndcavOring in the meantime to get
| Charlie Logan to tell what he knew
about the crime, as the evidence
! pointed conclusively to his having
had something to do with the affair.
Finally the boy admitted that he had
entered the house and struck the old
woman with a hammer. The negro
would not state to the white men
what his motive was in entering the
house and attacking the aged woman.
| But at the inquest held later in the
| day negro nan testified that he had
spoken to Charlie Logan about the
affair and that Logan admitted hit
ting Mrs. Scott, and gave as his mo-
tive that he wished to see that little
girl in the house with her"
Inquest Held.
Yesterday afternoon Magistrate
| lIuckabee held an inquest into the
death OF Mrs. Scott, swearing five
witnesses, after which the jury re-
turned q verdict charging Charlie Lo-
gan with having struck the blow
which brought about the aged wo-
mans death.
Suspicious Circumstances.
Citizens OF Lowndcsville are not at
all satisfied with the explanation Of
the crime that Charlie Logan gives
There are a number OF suspicious cir
| cumStanccS connected with the affair.
and circumstances that might lead
one to believe that the murder was
the result Of conspiracy among sew
| ''"i pei SOllS. oilttlS tIlu ClllLellS Ol
| Lowndcsville are working on theories
along this line, and it may be that
there will be other developments in
the case ere long.
Among these suspicious circum-
stances is: Thc whereabouts Of Ben
Massey on the night Mrs. Scott was
killed. Massey contcnded yesterday
! that he and another negro Earl Bur-
ton, came to Anderson Tuesday night
and spent the night there with a ne
gro named Will Davis, WHO is a bro
ther-n-law Of Burton. Another cir
cumStance the officers and citizens
are not satisfied about is that when
the little Scott girl ran to the home
! OF ReCdy Burton, to get the negro
{ woman to go to her uncle Alf SCOTS
with her to give the alarm. the ne
! greSs kept the white girl in the house
| for an hour and half. and only con-
scented to go with her after the child
had stated that she would go to her
unClc'S house alone.
Was Well Known Lady.
Mrs. Scott was well known and
highly respected in her community.
She was the mother of Mrs. Allen,
wife of J. Ban Allen, a well known
farmer who lives near Anderson.
Prisoners to Abbcvillc.
Abbeville, March l7.-Charlie Lo-
hn L.,
Scott near LOwndcsvilie last night,
was apprehcndcd by the constable of
Magistrate lluckabcc, and with the
| magistrate and two others, was
brought by a CircuitOus route to Alb
bcvillc. Sheriff Lyon was informed
OF ;hc probability OF mob violence and
hurried the negro to Greenwood to
catch the train for Columbia. Fear
ing that the mob, disappointed at
finding their man gone. would wreak
vengeance on another negro who was
in Jail under sentence for manslaugh-
ter, Sheriff Lyon took that negro also
to Columbia.
In State Pcnitentiary.
Columbia, March 17.-The negro
Logan was brought TO the State pen
ltentiary tonight at II O'Clock from
Abbevillo for safe-kceping.
Il will order special term of
court for early next week." said Gov
/ crnor Manning tonight after a con-
( ference with Solicitor Cooper over the
! telephone at Ncwberrv.
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