The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1915-03-23

I known TO his qucstioncrs the name OF
: thc person who siln! him Why these
uu"AiIoucrs have not tried the plan OF
calling OF Il list of names to the negro
aI'i asking him Ia make some signal
II ln' right name WAS called is MOI
known. EuI II suCh 4 plan were tried
ana an affirmative answer given by
,iir negro IL is doubtful ii such tvl-
dcir" would Il" competent iii :, court
of Justice.
Are Man! Rumor>.
f'ar' Burton is The negro concern
ilIr whom reports We're current in
.\hl"rsun Thursday night Ia the e!
i"Vt that hr mad been shot ...::i heat
cn. and brought 10 the Anderson
County Hospital for treatment, Th,.
negro was not beaten. and he waS,>no,
hrau"l' Ia III" hospital. y Mr.. Specr
ui i.owud"aviilr MAS rushed to the
hospital lvrr riiurSda, night for an
operation and persons confused this
fact with the shooting OF Earl Burton.
spreading the report llia, The negro
! had been brought 10 The hospital Tor
treatment.
reports were also current in An
dcrSun Thursday night that IL second
This report WA, also erroneous insn-
far as the statement thai the shoot
ing Oc"urrc'l III I.oMnd"sviIr Tie
facts ar" that II negro Was shot in
Tie leg on the plantation OF "a white
man living between Iva and Starr.
THIS was the result of personal
difficulty between Tn negro and the
Nhiir man wla - said tu have shot
a..
Aiiii iii" loWndcsvIil" affair
No Whites Arrested.
Reports were iilr on The streets
yesterday that there had been Other
arr, SIS. nciuding white people. in
connection with The murder OF Mrs.
Scott. AS IL matter oi fLct bat one ar
rc !las been made since Charlie
Logan nr', Hcn Massey wrrc placed
nn!cr arrest III" day OF Airs. SCOTS;
murder. and this person is Viii John
. so". wlro was arrested Yesterday an,!
carried 10 Ai,h,villo Jail hy Magistrate
j. G. Iiuckalrr and aSsi*lanis. VIII
Johnson is the negro wllo spent the
night with Charlie Logan the night
, Mrs. Scott WAS murdered.
In conversation over long distance
telephone late yesterday afternoon
Mag STRAIT" liuckabrc told The Intel
!ig ucer that no white people had
been arrested III connection with the
affair and no other arrests had been
| made with the exception Of that Ul
| Will Johnson
Ugly Rum0rS Abroad.
! AS is usual in all cases Of this kind
\ various ugly rum0rS are atl0at In
! fact. one can hear almost anything nc
| wants to hear about the murder
| Stories arc going the rounds that
| white people are mixed up in the xii
ling of Mrs. Scott. and that the negro
1r negroes. who did her to death were
paid to do so by negroes. One report
went so far as To say that one OF the
negroes had confessed that white ppO-
F! pie had paid him $50 to put Mrs
| Scott out OF the way
SO far as evidence bearing ont these
reports is concerned. the reports are
as empty as the idle wind. There arc
number OF people In close touch witt;
! the case who believe that the death
| OF Mrs. Scott was the roault of a cen
| Spiracy. and there are some who lAe-
| licvc that all the facts in connection
, with hC. death have not yet been ur
covered. I'ut SO far as there being any
| evidence in hand so far to bear on,
these rumors. there is nop.inG to il.
Theories "f Shooting.
or course. every one has his theory
OF the shooting Of Earl Burton. Some
have advanced The theory that Bur
! ton WAS shot by some person villa
WAS afraid HAT the negro might talk
| and tell something about the murder
of Mrs. Scott that would implicato
him, the person firing the shot There
are scores of other theories advanced
| concerning the mysterious affair, hut
theories are not solving the puzzle
and great many of them are so
Ridiculous as to be almost disgusting.
| ANOTHER VICTORY