The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1915-03-19
(Iiy l.. ". GLENN.


LOWNDESVILLE March 17.-Mrs.
NJ. f. Scott. an 80 years old widow
who, with her granddaughter of 13.
resided on her farm one mile north
OF here. was brutally attacked while
seated at her frcsidc Tuesday nigh;
about IL O'CLOCK by Charlie Logan,
young negro, who struck her in the
head with heavy wrench. inflicting
an injury from which the aged wo-
man died this afternoon at o'clock
witnesses testified at the coroner's
inquest this afternoon that Logan ad-
mitteu that he, entered the homo
with the intention of putting the old
lady out of he way and committing
an assault upon her young grand
daughter, but left before attempting
to attack the girl. Ben Massey. also
eolored, is held on suspicion in con-
nection with the matter. The Logan
nogrc, .if not both, was saved from
lynching at the hands of an pfuriated
crowd Of citizens by the cool and de-
termined stand taken by Magistrate
]. G. Huckabee, who let 1t be known
In unmistakable terms that lie would
brook no interference with his carry
ing ont his duties as an officer of the
Law. Magistrate Huckabee placed
Charlie Logan In the custody or Con-
stable j. NJ. IIucknhce. who took the
prisoner to Abbeville Jail in an au-
tomobile. Later In the afternoon
Magistrate Huckabec sent the other
negro. Ben Massey, to Abbeville Jail.
this prisoner being taken on the train
by Constable. c. G.: Grant
Crime Carefully Planned.
From Testimony .aid..csd ~ the in
quest, 1t appeared that the crime had
been carefully planned. and evidence
uncovered prior to the time Logan
made his confession pointed unmis-
s ftakably. to his having committed the
deed. DR.. Thomas O. Kirkpatrick and
others arriving upon the scene soon
after the attack upon Mrs. Scott be-
oaIIie known began an investigation
OF the premises, with the view OF un-
earthing some clue as to who had
committed the crime. They had only
{ the statement of Mrs. Scbtt's grand
daughter, Miliie Lee Scott, that she
was awakened sometime during the
night BY, the noise OF something fail
ing upon the floor and looked up
from the bed In time to see someone
: dart olt the door. 1t appears that
the little girl retired about 10 O'clock
and left her grandmother seated by
the : fire, smoking a pipe. Tie next
she knew was when she was nwakeif-'
cd by heinoise in the, room and saw
a man spring through the door into
an adjoining room and her grand
mother lying on the floor bleeding
Z from q wound in the head.
DR.. Kirkpatrick and others: began a
, careful scrutiny Of the premises.
and underneath "a window of 3 the,
lhouse they discovered on the ground
q, piece OF freshly split fat pine. The
suppositiOn was that; the Intruder had
b. ought this piece OF pine along to bu
used .as "a torch In seeing hiB. way
about tho house. but that upon ar
rtving there and seeing light burn
! Ing In; the house threw down the fat.
wood gand decided to work by the
light that was burning. In the dwell
I Ing On the ground, underneath tue
3 WIN dow. z was found indentations in
Stiles ground, as though they had been
made by the ends OF q, ladder set up
against the hDuse:: Upon looking dt
{ the weath ding OF the house,
Just snnde eatlt the seindow ledge,
I the inve stigat0rs saw Impressions like
those, made by the top ends or q iad-1
der lehned gainst the wall This led
10 fhe theory that the crIminEt had
+ entered fle sindow by climbing up. q,
short ladder Bet ,ip from the outside,
sBnt ii nfsoH fiiSkiig an examination nf
5ths piAG Gs they could M NO ladder.
sslSss Had Made Ladder..
After a. while tracks leading away
| from thu house vefe found These
| II traced across a. field and
;Sd6wx fp slipnse occupid by Charlio
y ssSSsosan an d En- III Iassey. The white
1 iiisis woke the neg Foes and entered
alhe house 20 fsI,d that Ben Massey:
ssyas ebHcnt snnt ntis that Will Johnson. a
4 fghb0r ysas there with Isos
IL once The swl lite men began ito
jintefogafe hsn as to what they knew
fabsilk THE ats satks ON the s old lady:
while TIL 4 WIS going On 6ne of The
SIasp IN sii fsnE ~ siiiasie II searei of
sU1Ae GsaH kpttntt "a piece of FAT
{ han b ace split pl ,T,lis
1 pin s,snts fc,,,nil