The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-04-13
PINEWOOD NEGRO
SHOOTS ROBBINS
PENITENTIARY GUARD SUFFERS
SERIOUS WOUND.
Well known Officer Is Hurt While
Pursuing Half-Witter Fugitive
With BlOOdhOundS.
The State.

The State.
Pinewood, April 9.-John c. ROB-
bins, guard at the State penitentiary
and State executioner, was SLOT from
his horse and painfully injured willie
pursuing negro with bloodhounds
near here today. Joel Green, who did
the shooting, is a half-witted negro.
He was surrounded in canebrake
and was not more than 20 feet from
Mr.. Robbins W en- the gun was fred.
The shot tore an ugly wound in the
right hip joint. The injured man was
hurried to a hospital in Columbia BY
DR.. Frank Harvin. Members of the
posse could not determine the serious
mess of TIE wound, but were appre-
hensive OF Mr.. Robbins life.
Later ir the afternoon the negro
was compelled to climb a tree to es-
cape the vicious bloodnounds. From
the tree he shot and killed the leader
of the pack and then made his way to
the thicker confines OF the swamp.
The chase was abandoned late in tae
afternoon. 1t will be resumed early
tomorrow morning, the sheriff Of Clar-
endon county telephoning that Ge will
join the hunt at an early hour. There
is considerable excitement in the COM
munity and lynching is feared in tle
event the negro should be taken alive
Three stores were robbed in Pine
wood Thursday night and the dogs
were brought from Columbia to trail
the thief. The stores broken into
belonged to A G. Stack, Mrs. c. w.
Bates and A. G. Stotsky. Consider
able quantities of goods were taken
Entrance was made through the tran
som over the door in one case and,
in t1e others, bars were priced loose
from the windows.
When The dogs arrived this morn
ing TIC trail was followed mile or
mere from the town, a wagon having
been hela in waiting to pick up the
robbers. Mr.. Robbins and t2ose with
him then followed the wagon trail I'M
til they came to a negro house on
down tie road. Joel Green was sit
ting on the steps at the time. He
gave no coherent answers to questions
piled by Robbins and his deputies.
Another negro was plowing in near
by field and the securing party
passed on to the plow hand. During
tie interim, Green got his gun and
went to the woods. His actions in
cited the suspicion of Mr.. Robbins
and those with MIN. The negro was
followed and when he had been sur
rounded in a canebrake, he immedl-
ately drew his gun on Mr.. Robbins.
TIE negro was commanded to drop
his gun, but opened fire before Mr.
Robbins could bring his own gun into
play.
Taking advantage of the demoraliza-
tion of the pursuing party, Green made
his escape and is still at large.
Green is regarded as a dangerous
negro throughout the community
and those pursuing realize that they
take their lives in their hands Wien
attempting to capture him.
]. C. Robbins, guard at the peni-
tentiary, who was wounded yesterday
near Pinewood, was brought to Co
lumbia last night at II o'clock. He
was carried to the Columbia hospital,
where he underwent an operation.
At / o'clock this morning the ply
sician in charge issued the following
statement:
'4Mr. Robbins has a chance for re-
covery, although nothing definite will
be known for several days. He stood
the operation well.''