The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-03-18
MRS. NJ e. SCOTT WAS FAT Ally INJURED
WEiIL q SEATED AT FIREsIDE OF HER
HOME NEAR LOWNDESVILLE.
NEGRO BOY. CHARLIE LOGAN SAYS HE
SIRUCK FATAL BLOW WITH HAMMER
And dEss He Aassn Young Granddauah.
ter ofs sola By Cstsy Alasis-
hass and Rushed to Abbsyils Jaa
lBt III. n. Tienn3. /.

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IsoWNDEsvII.I he. Msrcb 173--nIrs.
p Scott an SO. years old widow
who. With her gEandda6gnter OF Ia.
resided spll her farm one mile north
OF here, was brutaliy attacked while
eated at her dreside Tuesday night
about H. 'cloel BY Charlie Logan
yoliilg negr who struck her In the
aeaA With Is wrench. intIicting
an injury from which the aged WoS
man died this d afternoon at i O'Clock
Witnesses tesfiilRd at the coroner,s
nest tfis afternoon that Logan ad
llittad that he entered the home
III the antioh4 Of putting the old
q lady5 out az he: way and committing.
~ assault UPON her yparg grand
dahg gftcr, but LETT SeEote ali tentpafng
20 at taciS the girl. Ben Massey, also
coioEe9, rs held on, spspicton in ccils,
pection with the natter The Logan
5ogfp, II 3 pt both. was saved ftnnf
1ynrhing 50 the hands OF an iIifnriatad
crowd OF izefs BY the cool and de-
frnlned sta an a taken by Magis trate
@ HtckAbee. who let ii be known
snnlts bic terms that he FoIsid.
gsSQok pol rference with his cerrsi
lag etSt lIis daifles as iisi r of tho
iitw. Nftg gistf&te b if6cKaoee piacssf'
s Charlie Logan in the custody of Col=s
stable g.. ~ r., skabee, who took hle.
prisoner toy 4 VI Segiife sJ9ii in an ssli IT,.
{ tomobiles sI4att in the afternoon
Magistrate 3. akabee sent the other
negro, Ben Massey. to Abbeyi9le iaiB.
this prisoner being taken on the train.
by Constable G.. G. Grant.
Jritne Carefully Planned.
From testimony adduced at the in4
s5iutts1, 1t appeared that the crime had
been carefully planned, and evidence
z uncovered prior, to the time Logan.
I made his confession pointed upmis-
takably TO his having committed the
deed. DR.. Thomas o. kirkpatrick and
others arriving upon the scene soon
after the attack upon Mrs. Scott be-.
came known began On investigation
OF the premises. with the. view OF ufi-,
earthing some clue as to who had
committed the crinie,I They hal Sefily
the statement of Mrs Scott's. grand
daughter, Millie Lee Scott that she.
was awakened sometime during the
night by the noise of something fall
Ing upon the floor and looked up
from the bed IL time to see someone
dart out the door. III appears, that
the little girl retired kbout 10 O'Clock
md sleftd her sgran dnPther seated by
the iire smoking q pipe. The next.
she knew was when She was awaken
ed by thu noise In tlt room and saw,
a, mar spring throu9a the door into,
an adjoining room Aad her grand.
mother lying on thk floor bleeding
from q wound in the head
DIR. Kirkpatrick ana others began q
careful scrutiny of the premises.
( and underneath a kindow OF tha
house they discover& on the ground
piece OF freshly sTEh fat pine. The
stipposition was tifatshe intruder lad
3 brought this piece ofpine along to be.
used as torch in seeing his way
about Che house, b that upon arr
riping there and se@ig a light burn
ing ia the house thEsw down the lat
wood and decided sork BY the
Hight that was burrI g in the dwell
/ Ing On the groiinF underneath tho
widow was found tidentations H.
THE ground, IA thotlfi they had been
made by tlte enis ladder SET pp'
against the house. EgEon looking at
the weather bourdin of the house,
just ~ nderhe1th tn n& WINDOW leebes
Eie INVESTIGATORS sa Impressions like
those snasIR. by the p ends Sof a siais5i
der leaned sainst wall 81 This led
sto ID q tsf1dfsa that se' criminal hasd
sliseresi the wlTdowk d climbing uof q
short ladder set up sAm the outside
Bslf upon milking a elimination 81
me pace they coulf shd no Lao tier;
lid Made der.
After d willie tract leading away,
nom III " hosise wers found. These.
{ sfncIss were traced aeIsss asieid and
down to a house eeszid by Gdaslie
foEari and Ben Mace. TheS white,
men woke the negsfa and entered.
ths house, 10 find ~ Ben Massess
VAS absent and that II Johnson q
f,siahb0r was III with Lo-
esie AZ once the wi slies began 70
,hferseatc them as q lat they knew
about the attack on IS old lady,
While this Nas ,goiI ID one ce the
mon In the party a q search ns
Ire house and fonne spIece cf tet
pjsss chat had o piece sit osf TIE
sniece OF fat pine \ t Was found