The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-03-18

,ui. kittsttS<4btl stlie WluuOf tHtfSs Gplnpaf-
en with the piece found In the me-
tgro ho:;se. and It was shown concllss-
lively that the two pieces OF pine lad
been one, ard that the piece found
nndey9i ieath the window Of AIRS.
lScottss hoeSe had been split OFF the
fpieee found in the negro house.
The inVestigators questioned WIN
IornHon gery cs6s4lv and he stated
! thar when he stopped Ia Tuesday
sInigsi. ha saw Charlie Logan making
d short ladder. but did nor ask him
t.wflat he was going to do wlthyit The
" men made another search OF
] tlle house and presently pulled from
mar lie cgan 5 bed = small
E:sstisIer THIS ladder was carried 20
l n is. Scot s house and placed beneath
The window that had been entered
The alder exactly at the impressions
that had been noticed on the grounrf
=. sd on ne wall Of the house by Dr.
spatEielz when he made his first
Rslr Heys OF the premises.
RgEy Crowd tsathereds
By tbs time the invegfi igation had
sproHf essed tiis far dag1ig bt had come
and slle news of the brutal assault
BAD spf read throughoist the surround
Cd men to gather at the scene of the
crime. DIR. Kirkpatrick. Mr.. r. Henry
10y apd Mr.. e. w Harper and
lotlier well known citizens of
l;l.qwndesyille were ehdeayoring In the
EmsaTtime 20 get Charlie Logan to tell
what he knew about the crime, as the
evidence poiSted conclusively to his
having had something to do with the
affair Finally the boy admitted that
ha had entered the house and struck
the old woman with hammer. The
negro would not state to- the white
men what his motive was in entering
the house and attacking the aged wo-
man. Bnt at the inquest held later
In the day a negro man testified that
he had spoken to Charlie Logan about
tae affair and that Logan admitted
hitting Mrs. Scott, and gave as his
motive that he wished to "sea that
little girl In the house with her. s.
Inquest Held.
! Yesterday afternoon Magistrate
1uckabee held an inquest iato the
death of Mrs. Scott, swearing i've
witnesseH, after which the Jury re-
turned q verdict charging Charlie ho-
gan with having struck the blow
which brought abont the aged wo-.
mans death.
The FIRST Witness sworn at the ia
quest, Mrs. Scott'sslittle granddaugh=
ter Milfie Lee Scott; testified as fol-!
lows: con the night OF March is, /
was with my grandmother, Mrs. Scott.
1t was AboCt IL O'clock when, I was
walked by a fuss In the room, and
when I looked up / saw that grand
ina was lying on the floor. looked
and saw someone run from our room
Into the stove room / went out a
side door and TO q negro house near.
home aud let IL be known. went to
the negro house and got Reedy Bur
ton to so to Uncle Alf's home and let
him know. After coming back from
Uncle Aif's saw a hammer lying
near tile door where the party ran.
out One window was raised at the
Iiend sQf the stove room. The hammer
WAS not on the floor when went 10
bed did not miss anything from
the house. make my home with my
grandmothe am 13 years sold.
Grandma was about Us years Old
Anotiler ,sitness sworn. WIN John
son testified as; follows On. the
night OF March, lt i stayed at the
house of Zen Asassie, on Mrs. SCOTS
place Charlie Logan was in the
house when / went to bed. Il catne
by the house and Charlie told nies f,sn
Aiassie YNs not at home. and asked
l'me TO stay With HIM did. / don't
know ae ,shat time Charlie Isokafi;
went 10 bed. a bout II or i q 'clctk I
was walked by d hell ringing / got
Enp and went to the winasJN When
/ he lchaPiie Logan catied me III rho
house he was making small ssSsfiiSsss
| and seid he was going to put over his
bed Stats The ladder eaw tolav
IsRss the one that CbarIle .ogan had
made ! have stayed with Charlie Is0e
Kan atid Ean Siassie once before Ben
AtnSslc did not stay with Us last
third witness. ii selcher.
stated on the stand the sSai6wing
iils'5tlst Es5pSe MIR 14iek hee sssa con
stable. les for a Abesi ne Lli efafsla
is1gl.IL I ssst into Z g Bin wAsre he
ffsonf;naesi on IA stic fofsr,