The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1916-02-16
HIDEOUS CRIME COMITTRD
IN YOUNGS TOWNSHIP
Negro Woman Shot Five Times with
Shot Gun. Other Trouble Follows
When Funeral Train Starts.

ShOt Uun. Other Trouble Follows
When Funeral Train Starts.
What people Of the community de-
scribed as the most hideous and cold
blooded murder ever committed in the
county was committed in Youngs
township Friday by Stobo Bailey,
negro Of that section, when be shot
and killed negro woman by the name
of Sallie Barksdale According to
apparently the most authentic sourc-
es, the killing was the result of hard
feeling existing between the Bailey
negro and Sal1ie Barksdales husband
Ran. 1t appears that Stobo Bailey,
who had been working for Ran Barks-
dale, had been given his dismissal.
He had not yet moved off of the place
however, before some little incidents
occurred that caused considerable en-
nifty to arise between them. The mat
ter came to a climax when Ran Barks-
dale took up hog that belonged to
Stobo Bailey. When Stobo heard OF it
he went to the house Of the Barks-
dale's with single barrel shotgun,
SO 1t is stated, and not finding Ran
Barksdale at home, opened fire upon
Sallie Barksdale, who was standing
In the kitchen. The first shot caused
her to fall and her assailant then
stood outside the door and continued
to shoot at the fallen woman until five
shots had been fired, it being neces-
sary to unload and reload the gun be-
tween each shot. 1t is said that he
literally shot her to pieces.
The Barksdale negroes bore q good
reputation, both among the white and
colored people, and as soon as the
crime became known a search began
for the assaiant. The negroes became
highly excited and doubtless would
nave made a summary end Of Stobo
Balleys existence if he had been
caught. His house was attacked and
riddlcd with bullets, but he had made
good his escape. He reached Fountain
Inn in safety and surrendered to Po-
liceman Jernigen, who notified the
sheriffs office here. Officers went up
Saturday morning and brought him to
the county Jail, where he now is.
a sequel to the affair, which prom
ised to be even more bloody, happened
Sunday afternoon. The body Of the
dead woman was just about to be
placed in the hearse to be carried to
the cemetery, when another difficulty
arose between Stobo Bailey's brother,
Frank Bailey, and Bob Byrd, under
stood to have been the leader in the
colored posse that had searched for
Stobo Bailey ny. Accounts of who
began the 81 ing differ, but about
dozen shots were fred. Just as
Frank Bailey had emptied his pistol,
a bullet from Byrd's gun hit his watch
which was in his vest pocket and
lodged in it, Thinking this very good
signal to depart, the Bailey negro took
to his heels and went through his
house some distance away and into
the woods Other negroes having come
up about this time, they began a
bombardment Of this cabin thinking
that Frank the fleeing negro had stop
ped in 1t. They later discovered their
mistake, however, and the fusilade
stopped. incidentally it is said that
almost stampede was precipitated at
one time when someone shouted that
the supposed quarry was about to op-
en- up with a Winchester rife
Frank Bailey returned to his house
some time that night and, as officers
of the sheriff had been notified Of the
trouble and were on the ground. he
was soon captrued and brought to
Laurens. Bob Byrd was also brought
here, but was released on bond, sign
ed by Henry Prior, we'll known
white citizen Of that community.