The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-10-08
COLUMBIA WILL HOLD
CREENVILLE NEGRO
MURDER SUSPECT
Columbia Authorities Suspect Their
Prisoner of Being Turner, Who
Shot Officers.

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Shot Officers.
Greenville, S. c., Oct. 7.-Although
half dozen suspects have been ar
rested in different parts of South
Carolina, reports from local police
headquarters at noon today indicated
that Joe Turner, the negro who killed
Policemen A. M. Blair and j. l..
Kitchin Sunday morning, had not
been caught.
Reuben Royal, the negro arrested
by the Columbia police Monday night
as possibly the Joe Turner wanted for
the murder of two policemen in
Greenville, is still held at police
headquarters, and Chief Richardson
dates Tuesday that will he has not
been able to identify the negro as the
man wanted in Greenville, the mans
actions are peculiar and the idea has
not been abandoned that the negro
Is Joe Turner. Chief Richardson is
to have the man photographed and
his picture sent to Greenville for
identification. The man will be
held until the Greenville authorities
report on the case after seeing the
negro's picture. The negro was ar
rested when he jumped from freight
train, on which he was beating his
way, arriving in Columbia Monday
night.
When arrested by the Columbia
police the man had on two pair of
pants, two shirts and other extra
clothing which officers state gives
the lie to his words that he was
working on railroad gang near the
city limits and that he had boarded
the train to come into Columbia.
Royal was arrested along with an
other negro, both of whom jumped
from the train and ran when they saw
the officers waiting to arrest them.
Both negroes told different stories
as to their being on the train. Royal
denied that he was the negro seen
on the train by the Tainmen. How
ever, members of the train crew
said he was the same negro. The
first thing Royal said to the officers
when he was arrested was, Are You
arrcsting me as the negro who killa>!
the Greenville officers? ?"
The Columbia police force were
notified Monday night by conductor
j. H. Gilbert, who was in charge of
freight train between Union and Co.
lumbia that two negroes were beat
ing their way on his train towards
Columbia, and that he suspected one
of them as being Turne-. wanter in
Greenville. The train was tied up
near Frost, just above the city. Po-
licemen rushed to the place in the
police patrol. Another squad went
to the scene aboard freight engine
that went to haul the train into Co.
lumbia. When the train passed the
Broad River road the policemen in
patrol wagon saw the two negroes on
top of one of the freight cars. They
beat it" back to the city,, and were
waiting for the train when it reach
ed BlandinG street. The negroes saw
the officers in waiting and jumped
from the train. The policemen pur-
sued and the negroes were captured.
Royal conforms in some particulars
to the description of the man wanted
in Greenvillc. Chief Richardson
stated Tuesday at noon that he had
not notified the Greenville authori-
ties and did not plan to do 50 until
he gets something more definite as to
the negro's identity. He doesn't want
the Grecnvillc officers to have "trip
to Columbia for nothing At the same
time, if he get sany veidence to con-
vince him that Royal is Turner, he
viii then notify the Greenville police
chief and ask that he send someone
to identify the man