Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-09-16
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS

III. Johns and his wife, an aged
couple that conducted a store in New
berry county, near the Baurens line
were beaten to insensibility last Tues
day by two negroes. The assailaits of
the couple used as a club railroad
spikes tied together with stout string.
The couple is believed to have had be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 in cash and the
motive is thought to be robbery. II
was thought on Tuesday that the man
would die, and the woman would re-
cover. A small black negro was ar
rested in Greenwood on Tuesday after
the crime, and he Is reported to have
made confession in which he impli-
Gated himself and another negro, say
ing that the other negro had also come
to Greenwood.
AT Lexington yesterday mother,
daughter, son and two male friends or
the family, were sentenced to life i'm
prisonment in the penitentiary, for
the killing several weeks ago OF Mar
cellus Cook, aged farmer Of the county.
The prisoners are Mrs. Julia Cook, wife
of the dead man, who was charged
with having instigated the crime. ira
Cook, her son who cut his fathers
throat from ear to ear; Minnie Cook,
daughter Of the slain man who held his
feet while the crime was committed;
Henry Wheeler, a young friend OF the
family who was said to be engaged to
Minnie Cook and James Barfield. Sr-,
also a friend of the family who was ac-
cused of having plotted the undoing OF
the senior Cook.
A. p. Peake, an alleged liquor run
ner of Columbia, ). c., was instantly
killed near Winnsboro, Ca, Wednes-
day night in an exchange Of shots
with a sherif,s posse when Peake and
his companion, i. c. Miller OF Lexing-
ton, s. c., attempted TO evade block
ade set by officers on the Dixie high
way from Savannah. The automobile
escaped, but officers pursuing located
It two miles from the blockade. Mil
Ter surrendered and told the officers
OF Peake's death. Peake was found
in the car, shot through the head. Of
ficials allege that several cases OF
liquor were found in the car and Mil
Ter is being held in the Burke county
Jail on charge of violating the federal
prohibition laws A coroner's inquest
was held over Peake's body and ver-
his death, while resisting arrest for
the illegal transportation Of liquor"
Lexington, September 13: c. o.
Fox, s. ]. Kirby and Jessie Gappins,
convicted murderers of William BraZeil,
19 year old Columbia taxi driver. at
5.25 o'clock this afternoon were SEN
fenced by Judge Thomas Sease to die
in the electric chair on Friday, Octo-
Der u, the electrocution TO take place
between the hours of 10 o'clock in the
morning and o'clock in the afternoon.
The jury in the Kirby case, the trial
of which was begun at $3.50 o'clock
Yesterday afternoon, reached YER
dict of guilty at 1859 o'clock this
morning, after deliberating ,thirty-nve
minutes, while Fox and Gappins, VINO
were tried jointly were convicted ut
5.14 o'clock, the jury having peen
closeted exactly 40 minutes. The en-
tire trial of the three men, begun win
the swearing of witnesses Tor the
grand jury at 1918 O'Clock Monoay
morning, occupied only ABOUT Ten
hours of actual time of the court dur
ing the two days. The grand jury re-
turned a true bill against the three
men at 11.45 Monday morning and
few minutes later the prisoners, de-
Tended by counsel appointed by the
court we're arraigned. At $50 o'clock
Monday afternoon the trial Of Kirby
was begun the case going to the jury
at 1924 this morning. Thirty-hVe
minutes later the verdict of guilty had
been returned and the trial OF Fox
and Gappins was begun. AT lZ.4o
o'clock the state rested its case against
the two men and at 5.14 o'clock the
second jury had agreed that Fox and
Gappins were guilty. The three men
were arraigned to receive their SEN
terces and at 5.25 o'clock each OF the
three men had heard his doom solemn
" pronounced, and each knew tn4t
there was then only a few days OF life
remaining for him. It was carry on
the morning OF Monday, August s. ex,
nctly 81 DAYS ago. that young BraZell
was killed by the three men near Lees
VILE after having been lured into
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