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%T’\ STATE PR I SO!alln.Th*;ulitWill Not Return to Aiken CountyTo Live in the Northservice 01 two years on i charge ot violating the prohibitioi r jlaw, his home gone, his son, hii daughter and his nephew slain bj'the Aiken mob, his wife killed in « liquor raid which WJUl thw fririminno*1r,lynching, Sam Lowrnanbeen released from the South Cah-lina penitentiary. He will go Philadelphia to join the survivingmembers of his family.Ha feels he CHfl not. rot urn A i|ken county, which was the scene o:‘•he lynching of his children and hi.nephew, likewise the scene of thlt;ft. i * « * —. -killing of his wife in the raid onLowrnan home which also resulted ii | the killing of Sheriff Howard of Aiken County. There remains nowhen for him to go now except to join hii children who live in the North.Sam was not at his home wheiSheriff Howard was killed. He waat a grist mill engage! in the dutieof his farm. Some while after thlt;raid, officers returned to the towmaihome and discovered some liquor Sam Lowman. nows /.. jjjr. . ✓ - fp afc jgr m mtried, convicted and sentenced t»serve two years. For many month;he served his “time” on the Aikergang. Laterpenitentiary. He was in the Aikei jail, and heard the mob approach tlt; take his children and nephew to theii death. He heard the screams gf hi; daughter pleading with members olthe mole to spare the life of heibrother, a mere lad, and helpless, hlt;heard the mob leave with the victim*In a little pine thicket just outsidiAiken a short while later the mo]had its vengeance. Three persons one a woman, were killed.Lowman said he had never beforlt;trouble. For a long whili just across the line in Saluda countv1 P/i m A »L _____
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Aiken Journal and Review
Aiken, South Carolina, US
Wed, Mar 02, 1927
Page 4
Full Page
Clipped by
Anonymous
GA, USA 31 Mar 2020
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