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■—v’.1 •.** ■*•••e^twsw»-' ■Wfc’- ***■A..r--Am*iWESTERNCAROLINA’SLEADINGWEEKLYSensational Narrative, IncludingGovernor’s Detective, W. W •Roger* Who Took MooneyML. ' *47 £ » aPrisoners in Aiken Jail, Given Outside WorldWoman to Capital,by Metropolitan PaperThemSTATE PENITENT!Chief Executive Declare* he Intends toPursue Investigation to End of— —- •* mDetermining Truth of lt;harge*!as Drought.investigationto the lynching of the l/owmnns wasentered into Wednesday ^ftrmowhen, on the orders of Governor Mc-Ijeodtion in hand, six prisoners who weremil the nitrht of October7 when the Lowmans were taken from the jail by a mob and shot to death were carried to Columbia for questioning In Columbia the^Aiken prisoners were lodged in the state penitentiary and there held incommunicado, each separated from the other so that they may not converse together, and that no one may know what, if anything, another may have revealed. I Ik seprisoners were conducted to Columbia by W W. Rogers, Governor Me-LcodAiken county on previous ocrfwuujis, as will be rememlwred), Rogers being accompanied by J. C. Johnson, specialpoliceman deputised for this purpose.Johnson also is well known in Aiken. The prisoners—two whites and four-carried to Columbia were:negroesHeyward Martin, white, of Cc bin, serving a GO day term foreetapig stoh®negrore-|U,.d on twp »aW»Tilt;»from wh„h the three Loa man negroes wrr tak n * ^ ^lyncht'd in th* ,.rlT 7h' oa Ll« ...rid » ~ ns.t'.analS3*from *n.l-*nd removing her to Columbia. Monday thaton the’nicV of*thc V^ng “V^,Tunti^overn r„K.,rou. d«t«l of he «* w£m(in, .ho. it i, sn.d, Ihrrr n,»d.- -fond ollice ht me» the viooneydiffer «« --^Urrh/oth!'^ b.. .h. —( h irlit l-ee. ine be in Savannah.r»l.»-d rnj,h, identification nf the lyneher.. Sher.fi ine lit^rciuon * 1,1 . a wMt# a nesro aernt in-Robins.m *»-te*, saw startc I v^ocialion for the Advancement ofvestigator in the employ of „ rrt.t,k Valley by that organisa-Colored l ace, ™^IO, ” hT|, man- n,neling with Sherifftwin and ''ha there pn»» i .,fr„l*vtt* of the two prisonersltobinFW- nolltirnl enew e«. rhe»(«•»it. nt .nrwr-re mit*’*' before -lantca I.. Quin , B brmiaht aanin.tT, i. Intinatcd that a ch.ree «r hnbrr, - h '« ^ ^White end that warrant* charging pirjuryMooney omani and 1^- v.w york W'orld correspon-Governor Mrl.eod, quoted by I be mew im* , dri.ui ; j f wlt;H.kn before my term *nu* anudent as ^ay ng. I here are omy n .. , ran jn the time 1 ve«S81SSftw? a —Robinson. « , tbi* in%*f**,4tij?Ation ^oiildti.M M, I »h..utd hr fclad tnlearn'it Ir they err ttuilt, they -.11 ha.r to take the conform™^£0™ quoted Shrrlff Robins a.- death.%r“. —nt out fr». A*«'*«“•« *^“1oondrnt and pubilahrd t«d Friday foll«»».#scoredby the Annual Aiken Flower Show,thw1 Iliheld Wednesday afternoon and evenmg at the Highland Park Hotel,U former effort*.This year nu professionalwere exhibited, but the amateur show*itigs were surpassing in their beauty,• eliciting unrlt;’strained praise, i All during the afternoon the lobby of the Highland Park Hotel crowded with spectators und visitor*,|not cnty home Tolks, but many viaitof®and........HI'M■ ■... ..—Mwarnill:-mMMm•frnm nearby cities nnd town*whogrowing r«qnit**f Aiken's annual flower exhibi-? tion otinn, which has now becomean in-stution.R. VV. Crosland of Columbia had onwonderful exhibition offtrtrl n number of (‘.X*display «4Wuptionallv bi autitui tiHhliaa. ......... jrg, Mi*.Baker of Gmniteville and Mia*iTnrntbv (Vt lomilin uf ]UH4’4sVilie W61BdiIMSfe. ::— “iprixe-•V —Wi winners.the afternoon and evening and tika gram arranged for the eveningwasThorpa,ul vocalHoloH. Miss Marie Wise, daughterMrs. Ellen Wise, delighted with a8.Mi s Ada Wyman, daughter c and Mrs. Hastings Wyman, Jr., afforded a treat in an exhition of theTHE MOONEY WOMANThe above is a photograph of Mrs. Lucy Mooney, who made an affidavit I before James L. Quinby of Graniteville implicating Sheriff Nolhc Robinson ! in the lynching of the Lawman's in Aiken on the morning of Friday, OctoUr1 ,’oman was a prisoner in the Aiken County Jail at the time U-ston. Supper was served m m*of the lynching. Since then she has been released and is now in Columbia, j room of the hotel. -where she was carried by Detective W. W. Rogers of Governor McLeod'sin the Governor’slittleDrIhe Pruc Winner*.k*ifice*** ft * MtLLMw -a- I,sLalexneuUwhite chryaaJjt jm Jk,.. ^---— A
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Aiken Standard
Aiken, South Carolina, US
Fri, Nov 12, 1926
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