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BRUTAL MURDERChoked Kis Wife to Death While She SleptTWO MEN ARE IN JAILAt Aiken Charged With tfie AwfulCrime—Verdict of Coroner's JuryResults In Holding of tile Wo-n sun's Hus linn cl iij Principal andAnother Man as Accessory.A1 ken. Jan. 17.—Coroner John* son returned to Aiken last night from Sleepy Hollow, bringing Sovereign Lowe and Lee Boyd, both white, who ■were placed in yail, charged with the murder of Rainey Lowe, wife of Sovereign Lowe, at Lowe's home in the Sleepy Hollow section. The arrests were made as a result of an inquest held yesterday afternoon by Coroner Johnson and a post mortem examination conducted by a physician. Mrs. Lowe died last Sunday night, and was interred on Monday; but at the request of Mrs. Counts, of Augusta, mother of Mrs. Lowe, the authorities had the body disinterred yesterday and an inquest held.The evidence at, the inquest showed that on Sunday night Lowe came to his home accompanied by Boyd, both being in a drunken condition. During the night Alfred Glover, a negro residing nearby, heard a woman in Lowe's house and begging for her life. The screams were also heard by other parties. Next morning the woman was found dead. Mrs. Counts came over from Augusta and said that she found bruises on the throat and body of her daughter, and was not satisfied as to her death. After the burial she became so convinced that something was wrong that she came to Allien and asked for an investigation.Boyd and Lowe both testified to coming to Lowe’s house in a drunken condition, and said that they retired soon after arriving. During the night, Boyd said, he went to Low's bed, called ihim and) told him to get up, that he had a long way to go to his home and that he must have an early start. Lowe got up, and when he looked at the clock he saw that It was 3 o'clock and they went back to bed early Monday morning.Lowe said that he called to bis wife, who was sleeping with him, and that she did not answer. He shook her and found that she was cold. He then called Boyd and they found her dead. When testifying. Lowe'Is salil to have almost broken down. The examining physician found bruises on Mrs. Lowe’s throat and body, and that there had been sufficient external violence to have produced death. The verdict of the jury was that the deceased came to her death from choking at the hands of Lowe as principal and Boyd as accessory.The two men staunchly maintained their innocence. Lowe is about 25 years of age and Boyd some years younger. Royd is unmarried. The deceased ‘was the mother of four children, the youngest of whom Is only seven months old, and was herself about 22 years old. The case has created a good deal of interest here, and any further .developments will be closely watched.—News and Courier. *
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The Times And Democrat
Orangeburg, South Carolina, US
Tue, Jan 19, 1909
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