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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1902
Page
1
A late night Grand Trunk collision near Wansteal on the Saroax line left 28 dead and many injured. The Pacific Express ran two hours late and collided with a freight trying to reach a siding. Telegraph error suspected. casualties severe with grotesque injuries reported.
In Greenwood county near Hodges a 21 year old Black man named Sanders killed a woman after she accused him of stealing $1.50 from him. He then fled and was later arrested and jailed.
A Greenwood dispatch reports SW. K. Jay a Troy area farmer was fatally shot in his yard by Oliver Wideman or his wife both Black They and later mob members were fatally harmed near a bridge while being taken to jail The coroner records state both admitted involvement and blamed each other with no change in story The incident occurred midday seven days after the inquest Mr Jay a Mason and civic leader was known for local prominence.
Mrs S H Newsom of Decatur credits Ele Bitters with ending three years of severe indigestion and dyspepsia, claiming a 35 pound weight gain after using the remedy sold at J F Mackey Co and Crawford Bros drug stores. The ad also notes Miss Lizzie Hillhouse shot and fatally wounded Marsh at Toone station, a fiancé-to-be who was to marry soon.
A wartime era advertisement claims Bucklon’s Arnica Survey fixes scratches bruises cuts wounds corns sore feet stiff joints burns and ulcers. It promotes the product as the best in the world from R Macley & Co and Cranford Bros drugstores.
In Swansea, Robert McDanniel gave himself up to Sheriff Caughran after being wanted for the Christmas Eve murder of Policeman Lee Neece. The case is being investigated as authorities hold him in jail.
Special from Matthews Georgia reports a brutal Christmas Eve crime near Gay Deéi-26. Ed Gray was forced at his home to open a store safe containing 1200 dollars. The assailant fled with the hammering of the safe, leaving Gray with a fractured skull. Mrs Gray raised the alarm as the house was disturbed and the store looted, with investigators lacking identification of the culprit.
The readable text hints at a killing linked to a brother, with references to Asheville and names such as Kirra Owen and Elan Witcett. Details are unclear due to garbled OCR but indicate a fatal incident under investigation or reporting context.
Sam Allison was killed by his stepson John Smith at a negro frolic near Rock Hill on December 26. Allison, accused of beating his wife, attempted to shoot Smith, who fired a SS caliber pistol when the gun misfired the first time and sheared the fatal shot on the second try.
A reader from Winchester Indiana praises Dr King's New Life Pills as curing his ailing wife when doctors failed. The item touts benefits for stomach and liver troubles and constipation with a Washington drugstore ad placement dated December 26.
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