Lynch mob at Kershaw follows murder of Floyd victim
The Greenville News reports a lynching in Kershaw after the shooting death of Will Floyd. John Morrison, alleged bandit, was killed four hours after Floyd. The editorial calls for a stronger court system and condemns mob justice as harmful to justice.
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Seston
Will Floyd
Morrison
Callows
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Hershaw
Greenville News
Charleston man commits suicide in home incident
A prominent man named Willie Horbeck, of Rutledge Avenue, died by his own hand this afternoon. He had been in poor health and, amid emotional strain, shot himself in the head, according to early reports from the Columbia State.
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Columbia
John Morrison
the Bar of
South Carolina
Yorkville Enquirer
Spartenburg
Mies
Miles
Man Slaughter Conviction With Mercy Recommendation
The jury found the defendant guilty of manslaughter with a recommendation for leniency in the Oden Ware case. The court prepared to sentence Hinnett the following morning. The proceedings also touch on the Ben Peppett matter and pardons related to prior South Carolina agreements.
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Oden Ware
Othe
Dennon
Davis
FL Warren
WI. Thames
Podge Klugh
Ibyes
Hinnett
Ben Peppett
South Carolina
Pardom
Bennett Hisaenin
Charleston Oct. 6 Political Fight for First District Opponent
Fragmented report from Newberry details a wake scene near Scott Town where Ben Chalmers was stabbed by Bob Shears after an altercation. The dispatch mentions Republican opposition in the First District and local court action.
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Wake
Scott Town
Ben Chsaluers
Bob Shears
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Chalmers
Shears
Where It Leads. Anarchy in the New York Post Text
A chaotic inflammatory passage argues mob violence as inevitable, recounting lynching rhetoric and urging that mob law erodes courts and civilization. It claims recent Georgia and Talbotton killings show growing vigilante justice and the danger of unchecked mobs overruling due process.
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New York Evening Post
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Georgia
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