17 Oct 1903
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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1903
Page
1
Happenings In the State report a boy named Moses DeWitt drowned last Wednesday near his Chesterfield home. The spring, five feet deep, claimed him after he apparently dropped a piece of candy while retrieving a toy. The incident prompted a late discovery and unsuccessful resuscitation.
Report from Raleigh dated October 14 notes the jury returned a not guilty verdict for Menost Haywood in the killing of Luddow Skinner outside the post office on February 21. Haywood and his brothers displayed smiles, he thanked jurors, and the defense included seven lawyers with five for the State. The article also mentions a habeas corpus release, bail, and various related court proceedings.
A cryptic unsigned letter sent to Governor Heya ta Rete claims a gang led by a bandit chief sought to derail a train near Aiken and Edgefield. It mentions robberies at Montmorenci and Batesbury and asserts intent to free a jailed African American. Officials dismissed it as unsigned, with no verifiable time, place, or names.
In Society Hill North Carolina last Saturday sheriff Cyrus Dixon formerly condemned for murder and death sentence, recaptured at Clement's saw mill after two months. Dixon, known as Lonnin, sought the widow of his murder victim and attempted to reach her, pleading to be allowed to go.
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