Show MAN AND WIFE LYNCHED fouth ardllla carolina ard llnA mob Aven avensko avenel the cruel or of prominent farmer W C jay a prominent young farmer living near greenwood S C was mur muri i tiered dered in his own yard by a negro oliver raan or Wied emans wife both ot of whom live on the ine place and a few hours after both ot of the negroes were lynched by jays infuriated neighbors mr jay on returning home friday I 1 afternoon a heard Wl edeman abusing or fighting his Wied emans wife lie ile went to the cabin and ii beird th negro to be quiet immediately afterward sirs mrs jay heard the report of a gun and saw the two negroes running away calling for her husband she received no reply and on looking around the yard found him dead in a pool ot of blood the warning was quickly given I 1 and parties were soon scouring the country in pursuit of the negroes they were captured and before the coroners jarv both acknowledged the deed the man however said qaid the woman did it and the woman accused the man while in the custody of 8 a constable on the way to jail they were stopped at the winterseat Winter seat bridge by a crowd of infuriated neighbors and friends of jay and both were lynched each accusing the other of the crime |