have him killed when he sought payment. He said that he did not
know who Cardin was and that the policeman who had no warrant to
search his house had kicked his door in and entered with a drawn
pistol. The young boy, grown at the time of the trial, testified
that Cardin had only knocked on the door and that he never took
his pistol from his holster, Heyward was convicted and Sentenced
to die and he was electrocuted at the South Carolina State Prison
on August 15, 19l1, after his conviction had been affirmed on
appeal to the State Supreme Court,
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beaufort Book Coe, Beaufort, S. C, Copyright 1970 by McTeer, Pp, }2
have him killed when he Sought payment. He said that he did not
know who Cardin was and that the policeman who had no warrant to
search his house had kicked his door in and entered with a drawn
pistol. The young boy, grown at the time of the trial, testified
that Cardin had only knocked on the door and that he never took
his pistol from his holster, Heyward was convicted and sentenced
to die and he was electrocuted at the South Carolina State Prison
on August 15, 191, after his conviction had been affirmed on
appeal to the State Supreme Court. :
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Leaufort Book Co., Beaufort, S. O, Copyright 1970 by McTesr, P, 2
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reaufort Book Co., Beaufort, S, Cu
*ublished by the
Copyright 1970 by McTeer. P, 4a
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Heyward, a black veteran of World War If, was a sharecropper and la-
borer who lived in the Seabrook Community of Beaufort Cos, Ss Co
His brother Willie lived in the same community and was at the home
of Benjamin around 5 O'clock one afternoon in the fall of 1925 when
Beaufort County Policeman Paul B, Cardin, accompanied by a local
constable and a young black boy, arrived to arrest Willie on a mis-
demeanor warrant, They Stopped at Benjamin's house and the constable
walked around to the rear door while Cardin went to the front door
with the boy remaining in the automobile, The door opened suddenly
and Cardin was shot through the. stomach with a load 66 mmber four
Shot fran a shotgun, killing him instantly, Thex Heyward brothers
escaped’ but Willie was taken into custody shortly afterwards and at
his trial he maintained that Benjamin had fired the shot that killed
Cardin and was sentenced to life imprisonment. Benjamin was not
taken into custody until eighteen years later when he was arrested
in Cleveland, Ohio, after he had applied for his World War I veterans!
i intained
benefits, He was returned to South Carolina for trial and ma
that rie killing was accidental, said that he had barlier done
some road work for a man who refused to pay him and threatened to
HEYWARD, Benjamin & KS o a
Heyward, a black veteran of World War I, was a sharecropper and la-
borer who lived in the Seabrook Community of Beaufort Co., S. Ce.
His brother Willie lived in the same community and was at the home
of Benjamin around 5 O'clock one afternoon in the fall of 1925 when
Beaufort County Policeman Paul B, Cardin, accompanied by a local
constable and a young black boy, arrived to arrest Willie on a mis-
demeanor warrant, They Stopped at Benjamin's house and the constable
walked around to the rear door while Cardin went to the front door
with the boy remaining in the automobile. The door opened suddenly
and Cardin was shot through the. stomach with a load 68 number four
shot from a shotgun, killing him instantly, Thex Heyward brothers
escaped’ but Willie was taken into custody shortly afterwards and at
his trial he maintained that Benjamin had fired the shot that killed
Cardin and was sentenced to life imprisonment, Benjamin was not
taken into custody until eighteen years later when he was arrested
in Cleveland, Ohio, after he had applied for ae eel se ie beet 4
H rned to South Carolina for tr and main
Gas ne ee said that he had barlier done
some road work for a man who refused to pay him and threatened to
HEYWARD, Benjamin SLSSF L/
in Gleveland, Ohio, after he had applied for his World War I veberans'|
to South Carolina for trial and maintained
tal said that he had karlier done
some road work for a man who refused to pay him and threatened to
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