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Straps ami Jacts. ? Dispatches of Suuday from South Dakota, western and northwestern Minnesota, report a heavy snow storm raging, with pretentions, in sections, to a regular blizzard. Portage, Wis., reports the worst storm of the winter, and Dawson, Minn., announces drifts from 10 to 12 feet deep. The weather department at Washington thought that the wave would reach the south * * - * - m HT.J Atlantic states aoout. mesaay or weunesday. ? The game of blockade now being played off Charleston harbor is result ing in divided honors. There were six ships in the blockading fleet on Thursday night and they were strung along in a line about nine miles long. A heavy fog prevailed and the Vesuvius managed twice to steam through the line without being detected. On Saturday night, however, the conditions were different. The fog had disappeared and the atmosphere was clear. Five times the Vesuvius tried to sneak through the lines; but each time she was detected by the search lights of one or the other of the big ships. ? William P. St. John died suddenly at his home in New York last Sunday night. Mr. St. John was formerly president of the Mercantile National bank here. During the late presidential campaign he was an active cham pion of free silver and was tne treasurer of the Democratic national committee. Mr. St. John was the only New York banker of any prominence who advocated free coinage, and his political views brought about his retirement from the Mercantile National bank. Mr. St. John was a southern man, a native of Georgia, and at one time was prominent in the New York Southern society. ? There is a lively row between the Republican leaders of the house. It was given out some time ago that an extra session, soon after the 4th of March, is a settled fact. Tom Reed is desirous of devoting this extra session exclusively to the tariff, and in pursuance of this idea, he gave it out a few days ago that he would appoint for the extra session only three committees. The proposed committees are on ways and means, rules and mileage.Quite a number of other members disagree with this arrangement, and Boutelle, of the committee on naval affairs, announced that he proposed to fnroA-thp pontirmancft of his committee by refusing to report the naval appropriation bill at this session. ? Captain Philo McGiffin, the gallant American who commanded the Chinese squadron at the battle of Yaln, committed suicide in New York last Thursday, by shooting himself in the head with a pistol. It seems that as the result of the battle, McGiffin had both ear drums bursted and his bead filled with splinters of wood and steel from the ships. He was taken to a hospital and afterward became deranged. He afterward recovered his mind ; but on account of bia physical injuries bad no desire to live. He made an unsuccessful attempt on his life several weeks ago, and it seems that last Thursday was the first time that he was afterward able to elude the vigilance of bis guards sufficiently to make another attempt. ? Mr. MoKinlev will be sworn into office with the most elaborate volume ever used for that purpose. It is to be . presented to him by the African Methodist Episcopal church, printed by the publication bouse of the church in Cincinnati, and will be a model of the typographical and bookbinder's Knn/loAmQllT OnnQQPft in ft (Tftl H - I m lOj uauuouutvij vuvuwvv* >u v> g mounted box made of wood grown in McKinley's state. The intention of making McKinley's inauguration the most imposing of any similar event in the history of the country has been carried to the extent of having a Bible specially made for the occasion, and will undoubtedly be successful, but so far as spectators, and military parade is concerned it will be difficult to do more than match the brilliant ceremonies of March 4, 1885, when Mr. Cleveland, was inaugurated for the first time. ? The various European powers are still very much stirred up at the threatening condition of affairs in Turkey, Greece aud Crete. The Cretans, it seems, have revolted against Turkish rule and appealed to the Greeks for aid. The Cretans are of Greek origin and the Greeks are naturally very anxious for the annexation of the island. As the result of recent massacres of Cretans by the Turks,the Greeks became very indignant and sent a fleet to Crete, hiuropean siaiesmeu oejieve a war between Greece and Turkey would speedily involve the whole of Europe, and they are bringing to bear all possible pressure to prevent an outbreak of hostilities. Greece, however, does not seem to be as much disturbed about European peace as she is about her own rights, and as to whether the matter is going to be settled up seems at this time to be extremely doubtful. ? People who have secretly entertained the fear that their oil stoves and pet lamps might outlast the supply of petroleum in the bowels of the earth may take courage. A dispatch to the Philadelphia Press reports that a company has struck oil in West Virginia at the depth of 3,500 feet, or about three-quarters of a mile, which breaks the world's record for>sUch matters, aud that the yield of the bore is 200 barrels a day. The dispatch explains : "The intelligence of oil being found at the above depth has astounded oil experts. The well is located on a ridge and the derrick.towers far above neighboring derricks. The company did not expect to find oil alter ttie drill had passed the 2,500-foot limit, but went on drilling to gain information concerning the nature of deeper strata. The oil is flowing from an apparently newly found sand. The discovery may result in a second drilling of old wells, and is of the greatest importance to the oil-producing industry." ? Captain General Weyler continues to advance eastward with Generals Prat, Gasco and Ruiz and Colonels Albergot, Rubin and Maroto, says a Spanish dispatch of Sunday from Havana. The insurgent forces in the proviuce of Sauta Clara are reported to be retreating in the direction of the province of Puerto Principe. The Spanish columns are destroying everything along the route they are following, their passage through the province being marked by dense columns of smoke on all sides. The troops are burning all the huts abandoned by the peasants and the families of the latter are enduring misery and the pangs of famine. General Hernandez, while reconnoitering from Caraguao, in the direction of the heights of Empressa and Brujo, has been engaged with several insurgent bands. Thirteen of the insurgents were killed. General Hernandez also surprised and captured an insurgent officer in charge, Pilar Diaz, and captured thirty-eight rifles and a quantity of ammunition. The I 10 man WAIin^Pf) WlUWjpO uau IUVU ?f ?hc ||ocbuiUc (Enquirer. YORKVlIiliE, 8. O.: WEDNESDAY, FEB'Y 17, 1897. ? The Enquirer is in receipt of a copy of the "Washington Post Almanac and Encyclopaedia" for 1897. The book is a veritable treasure house of statistical and other valuable information, and is well worth 25 cents, the price at which it is sold. ? The Rock Hill Index, edited by "Windy Billy," spitefully remarks Al--i -* tKaf "nnmrniflqinn tlit&t It UCIIOVCCJ buuv vuv vwMM..w.v. ers made a mistake in awarding the county advertising to The Yorkville Enquirer ; even if it does do the work free gratis and for nothing; without charge and without price." Although we have no idea that The Index intended such a thing, or is aware of the fact, it is exactly right. The "commissioners did make a mistake in awarding all of the advertising to one paper. Of this there is no question, for the read- , ers of one paper have just as much right to the information contained in these advertisements as have the readers ol another paper. In letting the advertisements out to the lowest bidder, however, the commissioners go on the principle that the readers of the paper (no matter how obscure or insignificant) which bids the lowest, have the exclusive right to the information. But The Enquirer has not been so narrow in the matter, for while, in its anxiety to give its own readers this information, fresh from the manuscript, it is willing to do the work without compensation, it stipulated in its bid that the commissioners might also give out their advertisements to other papers on the same terms. We are sure there is no monopoly in that. The Index goes on to say that The Enquirer is a. dog in the manger for "barring other papers from receiving money which the great state of South /> oono ?ViOT7 OKI pntitM to re vniuillia OttJT O V41VJ M?v ceive." Now that is refreshing, indeed. There is nothing in Tele Enquirer's bid to bar the commissioners from paying other papers all to which they are en titled. The proposition says that if other papers are paid, The Enquirer must be paid also. Unless we have a very perverted idea of .such things, that is fair, for surely The Enquirer has as much right to receive pay for an advertisement as The Index, for instance. WHO IS RESPONSIBLE ? Where lies the responsibility for the escape of Reese and Luckie and the other prisoners from the York county jail last Sunday morning ? That is a question that everybody is asking just now and judging from the expressions to be heard upon the streets, it appears that the county board of commissioners and Sheriff Logan are coming in for a good share of the blame. The Enquirer is not an apologist for anybody, nor neither is it anybody's accuser. In matters of this kind, as in all other things, it seeks only to give the facts, and then let the people judge for themselves. That the York county jail was notoriously insecure, everybody who knew anything at all about it, has all the time been aware. Sheriff Crawford knew it, t.nrran Vrnow lt_ and thfi COUDtV board of commissioners either knew it, or ought to have known it. Let us take a look at the records as they are to be found in the clerk's office, and as they have alreadly been published in The Enquirer. In the report of the grand jury for the April, 1894 term?A. A. Barron foreman?we firtd the following: "We have noticed that the jail is not as secure as it should be, and we recommend that the county commissioners carry out, as nearly as they can, economically, such suggestions as maybe made by the sheriff as are likely to contribute to still further security. This we think especially necessary, for the reason that more than once, of late, the county has had a very narrow escape from a general jail delivery. We also find that the roof and walls of the jail are in a very bad condition and that they should be fixed without delay." At the July term of the same year, A. A. Barron, still foreman, the grand jury, said : "Our recommendation as to the security of the prison, however, has not been acted upon, and we again urge that the county commissioners look after the matter at once." At the November term of the same year, E. D. Thojnpson?acting foreman?the same body said : 4*T?? si a it* loot u-A stalln/1 ilia utton. tion of the county commissioners to the insecurity of the jail. We find that no attention has been paid to our recommendation in regard to the matter, and we urge that proper repairs be made without delay. During 189"> nothing was said as to the insecurity of the jail; but in 18%, the grand jury?A. M. Black, foreman?re ported as follows: April term: We have also investigated the jail and tind that the safety of the prisoners demands that some repairs be made without delay, and we would call especial attention to the fact that one cell is unsafe on account of the damage done to it by some prisoners in a recent attempt to escape. July term: It is with pleasure that we note some improvement at the jail in the way of new floors, etc.; but still think that more is necessary in making the doors more secure by additional lockbars or fastenings, and suggest that the feeding of the prisoners be aone through the openings in the cell doors. November term: We have also examined the_ jail and find it in fairly good condition, nut again recommend that additional bare or fastenings be put on the doors. The grand jury can recommend but cannot execute. Here it seems it hasbeen making hiehly important recommendations, and actually complaining because these recommendations were ignored. Perhaps Sheriff Logan has been too kind to the prisoners. Perhaps it would have been better had he locked them up in their respective cells each night. And we verily think that with a shrewd, financially influential, but desperate convict like Reese among his prisoners, it would have been better had be refused to trust any unsearched visitor in the jail. But, then again, in view of all the circumstances, especially in view of the grand jury's warnings, and in view of the fact that these prisoners secured their liberty without having to cut a piece of iron even as large as a match stick, we cannot bring ourselves to suggest that all the blame should rest upon the jailer alone. The responsibility for the whole miserable business should be fixed where it belongs without fear or favor, and the fixing of this responsibility is a duty that devolves not upon The Enquirer but upon the next grand jury. ABOUT EXPRESS CHARGES. A Correspondent Shows How An Octopus Does Business. Editor Columbia Register: It is time indeed that there should be some legislation, if it were possible, to restrain the outrageously discriminating charges by express companies for small packages of freights committed to their charge, ahd the legislature is to be congratulated that it has taken the initiative to stir up the subject. Great fuss is made on rates and freights by the railroads or the railroad commissioners who, by the way, seem to have very little to do and might be urged to take the matter into consideration and see if it is not in their province to seek to regulate n more equitable rate of charges by the express companies, who are the most inordinate beneficiaries of the franchise on which they are amassing fortunes and dividends out of their stock by excessive charges. The rates of freight collected by I/Oese BOUUC2>S UUU lUICI^li tuipviavivuo from the respective states through which their cars pass, bear no proportion to the size or value of the package or bundle carried. A bundle weighing 5 pounds from New York, Chicago, St. Louis or New Orleans, for instance, to this point, Beaufort, or to Charleston, is about $1.25, while a package perhaps of the same goods, weighing 100 pounds, costs but $5, which is a most outrageous exaction. How can it be otherwise, say the agents to whom you apply for redress, when members of congress and big officials have the franking or free privilege to send whatever they choose from one side of the continent to the other without charge. Here was instanced the other day, Senator Cameron, who has a small fish and terrapin preserve on St. Helena island where be and bis friends can run down from Washington and cool off, gets all his freight by expressboats, barbed wire fencing, . trunks, cases of brandy and whisky and champagne, and if he wanted one, probably a guoboat, and tne ageni here is instructed to pass all free without money and without price. Of course the rest of the customers, the poor, uninfluential people, have to make up the deficiencies. When the agent remonstrated with the superintendent, he was told: "Well it is mighty hard, but I suppose we have to stand it." These are the prices paid for subsidizing senators in congress for their influence, and there is no telling to what extent the influence of the press and others are gained by the same means. >. T. G. W. BLACKSBURG*BUDGET. Not Expected That Reese and Luckle Will Return to the Neighborhood?Colonel Black Goes North?Pergonal and Other Notes. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Blacks buro, February 16.?Sheriff Logan, accompanied by a pqsse of five men, was here on Monday night and yesterday, looking for Reese and Luckie; but his search was fruitless. It strikes me that those individuals would hardly care to visit this section again, and it is the general opinion that they will never be seen here again. Colonel John L. Black will leave today for the north for the purpose of attending to the consummation of the sales of a part of the iron ore lands on Broad river, which I mentioned in my letter of last week. The vestibuled trains of the Southern road, by order of the superintendent, get their supply of drinking, water from the spring of lithia water, which is located on nr. T. B. Whitesides' property in this place. Mr. Tracy Hardin, who is private secretary for Superintendent Dodson of the Southern, and whose headquarters are in Washington, I). C., is here on a brief visit to his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Hardin. Mr. and Mrs. A. Tiipp, returned on Sunda> from Pittsburg, Pa., where they went last week to attend the burial of her father, who died there at his home on Monday, at the advance ago of 90 years. Mr. T. G. Taxoon and family, of New York, are boarding at Cherokee Inn.. Mr. Green, of Rock Hill, is visiting his son, Mr. G. H. Green, the present proprietor and manager of the Inn. The marriage of Miss Alice Whisonant, of this place, to Mr. F. A. Smith, of Lancaster, is announced to take place titmorrow. A hen belonging to Mr. J. S. Gibson fell into a well in .January, and was taken out alive a few days ago, having remained in the well 28 days without food. There was only about an inch of water in the well, and no doubt that was an important help towards keeping her alive, as it was to Tanner and others. w. a. LOCAL AFFAIRS. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. J. .T. Hunter?Announces that on Thursday?tomorrow?he will offer a handsome lot of negligee shirts at popular prices. Besides these he will offer a nice line of gentleman's neckwear, white goods, laces, check nainsook, India linons, etc. He still has some of | those California blankets. The Carolina Buggy Company?Remind , you that it is prepared to furnish you with a Carolina buggy from stock, or 1 make one to order as may be preferred. If you want an inferior buggy they can | furnish you one of Cincinnati make. Pelhatn Morrow, Manager?Lets you know that a carload of fine Virginia 1 wheat has just been received at the i Roller Mills and that you can be furnished with choice flour at the lowest price. ( Grist Cousins?Will sell you oranges and lemons at 15 cents a dozen, bananas at 20 ' cents, peanuts at 5 cents a quart, cottage bams and hamlets at 10 cents a pound, and a plug of chewing tobacco for 10 , cents. F. A. G?8man?Tells of a rumor that a reward of 85,000 will be offered for the capture of Reese and Luckie. He suggests that when you decide to hunt for thsrn that you take with you a gun or pistol. If they are not in good order, he will make any repairs on them that may be needed. He can be found next door to "Dobson's Racket" store. J. A. Hogue?Wants an owner for a sow and five shoats. W. W. Lewis, Plaintiff's Attorney?Summons to absent defendant in the case of Jennie Roberts, plaintiff, against Marion R. Reese. HYDROPHOBIA RAMPANT. Hydrophobia has been playing havoc in the lower portion of the Bethesda township, in the vicinity of.Warren station, during the past few weeks. The reporter gets his information from Messrs D. L. Black and J. S. Sandifer. It seems that a few vyeeks ago a mad dog passed through the section mentioned and bit a nhmber of sheep, cattle, hogs and other dogs. Since that time Mr. Black has lost 15 sheep and Mr. J. L. Williamson has lost 10 sheep, two hogs and a Jersey calf. Mrs. W. B. Byers has also lost a number of sheep, and the understanding is that on occount of the disease, about 50 dogs have been killed by the people of the neighborhood. Speaking of ther effects of hydrophobia on the sheep, Mr. Black says that the animals at first showed extr^ne nervousness. Then they began to slobber at the mouth, butt at everything in sight, and finally they died. Mr. Black was not previously a believer in hydrophobia, and he is not prepared to say that he.is a believer in the disease yet; but if this was uot the trouble with the sheep he is unabl$ to give an explanation. u1u MJli asb1s1. Several weeks ago a white man?a brother-in-law to M. R. Resse?requested admission to the Jail. Mr P. W. Love, acting as deputy, searched the man found a file on his person, and denied him admission. The facts were published in The Enquirer at the time. The reporter is informed, on reliable authority, that among the passengers on the southbound Carolina & Northwestern train last Saturday night, there was a spare built man of about 140 pounds weight who sat the whole distance from Gastonia to Yorkville in the first-class coach with his hat pulled down over his eyes and his coat collar pulled up to his ears. His features were not visible at any time during the trip; but our informant is certain that he wore a heavy mustache of a light sandy color, and says that when the train reached Yorkville, the man grabbed his valise and darted out of sight with the least possible time. People who are well acquainted with the man of the file incident, say that be answers very nicely indeed to the description of the man who was seen on the Narrow Gauge train last Saturday night. Undei the circumstances, that the two men should he one and the same, would not be at all surprising. DOLLARS VS. LIVES. The board of trade of Timmonsville, Sumter county, is up in arms against the Epps cigarette bill. At a meeting last Friday, this body passed resolutions against the bill, and on Saturday printed copies of the same were laid upon the desks of the senators. The resolutions read as follows: Whereas, it has come to our knowledge that a certain bill proposing to lay a prohibitory tax on cigarettes is pending in the general assembly of South Carolina, having already passed the lower branch ; and, whereas, the passage of said bill would work great and irreparable injury to our tobacco growers by forcing from our state and markets all buyers for cigarette manufacturers; and whereas, at least one-half of the crop of tobacco raised in the state is cigarette tobacco; Therefore be it resolved: 1st. That we look with alarm upon the prospect of the passage of this bill as a measure fraught with great injury to our tobacco planters. 2d. That we earnestly entreat the honorable senators to save to our state this growing and profitable industry, which the pending bill would kill. 3d. That we respectfully represent to them that in the event of the tobacco industry being crippled by legislation, thousands of dollars will be lost to our citizens by rendering useless the warehouses, prize houses, tobacco barns, etc, which have been erected by them. 4th. That if said bill should become a law the reduction in consumption of cigarettes would be very slight as, under recent supreme court decisions, the consumers could import by mail or express, cigarettes in any Quantity, and the only tangible result would be to injure the sale of South Carolina tobacco and entail severe loss upon the planters and citizens who have invested hundreds of thousands of dollars in leaf factories, warehouses, pack houses, barns, etc. 5th. That our senators be requested to use all honorable means to defeat the bill. * * ** *vnr nri?T>V 1JIU liilllj utlUii rjiti. "I told you so !" This is what plmost every individual in the county is saying just now, for long before this time, the news has been spread by word of'mouth and otherwise, pretty nearly everywhere, and it is extremely doubtful as to whether it has created any genuine surprise anywhere. Reference is had to the escape ol M. R. Reese and Daniel F. Luckie, convicted murderers, from the York county jail. The escape occurred sometime during last Sunday morning, and, incidentally, it included eleven Negro prisoners charged with minor offenses, such as assault and battery, larceny, housebreaking, etc. Of all the neat jobs of jail-breaking that has ever been seen or heard of in this section, this was the neatest. It was well-planned, well-timed and executed with a judgment and skill which, under any other circumstances, would have been truly admirable. Reese did the work. That fact there is not the least reason to doubt, and when it is remembered that Reese was once a machinist, it is not diflicult to under- f stand how ho was able to make such a finished job of it. A man not skilled in the use of edge tools might have done the same thing; but he could not have done it so nicely. The fact that there had been a jail i delivery was first discovered at about v daylight on Sunday morning. A string t of blankets hanging from a square hole c in the ceiling of tho third story to a land- a ing on the steps leading down to the v front door, told, in part, what had oc- v curred, and how it was all done was t quickly developed by further investi- a gation. . s The thing was not done in a night, f rbe details are too elaborate. To plan \ md carry them all out has required 1 weeks and weeks of tall thinking, and the shrewdest kind of shrewd manage- e ment. The scattered odds and ends sug- 1 gest this idea conclusively, and they also t suggest the idea that behind it all there is ^ probably a great deal more that will never i be known. That there was more or less < outside help is certain; but how much c on/1 fmm tinur inontr A ifforcnt sniirflflS. I must remain a matter of conjecture. I The hole in the ceiling of the third < Btory just mentioned only led from the 1 garret. There was another hole, of course, ' through which to get into the garret, i This hole was in the ceiling of the cell i lately occupied by Reese and Luckie. < The cell is the last one back on the right ' of the corridor, and the furthest one on < that side from the stairway; but once in the garret, to get to any portion of it, of i course, is a small matter. I A description of one of the holes mentioned answers for both, except in the MARION R. REESE, case of the first one mentioned the ceiling is ortly about an inch thick. In the cell, the thickness of the ceiling is two inches. The timber is pine. With a half inch bit, holes were bored around a space 11 by 16 inches. "Th? work was done with a precisinn that onouraated the most accurate meas urement and calculation. One bole cut into the next only by the thickness of a sheet of paper and there was no labor lost. The block, of course, fitted the hole to perfection, and was held into place by four pins run obliquely through the edges. This contrivance was to guard against detection before everything was in readiness for the final break. The ceiling of the cell had been carefulsmdked through a lamp chimney. The light in the cell is not good at best, and the smoke on the ceiling helped to make detection of anything suspicious all the more difficult. But this was notall. For several weeks past Reese had been buying large quantities of chewing gum. He would get 50 cents worth at a time. Sometimes a "trusty" would buy it for him and sometimes Deputy Sheriff Harshaw would get it. There was nothing suspicious in the circumstance; but now it has developed that this chewing gum was used for the purpose of plugging up auger holes. The edges of the square hole in , the ceiling are well lined with this substance. The boring of the holes over the stairway is fresh work. It was evidently done during Saturday night. The work in the cell, however, was no doubt in 1 progress for several weeks. Judging i from the marks on the edges of the i wood, such is the indication. rnt- - siAilinrv frv fho X Utf UlMfliiCC Ill/ill mc veiling frvr vuv floor?12 feet?was overcome by means of a table set on Reese's bed, and a cbair on top of the table. The contrivance < was still standing Sunday morning as it j had been left by the last man to use it. Even with all this, it was not exactly an i easy thing for the prisoners to squeeze i through the hole above ; but as to wheth- i er any of them raised a complaint because they were not provided with a stepladder, does not appear. i It was Deputy Sheriff Harebaw who I first discovered the hole in the ceiling over the stairway and the rope of blankets pending therefrom. The result of the < discovery was a speedy investigation, | which developed a condition of affaire pretty much as described above. The I investigation also developed that of the 22 prisoners who had been locked in the 1 jail the night before, only nine were left. The names of the missing were as follows: M. R. Reese, Daniel F. Luckie, John ) Hart, Whiteman Hardy, Andy Hudson, i Joe McKey, Joe Spratt, Will Thomasson, Will Arnt, Will Sims, Clinton Dunlap, i Tom Gwin, Albertus Meek, All are I colored except Reese and Luckie. I Those who wore left in jail are Marcus | DANIEL F. LUCKIE. Whitener, distilling; Hyder Wylie, violation of tho dispensary law; Ed White. i retuiling; John Young, violation of the i dispensary law ; John Scalos, horse stealing; Van Berry, horse stealing; Will Sadler, murder; jdiiii junes, itawuibanu battery"; Martha Smith, assault and bat tery. All of those1 are colored except Whitener. Near the edge of the hole in the garret from which the escape was effected, was found a lamp, the chimney shaded over with a piece of paper around it, and in the paper was a small hole about the size of a silver dollar. The contrivance was so arranged as to throw light only upon the spot where the work was in progress. Thore was also an old casoknife, curefully sharpened, and a small file. The file was used no doubt for sharpening the bit. The handle of the vater spigot was found among the other i hings. This handle is of brass, a quarter < >f an inch thick perhaps, 2} inches long, 1 nd with a square bole in the centre. It t vas used as a handle for the bit with \ vbich the boring was done, and adinira- i )1> served that purpose. There wa~ ! ;lso lying scattered among the joists ] everal blankets, and the rope blanket i rom which the prisoners swuug down t vas securely fastened to the rafters over- i lead. < Inquiry among the prisoners developed i curious story with regard to the spigot I landle. About two weeks ago, Reese I ook the ground that' the prisoners were ! vasting too much water, and he said he i ntended to put a stop to it. In order to i jffect this be removed the handle of the < ? * ^ 1 UX? Tkan i ipigot ItllU It LU la m unu ecu. X UCU I 36 told the other prisoners that when ;hey wanted water not to come to his jell; but to just call him and he would Driug them out the spigot handle. He tvas a very exclusive kind of fellow. He ind Luckie occupied the cell alone, and none of the other prisoners would think 3f such a thing as intruding upon their 'sanctity" except upon invitation. Un3er these circumstances, either Reese or Luckie, or both, were free to carry on their ceiling operations without interruption. Among the effects left by Reese and Luckie in their cell, were a lot of books and newspapers, one of Luckie's shoes, a valise containing some odds and ends and about 20 titles to real estate belonging to Reese. There was also a Bible somewhat abused as to the covers; but on the inside pages clean and white. On a fly leaf was written: "Daniel F. Luckie, January 1, 1897." On one end was printed with a pencil in large letters, the name "Daniel F. Luckie." On the other end was the name "M. R. Reese," and across the front was the sentence: "In Remembrance of Us." The escape seems to have been conducted as silently as could have been expected of a lot of mice. From the best informatioa obtainable, it took place between 2 and 3 o'clock in the morning. Chief of Police Love was sleeping in a room not more than 20 feet away. Sheriff Logan and Deputy Sheriff Harsbaw were also sleeping in the building. None of them heard a sound. There are some dogs about the buildiug usually; but it is evident that they were not on duty during the night, as they did not make any fuss. Examination of the wet surroundings showed tracks leading away from the jail in various directions. At a point about 50 yards from the jail, up town, in the direction of the courthouse, and on the lefthand side of the road, it was found where three men, oue in stocking feet and two barefooted, had crossed the ditch and gone across a field. The trail was followed some 300 or 400 yards to the next street and lost. There was another trail leading down the hill in the opposite direction, and also still others. Near by, on the outside, was found horsetracks, and although the fact has not been definitely established, it is believed that there were at least two, if not more, horses on hand for the use of the escaping prisoners. People living out on East Liberty street, in the direction of Rock Hill, say that at about three o'clock in the morn ing, they beard a buggy going along the road at breakneck speed, and that a few minutes later, it was followed by one or more horses, also at a dead run. Other people in various parts of town claim to have heard somebody passing their houses at an early hour in the morning; but from these reports it seems that nothing definite was developed. As soon as he was apprised of the escape, Sheriff Logan sent Deputy Hat. Bhaw to the cbaingang down in the vicinity of Newport after some dogs, supposed to be trained to track escaped convicts. Then he aroused the telegraph operator, and, as soon as possible, telegraphed the situation to Blacksburg, Grover, Gastonia, Chester, Rock Hill, Clover and other points. He also sent for Detective Newbold, at Chester, and told the correspondents of the daily papers to offer a reward 01 $IW ior me capmre 01 xveese. hbxi small parties of men were sent out on horseback to encircle the town and follow the different roads in the hope of getting some information of the fugitives. The dogs came in at about 11 o'clock -r but not being able to follow any of the trails, were useless. The various searching parties returned during the day; but none of them met with any success. The only prisoner about which any definite information was obtained was John Hart, colored. He was seen shortly after daylight going along the road in the direction of bis home at Pleasant Ridge, and was positively recognized. The parties who saw him, however, thought that he was out on bond, and allowed him to pass without molestation. Detective Xewbold, arrived from Chester on Sunday afternoon, and after examining the prisoners remaining in jail and picking up such other information as was obtainable, and securing a number of copies of The Enquirer containing portraits of Reese and Luckie, he left for Columbia to have a consultation with the governor. .It is understood that the governor will be requested to offer a liberal reward for Reese and Luckie, and it is likely that Detective Xewbold will be furnished with the means to push the pursuit with the greatest energy. The reporter has talked with different prisoners in jail; but has not been .able to gain very much information. Ed White, a colored trusty, awaiting trial for selling liquor in violation of the internal revenue laws, has been at liberty to go and come at will for sometime. He frequently went on errands for Reese and Luckie, and says that be has bought chewing gum for Reese; as much as 50 cents worth at a time. One day, not long ago, be failed to bring back the change that was required of him, by 5 cents, and on account of this, he claims, that he and Reese fell out. Since that time he has not been on any more errands. He slept behind the bars Saturday night; but did not know anything of the escape until next morning. He claims to have QHU HO Jiroviuua nuunicujjo v>? ox^ivivu of the rimtter. John Jones, a Negro, says he had been aware of what was going on for several Jays, and was auxious to tell Deputy Marshaw about it, but was afraid. He made several attempts to give Deputy Ilarshuw the wink without success. "It was this way, boss," the Negro said to the reporter on Sunday evening. "Me and Mr. Reese and Mr. Luckie did not ?Ct along very well together. I had done told them that I was not going olf with diem, and they did not like mo. Mr. I Luckie knocked me down with a bottle i juce, and Mr. Reese broke a broom liandle over my head. Both of them 1 threatened to kill me. I wanted to tell Mr. Harshaw all about it, and if I could tiave got out on the outside, I would liave done so. But I was afraid. I figured that maybe Mr. Harshaw might not believe what I said, and would just leave Tie in here with these men where they lould kill me. It was too close to court 'or me to run a risk like that." Jones ilso went on to say that the bit with which the boring was done was probably orought into the jail by Mrs. RobertsReese's sister?about two weeks ago. Previous to Mrs. Roberts's visit he had noticed nothing suspicions; but since hat time it was evident to all the prisoners that there was something in the wind. Marcus Whitener, the "moonshine distiller" told the reporter: "I had no positive information about this beforehand; but now since it has all happened, I can understand a good many things that were not exactly clear to me before. For two or thred weeks Reese has been doing all the whitewashing and all the sweeping biraselt. ne preierrea to ao it uecauae uo "wanted employment." When he was not doing anything of this kind, he was in his cell, generally with the door shut. Every now and again he would get up arguments amongst us as to the length of the jail or the width, and, to settle the dispute, would make measurements of the corridor with a thread. Once or twice he said to me that he did not believe I would go out of here if somebody would make a hole for me, and I told him that I would not. We did not get along together much after that, and he attended to his own business and I attended to miue. I went to bed about 10 o'clock Saturday night, and did not know anything about the escape until the next morning." Whitener admitted that probably he could have been into Reese's scheme bad he wanted to; but in view of the fact that it is such a short time until court, and that even in the event of conviction bis punishment won't amount to much anyway, he did not care for such a small matter to pot himself in the position of having to dodge the United States authorities for the balance of his days. In the opinion of Captain Crawford and Chief of Police Love, Reese and Luckie left Yorkville on foot, and if they had horses at all, they did not get them until after they got well out of town. This opinion is based on information secured Sunday afternoon and Monday morning. While circling around the jail, Captain Crawford ran upon some tracks in the field opposite. The tracks were made by two men, one wearing a sharptoed shoe of about number 6, and the other wearing a broadbottom shoe of number 8. These are the sizes and styles of the shoes worn by Reese and Luckie?the sharptoed shoes belonging to Luckie. The larger * tracks pointed heels in and toes out to 8Ucn a aisuncuveiy pwunur maimer no w indicate ta the absolute satisfaction of Captain Crawford and Mr. Love, that they were made by Reese. If this is true, then, of course, the other tracks were made by Luckie. In following the tracks, it was noticed that they led principally along ditch banks, and several times as they approached a Negro cabin, theytpmed back. The tracks led through Mr. F. E. Smith's field, over in the direction of Mr. J. O. Walker's field, thence across Dr. W. M. Walker's place, into Mr. J. L. Parish's pasture, and across the road in the direction of King's Mountain. The trail' Was lost in the vicinity of Mr. Parish's house. There has been a great deal of talk to * the effect that Reese bad in bis possession, when he left', a large amount of money; but Sheriff Logan says this is all a mistake. He searched Reese frequently, and does not think he bad more than $60. Captain Crawford says that at tbp time Reese was shot, be had about $90 in bis possession. "I took this away from him," continued the Sheriff, "and afterward jaid $50 to Colonel Youmans and $5 to Mr. Trescott, and when Reese settled his board bill with me, he bad to get some money from other sources. I do not believe that he had any money of any consequence when he got out of jaiL" The most sensational development that has occurred'since the jail delivery, np to the time The Enquirer went to press, was on yesterday (Tuesday) morning, and consisted in the searching of the resiJ ' - I T TJAU DAMAIO uence ui ivittjur uuiiico r. uau, wi ivcww o counsel, by Sheriff Logan and a posse. By the morning mail Sheriff Logan received an anonymous letter, postmarked on the narrow gauge railroad and signed "Citizen." The letter informed the sheriff that Reese and Luckie would certainly be found in Major Hart's house. Sheriff Logan showed the letter to Major Hart, and Major Hart remarked that if the sheriff saw fit there was no objection to bis making the search. Sheriff Logan said that he thought that he had better do it, and Major Hart wrote a note to- his daughter, Miss Mary, instructing her to afford the officers all the help she could. Upon this, Sheriff Logan summoned a posse and made a thorough search of the house. The circumstance has excited considerable comment and aroused some pretty 9trong feelings. LOCAL LACONICS. Almost Killed. Master Joe, a young son of Mr. Alonzo Rose, of Yorkville, was seriously injured last Saturday by falling off a fence. His condition is extremely critical. Married In Sumter. Rev. G. T. Gresham, formerly of Yorkville and co-principal of the Baptist High school, was married near Privateer, Sumter county, last Wednesday, to Miss Mabelle Beckham, daughter of Dr. P. M.. Beckham, a prominent citizen of the neighborhood. To Macadamize the Road*. The Enquirer has the name of a citizen of Yorkville who is willing and anxious to contribute 3100 a year for five years to be used in the macadamization of the various roads leading out of town on condition that nine other citizens will bind themselves to each contribute the same aufount. Moving For the Bridge. Columbia State: At a large meeting of the citizens of Fort Mill, held on Saturday, Feb. 13th, a committee consisting of Captain S. E. White, Rev. James H. Thornwell, Fred Nims, J. W. Ardreyand C. T. Crook were appointed to take steps toward securing a bridge over the Catawba river. A long petition will be presented to the county commissioners at tbeir next meeting on this subject. Looking Aftor the Jail. Mr. J. S. Brice, of the county board of commissioners, informs The Enquirer that something like $200 or $300 worth of repairs was made 011 the jail last summer, and that only last Friday he went through the prison portion of the building with Sheriff Logan to see whether or not any additional repairs were necessary. Sheriff Logan informed the reporter several days ago that he had recommended to Supervisor Gulp certain needed repairs, and Supervisor Gulp promised to lay the matter before the next meeting of the county board of commissioners. Verdict For Plaintiff. A claim and delivery case of some little local interest, came up before Magistrate Johnson, of Bethel township, last Saturi