The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, October 18, 1905, Image 7
Trial of Fisher and O'Day.
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and ticket agent. Saw prisoners
at station that morning about 10
o'clock. They came in waiting
room and inquired about train.
They bought tickets and left on
freight train. Bought tickets to
Wadesboro, paying for them ia
nickels, dimes, etc. They were
reading a newsbaper while wait
ing on train. Reoorted matter to
Sheriff Bogin.
John P. Hunter, Sheriff of Lan
caster county. Got notice of rob
bery at Heath Springs early in
morning of April 1. Took early
train and went there Remained
there until blood hounds came.
When dogs came they could take
no trail. Saw tracks from blacksmith
shop to 8tore. Traced
tracks, which led east, for some
distance and then yvent in a
northern direction. Lost tracks
beyond P. VV. Twitty's. Advised
that telegrams be sent and
hand bills sent out giving descriptions,
etc. Went to Wadesboro
on 9th of April, and saw p-noners,
both of whom were shot.
Asked black mustached m*n his
name and he said John Fisher
Asked him if he was willing to
go back with me for cracking
safe at Heath Springs. lie said
he knew nothing about it. I asked
him what was the other man's
name and he said I would have
to ask him. I did and he said
(Ihnrlna O'Hatr I ?1
? j . a. oan naiuilUI,
dark lantern, pistol, chisel,money,
etc. I noticed especially a $5
bill and some $1 bills. The $5
bill was folded so as to make it
look like it was several hills.
Curtis Mackev and Sheriff Begin
examined money carefully. Went
back to Wadesboro 16th Sept .On
that day I went with prisoners to
Bennett & Bennett's office, their
attorneys. An instrument of
writing was drawn up and signed
by Fisher. Mr. Bennett wrote
his name. O'Day signed paper.
Several parties went to jail to see
prisoners. Brought prisoners from
Wadesboro in carriage to Mc
Garland, where took train to
Cheraw. Put them in Cheraw
guard house. A.fter a short time
I went back and in room in which
Fisher was a plank had been torn
off. Fisher denied doing it. Some
company has offered reward $100
for apprehension and conviction
i of prisoners.
G. M. Rogers?Justice of
peace at Wadesboro, Identifies
prisoners, saw them at Wadesboro
and here. Identifies his
> t civil docket shown him. There
was a suit in my court against
O'Day and Fisher on an order
given by them to John Bennett.
J. W. Cauthen, Barber in Lan
coster, saw Fischer in my barber
shop last of M; h. My assistant
shaved him. This was 3 or 4
days before safe was cracked.
Cross Examination?Am not
certain as to this man or the
date.
H. T. Gregory?For last 10
years fPost Office Inspector for
U. S. Government. I have been
investigating this case. Was at
preliminary hearing. I went
into store, office and vault of
Springs B. &. M. Go., blacksmith
shop, etc., and interview
d persons about robbery. Saw
Andrew Rollings and James
Robertson, among others. Went
with them to place whereit. seem- <
eu there had been a camp. 1
picked up wrapper and showed
it to Mr. Williams at 8. B. & M.
Oo*s store. I interviewd several
witnesses in this case. Shows
Post-route map of So. Ca , and
i out hern half of N. C., issued by
Post office department. Map has
Lancaster county on it, Monroe,
N. C., Anson Co., Wingate and
McFarland. First saw Fisher
and O'Day in Wadesboro. They
were4arranged, on charge of carrying
concealed weapons; prisoners
pleaded guity. Saw contents of
satchel in Sheriff Bogin's office.
There was a map in the satchel.
Saw 2 bottles containing nitro glycerine,
dynamite caps, fuse, etc.
Have made test of nitro glycerine
in bottles in town of
Lancaster, a few days ago. Demonstrates
with a rock in court
how an explosion is produced,
using soap as packing, and fuse.
Ran about .30 yards after I light
ed the fuse. In about a minute
there was an explosion like a
cannon er?p.k?r. snlitti*?or nnon
f wr..vv.U|S
rock Found some nitro glycerine
in hot water bag. Explains
use of steel wedge, soap and
nitrio-glycerine in cracking a safe.
Also the use of brace, hammer,
monkey wrench, etc. Bloodhoundscan
never trail safe crackers.
They use oil of mustard.
Cross Examination?Two men
convicted in 'Latta, S. C., and
having served a year in penitentiary
were pardoned by Gov. of
S. O. Nitro glycerine is extracted
from stick dynamite and iB
used for crackintr nurnoses. Tint.
f Mr M " "
water bag used to carry bottles of
nitro-glycerine in to prevent sudden
concussion.
Sheriff John A. Bogin, of Anson,
Co., N. 0., identified the prisoners
as being same parties who
were in hiscustod}" at VVadesboro.
He also testified as to money,
etc., found on them. The bills,
he said, had a crumped appearance.
State Ilest9?The defendants
offer no testimony. Their counsel
move to strike out all the
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contents, because it has not been
proved that these things connect
defendants with the crime. Also
moves to strike out all evidence
about arrest, etc., in No. Ca.
Also moves to instruct Jury to
find a verdict of "not guilty" because
no evidence that explosives
were used in bursting open safe.
Also moves the court to direct
verdict of not guilty because Act
under which defendants are indicted
is null and void because
lis Huujeci saiecracking?is
not set forth in the title, as the
constitution requires. All of
there motions were overruled. i
TOR ARGUMENT.
Mr. D. Reece Williams first
addressed the jury in behalf of
the defense, speaking for half an I
hour and making a strong, logical
argument. He was followed by 1
Solicitor Henry for the State, 1
who spoke for an hour and
| twenty minutes. Col. T. Y.
Williams, senior counsel for the
i 1
prisoners, closed the argument in
1 a speech of one hour.
JUDGE'S CHARS!
Judge Buchanan charged the
jury at length as to the law ap (
plioable to the cace. He folly ,
explained the law as to circum .
stantiaJ eyidenoe. It was 5.30 <
o'clock Saturday afternoon when
his Honor turned the case over
to the jury.
VKRDICT.
It was generally thought that
the jury would Boon agree upon
a verdict, but it was midnight
before they returned to the court
room with a finding. Their verdict
was guilty with a recommendation
to mercy, which recommendation
reduces the punishment
from life imprisonment
in the penitentiary to a term of
years, not less than ten.
The defendants' counsel immediately
gave notice of a motion
for a new trial. It is said that
the jury was unanimous for con
viction from the outset of their
deliberations, but that one ot
their number wanted to recommend
to mercy and the remaining
eleven, rather than let the case
result in a mistrial,finally went
over to his side.
Jr. 0. II. A. M.
The Great Benovelent and
Patriotic Order Takes a
Firm Stand in Favor of the
Restriction of Immigration.
Immigration from Europeau
Countries during the past year
was larger than ever before, and
the positive and everpresent evils
of unrestricted immigration are
so antagonistic to our social condition
and the wellfare of wage
earners of the United States that
the American people now demand
that some barrier be erected, not
only against the insane, the criminal
and the pauper, but against
the COMPETITIVE alien upon
whnne nrnrliint hanu hoon !**????
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ing a high productive tariff.
Charitable institutions, prisons
and hospitls are crowded with
aliens, and some of the trades,
mines and public works are so
burdened with the low grade of
foreign labor that the American
workmen are driven out. Last
year twenty-five million dollars
was sent to Italy by Italians in
America and most of it was to
assist others to come. Some parts
of Southern Europe have become
almost deDODulatad thrnnah im
migration to Unite 1 StateR and in
many localities not enough able
bodied men can be found to bury
the dead for the reason that all
the men and boys are in the
United States and every one of
them has displaced some American
native born or naturalized
citizen. The restriction of immigration
has become an economic
necessity and should be a live po
litical issue throughout each Con
gressional district. The situation
is grave and threatening for the
tide of immigration brings with,
it the germs of anarchy, crime,
disease, and degeneracy and it is
an open attack on the very existence
of the American laboring
men. Alraadv tho plmr??(nr nf
many parts of the New England
States has been radically altered
because of the fact that the foreign
element has driveu out the
old stock of Americans, which
will be the ultimate fats of other
portions of our land, and if continued
for one hundred years the
present race of native born or
naturalized Americans will be as
xtinct as the mound builders.
Under our loose naturalization
laws those ignorant immigrants
loon become voters, the tools of
corporations, the bosses end demigogic
ringsters, and their votes
give the majorities in our great
cities, carry the States and |there
by decide for as our national elec <
tions and policies. 1
The object of the Junior Order i
United American Mechanics has |
been greatly misunderstood and ;
misquoted, it is not desired that
any foreign born person be excluded
from this country if his
intention in coming here is to
make this land his home, to ob- <
serve her laws and to assist in i
maintaining the high character
of Bocial life we have always en-1
joyed. The American citizen's
manner of living is such that it i
is absolutely impossible for the
American Mechanic to compete
with the hordes of pauper laborers
being poured in upon us every
year, and this order insists that
the American laborer should not
only be protected against the
articles made by the hands of the
paupers in the pauper district of
the European and Oriential Countries
at pauper wages, but that
we should be protected against
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iirect competition and contact
with the pauper laborers themselves
in our own land. This organization
is not a labor organization,
neither is it a board of
mechanics, as its name would imply,
but we have a most profound
respect for the American laboring
man, who is the real supporter
of American institutions, and
one object of this order is to protect
the American laborer, the
American Manufacturer and the
American home from the depressing
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gration. Our record and our intentions
are open for the inspection
of an intelligent public, and
we ever extend the hand of fraternity
to all who believe in
America and American institutions.
We incite all patriotic
orders, labor organizations and
religious societies to join us in
this campaign.
B. F. Adams,
Recording Sec.,
Dixie Council, No. 43.
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