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i The Lancaster News LEDGER 1852 REVIEW 1878 ENTERPRISE 1891 VOL. 3. NO. 28. SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER. S. C? JANUARY II. 1908 PRICE?PIVE CENTS PER COPY. Distressing Tragedy. Young Crawford Bell Accidently Shoots and Kills Himself While Out Hunting. A shocking tragedy occurred in this county Wednesday afternoon, a bright and promising lad, about sixteen years of age, meeting with almost instant death as the result of accidental ly shooting himself while hunting with two companions. The unfortunate victim was Crawford Bell, son of Policeman and Mrs. W. H. Bell, of Lancaster Young Bell and Huey and William Montgomery, aged 17 and 14 years, respectively, sons of Mr. John Montgomery, who lives a few miles north of town, were hunting together, and when they reached the bottoms on Mr. John {Steele's place, three miles above Lancaster,their dog jumped a rabbit,the "uoys cocking th<ir guns in anticipation of an opportunity to get a shot at the game. But tailing to see anything of the rabbit, the Montgomery bovs lowered lltei: hammers, a precaution it is apprehended young Pell neglected to adopt, for soon afterward, in handling his gun, the weapon discharged, the load striking him in the right brea9t, causing death in a tew moments, ihe gun has a short barrel, a portion of it having been sawed off, and turning it around with the muzzle pointing toward him, young Bell said: ''This gun could shoot both ways if it had another barrel at the other end." .fust as he nr.ade the remark the gun fir ed, with the result as stated. It is thought thai in reversing the gun his hand accidentally struck the trigger, causing it to go off. The body w as brought here in the evening to the home of the grief-stricken parents and prepared for burial, the interment taking place Thursday at Lower Camp Creek church. Besides the parents, Crawford is survived by a* small brother and sister. The family has the profound sympathy of the entire community in the terrible allliction that has so suddenly befall en the household. Further Particulars of the Life and Death of Veteran Sullivan. Mr. Editor: Another of Lan caster county's veterans has passed away. Mr. Robert M. Sullivan died Jan. 3rd. at his home in the New Cui section, after a lingering illness of seveial months, from Bright's disea e When South Carolina seceded and called for troops to defend the State, he was among the first to volunteer his services, enlisting as a member of th^ Lancaster Grays, commanded by Capt. John D. Wylie. After having served several months'on the coast, ne was discharged from service on account ot failing health, but later, hav\ ing regained his health, lie joined t Capt. It L. Crawford's company Hagood's old regiment of !?. C. Vols., Jenkins' Brigade. He took< part iu many of the bloody bat ties in Virginia and other Slates, ^ in which his regiment was engaged. "Bob," as he was famil iarly known, was a kind, and generous man, and was hell in high esteem by everybody. He died in the sixty sixth year ot his age. His wife survives him, toge th er with the following children:! Messrs. J. W., J O. and Claudie v A. Sullivan; Mrs. II. A. Threat, r Mrs. R. R. Oremand, of the c county, Mrs. S. M. Starnes and i1 Mrs. G. W. Starnes, of Black ^ Hawk, M'ss. c His remains were buried at ' Hopewell Methodist church, of c which he was a member, the funeral service being conducted ! by his pastor, Rev. E. M Mc- r Khsick. ' L. J. 1\ I , , ? , ? Our Clemson College Letter. ' Students Hard at Wo.*k Since \ the Holidays?Prof. Shiver's e Death Lamented?Metho- j dists to Build Church? j Other Matters. i i Mr. Editor: After spending s nearly two weeks at home, 'J Olemson's student body of seven I hundred South Carolina youths ^ i returned to college Saturday af- i ternoon, refeshed and invigorated 1 by the pleasant Christmas yaca- < tion. Practically all of the sta dents were present to answer to i roll-call at 6.20 o'clock on Satur ! day evening, and they began " work on Monday morning with a determination to do the best i worn of the year during the i next lew months. Only about < a dozen students remained at the I college during the holidays. < Every one wa* saddoned by ' the death of Prof. Frank S. Shi- I ver of the chemistry department, i Lie died quite suddenly during I the Christmas holidays, and by ! his death the Ciemson faculty < has lost one of its most eflicient and faithful members, and the citizenship of South Carolina has lost a manly Christian gentle- 1 man. Lie was about 35 years < old, a graduate of the Uniyesity i of South Carolina, and is surviv i ed by a w>fe and four children, i At the la9t annual conference, I the Methodists stationed Key. J. i Li. Graves at this place to furth er the movement to buucl a church here. lie will upend all of hi9 time for the next few inonthR in mixing subscriptions for this purpose, and hoping by the opening of the next session the churoh will be completed. Itev Mr. Graves addressed the V. M. C. A. at its first meeting ou last Sunday evening, and every one was impressed with him as a man of sterling worth and a zealous worker. Prof. Gardner of the mechanical department and Mr. W. I). ,]Garrison, foreman of the Experiment Station, brought brides I back with them after the Christ,'mas holidays. S. E. B. Important Arrest. |"" | of rive Men Suspected of Being <;0 Safe-crackers Captured near v, Vanwyck and Lodged in Lancaster Jail?Particulars co of the Capture?Interesting jn Examination of the Susnnrts - x ? V/. by Postoffice Inspectors. by ca One of the mopt important as ln' veil as sensational arrests ever s'" nade in Lancaster couuty was the '1C iapture Wednesday night by cit zens of Vanwvck of a party of 1 ^ ive good looking, fairly well- nc ltes3ed white men, suspected of ^ jeing safecrackers, who were en Pr :amped near that place. 8,1 It appears that Wednesday m ifternoon a phone message was ^ eceived at Vanwvck from Wax- ^ l:t W M ( ^ t/? 1 Aolr rvnf ?- ? r?. ? I ^ ^ ?" ?' 1 *-? v/,j IV v.'iv ?'Ub 1VI ru^* ricious character*, who were < rav ding afoot, goii g in tho direc- c*' ion ol Vanwyck.i Some time t0 ) F dterward two strangers entered ho store of Mr. J< A. II. att at c ifanwyck and |>ued some 1,1 iatable8. Upon their leaving. t!l ilr. Hyatt watch djtlie directy>n "l> n which they we^it, and after 11 liglitfall he and eifcht other citzens of the community, well Cl irmed, went in search of them. 1,1 L'he searching party consisted of Vlessrs. J. A. Hyatt, T. II. U1 Ibcmpson, J. C. Starnes, 1). F. 8C ItarneH, Walter Starnes, S. II. ct Ezzell, Ben Godfrey, Junie Mc- m 3uirt and Cecil Yoder. The strangers, who proved to oe five in number, were tound a*s, camp, where they had cooked mpper, about a half mile from Vanwyck. The camp was sur n rounded and the men ordered to P( surrender, which thev did with* I " out resistance. They said af- 1 terwards that they were taken by u surprise, and thinking that the ^ woods were full of men and ol knowing that their captors had ^ the drop on them, they realized l' that resistance would be useless. Every man arrested had an upto r date revolver except one, who ,K has only one arm. A valise was c< found in the party containing a highly explosive material? ni- C( tro-glycerine, dynamite, cap", '1 etc, and also a lot ot soap which d seems to be a necessary part of k a safecracker's ou'iit. A pocket w map of North . Carolina and a cl bottle of turpentine were aho 11 in the valise. ol The suspects were not u.sposed to be communicative, an wering very few questions They refused Ic to toll what they were doing at ti Vanwyck. The names and ad- ei dresses as given by them are as s: follows: C. F. Shaw, of Norfolk, d Va , Henry S. Hallan, of Atlau- h ta, Cia , who has only one arm ; <1 James Keanelan, Charlie Wil- e liams and J. T. Leonard, the R three last named declining to tell vi where they are from. e The captured men were held at t Vanwvck Wednesday night and i i on Thnraday brought to Lancua-js ter bv their captors, arriving here ! t on the {Southern's afternoon c soath bound passenger train.? I fn ~t ?ti ?? :i ' i XIivy nciu at uuutJ laivcu iu jail 1 I d securely locked up in cells, |f< e technical charge against four! a them being that of carrying r< ncealed weapons and that of h grancy against the tilth man. r< Immediately after the incar- " ration ot tlie men I'ostolliee 1 spectors H. T.Gregory and M. ? Halverstadt wero inlormed wire of the capture, and they 1H me at once to Lancaster, reach- f8 g here Thursday night. A n arching and thorough examina>n of the suspects, conducted 01 ' Mr. Gregory, was begun at 18 e jail about 10 o'clock and was ^ >t concluded until about day;ht yesterday morning. The i8onera were brought down '' airs one at a time, made to re- ,v ove vestige of clothing and ,l en critically examined, every ^ lysical peculiarity and any scars c marks being carefully noted, ne of the men refused to come >wu stairs voluutarily ami had be brought down by torce. ^ very piece of c'othing was osely inspected. Some ot the ^ en had money concealed m o oir clothing. One party had veral bills sewed up under the j ning of the inside ot the flap on v s coat pocket. Another had irrency hidden inside of his Q awers. Something oyer $100 togetner was taken from the . v eu. /v uumoer ot knives and ?me razors were aUo found con- ' i aled about their persons. One an, after removing all of his othing except his undershirt, smurred to taking it off on ac- ^ )unt of the cold. He was re- ^ nired to take off the garment ^ owever, and as he did so, a ^ izor in a little sack or case 9usc snded around his neck was re- j ?aled. A razor stuck under the ning of a quilt in the cell oclpied by the prisoners was mnd by Mr. Gregory, and an:lier razor w as discovered by ^ im bidden under one side of ie iron cell. ? Oflicer Gregory appeared to ( jcognize nearly if not all the len, though he is keeping his ^ lunsel to himself. It ho has f tiy evidence against the parties mnecting them with any parcular crime or crimes he is not | ivulgiug the information It is ^ nown, however, that lie had ,, arrants sworn ont yesterday aarging them with complicity r 1 ihe l\dzor and Seneca post j flice robberies tho latter part f last year. When Shaw was brought be >re Mr. Gregory for examinaon the men instantly recoguiz- 1 each other. Mr. Gregory i *id : "Why, hello, Frank, I < idn't expect. to find you ere," Shaw replying: "Nor i id I expect to see you here ither, Mr. Gregory." Shaw, I lr. Gregory say, is the man who 1 ^as Bent up in Feb. 1900 for sev ' n years for blowing the safe in J he railroad office at Leak, Lex-1 ngton county, this State. He etv**d his sentence in the peni entiary of this state and was discharged the 23ra oi last February, t is said that after his release! to promised Mr. Gregory to re,/ >rm ?<nd to load an honest life nd that Mr. Gregory has since Jceived one or two letters I'rotn ira in which the promise was mewed. It is also reported that n one occasion since Shaw's re'ase ho was presented with an vercoat by Mr. Gregory." Mr. Gregory, it will be recalled, the ollicer who worked up tmous Fisher and O'Day caso 1 litis county. He has secured ie conviction of many safe crackrs throughout tlie country and i a terror to yeggmen general7 It is not known what dieposi011 will be made of the suspects, ut it is thought that they will be ept in jail here for the present t least. They were photographed esterdav, at the instance of Oilier Gregory, by Artist Davis. News in Brief. Mr. Lee G. Holleman, state au? examiner, has been elected resident of t! e People's Bunk f Anders ui. . . Mr. C. D. Brown, f Abbeville, lias been appointed j fill the unexpired term of the ite lamented Dr. J. 11. Thorn/ ell as keeper of the records and Bid of the Kuights ot Pythias of louth Carolina... .Capt. D.J. rrilli h, supt. ot the penitentiary, ithb married in Lexington county his wee* to Mr9. SueKinster. . . i\ A. Heinze, the copper king nd former president of the Merantile National Bank of New fork, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for overcerliying checks amounting to $400,)00. Ilo was required to give a >ond o< $50.000 I)r. Joynes, ?f the faculty of the South Caroina University, has tendered his esignation to take effect at the md of the present session. The Listinguished educator has been roted a handsome '-retiring alowa nee by the Carnegie Board or the Advancement of Educaion.". . . .Senator Aldrich intro luced a curroncy bill in the Senate this week by the terms of vhich authority is given nationd banking associations to m it..:. 1 ~ : ? u_ a . muir v" 11 ^ iiicttiijii v tar-jositing bonds other than U. 8. )onds, such as state or municipal >onds. . . . The eighteenth annual 'eunion of the United Confederite Veterans will be held in liirningham, Ala., on June 9lh, Oth and 11th next. Killed Cousin for Burglar. Jacksonville, Fla., January 8. ?Pearl MooJy, 20 years of age, ?vas shot and killed a? 10.30 Pclock to-night by his cousin, Augustus Popped, at their borne iL ?... D.iL -- ill lills cuy. i>otn young men wore aroused by a noise in the back of the house, and securing revolvers went to investigate. Pearl Moody went on the back porch, revolver in hand, when Poppell saw him and, mistaking him for the supposed burglar, fired a bullet into his hack. Moody died instantly. Have you renewed your sub scripiion for 1008 i