The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, January 11, 1908, Image 1
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
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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
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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.
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