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77^ irrifnlft / The VOL. 3. NO. 34 SE/VU-WEEKL Interesting Preliminary Hearing. ? ly The Five Men Charged with *' Safe Cracking Taken Be- I fore U. S. Commissioner g Moore Thursday?A Num- fo; ber of Witnesses Examined gj. for the Government?Fris- s0 oners Remanded to Jail. dii da A prelim|t?ary examination jf) was held in t l)e court houne Thuia- Lb day before United Stales Com nn initsioner l'aul Moore a* to the five white men nuspected of be- lit iiik Kalecrackers who hare been ijr in jail here lor a few weeks, th namely, J. T. Leonard, C. Frank Ht< Shaw, .James Scanlan, Charley Williams and Henry S. Italian. p! charged with robbery of post- Tr offices at Dunn, N. C. The ex VV aminution lor the government sjt was conducted by PostofUce In st: spectors J. W. Bulla unci II. P. of Mosby, prisoners betnnhe d undo Tl sec. 5*178 U. 8. Statutes and Act ]>i ot Match 1875, rein ing to break- so ing into postoffices with intent to vi commit larceny, etc. The tesci- I)i tnony taken was in substance as wl follows: J. A Wilson?Sworn for U. S. wr Clerk at postofllce at Dunn, N. C m< On 28th Dec. li'07, at night, post So _ ill ? ' * * * * * uhk'u was rooDeci anil sate blown Lc open. Front door of postollice no blown open or sawed open. Lock tag of side door forced off. One door He of sate blown open. Handle of in i right hand safe blown entirely Fo off. Handle twisted off. Over fro $2.(tOO.00 in stamps and money wl taken away. Father had $050 00 So taken. All gone when I got to safe next morning. Saw one of nie^ (points toJ.T. Leonard 22 one of prisoners) in morning at 1 no ter 10 o'cl< ck in town on S*tur- ])? d day, 28th Dec., day of robbery ja in Dunn, N. C. Have neyor seen LVt him since in Dunn. He was alone in when 1 saw him. One registered X. package (box f-qaare) you men an t on w?9 stolen. thi Cross-Ex. by Jas Scanlan, pri->- i 1? oner, alias Richard Neaeli?Saw sh Leonard day of robbery. Don't th< know where I saw him in Dunn, coi Think it was on Main street.? slu There are 10 or so streets in ter Dunn Only one Main street.? soi Ilavo lived 14 years at Dunn.? de About 2f>t)0 people in Dunn.? to' Lots of strangers conn to Dunn, pa Saw picture ot 5 men. Show me da E M. Bullard. Don't know th< what kind of clothes he had on inj Had on a black soft hat. Long coi overcoat llad a mustache.? Don't know color of mustache.? ck Don't remember seeing any other ab stranger in Dunn that day. Saw stranger next day. Had on daik Sn clothes. Small man. Hail no Di mustache Saw Leonard altor 10 tal o'clock in morning. tal it li ? .? no th a*. am. VI?VU|'U iur i;. o * Am I'oHtoffice Inspector, was w' called upon on 29th Dec. 1907, to ^ ( investigate robbery atDunn. Went down on 30th Doc. to Dunn.? ea Entrance made from lobby do >r. co Outside door not locked Inuido su * door opened by force. Handle of 1 - * Lanc LEDGER 1852 RJ Y. LANCASTE f? twisted off. Apparently :piosive w*s put in?very powful explosive. One door en'ir; blown off. Lobs about $2000.00. j ^ev'e> 500 in cash, $500 in atauips. j Gen ?\v ft re as v spot near safe and ji. . the ass, empty, showing greasy tive ots on it. Blowing of safe proi*ional job. Talked with Frank taw in jail about being down '^uc^ nith. Said he ate Christmas oner at Norfolk, Va., Xmt? *n 8658i y and left there on 27th Dec. ?' rhe.1 07. Had no talk with him about t),J '' Linn robbery. Was told he need rP"C* H t talk unless he choao to. Da- ^?'n^s ed being at Smithfiold, Selra?, 80en jnaon or Dunn in North Caro- at*W S ( ia. Sa'd he had parsed through J hi# e?e place* recently but had not ?' X , unf niAi nppeil over at aur of them ? u iid he bad not worked at anv lho UJa< aco since he had Jeft Norfolk. ?" ied to get clae at Dunn.? vear' e alked around place. Saw in- ,n*nced le of safe box of matches am, Many imp book Picked up piec a ' Octagon soap wrapper.? 'nd 1 lough about one mile South o; rnn !'16 11 nn. Found piece of Octagon tcr* ap on prisoners in grip found nn : ;m th prisoners. Went North of inn and examined snow cabin 11 lore persons had s'opped in. ' nl l'n Oross Ex. ? Have Octagon constrU( apper with me now. Given 8ess'OI) ? by wife of jailor at Lancaster 'L"*ar(lfl ap I know to be Octagon. ?oks like Octagon soap. Had Pr'Mty ( name on it. Believe it is Oc- ?Ul mn< on. Shaped like Octagon soap P*ren,,i liove it to be Octagon. Name bobl)in* stamped Octagon on the soap. 111 Taric und aoap in grip we took consuru m you fellowa. Dont know JeUJ' ?ere Octagon soap is made. f: Id all over the world. 1*1U D B. Hamilton sworn for U Live at Smithfield, N. C . '.i U,re ' inn lien mile* fr-m Dunn, N. C., j rtheaat. from Dunn. (11 - ,^| (hiss sc. 1007 saw.at my front door, glQO(j \ men ScanUn and Frank Shaw. rQa| elyc my front door 0 :30 o clocK j morning '28 Doc. at Smithfiel !, ^j| O. They a*ked )f there was Uoug0 r ythinK they could do for some - (j0lle of ing to eat. Il?d no overcoat. .lWlly ^ iu n "r ?aiCQ61. 1 lOy Hny pel uoked com for me. Took olf owuer f *ir hats. Good many tramps cuitivat me my way. Said tnoy could un,jistu uck. Shucked for three quar- ownPr t A of an hour. Clave them ,^e methiug to eat. Weut towards pliG3> r pot. Train? loaves 3 p. " . tftko ^ ward Dunn, N. C. Was pre- t rinse to go to church on Salur- Qr jjrm y,Baptist church. Talked with ercnnat >m. Shaw did most, of talk- ja Rrea 5. Claimed the other fellow thoueht aid not talk English. L**1 kill lha r barn between 10 and 11 o'- j juqer < >ck a m. My church began thftn he out 10 o'clock. ^e jjeD Cross Kx by James Scaulan? ^i,l.r.-.l.l OAAA i-L -*-?* ?vw lunaunants. ^njr0{iu dn't talk much. You did not Qrang# Ik much. Said you could not t^0 n(l Ik English. Had not been in Q in country long. The man WJIS Up 10 talked wai 5 ft. 7 in tall. t )u weighed about 150 lbs. Lit- Yhe y0i ) man asked for something to bljj anc t. Little man had on a dark wJjj at. Largo man had 011 a check Jn fche { it. Saw no inoro of thorn af- rep?a| ( (Continued 011 eight page.) ' A bil ' cj- Y/t A A O* i ' I 'TN ASTER EVIEW 1678 ENTERPRISE i n. S. C., FEBRUARY I. 1008 The Legislature 1!'?0i,Ctti' I year exira io _travailing o\'.vi voltnc Work of the leral Assembly up to L?abluh,d ? Present by Representa- G1 lhe e|eVentl Robinson. or with the lac . 77 , . Of the CO-.I hdikor : You have pun. , , . the criminal in your several issuea , . . . . . Gourt are held ie Legislature has been , .7 the expenses ol on tbia ar summaries . , . .. ... , have ureatly 11 >roce?dings, but it, might , , It I am not it?rest to your readera to , ..... ... Hie bill having running account of tbu , n 1 ulo O Kilt or coe U?*n*ral Assembly u / ?u . venting the i by one of the represent . . criminal esse h f Lancaster. . . , tho juri*dicti< being the second session J , .... by the paymei: lernn lor winch the pres- J ' . % . ? monev to th? rubers were electod and , . iii.- t course the warr ihinery <>| legislation be, , , , , witndrawn l>ut ly suspended from las' ,r .. . consideration. fic'Cive work was cotn, . An effort wi early in the season. , .,. , , lish the otlice c hi carried over Irc-m , , t , mesbioncr, wit a >r have been acted up -n w.ll, hovceviT, reat mntit uow ones have. ., _ insurance logis gaunt et of the commit i, -4 . judging from t d have received second ' ? ... . introduced on < a good manv ce ?, third rp. , . that *ubi ct. s. 1 he second session of J ... . behind ri.anv o i- 'ativo teriii s an excel , . . . . matter and I t io for what may be called :tivo legislation, and thi* ^ (>" ,v *r ^ w bills fair to do a good dcul V' ar, ( that end. putting insurai , > ] . Lganized within Iectiona were disposed of h , ... Slate control * >arly in the Ectnon witbi j .. safeguard tue i ;li controversy, and the , holder*, al liquor question, while , .. A bill has ps : up every now and then ' ... . ... , fixintr the lerrn >U? ways, will not likely . near the time it did las. Co""t.T Sup0" tendent of h ir the most far-reaching >earfl* This P1 s far considered is the bill '? *ianc' . u , f tl , to several otlie has been before the legis . Mr. Jones h tor rnunv years repealing i _ \ .1 iv . r.i hill completely law. As Hie f fleet of this .... , , s\stem of worii ch it is conceded will pac* i , , Liucaiter Oou ession has been misunderr ii . < a. inee on some a >y some, I will stale its .. bill ami as noon ict aa it appears to those ve studied I he .uhject? "'f"1 I witch Crst parsed Ihe s"P0rvi<0r "?'i epeals section 3059 of the "''d > >u a .op I.awr, 1902, which takes Bl1 1)111 tor P he right to give a lien to 1 '">pe wi'1 rson other than the U,H >'our of n i- i 4.1 The .Indicia or supplies used in the ion of a crop. It leave* ? b rbed the riehtof the land. laLor c"?tr?ct i i- e j think will mec 0 have a lien for rent and it > i. / raised bv the S 1 landowner 8 lien lor sup in | j , , . , the old contract L he la ldowner could tti:; ? i- * i i There are bi. in lien for advaiv es and l ? .i i ulaturc o:i aim ne H*ine to a third person ... . , , 4l imaginable. 1 just. uh he would anvoth- H i if- ., i many of them 1 eral His rcsp^nsibdity ., , , to the waste bn lly increased and i! i* ... . . - . sion closes, as r by the advocates of the ? ,l , ,, . serve to annrc ! t the .an iowrier will have . i ... , I think a bill ontrol nvor Mm towoni . , .~ T Pd providinK f? . hu hitherto h.duod.r lh(> birlb|)U..e i system. drew Jackson Home later pa?t>ed a bill {louae, though cod by Mr. Ilrdrick, of position to it. Ilf l> burg county, taking away ht to give a chattel mort- North Carol n a crop unless th? crop Liquor and growing at the time ixssution of the mortgage. R ileigh N. te was much closer on this bouse ot ropre 1 it i? doubtful whether it to-night, bill lor a state .. lh. Senate, the vote |?bjlion> ,tlis , >enata will be close oti the iftSt Thursday )f the lion law. I of the first Thi 1 was passed today allow- i" provided in ? newc 1891 PRICE?FIVE CENTS PEW t .1 utiles $500. per1 Other Legislative their salaries lor; ings__-Senate Pai It is claimed 1 _ . ,, . . . Require Liauor 1 ( jircnila liiitrn ^ 1 Iiu ? C UOUII . v u i ? to Pav License. id 'he probability 1 * :i ibis year, togoth:i that in a majori Columbia special in itias in the State Qbssrvor*. I lie Sena and civil terms ?>f jcai action to night iu at diirereot times, |jquor drummers, pas theCircuit Judges by Mr. Apoe't, requ icreased. solicitors to pay a mistaken about $5,000 iu evety coun passe 1 the see- business in. Toe bill become a law pre uamed a liceus* of ! 30m promise ot a wus amended to iei ?efora tri?l within jba*e far several do o* Magistrate* j solicitors of r.*putabU it of any sum of i vjsibng ovary count j prosecutor. Oi j COutiuues, those will 1 ant could be still L - 1" u MiuLY license lees a : not (or a raonev $210,000, if ?1iik hill | House, which it is like us nude to esla e Mr McMuoter's hi >f insurance corarp. at s'rikers, prohibitim oat saooesB. rherol . * w ' u 111,011 of employe?, \vabe a good deal on 1 ' , , ' adoption of an unfalationt is session, - . port, a? wore 11 r Sbii ne numher of bill 1 i ,r c bq? ke the term ot oil lillerent phases of r, .. ,, , . road commission t>vo S utli Con boa is tl.er States on tliii ?o?r . hill requirin* r run a .listioctin, al1 !"????* ou il! be made tin, with wl .. , toniatieallv call stutioc r in the way ol , , (rvles bill to secure a ice companies or- , 0. , form course oi study it the Mate under , ,, , , lie schools, nd thereby bettor nteros'B of policy- ^r' 8 '}t" 8t ships from being give iBaed both House? ^rop, ^oa'-ii tnir of the offices of versifcy< Citadel anc oaor and Supenu- lerton Confederate IIo dueation at four ed a f?*orftble report, ovision does not ' bill providing ister County nor railroad inspector wh irs. ably reported, but we as introduced a calendar. a?. did the b / changing the lni? Stale colleges to dug tho roads in road fares ot student iiity. I am work frora college, which w, mendments to the favorably reported, as L can get some By a vote of lit to l 'illation from the ate, a*-the close of its 1 Treasurer, will session to-day, table y of the amend- current resolution offj ublication, which Otts yesterday to de s not later than State's position in reg; oxt Wednesday. proceedings before Jn rv committee has chard at Ashevdle wi M providing for a to a receiver for the fii law that they hands o4thedispensar >t the objections up coco mission. upronie Court (o _ t law. lis before this log- Another Lien Lc est every subject ?'PP"?e? g'""l Columbia special m mil bo consigned |otte observer: Tl.e L ?ket ere tbe m. n., ou?th(.r hen Uw nany of them Ue-j Mr Uyilrlck( ,,lfbiadii ;h t lute. Q( |jen upon any crop an.ch I inlrotluc- ouj 0j t^e pro?n,i )la >r the marking of -r,, of General An- ?r"w">K- The "> ?'? wili j>ass the hated about an hour, I there is some op- ponents of rjpeal sho the vote came that thi renslv Robinson. cidedly in the mint lina to Vote in bl11 to-day is . r\ * fflip lion."" V^UCt>llUIl. case* with the Richard O., Ja?? 23. ? The on lant woek'forbiddin sentativea, at raid heng. Mr. Richards < l>?3Hed u,e 8B""le on the calendar w.th election on pro. | i 1, object in view as that 0 take place the J in April in place Ma Hydnck, but proi 1 radar in August, drew it on the paeaage the bcaato bill. driok bill. / copy. Proceedsses Bill to [Drummers l (J iarl )! to le took radregard t'? ,^i 114; a Bill, iring t ies i license of ity they do origin all v f 1,000 but id $5,000. years been > concerns v. If this lave to pay f?i:reg i? in a masses 'he tl.v to do. II disected l' intimida: killed on vorable re3pV bill to i 'e of railyears; Mr. iilrnads to aches with lich t<> aula, and Mr. , more uni1 the pubop scholarn at Win. olitia Uoi1 the Chartne receivlor a State a uufavornton the ill reqnirpav rail* to and ID :ll :r. n n - 18 the S<*nmoraiug ft the conrod by Mr. ol ire the art! to the id:;e Pritth regi'd tuls in i 10 iw Bill the Oha~louse passl\ one by \z any sort until it is J actually re was debut the op. wed when ?y were deirity. The to become , as is the a bill p iss g merchant had u bill the fiaina sought by nptly withof tho Ify