The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, February 01, 1908, Image 1
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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
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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