The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, October 02, 1912, Image 10
FOUND THE MONEY
PACKAGE VAS PLACED ON BANK
i STEPS BY SOME ONE
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EVERY DOLLAS FOUND
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Money From the Pensaeoto tfationa]
Bank that Was Stolen in Transit tc
. Flomaton Several Days Ago, Turns
v- Up Just as Mysteriously as it Dis
, appeared.
A dispatch from Pensacola, Fla.,
a result of the mysterious return tc
the First National Bank, some time
Sunday night, of the $55,000 stoles
while being delivered to the Louisville
and Nashville pay car at Flomaton,
several days ago, a conference
was held Monday night between officials
of the bank and private detectives
and special agents investigating
the robbery.
The package containing the money
was in the original wrapping as made
up by the bank employees, it is said,
and was enclosed in a newspaper. It
was found Monday morning lying
against the grating of the back door
of the bank by the negro janitor, who
first thought it a pair of oid shoes.
This indicates, according to the officials,
that some one with previous
knowledge, had prepared in advance,
the dnmrav nacfcasro containing: mae
azine pases which was found in place
of the money when the shipment was
opened in the Louisville and Nash ille
pay car.
.Burns and Pinkerton detectives
and special agents of the Southern
Express Company are hot on the trail
of the man. They claim the package
of currency, in its original package,
was found wrapped Monday morning
Ir a morning Journal .published on
Thursday morning. It had been placed
at the back door of the bank some
time during the night and had rested
there unnoticed.
The janitor had occasion to go to
the door, and opening the inside door
saw a package resting against the
iron grating. He thought it was a
pair of old shoes, but when he picked
it up the paper dropped off and he
saw plainly labelled "this package
contains $55,000". He took it to the
bank officials and the latter identified
it as the original package intended
for the paymaster of the Louisville
a _ii j n
ana XNasnvuis itauroaa company.
Every dollar was there, and the
package had not heen broken by the
nan who stole it, and sent along a
ommy to the paymaster of the Louisville
and Nashville. This dummy was
made up of the size of a silver certificate
or bank note. The money had
evidently been resting against the
bank door for several hours, for it
had been out in the rain which came
down in a downpour during the
ni&ht, and the newspaper in which it
was wrapped dropped off when the
janitor picked it np.
The rear of the bank is enclosed by
a brick wall about five feet high and
the door at which the money was
nlaced was onlv about five feet from
this wall. The party returning it either
threw it over the wall against the
door or else scaled the wall and deposited
the package where it was
found.
A peculiar thing oonnected with
the return of the money was that Saturday
night Assistant Cashier W. N.
Roberts received a telephone message
at his house from a party giving no
name and leaving the phone as soon
as he had spoken a few words. This
party said: "Yon will find what you
lost at the bank's back door."
The party doing the telephoning
first made a mistake and got the
- wrong Roberts. He telephoned to the
home of Cashier Clyde W. Roberts, of
. the Pensacola State Bank, and delivered
such a message, but was told
that the cashier had not lost anything.
He then telephoned to W. N.
Roberts, but that oficlal thought
some one was attempting a practical
joke on him and refused to go out in
the rain to the bank to take a look.
The various Burns and Pinkerton
men. who have been securing evidence,
called the express and bank
officials into conference Monday
night and it is expected that there
will 6e arrests in the case within a
few hours.
Wilons's Pure Record.
The August* Chronicle calls attention
to the fact that "in the midst
of all the charges and countercharges
flying back and forth between the
twa factions of the Republican party,
Woodrow Wilson stands serene and
una*sailed. He has no pass that is
not creditable to him. Every 7-Jtr of
bis life has been lived In such a way
that now when he stands on the
heights no man can say a word
against him or cast aspersions upon
his record or impugn his motives.
There Is no question in the minds of
the American people as to Wilson's
honor and truthfulness. No taint of
Steel Trust or Standard Oil corruption
funds has tarnished his name or
Invoked him in heated exchanges
with members of his party ef the
short and ugly word. No man has
called him a liar and he has not had
occasion to give the lie to any on?.
Wil3on stands out In this ea.mpalgn
as the one raaa whose record la unassailable
and whose program meets
V r* arvvkrAval n K/vaw VU
tuv kj wcwJi \sa. cn*; uuiiiei uxjllj V/A AJ 10
own party." The more wo se* and
hear cf our candidate, the pro der
we get that we were among the 3rst
to adrocate hi? nomination by the
Democrats.
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Like old Dog Troy, Champ Clark
was punished for the company he
was found keeping.
TOOK HIS OWN LIFE
?
. BENJAMIN SAULS KILLS HEMSEU
1 ON WEDNESDAY.
?
Assigned No Cause for the Rash Act
| But it is Supposed He Was De
spondent.
Mr. Benjamin Sauls, thirty year
I of age, committed suicide by shootinj
himself through the head with ,
1 shotgun at his home in Smoaks, 1
, miles from Branchville, Wednesda
morning about noon. No cause i
? given for the deed, except that he i
said to have been drinking, and 1
annnfiBpd in hfivA killed himself in .
, fit of despondency. He leaves a wif
and three children, his step-mothe
> and several brothers and sisters. H
1 was buried 10 o'clock Thursaa:
l rooming from the Smoaks Baptis
. Church.
Mr. Sauls was a member of one o
, the most prominent families in thi
. Smoaks section of Colleton County
. He had served for several years as i
; mail carrier on one of the rura
routes from Smoaks, and his worl
- was believed to be very satisfactory
! He was well liked by a large circle o
friends for his genial disposition
Wednesday morning he was on thi
j streets up to about an half hour be
' fore the lttle town was shocked wltl
, the announcement that he had killec
himself.
He talked and laughed with hii
i friends as usual, and nothing in hii
manner indicated that he contemplat
ed the deed. It is said, however, tha
, he had threatened to kill himself sev
era! times before. He went to hii
home shortly before 12 o'clock, en
tered his bed room and a few mo
meDts later a gunshot was heard anc
members of his family ruslflng !nt<
his room found his lifeless body ly
iner on the floor with the shotgui
beside it.
NEED OF WILSON FUND.
Democratic Committee Most Hav<
the Sinews of War.
A dispatch from New York say*
the total contributions to date u
the Democratic campaign fund
amount to $298 750, it was announced
Thursday night by Henry Morgenthau,
chairman of the Democratic national
finance committee. Of thif
sum, he added, $206,086 had beer
expended and while the national committee
feels encouraged over the contributions
received, there is urgent
need of not less than $750,000 additional
to pay legitimate expenses tc
the close of the campaign.
"The feeling of confidence thro out
the country in the euccess of the
Wilson and Marshall ticket is hurting
U3 in a financial way," said Mr. Morgenthau.
"We have received contributions
from 17,116 persons, anc
every State in the union has beer
heard from.'* The States credited
with the largest amounts are: Nev
York, $105,385; Pennsylvania $19,516;
Illinois, $15,453; Missouri, $9,490;
New Jersey, $7,012; Wisconsin
$6,125; Louisiana, $5,565; Alabama
5,036; Texas, $3,382; Massachusetts
$3,039.
Including the $100 given by thf
Demo^ratip Executive Committee Or
angeburg County has given a little
o\ei 150 to this fund. Some of this
has not been sent in yet, but will be
in a few days. We should raise ai
least $150 more, making the contribution
of the people $250, which,
added to the $100 given by the Executive
Committee, would make $350
in all from this county. Let us go tc
work and raise the additional $100,
The committee needs the money, sc
let';, get to work at once.
WAS THIS FRAUD OR NOT?
Associated Press Account of the
Greenville Meeting.
The Associated Press account ol
the fraud investigated at Greenville
sayr-. evidence tending to indicate that
fraud was practiced in Greenville
County in the Democratic primary oi
August 27, was placed before the
nub-committee of the south Carolina
Democratic State committee at a
brief session held Wednesday afternoon
in the Court House.
A local committee which had been
conducting an investigation in
Greenville County reported that repetitions
of names on polling lists had
been found in 340 instances and that
the names were repeated anywhere
from one to five times each. This
trie committee saya indicates thai
340 men voted anywhere from twe
or five times each in the primary.
The committee furtner reported
that it had been unable to identify
128 names on the polling list of one
box in the city. Votes to the number
of 752 were cast In this box,
Their testimony will he offered latei
if the committee desires it.
Bride Cats Her Throat.
Mr3. Arsene Ouellette, a bride of a
^ _ j. t i. u i.1 a hi. _
u.'w jjw/iuis, cut uer mroai who. a
table ltnife yesterday and lived but
a few minutes after the mangled body
of her husband was brought home.
OuoJJeite and a companion, Alfred
Grgnon, were killed when their carriage
was struct by an inter-colonial
railway train at a grade crossing,
near Quebec.
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Lady Killed in Ruawny.
At Greenville, Mrs. Alice Picklesimer,
widow cf the late Newell Picklosimer,
was killed Friday In a runaway
near the city. She was thrown
{from the buggy, striking a tree, being
killed instantly.
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Joy Kills Baseball Fan.
When his heme term rallied late
In tbo game and scored enough runs
to take the lead, Timothy Flanagan,
of Ashley, Pa., was stricken with
heart failure and died.
ADMITS HIS GUILT ]
1
? VAUGHN CONFESSES HIS AWFUL
CRIME FREELY. ' ^
^ Ho Breaks Down and Tells How He
N Ruined Innocent Young Girls in I
the Home.
8 "I am guilty of the charges against
g me. I must have been tempted by g
a the- devil. If ever a man has repent2
ed for his sins that man is me. Bvy
ery night since I resigned as super8
intendent of the orphan asylum I
s have prayed to my fMaker to forgive
a me. My wife and child are living
? near Greenvil^ and it is breaking
e my heart to think what my child
will have to face when she grows
e older." d
Such was the confession of Thurs- q
\ ton U. Vaughn, former superinten- ?.
de^nt of the Odd Fellows Orphan
f Home near Greenville S. C., made "
just before departing for South Car- h
, olina from Baltimore with Sheriff tl
* Poole. fi
j Pathos marked every faltering ut- t<
' terance of the broken man. Tears d
coursed down his cheeks and his n
1 frame shook with emotion. Sup- q
ported by the strong arm of the kind ii
officer the prisoner talked to a group fi
9 of newspaper men for some time be- la
fore leaving the city prison. o1
} "I regret it all, regret it all," re- tl
peated Vaughn in depths of despair, tl
"If It could only be undone," he
3 wailed. d<
3 Vaughn seemed to think more of o:
- it. lt.1 1 VI. _l?.
I lUo surruw iuiii uuo cumv uu uk> wuc je
^ and daughter than of his own aw- d
ful plight. ti
3 ISimce early Wednesday he has fc
been a changed man. He broke b(
" down completely and has been in oi
* a high state of nervousness since, c
5 Wednesday afternoon he voluntarily iE
" confessed to his guilt and appeared i0
1 mere composed when he had unburdened
his soul. *:
Sheriff J. Perry Poole, of Green- C1
ville, left Wednesday afternoon with n
Vaughn and will proceed direct to fa
the State penitentiary at Columbia, tc
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REFUSED PAYMENT p;
p
Of Account Rendered by the Colum- 2'
m
bia Record. ti
di
The Columbia correspondent of V(
The News and Courier says Governor ^
Cole L. Blease inserted in the Columbia
Record before the primary a
political advertisement, for which he ,
was rendered a bill by the Record
for $8.40. He drew a warrant on
his contingent fund, sent it to th# Fj
Comptroller General ,with the bill jr
approved, and ordered paid. The
Comptroller General declined to pay .
the item in the following letter, .
which he sent to the Record: J:
"The Record Publishing Company, ?
Columbia, S. C.?Gentlemen: I have fV
on file your bill for advertisement jF
inserted in your paper by the Hon. FJ
Cole L. Blease, whicn has been ap- .
proved by him for payment out of j"1
his contingent fund as Governor. JF
"This appropriation is for 'contingent
fund for rewards and other pur'
poses'. This was intended to cover
* disbursements incidental to the ad'
ministration of the Governor's office
which could not well be foreseen. :?
' "The bill handed me does not ap"
pear to be for any expense incidental jp
* to the administration of the Gover- lc
nor's office, but to be a personal
charge against the Hon. Cole L.
Blease. The matter of publication J1*
was purely personal, and its publica- JJ1
tion is not authorized at the public rr
expense. Your respeotrully,
"A. W. Jones, W(
"Comptroller General."
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MAJVY LIVES ARE LOST. w
ev
iu
Great Damage Wrought in Japan by
Terrific Storm.
se
A typhoon swept orer Japan the ve
night of September 22. There was co
lost of life and heavy damage to ai
' property and shipping. A 'orpedo ar
> boat and the destroyers Tachibana be
; and Fubuki were sunk in Ise Bay. ei
> Tokio has been completely isolat- pe
ed since September 22. The typhoon m
> cariied down all the telegraph lines, ax:
? Even yet details are meager. The la
- most disastrous effects of the storm iz<
were felt along the south coast. At of
Yokohama the French armored crui- of
i ser Duplex dragged her anchors and
l went ashore. She was pulled ofT, i0
however, the following cray" ar
I AX r?l- 1 1- , _ wr-, } ? 1 1 _
ai auimonaseKi a rtussion man ia
' boat foundered. The casualties are a
* unoknown. The losses to shipping w:
[ have been very serious. The Japa- If
- nese battleship Satsuma and the ten- p<
* der Manshu were dismasted. Four pi
destroyers and five torpedo boats ar
^ were driven ashore. There was a th
heavy loss of life at Nagoya, capital
* of the prefecture of Aichi, Island of M
' Hondo, -where a school and other Ubuildings
collapsed. m
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Negroes Support Wilson. th
The National Colored Democratic R<
League has opened headquarters In th
t New York and Is making prepara- st
i tlons for a big demonstration for c;
; Gov. Wilson when he comes to that ev
r city to speak at Cooper Union. The of
. President of the League Is Bishop af
1 Alexander Walters, D. D., who Is the ty
head of the African Methodist Eplsco- so
I pal Zion Church. St
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Derelict Schooner Picked Up. pa
The British schooner Bartholdi, en of
route from San Juan, Porto Rico, to it
Mobile, which was stripped clean of
all spars, sail and rigging in the recent
storm, was picked up in the
xnpsjnqx '"ELJ 'bioovsuoj o'i pa.woi
Gulf by the Peneacola pilot boat and
Forced to Swallow T'oison.
Miss Lettie Ward, 15 years old,
who lives at the home of Samuel
Farmer, of Wheeling Junction, Wr.
Va. was seized by unidentified men
near her home Wednesday and held
'while poison was admrnlstred.
[EDDY AND DLEASE
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lOOSEVELT TELEGRAMS START
MUCH IDLE TALK
IBOUT
A UNION PARTY
Governor Mease's Dislike for Woodrow
Wilson and Present Political
Rapture Said to Be the Open Opportunity
Accepted by the "Bull
Moose" to Break into Carolina.
Some very sensational political
ope is being sent out from Aiken,
ne is that Col. Theodore Roosevelt,
Boll Moose" nominee for the presiency,
is very anxious to gain a footold
i* South Carolina politics and
tiat he intends, with the bold ef ontery
characteristic of him at least
> make the effort is reasonably evient
from the fact that a former
lember of the colonel's circle of acuaintances
in New York, but now
i Aiken, is in receipt of a teleg am
om Colonel Roosevelt wherein ,~e
itter inquires if there is any statute
f limitation in this state regulating
le placing of an electoral ticket in
le field.
The significance of this fact is rensred
even more significant and colred
by the fact that this is ,by no
eans the first telegram which Dr.
unn haB received in connection with
le matter. It appears, in fact, that
>r the past several weeks there haB
sen no little correspondence carried
n, in a telegraphic way, between
ol. Roosevelt and his Aiken friend
i an effort to get a line on the out*
ok.
This inquiry of the colonel's is very
Igniflcani in view of the present
laotic condition of state politics, the
lpture growing out of the failure so
tr of the state executive committee
' fnla T. RIdooq fViq cnhor.
r UWVlOiO WV4V WiVU?V V4AV ^uwv*
itorial nominee of the democratic
arty. Immediately after the first
rimary election, Tuesday, Augfust
7, the attitude of the executive comlittee
gave rise to much speculave
conjecture as to whether the conation
would not afford Col. Rooseilt
the very opportunity for which
3 sought to project his "Bull Moose"
irty into this State.
And now Governor Blease and his
>llowers have not only issued the
atement that, if the executive coinittee
does not declare him the nemthe
entire force will "bolt" the
saoeratic party and run independatly
the general election, but
ire gone even further and formulatl
and advertised a ticket for every
ate office, which Governor Blease
?ads, of course, and they declare
tat this ticket will be place4 in the
ild for the general election, if the
)mmittee persists in pursuing its
latory course. Col. Roosevelt has
jen awaiting such an opportunity a3
tis. It has arisen, and, with keen
>litical perception, he has made
lick to grasp the opportunity by its
relocK.
This gives rise to the question as
whether the Blease and Roosevelt
irr?#?s will lino lin fnfrothor T+ ia a
atter of common knowledge that
>r no very clear reason Governor
lease experiences considerable disre
for the democratic presidential
jmlnee, Woodrow Wilson, while, on
l6 other hand, a man of Colonel
oosevelt's type appeals strongly to
e governor. During the past few
eeks the opinion has been frequentventured
that Governor Blease is
ich a personality as the colonel
ould like to line up with, in the
ent that he is afforded an opening
South Carolina.
Reducing the scale to a very large
'gree, Govornor Blease might in a
use be compared with Col. Roose lt.
Both men are existing under
nditions very contemporary; both
e open and brazen in their utterices
and radical in their policies:
>th suffer the unending ridcule and
cposition of thef nation's newsp.ttb,
yet both are, it must be id*
itted the idols of masses and are
;corded the "hero worship" of a
rge class of people who woiud Hone
and place them upon a pedestal
martyrdom and shout: "Protector
the working man!"
All of this has led many people to
ok for an affiliation of the Blease
id Roosevelt forces. The question
will Blease give his consent to such
eoalition? Roosevelt desires it;
ill he be able to secure his enl?
not, will the present rupture in
alfticE in this state lead him to
ace a a electoral ticket in the field
lyway? These are the questions
at are asked at Aiken now, as a
esuflt of knowledge of the "Bull
oose" telegrams received, and opian
is about evenly divided on the
atter.
However, it is generally conceded
at under no conditions, could
oosevelt do much in the State at
is time. It might, though, foreadow
the dawning of a new pol'tlil
era for the State, and might
entually lead to the establishment
another party in South Carolina
ter existing as it has under one parfor
more than half a century. B:it
me of the finest intellect of.the
ate is known here to be of the opinn
that the establishment of another
:rty in this state would relieve it
the political condition under which
at present struggles.
THEBAIIEY-IEBBY CO
(
' RUBBER
Roqfing*
CHARLESTON, S.C.
CLASSIFIED COLUMN
Truck Farms for Sale?L. B. Dial
Mt. Olive, N. C.
Indian Runner Dncks?$1 each. Mun
nimaker Poultry Farm, Normandy
Tenn.
Mrs. Folline will open Breeze Inn
Station 26, Atlanticville, Sullivan'i
Island, for boarders Jun9 1.
Students can get comfortable boarc
at No. 90 Church street, Charleston
S. C.
Write Us for Special Summer propo
8ition. Our place will please you
White Sulphur Springs, Mount Airy
N. C.
Wanted?Persons to earn good com
missions getting members for Nestf
and Auxiliary N*sts. Order of Owh
South Bend, Ind.
Pigs and Shoats of Registered Pol
and China Hogs for sale. Selmt
Poultry and Stock Tards, Selma, N
C.
Girls?No one can read your letten
if you use our secret writing system,
Send 25c to Box 264, N. S.
Pittsburg, Pa.
Several S. C. R. I. Red Clocks for Sah
?$3 each. Or will exchange foi
pullets of same breed. L. C. Eldson
Trenton, S. C.
Wanted ? Bookkeepers, Stenographers.
Position secured or monej
refunded. Southern Exchange
Georgetown, S. C.
For Salo?Splendid farms in middle
Georgia, the ideal section of the
state. Reference, Bank of Sparta, W,
W. Driskell, Sparta, Ga.
2 to 3 thousand bushels Keiffer Pear!
on sale. Send $2 for barrel delivered
near station. H. L. B. Wells,
attorney, Sumter C. C., S. 0.
Marry?Hundreds wealthy members
will marry soon: all ages, nationalities:
descriptions free. Mrs. Wrubel,
Box 26, Oakland, Cal.
Come, all lonely bachelor-maids and
men join our friendship circle
Send stamp for particulars. Friendship
Circle, Oneida, N. Y.
Glenn Springs?The "Garner House",
nearest to spring. Write, phone, or
wire us for rates and full particulars.
Will meet guests at White
Stone.
i ii ? 1
"Windover"?New house, large newly
furnished rooms, modern conveniences.
Rates reasonable. Address
Mrs. J. H. Howell, Waynes|
ville, N. C.
Agents?$10
a day, sell slip-on rain!
proof coats. All the rage. Factory
tc wearer. Tan or gray. Ask for
prices. J. C. Moorhead, Mt. Jewett,
Pa.
|Red Cuban Games?Most beautiful,
purest game, and best layers. Send
3c for illustrated catalog. Young
trio, $. Geo. W. Meaus, Concord,
N. C.
S? Kth Georgia?A home for all farmers
who seek a good place to live
and make money. Let us tell you
about it. Freeman Toole & Childc,
Sycamore, Ga.
Agents?Canvassers, want more long
green? Doubtless you deserve it;
here is your opportunity; send postal
for particulars. Burton Co., Devils
Slide, Utah.
For Sale?Several hundred thousand
juniper shingle, any size and grade.
Can make prompt delivery. Write
Southern Exchange Co., Box 573,
Wilmington, N. C.
For Sale?Two new and attractive
surburban cottage?. Five Tooms and
bath. All modern conveniences.
Superb location. Ap^ly Davis Powell,
Columbia, 8. C.
Boys and Girls!-?Sell 24 fortune
telling charts at l(te each and receive
a beautiful clock for your
room free. Address Chas. Smith, 29
Tenth St., Tolede, Ohio.
New Beautiful Rugs, woven from
your old worn carpets, superior to
any in service; plain or designed;
any size. Catalogue free. Oriental
Rug Co., Balto, Md.
Handsome, Pure Bred S. C. Brown
Leghorns and Cornish Indian
Games. Indian Game is the fowl
for the family. Good layers. Isaac
Ault, Mt. Pleasant, S. C.
White Wyandotte Cockerels, well
grown, bred from Fishel and Dusten
strains. Some breeders would
get $5 to $10. My price $2.50 J. W.
Black well, Darlington, S. C.
For Sale?334 acres of land, fonr
miles from Jackson Springs, 35 acres
in cultivation; good building;
good water. Terms cash. Apply to
W. L. Holiday, Jackson Springs, N.
C.
For Sale?216 ere Dairy farm complete
close in Monroe, N. C. A complete
wood working plant. 838 acre
farm on railroad and two public
roads close to city. G. B. Caldwell,
Monroe, N. C.
For Sale?Send $2.00 for one barrel
three bushels, Kieffer pears. Freight
paid; finest for cooking, preserving
and canning. Prompt shipment anywhere
in South Carolina. H. L. B.
Wells, Attorney, Sumter, S. C.
For Sale?Blythe, Oa.. complete ginnery
and press 2 years old, ginned
last year 3,000 bales, bought 400
tons seed, cost $9,000, price ?t?,00
terms. Look into this. Hare
chance to step into money making
business. Geo. Ne?s. Augusta. Ga.
Stop Tliat Whooping Cough?Cure It!
Send $1 for prescription, D. O.
THIEF HAD NERVE
?
: BUT IT LEAD TO HIS RECAPTURE
' BY THE OFEICEBS
,
"i ROBBED A YOUNG WOMAN
? ?
? Was Eating Breakfast at Same Table
With the Woman He Robbed the
' Night Before When the Officers
Made Their Appearance and Took
j Him in Charge.
The New York World says George
" Witson, who escaped from the Tombs
~ Prison July 7, was arrested In Phil
" adelpiiia Monday afternoon as lie
' stepped off a train from Atlantic City
at the West Philadelphia station of
the Pennsylvania Railroad. Since his
i daring escape from prison Wltson
had been enjoying himself immense,
ly in Atlantic City, but the New York
police never got so much as a clue to
him.
J Raymond Forsbrey, who escaped
from the Tombs Sept. 2, where ha
, was being held on the charge of murder,
has been called the "most des
perate criminal at large" by Deputy
Commissioner of Police Dougherty.
r He has not been heard from.
r Miss Price was awakened Wednesday
night in her room by a masked
man who stood over her with a re
vclver. She was told to make no
i noise and she obeyed. Then the rob.
ber took her jewelry, slid down a
waterspout to the ground and disap?
peared.
i Miw Price reported the robbery to
the police," ajid detectives interview,
ing her found ber at breakfast with
a well-dressed young man who had
ccme to offer sympathy. As the de\
tectives approached the table, one of
them said to his companion:
"That looks like George Witson,
wanted in New York."
The well-dressed man breakfasting
1 with Miss Price dashed to the door
. and was off in an automobile before
the astonished detectives could make
a move.
Philadelphia was notified to keep a
watch on incoming trains. Lieut.
! Haines and Patrolman McDowell
wore sent to the West Philadelphia
1 Station, and were there when Witson
stepped to the platson. He was ar
rested quickly and, on being queo.
tiered, laughed as he said:
"Sure I'm George Witson. I'm tha
np-l whr? PKranoiH frnm +V> a rzVtmHa
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and the man who robbed Miss Price.
I had spent so much money on her I
couldn't think of any other -way of
getting even. I went to her room
late last night, held her up at the
point of a gun and she hid her head
under the cover while I got what I
was after.
"When I called to breakfast with
' ner and offer my sympathy this mora*
; ing I could scarcely keep from laughing
in her face, but I pretended to be
very sorry.
"When those detectives appeared
' and I saw one of them nodge the other
I decided Atlantic City was no
1 place was George Witson."
Asked about his escape from the
Tombs, Witson was amused. He said:
"That was ea3y. Any one with In'
genulty can escape from there."
At Police Headquarters Witson waa
taken to the Rogues' Gallery to be
photographed. He insisted on having
perfect front and side views taken,
and when the camera had done
' its work he reiparked:
"Pretty place you havfe here. Some
different from the one in New York."
1 Witson escaped from the Tombs by
squeezing through a manhole which
led from the cellar to the prison
yard. He climbed to the nrison wall
1 and encountered William Haulihan,
an aged keep. With a ch'3el he
knocked the keeper insensible, took
his revolver and escaped to the street.
It was Houlihan's revolver he used im
holding up Miss Price.
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to come back more harm thaa. any
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