Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ifnvade 'Cigar .Store and Beat With Blackjacks Brave Cierk, Who Defends Till With His Life and Wins a j Check For $1,000. ^ A desperate battle between three jholdup men, one. of them taking his {first step In crime to relieve the suf fering of an invalid wife and sick ?child, and the clerk of the cigar stand to the Hotel Manhattan, In New York city, during the Sunday morning break ifast hour" was witnessed by a large cnumber of guests. The hotel was aroused, and. many guests, believing that they bad witnessed a murder, ?chased one of the robbers and aided cm his capture, i Joseph J. Gassidy, the clerk, guard ing some $500 of his employers' money, if ought under a rain of blackjack and Semd pipe blows upon his head until he succeeded in disarming one of his as sailants. Then, with blood from many jwounds blinding him, he grappled with another, who still was armed with a ?piece of lead pipe, and for the first time called for assistance in order that the others might not have opportunity to steal. Guests from the lobby and dining rooms and employees of the hotel an swered bis call, and two of the holdup men ran from the hotel Followed by the guests, some of them bareheaded, one of the fugitives ran along Forty second street A fireman in uniform led the chase and called for the police. In front of the Grand Central station the fleeing man was tripped by Police man Schultze and captured by Scbultze and Policeman Cooper, with the crowd of pursuers hard at h!s heels. The third man had esenped. The party quickly returned to the hotel and fount! Cassidy si ill locked in -desperate encounter with his assailant i medicine that might mean life to them. "I don't care what becomes of me if I could only know that my wife and baby were all right." Cassidy, a strong and athletic young man, owes his escape from death to his good physical condition. It was found at the hospital that the blows on bis heqd bad only laid open the scalp and had not fractured the skull. "I was standing behind the counter making up the cash in the cash drawer of the register when I saw three men walk into the hotel and approach the cigar counter," said Cassidy. "One asked me for a box of cigarettes, and as I turned to wait on him I saw one of his companions come around the end of the counter. He made a lunge at me with a blackjack, and although I tried to ward off the blow the he??vy instrument struck me on the head. *,T grappled with the first man, and as I did I saw the one who had or dered the cigarettes Jump over the counter and come at me from behind. In the struggle we got out from behind the counter, and I fell to the floor. I jumped op and jerked the blackjack from the band of the man who first attacked me and tried to protect my self the best I could. By this- time we were almost to the front door of the hotel, and I called for the police. "One of the men I had been fighting turned and ran. The third man stood in the middle of the floor when the other two men came up to the counter and seemed to be standing guard. However, he hit me several times In the -fight and ran away. When President George J. Whelan THE CLERK FOUGHT DESPERATELY. ,The men were rolling about the blood stained floor, each trying to deal an ef jfective blow with the blackjack and jlead pipe, and among those who looked [on In horror were a number of women iguests. 1 ? Half a dozen policemen had rcspond jed to the alarm and by main-strength -separated the fighters. Cassidy identl ified the two men as his assailants and [then fainted. He was attended.by D/r. 'Hastings/ who believed from hasty ex amination that Cassidy's skull had -"in fractured and that his injuries Ere fatal. The wounded; man was en to the Flower^n^spita?- o - ^- -; When Dr. Hastings said that he be .'Reved Cassidy to be .fatally .injured one of the pris?aers turned pale and almost fainted. ! Edward Hay wood, thirty-two years jold, with no home, and Frederick Grif jfin, thirty-one years old, also homeless, twere-the names given.by the prison I era. . They | claimed that - they were |coachmen out of work and driven des jperate by facing starvation for them jselves and families. They said i that {the taxicabs had robbed them of em iployment ' "I never did anything wrong before dn my.life," said Haywood. "1 hope, ifor his own sake, that the young fel low won't die. I didn't want to kill thlm, heaven knows. But I got a letter jlast night from my wife, who is in 'Providence with her parents, asking ?me if I couldn't send her even $2 for [medicine. She is an invalid, and our ?baby, is down with diphtheria. ' **I didn't have a cent In my pockets. ? have not had anything to eat for Sour days. I have walked the streets all day looking for work and at night 'have,stood about in doorways trying to keep wann and get some sleep. I .could not beg. "The letter from my wife made me desperate. It seemed to me that I bad to get some money for her. I couldn't ihink of her and mv child in want of of the United Cigar Stores company read his paper on the train coming In from Plalnfleld Monday morning he got. his. first news of .tie. attempt j to murder and rob Cassidy. He was amazed and delighted to read of the game fight put up against the two highwaymen by fi'is employee. "Is that story true?" asked Mr. Whe lan when he reached his offices at 44 West Eighteenth street. He j found that it was. Mr. Whelan decided that such fidel ity deserved Immediate reward. Young Cassidy had taken a terrible beating and 'bad come'near sacrificing his life to save the $500 in the till of the store. A. check for ?1000. was immediately^ drawn in Car;sidy's favor, and F."~J.U Bosenfeld, the general superintendent of the company, was sent to the young mau's home with the check and the following letter: Dear Sir?As a mark of appreciation of thla company for the courageous defense you made of the company's property at the store In which you arc employed in the; Manhattan hotel when an attempt was made to rob you we beg you to ac cept the inclosed check for $1,000. Let us add as well our earnest acknowl edgments of your sr.lendid conduct In the performance of your duty as a United clerk. You have brought honor to, the badge you wear. We are glad to know that, while your Injuries are severe, they are not serious, and we hope for your early recovery. Pending your Incapacity for work your salary will bo continued, and all expenses Incidental to your injuries will bo assured and paid by this company. Again thanking you for the protection you. offered your storo at a great personal risk, we are respectfully yours, H. S. COLLINS. Second Vice President. The $1,000 is a fortune to the Cassi dy s, mother and soil. The boy whis pered through his bandages that he had done the best he could and ex pressed feebly his gratitude- for the substantial recognition of what he had tried to do. He said that be would get back on the job as soon as his wounds were healed. Actress' Husband Ate the Whole Show. I Mrs. Nellie Halleran, a vaudeville performer, told Clerk O'PiOurke in the JWest Side court, in New York city, that her husband. Percy Halleran. had eaten her "act" while she was out of town. Shs re.id she had left a trained pig, some hens and roosters, a parrot, a duck and a goose. Percy said he had to do it He was hungry and broke, he explained, and to prevent starvation devoured the whole show. He was ex onerated by the court. If you haven't the time to exercise regularly. Doan's Regulets will pre vent constipation. They induce a mild easy, heathful action of *he bowels without griping. Ask ytur dru gist for them. 25c. Foley's Orino Laxative is sold un der a positive guarantee to cure con stipation, ^ick headache, ^stomach trouble, or any form of indigestion. If it fails, the manufacturers refund your money. What more can any one do. A. C. Dukes. Everything taken into the stomach should be digested fully within a cer tain time. When you feel that your stonach is not in good order, that the food you have eaten Is not being di gested, take a good, natural digest ant, that will do the work the diges tive juices are not doing. The best remedy known today for all stomach troubles is Kodol, which is guaran teed to give proa j jt relief. It is a natural digestant; it digests what you eat, it Is pleasant to take and.is sold here by. A. C. D'i'-.es; A. C.D'yle & Co. F Cake Got ff im Out of Asylum. Prisoner's Wife Baked It and Put In Screwdriver, With Which He Made His Escape. Having twice escaped from Kentucky madhouses with the aid of a screw driver baked into a cake by his wife, Samuel Blair Clay was found hiding in Cincinnati. He said he would not be taken back unless chloroformed and carried over the state line. Clay acts sanely and says be is sane and that he has been confined in asylums for sev eral years as the result of a family con spiracy. He is a brother-in-law of W. L. Lyons, head , of the brokerage firm of W. L. Lyons & . Co., -43 Exchange place, New York city, and a few years ago was prominently identified with Wall and Broad street law firms In that city. His troubles date from May, 1902, when, while traveling for the Nash ville, Chatttanoogo and St. Louis raib road, between St Louis and Kansas City;'he met a prominent -woman, who, in the Planters hotel in St Louis, ac cused him of having taken from her stocking $1,700 in currency. He stout ly denied the charge; but although the woman dropped the case for the time, it was reported she signified her In tention of suing the Clay family, which is prominent in Kentucky. "1 agreed to follow the counsel of my family and make affidavit as to what really were the facts in the case." said Clay, "but when I got into court they quickly had me pronounced in sane and hustled off to an asylum in Lexington, where I stayed some time. "I got out and went to New York with my wife. Two years ago I met with an automobile accident in Nyack, N. Y.. suffering a slight scalp wound. About that time my father urged me to come home, which I did, and I was arrested on a lunacy charge. Finally, the day before my brother, Rogers Clay, delivered the opening address at the Jamestown exposition, I again was pronounced Insane. I wrote to my wife to send me a carpenter's screwdriver imbedded in a cake, and with that tool I took the iron frame out of a window and escaped. "By clever ruses I made my way to New York and went to Mr. Lyons for advice. He told me the thing for me to do would be to go home. Lyons told me my people wanted me to come and there would be no more of this asylum business. Put yourself in my position and think how you would have felt when you got off the train at Lexing ton to find two asylum attendants and a deputy sheriff waiting to take you back to the madhouse. "My wife called on me at the asylum last Sunday and told me she had beer promised fare to Denver, the home of her half brother, on condition that she take no steps to release me, but she provided another cake, and here I am No power on earth will get me back into Kentucky again if I can help it." The trouble with most cough rem edies is that they constipate. Ken nedy's Laxative Cough Syrup acts gently but promptly cn. the bowels and at the same time it stops the cough by soothing the throat and lung irritation. Children like it. Sold by A C Dukes; A C Doyle & Co. A Life At Stake. Your life may be at stake when jyou notice any sign of kidney or 'bladder trouble as Brighht's disease j and diabetes start with a slight irreg ularity that could be quickly cured j by Foley's Kidney Remedy. Com Imence taking it at the first sign of 1 danger. A. C. Dukes. . ? Put This Stove in Your Kitchen It is wonderfully convenient to do kitchen work on a stove that's ready at the instant wanted, and out of the way the moment you're done. Such a stove is the New Perfection Wick Blue Flame Oil Cook-Stove. By using it you avoid the continuous overpowering heat of a coal fire and cook with comfort, even in dog days. The NEW PERFECTION Wiek Blue Flame Oil Cook-Stove is so constructed that it cannot add perceptibly to the heat of a room; the flame being directed up a retaining chimney to the stove top where it is needed for cooking. You can see that a stove sending out heat in but one di rection would be preferable on a hot day to a stove radiating heat in all directions. The ? New Perfection" keeps a kitchen uniformly comfortable. Three sizes, fully warranted. If not with your dealer, write our nearest agency. the ideal lamp ^?tK?^ p for family use?safe, convenient, economical and a great light giver. If not with your dealer,write our near est agency. . STANDARD OIL COMPANY (Incorporated) This woman says she was saved from an operation by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Lena V. Henry? of Norristo;?vn, Ga., writes to Mrs. Pinkham: " I suffered untold misery from fe male troubles. My doctor said an opera tion was the only chance I had, and I dreaded it almost as much as death. " One day I read how other women had been cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and 1 decided to try it. Before I had taken the first bottle I was better, and now I am en tirely cured. "Every woman suffering with any female trouble should take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound." FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN. For thirty years Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound, made from roots and herbs, has been the standard remedy for female ills, and has positively cured thousands of women who have been troubled with displacements, inflammation, ulcera tion, flbroid tumors^ irregularities, periodic pains, backache, that bear ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges tion, dizziness or nervous prostration. Why don't you try it ? Mrs. Pinkham invices all sick women to write her for advice. She has guided thousand'! to health. Address, Lynn, Mass. ft'm. V. Izlar. J. Stokes Sallcy. Fire Insurance. IZLAR & SALLEY We represent the The Home Insurance Co. Liverpool and London and Globe German American Continental ?. Northern Assurance Phoenix and Georgia Home. The Strongest Combination in the State. .Take No Other. GEO S. HACKER & SON. 2.he Largest and Most Complete.. Establishment Souih. Doors, Sash, Blinds. Moldings, Building Material. Bosh, Weights, Hardware and Glass HARDWARE AND READY MIXED PAINT. Charleston, a. (J. Sewing Machines. NEW DROP-HEAD MACHINES sold on .asy payments. Good prices allowed for old Machines in exchai.. 3. Second-hand Machines *rom $5.00 to $15.00. Alap parts s .d attachment?: furnished f ?U standard makes. Promp* atientfcja lo mail ordtsrs. New Bicycles S>?d ??? Easy Payments. Also Bicycle parts and 8T.rO.rie> fnmished for all standard maiea, General Repair Shop for Lewing Machines, Bicycles, Guns, Clocks d "Watches. anGive me your work. Satisfaction guaranteed J. H. S M I T H. Market Street ? ? Opposite New Postofficc ? WWW WWW IVOI fNlllf I The Edisto Savings Bank, | IORANGEBUBG, S. O. Capital.?100,000.00. Surplus. 830,000.00. . H. Moss, President. M. Oliver, Vice Pr . S. Dibble, Vice Presidert. m. L. Glover, Cas hie i DIRECTORS M O. Dantzler J. M. Oliver . R. Lowman . 77 F r Faiev B. H. Moss T. C. Doyle . Sol Kohn J. W. Smoak Money saved is money made, and the way ci save is to dposit ;ou money in the savings department and draw Interest on the first iav? January, April, July an?1 Octooer at the rate of four per cent oe? ?r?? This bank's absolute safety is best attested by its capital tock, it surplus and by tbr Aaracter and standing of its officers and board of directors. Money loaned on good security. The Oraageburg Collegiate Institute Orangeburg, S. C. - Our new building is now completed, and at the opening of the sec ond term January 2nd we will be able to accommodate about twenty five new boarding students. Catalogue and terms on request. W. S. Peterson, President. "The Buggy House," Samuel G. Parier, Manager. BUGGIES: We sell the celebrated Hackuey buggies and the old established Columbus, besides we offer the following well known makes: Corbet, Barbour, Parker, White Star, Oettinger and Taylor-Cannaday. OUR LEADER: JUST LISTEN: We will sell you a Hackney bag gy for the sum of $G5.00. Remember this is cheaper than a Hackney has ever been sold on this market before. The- Hackney is the buggy that wears, it cost twenty dollars more to make it than the cheaper grades that are offered in competition at this price, buy one and you will not have to buy a new one or trade for a new one next year. BUT DON'T FORGET: The old reliable Columbus?Be sure it is a Columbus. WAGONS: We sell only the Hackney wagon?The "Tough" Wagon that lasts on our rough roads. , SUNDRIES: Harness, Saddles, Whips, Laprobes, Etc., Etc. Offlil Gl? Ulf, Orangeburg $ C. Wm. 0. Wolfe. R. E! Wannamaker, Thos. F. Brantley, ... DIRECTORS. ll-7-3m. Merit Wins Leadership in any business is proof of supcrority and merit which alone will win out in every instance. Every Argument You hear in favor of the best buggy is just one more reason why you should try a "KOCK HILL." Every Advance ment known to vehicle construction is re* presented in a "KOCK HILL" buggy. They are '>ld?konwn and admired by thousands everywhere. / Every Aim of the Rock Hill Buggy Co., since its organization has been to keep the quality to the very highest standard realizing that quality will be rem embered when prices are long for gotten ?Hence the famous trade mark?"A Little Higher in Price But?." WE HAVE NOW OVER ?XE??NDRED VEHICLES in STOCK INCLUDING A CAR OF EASTER STYLES PLEASURE DRIVING RIGS OF EVERY KNOWN DESCRIPTION 7 UST RECEIVED FROte "ROCK KILL" AND AVE .ARE AFTER YOUR BUSINESS. WE WANT EVERYBODY WITHIN REACH OF OKANGEBCRG TO CALL IN AND SEE THE NEW STYLES. EVERYTHING NEW EX CEPT THE NAME WHICH HAS ALA'AYE STOOD FO \ THE BEST KNOWN SOUTHERN BUGGY. SIETTST &c IE