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ESCAPED CONVICT CAPTURED.
William Smith Bf Behind Peniten
tiary Bars.-Made his Escape
from the Infirmary with
Harry Dean.
News and Courier.
0olumbia, October 19.-William
Smith, one of the two convicts who
escaped from the state penitentiary
on the night of October 10, is again
behind the prison walls. His con
federate, Harry Dean, is still at large,
as are the two convicts, Walter Al
len and Jim Sudduth. who got out a
few days after l)an and Smith.
Sn1ith was captured last night at
his uncle's home. niear Ilman. by t w
penitentiary guards, Sondley and
Harley, who left Columbia yesterday
morning on the early trail' for neigh
borhood of Simth 's old home, in Spar
tanburg county. Sure enough they
found- Smith in the field with his uncle
in the upper portion of Spartanburg,
and at once made arrangements- to
bring him back to the penitentiary.
They arrived early this morning and
when Superintendent Griliith went to
his office this morning he had a long
talk with Smith, in which Smith told
how he and Dean got away. The story
confirmed the superintendent's the
ory as to the escape.
At one time Dean had been turnkey
in the main building, and at that time
he had secured a piece of a key
which he used on the night of Octob
er 10 to open -the door of the cell in
the old infirmary, where he was con
fined. To do this he had to use a
clever device, which'must have taken
him some time to study out. Dean
then aroused Smith and told him to
go with him. Smith now is of the opin
ion that Dean took him aiong merely
because Dean needed him, as he could
not well get out alone. The two men
went over the prison wall by the side
of the!Columbia Canal, and their des
cent was perilous, especially as each
man has a lame arm. Smith told
Capt. Griffith that when they got out
side he and Dean came around the
penitentiary wall towards the front
,of the building and passed by the
new water-works plant, going towards
the railroad track. When they reach
ed the railroad Dean told him to wait
a few minutes, that he thought he
could get some elothes, as both men
were in prison garb. Within a few
minutes Dean returned with a suit for
each of them and with some money,
and the men then started on their
journey. Evidently Dean had a friend
nearby, and Capt. Griffith thinks it
was either some relative or that it
was a form:er convict who, having
served his term, lives near the pris
on now.
Dean and Smith got out of the pris
on about 2 a. m. They walked to
Blythewood, which is on the railroad
between here and Charlotte, and there
bthey caught the train which left Co
lumabia at 6 a. m. At Charlotte they
sepyrated and Smith went to Gaston
ia, where his sisters live, and from
that place to Inman. He declares he
does not know where Dean went.,
When Harry Dean was convicted
of murder and sent to the '"pen'' for
life his brother, Ed. Dean, wis a
guard at the state prison. He handed
to Capt. Griffith his resignation when
he knew his brother was to be a pris
oner, and he was then elected to a
position on the police force of Co
lumbia, which he later resigned to be
come guard at the Federal peniten
tiary. Ed Dean is a young man who
b ears a fine reputation among those
who know him, but the fact that he
had been in this section about the
time his brother escaped made some
persons suspicious, and heaning the
rumors Ed Dean went to Capt. Griffith
and told him he hoped he was not
suspeeted of aiding Har;y to escape,
as he would certainly have advised
him not to do so had he known it.
-Other members of Harry Dean's famn
ily have written to him to the same
effect.
There has as yet been no news of
Walter Allen and Jim Sudduth, the
two trusties from the Dark Corner of
Greenville county, who walked away
from the prison on the morning of
.the 15th. But they will almost cer
tainly go back to the Dark Corner.
It is not difficult at all to under
stand why Walter G. Allen could not
resist the temptat.ion to violate the
confidence placed in him and t' Xrow
away his ehance for pardon. A!len
shot and killed his neighbor, Henry
Tramnmell, because, it is alleged,
STrammell had insulted Mrs. Allen.
He was sent to the "pen'' for lif.e
and his friends believed he would
soon be pardoned. The case came be
fore the pardon board at the October
meeting, and it is possible a pardon
might then have been recommended
aind granted, but Allen's attorney has
for some months been ill and was un
able to appear. He was also unable
tlhe bl._rd to consider at that time,
and in order to secure this testimony
the case was continued until the next
meeting.
When he went to prison Allen's
pretty young wife had to go to work
in a cotton mill. Since then one of
their two children has died. On Sun
day last Allen showed Capt. Griffith
a letter from his wife, in which she
said that her health had broken down,
that she had to give up her work and
t.hat she did not even have anything
to eat, while her child was being de
prived of everyt)hing a child should
have. When Allen gave the letter to
the kind-hearted superintendent to:
read the voun. miitnrailler broke
diwn and eried. for the letter told of
the woman's disappointment tiat lie
was not to come home to her soon,
and in it he read between the lines
he might never see her alive.
Four four years Allen has daily
had the chance to steal his freedom,
and during that time he has had the
hope of pardon. Two days after the
receipt of this pitiful Jetter. Allen
took his ehalnce. It is not hard to
guess where he will go and when he
has seen his wife he will soon, in all
probability, be behind the bars again.
-Mrs. Allen has written to the guard,
Mr. Pressley, that if Walter came
home she would send him back to the
penitentiary rather than have him
hunted over the land.
HUBBY MUST TALK
TO WIFE HALF HOUR.
Chicago, Ill.-Can Municipal
Judge Clelland, who has worked such
wonderful reforms through his Max
well str t police court, make a man
talk to his wife. Adolph Fielder, a
mehinist, :who was aWrested some
weeks ago as a saloon loafer, has
been transformed into a model hus
band in every respect but one. His
wife says he will not speak a word to
her and hasn't for a month.
"Why don't you talk?" he asked
Fielder.
"I used to, but every time I open
ed my mouth, I got both feet into it,
so I cut it out.''
"Now, see here, Fielder,'' said the
judge, "you-ve got to talk to this wo
man half an hour each day. I don',t
care how you divide up the time. If
you don't I'll take you and your wife
into chamber here when you report in
two weeks, and I'll make you talk
steadily to her for three. And if that
don't break the ice, I '11 make you talk
for six hours. You may go now, but
bring a generous supply of conversa
tion when you come here two weeks
from today.''
John Griffith's current production
of Shakespeare's "King Richard the
Third'' although played most effee
tively by the leading tragic actors of
the past three centuries with the ori
ginal business and effects devised by
the immortal author, and later pres
ented with new ideas and embellish
ments originated by the famous Col
ley Cibber, v:ill on the occasion of Mr.
Griffith's coming engagement here
have many modern bits of business
and illustration suggested by the well
known London stage manager, -Mr.
Murray Qarson, who likewise conduct
ed several of the finishing rehearsale
of the present company. Mr. Carson
is a manager and stage producer of
long experience and his artistie work
in putting on Beerbohm Tree's pro
duotion of Step'hen Phillip 's
"Herod'' drew the attention of thea
tre-going London to his capability in
that direction in a way that will not
soon be forgotten. Mr. Carson is the
author. of many most delightful plays,
including "Rosemary,'' "Change Al
ley,'' "The Bishop's Move,''."Gud
geons'', etc. His artistic efforts in
connection with Mr. Griffith's pro
duction is a strong assurnee of its un
usual merit..
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(CONDENSED)
STATEMENT
-OF
THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF NEWBERRY, S. C.,
under call of State Bank Examiner at close of business
September 17, 1907.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts - - .- - $406,831 16
Overdrafts - - - - - - 5,653 08
Furntiure and fixtures - - - - 3,116 93
Cash and sight exchange - - - - 42,172 36
$457,773 53
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock - - - - - - $ 50,000 00
Undivided profits (less expenses paid) - 49,484 84
Dividends (unpaid) - - - .- - ~ 1,030 00
Cashier's checks - - - - - - 103 88
Due Banks - - - - - - 858 38
Bills payable '- - .. - - - 20,000 00
Individual deposits - - -.- - - 336,296 43
a $457,773 53
JNO. M. KINARD, Pres. i 0. B. MAYER, Vice-Pres.
J. Y. McFA LL. Cashier
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TO
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call of State Bank Exami
3ills receivable....... $219,605 64
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'ixtures. .........
-ash on hand and due
ron other Banks .... $ 10,193 92
$238,617 23
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Iat-o.
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Dr. Geo. Y. Hunter, Pres't.
J. F. Browne, Cashier.
of The Exchange 15ank 01
7th, 1907, in response to
ier.
Capital stock. ......$50,000 00
Surplus .............,. 6,460 74
Cashier's Checks...... 269 84
Dividends unpaid...... 87 50
Bills payable. .......75,000 00
Deposits..............io6,799 15
$238,617 23
nt. interest in our Savings Depart
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National Bank
ty, A. C.
- - - $25,000 00
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sitors.
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ty, S.C.
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