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HAVE F'i;ITITES LEFT COUNTRY? Alleged Confession by Avant That He Was Hired by Bigham to Kill Latter's Wife. Columbia, S. C., May 27.-The re port of an alleged statement of Avant's having been hired by Dr. Bigham to kill the latter's wife, as set out in the Georgetown corre spondence of the News and Courier today, caused much comment here among those who have followed the case. There' is general - interest throughout the State in the Bigham Avant matter, and it is generally hoped that the two fugitives from justice may soon be caught. Many people have wondered why Governor Ansel has not yet offered a reward. Conversation with Gov ernor Ansel reveals the situation that he has not been asked by the sheriff of the county to offer the reward, and Governor Ansel also believes that the bondsmen should exhaust every effort to turn the men over to the au thorities . The History of the Case. The two men were convicted in Georgetown county last year on the charge of killing Ruth Crisp Big ham, the wife of Dr. Bigham, and were sentenced to serve three years and six months in the State peniten tiary. Both men are said to have left the State, and it is doubtful if either will be apprehended. Sheriff Scurry, of Georgetown, has Qfered a reward for the arrest of the two men. Nothing has been heard at the State penitentiary as to the where abouts of either Avant gr Bigham, and it is believed by the officers that both have left the State. Governor Ansel on Situation. "I have not been asked to offer a reward for the two men," said Gov ernor Ansel when asked if he would offer a reward. "Two of the sureties for Avant," said- Governor Ansel, "have asked that' I offer a reward, but I wrote saying that it was their business to produce the prisoners at the appoint ed time." Dr. Bigham was under a bond of $1,500, and Avant $3,000. Immediately after the trial at Georgetown, 'counsel for the two men asked that they be admitted to bail. Judge Watts, who heard the case, admitted Avant and Bigham to bail in the sum of $1,500 each. -Later Avant came to the peniten tiary and gave himself up. Just be fore he was mustered in as a convict a message was received from the Geo-rgetown authorities asking that the prisoner be held until further notice. No further word was receiv ed from Georgetowri, and as a result Avant was held at the penitentiary for severgi months as a detention prisoner. - . His attorneys during the early part of the year appeared before, the su preme court and instituted habeas corpus proceedings. An order was signed admitting Avant to bail in the sum of $3,000, pending an appeal to the supreme court. He left the pen itentiary and went back to George town. Where Are They? Immediately after the trial, and when Dr. Bigham was admitted to bail in the sum of $1,500, 1 he left Georgetown and went to Greenville. Since that time he has not been seen. A letter received by relatives of Bigham states that he left the Unit ed States immediately after the trial. A letter was received by relatives of Avant, soon after the supreme court had given the decision which af.firmed the sentence of the George town court, saying "I am running away." The letter was postmarked Atlanta. It is generally believed that Avant left his home in Georgetown for the purpose of coming to the penitentiary after the final decision by the su preme court, but that he, after ar riving in Columbia; decided to run away. It is known that he telephoned to the authorities at the penitentiary. from the village of Cayce, near Co lumbia. The conversation was brok en off abruptly and the next heard from Avant he was "running away." Who is to Blame? Avant and Bigham were convicted and sentenced to three years and six months each. They were admitted to bond in the sum of $1,500. A verbal notice of appeal was giv en to the supreme court. The decision of the Georgetown court was affirmed. The remittitur was sent to George-, town in due time, yet both men es caped. Bigham is now out of the United States, according to the belief of many persons. Avant is somewhere in the country, it is believed. Leon M. Green. Subscribe NOW to The Herald and BOB JONES DISAPPOINTED. Remains in Prison Until September 18, Under Superintendent's Ruling. Columbia, May 27.-Bob Jones will not leave the State penitentitary be fore September 18, unless he is par doned or paroled by Governor Ansel. Capt. D. J. Griffith, the superin tendent of the penitentiary, has ruled 'that Jones's sentence did not expire until September. Bob Jones was convicted for the murder of the three Pressleys in Edgefield county, and has been at the State penitentiary for over 20 years. There is a rule at the penitentiary which allows a prisoner one month off for each year during good be havior. Jones was sentenced to serve 25 years in the penitentiary. The trial judge deducted the four years from the sentence which Jones spent in the Edgefield county jail during the trials and the subsequent appeals to the supreme court. It was the contention of Bob Jones that he would leave the penitentiary on May 18, and that the one month that he is entitled to because of good behavior would be deducted from the four years spent in the Edgefield jail. Superintendent Grif fith has taken a different view of the situation and has concluded that one month should not be deducted from the Edgefield term, as Jones was not at that time a prisoner at the peni tentiary. Bob Jones was disappointed when he found that he would not leave the prison on May 18. Preparations had been made for his reception in Au gusta. Upon leaving prison he will settle near the little town of Hariem, in Richmond county. LARGE CROWD EXPECTED. Arrangements for Press Association Meeting Go Steadily For ward. Columbia, May 27.-The prosrpect is that the annual meeting of the State Press association this year will have the largest attendance of many years. The inquiries and reserva tions indicate an especially large at tendance. The arrangements are all complete, and Manager Green ex pects to give "the members of the Press' association the very best of attention at' Glenn Springs. There are a great maniy newspaper workers in this State who are not members of the *Press association. Every newspaper worker is entitled Want Good -Black Pays t The Southern, Seaboard, and Coat the South. All pass through Richm go out on next train. Shipments mn in S. C. the next morning. 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There is no way of reaching all newspaper workers, and those who devote themselves to this work and make it their means of livelihood should feel no hesitation in writing lPresident August Kohn, at Colum bia, or Mr. R. L. Freeman, secretary, at Bennettsville, and apply for mem bership in the association. Those who delay making requests for reservations and accommodations are the losers. SENATOR TILMAN IN AUGUSTA EATS CORN PONE AND BUYS LOT Augusta, Ga., May 28.-While Sen ator B. R. Tillman was in the city yesterday-he left here last night for Atlanta, where he wjll remain in 3. private sanitarium for a few weeks for treatment for rheumatism-he concluded a lease for ten years on the. Broad street property, which he has, recently purchased in Augusta. In this private business transaction: as -in his public life, the senator has shown that he does not believe in do ing things by halves. He purchased a magnificent business location on the corner of Broad and Kollock streets, but the building, which has occupied that spot for years, was not at all an! attractive one. The senator has had the old house torn down, and will commence next week to erect in its place one of the most modern, three story business structures in the South. The building in its entirety-front ing 50 feet and running back through the block 382 feet, three stories high. will be occupied by the Jones Furni ture company. I From a personal viewpoint, Senator Tillman looks somewhat improvedi physically since his last trip to Au-' gusta, about three weeks ago,. and seems quite a little stronger. That he is building up was evi denced by the fact that he immensely enjoyed at his dinner yesterday, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Jones, whose guests he and Mrs. Till man were, some "old-fashioned South Carolina corn pone," which . Mrs. Jones had especially prepared for the senator. 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