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OLANTA MAN CONF[SSES TO PART IN ROBBERY With Cousin, lie Snp, Safe Conltainl ing let ween 980,000 and $90,000 in lionds, Walr Saving Stamps and Secirities Was iifled. I'lthence, Oct. 1-1.- With the arrest , .1. I tigh Truluck, assistant cashiver (f the i rst National liank of Olanta, this afternoon, an.1 his signed con 1fession to the part he played inl the robbhery of te hoie I:- Sam W. Yolll Florwentce Counlty farmer, of an1 iron) -;f(. containling liber-1ty bonds, wvar Sam.. il tl ps andI mrtg:11 ges ani o0ther seeulritie1s, alounti t:' hetweenll 8 , 000 ann $90,000, er, lit today follow (., thick and14 fast inl :k 1obb ry that has -r ' ted1 1 ii t Ite in -te -; ill this sect io ) I t, he State. It tit- abSoncte of .\Ir. Y un t he 1 I.V s:fe we r-f -em1ovCI from t Ie ha(luse. :1nd) w: ft 0 und l t vI ill I~yn hesriv r, ilh('d o its, contents. Aret wN adu e ;n 1*e yeste-r day o)f two Mrtes \. A. and A. I[. Tu-IlIuc, ukad they wt re m bloIght here t I day niIi tia st eOI sel hv f ir. 'ur I. let tt it A Vncy, who aI worwk-d n the as; and caused the r I I ll t wle 1:14 n i su ter. W h third Truluck bIy. I GOING OU Must I Mrerchanidis ,VOill' WantS i) 35c I)ress Gint 35c Sea Island 87.50 Shoes, a A C KATZOFF ABRAMS' OLD STA "HE WHO LOOKS BEFORE 1 True en quent repai in the bank< But, why : they happe "With Cyp but be sur Cypress trade-r on7 evecrV boa rd responiibility. tiiil~ys-Wxorti P>UJY THJ E(Gl For many uses; exactly the this stil further ad order "some Ia So 4 y Man 177 C YOtJRt L(X:AL DEALIR Ii i > (0usin of the two men arrested in Suniter was arrested while in the bank at Olanta this morning, a sensation was created. It was found later that .1l. A. Truluck had nothing to do with the actual theft of the safe and he was relased. It was declared that the other Trulucks however, had made a coifidant of him and that he knew1 all about the business from beginning to end. As a result of the work of the de tectives $26,000 w' rth of bonds, war s.lvinlgs stalps aid secirities have been rtecovered so far, and the ofli(elr's believe they will get the rest of the stoleni loot. Whe'i they w:iIdkel wito the sheriff's oflice here they entered at once into a1 contiination of t heir alleged Col fvi'sioni to Air. Whitfield, a Burns A ,-ene ily detective, who put, the clinch ('s on the inf1rnmtion he had pre v i uly reep ,I ceived by having612 one of the Tiruluck loyss i-n i. samne name to a eheek h, h:l si 2ned on a cheek drawn on thei irst Natiual Bank of l lorenie for "111,000 This clheck bore the sig'itiue f li-'ed A. .loies, which, the hoy conife.-dl, v';a1s the ssuiied inaimle lh:d adoptod to carry out in lorne e disposal of the stoleni libevrt v h ni. With c,'if ssion fi(,n m lugrl Trluluck t.e nm:1st-r miniel w\i(. enginieeied the of thf stolen securiti's, and al l(ged,1 cIlfe-sioni fromi the two Tru fii ImFiU T OF BUSIN !acate My Store I e is going to be higher, don' v, while we are selling out. hams, yard Homespun, yard )ai ------------------------ ALL WILL CONVINCE YO "S Departm VD MANI IE LEAPS BUILDS OF CYPRESS A ough, it s 1 r bills that eat :account." riot "stop the. n?"Pl press you build e you get the "thorou hbred" actr (I Cis at tested b~ nadrk shown below. or biundle. Insist It melanls "doull e '- and often mo) AD)E THAT FITS the medium or low< ig. This fact gives a vantage over those rnber."' You seeth Af4 ir fa botings -but in the mea~rnu our Id hunber dealer -no mitter for -, Address ITHERN CYPRE if acturers' Associat )ydras Bldg., New Orleans, La., raharn Building, Jacksonville, F >'-v vnn Im ii1 m ASnowrtaNOuJ; -...F luck cousins,- who counlitted the ac tual theft, Mr. Whitfield believes that; he has Closed a easc upon which he has been workiing for several months, and one that has led I im from F'lorida to Maryland and on to New York, for it was in . New York bank that he found the first trace of one of the stoleni bonds, through a check signed for its purchase. It was stated in the alleged confes sion of M11. A. Truluck that the only registered bond in the lot had been burned; it was a bond for $1,000. It was stated today by Mr. Whitield that following the corfession of the 'lltiluck boys, he visited the Presby terian church a , Olanta and fo(1d stored under the stops the war sav ings certificates, which, the'y declared had be.i n .idden there.I It was stated today that Mr. Young some time ago withd rew his funds and securives from the First National Bank of 01anta because of some dis agreemient. This fact is believed to strengt'.cIn the evi'enice against the assistant C:shier, who, ollicers believe, conencted the plot to take possession cf the bonds. Charleston Man Named Suimter, Oct. 1..--Ater six weeks of diligent and utitiring Work, in which many detectives were used. A.I 1'. Trultick andl M. A. Truluck were ta1kenl into Custody here today charged with robbet y o fthe Safe of Mir. Sam! 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Thousands :nd thousands of men and Women duroing the past 50 years have cleared their bloo of was' products with S. S. S. It is the idial remied/ for rheumatism, be cause it removes ih, poisonous waste matter which is causing the trouble. There are ne ba(l after eficets and the result is wonderful. Begin taking S. S. S. today and write for 56 page illustrated booklet, "Fais ./but /se B/ood"-frc Personaliedical advice, without charge, may also be had by sending a complete description of your case. Address Chief Medical Director, Swift Specific Co., 732 S. S. S. ILaboratory, Atlanta, Ga. All good drug stores sell S. S. S. Young, a farnier iho lives between Olanta antI iake City, the safe and contents having sulidily dIisappeared about August 16. R.-presentatives of the Burns Detective Agency, of At lanta, operating under L. P. Whitfield, I imale the arrest vith the assistance of Geo. Hatehell, a local oflicer. This miioirning upo the arrival of Mi. Whitfield from Atlanta, a full con fession of the robbery was made by A. P. Truluck, who stated that he and his brother, J. Ii. Truluck, assistant:a cashier of the Bank of Olanta, alonei comminittedul the robbery, entering Mr. Young's home when he was away on a visit anI taking the safe therefrom ie gave (letails as to the opeiations of the pair since the rebbeiy was niiale publie, stating that there was about $85,000 worth of securities lid cash in the safe. Ile state-I that there was $35,000 in Liberty Bonds, about $3,000 in Wai Savings Stamps anti that the safe also containe( bonds, mortgages and bank stocks, all of which can be realily identified; $10,000 in cash was en deposit in a Florence bank. The story of the anr'est of these nien. reads like an up-to-date letective story. Shortly a fter the robbery, a box was rented at the Sumter postoflice in the na me of Jacob S. Schroder, who it will be recalled was robbed and Iur (lere(d in (ha rleston sone time (i uring the sum mer. ILater it developedl that ceitainl I iberty Honds had been shipped from S umter to Atlanta for sarle on the Atlanta market. Tle size of t hit bonids arousel Suspicion a(nd tle Atlant a dealers were notified to keep a diligent look <ut. About $28, 000 in ILiberty Bonds were forwarded for. sah-. aiong. which were two regis teredl \'itory Ionds in the sumil of $-5:,(f0 eIcI. Upon inqu0 i ry fromiii the Treasury Depairtment is to the owner of' these borfils it. was aseert ainiedI that they were registered in the name of' Sam111 Young, of ILake City, With this elue to work oin d-teettives vere sent 3 to Suliter' to identify the alleged renter of the box. The local m.an em ployed on the case r'alily recogn ized one of the men as A *1. PTrultick anti he and i is brother, JI. H1. Truluck have been seen together frequently of late in Suiter. A trap was then set for them, the local postmaster h1aving been notified of and giving asistance to the pll:nm. 'lhe socalledl Jacob S. Schroeler was notifie(l by the Atlanta hank that the bonds Iad'I been (is posed of ars desiredl anrd t ha' heck for same wvould Ibe ma iled b~y r'eg ist ered letter on Octobe.r I2 arid that thIis letter shioulId r' :ch I him rbyi the nmorrning (If the 13th. AllI yesfterday miornuirg t wVo dtt 'Iiv(es were plat'td nrit theit pos~ttlit'I aund onre on the outtsidle. A bout 1II o'clock A P'. 'lTrlurk wais s'en to goI to thIe reted'( box andi~ take theuref romr not ice( of a reg isteried let - ttei. lIe p~ro'eedled to1 rhe r'egi.;try- wiri ilow to ge It the lettcr whereupoIn s ig na was5 giveni arndI thi rrest madel(. II is; brothter, M. A. 'Tr'ulrck, who hiad accompanil~uriedl hiri Io townvr, was waiting (In thi( otutsidet ofI the' pot~ollie arnd Ire tiot wa~s takenr inito curstodyl. lBoth wert lodlged in' j:' il arnd no( oni'e was petrmniittedI to1 es' thremi durinig the eni tire dlay. Thbey were platedl in widely sepiaratIed I elIs unde" s pecial gunard. When M r. Whiitfield a r'riveud this riorrr ing arid priesented thi'rm with the stolen bonds, A . P. Tr'ul uck birok e down arid told the w'trlc stoury. Impillic'ation oIf hris br'ot her. .J. II. TFrunluck , led imm re-. (lintely, tol thre dlispat:-h oIf two ofhicerus to (Olanrta a rrmed wi th atthority to arI rest. It is uderstoodl J. Hi. TIrulucek I.ms been shadlowedl for several days as it was hel ievedl lit was im plicatedl in lie affair. Fr'om the confession mad(Ie bry A. P. Tr'ulurck it appears that J1. HI. Tlruluck (rig ie'redI thle eniti r schemre ~in so far as t' at templdted sale of fthe bonds wer itc(onc'ered. lie even fur niishinrg thre 'rame of Schir'udei'. Subscribe to The Times TOO LATE Death only a matter of short time, Don't wait until pains and aches become incurable diseases. Avoid painful consequences by taking GOLD MEDAL The world's standard remnedy for lhidney, liver, bladder and uric acId troubles--th. National IRemedy of Holland sInce 1696. Guaranteed. 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