The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 18, 1930, Image 3
[reck Plays Part
fin Solving Mystery
ttutomoble wreck in the prest
age in which we live is net an
usu*l occurrence, but when an auto
-etk aids in the solution of a mys- j
ry?that is a good story and a
re occurrence.
By Tuesday four white men were ,
the Sumter county jail charged
th the robbery of the safe of Mont- .
0ery Ward and Company here oa
t night of March 29th, and from
police standpoint the case is comand
a closed chapter, thanks
the efficient work of the Sumter !
d Columbia police departments.'
?0 of the men made a full con-'
is tun and implicated others.
X. K. Younginger, Pat Brewer, Sam !
nith and A. G. McAteer, all of Co- j
nihia, are charged with robbing the
ard safe. Brewer was arretted lust j
?ek in Columbia on another churge, i
>ungi"ger was ipicked up in Sum
r Saturday, Smith was captured I
inday in Columbia and McAteer'
is arrested in Columbia on Tues- i
v. Smith, although implicated by
wnginger and Brewer, maintains
s innocence.
jn the solution of the robbery a
recked automobile in the Wateree
,amp on the early morning of
arch 30, plus hard and consistent
ark by members of the Sumter po:e
department and invaluable aid
ven by the local department by Combia
officers, were factors of imirt.
While returning to Columbia earSunday
morning following the rpbry
or on the morning of March
, the car occupied by the four men
Hided with a car belonging to JaIh
Palmer of Sumter, in the Wate
river Swamp,
The tars were so badly damaged
it Mr. Palmer's car had to be
ought to Sumter by a wrecker of
p John Evans Welding and Mnnufcturinp
company, while the four
In secured the services of Harvin'B
vage at Columbia to tow their carI
Before going to Columbia they
m two repeating shotguns and the
Ho stolen from Montgomery Ward
II company in a nearby ditch. Later
Inday morning.J/Lr. Smith, of SumI,
stopped in the swamp to se?
I wreck and noted the guns and
fie, which he secured and turned
fer to Chief Barwick.
Chief Barwick and Special Officer
handler went to 'Columbia the early
part of last weak on the case and
aecured the service** of the Columbia
police department. Lieutenant
W, H. Rawlinson and DctocUvfe P.
W. Knox, of Columbia police department,
and Chief J. W. Richardson of
the governor'* detective force aided
the pair of Sumter officer* in the
case. .
The wrecked machine was found
at Marvin's garage and upon investigation
the money bag stolen from
Montgomery Ward and company's
store was found.
Saturday afternoon Officer Chandler
and Sergeant Cummings of the
Sumter force picked Younginger up
in the 'Montgomery Ward and Company
store here, he having fallen into
a well arranged trap.
After being quizzed by the officers
considerable, Younginger made a
complete confession and implicated
Smith, MeAteer and Pat, but he did
not recall the last name of his companion
named Pat. Later Younginger
recalled the lust name of Pat
as Brewer. Columbia officers had
arrested Brewer earlier in the week
on a different charge, and already
had the man Younginger had named
as one of his accomplices.
Smith was arrested in Columbia
Sunday by Columbia officers, assisted
by Officer Chandler and Rural
Officer Bollard of fJumter. Smith
and Brewer were returned to the
city Sunday by the two Sumter officers
and lodged in the county jail.
In his confession Younginger, who
had previously done some sign painting
in the Montgomery Ward and
company store and knew the layowt
of the building perfectly, told of
the planning of the robbery witn
Brewer, Smith and MoAteer. MeAteer
borrowed the car from a
friend and the license on it was stolen
from another car.
On the night of March 29, shortly
before 11 o'clock, the four men
drove up to the side of the Ward
store and parked' their machine.
McAtocr remained in the parked car
while the. other three entered the
store via the coal chute after twist-!
ing the lock off. Tools from the
hardware department and guns for
protection were secured. They easily
forced the safe with the tools and I
secured a^out $400 in checks and
cash. Younginger said he only received
$15.00 of the money at the
time as it was agreed that the balance
of the loot would be split the
next day. But the next day he met
tun companion* and naked them for
hi* share, and they informed hipi the
remainder had been spent. The guns
were hidden in the ditch after the
wreck, he said.
Mc A tec r was arrested in a house
in .the 500 block of CServais street in
Columbia Tuesday by Iieut. W. H.
Kuwlinson and :8ergeant E. 1>. Harrell
of the Columbia department.
Officers Chandler and Gumming** of
the Sumter department rode over to
Columbia upon being notified of his
capture and returned hint here and
placed him 4n the county jail with
his companions.
Yesterday late the four men were
still in jail, no bond having been
set. .Sumter Herald.
I). Berry Smith, 45, well known
citizen of Mullins shot himself to
death in his home Wednesday, using
a .22 calibre rifle. Friends say he
did it because his health was popr.
Cap Duncan, 57, negro farmer of
the Dinbar xeetion of Chester county, j
met death this week when a news- I
paper blew in the face of the mule he
wus driving, frightened the animal,
causing it to upset the buggy in
which the negro was riding.
Governor Richards on Tuesday ap'
pointed the following nine citizens to
represent South Carolina at the conference
called by Governor Gardner,
of North Carolina, to meet at Asheville
on April 2(1 to consider the ag- :
ricultural and economic conditions of |
the seyen southeastern states: Dr.
William Weston, Wu W. Smoak,
W. J. Roddey, J. S. Wannamaker,
Holmes B. Springs, T. C. Williams',
David R. Coker, W. W. Long, and
Fitz Hugh McMaster.
W. G. Query of Welford, Spartanburg
county, was re-elected chairman
of the state tax commission at a
meeting of the body held in Columbia,
Tuesday last. Frank C. Robin-I
son was sworn in as a new member ,
to succeed J. Kraser Lyon, the latter I
being elected general counsel for the
commission.
The body of Horace Greeley Morse,
24, Ninety-feix, was found beside the
Southern railway track near NinetySix,
Monday night. Cause of his
death re mains somewhat of a mystery,
a coroner's jury finding that
cause of his death was "unknown to
the jury."
Representative Britten of Illinois,
is proposing that congress erect a
memorial bridge over Rock Creek,
Washington, to be named "Taft
Bridge."
: i i
Married in Sumter
Flint Rheim, star pitcher for the
St. Louis iCardinals, and Miss Lula
Dillartl, of Creer were married here
Inst night by Rev. Ceo. T. Harmon.
The young couple secured a license
from Deputy Clerk of Court Cutfino
late in the afternoon and were married
shortly afterwards by Rev.
Harmon.?Friday's Sumter Item.
D. W. Shealy, 20, of Newberry, was
killed Sunday morning te"n miles
northeast of Newberry when the car
he was driving collided head-on with
another car driven by a man named
Shepherd of Clintoa.
Suits totaling $1)7,400 have been
entered in the superior court of Robeson
county, N. C., against Frank Lester,
reputed millionaire of Newark,
N. J., as the result of his automobile
crashing into a wagon in that
county last Thursday, and the killing
of one person and the injuring
of several others, all Indians.
T '
j Mr. ami Mrs. L. Baker of (laffney
celebrated their sixty-fifth wedding
anniversary last Thursday.
Where Are America's Most Lovely
Mothers and Attractive C hildren?
paid by The Photograph*!*' Aworlatlon
of America.
The Judge* are Mr*. Mary
Itobertn Hmnhart of PiMbtmrKh.
judges will he able to Identify Mm
dlHttnrt American typea or motherhood
and children which pho-.
tngraphsrs in their wide experience
have noted. Climate, home
life, environment and education
may have had an important part
in forming these types.
The judges will select thp lovIlent
of there types in mothers
FANMK HI RKT '
\?t?| abort story writer
npHREE Judges, eminently <i?alifled
for the task, constitute a
Jury to select the 222 loveliest
mothers and the 222 most attractive
children in the fulled States
and Canada.
They will award $20,000 to
those mothers and children for
_ their photographs, to be made up
Into an exhibit and displayed In
the chief towns and cities of two
rountrie?, and to be known as The
Hall of Honor of America's Lovely
Mothers and Attractive, Children.
The awards range from
$1500 to $25 each and will be
<HAUI,I,S AYLKTT
I'rcMlth'iit, P. A. of A.
who by her wholesome and gripping
fiction has written her way
Into the hearts of the American^
public; Miss Fannie {lurst of New<
York. who contribhtcs a dally
short story to manV newspapers
-and hi Said to he tlx* highest paid
fietlort writer In America, and
Charles Aylett. of Toronto, noted
portrait photographer and lecturer
and president of the Photographers'
Association of America
Having studied character in
their professional work tor the
purpose of portruyihg It. the
I M4KV HOIIKHTS Iftl.N'KH.lTtT
, Noted author
nnd tho mont attractive in children.
Until Saturday. May 10th. midnight.
tho day before Mothora'
Day. mothora. and children will
mull thojr photographs to tho
headquarter* in (JlovcluntL whoie
they will be Judged.
For Magistrate
I hereby announce myself as a candidate
for the election to the office
of Magistrate of Lower Buffalo
Township, subject to the rules and
regulations of the Democratic primary.
Very respectfully,
JOHN A. MoQASKlLL.
Pension Money IIas Come
The pension money for the Confederate
Veterans and widows of Confederate
Veterans for Kershaw Coun-.
ty has been received and is noW ready
for distribution". The amount this
year is $12,375.00 to be divided as
' follows: Eighteen Veterans at
$240.00 each, forty-eight widows over
55 years of age $160.00 each, and
i three widows under 55 yoars of age
> $125.00 each. It is necessary to call
1 in person or to send a wribten order
for the checks.
w. l. Mcdowell,
Judge of Probate.
April 11th, 1930.
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