The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, June 14, 1917, Image 2
I UNCLE SAMS
WAR ON THE !
YEGCMEN
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WAIiTKK l)K FORI), ( IIAKACTFU-
IZKh AS THK SMOOTH F/ST
TK1IKF IN THK I NITKI) STATES
THK <a IHINO SPIRIT IN NKAR-
V
LY KVKRY BANK AND POST
OFFICK ROlfbKHY IN THK
*7K)UTH IN A DKCADE.
With a record of upward of a hun
dred Pont Office robberieH and as
many bankn, the Hafes of which yield
ed In the neighborhood of $500,000
••Walter," aoinetimes known as Ous
I)e Ford, Rtanda pre-eminent in the
ranks of those yeRgmeo he has led
in his many raids on strong boxes in
the Fnited States and Canada. Kver
handy with his gun, he has shot his
way to freedom a score of times, and
such trifles as shooting down or
binding and gagging those watch
men who surprised him while at work
are so numerous as to have long
since palled on this arch-criminal
Resourceful, unrnipulnus. cruel to a
degree and as fearless as he Is cun
ning. he stands out as possessing
every attitude necessary to a socess
ful yeggrnan He has frequently
served Hms. but In proportion to the
crimes committer) be ha* aarrlftred
»*aty a very small prr«eatage of his
llbert y
H*anning **Y% altar •' description
and record as they appear <»a tu» In
the office of IS# rhtef tiff
follow to* -
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re%%er«es he Sees •'««w##r»#d HI
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per ** a i r»r« M ils n « i *«»
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w/fWs a#«r \>a t hrftataawa
harg \a to eat r«4at \a twn of
i ea near iWaar«*a Haas « aa«oa
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ahftakd \t
*nme r>f hia of bee robhe-Mea la
rlade llranaram t aaata haab Fa
oree s < ration mill office Part
Nurfolb \a car hare *tp'ing H«»pe.
N F hsek MrFwfl.K 1* tmnb For-
eat l*tty N l* hank tw-fiwtarb hank.
Hruns*>n. S f . Uanb Hoydtop and
Wakefield ior Wairrlyi. Ns. hank:
Amher*» \* t>ank Howling tir«-en.
Ns . Fount y Tr t-saur*-r » off let*. t ’ lev -
eland. T»*nn . cotton mill offic**!
Rocky Mount. Vs . batik Slaters-
illle. R I . and Amherst, Muss.,
banks. Quincy. Mass, ice company's
office, and Mlddlehoro, Muss , flour
mill und laundry *’
From the foregoing It can he sur
mised that In* has I»m| a fairly active
life, and Judging flom tin* amount
of plunder he procured, first, last
and all the time, it is surprising that
he is so modest in his sartorial ef
fects as to confine his personal adorn
ment to two gold teeth and a dia
mond ring and stickpin and a single
watch.
It was at Port Norfolk. Va., that
Walter had his narrowest escape.
Had he been captured in the general
fight that followed, chances are the
infuriated posse would have swung
him to a nearby lamp-post, that his
staring eyes could rest upon the pros
trate forms of those who lay wound
ed unto death by bullets from the
pistols. W.iltcr liki»_
yegg.men s pm pis w ;i iter^iiKe many
of his ilk, had been skulking in one
of the many yeggman dives with
which Norfolk is infested. The own
ers of these dens always welcomed
with open arms these rural burg
lars, for they realized that men of
this type spend their ill gotten gains
with a lavish hand, and Walter was
looked upon as a "prince of spend*
wru."—Them, too, when the y«*ggmen
came to tow n after one of their raid
ing expedition* thev invariably
brought a aatef • * full of stolen post-
*i the*c dive keep.
»t m4 m Ml 1* a
•
wf Ilia *
irtto Ks4
Jot In • harry- Ma imKw# |tw mt
ham of flew ai !*wH Norfolk visa •
likely point, inasmuch aa Ha office
aafe always held a hlff aum of cur
rency. and, furthermore, rhancea for
Interruption during the ante opening
were mmparatlrely spall
A dense fog enveloped the little
town when the trio of yeggmen and
thHr "stick-tipa" stole lnto.lt and
made their way to the car barn. It
was an easy matter to Jimmy a rear
window, and NValter wan the first to
climb through to the Interior, "Ken
tucky Hilly" followed him, while
"Slim" remained on the outside to
see that the "etlck-upB," or sentU
nels, maintained proper vlgllence
agalhat a surprise. As Walter made
his way through the rambling struc
ture the needlelike rays from his
flashlight pointed to the forms of
thre^men-—the night watchman and
two negroes, who evidently had join
ed him to keep him company through
the long vigils of the night.
It was but the work of a second
to pounce upon the sleeping men, tie
their arms and legs and slip gags
into their mouths. Under threats of
murdering them as they lay, Walter
and "Hilly" proceeded to the office
and went to work on the safe. One
blast of "soup." or nltro-glycerine,
failed to dislodge the door and oth
ers in quick succession followed. As
the door flew from Its hinges and
fell with a crash to the floor Wal
ter forced an inner door and was
rapidly transferring the golden hoard
that lay before him when one of the
captive negroes slipped hia gag and
thonga and. leaping to a window,
cried nut an alarm. Aa he clamber
ed up to the sill preparatory to leap
ing to the afreet below g bullet rut
short hia flight and he rolled down
to thw sidewalk, allot through the
cheat,
Kiwboldewed bv the general melee
that eaaue-d, the ether captives
w f#*w* h#*d their arms free and each
drew hia ptatol and sent n volley Hi
the direct lea of **111117 aed^^^^
BUHna
f in no ■ ewa Perety dtwremlhle threw* h
the gleem of the harm. ~ «• *■
TW shots a*waawd the eetahk—r
Imm4 Before " BUm" and hm *Ndtrh
ape * row Id aoend • ante of e a/wing
a moh had gnthefed and n fwaalnde
of ahete wea heed Ftfwl. BeBef and
“ Mtlty * raw pi ted their pftaiada at the
too aaee who eeee hrtng el t
fvoea e iMe the ham AI
teg them thep rfmhrtked I
« o4«*e kadge #ed asm
•hot ie«e the *#oed that
#*vd ie tike airwad Theae
r«4«»eog a ah a atm end
hour*# reeeaed theotogh the etadata
haaonlh eha»% Valter amt
• r«*o*hed White to eBev mash la hie
pmm eed •anprtrd hia ptmet at the
fewoe ’ tatty reeumnettfed. and.
a-wd.wg • etadoo ea the apmaBte
»• mt is# bwiMtee ehah effeaded
•w #o*v dt«a to ee eree eg eamti*
varg he piated the eey tat VBtAd
Bereen*eg to VeBee e mde» the
ie« ir»4 e perttag tadley |ata the
»r*»o4 droppieg eight at tea gMPB Ml
iheir trw#%a eed then ed feeling rnga
•«iea#d ie mor«efd eil to the heete ef
their •tHMsa e premetftea egeleef pat*
•wM hr Moodhoeads they dptMl ta the
a ie-4«»e eed leoped le the fUMdlyaid
TW*» leer fwged of rnrtvtdgea had
teen •tipped ieto the rhaaMkeen ef
ihe«r revwlra/a. end theae they da*
IcrnMQed to held le feaefve aid Mat
w«r- eebrae e^twelty trapped hf the
w«*w tafwrteted poaoe
%• thr hovgierw crept from the hi-
try in »be open street end ptnng-
r«t away in the darkness a cry el
There thev go*’* a mar I Jhe a
«»f blond hosed* in'fell cry the moh
•tested in purawtt, Afing na they rna
Hut ’HUD" end Walter were tno
h.tr«I pm-M-d to halt long enough la
their flight to tahe shots at ’their
purauera On to th** outskirts of the
111 tie town ihry *p**d, the moneys gb-
Hiractfst from the strong box safe
Ui NN jtRcr’s "kick" tpo« kctl. and
under co\cr of durknesa and fog they
reached the railroad tracks and the
hand car "8lim" and his "stick-Upa**
had in readiness. -A quick run
ItriMight them to the miisklrts of Nor
folk. and once within the city's lim-
Ms they were soon lost in the mazo
of narrow and ill lighted streets
whic h led them to a "crib” along the
waterfront, where like hunted vild
beasts they lay concealed until they
deemed it safe to emerge and leave
Norfolk far behind them. That
night’s work, although accomplished
at tremendous risk, netted the yeggs
upward of $1,000 each. Once^ore
NValter was in funds and ready to
"crack" any bank his "stiek-ups"
might have found for him.
The little town of McFoll, S. C.,
also - has reason to remember the
brief presence of Walter within its
corporate limits:
•MMmfc h
•ffwct. and limy
•pad Atony, halting at *arh atrwpt
cornwr In tauru Ufa Am Thw land
•r of thw little power rolled ovwr tolth
* bullet In hia groin, but lha fug!
Uvea made good I belt escape and
threw days later found Walter,
‘Thicken HUP* and ••Shorty,**, rein
forced all prlmecrTor a raid on the
bank at Forest Ulty, N. (V J
This job,netted )he burglars $1,-
500 and "Chicken Hill," after re
ceiving his share of the loot, volun
teered to buy, at a liberal discount,
the dimes and nickels stolen. k lie
then started.•across country, leaving
his companions to escape by a freight
train. A posse took up his trail,.fol
lowed him, mortally wounded, him
and then carried him to a nearby
hospital where he died.
The hank at .ttocky Mount,' Va.,
possessed possibilities which had
long attracted Walter. He had look
ed the Job over carefully and in per
son. He had scrutinized every pos
sible avenue of escape and contend
ed that should he find an Idle night
on his hands when in that vicinity
he would improve the shining hour.
It so happened that after ripping
several safes in the vicinity he, "Ken
tucky Hilly," "I)e 8ota Nel" and
"Boston jimmy" found themselves
within easy access of Rocky Mount.
No "locator," or "gay cat" was nec
essary for thla attack, for Walter
had himself done the necessary work.
Entrance Into the bank wan ef
fected without Incident. The "soup"
was distilled from dynamite sticks
stolen from a nearby stone quarry
Three times the "soup** was applied
and touched off before the stubborn
vault door sprang from Its hinges
and went hurling ncrow*. the room
Before the greedy looters, stocked In
neatly assorted piles, lay y*- 1 *** In
•liver, n load none ralralated bur-
dealag himself with.
Opposite the bank stood a negro
rbwrrb Its belfry could only i**
reached by a tortafous sad prrpea
dir ala f ladder, and I be bell that bung
VM
i» np Ml—e
barb led to the v^ftbale
ef 1 be wiwdeM utile frame stractase
This Aetfrv lt~Btoii ddHdid Should
•erv# aw a bidiag place lor the ptaa
4er The r omasa I of the illsef from
•%e aoter compafUaetol of the vaaB
lo lBe belfry rwoeagaed so morh
• me tBal aooe toon left la abhrB Ip
bhso I be loowt roaimg of I be eaaB
Tw barglam tbsm melted aeav
IB the
of lb# Hoar mHl rsadlly yielded -to
the wtpkm«ve*t blast sad about $Ai
tons procured - The laundry waa
nett- visited, and,«hits the "rrarbe-
mea" were at work on the safe thw
night watchman pewrrd In at the
door. A Afeo^ from Walter's pistol
caused him To beat a hasty retreat.
He ran only far enough to take re
fuge behind n protecting angle in the
wall, when his pistol began to t>ark
out Its alarm as he sent bullet aft«*r
bullet In the direction of the burg
lars.
Before NValter and ms associates
could make their way to the street
the air was so smoke laden.that even
the . rays from their pocket flash
lights could not penetrate it. Several
persons gathered outside the launch**’
and as the burglars sped across the
street they opened fire on them. 0 At
this juncture of the chase "Johnny"
dropped the rubber pouch containing
enough nitro-glycerine to blow a doz
en safes.
In telling of his experience after
wards "Johnny" said both he aiid
Walter confidently expected to be
blown Into eternity,'and to this day
netiher can explain why the "soup"
did not explode. Alt got away scot
free and Walter arrived at the con
clusion that the sunny South held
inducements of far greater promise
than the "frozen North,** where
watchmen and nearby citizens always
steep with one eye open, could of
fer.
Accordingly Walter made tracks
for t£e South/ and after visiting
cronies In New York city, Baltimore.
Washington and oNrfolk.. he made
his way to Charleston, 8. C. # where
he spent a week la wild revelry al
the dives conducted by Rudolph Ra-
bens, a aotnrtoua "fence" and ally
to bank and post office burglars
Whene%er such Aatsbed workmen aa
Walter. 'Toriland Ned." ' West Phil
adelphia Johnny " Kentucky Billy"
sad ’Connect teat Abort y" banded
for a billing sometbtag far oat of
•be ordinary might be expected ttoon
Ifci Vaai*
w spent in-on* mi
VETS END REUNION
MROI IN OLONMIS PARADE
BEFORE THE PRESIDENT
-t—c V
bad %
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lama la rvtane dec ‘tded ta laol IBs bnnb
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THOUSANDS IN UNE
Heroes of Confederacy Reviewed in
firand Parade by the President-—
Convention Kesepts Implications
(Joes to Tulsa, Okla., Next Y'ear—■
(ien, Harrison Reelected Com-
mander-in-Chief.
The Confederate Veterans re
elected Gen. George H. Harrison, of
Opelika, Ala., commander-in-chief
and selected Tulsa, Okla./ as the
place for the lfH8 meeting late
Thursday after marching up Penn
sylvania avenue to the martial
strains *of Dixie and passing in re
view before President Wilson and
Vice President Marshall.
Escorted by Union soldiers and
followed by United States regulars.
National Guardsmen, cadets, the
hosts of the South paraded in tri
umph through the streets of the cap
ital to the accompanying cheers of
thousands of spectators.
Despite the tremendous crowd
which viewed the parade and the
number of veterans in line, the only
accident reported was that received
by Gen. James Dinkins, of !x>u!*lana,
in falling from his horse when re
turning to his hotel. He suffered a
wrenched foot, but waa reported as
testing comfortably.
Gen Harrison waa placed in nom
ination for another term by Judge
John T Gooliick. of Fredericksburg,
and re-elected by see lama tioa la
espreeatag bit appreciation be was
almost overcome wltb emotion
dabNH Gen J. M. Van Zandt. of
Tetat. waa re alerted commaader of
tbe Traas- Misaiastppt deportment by
a rising vole
STtm dIvtatoo carried a atuff
bd Jaek rabbit, an* thru
In one group of old eoldtera |
two aged negroes, one carrying n
rooater alung over hta shoulder. An
other old negro Jumped off the fide
of an automobile on which he was
riding and "cut the pigeon wing" as
a band behind him played "Dixie".
Several daughtffs of the ‘South,
clad In gray, marched* in the ranks
ot the old soldiers!
The detachment from the Army of
the Potomac, in the escort of the
commander-in-chlef, comprised 29
Union Veterans. The citizens’ com
mittee and Spanish-American War
Veterans ^composed the rest of the
escort. Immediately preceding them
were a squad of mounted police and
the United States Marine Band. Fol
lowing came the automobile carry
ing Miss Mary Custis-Lee, sponsor
for the South, and her official ladles.
The Veterans, followed by depart
ments, the Army of Northern Vir
ginia made -up of the divisions from
District 6f Columbia, Maryland,
South Carolina, North Carolina, Vir
ginia and West Virginia. The Army
of Tennessee, Florida, Georgia, Ala
bama, Mississippi, Louisiana and
Kentucky. The trans-Mississippi de
partment, composed of divisions from
Texas, -Arkansas, Oklahoma. Mis
souri and the Pacific Association.
The survivors of the Confederate
navy rode in automobiles. Each de
partment and each state division was
headed by automobiles containing
sponsors, maids of honor and the
other official ladies.
The Sons of Veterans came just
behind the Veterans and following
thrill *rrr the young offirD-rs
who are in training at Fort Myer.
They made a splendid showing Unit
ed States regulars’, the District Na
tional Guards, cadet* from th« Vir
ginia Military Inailtute. and cadets
of the Washington high school were
among (he 3A.AAA In the parade,
which wag over two bourn In pass-
lag
•The union of the bine and gray
was typified by a float nt the end of
the tine, drawn by sis mules. 00
which rods -girla dressed In while,
representing vanoas Neflbern and
Awatbern Males, end two Igures
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unt
s»u>n Walter and
turhf Hill? * and
*w bis Alim." had
HI al I he Bars of
snooted a Off! the
:«d
rms time Walter
had as Ills associates "Conn Shorty"
and "Fiiickcn Hill." The latter w'as
latiM- shot to death by a posse which
overtook him as he was fleeing with
his share of a plunder stolen from a
North Farolina bank, in which burg
lary "Portland .Ned" was the presid
ing genius. / ~ r
Jhe hank at McAVH loomed as an
easy possibility. If there wis a
watchman employed to guard It by
night the gay cats" bad been unable
to gain a ties to hi* hiding plar#
Tso blasts forced the di^or. and
In the outer vault f€AA In gold was
.found. The laaer barrier of tha
vault was a acres door affair and
three blast* of "aoop’* failed In dip
lodge It
TW mgr of the
Mrvecal dags la a I
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to •Her
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toesf UhiladalpBla
er nwird c/■**%• an*
e safe al lltan««oaa
• t •.aow tp Bill* of
Jloto aas obtained
Walter, apparent It • ramealrd tbe
nan*r« «*f hi* confederate* m this op*
erntBMV/ for fb the evhaaMlve ron-
feaalon made by *‘Weal Phlladelpbta
Johnny.** In which he implicated
every thief he ever o|*erale<i with lo
say nothing of Ihe confidence he vio
lated that he might escape a long
term in a Vermont prison, he gave
no clew lo Walter** associate*.
NValter had no trouble, he said,
in entering the hank or blowing the
safe. One shot was sufficient to ex
pose Ihe steel guarded cash, and in
less time than it takes to tell it lie
had transferred the bank notes to
his ample pockets, abandoned his kit
of burglar's tools, and, slipping from
the bank, returned to the hotel in
which he was quartered, and there
remained a day or two before cross
ing the border to the “States." "It
was so damned easy," he. said while
relating this exploit, "that it was a
shame to take the money."
Apparently Walter’s unnamed
confederates were just af> "easy" as
the/bank, for, he said, he slipped out
of Canada without keeping an .en
gagement he made with them, at
which time lie was—to—have—givorr
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•B» Bash toas ftsfl far BsBiad tha
fspgmsa aaaAs IBs pspfto Brlp iBsm
pbars p Baa4«ar BsBMMHBg la iBa
rsiafpmsiay al iBal AivisAap af eba
■ adfaaf aa IBs trarb* a ad IBM d«ma
•Bay ^Irlaavsly pampsd iBassasfvss
•h*ag IBs rails afict lastoag tbs prgta
a dallar «|«B IBs iMlPtorllaP. **Oa
Bav yaarwsty a Ba« of Blsrhiag sad
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a h Me ”
Walter -t tl a- Ijt*. lit- IV ,
Slovf would Alt a volupic ««»uld !»<
Imp tadurad lo lalll.
front him would he of tar
value to po»t office In*
• iiftmllan* of hank* than
’Johnny" McCarthy for the latter
a* wily and *u< cc«*fu! mn he wa*
only hundred* while NValter
reaping thousand*. ^ #*-
Ttiere has b«*cn hut few h;\nk and
post office rohherie* in the South In
the last decade that he wasn't con
cerned in. His affairs with women
h^ve been numerous, and his pen
chant fyr writing to them, lias more
than once caused him to run his head
into a noose from which only by the
merest luck he managed to extricate
himself. His letters have often fall
en into the hands of post office in
spectors. and in every case they were
either addressed to a fellow theif ot
to some woman who consorts with
thieves and who knows their inner
most secrets.
While the yegg band that was
rounded up and captured in Haiti-
more was being pursued it \vas the
interceptior. of Walter's Icttnr^ thnt.
•atlaa I
a% m
dlorf wa at
|be w ••
m+m
•aawimms*
■a ##•,
abSmp
prat—«tag
lemaai*
ibmi
•Bv AowiB
was
them their share^of the spoils. His
pay for his half hour’s work was
$I5,(MH); not a shot was fired, nor
did a soul suspect that a robbery had
been committed until tbe janitor the
next morning set about-cleaning, np
the hank preparatory to its day’s
business.
Leg Frump, now dead, of M* \.tn
drta, Ya.. tog* of immense vgli
Walter a* a."gay cal." He had won
derful powers of divination when sent
out to "locate a Job." and whereas In
some - rasea the men at work on the
aafe he bad selected for blowing
were surprised at tbeir task and
compelled UhAtottle tbeir way to free
dom. yet la every rase they escap
ed •usrratrbed • %
This betd true 10 tag Bet tag ef
Iba efftcea af a Ipeadry pad a floor
made the raid a success. These let-
ers were sent from Now’ York to
Charleston, S. C., and all contained
nforn/ation on which the postal de
tectives were scouring The country
to obtain.
. Rut despite this almost fatal fail
ing NValter always manages to keep a
few jumps in advance of his pursu
ers. ami whenever at? especially div
er hank or -post office burglary crops
up It i* a safe wager that Walter,
whom many • characterize as the
"•mootheat thief In Ihe country to
day." enioys tbe major portion of
the plunder.’
Apparently the Austrians an tbe
front from Gomip lu iba *eu
•till tba aggressors against (Be Itai-
Bitacha uA
In Mhovtng Bs nsabe lien fart**
etoviMMi onooimeo*. Oon tteoo n im
rlntod that Bio cop of joy oao foM
•or on iBcoo Mrvuaiioton Bnvo I rsd
fNto np lNmo«ftvonia gvutooe loiro
so a prtautoo* and *• day nt I Be bond
of 1 be Amur of Bugfbevto % teg>0is *
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noy sorb' atateoMPtota pre elandeeiaoa
and mBs op ibe pMto of lb# MB
•bo w ere iBetr aa 1 agooMte I# Belp
I hem refnle sucB cBargew
TbaPb* of Ibe Trie ran* oef# r%
proweed I# Ibe people mi Wnsblpg-
lon for tbeir Baopiialivy and to cb#
men ubo wore ibe blue f«»r ..^AlH
warm crrclingw Tulaa« Ohla . was
•eleried b? imanlmoue vote lor Jibe
I Bill meeting. il •• Du 1
Tbe Veteran* pledged their sup
port to Urtwideni lYlleou and the
country In a revolution intixulufed
h> Hamuel W. William*, former at
torney general of Virginia, "on the
unsullied honor and word of true
Ton federate soldier*."
Secretary of the Navy Daniels en
tertained Gen. Harrison and the
corps and division commander* at
dinner aboard the prfsidential yacht
Mayflower.
Receptions and halls brought the
tweaty-seventh annual reunion te an
end. The larger part of the Vet
erans went to the Gettysburg bat
tlefield Friday, where » statue to the
.Virginia soldiers was unveiled.
Rousing cheers greeted many
the famous commands as they pass
ed carrying their battle flags. The
"Stonewall" Brigade, the .historic
"Foot Cavalry" of Gen. Jackson,
marched at the head of the Army of
Northern Virginia and over them
floated the battle-scarred emblem
which they followed from the first
Hull Run to Appomattox.
Two divisions of Forrest’s Cav
alry, ’ one from Tennessee and the
oHier from Mississippi, dressed in
their drab uniforms, aroused great
demonstrations; 1 wo companies of
Confederate infantry from Tennes
see. fully uniformed and carrying
their rifles, drew- enthusiastic atten
tion. Cobb’s Georgia Legion, Ker-
shaw’s South Carolinians, Harks-
dale’s • Mississippi Riflemen, the
"Tigers" and "Washington Artil
lery’" from Louisiana, the "Shuijrrel
Shooters" from Arkansas, and Mos-
by’s Raiders were well repioseiMwI.
With the Kentuckians, known as
the "Orphan Brigade,"* were many
of the men who followed Morgan on
his. raid by Gen. W. B Haldetnan.
of IXMlsvillr. Ky., the Democratic
national committeeman from that
State.
Men who followed Lee. Jackson
Stuart. Hampton and the other grant
leader* of lb# Army of 'Nonbar* Vtr
gtwia survivors of lb# Ahlteh. Chtoh
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• orId** grawie*t armlea march by.
Nmole police protect Ion waa af
fiiitir-: all alopg the ha# Hoy Aroui*
and fled Cru*a uur*e« being on hand
lo reader brat n*i fo »ny Tiler*# or
»pet-ialor« who might be oierrodi#
wlih heat or exhaustion.
Jl PITER TARES WHE\T
w »
Naval I'«dllcr I«mii«I«» 1ll,. a l4Ml T**n^ in
France for Out* Troop*.
A large American transport con
taining wheat for American troop*
which are to eome later, has crossed
the Atlantic under the protection of
an American warship. The Haris
Matin announces. The transport is
now being unloaded at a F re rich
port, the newspaper says.
Preparations are being made for
the reception of American troops,
the newspaper says further. A num
ber of liases similar to those of the
British army have been organized.
The naval collier Jupiter jias ar
rived in France, Secretary Daniels
announced Thursday, laden with 10,-
500 tons of wheat and other supplies.
The ship sailed from the American
port without any intimation of her
voyage having been given out in ad
vance and is now at anchor in a
French port. .
The. Jupiter is one or the navy*s
largest colliers. She was the first
electrically propelled steamer built
and her performance was so good
that it led to the adoption of electric
drive for all new battleships and bat
tle cruisers, the American navy be
ing the only (Aie in the world to
adopt this type of propulsion.
THREE MEN ARRESTED
Gregory Report* Thai llegi»tralion
Has little Oppotllhito.
Attorney Cenarnl Gregory U*oed
this statement Tuesday night:
"Reports received by lb# depart*
meat of J#alk# rain live lu regtaira*
i ou IMWtol# g iBady nad general r#»
spaa an #a ibe part af lb# yumag mea
of lb# coasiry la lb# gtm tads mi tbe
rwaartipiiato net A# tar ooly tbfu#
arroata ban# Jk*#a r#pa#%a4 la IB#
BmA af a •■»%•«•# tAiaaAMm« Mw sm
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