The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, May 19, 1910, Page 7, Image 7
ALARM ROUTED ROBBERS.
^ Unsuccessful Attempt to Rob Postoffice
at Scottsburg, Indiana.
Scottsburg, Ind., May 14.?A gang
of robbers in endeavoring to rob the
postoffice here early to-day practically
wrecked the building; fired at
citizens who had been aroused by the
, explosion and escaped without, it is
believed, securing any money. Posses
. were quickly organized and sent in
pursuit.
Fire alarms here are sounded by
* in rocnnnsp to a
rVVOlYCr 3UU to auu iu
fusilade the whole town turned out
to find not a house ablaze, but a
band of safe blowers busy with the
strong box at the postoffice and ex?
changing bullets with men in a hotel
^ across the street.
Yells of the robbers and redoubled
shots kept the crowd back for a
while, but it grew and surrounded
^ the postoffice building, the robbers
lost nerve, dropped their tools and
fled into the darkness. They had not
yet cracked the inner money vault.
The robbers blew off the doors of
the safe with nitro-glycerine, and the
f explosion jarred the hotel and awakened
the men asleep there. The
? 'guests that had revolvers shot from
the windows and doors.
..One of the robbers, evidently the
chief, was stationed in the street,
tia his around and fired rapid
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\ ly in return, calling to his comrades
"Get the money quick or I'll blow
your brains out."
As the street began to fill with
* * . people it was this man that gave the
? order for the retreat.
I Obituary.
In loving remembrance of our beloved
sister, Mrs. Lalla Rush O'Neal,
3 who departed this life May 15th,
1909, one year ago to-day.
, "She is gone but not forgotten,
Never will her memory fade;
Living thoughts will ever linger
Round the grave where she is laid.
Through all her pain at times she
smiled,
A smile of heavenly birth;
, And when the Savior called her home,
She smiled farewell to earth.
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And though our pathway parted here,
Comes not again together,
E're long the peaceful evening time
Will bring us home forever."
BUB, SISTER and BROTHER.
Bamberg, S. C., May 15th, 1910.
AVENGED BROTHER'S DEATH.
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/ Birmingham Man Held for Murder
Without Bail.
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Birmingham, Ala., May 14.?Abe
Lidden, proprietor of the Seminole
Hotel, who last week shot and killed
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Thomas Alexander here following a
quarrel, yesterday met death at the
. hands of his victim's brother, Robert
H. Alexander. Lidden was shot down
by Alexander on a prominent street
corner, one bullet penetrating Lidi'
den's temple and another his left
side, death resulting within an hour.
"You are the that killed
my brother. Here's where I get you,"
are the brief words of warning which
fell from the lips of Alexander, as he
approached Lidden, according to eyewitnesses.
Three shots in quick suc1
cession followed his words.
Alexander is held without bail.
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A Complete Combination.
William T. Stead, the editor of The
English Review of Reviews, tells the
story of an Irishman who applied to
one of his friends for a position as
coachman, says Judge.
" 'You know, Pat, if I engage you
~ * tr, thiners bv
1 snan eipc^t juu w
combination. For instance, if I tell
you to bring the carriage round at a
given time I shall expect the horses
with it and the driving gloves, etc.
" 'Yes, sorr,' said Pat.
"He was duly engaged and gave
satisfaction. One da*y his master
came to him telling him to look sharp
? and go for a doctor as his mistress
was ill. Pat was gone for a long
time, and on his master grumbling at
^ him for his delay, he said: 'Sure,
they're all here, sorr.'
" 'All here?' said the master.
'What do you mean?'
" 'Didn't you tell lie to do things
by combination?'
" 'What's that got to do with it?'
* said the master.
" 'Well,' said Pat. 'I've got the
doctor, the parson and the undertaker.'
"
A Point of Law.
A prominent lawyer of Miami rev
cently received a call from a colored
woman, says Mack's National Monthly.
"What's the trouble," inquired the
lawver.
i "It's bout mah ole man. He's
cahyin' on high wif a lot of no count
gals, he is, an' sumfin's got to be
- done!"
The attorney scenting a fee, asked:
?, "You would like to secure a legal
separation, a divorce?"
"Go 'long man, Divorce nuffin'.
Think I'se gwine to gin him des what
he wants, an' low him to go sky*
shootin' round wif dem gals? Not
on you' life, mister lawyer, I doan
want no divorce, what I wants is a
!;? * 'junction."
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GRAFTERS CONVICTED.
Various Sentences Imposed on Con- Xegr
fessed Pittsburg Grafters.
Pittsburg, Pa., May 14.?Sentence Be
was imposed to-day in Criminal Court the i
on six of the men who pleaded no de- the
fence to charges of graft in connec- Sheri
tion with Pittsburg municipal affairs, who
One banker and five former council- sent
men faced four Judges and learned repul
their fate. These sentences range in has i
length from four to eight months in St. I
jail. In addition to the jail sentences whicl
heavy fines are also imposed. . a po;
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The men sentenced to-day were or- auu
dered committed to the Allegheny side <
county jail, but later Hugh Ferguson Th
and Charles Stewart, former council- spent
men, were granted respites on a writ groe*
of supersedeas, and were released on swan
$10,000 bonds. Appeals have been on SI
taken in Superior Court, which meets Pott*
in July. The appeals are based on an nighl
alleged promise of immunity because had i
of their promise of no defence. miles
E. H. Jennings and F. A. Griffin did in h
not appear to-day, their cases being want
postponed until next week because of morr
illness in their families. they
The five ex-councilmen sentenced Pr
and their fines are as follows: diers
Charles Stewart, former select ing
councilman, sentenced to - eight the ?
months in the county jail and fined Quig
$500. a pr<
Hugh G. Ferguson, former common ery i
councilman, eight months in the Th
county jail and fine of $500. knov
Dr. W. H. Weber, former select shooi
councilman, six' months in the county the f
jail and fined $500. a sh<
P. B. Kearns, former common coun- diers
cilman, four months in the county iers
jail and fine of $250. troul
Morris Einstein, former select Th
councilman, six months in jail and affaii
fine of $250. > Th
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Four informations, charging per- uicia
jury, were also made against John F. ters
Klein, chief witness for the Common- whic
wealth in the graft cases. The charg- wife
es are made by counsel for council- Hunt
men charged with bribery. The ac- pany
tion is based on a law of 1866, which Will
provides that a convict may be tried and i
for alleged perjury. his '
Two years in the work house and and
$100 fines were imposed upon Harry doub
E. Muehlbronner and Charles Vever- ened
ka, by Judge J. M. Swearingen to- The
day. Both were former employees ter s
of the? Workingman's Saving and went
Trust Company, and were charged Brov
with embezzlement. Although not that
officially connected with the graft thre*
cases, these men were called before caug
the grand jury to testify and were state
called for sentence at the same time arres
to-day as the bankers and council- threj
men. the s
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Negro Lynched.
Little Rock, Ark., May 14.?Doc her '
McLain, a negro, who assaulted and mate
?~ ~ ~ 1./ Pmoet Uolo g wMinc Virtue
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white man, at Ashdown, Ark., in woul
April last, was taken from two depu- ter, "
ty sheriffs at that place late last them
night by a mob of twenty-five men hous
and hanged in the jail yard. his o
McLain had been kept in the new Ti
- Boston, Texas, jail since the assault, at tt
and was being returned to Ashdown, who
for a preliminary hearing. them
The lynching was done quietly, not He s
a shot being fired. All of the lynch- at tl
ers, with the exception of two, were come
masked. Hale is in a sanitarium at shot
Texarkana and is reported recovering ran !
from his injuries. ' The
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ORANGEBURG PAVING WORK. with
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Council will Spend $2,000 in Im- a r-ri
provements this Year. Paris
Orangeburg, May 15.?At the May hous
meeting of city council considerable depu
business was tranacted. There is mam
now under way the continuation of inflic
1 the paving of East Russell street with folio
vitrified brick from Doyle to Loman Ai
1 street, and besides this work the Brov
council determined Friday night to Magi
place concrete sidewalks on the resi- dami
dential streets ^wherever the proper- had
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ly uwuws wuutu agiets wj ucai uuc- ?- -
half of the cost, and an arrangement Potti
was entered into with Berghaus & not
Moffitt to do this work at a cost of Pott*
one dollar per linear foot, including cutti
concrete curb. A number of proper- flictii
ty owners have already signified their eighl
purpose to join the city in this mat- decla
ter, and have signed agreements ac- bush
cepting the terms.' The amount of nighi
this class of work to be done the
present year is limited to $2,000.
Alderman Jennings was delegated As
to attend a meeting to be held Mon- &ra>'
day in Wilmington in the interest of f?urthe
project to extend the railroad Reer
from Ehrhardt to Bamberg and con- from
nect'ing with the Coast Line to this one <
city. and
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TELLS OF FIGHT. M
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o Arrested on St. Helena Island,
Near Beaufort. I
aufort, May 14.?This morning I
epresentauve 01 tne orate, witu
launch Mystic, took Deputy
iff Matthew O'Donnell White,
in the past five years has been
out after upwards of a hundred
ted negro desperadoes and who
ever failed to get his man, to
lelena Island, a sea island on
h Fort Fremont Is located, with
pulation of about 6,000 negroes
probably 100 white people outof
the garrison.
ie officer and the newspaper man
t the day in tracing the two ne5
from place to place through the
ips and the negro settlements
Helena and finally found Isaiab
ir. They caught him at 9.30 tot
near quarantine station. He
?one to Parish Island, about four
> from Fort Fremont, and was
iding there. The other negro
ed will probably be caught toow,
as the searchers believe
have him located,
ivate McNally, one of the solshot
on Tuesday, has been havinternal
hemorrhages, though
>ost surgeon says he will recover,
ley, shot" at the sanfe time, is in
jcarious condition and his recovis
uncertain.
ie negro arrested, Isaiah Potter,
rrn as Little Potter, before the
ting was a pet and companion of
soldiers. It was he who was cut
ort time ago by one of the soli,
which, according to the soldwas
the cause of the succeeding
3le.
ie following is the story of the
r he tells:
ie first trouble between the sol;
at Fort Fremont and the Potwas
caused by an intimacy
h existed between Will Potter's
and Private Brown of the On?
3red and Twenty-seventh com,
stationed at Fort Fremont.
Potter met Brown some time ago
accused him of the intimacy with
wife. The soldier made denial
the negro told him there was no
>t about it. The negro threatBrown
with a sound thrashing.
soldier stood what Isaiah Potsays
was "a good cursing," and
; back to the fort. When Private
/n returned to" the fort he said
the two Potters had made
its to shoot the first soldier
ht off the reservation, as was
d in previous report. The man
sted says he knows of no such
it being made. Potter says that
soldiers went to the house of the
ter of the man who did the shootput
a gun in her face and told
that if she did not give them a
h with which to set fire to the
e and smoke her son ouf they
d blow her head off. Will Potwho
was in the houSfe, yelled for
i not to come in or to burn the 1
e, as it was not his house but I
ciother's. I
ie soldiers then began shooting I
se house and rushed in. Pottet, I
had retreated upstairs, fired at I
i with a double-barreled shotgun. B
tood on the stair steps, and shot |
le men who were attempting to
i upstairs after him. When he
two of the men down the others
and jumped out of the windows,
two Potters made their way
5S the island and spent the night
negro friends. The next day
h Potter, the man captured, had
endly negro to row him over to
5 Island, where he went to the
e in which he was found by the
ty. Isaiah Potter says that the
aer in which he received the cuts
:ted by the soldiers occurred as
ws:
'ter Will Potter had "cussed out"
m, he met Privates Pfetffer and
aan, who asked him wh^re "that
a brother" of his was and if he
threatened to do violence to
rn or any other soldier. When
sr told the soldiers that he did
know or care where the other
5r was, Private Maghan began
ng him on the head and ear, inag
wounds that required seven or
: stitches. The Potter arrested
ires he knows nothing of the aming
of the soldiers on Monday
t.
Cat Attacks Child.
iheville, N. C., May 14.?A large
cat this afternoon attacked the
-year-old son of William Ward of
u's Creek township, seven miles
this city, blinding the child in
*ye, and badly lacerating its face
hands.
le child's mother, who rushed to B
escue of her boy, answering his fl
, was badly scratched about the B
and neck. The mother's screams Q
ght Mr. Ward from his yard and
a turn was attacked by (the in.ted
feline. The father ran into
adjoining room and returning
a shotgun killed the cat as it
about to renew its attack on his
i. It is supposed the animal
seized with a fit, and the head
be sent to the State Department
health at Raleigh. g
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