The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, September 08, 1910, Page 2, Image 2
BANDIT KILLED BY ENGINEER.
Desperate Attempt to Hold up Passenger
Train on Western Road.
Colorado Springs, Col., September
2.?In a desperate attempt to hold
up West-bound Colorado Midland
train No. 3, four miles west of Divide.
early this morning, an unknown
bandit was instantly killed by a rock
thrown by Engineer Frank Stewart
after he had shot the engineer in the
leg.
Two men, who were found near
the scene of the hold-up, are held for
investigation as to their complicity
in the robbery. One was slightly
wounded in the head by a bullet.
The highwayman crawled over the
tender as the train slowed up at a
siding to meet an East-bound train.
As he stopped the train, Stewart turned
to see the fireman, Paul Bachman.
standing with his hands above his
hpad and heard the robber say: "Put |
up your hands or I'll blow your head
off." The robber then forced both
men to leave the engine and marched
them before him to the express car.
According to the story told by
Stewart, who was brought to a hospital,
the robber ordered them to tell
the express messenger they were in
peril of their lives; that the train had
been held up and that the robber was
determined to have the money in the
express car. Stwart states that the
robber fired several shots at the heads
of passengers who looked out to see
what was happening.
"When we got to the express car,"
said Stewart, 'my fireman dashed under
the car and crawled to the other
tko T-rvhh?r ipanpri under the car
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to shoot at him, and when-he took his
eyes off me, I struck him with all my
strength with a rock I had picked up
as I jumped off the tender. As I did
so, he whirled and shot at me, the bullet
striking me in the leg. Guess my
blow finished him, for he never moved
after the rock hit him. I must
have fainted then, for the next I
knew the conductor and express messenger
were standing about me."
When the remainder of the train
crew heard the shots they seized
weapons and rushed to the head of
the train, firing as they came.
Stewart was given immediate medt
ical attention by physicians who were
on beard the train, and was brought
to Colorado Springs. His condition is
not serious.
Shortly after the hold-up Sheriff
Von Puhl and a posse scoured the
country near the scene of the attempted
hold-up and discovered two
young men hiding in the bush. One
was dazed by a bullet wound in the
head. He is out on parole from the
State reformatory. The men claim
they were riding in the blind baggage
and were beating their way to Grand
Junction. They say one was struck
by a stray bullet from the bandit's
gun. They are held for investiga;
tion.
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The dead robber wore a cloth
mask and a gunnysack tied ai'ound
his neck. He has not been identified.
mere was no unusual snipnieut ui
money in the express car, but the
bandit told the fireman as they
marched along the train that he intended
to rifle the passengers as well
as the Wells-Fargo box.
f INDIANS SACRIFICE $2,000.
Poor Indians* Hum Their Money at
Funeral Ceremonies.
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A dispatch from Los Angeles. Cal..
on Friday, says: Two thousand dol- i
lars was sa-crificed to the god of fire 5
by poor Indians at the cremation of ?
the body of one of their tribe. Jose c
Escalate, in the Yuma district. c
The superstitious act was reported ?
to the Bureau of Indian Affairs at j
.Washington, and the bureau has sent c
as order that the burning of money a
.was fer.bidden for the future on the 1
reservation. Escalate, who. was a a
teacher in the government school at p
Old Fort Yuma, had committed sui- I
cide when his love was rejected by a p
white girl. h
Congi*essjn?n Patterson Strongly En- j
dorsed. f
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Barnwell, September 1.?The ex- f,
ecutive committee met here to-day i,
to tabulate the returns for Barnwell
county, and after having done so the p
fnllnwinsr resolution was adopted bv t
unanimous vote: v
"Whereas, Barnwell county has for e
the past six years offered her fav- p
orite son, J, O. Patterson, as a fit- p
ting man for congress from the sec- h
and congressional district, and he
having been approved of and honored
by her sister counties in his election b
as congressman, and whereas at the fi
11th hour in the recent primary a o
certain scandalous letter reflecting p
upon him (the authorship of which i
is denied) was used. -]
"We desire to condemn in the $
strongest terms such a class of poli- r
tics, ana 10 say 10 our sisitr i-uumies
we have known J. 0. Patterson all
of onr lives and they will make no
mistake in voting for this man, who c
has on every occasion made good to f
our certain knowledge." (
BALKY HORSES.
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It is Sometimes Possible to Make ,
Permanent Cure.
"It is sometimes possible to con
vert a balky horse and make it se
the error of its ways." said the an
cient liveryman, according to th
Chicago News, "but such an anims
can never be counted on as reliable
It's apt to return to its evil course
at inconvenient times. When I wa
a young man I considered mysel
extremely skilful with horses an
took especial pride in overcomin
balky ones. I was in love with
beautiful young schoolma'am and oi
ten drove to her schoolliouse in th
afternoon to take her for a driv
when her day's work was done.
"One day it was raining in seve
languages when I went to take he
home. I had a top buggy and
rangy nag that used to think ball
ing was its special mission on eartl
I had cured the beast of that tricl
or I thought I had. and he hadn
shown a contrary streak for month:
I was always bragging of my victor
over that horse and must have bore
the schoolma'am a good deal wit
my horse talk.
"She was mighty glad to see m
loom up with the buggy that da
and as we drove homeward I talke
nothing but horse. I told how I ha
conquered the obstinate brute th*
was hauling us after he had bee
given up as worthless and meanwhil
the rain was slopping down to be*
all creation. We came to the cree
and found it rising like a house afir
I drove into it and the water cam
up to the buggy box. And just whe
we got to the midde that fool hors
stopped dead short and turned h:
head around and looked at us i
the idiotic way that balky horse
have.
"Well, I reasoned and argued wit
him for ten minutes and tried to pr
him ahead with the buggy whip, bi
it was no use. And the water wa
rising about an inch a minute,
told the teacher I'd have to carry he
ashore and I took her in my arms.
"She was a good, honest, corn-fe
girl, and she weighed like a load c
baled hay and the water was runnin
like a mill race, and so it isn't woi
derful that I lost my balance and w
came down kerflop in that mois
gurgling creek and we were a sig't
for drowned rats when we final!
landed.
"It shows how unfair women at
that this schoolma'am would neve
speak to me again, and that's why
am an old bachelor with a secret so:
row.
"The horse? That feeble-minde
beast stood there until the water wa
so high he could hardly keep his nos
above it and then he swam half
mils down the creek and landed i
the fork of a big elm and when th
water went down he was hangin
there, with the buggy dangling Unde
him.
"There was an old man named Bi
lvpost who bought a horse that turr
ed out to be balky. If the nag wa
obstinate, so was old Billypost. H
said he'd break that critter and cur
it of its delusions if it took him th
rest of his life. He had plenty c
money and wrestling with old som
got to be his life's work.
"At last he figured Out a scheme c
his own. He put some sort of gal
vanic battery in his buggy with wire
running up the shafts. The curren
?ould be controlled by a little Ieve
in the front of the buggy. He in
rited a lot of us to see his first experiment
with this scheme and w
lathered around in the interest o
science. Billypost hitched up hi:
'harger and climbed into the bugg:
md told Dobbin to go. Dobbin flip
>ed an ear and looked back at th<
>ld man and winked the other eye
,s much as to say: 'You soak youi
lead.' The old man pulled his leve;
little and shot a few volts or amieres
or whatever you call 'em intc
)obbin and I never saw such a surrised
and pained expression on s
:orse's face as appeared on that
ne's. He humped his back and
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unip^u a iiiv/i u iitu^v i *? v* ? v
eet high and just tore the landscape
tito shreds with his feet. He made
orty miles in two hours, which is the
ong-distance record, I believe.
"Old man Billypost was dumped
nto that thorn hedge and we had
he awfulest time getting him out
rfcole. For days and days the vetrinary
surgeon worked with him.
lulling out thorns with a pair of
inchers and squirting liniment on
iim with a seltzer bottle."
When an article stays on the mar:et,
used daily by the people for
ifteen years and still makes good,
if known quality, reputation and
rice, why experiment? I have sold
lock Hill buggies for fifteen years,
"hey are good buggies. I have reluced
the price. See my advertisenent
to the first fifty in this issue.
G. FRANK BAMBERG.
Highest prices paid for cotton seed,
>r I will give you a good exchange
or C. S. meal. W. G. HUTTO at
?opeland's store.
CHARGED WITH BIGAMY.
a Young Woman of Lexington County
and Butler Grimsley Married.
_ Lexington, August 31.?Deputy
e Sheriff Sim J. Miller, of this county,
returned last night from Washington.
e whither he had gone on Saturday,
j with a warrant for the arrest of But?
ler Grimsley, alias H. T. Timmons,
,s charged with bigamy.
s On the 17th of August Grimsley
[f was married to Miss Ella Earhardt.
d daughter of Joseph Earhardt
_ o nrnminpnt farmer residinsr near
g ~ 0 ?
a New Brookland, the Rev. C. A.
f. Waters, pastor of the New Brookland
e Baptist Church, officiating. The
e marriage certificate is made ont in
the name of "Harry Timmons." The
n happy couple left immediately there?r
after for Washington to spend their
a "honeymoon." joining the excursionc_
ists in Columbia.
u Nothing further was heard from
the young couple by the bride's rela't
tives until the 23rd. when the follow5.
ing telegram was received by Mrs.
y Addie Kneece, of Columbia, sister of
d the bride: "Wire $15 or $20 at once,
h am in bed sick. ' (Signed) E. Timmons.
ie This aroused the suspicions of the
v family, who at once began to investid
gate. The money was not sent howd
ever, and on the following day, the
24th, another message was received
n the 25th Mrs. Kneece received ante
other telegram, which was signed
,< "Mrs. E. Williams." requesting her
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k to wire $25 at once,
e. Instead of sending the money the
Le father of the young girl came to Lexa
ington and laid the matter before the
ie officers, in the meantime swearing
is .out a warrant against Grimsley.
n Deputy Sheriff Miller was placed in
>s charge of the case and he immediately
sent a telegram to Mrs. E. Thomas,
h in care of Fred Williams, telling her
v to look out for a registered letter.
tt The deputy sheriff left Lexington on
IS Saturday evening and arrived in
I Washington Sunday morning about
>r 9 o'clock. He went to the office of
the district commissioner, and Detecd
tive Berman was engaged to assist
)f the Lexington officer in the hunt
g for the young couple. In less than
i- an hour the two officers had found
e them. Grimsley was in bed suffering
t, from an attack of typhoid, and upon
it the advice of the attending physiv
cian the officers would not attempt
to bring him back to South Carolina.
a But the doctors consented that the
>r man be removed to the Washington
I Hospital for the Insane, where he
r_ will be kept under close surveillance
until he has sufficiently recovered to
d be removed back to South Carolina,
is The young bride upon being in;e
formed that her husband had another
a wife living in Columbia broke down
n and wept bitterly. After kissing her
e husband a last farewell, she consentg
ed to accompany the Lexington offi>r
cer back home. Miss
Eardhardt, who is Oiiiy Shout
1- 18 years of age. is a niece of the
t- wife of the deputy who went to
.s Washington in search for her huse
band. The courtship began while
e the young lady was on a visit to her
e aunt at the county jail about nine
if months ago. Grimslev's attentions
>1 to the young woman were marked.
and there were no objections raised
,f on the part of her parents. The cul[.
mination of the marriage at the Baps
tist parsonage in Brook land was not
t thought to be at all unusual, and
r many rushed to offer congratulations,
_ it is said.
Should Grimsley recover requisie
tion papers will be secured and he
f will be brought back to Lexington
s for trial,
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In >Iemoi*iam.
The members of Mt. Pleasant Missionarv
Society desire to pay their
r
tribute of respect to the memory ot
.Mrs. Lucille Clayton.
) Therefore be it resolved:
1. Whereas, God in His all wise
t providence has called from us our
friend and co-worker. We are all
| well aware (as far as human beings
can form a judgment of the lives of
^ their fellow creatures) she was in
every act. deed and word a true
Christian;
2. The account of her death is
deeply touching, but how grateful we
must feel to see her so resigned, and
happy in the thought that we would
meet her hereafter in that better
world, where no trouble or sori^w is
. to be found;
3. She was good in every acceptation.
her cheerful willingness to re
lieve in real distress, her talents and
charms endeared her to all. Naturally
we must grieve for the loss of one
so dear and excellent to us;
4. May God comfort the bereaved
family and loving husband, and may
we all look forward to that brighter
and happier world in which we can
go to those who cannot return to us.
Request, That a copy of these
resolutions be sent to the husband
and to the family and also the Lutheran
Church Visitor and our county
paper for publication.
Watch the date on label of your
paper and renew promptly.
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