The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, July 27, 1911, Page 7, Image 7
ROBBERS HOLD UP LIMITED.
Passengers on Train on Northern Pacific
Relieved of $500.
Grand Forks, N. D., July 20.?
Train No. 2, the eastbound North
Coast limited, on the Northern Pacific
railroad, was held up by three
masked robbers near Buffalo, N. D.f
about 11 o'clock last night. The
robbers secured about $500 in cash
by going through the passengers and
shot Engineer S. P. Olson, of Fargo,
twice in order to make him stop the
train, and made a successful escape
in o? which they had
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awaiting them near the scene of the
robbery.
The hold-up was the most daring
4 ever perpetrated in this part of the
country. The men were not amateurs,
as everything was cleverly
planned and admirably executed.
When the train stopped at the high
bridge at Valley City, the three men
boarded it and went into the day
coach. Heavily armed and shooting
recklessly in order to intimidate the
passengers, they first lined up the
train crew at one end of the car and
then proceeded to search the passengers
in the day coach.
Pistol Shot Calls Passengers.
In all they secured about $500 in
this car. The sleeping car was en
tered and in order to awaken the occupants
of the berth a shot was fired
down the aisle, narrowly missing the
head of one of the passengers and
embedding itself in the woodwork.
After searching the occupants of
the berths the robbers climbed out of
the diner over the baggage and the
express car to the engine, reaching
that part of the train when near
Buffalo. They ordered Engineer Olson
to stop' the train so they could
get off and when he refused to comply
two shots were fired directly at
him, one miraculously glancing off his
watch and the other striking him on
a rib, injuring him slightly.
Robbers Vanish in Dark.
After being wounded and seeing
that the men were desperate, .engineer
'Olson stopped the train and the
three masked men jumped from the
train and ran into the darkness.
-Engineer Olson was brought into
Fargo with the train and is resting ,
easily at his. home there. After leaving
the train the robbers went to an
N automobile which they had waiting
nearby and flashed off into the darkness.
The train was run into Fargo,
where the sheriff, every available 1
deputy and three United States marshal
hurried back on a special train
to pursue the robbers.
Conductor Shoots Robber.
St. Paul, July 20.?The North
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fjoast JLimuea arriveu iu ol. x am wis
morning. Dr. J. W. Guest, of Loujs
. ville, who occupied a berth in the
sleeper-robbed, was relieved of $100
* in bank checks. Dr. Gpest attended
Olson, the wounded engineer, and
says his wound is not serious, being ;
hardly more than a flesh wound in
the lower left breast.
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N. V. McMillan, also of Louisville, ,
occupied a berth next to Dr. Guest's,
and was robbed of $100 in bank
checks and $6 in cash. "When the
robber came to my berth," said Dr.
' Guest, "I handed him my pocketbook
i containing $100 in bank checks and
mv railroad ticket. He took the
checks out, and handed back the
f pocketbook with the railroad ticket.
Then he asked if I did not have any
cash, and when I told him I had
five dollars under my pillow he said:
'Dig it up.' Just at this moment he
was attracted to the berth opposite
me occupied by a Mr. Stark, of Cincinnati,
representative of a harvester
concern. He relieved Stary of
$150 in bank checks, but forgot to
bother me again for the five dollars.
A remarkable thing about the affair
was that the robbers passed up berth
No. 13 entirely."
Conductor Belgard, of the sleeping
car, fired from the first sleeper at the
desperado standing guard at the
door. It is believed the bullet him
# in the shoulder. The robbers then
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abandoned tneir wor? ana inaue iui
the head of the train.
Negro Killed.
Bennettsville, July 21.?This
morning about* 6 o'clock, T. E. Carrol,
overseer on. G. D. Matheson's
Dimvagan plantation, 24 miles south
of Bennettsville, shot and killed Sam
Howard, a negro.
The negro was trying to shoot Mr.
Carrol. They had had a quarrel. The
negro went to his house, got his gun
and was about to shoot when he was
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shot twice with a repeating snotgun.
Magistrate J. P. Gibson, acting coroner,
went to the scene and held the
? inquest this afternoon. The jury rendered
the following verdict: "That
Sam Howard came to his death from
a . gunshot wounds at the hands of T.
E. Carrol, and that Carrol was justifiable."
Dr. R. R. Prentis conducts'
ed the autopsy.
Carrol is in jail to-night and will
apply for bail to-morrow or Monday.
Screen wire doors and windows of
% all sizes and quality at Hunter's hardj
ware store.
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ORDERS RAIDS AND ARRESTS.
Governor Blease Writes Union Sheriff
on Near-Beer Situation.
Columbia, July 19.?On seeing a
newspaper statement that Union had
nine near-beer saloons in operation
under licenses issued by Mayor T. C.
Duncan, Gov. Blease wrote to-day a
letter to J. G. Long, sheriff of Union
county, directing him to raid at once
every establishment claiming to do
business under such a license.
The governor's letter was as folT
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Mr. J. C. Long, sheriff, Union county,
Union, S. C.?Dear Sir: Any nearbeer
license appearing in any ?place
in your city or county is prima facie
evidence that the party is selling
near-beer, in violation of, the law.
Raid every such place you have such
information about immediately; arrest
the parties; bind them over to
court for trial, and press this matter.
Hold up on no one. We play no favors,
"equal rights to all and special
privileges to none." Very respectfully,
COLE L. BLEASE,
Columbia, July 19. Governor.
The article which caused the governor
to write as above to Sheriff
Long was published Tuesday in Progress,
a semi-weekly newspaper, of
Union. It bore the two column-head:
"Near-beer licenses issued on
mayor's orders?such is the information
secured from the office of the
city clerk by a Progress representative.
Nine near-beer saloons now
doing business in this city by virtue
of authority granted by the mayor.
Fees are $15 for three months; $50
until next May?one man pays $15
to do business one month."
The article reads as follows:
"Union has nine officially licensed
near-beer establishments.
"The licenses for the places were
issued on order from Mayor T. C.
Duncan by the city clerk. t
"The license fee is fifteen dollars
for three months or less and fifty
dollars for one year. Of the nine
licenses, the licenses of eight expire
on August 1, and were issued respectively
on May 20, 25, 26, 29, June
20, 21, 22, July 1, which shows that
there evidently is a good profit in the
business as the last referred to party
paid $15 for one month's privilege.
"On July 3 one party took out a
license to May 1, 1912, paying for
this the sum of $50. These figures
are authentic, having been furnished
from the records in the city clerk's
office.
"It is understood that the mayor
issued the orders for these licenses
under section 10 of the special license
ordinance for the fiscal year beginning
May 1, 1911, whfch reads:
" 'Section 10. For each and every
business not specified above, a license
fee shall be charged in the discretion
of the mavnr not to exceed two hun
tfred ($200.) That all license fees
herein mentioned are due on May 1,
1911, and the said licenses are subject
to inspection by mayor or policemen
at any time.'
"Several efforts were made yesterday
by a press representative to see
Mayor Duncan and ascertain how
such licenses can be granted by this
municipality when it is a prohibition
territory and Gov. Blease having ordered
State constables *o raid all
places handling near-beer, not to say
anything of what they sell on the
side, but the effort was unavailing,
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"The conditions above noted are
especially interesting as in a dispatch
sent out from Columbia on Saturday
Gov. Blease is quoted as saying:
" 'Near-been saloons have been introduced
in the State and they are as
bad as fake social clubs. Conditions
at Union and Darlington appear to
be particularly bad. I am doing all
I can to uphold the law, but I cannot
do it all.' "
Father and Daughter Buried.
Anderson, July 19.-^The bodies of
W. V. Beasley and his daughter,
Mrs. Emma Beasley Hyde, who were
slain yesterday by Samuel N. Hyde,
husband of the latter, were laid to
rest side by side in Silver Brook
cemetery this afternoon.
At the coroner's inquest.it developed
that the linen on the bed where
Mrs. Hyde was shot caught fire from
the explosion of the pistol and it was
completely consumed. This shows
how'Close Hyde was to his wife when
he fired the fatal shot. The coroner's
jury returned the usual verdict,
holding Hyde responsible.
Hyde maintains his demeanor toto-day,
stating that he is as much
pleased as ever over the success of
his act. ?
Hyde is very intelligent, has a fair
education, and has been known
among his acquaintances as a quiet
and peaceable man. The majority
of the people are inclined to believe
that his mind became affected. They
give this as an explanation for his
deed. A conversation with him,
however, would dispel this opinion,
as he talks deliberately and with precision
and apparently with all of his
faculties. He expects to be hung for
his deed and has reiterated his readiness
to pay the death penalty at any
time.
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SAYS ARSON TRUST EXISTS.
Headquarters in Kansas City, Says 1
Illinois Fire Marshal.
Chicago, July 19.?That there exists
a gigantic arson trust, with headquarters
in Kansas City and representatives
in nearly all the large
cities, the members of which make a
business of setting fire to buildings <
to enable the owners to collect insurance,
was the sensational charge
made to-day by State Fire Marshal
P T Dnvlp in an address before the
Chicago Association of Commerce.
"The country is facing one of the i
most gigantic organized arson con- <
spiracies ever known," said Mr.
Doyle. "The State fire department
of Illinois, has united with the State i
fire marshals of -Kentucky, Tennessee
and Ohio to wipe out the band of
fifteen men at the head of this arson
conspiracy.
"The office of the firebug trust is
in Kansas City, from which the operations
of the entire gang is directed.
"Members have been found at work
in Bloomington, Springfield, Illinois,
Pittsburg, Cleveland, New York, Buffalo,
St. Louis, Chicago and other
cities.
"Two of this gang have been convicted
and are now in prison in a
Southern city. The others will be behind
the bars before long, if we are
successful in completing the cases we
are now working on.
"Without the cases of arson, the
fire losses of the country are appalling.
The yearly loss in this country
amounts to about $500 a minute. In
Chicago the loss is about $5,000,000
a year. We need to adopt the fire
protection plans of European cities."
Kansas City in Ignorance.
Kansas City, July 19.?If Kansas
City is the headquarters for an arson
trust, as was declared by State Fire
Marshal Doyle, of Illinois, before the
Chicago Association of Commerce
to-day, the police here have never
learned of the fapt. Chief of Detectives
Foos laughed at the statement.
Queer Damage Case.
Spartanburg July 20.?The case of
Mrs. Grace Lancaster vs. the Southern
railway, which was begun in the
court of .common pleas Wednesday,
was given to the jury this afternoon.
The plaintiff is asking to recover
in the sum of 540.000 for
alleged injuries received at Spartanburg
Junction and for the loss of her
infant which was brought on by the
injury she received, it is alleged.
Mrs. Lancaster came down to
Spartanburg Junction from Campobello
January 30, 19lb. At the time
of the trip she was a prospective
mother and she alleges that when
she stepped out of the car at the
junction there was no stool under
the steps and she fell and that by
reason of the fall her baby was prematurely
born and died.
This morning the arguments were
made in the case. John Gary Evans
and R. E. Hannon speaker for the
plaintiff and Sanders & De Pass for
the railroad company. Then Judge
Watts delivered his charge to the
jury upon the .conclusion of the arguments
anjJ the. case went to the
in
Jill J.
This is the first case of the kind
that has ever been tried in Spartanburg
county and it has attracted a
great deal of attention. Much expert
testimony was introduced during
the trial by both sides.
The jury returned a verdict for
$1,500 in favor of the plaintiff.
What a War Costs.
It costs $1,000 every time a thirteen-inch
gun is fired. . A battleship
in war carries eight hundred projectiles,
two thousand medium and ten
thousand small calibre, and the cost
of firing them would exceed a million
and a half dollars. Europe's
tweny-five hundred ships in battle
would burn two billion dollars worth
of ammunition.
The fighting ships to be employed
bV European powers in case of war
would extend, if placed end to end,
for a distance of one hundred and '
fifty miles. In case of war Europe
will put 40,000,000 men into the
field. It would take eleven weeks,
four hours and thirty minutes for a
fighting force of this size to pass a
certain point.
Ships in the United States navy
are given target practice every few
mnnths and these* tests costs ud in
the thousands. At several of the
recent target tests old war vessels
were used as targets, their destruction
being the object of the gunners.
Many of the smaller guns made at
the navy yard in Washington, D. C.,
are tested at great expense at Indian
Head, down the Potomac river
several miles from the capital. Special
targets are manufactured for these
tests.
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An election was held last week on
the question of forming Jasper county
from portions of Beaufort and
Hampton. A large majority voted
for the new county, the vote being i
283 for to 24 against. Ridgeland
wil be the county seat, winning over
Gilli8onville by. a large majority. i
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TOOK STATE FUNDS.
Two Packages of Money Secured at
Boykins.
Two packages of currency containing
over '$500, shipped to Boykins
station, which is 10 miles below
Camden on the Southern railway,
were stolen Tuesday from the officer
of the Southern Express company at
that place. The money was sent to
pay off the guards at the State farm.
D. J. Griffith, the superintendent of.
the State penitentiary, yesterday confirmed
the rumor. Detectives of the
Southern Express company have been
sent to Boykins but no arrests have
been made yet.
According to a dispatch from Camden,
E. F. Ballard, the depot and express
agent, received the money on
the northbound train shortly after
noon on Tuesday. He said that several
farm laborers were the only per
sons to see him get the package.
Left Money in Coat.
At 2 o'clock Mr. Ballacd went to
dinner at the home of Henry Boykins,
about one-half mile from the
station. He left the money in his
coat, as he had no safe to put it in.
Upon his return to the station he
missed the money and immediately
telegraphed the express officials in
Charlotte and Columbia. Detective
Smyrl went to Boykins from Camden.
Messrs. Coley, York^Sadler and
other officials of the Southern Express
company spent yesterday at
Boykins investigating the robbery.
No information as to the robbery
could be obtained from local Southern
Express company officials.
Story from Camden.
Camden, July 19.?Two packages
of currency shipped to Boykins station,
which is 10 miles below Camden,
yesterday for the .purpose of
paying off the guards, etc., at the
State farm, were stolen. E. F. Ballard,
depot and express agent, received
the money on the northbound
train, and he said that one or two
farm hands were the only persons to
see him get the money. The train
passed Boykins about 1:2? o'clock
yesterday afternoon.
He went to his dinner at Henry
Boykin's house, which* is about half
ft vn 41 r\ onror o hrm* 9. nVlnelr He I
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left the money in his coat, as he had
no safe to put it in. Upon his return
he missed it and he immediately
telegraphed the express officials in
Columbia and Charlotte and Detective
Smyrl here. Mr. Smyrl went to
Boykins but did not stay long.
Messrs. Coley, Saddler, York and other
officials of the Southern Express
company spent to-day at Boykins station
and came up to Camden this afternoon.
When interviewed, Mr.
York said that they had a clue and
expected to make an arrest soon.
Neck Broken Young Man Laughs.
New York, July 15.?"I'll fool 'em
yet," said Waldorf Miller, as he
awoke from a natural sleep in his
cot. "They thought I was going to
die. I did,* too, but this doesn't look
like it. Does it?" he added, -as he
unclasped his hands behind his head
and raised his arms straight up. I
feel better than I have felt since I
made that dive at Hudson Park."
Young Miller, whose sixth cervical
vertebra was broken when he dived
from the rocks at Hudson Park, New
Rochelle, on Monday night, July 3,
is fighting death by sheer grit. Sunday
night he was thought to be dying,
but now he seems to be steadily
gaining, though the paralysis below
his arms remains. His unexpected
rally is puzzling the physicians at the
hospital.
They credit the nurses with saving
his life at the critical moment
n J? ?:i. Ua nrKiefloa talks to
OUIiUctV LLlgUU xic nuiovivw,
his friends and reads books, and said
that he has a long life to live. Fred
Miller, the brother of the injured
young man, who broke his neck near
the same spot at Hudson Park and!
in a similar manner three years ago,
lived ten days after his accident. Yesterday
was the tenth since Waldorf
Miller's dive. "If I don't die to-night
I know it's all right," said the patient.
Shot at Dog, Hit Man.
Gaffney, July 20.?An accident occurred
in this city this morning
which came very near having a fatal
termination. Chief of Police T. L.
Lockhart shot at a stray dog which
he saw in a pasture on Birnie street,
near the business section of the city.
The bullet struck the dog, passed
through him, struck the side of a
brick building and bounded over the
street, a distance of some 30 feet,
striking a large plate glass 'window
in the front of the Sanitary Carbonating
company's office. Mr. Lauriner
Gaffney was seated at a desk
in the office of the company named
and the bullet, after passing
through the window, struck him in
the calf of the leg. Its strength,
however, was by this time pretty well
spent and happy to relate the young
man sustained only a slight injury
from the bullet and will be only
Blightly inconvenienced. ,
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Erwin's Pay in Greene-Gaynor Cases
May Total Hundred Thousand.
Washington,' July 19.?Marion
Erwin, United States district attorney
for the Southern district of Georgia,
and special counsel for the government
in the Greene-Gaynor-Carter
Savannah harbor frauds, testified
before the house committee on
department of justice expenditures
to-day that during the twelve years
he had received from the government
as special pay $76,724 in salary
onH foaa T-T o olcn Vio ov.
pected commission on amounts recovered,
which would bring his total
compensation to about $101,000
for the twelve years.
Altogether there have been recovered
from Capt. Carter, Greene and
Gaynor about half a million dollars
in cash, together with property valued
at about $200,000 more.
Mr. Erwin testified that he was
employed as special counsel in the
fraud cases at a salary of $3,500 a
year. When he undertook the special
prosecution of the fraud cases and
the task of traqing the assets of the
defendants, he was, guaranteed a
salary of $5,000 a year and expenses
and 10 per cdnt. of the money recovered
and turned into the treasury.
Mr. Erwin said he expected the litigation
in these cases would be concluded
next autumn.
Plans for College Accepted.
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Anderson, July 20.?The board of
trustees of Anderson college in session
here to-day accepted the plans
for the main building and (wo dormitories
as prepared by the architects,
J. H. Casey, of Anderson, and Shand
& Lafaye, of Columbia, and authorized
the building committee to advertise
for sealed bids at once. The
bids are to be opened on August 22,
at which time the contract for the
buildings will be let. The dormitories
are to accommodate 128 young
ladies and can be added to as the
college grows.
The trustees elected J. K. Breedjen,
formerly of the South Carolina Coeducational
institute at Edgefield, treasrer
of the college and dean - of the
faculty. The selection of a president
has been well considered and the election
of a prominent educator is expected
within a few days. Ground
will be broken for the college buildings
by September 1.
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HAS UNION OFFICER'S SWORD. ?
Orangeburg Man Offers to Return
Weapon Found on BattlfieeldL
Milford, Mass., July 19.?Commander
Henry Alonzo Pond, of Major,
Emmons F. Fletcher Post, No. 22,
G. A. R., to-night received a letter
from O. K. Wilson,, of Orangeburg,
S. C., which reads II part: "I can
place in possession of John Reed, of
Milford, Mass., if he is living, or any : ll?S
of his relatives, a sword picked up /;
on the battlefield of the Wilderness j^Sgjj
or Cold Harbor. The sword is engraved
John Reed, Milford, Mass.
L. H. Beckwith, who was 1st serge- j
ant of Company B, South, Carolina. jjjfj
cavalry, under Gen. Wade Hamptop, ,.
the noted Confederate officer, picked i
up the sword, and his son now has*.
Mr. Wilson also writes that he is\Y|S1Y
a Massachusetts boy, who went South
nine years ago, from Chicopee,
he inclosed a clipping from a news
paper, which says he is a candidate . Z't&yB
for mayor of Orangeburg. ;
The John Reed referred to for- ||| "J
merly lived in Milford. He is dead.
He served two enlistments in the |?m|
civil war and had the rank of first
lieutenant. First, he was with the
48th Massachusetts regiment and f v:
later with the 57th Massachusetts.:;daSS
He had an excellent war record. ihis . m
only known living relative is vst
rence Reed, who, for a number
years, was mayor of Woburn. Couk
mander Pond said to-night that he 'M ^
will at once get into communication,
with Mayor Reed and acquaint
with the offer.
Union Sheriff Arrests.' *
Union, July 20.?Sheriff J. . G.,
Long, acting under instructions ffonif
the governor, to-?day went to the ofr^^frljf
flee of the city clerk and obtained rfSBfejll
the names of the nine parties t<* 'SjaH^
whom near-beer licenses had been7 j|9||
issued by the city of Union. Seven ^3 /
nf tho nin#? alleged violators of thn- vlffll
law have been arrested and are out |j||
on bond. The other two are ill, hmt
will be placed under arrest as soon
as practicable.
The sheriff states that he is going
to follow the law and continue to '-v'
raid the places of business of
violators of the dispensary law
til the illegal traffic is broken up.
Mayor T. C. Duncan is out of the ^ jJ
city to-day and could not be seen
regard to the near-beer situation }Mm
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