The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, November 14, 1912, Page 6, Image 6
SNEED TRIAL CALLED AGAIN :
Noted Texan to Face Jury for Killing 1
A1 Boyee.
Fort Worth, Tex., Nov. 9.?With
the approach of the second trial of 1
J. B. Sneed for the murder of A. G. '
Boyce, Sr., which is on the court <
docket for next week, public inter- 1
est in the bloody feud existing between
the Sneed and the Boyce fam- 1
ilies both wealthy and well known
throughout the State of Texas, has 3
become revived. Not for many years
if ever, has there been a case known
in this stntp which Was SO fllll Of 1
the most sensational detail and in !
which so many men of great wealth
and social importance played an ac- '
tive part. 1
On the night of October 13, 1911.
Mrs. Sneed informed her husband
that she loved A1 Boyce and would ?'
not live with him any longer. Sneed, 1
who was devoted to his little wife,
became furious and would have kill- 5
ed his wife and himself had not one '
of his little children come into the
room at the time. On ihe following <
day, however, he had her taken to a (
private sanitarium for insane persons
at Arlington Heights, near Ft.
Worth. A few weeks later Mrs. 1
Sneed managed to send a letter to 1
A1 Boyce, her lover, begging him to <
release her from her prison. <
In some manner Sneed learned *
that Capt. A. C. Boyce, the father of 1
A1 Boyce, was in full sympathy with '
his son and was plotting to get Mrs. 1
Sneed out of the sanitarium. Young <
Boyce had been indicted on the <
charge of abducting, but his father I
brought about a dismissal of the in- ?
dictments, which fact also greatly
embittered Sneed against him. The
two men met in the lobby of a hotel 1
in this city on January 13 of this <
year and, after an exchange of a few ^
words, J. Beal Sneed drew his pistol 1
and fired several shots at the old s
man, killing him instantly. f
Sneed was arrested and tried, but f
after being out 112 hours the jury c
returned and reported that no agree- I
ment could be reached. A new trial
was ordered and this will come up \
next week. Sneed kept himself in re- r
tirement after the mistrial and few c
persons knew definitely of his where- c
abouts. A1 Boyce, the lover of Mrs. e
Sneed, was supposed to be in British c
Columbia and it was reported that
he had purchased a ranch there and t
intended to live there. f
On September 14, of this year, a
Sneed and A1 Boyce met in one of c
the principal streets of "Amarillo, d
Tex. Sneed, who according to the r
statement of certain witnesses, was f
disguised as a tramp, approached the
unsuspecting Boyce and killed him
by several shots from an automatic r
shotgun. The murderer surrendered c
and was later indicted but the trial c
has not yet been set for a hearing, a
Sneed will be represented at the com- s
ing trial by some of the best legal (
talent in the State and is confident a
of his acquittal after* the jury shall
have learned the full extent of his I
grievances against A1 Boyce and the t;
father of the latter. 1
JACK JOHNSON ARRESTED.
Hides from Officers After Indicte
ment?Gives $30,000 Bail. t
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Chicago, Nov. 7.?Jack Johnson,
champion heavy-weight prize fighter,
was arrested by federal officers tonight
charged with a violation of the
Mann white slave law. His arrest
came after the return by the federal *
grand jury of an indictment charging *
him with having caused the trans- c
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portation of Belle Schreiber, a white
woman, 26 years old, from Pittsburg J
to Chicago, August 10, 1910, for an "
unlawful purpose.
Federal officers searched the city *
several hours before Johnson was c
found hiding in a hotel surrounded *
by four negro guards. An attempt ?
was at first made by the guards to s
prevent the officers from entering
Johnson's rooms, but they were *
pushed aside and the government *
warrant served on the prize fighter '
without serious difficulty.
His bonds had been fixed at $30,- (
000, but all the federal judges had 1
left the building for the night and 1
declined to leave their homes to go (
through the formality of accepting
/ bail: After several hours work John- j
son found a court clerk willing to
act and the prisoner was taken to the
home of his mother, who signed the
bonds and Johnson was released. ^
The specific case upon wmcn tne i
indictment against Johnson was based,
was that of Belle Schreiber, of
Pittsburg, (white) whom Johnson .
was charged with bringing to Chi- i
cago in August, 1910. i
The jury, however, heard the testimony
of Lucille Cameron, of Minneapolis,
whose mother charged Johnson
with abduction, and she was held
as a witness in $15,000 bail. In the <
indictment Johnson is charged with
violation of the Mann act on four
coutns. After Max and David Weber
jiad offered a $15,000 bond for the
Cameron girl, Judge Landis refused
to accept it. He gave no explanation
for his refusal. Plans were made
tp return her to Rockford, 111., where
she has been held in jail.'
NO TRACK OF TRAIN ROBBERS.
Mail Car Rifled in Hold-up 011 L. and
X. Railroad.
Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 8.?With
nearly a score of detectives and secret
service men working on the
?ase. no trace has yet been found of
[he two bandits who robbed a Louisrille
and Nashville Railroad mail car
near here early this morning. A regard
of $1,000 each has been offered
for their arrest and conviction.
Mail Clerks Chamberlain and
Hoover, interviewed here to-night,
thought the amount secured was
small, as the robbers missed the
Birmingham pouch, on which the
clerks fell when they were ordered
by the bandits to lie down.
The bandits left the train at
Boyies. a sudutd oi mrmiusnam,
and dogs were unable to take up the
trail this morning.
Two scraps of torn overalls, similar
to thdse which were worn by the
bandits, were found on a fence near
Boyies, which is so far the only clue
obtained. The men boarded the mail
:ar at Blount Springs.
Covered Clerks with Guns.
According to Clerk Chamberlain,
fvho was in charge of the car, the
pandits were inexperienced, as they
overlooked numerous small amounts
of loose money that were enclosed in
several registered envelopes, which
:hey opened and threw on the floor,
rhe men first made their presence
inown just after the train pulled out
of Blount Springs, where it is believed
they entered the mail car door opposite
the station. They suddenly
sprang from behind a table and covered
the two clerks with revolvers.
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ve want something to eat," said one
>f the bandits to Clerk Chamberlain,
vho told him where he could find his
unch basket. The other robber then
;aid: "Xo, we want money," and he
breed the: clerks to lie down on the
loor, after which the faces of the
:lerks were covered with empty mail
jouches.
The exact amount of money and
raluable packages taken by the
>andits is unknown at present. They
:ut open one registered pouch and
>pened one registered package jackit,
tearing the ends of the envelopes
>pen in their search for money. Sevral
of the envelopes contained loose'
>ank notes, which were lying on the
loor, the men seeming to be excited
tnd. in a big hurry. One package
ipened contained several thousand
lollars' worth of railroad stock cou>ons,
which were scattered about the
loor.
Returned Watches.
After searching the packages the
nen were thoroughly disgusted, ac:ording
to Clerk Chamberlain, and
>ne of them took from Chamberlain
ibout $5, which he had on his peron.
The bandit then asked for
Chamberlain's watch, but finding it
l cheap one returned it to him.
The robber then searched Clerk
doover, securing a valuable gold
vatch. He snowed nis generosu>,
lowever, by returning the time piece
vhen Hoover pleaded that it was a
>resent which he highly prized.
The" bandits confined themselves
exclusively to the mail car. Auhorities
both at Birmingham and
Montgomery have been notified.
Oyster Pointers.
To make enough oyster stew for
he average church social send to
Baltimore and get a large oyster?
>ne of the largest they have in stock,
iang the oyster on a string in 10 galons
of milk and boil the milk for
!0 minutes. After the personality of
he cfyster has permeated the milk so
hat there is at least a faint suspicion
>f it noticeable to the taste, remove
he oyster and wrap it up in tin foil
md keep it in the ice box until next
iocial.
Rubber oysters, manufactured by
he rubber trust, are often used in
iome of the restaurants. It always
nspires confidence in the diner to see
;hree# or four of these floating around
the ton of the stew. They are
lot very expensive and may be used
intil worn out, which generally takes
sight or nine years. There is some
oss, of course, as occasionally a cus;omer
may swallow one.?Richmond
Times-Dispatch.
FIRST TRAIN RIDK AT 113.
IToungest Son, 89, Accompanies
Mother on Wonderful Trip.
Joplin, Mo., Nov. 9.?Mrs. Keith;
aged 113, and her youngest son. 89,
took their first ride on a railroad
train yesterday. They came from
their home, which is several miles
from a railroad, in Southern Arkansas.
Charles McManv was the
first patrolman in uniform they ever
saw.
"Are you a policeman?" asked
Mrs. Keith. "Well, we want you tc
show us how to get up-town. My,
isn't this a big town?" she exclaimed
as she got the first glimpse of .Toplin's
business thoroughfare.
Mrs. Keith said she has three son;
older than the one who accompanied
her. The eldest is 95.
A SLIPPERY OLD MOONSHINER.
"Babe" Durham, of Greenville, Makes
fo
Getaway. sc
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Greenville, Nov. 7.?William, alias li
"Babe" Durham, the old moonshiner
1 of the Dark Corner, who took French J J
leave of the United States court. b(
holding forth here several (fays ago tl
while the jury was out deliberating ^
on his case, and who was subsequently
brought to jail by two sturdy sons
of the old fellow's bondsman, has ad- d<
ded another interesting chapter to P<
his eventful life history by escaping ta
1 from two federal officers while the p(
three were speeding toward the city Fi
of Atlanta, where the sly old man of
the hills was to serve a two-years'
sentence for his misdeeds.
Raiding Deputy G. C. Corn, of Bi
Greenville, and Office Deputy Mar- ?
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shal J. Lee Adams, or unarieston, ^
some days ago took Durham from c<
the Greenville jail and carried him Ci
to Charleston for the purpose of al- D
lowing Judge Smith to pass sentence n
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on- him, the jury having convicted h
him at the session of court recently H
adjourned. Judge Smith sentenced H
Durham to serve two years in the ^
federal penitetniary, at Atlanta, and l
pay. a fine. M
Officers Corn and Adams, it is un- O
derstood, were on the way to Atlanta
with Durham when the old fel- g.
low escaped. The three were near T
Branchville and the train was going
at full speed, when the old moon- ^
shiner managed to excuse himself 0]
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lor a. Willie. 1 xictL was liic lasi occu aj
of Durham. So far as could be learn- d<
ed yesterday, nothing has been heard
of the escaped prisoner. a.
Durham sprang into the limelight u;
at the October session of the federal oi
court, while he and four of his pals m
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were being tried on charges of l?
"moonshining." The government
made out a strong case against the rc
defendants, and William Durham,
tt
who already had a nine-months' suspended
sentence hanging over his
head, decided that it would be best ?
for him to absent himself from the
court. The old man eluded the officers
of the court, and even his attorney,
and disappeared completely.
When it was discovered that Durham
had fled the court Judge Rose,
of the Maryland district court, is- pi
sued a bench warrant for him, and ta
bailiffs were sent out to search the te
highways and hedges for the old
.moonshiner, but he could not be
found.
The following morning Durham's
attorney received a long distance telephone
call. At the other end of the
line the attorney discovered his client,
but the old moonshiner declined
to give his whereabouts. The only
explanation he gave of his' whereabouts
was that he had to leave the
court to "tend to bizness." Durham
instructed, his attorney to use another
Durham, William's brother, as a
medium of correspondence thereafter.
With yiat he hung up the re-'
ceiver. n
Several days after that the attor- B
ney was eating supper in a cafe, fl
when in walked the old moonshiner.
a captive in the hands of two sturdy _
mountaineers, sons of the man who _
had gone on the old moonshiner's _
bond. They carried old Durham to T
the county jail, where he was locked ?
up and kept until carried to Charleston
several days ago.
Ben Tillman, Jr., Brings Suit.
Edgefield, Nov. 6.?Benjamin R. B
Tillman, Jr., son of Senator B. R. B
Tillman, has taken legal steps to B
gain possession of his two daughters, B
Lucy Frances and Sarah Starke, who Hj
are now in the possession of their B
mother, Mrs. Lucy Dugas. Habeas B
corpus proceedings have been insti- B
tuted, an order signed^ by Chief Jus- g
tice Gary having been issued to-day fl
and made returnable before the en- B
tire supreme court on November 26. fl
A copy of the order was served upon jfl
Mrs. Dugas this afternoon., fl
It is recalled that the contest for ?
possession of the two littie girls has ?
already been passed upon by the supreme
court of South Carolina, the
decision being in favor of the mother.
The case was heard three or four
years ago, when Ira B. Jones was a
member of the supreme court, and
its chief justice; the court at that
Hmo uas rnmnosed of but four mem
bers. The hearing of the case attracted
State-wide interest; and it
is recalled that Senator Tillman took
active part in the proceedings in support
of his son's claims.
Pointed Paragraphs.
People who travel at a rapid pace
aren't necessarily fast friends.
1 Any man who will jump a board
bill should be made to walk the
! plank.
It takes a mighty little push to
start some men on the downward
i path.
1 An old bachelor is a man who has
. refrained from making some woman
t unhappy.
The mother-in-law usually has a
good deal to say, but about all the
> poor old father-in-law has to do is
i to pay the freight and say nothing.
?Chicago News.
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TAX XOTICE.
The treasurer's office will be open
>r the collection of State, county,
hool and all other taxes from the
>th day of October, 1912 until the
)th day of March, 1913, inclusive.
From the first day of January,
113, until the 31st day of January,
113, a penalty of one per cent, will
i added to all unpaid taxes. From
le 1st day of February, 1913, until
le 28th day of February, 1913, a
malty of 2 per cent, will be added
? all unpaid taxes. From the 1st
ly of March, 1913, until the 15th
ly of March, 1.913, a penalty of 7
ir cent, will be added to all unpaid
,xes.
THE LEVY.
or State purposes 5% mills
or County purposes 5 % mills
onstitutional school tax ....3 mills
Total 14 y4 Mills
SPECIAL SCHOOL LEVIES.
ambergs No. 14 9 mills
innakers, No. 12 3 mills
uford's Bridge, No. 7 2 mills
[ear Pond, No. 19 2 mills
olston, No. 18 2 mills
Liffie Creek, No. 17 2 mills
enmark, No. 21 6% mills
hrhardt, No. 22 9 mills
ovan, No. 11 4 mills
utto, No. 6 2 mills
ampton, No. 3 2 mills
eyward, No. 24 2 mills
opewell, No. 1 3 mills
unter's Chapel, No. 16 1 mill
ees, No. 23 4 mills
idway, No. 2 2 mills
ak Grove, No. 20 2 mills
lar, No. 8 4 mills
t. John's, No. 10 2 mills
ilem, No. 9 3 mills
hree Mile, No. 4 2 mills
All persons between the ages of
venty-one and sixty years of age,
mept Confederate soldiers and sail's,
who are exempt at 50 years of
?e, are liable to a poll tax of one
:>llar.
Capitation dog tax 50 cents.
All persons who were 21 years of
*e on or before the 1st day of Janiry,
1912, are liable to a poll tax
: one dollar, and all who have not
ade returns to the Auditor, are relested
to do so on or before the
st of January, 1913.
I will receive the commutation
>ad tax of two ($2.00) dollars from
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te lotn aay or ucxoDor, uuui
le 1st day of March, 1913.
G. A. JENNINGS,
Treasurer Bamberg County.
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