The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, June 14, 1917, Page 3, Image 3
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Aleas Fooler, Sentenced to I>ie for |
Muredr, Makes Get-away.
The News ri\a Courier of Wednesday
says:
v Aleas Cooler, white, convicted of
murder and sentenced to be electro- :
cuted, but whose appeal is pending |
in the supreme court, escaped from ?
the Jasper c; unty jail at Ridgeland
early last nit lit and at an early hour
this morning had not been recaptured,
although Sheriff Langford reported,
that he was using every effort to
.bloodhounds, which he had wired to
k Columbia for, to reach Ridgeland
this morning.
Learning that Cooler had made his
escape, the News and Courier got in
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communication over tne long uis- i
tance telephone with Sheriff Langford !
at Ridgeland, who freely gave all
information in his possession regarding
the affair.
According to Sheriff Langford I
Cooler and another white prisoner, j
E. F. Jacobs, the latter held on charges
of fraud, planned yesterday to
make their escape last night at supper
time. This statement was made to
the sheriff by Jacobs, who failed to
get away. The prisoners are turned
out of their cells into a hall between
the cells at meal times.
The Attack and Escape.
There are now four prisoners in
the Ridgeland jail and the sheriff
said all of them were in the jail yesterday
afternoon and that he talked
with them. Ke stated that when
Jailer W. A. Munch carried supper to!
the prisoners he opened the outside j
door, supposing that the four men j
were in the hall, but, it seems that
only two were there, the other two,
one of whom was Will Davis, convicted
of murder along with Cooler,
being locked in their cells.
When the jailer put the supper
down Jacobs grabbed him by the arm
and told him not to move or make a,
sound or he (Jacobs) would kill!
him. Jailer Munch obeyed instruc- j
tions. In the meantime. Cooler had]
dashed through the door, down the!
stairs and out into the jail yard, i
Jacobs locked the jailer in the hall!
and attempted to follow Cooler, but;
got only as far as the door, down- j
stairs which bv that time had been j
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locked by Mrs. Munch, wife of the.
jailer. Jacobs then went back upstairs
and released the jailer.
Tv.a chorifp was immediately noti
fled and search was begun for the
escaped condemned man, but without
success at last reports received
early this morning:
The Killing and Trial.
The killing of W. D. Thomas, a
woods rider for the Okeetee Hunting
club, occurred December 20, last, and
early in March Cooler and Davis
were placed on trial charged with
murder. The case was hard fought.
The evidence against the two men
was considered very damaging. Each
defendant was accused by the other
of firing the fatal shot. The jury
returned a verdict of guilty of mur'
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der in the first degree in three and
a half hours. Judge Ernest Moore,
.presiding, sentenced the two men to
be electrocuted on April 6. An ap
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peal to tn? supreme cuuii a^a/cu
. execution of the sentence. An opiu<
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ion has not yet been handed down in
this case.
Sheriff Langford described Cooler
as weighing about 225 pounds, gray
eyes, bald headed, and about 35
years of age.
CONSTANT!NE ABDICATES.
Upon Demand of Allied Countries,
Greek King Steps Down.
Athens June, 12.?The fall of Constantine
I, King of the Hellenese has
come, in response to the demand of
the protecting powers, France, Great
Britain and Russia, he abdicated today
in favor of his second son. Prince
Alexander.
This climax in the affairs of
Greece was brought about through
the agency of the French Senator, M.
Jonnart, who has held posts in several.
French cabinets, and who arrived
at Athens only a day or two
ago on a special mission as the rep-[
resentative of France. Great Britain:
and Russia. M. Jonnart had pre-'
viouslv visited Saloniki and other
points, and he lost no time in get"
/ "ting into conference with the Greek
1 premier, Alexander Zaimis. The demands
of the powers representing
the abdication of King Constantine i
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also specifically eliminated Crown;
Prince George as his successor, the!
Crown Prince being included among
those Greeks in official life who werej
considered strongly pro-German.
To Leave Country.
Both the former King and Prince; '
George, it was announced today by j
Premier Zaimis. intend to leave the
country iniemdiately. rt is reported)
that they will* embark on a British j
warship and proceed to Switzerland!
by way of Italy. It is presumed j '
Prince Alexander will take up his
kingly duties with full acceptation J
of the ideas which the protecting
powers desire to be put into effoct ,
in the government of Greece during
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KIDNAPPED CHILD KILLED.
Ilody of Iial>> Keet Found I>ead in
Well on Abandoned Farm.
Springfield, Mo.. June ?S.?A message
was received at the Republican
ofiice at 11 o'clock that the seven
prisoners held in the Keet abduction
case were captured at Caplinger's
Hill, two miles east of Stockton, and
were on their way to Springfield. \ot
less than 12,000 people are on the
square awaiting word from the posse.
Persons on the street are carrying
ropes and awaiting the return of the
prisoners, which was said to be expected
between midnight and 1
o'clock.
Baby W iis Browned by Kidnappers.
Springfield. Mo., .Tune 9.?Baby
Lloyd Keet was found dead today.
The child had been drowned in a
weU on an abandoned farm at least
four days ago. according to the findings
of an autopsy when the band
of kidnappers who took him from his
home Wednesday night of last week
began to fear capture.
Tonight scores of Springfield men
in automobiles were hurrying in pursuit
of the county sheriff's automobile,
in which seven persons suspected
of conspiracy in the kidnapping
were being taken to the State prison.
The pursuers have declared their intention
of taking summary vengeance.
The body was wrapped in the pink
blanket which was upon his bed the
night he was stolen. A woman's skirt
too was wrapped around the body
and was the only evidence left by
those who threw the bady into the
well.
J. Holland Keet. the wealthy father,
was given but one opportunity
to ransom his son. Shortly after
the kidnapping Mr. Keet received
an anonymous letter directing him to
proceed in automobile alone
through a certain country district,
the coming night. When he observed
a lighted lantern by the roadside
the letter directed he was to drive
on for a while, returr and exchange
$6,000 for the child.
But that night a tornado descended
on the county. Nevertheless, the
anxious father started on his journey,
followed by friends in other
automobiles, and though he drove
until dawn he did not receiv< *he
signal.
Xo Ijaffffincr in Search.
From day to day the search grew
more minute. The county authorities
bent every energy in their effort
to catch the kidnappers and to
save the child.
This city, knowing that little Lloyd
Keet had been killed, was aroused
tonight as it has not been for many
years. As a result authorities were
taking every precaution to prevent
violence. No secret was made of
the feeling and threats of lynching
were heard openly.
Mrs. Keet, the baby's mother, was
on the v^rge of a complete breakdown
tonight, physicians said. The
father was grief stricken. Mr. Keet
repeatedly had offered to pay any
ransom demanded and promised at
one time not to press the prosecution
if the baby should be returned
to him.
Suspects I>id Not Confess.
Springfield, Mo., June 10.?A mob
of Springfield citizens, but on avenging
the abduction and fnurder of
fourteen months old Lloyd Keet early
today forced Sheriff Webb to give
up six suspects, swung one of them
to a tree in an unsuccessful attempt
to obtain a confession, and later returned
them all to the sheriff's custody
unharmed, according to reports
reaching the sheriff's office here.
the present war. He is twenty-four
years of age and has been free from
anti-Entente proclivities.
Affairs in Greece, which several
times since the outbreak of the war
had seemed on the verge of a settlement,
recently had taken on such an
aspect of uncertainly that it became
necessary for the powers to act with
decision.
MASTER'S SALE.
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county in the case of the Standard
Serial Building & Loan Association
against Mary McKenzie, et al.,
I, the undersigned Judge of Probate
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Monday in July, the same being the
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DESCRIPTION.
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S. C.. county and State aforesaid,
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two hundred and ten feet, hounded
west by Broadway street: east yy
lot of -T. C. Kinard: north by lot of
Jacob Ehrhardt, and south by lot of
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Terms of sale: Cash: purchaser to
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J. J. BRABHAM, JR..
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