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■ ' ./f T F •• - > ■ THE LARGEST CIRCULATION •f Any N«w«pap«r In th« Fifth CongraMlonal District of C. EVERY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE fhe ledger. SEMI-WEEKLY-PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. WE GUARANTEE THE RELIABILITY •f Every Advartlaar Who Uaoa tha Columns of This Paper. BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM. A Newspaper In All «Mt the WorY Implies end Devoted to the Beet Interest of th* People of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEB 18, 1894. GAFFNEY, S. C-. FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1907. •1.00 A YEAR. / > NOLAN AND HOWARD GET TEN YEARS EACH CONVICTED OF ROBBING SAFE OF ENOREE MFG. CO. Sentence Was Passed by Judqe Al- drich at 12:35 Sunday Morninq. An Appeal Taken. (Spartanburg Herald. April loth.) At 12:35 this morning Tom Nolan and Charles Howard, the notorious safe robbers, in jail here for the last six weeks, were sentenced by Judge James Aldrich in the general ses sions court to ten years each in the State penitentiary for the robbery of the safe of the Enoree Manufacturing company, in this county, in Novem ber 1902. Their conviction came af ter a trial of two days duration, in which a remarkably strong case of evidence connecting the men with this crime, was introduced by Post Office Inspector Gregory, who has been working on the case since the big robbery was committed At eleven o’clock last night the jury, having been out since 9 o’clock, reported that no verdict had been reached and Judge Aldrich anuonc- ed that court would adjourn until 10 o'clock this morning. A half hour later Sheriff Nicholls ■was notified from the jury room that an agreement had been reached and he promptly communicated with the judge and other officials of the court. His announcement brought all again to the court room and a few minutes after midnight the prisoners appear ed in charge of Deputy Sheriff White to hear their fate. The jury filed into their seats at 12:30 and five minutes later Nolan and Howard stood up to hear the judge pass sentence upon them. No lan when asked if he had anything to say. whv sentence should not be passed upon hrm. said: “Nothing, your honor, except that I am not guil ty.” Howard made the same reply, omitting the statement of his inno cence. After the verdit “guilty” had been announced C. P. Sims, counsel for the veg^men, asked the court to be as lenient as possible with his clients, in view of the fact that hey had al ready served fiv^ years in a federal prison for this same offense. Judge Aldrich said he could take no such vi<*w of the case under the laws of th' State. When sentence had been passed the bracelets were auain placed op How ard and Nolan and they were return ed to the county jail. Sheriff Nicholls whispering to his deputies as they passed him. "take <%tt'aordinarv care.” Mr. C. P. Sims stated to a Herald reporter after the verdict had b< en read that he would appeal the case to the higher court. “The verdict is an outrage—no honest, intelligent set of men would ever have rendered any such a verdict.” he remarked as he left the court room. He made an appointment to see Nolan at the jail this morning to discuss any possible step to be tak en. In ten days Nolan and Howard will be taken to the penitentiary at Co lumbia. The trial of Nolan and Howard consumed the whole of yesterday. Ten witnesses were examined, among them Inspector Gregory, the star witness in the trial. Wher he took the stand the court was wrapped in breathless attention. Judge, jury, lawyers and audb nee hung on his every word as his story progressed in interest. Incident after incident he united and forged a chan of evi dence that could not be broken in any link. His testimony clinched as truth the testimony of every witness that had preceeded him. There were no breaks in his story exceot the nu merous “I object” ejaculations from the counsel for thedefense.who would have objected to the whole story if he could have done so. More interest ing than any novel by the s r reat de tective story writers of the world was the evidence of the little gentleman with the black mustache an.] the piercing black eye, who, lik^ the night, s "-med to have a thousand eyAi. He followed the yeggmen through all their peregrinations, ne ver once losing the trail; followed them step by sten to Enoree, and with Herculean strides and lightning-like rapidity kept close behind them when they got away from Enoree in all baste. He proved that they were ras cals of the deepest dye. It seemed that there was nothing he du) not known, persons, places, customs, rules, and everything, in fact seemed as familiar to him as if it were possible for him to be everywhere at the same time. When Mr. Gregory left the stand, it was taken by a few minor witness es. after which Solicitor Sease open ed the argument for the State. He connected the testimo"v of each wit ness, using Uie inspector’s an an arch-stone, and presented the story to the Jury in such a plausible man ner that no set of intelligent gentle men would have been at doubt for one moment in their minds as to the guilt of Nolan and Howard. It was a mighty speech tnat the solicitor made. At times be waxed eloquent in such convincing argument that he swept every straw from the defense like the rush of a whirl-wind. Mr. Sease said in part: “There are three counts in this Indictment against Nolan and Howard. *1 will pass by the third and hold only to th.* first two: breaking into the of fice of the Enroee Manufacturing company and for larcency—stealing $8,800 from the vaults of said office. The first count, under the statutes of. our State only merits one vear: the second, ten years. So at the verv most, should they be found guil- tv their sentence would only he eleven years. “The first Ume we spring these yeggmen,” said Mr. Sease. “is in Washington school house where Mr. B. F. Lewis discovered them, and thinking they were carpenters come to help him build a church told them to come out when they eot warm. We next see them at table of some of the best people of the county. These men actually had the audaci ty to dine at the table of resoectable white people, after they had been living in a dirty manner, with negro wenches in Columbia. Everywhere these men went they carried that in evitable little grip which contained their tools for putting down machin ery at Enoree or anywhere else. “These men came from the crowd- centers of the North The.South ha- never produced such. Hereto fore the South has not had sufficient money to attract them. With our proseprity comes such evils. Thev went about the country registering at hotels and occupying the same rooms, and when we get through with them, they should occupy the same cell. No telling how much money these rascals have spent that was hard’ earned by honest South Carolinians. “These are no ordinary men. They are well educated; but they used it to their detriment. Like a snake, vou can see their trail, but cannot tell whether thev are going or com ing. You have them now. and if you do your duty they will be held awhile.” Judge’s Charge. The attorney for the defense, Mr. C. P. Sims, had prepared a long doc ument which he requested the judge to charge to the jury. The judge read th.* document to the jury, com menting on it as he went along, and charged the jurors almost as the de fense had requested. “The evidence.” said the judge “is circumstantial and you must be satisfied beyond all reasonable doubt that the defendants are guilty.” One sentence that judge used deserves to be written in gold: “Man may lie, but circumstances never He.” The circumstances must be consistent with the evidence, and evidence in all criminal cases must exclude ev ery other reasonable hypothesis, and the circumstances must be a chain of evidence which ieads to a finel conclusion.” “Now,” says th * judge, “what 1 mean by a reasonable doubt is a subsistant doubt, not a mythical or an imaginary doubt. We are told in the Bible that heaven and earth shall pass away. We may have an imaginary doubt, but not a reason able doubt about this. You may find that the defendants are guilty of house-breaking and not of larceny. If so. you will state this in vour ver dict: or vou may find that only one of tin* defendants is guilty.” The jury retired at 9:10; but some one informed the judge that he had not charged the jury in regard to a verdict of not guilty, whereupon, the jury was. called back to the court room and charged to render a ver dict of not guilty provided the State had failed to prove beyond all reas onable doubt the gult of the defend ants. T. L. Murphy. The first witness to take the stand yesterday morning was T. L. Murphy a clerk in a clothing store in Charles ton. Witness testified to selling clothes to Nolan and Howard, and fiber members of Hn* gang of yegg men. Saw Horton November 29, 19i>2. Horton bought two hats and an overcoat, wearing the overcoat out of the store. Nolen and Johnson were in the store together on Sat urday morning, December. 1902. No- lon bought dress suit case; had thousand mile milage book in on his person, said he did lots of traveling and needed it in the business. Wit ness waited on Horton while anoth er clerk waited on Nolan. Capt. W. H. Evans. Was in charg* of the Southern ticket office in Charleston in 1902. Sold two thousand mile books—one to Edward Murphy and one to W. B. Horton, two of the gang. There were three stubs of milage boohs. Nolan had purchased third which had been lost since the Charleston trial. Murphy and Horton were two of the gang of yeggmen. Stubs matched books found on prisoners after ar rest. John D. Lesthan. Conductor ou Southern in 1902. Took sixty-two miles from a mileage hook of Nolan’s’ for travel between Charh*sijon and Braucbville. Had witnessed in Charleston trial. Iden tified Nolan as same man he had tak en the sixty-two miles from. J. 8. Sylvany. Jewler in Columbia. Sold Nolan lady’s watch and chairt. December 2, 1902. Nolan and Howard came in ills Place and puchaged two watches with chains ou December 20 1 902, paying about $125 for same. Mr, Earnagan. Clerked in 1902 for Will Evans, haberdasher, of Columbia. Sold No lan an umbrella and $20 suit case, al so underwear and handkerchiefs. Howard came in some days later and bought a quantity of g »ods. paying as high as $1.50 for black silk socks and 25 and 50 cents for h&ndker- chiefs. Identified valise in court room as same that he sold to Nolan W. G. Garner. Policeman in Columbia in 1902. Was detained by city to work with constables. Howard worked for a while at Gran’t restaurant. Howard had a house at 1219 Gage street, pre sided over by Minnie Jackson, color ed. Nolan hung out two doors above at Carrie Baker’s house. In Novem ber 1902 Howard and Nolan had no visible means of support. They paid 25 cents for shoe shines and shaves. Sometimes the gang would be out of town for three or four days. Were out of town when the robberies at Mullins, Rowesville and Batesburg were committed. Wag a witness in the Charleston trial. Saw Nolan and Howard in Columbia four or five days after the Muliins robbery. Counsel for the defense said thi« was impos sible. for the records show that No lan and Howard were in jail at the time of the robbery. Witness said that he dd not care what the records shows; he was certain that he saw Nolan and Howard at the time he stated Inspector Gregory. The star witness in the trial was Postoflice Inspector Gregory. The climax was reached when he took the stand and gave testimony that was like a chapter from the doing of “Sherlock Holmes.” Witness said that he had been inspector for twelve years. Before he was inspector he was railway postal clerk. Began ser vice in this State as inspector No vember, 1902. Watched the sang in Gage street, Columbia. Made ar- and well stocked with provisions. Among the be’ongings of Howard, found at this house was all manner of safe blowng tools. Found big pis tol with holster and suspender at tachment: very fine duality of emeri paper and three-edged files: rooeints of rent, which was paid by Howard; grocery bill from C. H. Baldwin & Son. Columbia; receipts for paymtnts on carpets and ai] manner of house hold furnishings: numbers of post age stamps; a big supply of men’s clothing. Valise was found contain ing No. 1 1-2 collars, pair of lady’s fancy hose, pawn tickets, bill book from Augusta. Ga.. bank. In Gus Wilde’s place searched safe and found a watch with a photo of one of tlie negro wenches of the Jackson house; number of torn and mutilated five dollar bills, evidently ruined bv an explosion of ojtor-gly- cerine. When search was over it was about sundown. Loaded good in patrol wagon. Witness asked that the prisoners be brought before him after supper Called for “Dutch” first. When “Dutch” was escorted into his pres ence and the light fell on the face of the Prisoner, witness recognized his old acquaintance. Howard, whom he had caused to be sent up for a num ber of years in West Virginia Wit ness said: “Why, hello. Howard.” Prisoner drew back and said that he must be mistaken. When prisoner and witness were alone Howard re in arlsed. "Mr. Gregory, you have changed so I hardly knew you.” Wit- SHORT NEWS ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST. • » " '<11 EVENTS IN GAFFNEY AND CHER. OKEE. Recent Happening* | n tnd Around th* City and Other Events Gather ed by the Local New* Editor. The Heinz demostration whioh has won so much popularity of late years was given at the Company store Wed nesday and as usual was a success. D A. Young has closd out his busi- tos of many crooks. He asked peo- ness between Shuford & LeMasterie a Christmas present: it gave lots of fun flashing it in the eys o£ his friends. Had lost $70.) n a game recently. Had $900 or $1,000 on him when he came to Columbia. < ould always get money from home when he need it. Never had hand led any mutilated money, nor had any bills exchanged. Prisoners Searched. All four prisoners were searched upon their arrest. In record’s court Nolan was see" to slip two diamond tings from his sleev and hand them to his attorney. Mr. Earle. Inspector Gregory, seeing this, commanded a finetoothed comb examination. Howard was found to have $380 in bills in the seat of his pants. Pris oners were stripped and w’eig]jed. On Track With Photos. Inspector Gregory visited several towns wher^* the robberies had been committed. He was armed with pbo- 0 ■ i < - y < ’i . ..*••” ' N ■ •v • . • * . . / . «*,• 1 • • , nle in the different neighborhoods to identify with anv strangers they had seen anv of the Photos he carried Invariably they indentified from the photos faces that correspond with strangers they had seen in their , neighborhood. Inspecto- at Enoree. Inspector Gregory went to Enoree 29th of January. 1903. Examined wi’ -iov's .-nj doors to see the man ner of entrance, witness sa'd he had had considerable experience m amining blown safes in 1889 and 1899. Thev were blown with powd- i < j r in those days. He was then call ed to Cuba and was there for tw r o vears. The first safe blown by nitro- glycerine that he examined Was in New Jersey. The walls of the room wer<* split and the door was blown through the ceiling. The safes blown , in South Carolina were blown open bv glycerine Witness said he did not receive one penny of pay from the State—the Cnited States govern ment paid his salary, allowing him j a certain amount for expenses. He r an no personal expense accoupt, but ther e was a certain fixed limit. At Enoree inspector saw that the dixjr of safe had been wrecked by a nitor Klycffiine explosion. He and Mr. Pulsifer were together. On ac count of rush of buisness witness did not carry his investigation beyond Ora. he had another matter on hand i at the time in Boston which took him i away. Mr. Pulsier, however, carried ; fbe investigation as far as Laurens. Later Mr. Gregory returned and car ried examination beyond Laurejis. Cnt.il January. 1905, never had a Photo of DeFord on recent trip to Ora bad photo of DeFord, Johnson, and T. H. Westrope and gone with the Dravo Contracting company. Joe Osborne, of the firm of The W. O. Carpenter company. recently traveling salesman for Kohn Bros., tailors of Ixniisville. Ky., is at homo being treated for “soft in the eyes.” E. B. Wilson, of the comptroller general’s office, is in Gaffney this week checking up Treasurer Good ing who is preparing to surrender the office of Mr. W. W. Gaffney, the tres- urer elect for Cherokee county. J. C. Lipscmb left last Sunday for West Virginia where Lipscofhb, Hol lis & company have a big railroad contract. J. C. took along with him several gentlemen of ebony hue much to the delight of the citizens of .Gaff ney. An oil stove exploded at the resi dence of Mr. Isler in the western part of the city Tuesday. For a while it looked like the home w r ould be burned, but the flames w’ere subdued before they had made too much head way and the house was saved. Ttye Southern Railway is making some verv needed improvements on their vard^near the station. Cinders ar** being hauled and dumped into the holes and low' places, so we may walk on level ground at the depot now. The children’s service at -the Bu ford Street Methodist church last Sunday night was a most enjoyable occasion, and the large congregation present was delighted. Misses Louise Sarratt. Loulie Potter and Lillie Car ter who trained the children are to be congratulated on the success of Dugan and Howard, witness knows I the handwriting of Johnson Nolan | the servic^. - and Howard. Produced registers of > several hotels w here the names of 1 Tm*re will be regular services at Howard and Nolan occurred, together Draytonville Saturday and Sundav. ■ i+h Johnson and oilers. Thev gen- t Rev. Talmage Stacy will fill Rev. E. together. jG. Ross’ place Saturday at 2:30 p. ra. ..toped to DeFord from | Rev E. G. Ross will preach Sunday ( u ■) na i<> Newport News. Va., and ! morning. The quarterly report will which was returned on account of its i be made Sunday. All members are rot being called for. was found the | requested to be present. Visitors and following letter: Dear Walter: Everything is O. K. Billy, Star and Scotty are here. Hope you will have a good Christmas and enjoy yourself. Hany has pneu monia and is sick bad. We hade it the same night. D. H. P. S—Write to me at 1219 Gates street, care of Minnie Jackson. JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION. The Southern Railway to Make At tractive Schedules. strangers welcomed. Joe Spake, of the Gaffney Brick company, who has the contract for the addition to the Ir* ne Mill, inform- ed a Ledger representative yesterday morning that the work was progress ing nicely. The second storv has been reached and if nothing unfore- s'-n occurs to prevent it th - bulld- to~ win be completed in a few we^ks. Rev. W. E. Crocker will be at State Line church next Saturday and Sun day. This will be a mission rally The Southern Railway has made | meet i n ^ Mr. Crocker will preach preparations for inauguration of ad- an ,j talk about the work in China. Richard Milton, In “What Happened To Jones,” Star Theatre To-Night. The congregation will m- j et at 2 o’clock- p. m. on Saturday. There will l>- two services Sunday, with dinner the ground. A good meeting is rangements with a landlady of boarding house to use her parlors as spying place. Just opposite tlm win dow ono put handkerchief to face 1 — not purposely, and witness could not s<e face. Other man was unknown to him. but later proved to be De Ford. Had Howard arrested while in bed with a-i)«gro woman at Carrie Bak- r’s house. Swore out warrants to search the house of Carrie Baker. Minnie Jackson and the places of Louis Wild and Charles Grant. Near led where Nolan was arrested was a table with a cover that hung low. Lifting up cover, witness found a package wrapped in two newspapers, one tlx* New York Herald and the other the Atlanta Journal. Package contained a 38oalibre Colt’s pistol, with a strap and holster, showing that it was fixed to wear under tlx* arm. Witness showed how -weapon was worn. There were three sizes of car tridges in package. Pocket map of Georgia; a compass for cross-country traveling; an elotric Hash lamp, in bureau drawers additional cartridg es were found. Among the belong ings of Nolan were found $30 in bills a-d a five hundred dollar currency bank Ixtok. DeFord had several hun dred dollars on deposit in a bank in Newport News. DeFord was. jn Co lumbia in 1902, just before the arrest of the gang. Was seen in the back part of Grant's restaurant the morn- in* 1 ' of January 0, 1902. A gentle man’s and a lady’s watch were found: also copy of two novels, one of which was “Warmwood.” A black Derby hat, a number of receipts and artcles of clothing All these things were found in Fannie Paterson and Nolan's room, in Carrie Baker's house. House above Carrie Baker’s where Howard hung out at. was a smaller house. It was elegantly furnished ne<-s talked to all four prisoners sep- aratly. taking them in turn—Nolan, Dugan and McKinley. Conversation with Howard. Prisoner said he had oome from ! New York nine months before. Had worked at Moundvill- Prison. \V ( . Va.. and had learned to be a machin ist. Had met Nolan in Columbia, but did not know him. Had not deposit ed any money with Grant. Worked for Grant for $25 a month and board. Inspector asked him if he had other income than salary from Grant- Prisoner said lie had received $2,800 from the old country. When asked about trading off ragged bills said be had not seen any damaged money. Ifad not met any safe crackers; did rot know who was operating safes in Carolina. Asked about i>os- tage stamps, told witness that was for him to find out. that that was what the government paid him for. After getting out of Moundvilie Prison, prisoner went to Troy. N Y. Conversation with Nolan. Witness had never seen Nolan be- j fore. Prisoner said he w as 43 years old. came from New York. Had known “Dutch” since he came to Columbia. Had not traveled in Caro lina, except between Charleston and Columbia. Had never been in S’-artanburg or Orangeburg counties; bad never traveled in Florida or (^eordidS When asked about laiwn tickets, said he had bought them from another man, but would not tell Whom. Had never been to Mullins. S-.id he had no work in Columbia. Hayed a few games. The $340 found on him he won io gambling. Said $700 or $800 had been sent him from home. When asked if he had a gun. naid he would te). that in court at trial. 8aid friend hAl scut him the electric lamp from New Yorb as ditional service and schedules to and from Norfolk. Va.. in order to pro perly handle the traffice en route to and from the Jamestown exposition. FY>r the opening day. April 2Gth, ->~ticipated. the Southern Railway will operate | soecial train, consisting of coaches I KILLS CATARRH GERMS, and sle- ping cars, from Charlotte. N. Stomach dosing cannot kill theae C.. to Norfolk. Va.. leaving Charlotte J germs; a direct local treatment is ab- 4 p. im Thursday, April 25th. in or- i solutely necessary, and for this Dur- der to accommodate the trave’ from | pose nothing else equals Hyomel. Charlotte, Salisbury. High Point.! ’IreaHied through th^ neat Docket Greensboro. Reidsvllle, Danville, inhaler that comes with every outfit Virginia. Clarksville, Jefferison Boyd- Hyomei reaches the most remote air ton. Lawrenceville. Flporia, Franklin, ceils in the nose throat and lungs. Courtland. and intermediate stations, giving immediate relief and effect ing at permanent cure in the worst cases of catarrh. A complete Hyomel outfit costs bat $1.00, and the Gaffney Drug Co. give a guarantee with every outfit that the treatment will cost nothing unless it cures. Cold Weather’* Over, The weather man says there will be no more killing weather this spring. Plant at once our Cornfield Beans. Effective Sunday May fith. 1907, the schedule on the Norfolk division will be chang'd: train No. 4 at pre sent leaving Danville at 12:55 a. m. arriving Norfolk 8:55 a. m. will be changed to leave Norfolk at 8:30 p. m. arrive Danville 4: 15 p. m. in order to connect with the New York-New i Orleans limited at Danville. FIfTeetive with first car northbound | from New Orleans. Sunday, May 5th, 11907, Pullman drawii.„ room sleeping car service will be inaugurated be- Ketucky Wonder Beans. Lazy wife tween New Orleans and Norfolk via Pole Beans—earliest of all—Valen- Danville, on the New York-New Or- tine Bush Beans. Six Weeks Bush leans limited in connection with Nor- i Beans. Flarly Stringless Green Pod folk division trains Nos. 3 qnd 4. af- Bush Beans. Butter Beans. Squash, fording excellent service to and from j Cucumber, Okra, F^gg Plant. Toms' Norfolk-. Mobile. Montgomery. Blacks-, to^s. Mustard. Lettuce, Cabbage Col- burg. Charlotte and Danville. larus. Watermelon. Cantalouoe. Bor- Effective about May 26th. through ghums. Clover and Early Dixie Dant Pullman drawing room sleeping car , Corn. Our seed department Is com- s rvice will be inaugurated lietween blete. Seeds sold In bulk or papera. New Orleans and Norfolk via Meri-j Give u* a call. Gaffney Drug Co. dian. Birminghom, Charlotte. Bristol.! Roanokt afld Lynchburg to Norfolk. 1 There is nothing more dainty for a over the N. O. & N. N.. A. G. S., picnic or luncheon than Argo Red Southern Railway trains Nos. 41 and Salmon sandwiches or salad. The 42. in connection with th*- N. & W. Cook Book tells you how to prepare railway, between Bristol and Nor- them. Ask veur grocer, folk. ! April 15-19. The Price of Health. —See J. W. Abbott for lowest “The Price of health in a mala- pricee on cofflne, caskets and rloug district Is Just 25 cents; th* cost of a box of Dr. King's New Life Phis,” writes Ella .Slayton, of No land. Ark. New Life Pill* cleanse gently and impart new life and rigor to the system. 25c. BatMestkm guaranteed at Cherokee Dm* Oft. Full stock all sizes. —J. W. Abbott for the beet line ef organs In Cherokee county. Prises right, terms what you aafc far. far The Uiaars fl a year.