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THREE MEN CONF TO Expriss Messeiger, Ernest Hart and W. J. QuattlelaumII Iell Officers ilow They Robbed C. & WV. C. TraI-in Wed. Itesdaky.. About Oie-Third of Money Recovetred. Augusta, Ga., Jttly 5.-One hundred and twelve hours after the holdup of the Charleston & Western Carolina train front which the payroll of the Marine Corps, $59,725, was stolen last Wednosday morning, the mien impli cated ill the crime were locked up in ie county jail, confessions had been; obtalined irom them and the money to 'the last dollar had been recovered.I Thus ends one of the most thriling chapters in the history of crime In this section of the South. The last of the money was recover etq tite yesterday aft.rnoon by county oflicers alid special agents at a point near the IticillOnl Factory in the vi cinity of H-leIhzihah nlear the Willis and Foreman load when Hlart led the otlicers to a spot in a swamp where he had buriedi $,000. A bout one 'clock yesterday afternoon Qutattlebau m and Derrick revealed the hiligt 11laktc lf $2:1,175 in the same vicinity, leading them to a swamp where the money was screted. As told ill Thli Chronicle yester(ay m11olnintg, $1 ,u was fouimi Saturday morn'ing in a pile of cotton s(eed utIlls in QuattI lebaitim's haitn after the owner' of the place was arrested. Foulr hunil1dred and i xy dollars was founid Saturday near Quat tIlebau In's home; it was in silver. nickles and peilies. a1(i tile holdu p mn had not botherei car rying it away. hiding it in the bHtler's "reek swampsl not far from Car michael's. Augusta, (a., July M.--.\ I. 11 Derrick, messenger for tile .\merican iiailway il'Xpress CO., who lives at 9:6 lroad street, ICrnest alrt. Stovall Stret'et aiid W. J. Qiiattlebatim. living about sevel an a half miles froti Augusta on the iew Savannah road. yesterday confessed to the roblery of the Char leston & \\estern Carolina train that elft. Augusta at 5:15 last WedIesday lorning antd tle theft of tle payrt'ollI of tle marine corps, aioniling to $5p, 725. A considerable portion of t h( money has been recovered, but tlpert Is reason to believe that the officer: have not recovoeted more than a thir< c of it. Special agents of the express com pany appeared before t'. S. Comi mis stoior C. .1. Skinner, .r., last. nigh and put a detainer' of $15,000 on cadl of th d e'iendani ts for violation of Sec lion -17 aid others, of tle fed era penal code, for ellbezzling of goverI mient ftuntids, andl larceny of imloiey it Interstate Commer11 ice. This m earm that if the trIio should iake bond ot the state ige, a sit)iOsition thal seemls very unlikely, they will hav , In meet additional botd of $15,mti be fore they can be released. Th'ie arrest of Ithe three mnen wvas tihe result of sotme of thle cileverest po lice work ever' putlied off ini tills see t of the coutry. There wvere n1i1m ('rouls exitress sitpterinlt endcets and ( sp~c ialI agent win'tlitg otn the case, as wiellI as the0 11 shtiff and ('outty police, anld t he i. xpi'ess men speak in ilt hlighiesi ternits of the wOr'k 01 tile sh1er iff andl is 1110n. On tihe other htatnd, the sheriff gives multch of the credit to lie otI-of-towni opertativesg. The atrrest of IIlart oCCurt'red Fridany morn in g. Derrick was arcrested about1 i brty mointts later otn (Campbell Mr ued, andl Quiattleblaumi, thte last of th rio,. was inaken itnto cutstody shior't y aier ::: y esterday mlorintg biy 'I tly ofiicer's w ho wvatced' his homtte on- tile new av anah l~I roadl ftrom mllid ntight it lii the nirest wvas made. lIn a Pile oft (iotion seed hulls ini Qualtitllbaum11's barn't tile otliers re 1hle sitlver ioneiyv niiekIes and pienniies in itt let's ( 're-k .swamip ablout a INVENTIVE GENIUS ROBS CALOME OF SNAUSEA AND DANGER DoctorL Favorite Medicine Now Purified and Refined from All Objectionable Effects. "Gala.. tabs" -the New Name., W~hat wvill htte inigenu,-it y do ne(xt? tuuiskelis owdert ~ireleto uii leraphy, hogess i cri' s,' cott~lrbI tidi. aste-c tabs"l ii ntw nc tsubedy as ('irudi'iire. t he fait thiat thle mlan utfacturet's have au thot'ize'd all (1ruiggisu s to refmtid the prtice rif lie cuistome- is not "per'f-ectly delIghted'" at swallow oif water'-thait's4 all. No taste, no( natusen, noi gr?iing, no i'ail. By miorn-t ing your liIver is hioroughily eli'nnsed and1 you are feeling fitn-, wiith a henritty atppe tite. Eat whaot you pleaise--noi daniger-go * bout your b~iusiss. Calotabs are' niot sol In hulk. Oet an original alckaige, seakld Price, thirty. fin enen ..LL.)Int ESS - TRAIN ROBBERY fourth of a milo south of the old t Savannah road, at Carmichael's cross- l ing. Yesterday afternoon Ernest t Hart, or "Peto", as he is known, N brought the express men and county t oflicers to a placO where he said he 1 had buried $14,000, but no sight of it ( could be found. Hart said he had I buried it there. iDerrick was the first man to -on- 1 fess, and he told his tale to the of- 1 ficers Friday evening. le said that C about. Ibree months ago Quattlebaum c and llart saw his valuables book at I his hoom1; they were so chunmmy even 1 at that time that they examined tile T belongings of the messenger. They I notice(i tie entry about the payroll of the marines, and asked him if It was true that such a large amount of money was brought through here monthly. Derrick said it was, and they immediately began planning how to get it. ML said he didn't want to lhave tien carry their plan tiirough, and O'l h , tkla" Ihe IIOeY went throlgi Q1n a dav diffeet frotu tile one oln % which it really did go through, hut haT'.ll urda everything was set. lie said I it l ite s'.v iai't ott IIe morning of' tile roblry even before le Con mande(id Iobeits to throw u h is iands, and ieiRoberts 'vh:nl1ar coml manded it. The ollicers claim t hat Der riek also tel thetn th-it. the safe was mov0),eti f'om01 its poMition t tile (OOr b~efore liart tied him~ uip. The express men and the officers irst uspect ed Derrick becauise of the short time in vilh the io.uCp was Sian ~i. ore wais about hiten 11min tiles for tl'. bandit i. ie li) tie men'il, ag , nIld Clitm'form) Ileil, and tIhirow off Ihe sf, and they figured that uniless he h1ad inlside hielp, this Was iml l)ossible. After iis confession to the sheriff anId railroad officers, Derrick was tak en up to llart, who III to tiat time had claiied he knew notlihig at all fAbolit it. When Derrick reeated his Istatelellt abolt tile affair before Illart, the latter said: "For (od's sake, don't try to implicate me." I art was arrested Priday at tile li alto 'T'lieati after a farmer from South Garolina, who had beeii tramp ling the streets looking for tile man le Iad 111et th mollrnig of tihe rob ery saw hi: go into the movin-g pictitre h1ouse. About th at time tow ollicers were around at the exiress ollice o their 'Way to Cotton Row, whore they were to interview a man wllo had talked with a negro alleged to have been tile bandit. VIhile there they got a tele)lolne Illssage saying tliat the bandit was at tile Rialto, and huri lried around Ihere. At tlheir re (Iluest Manager Cresl in of tlie tiheatre uliiled Oil tile lights, and Ofierp (iny S -trgis nabbed Hlart, Croielled down in a seat. A short timle afl er lihart was arrest ed De)rrick was taken inlto cuistody. Tile otlicors kneIw that iart andl D~er riek were "budd~i~ies."' i lart was hut in a r'ow~ with other isonlers at I i jalil, to whihi lie was ta kenl, and~ )eople who1 saidt th1ey' had( seen thle hand it on tile Carolina side of? thle iv ~er tile morn11ing of tile rob hlery wer b~''lroughit in to see im and 311 to e'stabh li, if oibl he, his ident ily. very~ personl who was pickinug imI 01ut from an Jg the lpisonlers to1 ident ify imi did so. negro; another yoinig white man,11 andli a boy. The boy was told to maka no sign I of recognition. but1 to tell whtht iir the man3f wias the one1 hec saw alter hie (ame' out. \\hen hie wenlt dhowln the line, he stoippedl in fron; of ilr. and( like at l'ointer dog sp)onltneously polintedl his linger' at him11 and said: "Thetre's the man1." All Illari w~old do was to say in a hal f-lienarted way: "They' ar imiiistakenl."' There was no0 anger ill his voice or n1o resenltmlent; lie merel'Cly made10 a miatier of lart stat 'eent. \\'hen lioherts was br'ouahit in to idilIify theii priison(r. he( took one took, at im). ali if lie had( not beenI pre-. '.nlt('d there would have been1 a fliht withou11 t oicO. lie swore that if hi' wVere. ale to get a jiunhel 31 1iart, he0 would fi ix im l foir what lie had( done to im on the trailn. Accordinlg to his Stateent --I art puIshed'( thei Cot ton or other- malter'ial with whicoh IItberts was beinlg gaggedl, diownl his thrioat withi tile bisl(s5 end of the ing of tile r'obbhery was tile first till), lhe had( (ver "'eaten'I a gunl.' lie says t hatI the priocess5 was ve(ry pa ilnful , and( his throat Is even no0w in a bad con-. (lit ion becatise of the mlethiods Hlart Ev after Rtoberts wvas broughit in to ident ify lItart, the0 latter wVouldh not admit his identity. fTis was beforeC the confession of Derrick. lie said it was a ease of mistaken idenltity, and toldl Speciai Agent McCoy of tihe ex lnrOSS com'iany that he would be apol gizing later for even suspecting him, The description given .by the men rho saiw the prisoner across the Sa. annah was perfect. They described is cap, his shoes, his clothes, his ellar, and hi sother wearing apparel o the minutest detail, and a nogro >rought in to look him over was able o tell the oflcers even what he was roariug at the time he was In jail hat he did not have on when he saw ini on Wednesday. The man from 'arolina said he was about 135 pounds a weight. Hle weighed yesterday 134 ounds. There was some discrepancy etween the discri'ptions fu'hlshed by toberts and by the 'Carolinians; Ro) rts said lie thought he had overalls n, while the others said he had not. Iowever, Roberts further stated that C was so busy looking into the busi ess end of the gun that he did not otice anything in particular excOpt is face and weapon. 1785 192C THE COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON Co-eduent ional, 10ntrance examinations, and exam nations for the free tuition county ctoliarships at all county seats Fri lay, July 9, at 9 a. M. Four-year coirses lead to the 13. A, ind Lt. S. degre'es. Special two-yeat -vo-medical And lre-leelnical cours s are given. Special buildings and athletic -rounds, well equipped laboratories unexcelled Library faeliities. Two lormitorlie for men. 10xpenses inodor te. For terms and catalogue, address HIARIISON RANDOLPH, 1-) t President. July Look for Jul below ing up -1 lot ILadies' Voile and1( Or all newc~ Spr ing Stylm, All on -36-inchI Bleaching, ,iLu] i'u l*t reo lve ii mas li'. -itu ulose' nut t his mase, .1iti doni't iiiss this ,J uly S - lot lull falShioned Li.so I h~t Silk Shirtlinit-, our pr - wi close te lot, J uly 1 lot new Njpriung Silk )r'er andm Satinie sizes 1 to NEW RULING ON WAR INSURANCE New Conditions Under Which War Risk Insurance May Ie iReinstated Annouicd. 'Washington, July 2.-A ruling defin ing now conditions under which lapsed or cancellid war risk insurance poll cles may be reinstazed 'uy former ser vice men and women has been Issued by 'ho war risK insurance bureau. Under, the ruling applications for reinstatement made within 18 months of discharge and prior to Jan. 1, 1921, need only be accompanied by two months premiums and a state ment that. the applicant is in as good health as on the date of resignation or discharge. No medical examination is required. After Jan. 1, 1921, and until July 1, 1921, in cases where Insurance lapsed or .was cancelled prior to July 1, 1920, regardless of length of time since discharge, the applicant must forward two months premiums and also the report of a full medical ex amination made 'by a licensed physi cian at the applicant's expense. Insurance lapsing or cancelled af ter July 1, 1920, may be reinstated on statoment of physical condition with ifin three months; after three months ,an11d within six months the application for reinstatement must be accom panied by a short medical examina tion certiticate. In all cases two months premitums must accoi pany Ithe application for reinstatement. Extr4 Lt our Sp y. 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