The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, July 07, 1920, Image 6
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
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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
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New Conditions Under Which War
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Under, the ruling applications for
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Candidate for Congress, asks your support on his platforin
of Constructive Measures, Including
I. 1ducation, vocational and- practical.
2. Farm development and good reads.
3. 1xposo and prevent profiteering.
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