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E)A IS.Mil) 18S5, - NEWBEIRRY, S. (0., FRI1DAY, JANUARY 31, 1902CWC, EK.S.0AYA nni iTaffizR Mn -,wT umnHill T% I EXPREs OAn itOilRED ATr 58, NHAII BRANWIVi.,I.. yifty-MIght Is tho la itlon Whirr il 'T1rai was Robbud Two I ear Agi)--a ltawad tf Movou or IgIat, Aleit 110ita in Ihi R obbery-Local Expre ss it r, Robbed ,antd I Imn Tirotigli Ex proes 14afn Takeea ir tIh Traiti, witi Is itei11 Al lowed Io Proceed. [Special to News and Courier. Branchville, January 27.-A caro filly planned and audaciouH express robbery took place on the Southern Rtailway this evening when the p,tss onger train from Charleston reached nearly the exact site of the succiss ft raid of two years ago, near Fifty eight Station, five miles from 13ranckh villo. Seven men, or possibly oight, wore riding on the platform betwevn the engine and baggage car, con coaled by the darkness. None wias masked. At the fifty five mile board two inon crawled over the tender and covered the engineer, John ReynoldF, with Winchesters. They fired two shots, one ball passing through Roy nolds's cap. Fireman Cobb escaped by jumping off. Conductor Black, who ran out, was also covered and ordered back. By order of these men % brakeman uncoupled the ex press, mail and baggage cars, which wer- taken to Fifty-eight Statior, leaving the rest of the cars on the track. At Fifty eight several shots were fired into the express car ad one man, climbing up, covered Ex press Messenger Hall with a Win chester, compelling him to open the door. Three men entered the car and stripped the local safo. After threatening Hall with instittit, dent! if he did not open the throngh line safe, and finding he know nothing of the combination, the safo was rolled out on the platform. Then the on gineer was ordered to return with tho -three cars to the train and he obeyed, bringing the train with no further incidents to Branchville. Nothing was seen of the men or the safe on passilg the sta tion. There was only a small amount of booty in the local safO and no one here knows the contents of the through safe. No mail or baggago was touched and no paisnger mio lested. The robbers took their pis tols from the only employees who were armed and resistance wam out of the question. No monsres in the line of pursuit have be-n taken so far. It is hoped that bloodhounds will be on hand in the morning. ANOTHERI Acc(oIUNTI. Columbia, TJanuary 27. -There was thle time when train robberies wvere always credited to the far WVest, but1 they are gett-ing commoni just about Station 518, on the South Carolina and Gecorgia division of the Southern Rail way. Tonight there oconrred there, for the third time in a year or two, a glaring hold up. First there wvas the Barto6v Warren case, ini D) camber, 1809, when $1,600 wass stolen. Then there was the abortive hold up in October, 1891, and tonight there occurred the chief robbery of all. It was as well planned and as boldly executed as ever des'cribed in the Nick Carter series. Every detail seemed to have been carefully mapped out. It took more than an hour to carry through the whole robbery, but no chances were taken at any time. The robbery and hold upl was of thle regular night traini from Charleston for Columbia, leaving Charleston at 5.10, and arriving hero at 10)25 at night. Tonight the traini did not arrive hero unrtil considerably after 11 o'clock. The0 canse of the delay being that the band of robbers bold and deliberately interfered with the traffic for more than an hour. SToPPINO TiHE TaAIN. Abonte-52 or 54 miles f rom Char leston, and quite near Branchville, three men crawled over the rear end of the tender, over coal and all, to use their influence to have the train stopped. They talked to the colored fireman tlrs. and told him they wvant ed the train stopped. The colored fireman told Capt. John Reynolds, the engineer, that some meen wanted him to stop the train. Engmneer ReynolA.ked.hea firem.man what it the jesinge. T,he nogro irisistod that the mlon wantod the train s'opiwd ind Capt. Roynolds said he Wast nlot stopping the tramn. Thon thoro camoe it pititol shot, then a rifle shot, fad then it billot yratzod the vMtoran unginoer's Akull cap. 11 looked around ind taw throo mon it his side. He wanted to get out of the it cab) and] leaned out to got out of the range of subsoquent bullets. The firomjan had jiumpod and wits 1.11ning for doar life. Capt. Roy noldti citino to the conclusion that I iscret ion wits the botter part of valor, ad ho did not, HOO anY use4 to jeO pardize the engine, and to save the Iroperty aind posisibly a wreck he stu cek to the engine and did as nearly as he could what 11e was ordered to at the point of a rifle. At first there wure three i tn on the engine with him, but later on two remained, and at no time was ho without thq. com pany of one of the robbers and his rifle. In faet, the guard over him got (Iito talkative and said that he was thoro to do nothing but watch him iand make him obey orders. When the engineer stopped the train tho man asked for the colored fire 1Man and said that they wanted him to uncouple the train. The fireman had gono, so the men had to get down and go back to do the work. They uncoupled, but the hooks caught, and they cried out to their lieutenant to have the cars slacked back. This was don , the mail, baggage and ex press cars detached and taken ofT from the passenger section of the -rain; meanwhile the other members of the band were keeping things lively with their rifles and oaths. ROBBINO THE EXPRESs CAR. As soon as the front coaches were dotached and a volloy or two had wwn fired a squad of mon mado for i li express car. While the car wats being hatiled off Express Messenger A. V. Hall was trying to get things in shape, not knowing what was go iig on outside. He blew out one of his lamps and was getting over to the door to blow out the other light When a pistol suddenly appeared on the bright side. The hand that car riod the pistol had smashed its way through the glass door of the car. Mr. Hall was directed to open the car door. He thought there was nothing else to do, as he was alone anlld hattd no means of protection. 1th)n one of the mon jumped into the car atnd there came another. Messenger Hall was told to go over in a cornier and sit down. He was aceomaijtnied to his corner by a man andi a pistol, and told to koop his b)ack turned. Once lie turned his head slightly to get atn idea of what wams going on and lhe was promptly remnindled by tihe chilliness of the pistol at his temple that if he turned hiS Fhead an uch further it wouild lead to trouble. The ether men ill the car*, two, it is thought, went through the local safe and took therefrom all the money it contained, about $13. Then they waInted1 Messenger HaIsll to open the through safe. He told them that he could not do so. T.hey insistedi, and he told them plainly that the through safe was locked iln Charleston and that he did not know what it contained, that lhe dlid not have the combinattion to it, and that it could only be opened at its desti nation and then not by him. The rob)bers evidently knew this was cor rect. They had the section pulled up to the station house at Fifty. eight, and were explicit as to the ex act p)oint they wanted the car taken, and when they got there they un loaded the through safe, weighing five or six hundred b)ounfds, into a wagon that was in waiting and hauled it to some place they had, no doubt, selected to bilow it open. The con tents of the through safe could not be ascertained. Sometimes it con tatins a great deal of money and at other times but little. Tile exact amount could only he ascertained at the Charleston office, where the safe is madoe up and locked, and no one here seemed to knew what wvas in the safe. After the robbers left the car they unloaded the express messen ger's pistols and returned them to him with their compliments. T'ilh FI.AOMAN' HTolt'. One of the r1omt ,eoincteel und beat storios for the whole affitir is that told by Drayton Siaror, the in telligent flagman 'ho wenrqt through the whole flxporioeeo an who criame very twar bwing killed. II, says that he tlouilght there was smernsithirg the matter with th, air brake when he heard the noiso and lo v.o-nt alit to inqluire into it. As he got tit) to the express car he ioard the sioot. ing, and th tiii thret ien who worp walking on the ground cried to himii that he had better got insidi) or they would kill him. He culled to Bag gage MUster J. W. INitler, who lot himn in the bagguge car, arid just us lie got inside a bullet came crashing through the side of the car just over his head. Mr. Shirer told the mnen that he wanted to go to the rear end of the car, as there was a freight train behind. His appeal to get back to protect the train did no good. By this time he was in the baggage car and the train was disconnected and he was taken on ahead about two miles and the passig gor part of the train was left behind. The men kept up a constant fusilado and all the time were insisting that it would be dangerous for any one to show their heads, and they cursed like troopers and called each other Mike a,id Pat, and all orders were to Mike and Pat. Mr. Shirer says that the men he saw had black faces, hut he and the others are of the impression that they were white men who had black ened their faces. Conductor Black, who was i charge of the train, heard the firing, and before he could get up to the head of the train the front cars were detached and carried away. As his flagman had been carried off in the front section he had to piotect his rear end from the freight train that was behind, and he gave that his personal attention, and when the engine backed up and got the train connected he went on to Branchville andi reported the occurrence. Mr. Fair, who was in charge of the mail car, did not open his car door, nor was he anxious to have any communication with the robbers. They knocked at his door and he did not answer. And they left him alone and he left them alone and nothing on his car was interfered with. THE BAOoAGE MASTER's STORY. Baggage Master J. W. Butler tells a good story about the robbers. All the way coming up he was "cussing" the heavy drummers' trunks that ho had to handle, but whon the firing begau lie thought the drummers and their trunks were a God send to him, and he and Mr. Shiver did not hesi tate to use them as barricades against the fusillado. winAT MEssENGIER HALL sAYS. Express Messenger Hall had a short but a lhvely story. As he was made to keep his back to the robber,' le could not tell much about them nor what they (lid. He gave a com plete story of the occurrence to the express authorities, who are already at work on the matter. He thinks that there were certainly five, and possibly eight, in the band of rob bers. 'TaE ENoINEER's ADIvENTURE. The most picturesque story is that of Egineer John Reynolds. lie put no frills on his story. He is one of the oldest and best engineers on the road and tells how he weighed the whole matter, and decided that it was the best for him to remain at his peat and not try to be funny. As soon as the men got on his cab they examined him to make sure that he had no pistol, and examined his spectacle case to see that it was not a pistel case. One of the men told him that the shot which cut his cap was accidental, and that they would not harm a hair on him for the world, and assured him. One of the men called him b,y name an'1 another referred to him as "Uncle Johnny," his nickname. It was evident that the meni or seome of them knew him very well. Capt. Reynolds says that he did not know any one of the three men on the cab with him, but that they all looked like natives, nnd tha. ne of the men I.>ok d likf 1- vI,tt h wo ldI( Itll i Oooo Crm-ki,r sidlow-facied anlud dark comjiloxioned. AHl thri!e of the r1.en he Fiaw woro whito. None of thoml wort rumaks or had their Nees blaekorm(l, lind they talked freely with Iir. One of the rmen sat at his sido for ovor an hour and ater the throtgh safe had boon removed he told the 0unvinoor to go back and got hii- triin, and he romairned on 1he cab uitil the engine had gone back fully half a mile, when h told the enginoer to slack up and lot him got oif. Hto inado the enginoor go back fully half a mile from the main body of the party and the safe before lie got off, and then Mr. Reynolds went slowly back to take up the passongor section. Flagman Shirer protectod the rear of the bob tail car as it went back to pick up the passengers, who were io doubt, greatly puzzled at all that was happening about two miles off. Mr. Reynolds described the mon as being "ordiially country folks" a.s far as ho could ju(ge by their appearance, dress and latigunage. There were certainly five, and very likely eigbt or nine, in the party of robbers. BARTOW WARREN 8USPEC'ED. There is a strong supposition from the features of the case that J. Bar tow Warren has something to do with the robbery. It will be remem bered that he was tried some tino ago for an express robbery, but the pros ecution resulted in a mistrial. After the trial W'arren shot and killed Thomas Watson, who was one of the witnesses against him. The killing occurred in the stroots of Branch. ville and although rewards are out for Warren's arrest he has not been captured. It is said people about Branchville have seeii hii in the vicinity and he is Sluspectod as being ii hiding in that neighborltood. EFORTS To CATCH{ THi l.;ilFhS. Mr. Riichardson took the matter up with Governor MeSweoey to night and Govei.ior McSweoney in. mediately offered a reward of $100 for the arrest of the parties connected with the robbery. Superintendent Sadler will go to the scene and be there by daybreak in the morning. The Southern Railway and express detective force wont to work at onceo on the case. Bloodhounds wore tolo graphed for and the shoriffs of Dor chestor and Orangeburg counties were asked to do what they could, and posses are reported to have been organized at Branchville and ooves. vile, and they are said to be out scouring the country to get a clue to the robbers. It is reported that the party drove off in the direction of Wal terboro. To-morrow Governor McSweeney will communicate with all of the sheriffs in the vicinity and ask them to (10 all they can to arrest the robbers, for the peace and dig. nity of the State. IJULLET HOLEs IN TIlE cARls. The l'aggage, express and mail cars bear testimony to the night's ex. perience. There are a number of bullet holes in both sides of each. All of them seem to have been made with Winchester rifle bullets. The general impression among the train crew is that the robbersi got on the train and secreted themselves while the train stopped at St. George or Reevesville. It is not certain at which station the men secreted1 them selves on the train but they seem to have clone so pretty effectively. The men had plenty of ammunition, which they used freely. And they wvere p)rofuse and violen.t in their oaths. The Express Company will (10 everything within its power to cap ture the robbers, but lie shipper will lose anything. No express freight other than two safes wore interfered with. The robbery will compare in boldness and execution with any in express annals. DUIMP'ED SAFE iN Ti'iE EJi5To---oRLcED A NE(iIo TO TURIN ovEa wA(IoN Tro THIEM---SAIFE Iu:CovEREDi [Special to The Stato.] Branchville, Jan. '28.---T.1hore are no developments in the express rob. bery which occurred near 58 las! night except the lindling of the saff in the Edisto river this morning Pinekiney Carson, a negro living near the scon of the robbery was forced u1nder penalty of death to haul tho slifo to the rivor. The negro Carson was asked about the robbery this morning and admitted that ho had boon forced to haul the safe away anlid piloted Superintendont. Sadler and others to the river about four miles from where the robbory oc curred, where the sif was found. Tho robbers failed to got. into thit safe aind I had tid a rope to it nd throw it into the rivor. It is thought that they woreit fafraid of bving caught if they kept oi hauling the safe and threw it into the river in tending to return later, opon the safe and got their booty. Of course t4ere are suppositions, but so far as known there is no Ic tual cluo as to who the robbers were. SherifT Dukes and his deputies re turned bone this afternoon. STORY OF THE RECovERtY 01 SAFE FROtM STREAM. The dispatch given above brit-fly tolls of the recovery of the through safe taken from the cr- and haulvd away im a wagon by tho train robbers. It was known hero early yesterday that tho sifo had boon found inl the river; that it, had not boon brokeni open arid t.hat its contents were sO CUrt. The arount of thoso conitonts hils never boon mado pIblic. Somo say tilat. it was largo; tho ex pres officials convoy tv idftn that it was small. At I o'clovk yostorilay morning Messrs. Sadler and Iichardson and several other oxpress oflicialis went to t sceno of the trouble. They wor accomilpanied by tVo Columbill dotec t'vs,less S. Blishop aind MveC.Ibo, anid 1)r. St an ford an! Coroner ( reen with th fin4 pair of bloodhoullnas owned bv )r. Stanford. At King ville tiho live bloodhliunds fromii the Stato farm wore pichod up, makiig sovon l in all. "6Fifty-1Eight' was reachod boforv daylight and Charleston, Axugusta arnd Charlotte detectivos woro there. Coroner Groon and Mr. Stanford returned in the afternoon with the Columbia dogs. Mr. Green tells of the day's work. A CAREFUL NE(Ir(. The detectives wero not at work long before they found a negro liv. ing near the depot, who said that the mon had made him turn over his wagon to haul the safo. lio told them that they had carried the safe to a point six miles away on the river, and had there dumped the safe into the river and left, ie had followed them though ordereod not to (do so, 6)> see that the mule was not overdriven or taken awvay altogether. When he came up to the river bank they forced him to help thorn unload the safe. Ito says ho only saw three mon; they were white men, but he did not know them. They shot two or three timnes; when they first caine to his place The negro's story is conflicting in somne respects and the oflicers believe lie knows more about the affair than he told. lie has been airrostedl in consequence. WANTED TO HiiE TRIEASURE. The officers made the negro pilot them to the spot where the safe wais dlumlped in the river. It was about, live foot from the b)ank under six foot of water, but could b)o soon. A rope had been1 tied arond( it and the endt fastened two feet uinder water at the bank. The officers got a larger rope0 around the safe arid mnanagod1 to pull it out, finding that it had rnot been opened. TJhe men evidently intended to come back at some time, pul1 up iho safe and1 blow it open1. The CJolumbia hioundis were at once put out for a run. They caught the scent and followed a trail diown the river to a b)oat landing whore thbore weore two empty boats moored. There they lost thin trail. The State farm dogs were tried then anid they did the same thing. F"or the time being the use of the (logs wats ab)an doned. The detectives, however, have gone ahead scouring the country. THEl RAFE OPENED. SThe afe wa then loaded on n OM OPxpIsS olivials opond it and ro 1)Moveid thet) conteits. 'Theloy tol nlonlo what th contnts woro. Tho safo Wlli inl good condition though somo wator had ooized inl. Mr. Groon says tho peoplo in the vicillity tivoio d ditiposod to aid inl the chaso in ovorywit, readily furni-nfl ing mill.3, hlors808, wagolns, pistols, guln, otc. Theloafo was Im-flte land(I roovervd at 8: li) o'clock. osstr. Riohiardson and Sadler ro 1111iliml at t ho seoliv. Upi to an mirly hour this morning onl nows of tho capturc or 1ocItion of the robbors had rnachod ('olumbia. W onll th illattor Nvw n,p'i lIl to the goverior mi Molndtiay nWi,11 t hawt oflicial dot(rllined Ibft tlw roIbhIrs F1ho1hl bo captured4 If Suich at th11ig WrO ssb, lit ipoo htb it Iafe.t for a poss to take th trail ilt the SC110n wiitho th lodliuinds miil for mlerill's forming i cirebf, ibout. tho s tol bi've olliv athtivo (,It tlho tr iffs of (C'Illeton, Irheioster, (ran - btirg and Charleston aIt,; ws 6 I o aIl ill \oIll. powNAIr h) a i llj capturil of oxprs;i r''bbi-r who bl Il up1) Smlitlion. Irailway itill I I I :11' Bran1hvill" night if Mi. ()r1.an i/ p rss'ls II Ilvcf11 ry nd lio. I- V1 011(tildvorl to icaptuwlll i b illh trall is frc.sh. kmwar-Id o 4"!4) fTri4 fo . captill og illtv I arlili. ;\i by fori-1al041 11 l i N l ity b bihlo, J14h0 Otill." A tologram linadii, 1 it( ri-sqii (if thoIm horin, you NWcid of ltiVnmiolty,t ., andi tho det.ct iv( rw.'o (",, A ll(ost a was alko stilt. 1T i lSh ri', 4 harhatio t- rg (lil y t1ofollowing rwlti.ihaNs Tot ngramou rcive. Will act im-. l o Ur traoi l. I VC, Ali . H b6m ' 'i-arin. - Shlri H1 .t'c. oll ho t oleg rai r,tId. r| l i . ani r . I l Vl i i l it lily'1" 17,1 trail of roblrrls wllo vo 101 [i tith orn Ritilway train ite r Bnw -hville. Will koop yoil advis d of mitm ioenllya ote. Alt%x. WV. Tharin,l ShorilT's Oflicw. At :-from Orniguburg camke tho following gratifying Nows: wot sa'o out rivor. Not, broion. Dosi oni trail. oShoiff's Ollike. In trankLee i' 1 Iopulr M itilyrn tor,il Foburarty, CarlOl 1lvo hasiJt~ muchii0 that, igntortaining to toly afgah \Va ter Frgotnt of rt.r it. Y/ok Thel tru lirivero pirae oked 1is roalry a11 moet weing gentleman,o irit hargew wt IesIio oitng1 housW.'' 0atai weil wti thc the pIiOhee, lth~osugh h hiasl P0 "donotisi' hrit" n rs n for Ifahitiol.O ArOll nown. ' harctt , wh ose 011* naimlit' wouhc,'Vt*tOl hardl lbef i to print,i isiso fond cof titei al cti ilittle,~ wthogc drosnol his p olc and I maes thei propr1 sla to-IyseI ti-fhy d isng uishet olIIOi racliay hearl ist s "ll teI).ll youg how hair uerynd whiiite h byginl, wivt. an iefinte lynes fr mneree.a eann To l1jV('3tItktV th1l) Afaira of trie State DIX t-ollowi,.g it the text of the con curreit r8ol11tion1 to investigate the iffairH of the StatO dispfnHary: Whorols, there are rumors being circulated charging a lack of busimess mothods inl the purclaing of wines aid h<iuors by the Stato board of di rectors of the dispensary; and where. as, it is dum to the Stato and to the Stato board ot directors that the said rumors shouild ho investigated; there fore he it rosolved: Section 1. That a commit-too con Sikt ing of (wo oi the part of the son liht-, to bo uppointetd by the presidIlent 1)f 1the 84r1)t0, al(d throo on the part 1f 11 l(11-W, to h0 apl)p)iIte1d by the I evakter of th houso, bo appointod r th purpose of investigating tho attairs of ;lho Stato disponsary. 2.c. 2. That said committee shall have 1i right to employ an expert bookkooper and a stonographer, to SM(d for persons and papers, to swear witieL1ss.e, to requiro the attendanco f any1% plirty ol paries wvhoso pros n) s1hlll ho deemne(I nocossary and iivest iglito fully all Iransactions CM01rI Ing, the managomient, and pur vlbtso of winios, liquors, hoor, bottles anlld othor supplivis for the Stato dis ponsary by Ohw State board of direet fir.., lritl sand commlittoo shalll havo imer and iithority to tako chargo (ir all books aid papers and vouchors Con1111tod wi( h the Htato disponsary. Swe. :3. That said I comillittoo at yImo thoy dom .it nocossary imiy llt to their assistanlco the attor !!(y ""n-rio l of thIiHsState. '-e. 1. hath taid Committee s111111 reporit Its findingm to the genoral as soem tlyl du'iIIg Qhe presenIt HOSHiOn if 11rIticalblo, anld if not then to tho rov%rn4 aI I'll n a*I'sH01R it may be able to con-itdo its fimlings, together with Ohw 1-stiUnoity h0kin during thle inl ,-;c. '. That tillid colillitton shall boginl it s iivost igat tiori at ollo, lilld iwiy sit diinrig th recess if doomed T111H MEnIICY 00 ROUND. i'ogtotlih.- 11clabbed at Waltorboro--About, suo( Mlpsing. [Spcial to The Stato.] Walterhoro, J an. 27. - Safe craok ers NWere iI toNil last nlight anld blew o (11e sufo ill the postoffice. Post lilkiter Levy doi riot know exactly whllt hi'l l10ss is at this time, but says it. will not be less thlan $25() in mon (ey and1( stamp11s. 'I he robber b)roke into Mr. E. P. Knlights' blacksmith shop anrd scoured the tools necessary for their work, and1 after scuring their blooly left themi lying around on the floor in the postoflico. The ox phosiorn occurred about 2:15 this morlrinmg andl) miany people heard1 il, h 1pai not atention( to it, thinik ing that s.'rni iniischiievouis boy had1( ird a cannon)I cracker. Thore is no0 clue aIt this8 time thaft would load( to thet idenit ificaition or capture of tihe par t ios. Somie one hoard a buggy pass5 tihe H[ond(OrRon house, supposed to be going in the direction of Jack sonro, a fow minutes after the ox plosionI. Men are horn with two eyes, but with one tongue, in ordier that they shall1 800 twice as much as they say -Colt on. Men have foolinlgs; this is perhaps t,ho host waiy of cons5rIrinIg them. --RIichter. Nature (nover meant her scret to ho0 found1, and1( manl's a riddle which ThoIi man who fails in business, hnt conitinuesO to live in luxury, is a thief.-- -Spectator. WhIeni a man does a noble act, date hlim from that. Forget his faults; lot hms nobloe not be the standpoint from which you rogard1 him. There is muichi good in most mien.--Dr. Hollows. Th'le best m1on1 are but men. The agency that mrakes thomn holy loaves them human; there is nature in them as well as granc .-.Tnnnar.