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R?MERS WERE IDENTIFIED. MAJIAOF.R OF FAKIt SHOALS i WOttk KAYS HIOIIAM AND I It \AI K IM (.IILTV I parti fs. Could IUr?e> Hern Mm If Be? fog*), Says MftRRffr, bnt Positive Idem Ith nt ion and I>trtlici I \ klrnee Was Wanted before Issue of War? rants TluVd Party No* Known but la Thought to Have Keen Leader In Robbery. I - Part Shoals, Sept. 26.?It wan said here this afternoon that John Fraser, Jr.. and Bisse 11 Blgham of Chester, who were arrested in that city Thurs? day, charged with holding up and robbing the cashier of the J. O. White Construction company of $11.000 at Part ghoais, Friday, September 5, wert positively identified by seven men as the guilty parties, within a few days af'er the hold-up; thst their arrant was deferred for certainty's sake; that the two men were former? ly employed <>n the works here; tha they were arrested on warrants swo out by J. T. McLellan, superlntenden heiw tor the White company, on evi donee obtained, not by the Burns cle tectf/ee, but by Mr. McLelian, wh was "tipped oft" by a well known elthtnn of Chester; that the $16,000 baa not been recovered as yet; and that4 the third man, who is believed to hart been the ringleader and to have nest Fraser and Blgham as tools, has not l?een arrested. This third man is supposed to have fired the shot which dlsatled Deputy Sheriff Joyner. This Infotmation was obtained from and vouched for by J. T. MeLellan and the BurflS man in charge of the case. It was said, further, by Mr. Mc I^ellin and the Burns man?who would not give his name because of rules of his agency forbidding him tc do s?>, ss he said?that John Fraser, Jr.. and Bissel Blngham left Chester W>?dnetdnv night preceding the rob? bery at Parr Shoals and did not re? turn up"' som? time between nightfall Hun?ty ano* dawn Monday following the idbbery; and that in getting back to Ctnsster hey were met and picked up by an automobile somo distance out of that ctry on the road running to Blairs. air. MeLellan advanced the possi? bility thst the missing man was professional and had. after the get* away from Parr Shoals, held up his two confederates and relieved them of the ?11.0*0. This, Mr. MeLellan said, has been done before. Mr. MeLellan asd the Burns man were concerned with the report which came from Chester this morning to the effect that a mistake had been made in the arrest of Fraser and Blg? ham. They wished It understood, they said, that they would in no case wast to injure an innocent man. Mr. MeLellan said that he knew the men wer# of promivient Chester families and he said that the arrests were deferred until the evidence had been sifted. "Contrary to the ideas of people In Cluster regarding the part played by the Bums detectives In the matter, and evidence secured by them, the evidence the men were arrested on was secured before the Burns people knew snythlng about it and was se? cured on positive identification of the men and not by hearsay," said Mr. McLellan. The Burns man substantiated Mr. McLfflksn ? statement. He eatd that ire Burns men were sent to Chester by Mr McLellan with the following Instruction* "Proceed at once to Chester. Sus? pects at this point have been thor? oughly Identified. Cover same until 1 in communicate with proper au? thorities for papers for arrest. Will advise you further later on." The names of the seven men said to have Identified Fraxer and Blgnam, Mr. McLellan and the Burns man asld. they could nor make known at this time, but they said that these names end sll the details of the cas*> woutd be made public later. To glw the Information out at this time, they said, might seriously interfere with obtaining further evidence and the [arrest of the third robber. The Burns man said that for him to give his name would mean discharge from his agency. He Would not admit th.?t the aam*s of the two detectives who worked In Chester were correctly given in press <l Friday morning. September 6, the day of the gbbbery. according to Mr. McLeUnn, one of the men who are said to have Identified Prnttgf gad Blgham was at a point about three miles above Psrr Shoals, where tin Q W. Une Construction . ompany 1 making a change in the Southern railway Hark, as the preseni tl will bo covered by the back wat* 1 <>? the dam. Though there Is no st < Ir this point, train No. It* Whfc I ?r rives at Parr Sho.il* at 10.0J g < lock, polled up an I gg it did SO two men came down 1 gf ..f the woods and boarded her; ami took gaatg lOfjethel two seats above and on the oppo.-ut side of the car from the man, who then Identified them |g kg f din I ra ter. Jr., and lUssell Huchem. I raze and Bigham, Mr. McLellan said, were not seen to get off the train at Parr Shoals, hat went on toward Als? ton. They walked buck, according to Mr. Miffiftlm. and were <een and Identified at Parr Shoals station be? fore train No. 13 arrived from Co? lumbia at LSI o'clock with the pa> roll money and before they had, as II Is alleged, blackened their faces. When train No. II had pulled up, three men with blacked faces, all of them wear? ing blue overalls, purchased, accord? ing to Mr. McLellan, at Will Evans* store in Columbia, and firemen's caps, appeared, and Frazer and Bigham have been, it is claimed, identified as two of the three. Where the third man came from was not known. He was a total strrnger. Later four of the men who are said to have identified Frazer and Bigham at Parr Shoals were sent to Chester, unaware of the object of the journey by Mr. McLellan, who went there him? self, and these, it Is asserted, they pointed out and identified Frazer and Bigham again. Bigham, as described by Mr. McLel? lan, is about 32 years of age, 5 feet >10 inches tall, with peaked features; right hand injured; weighs about 175 pounds, and is smooth faced. At the time of the holdup he had, it is al? leged, a week's growth of beard on his face, which could be seen before and after h's face was blackened. Frazer, according to Mr. McLellan is a man about 38 years of age, weighs from 185 to 190 pounds, is 5 feet 9 inches tall, heavy set, with broad shoulders, and at the time of the robbery had about four week's growth of mustache on his face. He is of light complexion, square jawed, flat footed, quick of movement, and of uneasy manner, according to Mr. Mc? Lellan. Last night Mr. McLellan was told that the ages of Frazer and Bigham were given by relatives and friends in Chester as 2 2 and 28 years, respect? ively. Mr. McLellan said that of course he could not "gainsay a. mother or father," but that Frazer appeared to be a man of 38 years of age and Big? ham a man of 32 or thereabouts, and that If they were only 22 and 26 they had really lived longer. The name of A. B. Bigham ap? pears on the payroll of the J. Q. White Construction company as hav* ing worked at Parr Shoals June 13 to 20. rated as a carpenter's helper, While at work his foot was injured by the fall of a piece of timber, end he had to quit work. Bigham appears to have shown some hesitancy in re? turning to work and his lawyer, who handled his inj try claim, wrote Mr. McLellan to finu out if Bigham would be taken back. Mr. McLellan wrote back that he was glad that Bigham w?? out aga n and said that he would be glad to take him back and said that he saw no reason why Bigham should be timid about asking to be taken back. The name "Bissell Big? ham" appears in the correspondence. On the payroll appears also the name of M. L. Frazer, who worked at Parr Shoals June 23 to 27 and was discharged at the end of that time for incompeteney. If this be John Frazer he gave an assumed name at the time. Mr. McLellan said that there was some doubt as to whether or not John Frazer worked here. Some said that he did, others can not so state. Men who know John Frazer, Jr., say, ac? cording to Mr. McLellan, while he may not have worked he did visit Bis;? ham while the latter was working here. The only other Frazer that Mr. McLellan can account for is a coffer? dam man who also happens to have the name of John, but who is short and has red hair. 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