The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-10-27

RETURN OF THE SwINDLERS, WESTLAKE AND
BERGNAN-NRSTLAKE ATTEMPTS TO ESCAPE AND
is SHor.-THE NEWS has made its readers fami
liar with the recent adventures Of W. D. West.
lake and ]. Bergman, who swindled the mer-
chants OF Savannah, came here and attempted
the same game were arrested and discharged
upon o writ OF haoeas corpus, handed their
counsel package Of money marked $780, which
contained only $S7, then fed to Wilmington,
where they were again arrested, and again
sued out q writ of haoeas corpus, but did not
get OF upon 1t, and gave their counsel
gold watch, so-called, but which was brass.
The Judge before whom the writ was returned
in Wilmington ordered them to be held for four
teen days, In order to give the deputy sherin OF
Savannah, Mr.. George s. Barthelmess, time to
get requisition from Governor Bullock, Of Geor-
gis, upon Governor Holden, OF North Carolina.
Mr.. Barthelmess Immediately went to Atlanta,
procured the requisition, and started for Raleigh,
telegrsphing to Lieutenant Philippy, OF the
Charleston detective force, to join him at VII
mington, which he did. Night before last MT.
Barthelmess returned from Raleigh to Whining
ton, met Lieutenant Philippy, and made arrange
ments for leaving on the evening train.
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prisoners to the depot. They were started from
the jail about dark, both in charge Of two police
men. One OF them, Westlake, when at the cor
ner Of Mulberry and Front streets, broke away
from the guard and ran for dear life. Seeing
that he was about to succeed In making his
escape, one OF the onlcers, Nash, negro, fred at
him with apistol, striking him i9rfhe back, but
not hurting him very badly. he was thereupon
secured and, with his companion, delivered to
the oficers waiting as the depot. These omcer g
seeing that the wounded man was not much hurt,
and fearing that they remained much longer
they would lose their prisoners, determined to
come straight along, which they did, and arrived
here yesterday afternoon. .1. e. ,3-
1Eestlske, who was quite weak from the effects
Of bis wound, was, with Bergman, carried into
the detective once and DE-. J. Somers Buist sent
for. He came In few moments and dressed the
wound. he found that the ball, g small one, had
entered the right side and glanced along the ribs
and remained In the nesh. He advised that 1t be
allowed 70 remain, to which westlake, who didn't
fancy the probing, agreed. ~ry
About O'Clock last night the prisoners were
placed aboard OF the steamer Dictator, for Sa-
vannsh, In charge Of Mr. Barthelmess and onacer
Truall.
Both prisoners take their arrest very coolly,
especially Bergman. Both expressed the opinion
that they were on the read to the State hotel at
Mlledgeville, Georgia; that If the officers had al
lowed them to remain In Wilmington twelve
hours longer, they would have gotten OF under
writ OF habeas corpus, as everything was ar
ranged fer it. Bergman says that he was very
much surprised when westlske was shot; that he
cursed the negro policeman which made the
negro mob that had collected very mad, and
they wanted to mob him; that he wouldn't have
minded westlake's being shot 80 much "if 1t
hadn't been done by a. nigger.n