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

RETURN OF TUE SwIHDLERs, wgsrLAKE AND
BER0hAN-WEsTLAKB ATTEArTs TO ESCAPE AND
IS SHoT.-THE NEWS has made It's readers faml.
liar with tho recent adventures OF w. d. West
lake and J. Bergman, who swindled the mer-
chants OF Savannah, came here and attempted
the Same game were arrested and discharged
upon writ Of haoeas corpus. handed their
counsel package OF money marked $50, which
contained only $37, then ned to Wilmington,
where they were again arrested, and again
sued out writ Of haoeas corpus, but did not
get or upon It, and gave their counsel
o gold watch, so-called, but which was brass
The Judge before whom the writ was returned
in Wilmington ordered them to BIO held for four
teen days, in order to give the deputy sherin OF
Savannah, Mr. George 8. Barthelmess, time to
get requisitiol from Governor Bullock, OF Geor-
gia, upon Governor Holden, OF North Carolina.
Mr. Barthelmess Immediately went to Atlanta,
procured the requlsition, and started for Raleigh
telegraphing to Lieutenant Philippy, Of the
Charleston detective force, to Join him at Will
mington, which he did. Night before last Mr..
Barthelmcss returned from Raleigh to Whining
ton, met Lieutenant Philippy, and made arrange
ments for leaving on the evening train.
The sherin OF Wilmington promised tc send the
prisoner 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 officers, Nash, negro fred at
him with pistol striking him In the back, but
not hurting him very badly. He was thereupon
secured and, with his companion, delivered to
the Officers waiting at the depot These oflcer a
seeing that the wounded man was not much hurt,
and fearing that II they remained much longer
they would lose theiS. prisoners, determined to
come straight along, which they did. and arrived
here yesterday afternoon.
Westlake, who was quite weak from the effects
OF his wound, was, with Bergman, carried into
the detective oflce and DR.. J. Soniers Buist sent
for. he came In few N ments e-,-s-roRsed tho
wound. he found that the bail, a. Iii -. bno, had
entered the right side and glanced along the ribs,
and remained In the nesh. He advised that 1t be
allowed TO remain, to which westlake, who didn't
fancy the probing, agreed.
About O'Clock Last night the prisoners were
placed aboard Of the steamer Dictator, for Sa-
vannah, in charge Of Mr. Barthelmess and ofncer
Truall.
Both prisoners take their arrest very coolly,
especially Bergman. Both expressed the opinion
that were on the road to the State hotel at
Milledgcville, Georgia; that if the officers had al
lowed them to remain in Wilmington twelve
hours longer, they would have gotten or under a
writ Of lhaoeas corpus, as,everything was ar
ranged for It. Bergman says that he was very
much surprised when westlake was shot; that he
cursed the negro policeman, which made the
negro mob that had collected svery mad, and
they wanted to mob him; that he wouldn't have
minded westiake's being shot 80 much "If 1t
hadn'tbeen done BY ----- ----- niggcr." a.t