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

RETURN OF TIE SwISDLERs, WESTLAKE AND
| BERGaAS-WEsIi AKR ATTEMrrs TO EscArE AND
Is SuoT-TuE NEWS has made Its readers fami-
liar with the recent adventures OF W. ID. West
| lake and J. Bergman, who swlndled the mer.
chants OF Savannah caIlc here and attempted
the same game, were arrested and discharged
upon writ OF hdocas corpus. handed their
counsel q package OF money marked $50, which
contained only $37, then ncd to Wilmington,
where they were again arrested, and again
sued out q writ Of ha6eas corpus, but did not
get or upon It, and gave thoir counsel
o gold watch, socalled, but which was brass.
The Judge before whom the writ was returned
in Wilmington ordered them to bo held for four
| teen days, in order to give the deputy sheriff OF
Savannah, Mr.. George s. Barthelmess time to
get requlstlon from Governor Bullock, OF Geor
gIa, upon Governor Holden, Of North Carolina.
Mr.. Barthelmcss Immediately went to Atlanta,
procured the requisition, and started for Raleigh,
telegraphing to Lieutenant Phppy, OF the
Charleston detective force, to join him ut Will
mington, which he did. Night before last Mr.
Barthelmess returned from Raleigh to Whining
ton, met Lieutenant Phillppy, and made arrange
ments for leaving on the evening train.
The sheriff OF Wilmington promised to send the
prison ers to the depot. They were started from
the jail about dark, both In charge or two police
men. Ono Of them, Wcstake, when at the cor
ncr 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, fired at
him with pistol, striking him In tho back, but
not hurting him very badly. he was thcreupon
secured and, with his companion, delivered to
the oflicers waiting at the depot. These officer 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.
Weatlake, who was quite weak from the effects
CT his wound, was, With Bergman carried into
the detective ONCE and DR.. J. Somers Bust sent
for. He came In q few moments o. -.cfsed tho
wound. he found that tho ball, al. - bhe had
entered the right side and glanced aIenk the ribs
and remained in the flesh. 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
placid aboard Of the steamer Dictator for Sa-
vannnh, In charge OF Mr.. Darthelmess and omccr
Truall.
Both prisoners take their arrest very coolly
| especially Bergman. Both expressed tho opinion
that they were on the road to the State hotel at
hilledgcvile, Georgia; that III the officers had al
lowed them to remain in Wilmington twelve
| hours longer, they would have gotten or under a
writ OF habeds 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 very mad, and
they wanted to mob him; that he wouldn't have
minded Westlakes being shot much sIf It
hadn't been done by - nigger."