Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-03-21
Burglary In McDuile County, Ca
Arrest Of the Parties.
Fro,n the C,ironicLe q .Seutiuel. l,

From. the Chronicle d Sentinel, 18th.
On yesterday afternoon four young men
were brought to this city from Thompson,
McDufie county, and committed to jail
on charge of having committed burgla-
ry at night. From well known citizen
of the county, who formed one of the
prisoners escort, we get the following de-
tails of an affair which has created great.
excitement in the neighborhood where it
occurred: At late hour on last Friday
night, Mr. Jesse Evans an aged citizen,
who lives near Sawdust, was awakened
by the report of pistol, and discovered
that some one was shooting at his dog
Two shots were fired, one ofwhich wound
ed the animal A party Of men then en-
tered the piazza and ordered those within
to open the door Mr.. Evans asked who
theyi were and what they wanted One
OF them replied that they had just killed
!. two negroes, andneeded money with which
to leaye the county. Mr. Evans said he
had 10 money; but they refused to believe
him. and threatened to force the door un-
less it was opened Mrs. Evans kindled
bright light upon :he hearth, and at the
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husband. Three men entered, all OF whom
werst'isgrised and hed their faces mask
ed. The leader presented a pistol at the
old. mans head and ordered him to give
up all of hismoney, upon penalty. of death
. II he refused. Mr. Evans gave them all
he had in the honse-as resistance would
have been useless-about three hundred
f; and thirty dollars in currencv and seventy.
dollars in specie
During the parleyng the mask which
concealed the features Of one Of the men
;ell partly of, but was quickly replaced.
After obtaining the money the men retir-
ed. without committing any act of violence.
OpSatrrday morning little boy who
he'd been in the room on the night of the
robbery, a grandson on Mr. Evans. sta
tod that he knew the party whose mask
had fallen of, and that his name was
Thomas Willis. That afternoon Willis
was arrested in Thomson, and at once con-
fessed. his share IN the transaction. He
also Implicated FIVE other young men, Cap
tain c. V Hamilton, John Ramsey, 7. H.
Long George Tptt and Ado!phus Roney.
Captain Hamilton and Messrs. Long, Tut
-uu money We're tdheu lulo Cuslouy oAo
kept under guard that night. Sunday
morning the prisoners were brought be-
fore two Justices Of the Peace for pre-
liminary examination. At the investiga-
ton, We learn, Willis turned States evil
dence, and testified that there had been
an organized band in the county, at the
head Of which was Capt Hamilton, and of
which himself, Long. Ramsey, Tutt and
Roney were members. The band had
been engaged in several expeditions, on
one OF which they had gone into South
Carolina and robbed the house Of a man
named Johnson He said that himself.
Ramsey and Roney were the parties who
visited Evans house These three were
committed for trial on a charge of burgla-
~ at night, Capt. Hamilton as an acces-
sorry before TIE fact, and Mr Tutt for the
alleged burglary in South Carolina. Mr.
Ramsey made his esca.e before arrest, but
it was believed he would be caught last
night Capt Hamilton was accidentally
shot by Willis on Saturday morning, while
the latter was playing with a revolver
but waa not much injured. Several citi-
zsns of the county formed the guard which
brought the prisoner to the city.