The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-04-24
SHERIFF SporFORD'S STORY.
.n, h. ~ no, ,rr.,, cash.

sae,.F SPoE.ra, of Chesterfield Gun,
~. i. 10 ;he city. la COMPANY xi:h
! sheriff Rowan, of Columbia, he called
q, he Office Of the Ser. and lolri<r yes.
! terLAy afternoon He vas ic,eryieSed
w!.aoG: i-ia: g 70 Uhlt ke s.ew zbou;
( ,he Cz-bes the ;n'srrryatories being
,a:,"a ."re,I.r - a iun'p III absGi til.
..a:s
l.-p c:st -.,.i5 =. a,tl ,ou base
.esn Iur irrt=. pU Jl.-t"d il .ue .'cr. nhi
. tuatsr ~, nnEuirg about yo4' having
7 !e-.,y.7i letter iron. H,ggau Cash while
( "a Ii, wsy 70 C4rai, No" | want you
I - :e., IHe al yoa kEym s-ou: D,ygaa !:
! .ere l@ :. Why yyl d.In! av.e-I aim
! before lie FED from tie state, and nhe:h
tr i IS i:Ce iha, wheu y90 went 70 Col.
! +. y. Z. Ca-h's house - arrest Began
.n.:eaG 0: dri"g yagr duty you g: drunk
! On Cv.. Cab, nhi,tey, as il bas been
| frequently caargti
| -ueriF S;o:iyrI / d,n', pretend 10
YOU, d tor Hrggan Ca-n'- being 10 Cana
da receised le;:er from hm ia
Meridian. Mis-, about ;6o weeks ago
In that Letter re fir! allri-d 10 bis be-
ing unjus,ir censured api .ad that be
W.. sorry toa; | had been ~. n any
| trouble on hi, account He said tia:
when the letter rsac:.ed NE be would be
| a long way from MeriilAu lie al.o
said tina, if he W.. given an impartial
Jury he would be II Cour: % stand trial.
| Iuls a. any rate was The impression made
on ny mind " ehat Re wrote. / dou't
know how be go. away. nor when he left
1, is hard 20 tell whether Began will
come back "a -'ani his ,ria' think he
could ac Convicted by Chc-,erficId Jury
if the evidence in the case shGuid war.
rant hi, conviction Th4.'. my houest
opinion 10 the matter
About the time Of The murder Of
Richard wA- taken -ck. Tie only
time have seen Col. Ca-h was the day
after the killing Of Richards, when /
went down 70 hi house 10 arres. Bogyan.
| did no. STE Bnggan, bu, va. told by the
CO:onei ,ha: tor the preseo. Began
would avoid arrest
No, dou', think go, drunk at Ca.h's
house, tie fac, IS Cash had no whiskey
| aheu was there. had lil,le out in
| my buggy aud told the Co!une. about il,
when he said tha. lie lad none 20 offer
| NE &nd he sent ou. TO my buggy and
took drink of mine. saw 10 evidence
| Of in:ozica:ion anywhere. wen, home
from Col. Cash's and was sick. l am
troubled with dyspepsia 81 ;hcuu: s:isui.
| had plan for securing Le area. Of
/ Boggah Cash which belc1 would have
been successful had no: been in,errered
with. do not blame Governor Thomp-
son for the course be pursued iu this
matter, but my plans did not work out
because they were not allowed time Ny
| first plan for tue arres. was 70 put tmo
men on tie train on the CEeraw and
| Darlington Road aud run ,hom up aud
down the road for severa! days | had
beard that Boggan had been seeu ut the
depot, and my idea was THAI il ho should
show himself q. The depot lille my dep.
uiies were on the train, i. would be au
easy thing TO take him. II this plan
| failed | intended 70 raise a sufficient posse
70 go down aud surround Cash's house
and capture him, aud think | would
have succeeded in my purpose. 1 was
just about getting ready 10 go down on
The Alouday after the Sunday on which
Col. Cash MAS arrested, but heard tha,
the state constabu!ary were on the
groann and gave up my in.cntion.
was satisfied that it would now be utterly
useless to attemp: 10 capture Boggan 10
the Zee Dee swamp with pnSse. for he
knows every foot Of it and I had been
informed that be had videt,es 90 post ali
the time. WAS also pretty we'll satisfied
that nothing could be mentioned in Che
raw about getting up pos-e but thal
Cash would be informed OF j; in few
minutes. 30 had 10 proceed with eau
ton, and did not intend to make known
my course Of action. In reference 70 this
matter | think was unjuatly and I'm.
kindly treated.
Sheriff Spofford spoke frankly aut
without the least embarrassment What
ever may have been his condition on the
day he is said to have taken toddy witt
Colonel Cash he certainly was not drunk
up to late hour yesterday afternoon aac
apparently had no notion of getting into
that condition.