The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-04-24
SHERIFF SPOFFORWS STORY.
Why he did not ,.rrest Cash.

Sheriff Sponord, of Chesterfield Coun.
tv, is in the city. In company with
Sheriff Rowan, of Columbia, he called
at the Office of the News and Courier yes.
terday afternoon. He was interviewed
without delay as to what he knew about
the Cashes, the interrogalories being
thrown together in lump in about this
shape:
Reporter: Sheriff Spol1ord, you have
seen the letter published in the Aews and
Courier this morning about your having
received letter from Boggan Cash while
on his way to Canada. Now | want you
to tell me all you know about Boggau /;
where be is, why you didn't arrest him
before he fed from the State, and wheth-
er it is true that when you went to Col.
f. B. G. Cash's house to arrest Boggan
instead of doing your duty you got drunk
on Col. Cash's whiskey, as it has been
frequently charged?
Sheriff Spofford I don't pretend to
vouch for Boggan Cash's being in Cana
da. received letter from him in
Meridian, Miss, about two weeks ago.
In that letter he first alluded to his be-
ing unjustly censured, and said that he
was sorry that l had been put to any
trouble on his account. He said that
when the letter reached ME be would be
long way from Meridian. He also
said that if be va. given an impartial
jury he would be at Court to stand trial.
This at any rate was the impression made
on my mind by what he wrote. | don't
know how be got away, nor when he left.
1t is hard to tell whether Boggan will
come back to stand his trial. think he
could be convicted by Chesterfield jury
if the evidence in the case shouId war.
rant his conviction. That's my honest
opinion in the matter.
About the time of the murder OF
Richards | was taken sick. The only
time have seen Col. Cash was the day
after the killing OF Richards, when l
went down to his house to arrest BogCan.
l did not see Boggan, but was told by the
Colonel that for the present Boggan
would avoid arrest.
No, don't think l got drunk at Cashs
house, the fact is Cash had no whiskey
when I was there. I had little out in
my buggy and told the Colonel about it,
when be said that he had none to offer
me and he vent out to my buggy and
took drink of mine. saw no evidence
of intoxication anywhere. went home
from Col. Cash's and was sick. | am
troubled with dyspepsia and rheumatism.
I had a plan for securing the arrest Of
Boggan Cash which 1 believe would have
been successful had I not been interfored
with. I do not blame Governor Thomp'
son for the course he pursued in this
matter, but my plans did not work ou
because they were not allowed time. Ny
first plan for the arrest was 10 put two
men on tie train on the Cheraw anc
Darlington Road aud run thom up ane
down the road for several days. l hac
beard that Boggan had been seen at The
..epot, and my idea was that if he shoule
show himself at the depot while my dep
uties were on the train, it would be ar
easy thing to take him. If this plar
failed 1 intended to raise sufficient posse
to 20 down and surround Cash's house
and capture him, and | think l woule
have succeeded in my purpose. | wa
just about getting ready to 60 down OF
the Monday after the Sunday on whicl
Col. Cash Was arrested, but heard tha
the State constabulary were on tht
ground and I gave up my intention.
was satisfied that it would now be utterl.
useless to attempt to capture Boggan il
the Pee Dee swamp with posse, for ht
knows every foot of it and had beet
informed that be had videttes on post al
the time. | was also pretty we'll satisfied
that nothing could be mentioned in Che
raw about getting up a posse but tha
Cash would be informed of it in feS
minutes So had to proceed with eau
ton, and did not intend to make knowl
my course of action. In reference to thi
matter I think / was unjuaty and un
kindly treated.
Sheriff Spoford spoke frankly ant
without the least embarrassment. What
ever may have been his condition on th
day he is said to have taken toddy wit
Colonel Cash he certainly was not drunl
up to q late hour yesterday afternoon ant
apparently had no notion of getting int
that condition.