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Greenville News.

burg, In charge Of Deputy Sheriff Gilreath and
Messrs John Fisher, John q. Greer and Lu-
ther Trammell. He was handcuffed to Capt.
ain Greer and was brought from the depot on
q street car. Quite number Of curious peo-
pie were out even ut that early hour TO catch
glimpse of the now notorious prisoner and
Main streets there we're probably hfty per-
sons gathered there to stare. He looked to
be in good spirits and made several jocular
remarks regarding the assemblage, although
1t did not seem 10 please him very well. AS
he started down Broad street he said some
thing about the "grand procession" and
"that these people must think it something
great to see man put In jail"
| He was put In cell on the lower floor In
the side Of jail nearest Fall street and was
found there when visited iby O reporter for
| looked about In his usual health and spirits
and, was smoking cigar as he looked through
the close bars Of the cell door. His eyes, how
ever, were much blood shot.
He said he had nothing he wanted TO say
for publication except thaIhe was as sorry as
| "had 10 do It,"
Asked II he had seen Motifs statement, he
1t was not right.
He was then asked If Motifs statement that
only The m three men were in the room at t the
lille and then said that might be cor.
rect rather giving the impression that he did
not remember. He said that he had not en-
over r that ] and aid i'd not not wish Wis to jump of too
quick.
He said when he left the room he went
down the steps "pretty fast" He went around
the old court house and down Court street
one block, turned there and went TO Walter
Barr's corner AID thence up Broad street by
the jail, across Main TO Charles livery stable
When asked The heard the police whistles
blowing he replied that he did not.
Williams father was In the city yesterday
apparently In much trouble, consulting bis
friends regarding the employment OF coun;;
most worthy citizen.
John Fisher made the following statement
In the presence, of Deputy Sheriff Gilrtath :
| I was employed by Major Williams friends
to pursue and capture Jim Williams. l left
Greenville Monday evening, February 9th, al
al o'clock, in company with Luther Tram
nell haSipg been deputzed BY sheriff 4 Gil GIL
arrest. The Sheriff told me to follow VIII.
liams until caught him If it was five thou
sand miles and to draw on him for money II
| necessary. Trammell and l reached Bates
house at 1890 o'clock Monday night. From
there We went on 10 Freeman's which isab( u
five miles the other side of the North Carroll
ma line. There we found deputy Sheriff j. D.
on to Aliens whore we stayed oil night. We
overlook Gilreath at Clyde's, which Is q rail
road station seven miles this side OF Wuynes
VILE; That was between p and ! O'CLOCK IS :Is
miles beyond Waynesrille we met Williams
coming back In charge of Capt. Jno. G. Greer
two men named Reno and Shelton and an
other man. told Rem" had q warrant foI
Williams arrest for murder and Shelton and
Reno placed Williams In my custody. / read
the warrant for Williams and he submitted
to 1t and said he was glad OF IT,. Gilreath and
myself then placed Williams;in the custody
liams together with handouts by way OF se.
curing the prisoner and, OF course, with Cap
tain Greer's consent. j. D. Gllreath, John g.
Greer, Luther Trammell and myself are the
| four men who secured the arrest.
| Captain Greer was sent from Geeenville
by the sheriff with Instructions 10 meet me
at Hendersonville, he going by train. When
1 passed Hendersonville l was too close on
Waynesvllle. Captain Greer went toward
Waynesvllleb by rail- He stopped at Clyde's
and got 8 posse and took the road In pursuit
of Williams. sending Reno on to Waynes
there. Reno's posse struck Williams first
Greer and his posse were close behind him
and Gilreath and Robert Couch, who had
gone from South Carolina with him and
Trammell and myself were ten or fifteen min
utes behind Greer's party. l got from VIII.
liams $685. .25 In currency.
Mr.. Fisher added that the members OF Cap
tain Greer's posse we're paid of, receiving
about S2SD. HIS Idea was that the four-him.
SELF Greer Trammell and Gllreath-should
divide the total ex penses among them equal
| ~ WuuL lb lciJ Vi TcWATus.
Williams was on horse back when met by
the Fisher party, having been put on the
horse Of one Of the posse. The men who took
| him say that they rode up 10 him in the road
and asked what he would take for the mule
he was driving. lie replied,a n hundred dol.
lars. About that time the party brought
their guns down on him and demanded his
surrender and he assented without hesitation
or resistance. Mfr. Couch came back with the
horses, arriving here yesterday.
| AfLer making the above statement Mr.
Fisher returned, later in the day, and said he
wished 10 have the fact emphasized that II
was owing to Captain Greers work that the
Greenvllle men secured Williams, us without
his prompt sagacious and efficient action the
Deaver men sent out from Ashevllle would
probabl ylnot have made the capture.