The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-11-14
ROY ROBINSON STILL LIVES
he Had Gone to Eutaw Springs
For His Health.

When the news from Vances, published in
THE Item, came by letter to Rev. C. C. Scott
that Roy Robinson was dead, many people
doubted it and thought the letter was written
at Roy's instigation as ruse to throw the
officers of the law off the track, and to
elude arrest. These suspicious have been too
fully confirmed for plymouth Roy's good.
AS has already been stated in this paper,
Asst Chief of Police A. q. Weeks and
Mr.. Davie Vim went to Vances Saturday
to identify Roy's dead body, and report 70
the Coroner or Sheriff of Orangeburg Coun-
ty. When these two gentlemen reached
Vances they heard that instead of being
dead, Roy had stolen four dollars from an
old colored man and treated himself to a hat
and pair of socks and had gone over to
Eutawville.
Messrs. Weeks and VIM then procured
team and drove over to Eutawylle, and when
they arrived there Roy had been arrested aud
was being taken to the Office of trial justice
for trial for stealing the money. Asst
Chief Weeks, however, secured S3.65 of the
money from Roy and made Roy give up the
new hat and socks to the old man, who was
satisfied TO drop the case and let Weeks take
Robinson over to Vauces, which was done
by tying him with rope to the buggy and
making him walk behind. Roy tried to
work little rrse on the officer to get him to
unite him when going through swamp, but
the policeman from Sumter was on to Roy's
bluff and did not bite. and Roy said, "Cap'n
you're got dis nigger for true and admitted
that be only wanted to get free for moment
SO tha. be could bolt again into the swamp.
However, the party got to Vances, and soon
after the Sheriff from Oraugebnrg with the
Corouer and jury of inquest arrived, hav-
ing driven % miles through thecounty to meet
Messrs. Weeks and VIM to exhume Roy's
body, to identify same, and have an inquest.
Roy was in the depot With the officer and d
crowd. but was hand-cu6ed and was anus
ing the crowd by opening his mouth, singing
and praying, when the Sheriff and his crowd
arrived. Asst Chief Weeks and the Sheriff
exchanged courtesies, and the former duly
reported Mr. VIM and himself as there for
the purpose of identifying Roy's dead body.
The Asst Chief then surprised The Sheriff
and the jury BY pointing out the band-cuffed
Roy sittingSin the corner as the dead body
that they had succeeded in identifying.
The Sheriff opened bis eyes and gazed at
Roy, aud taking in the situation, broke into
Il hearty laugh. The Sheriff had warrant
for Roy, sept 10 him before Roy's reported
death, and having it with him, be immedi.
ately arrested Roy and deputized Asst Chief
Weeks to take him to Sumter County and
turn him over to Sheriff Sanders 1t has
been ascertained.. that Roy bad anSaecomplice
in coIored man, who wrote the letter for
him fo5Samter. giving thenews Of his death.
The whole business was pretty shrewd
piece of work on Roy's part, but Sheriff
Sanders and Policeman Weeks are too sly to
be taken in on any such game and would not
be satis6ed until Roy's dead body was placed
ip evidence.
Mr. Davie VIM was of course very much
relieved when be saw Roy alive and unharm-
ed, as the matter bad worried him, very
naturally, to a great extent. @s.s
Policeman Weeks brought Roy to Sumter
ON the 7.25C.sS - n: B. r. passenger train
Saturday night and lodged him in jail.
Roy's ruse did NOT work, bnt be, pnt the
Sheriff of Drangehurg County and Messrs.
Weeks and Winn to lot Of trouble, and
the Counties of Sumter and Orangeburg TO
someexpense, and has created q sensation.
Roy accomplice who wrote the letter should
be, and doubtless will be, arrested.
Despite Roy's pork failure and the trouble
he has put different people to, there is scarce
ly any one who is not glad that be was not
shot, for Roy is not at hear, bad man. but
has al avs been considered good oatured,
harmless fellow, and this, his FIRST difficulty,
may teach him lesson, and when be is once
more free man be may do better.
Boy says he stole, the hog Saturday night
and claims TO have preached bext day, Sun
day, and took for his text, ''Tbou shall not
Steal,' and he says when be was. preaching
be thought of, that poor little red hog he had
buried in the swamp the night before. Roy
claims to be preacher, and always carries
text book with him, but we don't believeh he
preached in Sumter just the same. Roy also
says that sinceleaviug Sumter he had evil
He dreamed that albert Weeks
was coming after him, and sure enough, ''de
Cons did come.'