The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-02-01
DARING DEED OF VILLIANY.
HIGHWAY ROBBERY IN CHAR.
LESION.
Paymastcr Mazyck. of the South Car
Olina aud GeOraia Railroad, and
His Porter Held up and Robbed of
Over Three Hundred Dollars.

Olina aud GeOraia Railroad, and
His Porter Held up and Robbed OF
Over Three Hundred Dollars.
News and Courier.
The most daring highway robbery
ever perpetrated in this city occurred
in upper King street shortly after dusk
Wednesday, evening. The facts in the
case were known to The News and
Courier immediately after the occur
renee, but they wore not published be-
fore at tho earnest solicitation of the
chief OF tpolice and tho officers of the
detective force, who feared that their
publication would initiate against the
chances of catching the culprits. The
robbery was done at a time when the
street was brilliantly lighted and when
1T throngcd with people, and from the
highwayman's standpoint it was a most
successful bit of work. Mr.. w. G..
Mazyck and a colored porter named
Jake whitman were the immediate
victims of the outrage, but the money
that was stolen belonged to the South
Carolina and Georgia Railroad Com
pany.
Mr.. Mazyck, who is paymaster of the
company, had been on the road on
Wednesday paying off the employers
of the company. He had with him, as
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fortunately no had paid out almost ali
OF 1T. While returning to his Office at
the corner of King and Ann streets,
accompanied by the railroad porter,
Jake, he was set upon by two negro
highwaymen just in front of Hackers
alley in King street. The highway
men fired a pistol full in the face of
Mr.. Mazyck and Jake, and having
snatched the bag of silver out Of Jakes
hands made their escape through
Hackers alley. They were pursued
by Mr.. Mazyck, Jake and a policeman,
but they made their escape into the
northwestern part of the city. The
police department has been working
on the case indefatigably, but up to
the present time they have not been
Martin thinks he will have them
shortly.
The story OF the robbery as told by
Mr.. Mazyck himself is as follows. He
says: Il had been over the road pay
ing of the employees. l left the pay
car just above the Line street station
and came down King street, accompa-
MED by our porter, Jake. He had the
pay rolls under his arm and in one
hand a bag containing three hundred
and fifty dollars in silver coin and
nickels. l had an ordinary hand
satchel in one hand and Il cash box in
the other. When we arrived at a
point opposite Hackers alley, ON the
east side Of King street, two men ap-
preached from the rear rapidly. They
came out of the alley, which was all
the more darker because of the glare
of the electric light in the street. One
OF them thrust u pistol into my very
face and fired. ] turned quickly, ex-
pecting to see that Jake had been
wounded. He turned towards me.
thinking ! must have been hit. Just
then / saw two black hands grab the
bag Jake was holding, and the next
instant the highwaymen darted into
the alley. We gave chase at once, ac-
cOmpanied by policeman who had
been attracted to the scene by the dis
turbance. We ran to the eastern end
of the alley where it opens out on our
railroad tracks. The policeman, who
had outrun us, followed the robbers
into an alley just opposite. Jake and
myself ran to the crossing at Woolfe
street below. The street was bril-
liantly lighted and no one was in sight.
We FASTENED to the Office and locked
the sale, and then with as little delay
as possible we reported the whole mat
ter at police headquarters"
Mr.. MaZyck says that he did rot get
a close enough view OF the robbers to
be able to work on the case at once,
but having 70 clue were, of course,
somewhat hampered. Nevertheless,
they hope to catch the men who com
mitted the robbery.
Mr.. MayZck has been in the employ
of the South Carolina road for great
many years, and through all Of lis
managcments he has always been re-
garded as one of the mos: efficient Off
cials OF the company. His friend,
regret that he should have been the
victim Of such robbery as this
G., arlcston is not without her fair share
of criminals, and robbcrics of the
ordinary kind are about as frequent
in this city as they are in any other
city, no matte" how well protected
and governed they may be, but this il
an extraordinary case. "A highway
robbery committed on the principa
thoroughfare OF the city at time
when many people are out of doors is
certainly the most daring piece Of
villiany that has ever been attempted