Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-07-28
RESET BY BURGLARS.

On Monday morning, Mr.. L. George
Grist missed new suit of clothes, of blue
serge goods, that had evidently been
taken from room in his house during
the night. In the pockets of the suit was
a gold watch, bunch of keys, some let
ters and other papers Of no value to any
one but himself, and few dollars in sill
yer. Later in the day, one of his chill
dren found the watch, keys and papers in
his lane, near the street gate. The suit Of
clothes, money, etc., is still missing.
On the same morning, Rev. r. w. An
derson, who lives just across the street
from Mr.. Grist, discovered that his house
had also been entered. In the yard he
found a suit of clothes that had been
taken out of his room. The pockets had
been rifled; but nothing of value was
missing. Entrance to the house had been
effected through a window, by means Of
tub placed on top of goods box.
Mr.. w. M. Allison was also sufferer
from the raids of Sunday night. The
burglars entered his house, went through
the pockets of his clothes, and carried off
a fine gold watch, worth not less than $50
or s75. They disturbed nothing else.
Mr.. j. r. Ashe went to Kershaw on
Monday and left his premises in charge
of Elijah Powell, a one-legged Negro.
On Tuesday morning, Powell reported
that during the night, at about II O'Clock,
two men came to the gate, and he over
head one say to the other: 1--WE can
make a good haul here. You 60 in and
I'll watch. If they see you, run back to
me-" Then one of the men went into
the yard and commenced trying to prize
open window to the room in which the
family silver was stored. About this
time Powell hailed the man and COM
menced firing, whereupon both of the
would-be burglars took to their heels.
Powell says he fired five shots at them as
they went.
Shortly after Powell told his story, Po-
liceman Rose arrested, on suspicion,
George West, a young married man who
has been living on Kings Mountain street,
in the same house with the family OF G..
A. Crow, an operative at the Cotton mills.
On seeing West, Powell identified him as
the white man he had fired at the night
before, and West was committed to jail
on the charge of burglary. Next, Sheriff
Logan made search Of the house Of Mr..
Crow; but without result.
At the instance of Mr.. w. NJ. Allison,
Policeman Rose, on Monday, arrested a
tramp who gave his name as Charles Cur
tis. He was about 81 years Of age and
looked to be about one-eighth Negro.
He had been seen about Yorkville for
several days, and had been to the houses
of different people begging something to
eat. He WAS searched after being taken
to the caliboose; but nothing suspicious
was found about his person, and he was
shortly afterward released. The latest
information the reporter has from him, is
to the effect that he left town Monday
night accompanied by Negro named
Bob Crawford.
Mr.. C. A. Crow told the reporter on
yesterday, of an incident which occurred
at his house last Friday night, while he
was absent at work. Early in the night,
his wife heard a suspicious noise at
window but on investigation saw moth
ing and dismissed the matter from her
mind. Later, after going to sleep, she
awakened suddenly with strange feel
ing to the effect that there was somebody
else in the room. Listening, she heard
sounds from a small harp that was lying
string side up, in bureau drawer. The
drawer was closed when she went to bed.
A moment after she heard the sounds
from the harp, came the noise of an at
tempt to open another drawer, and she
screamed. West and his wife, who were
upstairs, came down, and in the confu-
sion the intruder escaped. One OF the
party-Crow did not say which-saw the
outline of a man running away, but could
not tell whether the man was white or
black. This story has been in circulation
since last Saturday.
After the arrest of West, the reporter
asked Mr.. Crow more particularly about
the young man. Mr.. Crow says that
West and his wife are old friends of his
from Blowing Rock, N. c., and that they
have been visiting him for several weeks.
They were expecting to get work in the
cotton factory but had not yet succeeded
in getting steady employment. He was
surprised at the developments, he said,
and did not know what to make OF item.
1t is the common report on the streets
but how much truth there is in the re-
port, the reporter is unable to say-that
West has not been doing much of any
thing since he came to Yorkville but gam
bic with the Negroes. After his arrest,
Policeman Rose took him to corn patch
near the residence Of Mr.. Jno. K. Ashe
to try his shoes in tracks made by the
men who had been seen in the vicinity
Monday night by the Negro Powell.
West at first persisted in putting his left
foot in a track that had been made by q
right foot; but finally the matter was
gotten straight and Policeman Rose says
that the mans foot matches the track
exactly.
Henry Castles and Jim Garrison-both
Negroes-have been arrested on suspicion
of being the partner Of the white man
described by Powell but up to the time
it was necessary for THE ENQUIRER to
go to press, there had been no further
developments.
LOCAL LACONICS.
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Death of Bun Rattcrree.
Mr.. J. B. Ratterree, son of Mr.. John
Ratterree, died suddenly at his home in
Rock Hill last Thursday, of congestion
of the brain, after short illness. He
was aged about % years.