The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-04
TALE OF LOVE THAT
LED TO TROUBLE.
YOUNG MAN TAKES A LETTER OF TUE
WOMAN HE LOVED
NOW lie Muat Answer In Court--JCaiouay
lho Cans" OF tho AHair-Iiow IIo Tried
to stop hia;Kivurs Attentions

loved that girl better than anything in
the world. and | could not stand for
that fellow to come to see her: that's
why did it," And thereby hangs an
| Interesting tale. The man who
had uttered the words has lust
been bound over for trial at the October
term OF the United States court in
Grccnvillc on the charge Of stealing
| and destroying mail.
This man was w. Il. Crouch, uyouny
fellow about % years Of age, from Sill
vcr Street, Ncwberry county. 1t seems
that he was desperately in love with
Miss Minnie Lee Werts. Mr.. William
Eddy of Newbcrry, dry goods clerk,
knew Miss Wcrts and had called upon
her several times. This made Crouch
very Jealous and one day--.Junc : last,
according to the Oilicrrs--hr saw Il let
ter IN the postollicc addressed to Miss
Wcrts, bearing thcNcwbcrry pcstrlark.
1t is alleged that he could not resist the
temptation to take it.
Anyway Il few days aftcrward Mr..
Eddy got letter signed with the name
OF the young lady rending thus:
"kind friend:
81 don't care for You to call any
moor 1T ALL"
In few days Crouch told the young
lady that there was a letter at the post
olllce Tor her. She welt to the office
and asked, but could lird no letter.
Later on she went down TO Newbcrry
and there hcr friends asked her why
she had treated Mr.. Eddy so badly,
telling her Of the note he had COTTON
from her. That was revelation.
Soon Mr.. Eddy was called and Miss
Werts was shown the note, which she
Immediately declared she had not writ
ten.
Miss Wcrts at once reported the mat
ter to the postal authorities and Post
Office Inspector J. T.. OldGcld went to
Silver Street. lie charged Crouch
with the theft Of the letter, but the
young man denied it, Finnally the in
spcctor made the young fellow sit down
and write from dictation. He read
him the letter written Mr.. Eddy.
When it was finished an examination
showed the same capitalization and
chirography and the word ''more" was
spelled "moor" as in tho Eddy note.
Ihc in pector promptly arrested
Crouch who maintained his denial, on
the charge of violating section lI3l,
L. S. Postal Regulations.
Tuesday Crouch was brought to Co
lumbia by the inspector and james II.
Davidson, Chief clerk u. S. Marshall's
Office. He was taken before Commits
sioncr Henry L. Jennings, where pre-
llmlnary was waived and the prisoner
was released on 5000 bond. While at
the commissioners Oilicc he broke
down and uttered the words at the be-
ginning Of this article, which have II
pathetic interest to all who have felt
the pangs Of the grccn-cyed monster
that Is considerably called jealousy.
Inspector Oldiicld has recently made
another arrest Of interest. Sylvester
Booch, small negro boy, II years of
age, is the victim in .his case. The
boy has been arrested for robbing the
lock boxes at the Anderson postoll:cc.
Several articles have been missed
there recently among them Il watch be-
ing to Narcissus Snipcs,a IL co'urcd wo-
man. The little negro conf,e ,cu his
crime and is now awaiting trial. The
State, Sd.
HELD FOR VIOLATING POSTAL. LAWS.
Deputy United States Marshall JAS,
N. Davidson came to Newbcrry last
week to serve Il warrant on Mr.. w. b.
Crouch, young white man living in
No. 6 Township, charged with violating
the postal law-taking mail from the
Office, opening and destroying letters.
MIR. Crouch was carried TO Columbia
having surrendered to Mr.. Davidson
ON Tuesday, waived the preliminary
and was bound over to appear at the
United States in Grccnvillc in Octo-
Der. lie gave bond in the sum Of 81. 90.