The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-05-16
Barlow Warren on Trial.

ORANGEBURG, May 13.-The trial o
Barlow Warren, of Branchville, for th
robbery of the express car on the South
ern Road, at Fifty-Eight, on the night 0
December /, 1899, began here this morn
ing, and at the adjournment Of court TIN
testimony for the State had not been con
cluded. The case SO far made is practi
cally that made at the preliminary hear
ing eighteen months ago. W. NJ. Conno
and Thomas Watson were the star Wit
nesses, though their testimony has beer
published before in full, and its eifcc
upon the jury today could hardly be es
timated. These two young men, fello"
townsmen OF Warren, testified that III
November, before the robbery, he made
offers to them separately to join him i'll
the scheme, and had outlined his plans
Watson said he promised to consider the
matter and have another meeting, hut
shortly after got work at Ridgeville and
did not see Warren again. He said that
when he heard of the robbery he told the
people of Ridgeville he thought he could
name the man that did it. COnnor said
that Warren came to him first, told him
he was looking for a partner in Il dan
gerous enterprise, and from what he had
seen of him would rather have him join
it than any one else. He said that War
ren's proposition, first, was to 60 down
to Charleston some night, ostenSibly to
attend the theatre, obtain disguises and
bicvcles, ride out to the Seven-mile cross
inc after dark, and board the Savannah
train, hold it up, and rob the express car,
and ride hack into town. He proposed
that they carry sledge hammer, so that
if refused admittance to the express car
they could break into the door. After
getting the money they could return to
Branchyille without ever bein suspected.
Connor says he told Warren that he did
not have nerve enough to join him, and
that he had better see Thomas Watson,
who was out of work and was good man
for the job.
Important testimony was given by Mr..
James Hogan, of the Charleston detective
force, who arrested Warren in Charles
ton. 1t had been shown by the express
at Langley that package had been
shipped to Charleston by him on the af-
ternoon of the robbery containing a SEQ
sold piece and seven $40 gold pieces, and
these were in one of the packages stolen
by the robher. Mr.. Hogan said that when
he arrested and searched Warren he
found in one of his pockets $50 gold
piece and four $40 gold pieces. Warren
appeared very nervous when this testi-
mony was being given. He is young
man Of medium height, stout build, low
forehead and rather pleasant features,
suggesting, perhaps, the amateur, but not
the hardened highwayman,
The express messengers, s. W. Rhoades
and II. NJ. Sanders, gave the details of the
robbery. Just after the signal blew for
Fifty-eight station Mr.. Rhoaaes opent d
the door between the mail car and the
baggage car, in response to knock, and
a man in long overcoat, wearing a bald
wig and false beard, presented two pis-
~ o,>I tn hf.Ir
hands. lie made Sanders open his safe
und put the money, about S1,1o0, in a
canvas sack, backed to the door, pulled
the bell cord, and told the messengers il
they followed him he would shoot. The
money was taken from the Augusta safe
and the Columbia safe, which contained
larger sum, was not molested. Tho
robber worked quickly and positively
and said he hadn't long to stay. Captain
Black, who was the conductor in charge
pf the train, said when the train stopped
he got of to see what was up. He saw 4
man come from between tho baggage and
express Gays, and jump in the water on
the side of the road. He felt satisfied, he
said, that it wasn't al ordinary tramp
and as he was in the light, and the man
in the dark, he thought it unwise to in
yestigate further, and gave the signal tC
20 ahead. Just after the train started
he was notified of the sobbsry by the
messeIg ge,s, but nothing could be done
Mr. Murrell, the tlagman OF the train, got
off on the side opposite Conductor Black
and saw the figure of a man under the
Car, thought it was tramp, and when he
saw him disappear told the conductor te
60 ahead. Some time later, while board
ing the express car, he found on the tor
step large sledge hammer. MI. Belts
Simmons, of the Lazarus hardware store
In Charleston, identified the hammer as
one he had sold few days before to q
man that resembled the defendant, though
he could not swear positively that War
rem was the MAIL Mrs HOLE, of 3S(
King street. Charleston, identified War
ren as man to whom she spld aWig an(
false beard same time during the latte
part OF November. She said that n:
Warren left her establishment he said h'
would probably be hack in few days t.
get outfits for two more men and, per
haps, a woman. Miss Susie Rosis, clerl
for Mrs. HOLE, also said that Warren wa
the man to whom the outfit was sold
This furnishes some cnrrnboration of tn
story of Connor and Watson. Whel
Warren was arrested in Charleston h
was in Company With sw'man. Warre'
Is we'll represented by the Hon. James +
Izlar, W. G. Wolfe and Henry II. Bun
son. Messrs. W. St. Julien Jervcy ant
Ravsor & Summers are assisting Soicito
Hildebrand with the prosecution. From
present indications the Warren case wil
take all Of Tuesday and Most of Wedne>
! day. superintendent o. NJ. Sadlcr an
, Route Agent Richardson, of the Souther