The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-01-31

the scene of the robbery was forced
under penalty of death to haul the
safe to the river. The negro Carson
was asked about the robbery this
morning and admitted that he had
been forced to haul the safe away
and piloted Superintendent Sadler
and others to the river about four
miles from where the robbery oc-
Cured, where the safe was found.
The robbers failed to get into the
safe and had tied a rope to it and
threw it into the river. It is thought
that they were afraid of being
caught if they kept on hauling the
safe and threw it into the river in
tending to return later, open the
safe and get their booty.
OF course there are suppositions,
but so far as known there is no &C.
tual clue as to who the robbers
we're.
Sheriff Dukes and his deputies re-
turned home this afternoon.
STORY OF THE RECOVERY OF SAFE FROM
STREAM.
The dispatch given above briefly
tells of the recovery Of the through
safe taken from the car and hauled
away in wagon by the train robbers.
It was known here early yesterday
that the safe had been found in the
river; that it had not been broken
open and that It's contents were Sc,
cure. The amount of those contents
has never been made public. Some
say that it was large; the express
officials convey the idea that it was
small.
At 1 o'clock yesterday morning
Messrs. Sadler and Richardson and
several other express officials went to
the scene of the trouble. They were
accompanied by two Columbia detec-
tlves, Messys. Bishop and McCabe,
and DR.. Stanford and Coroner Green
with the fine pair of bloodhounds
owned by DIR. Stanford. At King
Vile the five bloodhounds from the
State farm were picked up, making
seven in all.
"Fifty, Eight was reached before
daylight and Charleston, Augusta
and Charlotte detectives were there.
Coroner Green and Mr.. Stanford
returned in the afternoon with the
Columbia dogs. Mr.. Green tells Of
the days work.
A CAREFUL NEGRO.
The detectives were not at work
long before they found negro llv-
ing near the depot, who said that the
men had made him turn over his
wagon to haul the safe. He told
them that they had carried the safe
to a point six miles away on the river,
and had there dumped the safe into
the river and left. He had followed
them though ordered not to do 80, t.
see that the mule was not overdriven
or taken away altogether. When he
came up to the river bank they forced
him to help them unload the safe.
He says he only saw three men; they
we're white men, but he did not know
them. They shot two or three times
when they first came to his place
The negro's story is conflicting in
some respects and the officers believe
he knows more about the affair than
he told. He has been arrested in
consequence.
WANTED TO HIDE TREASURE.
The officers made the negro pilot
them to the spot where the safe was
dumped in the river. 1t was about
five feet from the bank under six feet
of water, but could be seen. A rope
had been tied around it and the end
fastened two feet under water at the
bank. The officers got larger rope
around the safe and managed to pull
it out, finding that it had not been
opened.
The men evidently intended to
come back at some time, pull up the
safe and blow it open.
THE DOGS.
The Columbia hounds were at once
put ont for run. They caught the