The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-30


governor this report
Perry, $. G. July 81.
Gov. NJ. Is. McSwccncy, Columbia. :.
C.:
Last account JciIcoat going back to
Browns landing. Got posse i'm pur-
suit.
Owen Alderman,
Sheriff.
JEFFCOAT's GEORGIA RECORD.
The Savannah Morning News, re-
ferring to the killing of the Aiken
deputy by Je!Tcoat, Wednesday gave
the desperado's Georgia record as fol
| lows:
This makes Icllcoat'S third killing.
| He was wanted i'm Emanuel county,
Ca, for killing man named Wilson,
near Ilcrndon last winter. He went
there under the name of Charlie John
son, and it is said he and Wilson were
doing an Illicit liquor business to-
gethcr. After killing Wilson he left
Emanuel, but recently returned.
! Sheriff Flanders had made several ef-
forts to apprehend him and on the
night OF July l6 undertook, with "a
! The man had escaped, however. and
the posse scattered to search for him
! Deputy Sheriff Curl and Joe Flanders,
Il brother OF the sheriff, overlook jeff
coat and his wife on the road TO Mid
vile at | p. m. The desperate was
expecting arrest and was sitting in
his buggy with his face to the rear.
When ordered To surrender he shot
Flanders in the left breast with Win
chester rifle, then jumped from the
buggy and He'd TO a swamp. Mrs.
JeilcOat. or Johnson, also took part i'm
the shooting and was wounded i'm the
head. She is now in jail at SwainS-
J bOrO.
"Jefcoat has sailed under alias.
In Emanuel county he was known as
Charlie johnson. The people OF that
county have been greatly aroused, and
any news of the man who killed Elan
dcrs is eagerly sought. rhi, WIS
shown by the way in which informa-
tion was sought from Columhy and
! Aiken.
Rewards amounting to 5000 have
been offered for JeiTcoat. Dodgers
have been printed and circulated, Civ
ing descriptions OF him. These may
be the means OF running him to earth.
! The rich prize his capture would bring
will induce police and constabularieS
to maintain strict watch for him.
lie will find it dmcult task to
escape, and may yet meet death at the
point of L Winchester as unerring as
| his own.
The wife OF j. G. Flanders offers
| 5000 for the apprehension Of JeiIcoat,
and Sheriff J. II. Flanders, brother of
the murdered man, offers $500 more.
In addition, $500 is offered by friends
of the Flanders, and the aggregate of
5000 is on deposit in the Citizens bank
at SwainSboro. In addition, there is
$500 offered by the governor.
'JeiGcoat, or Johnson, is described
as being between - and 30 years old,
whighing about 1875 or 40 pounds.
! He is 3 feet s, or 10 inches high, and
has blue eyes and dark brown hair,
which, at distance, seems black.
lie has light muStache and features.
When he left Emanuel county, he
was barefoot and in his shirt sleeves.
'JetTcoats occupation is that OF ii
wood sawyer. He has two brothers
living in Aiken and two living near
that place
MADE HIS ESCAPE.
The Columbia State says though ii
was expected that news would reach
here Friday that some of the posse
after Jeircoat had managed either &c
capture Of Kill him, that ii seems the
fellow is an artful dOdgcr and has
managed to confuse and finally elude
the man hunters who were SO close
upon his tracks. The only informa.
tiOn the governor received Friday was
most diScouraging. 1t came in this
form:
Wagencr, July %
Gov. NJ. B McSwcency:
Have no definite trace of ,IcfTcoat.
Some think he has gone: others say
not. viii stay here today. Have
you heard from Pitncr and llankinSon
Answer.
Owen Alderman Sheriff.
now DEPUTY ALL WAS KILLED.
The States correspondent at Aikcr
has sent the following details Of the
killing Of Deputy Sheriff Ahl by the
fleeing deSpcrado: On Monday even
ing, July 2l, Chief OF Police ID. G
Weeks OF the city of Aiken received
IA telegram stating that the nOtoriOu:
horse thief JcifOcat was near SciverR il
this county. and TO so there at once
At ! o'clock that night he accompani
ed 10y Mr.. ID. G. Ahl, left for Seivern
The account of the chase and its sac
result, your correspondent has gottcI
from Chief Weeks upon his return.
MIR. Weeks says: When we arrived
at Seiycrn we were informed that Jen
coat had moved from where he wa
when the telegram was sent to me
The good citizens OF Seivern went t
work Immediately to locate him. Mr.
All and myself with two other citi
zenS OF Aiken county went over int,
Lexington county, and there strucl
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