The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1902-08-01

ItSU tCCUuilUi d JCHCOtlU SOlLiR OdCN w
Browns landing. Got posse in pur-
suit.
" Owen Alderman,
Sheriff.
% JEFFCOAT's GEORGIA RECORD.
The Savannah Morning News, re.
fcrring to the killing or the Aiken
deputy by Jeifcoat, Wednesday gave
the dcSperado's Georgia record as fol.
lows:
"rhiS makes Jeirc0at'S third killing.
He was wanted in Emanuel county,
Ca, for killing Il man named Wilson,
near Hcrndon last winter. lie went
thcrc under the name OF Charlie j ohm
son, and IL 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 CT.
forts to apprchcnd him and on the
night OF July Is undertook, with Il
posse to surround him in a swamp.
The man had escaped, however, and
the posse scattered to search for him.
Deputy Sheriff Curl and Joe Flanders,
a brother of the sheriff, overlook JeIi-
coat and his wife on the road to Mid
vile at | p: III. The desperate vas
lcXpecting arrest and was sitting III
his buggy with his face to the rear
When ordered to surrender he shot
FLANDERS in the left brcast with a Win
chester rifle, thcn jumped from the
buggy and He'd TO q swamp. Mrs
Jclfcoat, or Johnson, also took part in
the shooting and was wounded in the
head. She is now in Jail at SWANS.
boro.
'Jeifeoat has sailed under q alias
In Emanuel county he was known rs
Charlie johnson. The people Of that
county have been greatly aroused, and
any news OF the man who killed Elan.
dcrs is eagerly sought. This was
shown by the way in which informa.
tion was sought from Columbia and
Aiken.
Rewards amounting 10 5000 have
been offered for Jclfcoat. Dodgers
have been printtd 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 constabularics
to maintain strict watch for him.
lie will find 1t a difficult task to
escape, and may yet meet death at the
point OF q Winchester as uncrring as
his own.
'"rhc wife of. @. FLANDERS offers
5000 for the apprehension Of Jefrcoat,
and Sheriff j. ~. Flanders, brother Of
the murdered man, offers 5000 more.
In addition, $500 is offered by fyionds
or 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.
"JcilcOat, or johnson, is described
us being between 27 and 30 years old,
whighing about 1875 or 40 pounds.
lie is feet s, or 10 inches high, and
has blue eyes and dark brown hair,
which, at Il distance, seems black.
He has light muStachc and features.
When he left Emanuel county, he
was barefoot and in his shirt sleeves.
'Jcflcoat's occupation is that OF Il
wood sawyer. lie has two brothers
living in Aiken and two living near
that place"
MADE Ills ESCAPE.
The Columbia State says though it
'No '<N tNtlSN blluU IlSNO NONNl ICOCll
here Friday that some Of the posse
after Jcllcoat had managed either to
capture Of kill him, that it seems The
fellow is an artiul dodgcr and has
managed to confuse and finally c,ldc
the man hunters who were 50 close
upon his tracks. The only informal
tion the governor received Friday vas
most diScouraging. 1t came IN this
form:
Wagcncr, July 25.
Coy. Nj. B. McSwccncy:
Have no definite trace of JetlcOat.
Some think he has gone others say
not. VIII stay here today. Have
you heard from Pitncrand IIanl<inS0n.
Answer.
Owen Alderman Sheriff.
HOW DEPUTY ALL WAS KILLED.
The states correspondent at Aiken
has sent the following details OF the
killing or Deputy Sheriff All by The
llccing dcSpcrado: On Monday eycn-
Ing, July 81, Chief Of Police ID. G.
Weeks or the city OF Aiken received
u telegram stating that the notorious
horse fJctfocat was near Seiycrn In
this county, aud to go there at once.
At o'clock that night he accompani-
ed by Mr.. ID. G. Ali, left for Seivern.
The account Of the chase and It's sad
result, your correspondent has gotten
from Chief Weeks upon his return
Mr.. Weeks says: When we arrived
at Scivcrn we were Informed that JEFF
coat had moved from where he was
when the telegram was sent to me.
The good citizens Of Seivcrn went to
work Immediately to locate him. Mr..
All and myself with two other cti-
zcnS OF Aiken county went over into
Lexington county, and there struck
his trail and followed him towards Co
lumbia some four or five miles, then
turning toward Horse bridge we traced
him back again into Aiken county, and
we finally located him In the yard OF
his mothers house near Horse bridge.
lie saw us as we approached and I
called to him to surrender, when he
at once opened fire on our party With
a shotgun, and then made for the
swamp. Our party separated and
headed him off from the swamp and
drove him back again to higher
ground. He sccreted himself In a