The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-07-30
The AIKEN OUTLAW.
sherifs Posse Armed With Win
chesters Chase JefFcoat TO
Swamp Between Aiken and
Lexington.

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about 2 o'clock the desperate Jefcoat,
was still at large, but hotly pursued
by the sheriff of Aiken with an armed
posse. He was said to be in swamp
between Aiken and Lexington coun-
ties, and the sheriff Of Lexington was
ordered by the Governor to guard his
side Of the swamp and do all in his
power to assist in the pursuit and
capture of Jefcoat.
JEFFCOAT'S GEORGIA RECORD.
The Savannah Morning News, re-
ferring to the killing of the Aiken
deputy by Jeffcoat, Wednesday gave the
desperado's Georgia record as follows
This makes Jefcoat's third killing.
He was wanted in Emanuel County,
Ga, for killing a man named Wilson,
near Herndon 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 togeth-
er. After killing Wilson he left Ema-
nuel, but recently returned. Sheriff
Flanders had made several efforts to
apprehend him and on the night of
J4ly Is undertook, with posse to sur
round him in swamp. The man had
escaped, however, and the posse scat
tered to search for him. Deputy
Sheriff Curl and Jos Flanders, a
brother of the sheriff, overlook JeHcoat
and his wife on the read to Midwife
at IL p. m. The desperate was expect
ing arrest and was sitting in his buggy
with his face to the rear. When Or
dered to surrender he shot Flanders in
the left breast with Winchester rife,
then jumped from the buggy and fed
to a swamp. Mrs. Jefcoat, or John
son, also took part in the shooting
and was wounded in the head. She is
now in jail at Swainsboro.
t.Jeifcoat has sailed under an 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 Flan-
ders is eagerly sought. This was
shown by thesway in which informa-
tion was sought from Columbia and
Aiken. 49,
Rewards amounting to $500 have
been offered for Jefcoat. 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 mainain a strict watch for him.
He will find it difficult task to
escape, and he may yet meet death at
the point of a Winchester as unerring
as his own.
s'The wife of J. G. Flanders offers
5000 for the apprehension of Jefcoat,
and Sheriff j. I. Flanders, brother of
the murdered man, offers $500 more.
In addition, 5000 is offered by friends
of the Flanders, and the aggregate of
$500 is on deposit in the, Citizens
Bank at Swainsboro. In addition,
there is $500 offered by the governor.
Jefcoat, or johnson, is described
as being beween 27 and 80 years old,
weighing about l35 or lao pounds:
He is feet s, or 10 inches high, and
has blue eyes and dark brown hair,
which, at distance, seems black. He
has light mustache and features.
When he left Emanuel county. he was
barefoot and in his shirt sleeves.
Jefcoat's occupation is that of a
wood sawyer. he has two brothers
living in Aiken and two living near
that place. -