Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-11-06
The DEAD sAEE.cRAcKER.

THE DEAD SAFE-cRAcKER.
The safe-cracker who was shot by
Messrs. Russell and Hoard Of Kings
Mountain, N c., near Wrights Ferry
last Monday morning is dead. He
breathed his last at about 6 O'Clock
Tuesday evening, and although he
made no confession Of any kind it has
developed that his name was William
Young, and that his home was at 2S2(
Valley street, Waverly, a suburb Of
Baltimore, Md.
The account Of the shooting and the
circumstances connected Herewith as
published in the last issue Of THE EN-.
oUIRER, is the only complete and sat.
isfactory story that has yet appeared
The facts were gathered by a specia
representative who made an all night
trip to the scene Of the occurrence fol
the purpose. We are today enabled tc
give the balance Of the story, includ-
ing much important information which
now becomes public for the first time
and which was only procured as the
result of another long drive to the res
idence of DR.. T. N. Dulin, eleven miles
north of Yorkville.
Leaving Yorkville at o'clock yes
terday morning, our representative ar
rived at DR.. Dulin's at a few minutes
after Z. He found there Mr.. L. Heir
onomous, a brother-in-law Of the de-
ceased who had come down from Bal
timore in answer to DR.. Dulin's tele-
gram, and who had gotten over from
Gastonia the afternoon before at
o'clock. He said he had left Balti-
more at 9 o'clock Tuesday night.
Mr.. Heironomous was not disposed
to be very communicative, and was de-
sirous of suppressing all information
about his dead brotherin-law. DR.
Dulin, however, made a quiet state
ment to the effect that the public was
entitled to know all the facts in the
case and that he had decided to give
lit he had to THE ENQUIRER for pub
lication. W4..l that the doctor broke
open a sealed envelope from which he
took the following written on the back
of a prescription blank:
POINT, S. c.. November 8, 1908.
my dear Brother -in-law:
Accept this as a release Of the
mortgage that l hold on your prop
erty.
my ring give to Ruby. Watch keep
yourself. Am shot pretty badly. Doc
tors claim I cannot get over 1t. Try
to bring my body home.
[Signed] wv. YOUNG"
The writing was rather shaky; but
otherwise it was in good form, there
being but little fault to find with or
biography, capitalization or punctua-
tion.
HE wrote that" explained DR.. Du-
lin, ION Tuesday, after DR.. George R.
Patrick and myself had agreed that he
could not recover. He had told me
previously that he would make a state
ment If 1 should decide that he could
not get we'll, and when I finally gave
him my opinion, he at once undertook
to carry out that design. He was very
weak at the time, and had to stop once
or twice to rest; but he did not seem
at any loss as to what he wanted to
say. When he handed me the paper
he requested that 1t be destroyed In
the event Of his recovery. 1 promised
to respect his wishes and asked him
what about making 1t public in case OF
his death. He said he wanted his
brother-in-law whose address he gave
me, to get it first; but after that
could do as I saw proper as it would
make no difference, when he was dead
However, he did express a fear that
if the police should get wind of
his address, his house would be ran
sacked from cellar to garret. I did not
read the paper until after he died
Then 1 told the North Carolina officers
in strict confidence, and now make
it public for the first itme."
Mr.. Heironomous seemed to be very
much affected by this recital, and ex-
pressed himself as appreciative Of DR..
Dulin's consideration. He was not dis
posed to talk of his deceased brother
in-law, however, and answered ques-
tions very reluctantly. In answer to
various questions asked by the report
er, he made a number Of statements,
the sense Of which Is embodied in the
following: "Young's father was a
shoemaker. His mother died when he
was about four years old and his faith
er when he was about eight. Besides
himself there was a brother and a sis
ter and all were thrown on the care of
relatives. / married the sister and
since our marriage, William has been
making his headquarters with us. This
has especially been the case during the
past three or four years. He would
come and go as he felt like it, never
saying anything about his business.
Sometimes he would stay home two or
three weeks at a time. 1 saw him last
in August. 1 have understood that he
was steam filter and sheet iron