The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-04-18
WOUNDED MEN IDENTIFIED
Two Strangers at WadesbOrO Recog-
HixcG as Those Connected With the
Heath Springs Robbery,

An Observer man was on the train
last night from WadesDoro to Char
lotte with Sheriff John L. Hunter, of
Lancaster, S. c., and several others
who had Deen in Arson to identify the
two men shot by IA posse.
Mr. {. E. Williams, of the Springs
Ranking and Mercantile Company, was
i'll the party. He said that these are
the same men who, on the day prior
to the robbery at Heath Springs, came
into the aboye-named place of bust
ness and looked about for an hour,
finally purchasing a pair of trousers.
The man who gives his name as John
Fisher, hat is, the elder, is he who
bought the trousers, says Mr.. Williams
He carried the vest of the broken suit
to WadeSbOrO, but neither of the birds
had pantalOons to match it, and the
presumption is that the II who es-
capped had his legs in them.
MeSsrs. Curtis Mackay and J. r.
Crenshaw also identified them as the
same men who We're lurking around
Heath Springs several days previous
to the robbery there. PinkertOn Detec-
tive Eugene Scheuele pronounced, he
says, Shiley) and Mr.. E. c. Ray, OF
lin wiz LII IN INV 80 A-~
detective says he is satisfied as to the
identification of the men. There can
be no mistake about their being the
Heath Springs burglars, and the detec-
tive has connected them with the Nc
Adenville robbery by their Pinkerton
method of Observation-Disclosures
that may be-and by men who had
seen them at both the points. Certain
marks on the money bags, the denOmi-
nation of the money, and other things
supply natural evidence of identitica-
ton. They had only $162.SO. The de-
tective says that the third man. the
kid" had made off with the big mon
ey to headquarters, as was his habit.
and that, if he follows custom, he will
turn up in these parts in a few days
to join his pals and get another load.
1t was slightly wrong about the
third mar and the chase of him to the
Pee Dee swamp. Deputy Sheriff Por-
ter and his posse saw only the two
now in custody. The other fellow was
seen at Mcfarland and elsewhere, but
was not with the pair near W~adesborO.
1t is also inaccurate hat he burglars
offered no resistance when the posse
undertook their arrest. Deputy PoT-
ter, not a hOt-blOod but an old man,
three times gave the men warning,
telling them, Men, we don't want TO
shoot you. Hold up your hands,
But, instead of holding up their
they made eXcuS for delay
while they unwrapped their pistols. OF
course the posse would not give them
time TO shoot, but, a la David Harum,
shot fust."
The detective was somewhat incon-
yenienced yesterday in his operations
by the fact that the sheriff's attorneys
were also employed by the prisoners.
He was not allowed to photograph
them, and had a great deal of difficulty
IN securing an interview with them.
Nothing, however, came of the inter-
view, except that the younger man,
who has only one chance of life in a
hundred, gave his name as Charles
O'Day. Today Postoffce Inspector
Gregory, of Charleston, will be there
to take a look at them, suspectins
them of certain postal robberies.
Doubtless he will get pictures of them.
Sheriff Hunter advised warmly that
Fisher be put in Jail. One of his arms
is broken, n leg is shot in two
places but not very seriously; he is not
complaining any, and he is in a desper-
ate situation. The sherif's opinion is
that a hotel is a right airy place for
such a prisoner.
AS to the legal status of the case,
Sheriff Hunter wired Mi. Leroy
Springs TO have Gov. Hayward apply
to Gov. Glenn for requisition papers.
He did so at once, and the Arson sher-
if received a wire from Governor
Glenn to hold the men in custody until