The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-10-11

asking sti!,s and wosns, to be u e:
~ tureaatios s2d w5isGey dlsti.ler!
IL east2!n Nc13h Carolina.
"Yas, was t.avel;ng With Hiaksy
'":,cc 97e were arrested" sad Cun
a:7g.an. i knew Waring also, but
had 'ot seen him Tor six years unit
Just tEo Gays before or arrest.
YES to paint @:;ia sign Ter tie bank al
DQr2, n. c., and when / vent there
50 s9srt tiia job ! iourd Waring a:
zcck cn Il. / t3ld the cashier that
1s had given n? job to another msn.
he had not noticed that it vas new
man until I 1cid him. Waxing dsd
beautiful Job for hiu. We went on il
company ron that day until we were
s3res!ed. Nc, 7se were not 'hoocing,
as Il is c,nmoaly called: We we're
working the snail towns in the ccua.
try, fcr Shsrs is more money in paint.
ing signs il the country thar in cities
tos there are always a lot Ct sign
painters il citiss, whareas by travel.
ing through the country We can make
from SIS to $685. day"
And here the narrator Of the
strange experiences tod the ssddest
part CT all. We were travelling pro
psrly and stepping at the best hotels
in thu towns we visited. Why, I had
my wife with me. But the people
who caused my arrest we're so. malis,
nant they caused the chisf OF police at
Smithdeld to msks ny wife lsave the
town and have not heard from her
Until this day" Cunningham does
not even know his wife's address, and
seems ta be very much distressed on
that account.
The men who were released were
given their suits OF clothes and trans
porta5ion to Marion, this being Gus.
tou set by CIV, James L. Orr, 10
1866. Not wishing 20 60 to Marion,
the place OF their conviction, tie
prisoners took the alternative, cash.
T.2eir tools, valued at $50, have been
laksn by the authorities in Marion,
although they see 10 rsason why
their property should have been con-
fsc2ted by the State. The prisoners
therefore have nothing but their lib
erty, their new suit Of clothes, in
which they present very neat ap-
pea1aace, and Jess than IS in money.
They stated that they will be CRATE
ful for any work which can be given
them Until tney can get money
enough to reach their respective
homes. Waring and Cunningham
are undoubtedly very skilltul painters.
Tae sX prisoners are not disposed
to rail at the people OF Marion county
for having con7!cted them, but they
are very bitter in regard to the Pink
er5on detective agency. They insist
that they are arrested more on account
ot the ssze of thc teward than for any
other reascE, They mp!ain OF the
treatment accorded prisoners at the
>-aze prison, AID ona Of taeIa has de-
clareS his taaenuicn 60 write a book
on the mode OF pris2n life. They gave
evidence Of some Familiarity with TIE
r9!suiys mer;Js Of prisons, bat this
may be oa account Of their psiipatetic
lives. Their numbers on the South
Carolina prison books we're II, OBI,
II o32 snd II, ,c33 Eighteen montas
ago they were brought here to serve
se15encss OF six years each. They
feel that 5he State Of South Carolina
has rccaivsd free their services for
this length OF tina and they have been
to,cad 20 suffer the humiliation OF
sr:son life a1d felons' cells when they
aere ianocanG Of taa charges.
Tae men state that they were con-
viaaed because they were not given a
chance to prove their innocence and
soey IoI have ample evidence to
prove an alioi f5- each nan OF the
three. That evidence they could lot
produce IN SmiEhGali, as they hac
not TIE money. Taey are sure that
they would have baen released without
? trial but ter the efforts o. the detec
tive, J. W. Craig, who had t5en
ph h1s"graphed and then to?k the
Photographs back to Marion ard in q
aay had their identity established as
tGa5 OF tie robbers, although the
woman VINO hsd ssen them, as she
s@ore, could rot identify any one CT
tccm in crosd IL the courthouse.
The three nea do not know exactly
ncw to get their bearings, but will
look around q day Or two with the
hose of getting work to do, ald will
wire 5ha;r relatives Uf their release
and ask Tor moneF to get home. One
:iicg which worries them very much
Is ace fach that their photographs and
a Gsc.ipti N Of each have been sent
Iii ovac tas colaSry and as each one
is p;eat:tuliy sa:o3ed, they are afraid
t;las the morsnt 5hey step into any
c,gy Of size 5hey Wil! be confronted
nth their photographs in the rogues'
gallery and they want TO get suca
papers as will prove their parole, SO
that tcsy will no5 be arrested on sus
picicn hereafter,
Helpless TO Save Him.