The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-10-11
BAND OF YEGGMEN
Said to bs Coming OF Are in The
State.
uany Save Been Sentenced to Pris.
on in This St
Banks and Postomces,

Oh in This State for Sobbins
Banks and Posto11ces.
4 gang Of yeggmen and safe blow
ers are reported to have descended IL
this direction and the police authori
ties generally over the state are msin
tsi1sd sharp lookout Tor suspicion!
eharac' rs, several Of whom have al
read esan rounded up on genera
CHI: & Il 7sgzancy, says the Char.
'3,c2b Post.
T..a detective force Of Charleston is
aLo exercising vigilance, but this city
seems not TO be the headquarters Of
the gang, as it was during the expo
sition and several subsequent periods
since sbe yeggmsn first started theil
operations in South Carolina. II the
gang is using Charleston as sheir base
they are keeping very qules, but the
reports indicate that their base Is ~
the state, probably at Columbia
which place the Nolsnd- Mckinley
gang, four OF whom are now doing
time in the federal prison at Atlanta
having been convicted in Charleston
two years ago, made their base Of op
eraticns Detective Brennan is pro.
badly the best informed Of the Ioca,
fo:ce about the habits and ways o1
the yeggnen, having been associated
with the postefa.e inspectors in the
conviction ot B ward Morgan. John
King and Rudolph Rsberls, Char.
lesion man, with their numerous
aliases at the April term Of the Q ait.
ed States circuit court.
The state authorities are being
materially aided in their surveillance
OF the suspicious characters by the
blight secyet service m.n, who are
endeaVoring to 1i3 this section OF the
safe blowers who have been giving
trouble fcr several years. Postohace
Inspectors Gregory, Pulsipher and
Marles are keeping pretty close
watch through South Carolina and
lower North Carolina, while Inspector
Bulla, OF Virginia, wic with Inspector
Gregory has done the larger share OF
tine work cf sending up the Yeggmen
fEon this section, is also operating
With the inspectors Of this immediate
section.
Inspector Pulsipher, who is assign.
ed to the section of the state above
Columbia, paid a flying trip to Char.
lesion q few Gay ago, but had nothing
20 say about bis mission. Inspector
Gregory has not been in Charleston for
sone weeks, having been giving some
attention OF the CASES against John
Fisher alias "Coonecticy Shortly" and
Charles O'l'ay, who are held by Sher.
Hunter at Lancaster for the ROBBERY
Of Health Spring bank last spring. In
spector Gregory has a number Of cases
against Fisher, he being one Of the
men indicted untried for the Latta
postcf6cs robbery, for which Morgan,
King and Rabens were convicted last
April, and ne also has a case against
O'Day, who is an equally notorious
yeggms1, for postct6ce robberies In
Virginia and North Carolina. The
government has, hoxever, yielded the
msn to Sheriff Hunter for the South
Caroiioastatutes provide life inpcison.
meat, whereas the limit OF the feder.
al law Is only FIVE years for burglary,
and since the state seems to have q
clear case, the inspector would rather
that the state put the men out Of
business for the rest Of their days.
The suspicious circumstances con.
nectsG with tee arrest Of several men
recently through the state confirm the
authorities OF the presence OF the safe
blowers. One CT the characters az.
rested ct Clinton a few days ago had
In his possession diagram CT the
town, wish the site Of the bank mark
ed AID the contiguous streets, which
is considered by the authorities as in
criminsting evidence against him.
Thirteen men hsV5 been sent up in
South Carolina during the past tTo
and hali years tor breaking past.
office safes and robbery OF government
funds and stamps, and check has
besn placed upon the operation OF the
yeggs ia this section which was most
inviting at the start. Morgan, King
and Rabens we're the last bunch to be
convicted. Rabens Gaze was appealed
By bis attorney, Mr.. W. Tnrner Logan
and the case will bs called this month
before the court OF appeals at Rich
mond, United States District Attor-
ney Cspers going to Richmond to
represent the government.
The yeggman are the most danger
Gus class OF criminals, and the punish.
ment CT their pals seem to hsVe cut
little deteraing force upon them AID
their operations can be controlled by
only the stric5est vigilance and prose,
cutio1.
Cation BALES Ginned.