The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-10-13
BAND OF YEGGMEN
Said to be Coming or Are in The
State.
Many Have Been Sentenoed to Pris
on i'm This State for Robblng
Banks and Postofnoes,

gang Of yeggmen and safe blow
ers are reported to have descended In
this direction and the police authori.
tiles generally over tho state arc main
tanned sharp lookout for suspicious
oharac 7rs, several OF whom have al.
ready bs2n rounded up on general
OH 8 II vagrancy, SAYS the Char
!otou Post.
Y 3 detective force of Charleston is
al,o exercising vigilance, but this CITY
seems not to be the headquarters OF
the gang, as 1T was during the expo
sitiOn and several subsequent periods
since the yeggmon frat started their
op'raticns In South Carolina. If the
gang is using Charleston as their base,
they are keeping very quiet, but the
reports indicate that their base Is up
The state, probably at Colum bia,
which place the Noland. 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.
erations. Detective Brennan is pro.
badly the best informed Of the local
fo'cc about the habita and ways of
she ycggmen, hSving been associated
with tho postol1ite inspectors in tho
conviction OF Edward Morgan, Joau
King and Rudolph Rabens, q Omar
lesion man, with tne!r numerous
aliases at the April term Of tho Unit.
cd States circuit court.
The state authorities are being
materially aided In their surveillance
Of the Suspicious characters by the
bright secret service mtn, who arc
endcavoring to ria this section of the
safe blowers who have been giving
trouble for several years. Posto1ice
lnSp' csoTs Gregory, Pulslpher and
MsrlcS are keeping q pretty close
watch through South Carolina and
over North Carolina, while Inspector
l'ulla, OF Virginia, who with Inspector
Gregory has dooe the larger share Of
The work Of sending up the Yeggmeu
flon this section, IS also opera ating
",th the inspectors OF this Immediate
s.cton
inspector Pulsipher, who is assign
ed to the section OF the state above
Columbia, paid a flying trip to Char
lesion few day ago, but had nothing
20 say about his mission, Inspector
Gregory has not been in Charleston for
some weeks, having been giving some
attention Of the cases against John
Fisher alias "Connecticy Shortly" and
Charles O'I'ay, who are held by Sher-
Hunter at Lancaster for the robbery
OF Health Spring bank last spring. In
Spector Gregory has number of cases
against Fisher, he being one of the
men indicted untried for the Latta
postcilics robbery, for which Morgan,
King and Rabens were convicted last
April, and he also has a case against
O'Day, who is an equally notorious
yegg man. for postoilice robberies in
Virginia and North Carolina. The
government has, however. yielded the
men to Sheriff Hunter for the South
Caroiina statutes provide life imprison.
ment, whereas the limit Of the feder.
al law i8 only five years for burglary,
and since the state seems to have a
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-
nected with the arrest Of several men
recently through the state confirm the
authorities OF the presence of the safe
blowers. One OF tho characters ar.
rested at Clinton q few days ago had
In his possession diagram Of the
town, with the site Of the bank mark
ed and the contiguous streets, which
IS considered by the authorities as in
eliminating evidence against him.
Thirteen men have been sent up In
South Carolina during the past two
and a half years for breaking post.
office safes and robbery of government
funds and stamps, and q check has
been placed upon the operation of the
yeggs In this section which was most
Inviting at the start. Morgan, King
and Rabens were the last bunch to be
convicted. Rabens case was appealed
by bis attorney, Mr.. w Tnrner Logan
and tho case will be called this month
before the court OF appeals at Rich
mond, United States District Attor
ney Oapers going to Richmond to
fepfeSeDb the government.
The ycGgman are the most danger.
ous class OF criminals, and the punish.
ment OF their pals seem to have but
little deteraing force upon them ard
their operations can be controlled by
only the strictest vigilance and prose.
CutiOn.
Cotton Bateg GfnncG,