Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-10-17
Tuesday, October II, 1905.
Smith b,mse,f 70 sick and that his wife

at home Is also Ill and he has been In
Jail four months awaiting trial while
his family has been in need OF his
work in their behalf. Furthermore, the
concern which had employed him re-
fused to pay the fine or to give Smith
any assistance. His fine was $500 or
four months in jail. The petition was
presented by Mr.. D. H. Magill and bore
the signatures Of many representative
men. Solicitor Cooper recommended
the granting Of the pardon and this re-
ceived Judge Klugh's endorsement.
The case has attracted considerable at
tention and 1t is probable that people
hereafter will be slow to connect them
selves with corporate enterprises In the
capacity of emigrant agent to solicit
employees. This has been the source of
much trouble in the state. .
Safe Crackers Convicted.
Fisher and O'Day, the cracksmen
who robbe5 he safe Of the Springs
Banking and Mercantile company. at
Heath Springs on Saturday night,
April 1, were tried in Lancaster last
week, and after a hearing covering
three days the jury on Saturday night
at about IL o'clock brought In ver-
dict Of guilty. with a recommenda-
ton to mercy. The defendants were
represented by Messrs. T. Y. and
Reese Williams, and the state was
represented by Solicitor j X. Henry,
assisted by Mr.. H. T. Gregory, United
States postofice inspector. The eyi-
dence, although circumstantial, was
conclusive. The men had been seen
In the store during the day previous
They had purchased various articles
and hung about the office and vault In
manner to excite suspicion. Indeed
one Of the clerks. in putting away some
gold, had taken the precaution to con-
ceal It In the vault. This gold escaped
the robbers. There were evidences OF
the use of nitro -glycerine about the
safe and all the appliances, etc.. were
found on the person Of the robbers
Money recovered from the robbers was
positively identified. The defense did
not offer any testimony; but stood on
the proposition that the state had fall
ed to make out its case. The jury re-
mained out several hours, long enough
to create the impression that there
would probably be mistrial; but
verdict was finally agreed upon. 1t Is
understood that the jury stood eleven
for a straight verdict Of guilty and one
for verdict Of guilty with a recon-
mendation to the mercy Of the court
The eleven agreed to the mercy recon-
mendation rather than have a mis-
trial.
Assaulted BY a Negro Passenger.
Capt. T. w. Pritchard, Of the
Southern, who had charge Of train
No. 80 from Savannah, had desper-
ate encounter with a negro named
Will Gaines, between Ogden and
Rock Hill yesterday morning between
7 and o'clock. The negro had
boarded the train at the Seaboard
crossing at Chester and entered the
negro coach well forward next to
the mail and baggage. At Ogden
the attention Of Capt. Pritchard, who
was attending. to his duties In the
rear Of the train, was called to the
fact that some shooting was going
on in the negro car. Some three or
four shots were heard, one after an
other. The captain went forward to
investigate and passengers indicated
Gaines, a big burly fellow, as the
culprit. On being asked about the
shooting Gaines insisted that he-ha
no knowledge of It: that he had no
pistol and was willing to be searched.
The pistol had been thrown under
seat, and Capt. Pritchard called the
negro's attention to the fact. With
out warning Gaines let fly with brass
knucks and struck Capt. Pritchard In
the face. The captain. although
frail man, fought as best he could;
but was being rapidly overpowered
when ]. H. Mitchell, a passenger
from Whitney, N. c., came to his
assistance. The negro continued to
fight both men like an infuriated
tiger, and was getting the best of
them; but other passengers came to
the rescue and overpowered him. AT
Rock Hill the negro was turned over
to the authorities and Capt. Pritch-
ard proceeded on to Charlotte with
his train. He and Mitchell were
both badly bruised. The understand
ing was that they were to come back
to Rock Hill today and make out a
case Of assault and battery with in
tent to kill against Gaines. The ne
gro will probably be lodged in Jail
this afternoon.
Big Row About a Little Ditch.
A sorely vexed road dispute that
has been a source Of hard feeling ever
since last summer, occupied the at
tention of Magistrate Conner and a
jury all day yesterday and resulted In
a mistrial. The case Is that Of York
county dBdlIlSI IetLiici rAioSib Shoi 6Se
with obstructing a ditch, and came
from Kings Mountain township on a
change Of venue. The facts as devel-
oped by the testimony, are to the ef-
feet that last summer while working
what is known in Kings Mountain
township as the Hickory Grove road.
Mr.. S. c. Pursley; the overseer, found
it necessary to cut an eight inch ditch
across a road leading from the public
highway to the premises Of Mr.. Kiser.
Mr.. Kiser objected to the cutting of
the ditch on the ground that 1t in
terfered with his getting to and from
his field. Mr. Pursley offered to slope
the place down on either side so as to
avoid the difficulty; but Mr.. Kiser
would have nothing Of the kind. Then
the matter came before the county
board and at the instance of that
body Commissioner Lumpkin and
Messrs. w. M. Faulkner and w. R.
Bigger tried to secure an amicable
and satisfactory settlement. Mr..
Lumpkin suggested the boxing of
the ditch and offered to pay for
the lumber out of his own pock-