The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-12-14
TIED AND GAGGED.
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Ann eBGN noBsnD.
He Was Driving Home when Set Up.
on by an Unknown Party
or Parties.

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Attacked, knocked unconscious,
bound, gagged and robbed OF his cash
by an unknown party Thuraday night
six miles northeast of Union, Ia what
is said to happened to Wallace Law.
SON, according tofthe sensational story
told by himself to q preHs rep esenta.
tive shortly after his arrival In Union
about 1 O'Clock Friday.
The following ia the story az rela-
ted to the Union correspondent of
The State on Friday:
Il Game to Union yesterday, bring.
Ing my wife and two children. They
spent the night with their cousin,
Mrs. Lula Barton. I left Union, re-
turning home about g o'clock. Wallace
Knox, o friend, was with me until we
reached bis home, five miles from hero.
after I drove on alons, letting my
mule jog along slowly In the dark.
Alter going about one mile fsrth.
or, che drst thing I knew I felt a blow
on the back Of my head, which knock.
ed me from the buggy, As I str1ok
the ground I felt two other blown IN
my forehead, whom I beosme moon
scious. When [ recovered conscious
ness, tho moon was shining, and /
was lying across the read with my
hands tied behind me with o handker.
chief from my own pocket, and I was
gagged with another handkerchief
q white cotton one, which looks like 1t
has never been used before.
This happened In a lonely stretch
OF woods, q high bank on one side, and
a patch Of pines on the other. When
struck l was humming a hymn and
leaning back in my buggy, with the
top back.
When I got up I could not move
my arms and did not get them united
until l had walked q mile to the homo
Of Mr.. j. 0. Harris, my father.iu-
law, where l live.
In the lot at home / found the
mule and buggy 1 had been driving.
When released / put my hand In NV
pockets to SEQ II / had lost anything.
and found missing two p0cketbooks,
Ia my black folding on (Which had my
name, weight and height on q card In
1T "a Chicago National Trust comp.
any on the outside) 8 500 bill and q e5
bill, and In the other, o double snap
p~ocketbook, l had 80. 65 in silver and
some receipts. One Of the receipts was
from e, M. Adams on OCT. "a for sl6
then a Registered letter receipt from
E'zie for 81 so, and also s. w8ybill OF
aome cotton seed-ali made out In nv
name. My silver watch was left, how.
ever, and when | 20 the house T fOnnd
1T was 1 O'Clock.
My head was hurting mo terribly
then, and after bathing it, | wenS 70
bod. This morning my brother in.lsw,
III w. Harris, cana with me to the
spot and we could find only two tracks,
one leading to tho woods and no siqn
of anything else except where some
one had boon sitting on the side OF the
road.
AS to who could have done 10, /
have no idea, for 30 far as I know I
have no enemioa, and no one saw me
lha money Cd the atrsats Yaster.
day; though ( handled the pockatbook
with only tho small change in 1t, This
Is about all l know that | can think
OF now"
Mr.. lawson 10 o young farmer.
abont % years Of age, the son OF Wm.
Glles LAWSON, is married and has two
little children. When spoken to about
when he left Union, he said that he ia
not accustomed to drinking and was
perfectlY sober, 30 that thsre seems 10
be no reason to think that the affair
was all g fancy. He also shows plain.
w the marks OF the blows on his hAad.