The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-06-19
WOMAN ROBBED.
Columbia Woman Assaulted by
Columbia Man in Texas.
He IS ARRESTED

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to. Sixty-One Thousand. Dollar.
Was Taken But Arrest Was Mad.
Before He Could Make His Es
cape.
Mrs. Sallie a. Gibson of Coluln
bla, rich and very eccentric, was rob.
bed Of $4,000 at San Antonia, Tex.
as Friday. The man who robbed
her, Rufus Williams, is also a Co.
lumbian and formerly kept livery
stable near her residence on upper
Main street.
The FIRST news received of the rob-
berry was an Associated Press story
Friday morning, which stated that
Williams had been arrested and had
confessed. Later in the day the fol-
lowing special was sent The State
from San Antonia, Texas:
San Antonio, Texas, June 14.-Ru-
fus Williams of Columbia is in Jail
her charged with robbery and assault
with deadly weapon upon Mrs. Sal
lie Gibson. He made the following
confession today:
Il came to San Antonio on the
18th inst. from COLUMBIA. S. c.. via
st. Louis. Mo. Mrs. Sallie Gibson
came with me. We hired a horse aud
buggy to ride around and drove out
in the country some FIVE or six miles
from town
I'VE came to stream of water
and she said: Let's go take bath
in the stream We turned and
drove up along the stream about 25
yards from the road into kind of
open space. got out and hitched
the horse and went and sat down on
the edge of the stream.
eve got to talking about our trip
and told her that knew I was doing
wrong an0 that I was going back to
\ my wife and children and that she
had no business to persuade me to
go with her. She said that I was
the only man she cared anything for
and that she would kill me if went
back. I should have mentioned that
\ before this.
~"She took $4,000, all in $1,000
bills, from her bosom and laid it by
her grip, the money wrapped in
paper, but.I know that it was S50,-
900 as I had previously had it in my
possession. I also knew that she
had $4,000 in the grip, something
over $1,000 in gold. knew that
she had all this money because l
sold several pieces of property in
and around Columbia for her and
this was the money.
AFTER she sat down by me on the
edge of the stream we got to talk
ing about our trip, and after I had
told her that I had made up my
mind to go back to my wife she said
that she loved me better than any
other man On earth and that If did
90 back she would kill me.
Then there were several words
passed and I got up and picked up
a stick and just as she was about to
get up ! struck her on the head
with the stick once and knocked her
down. She fell in the edge OF the
water I then took all Aer money
and put it in the buggy and started
to drive off and just as I started
she hollored and said: Don't leave
me, you have nearly killed me-
did not reply, but drove back to
town put the horse and buggy IN
the livery stable. where the mana
ger of the stable hooked up another
horse and buggy and we drove over
town awhile. All this time I kept
the grip and the money in the bug
sv with me. After driving awhile
with the managerI asked him TO let
me out at a barber shop to get
shave. / got my shave and walked
on the depot and bought ticket to
Atlanta, Ga. I got into the train.
but was arrested before it started.
Williams had $4,000 belonging
to Mrs. Gibson in his possession
when arrested. Mrs. Gibson de-
clares that Williams had her hyp-
Noticed and that this explains MS
power over her.
She is in local hospital and Will
90 back to Columbia as soon as she
is able. but the district attorney Will
have her held as a witness.
Mrs. Gibson is the niece OF the
late Squire Levi P. Metz, who was
very wealthy. but on account OF the
failure of bank in which ne was
interested many years ago tnere
were many judgments against MN
and he never deposited his money III
a bank. On his death Mrs. Gibson
secured the money he left and one
deposit alone, made about two years
ago. amounted to $4,000. She
then began to dispose of her real es,
t11-n rSaclS for q DOUl
$4,000 each Her mind became
weakened probobly on account OF
the worry about the large sum OF
money and the fact that a larger
part OF it was kept at her house on
upper Main street. Last OCTOBER
some one hearing of this. attempted
to Kill! her, but her screams aroused
the neighbors and the man escaped
Later the police arrested a negro
who proved conclusively that be nae
,otbing to do with the case and
nothing further was done toward
annrehending the assailant. One OF
her neculiar habits was the mania
for gold coin and gold certificates
and practically all of her money
amounting to about St0.0oV was II
this form.
As her mind became more unset
41ad che showed a desire for traVe
and left here a few days ago TOT I'M
Wet It was not known at I'M
ti,e that Williams had gone Will
her although today it was remarke'
~, -se was missing about IN
80 .ime. Williams kept a liver
SFa,,ie s.,.l near her residence and late
S;,-3j,S Ss.n,h1v street and comes of a
eyca.lant family. his orotnsi ,,Ta, 49,
y..oG2i:; well Of by tnose " Nv Nl ~
op: they did not know OF .on.s ~
r-3so:e until told by tep'ssea+II $50
I've ~ the State and were s0S''