Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-06-20
WOMAN ROBBED.
Columbia Woman Assaulted by
Columbia Man In Texas.
HE IS ARRESTED

to. SiXty-One. Thousand. Dollars
Was Taken But Arrest Was Made
Before He Could Make His Es-
cape.
Mrs. Sallie A. Gibson of Coluin-
'bia, rich and very eccentric, was rob-
'Ded OF SCI 900 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 and
buggy to ride around and drove out
In the country some five or six miles
from town.
I'VE came to a stream of water
and she said: Let's go take bath
in the stream We turned and
| drove up along the stream about %
[ yards from the road into a kind of
( open space. I got out and hitched
the horse and went and sat down on
\ the edge of the stream.
I'VE got to talking about our trip
and told her that | knew I was doing
wrong and that | was going back to
my wife and children and that she
had no business to persuade ME to
go with her. She said that ! was
the only man she cared anything for
and that she would kill me if went
back. / should have mentioned that
\ before this.
"She took $4,000. all in $1,000
bills, from her bosom and laid ii by
her grip. the money wrapped in a
paper, but l know that ii was $780,
900 as | had previously had ii in my
possession. also knew that she
had $11, 200 in the grip, something
over $1,000 in gold. | knew that
she had all this money because |
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 | had made up my
mind to go back to my wife she said
that she loved me better than any
Iother man on earth and that if / did
go back she would kill me.
"Then there We're several words
lpassed and | got up and picked M
la stick and just as she was about tc
lget up | struck her on the head
with the stick once and Knocked hel
down. She fell in the edge of the
fwater. | then took all ..er money
)and put it in the buggy and started
Ito drive off and just as started
kshe hollored and said: Don't leave
hne, you have nearly killed me-"
Hid not reply, but drove back tC
Town put the horse and buggy il
the livery stable, where the mana
ger of the stable hooked up another
horse and buggy and we drove ove
town awhile. All this time | KEEP
The grip and the money in the bug
Ey with me. After driving awhil,
WIN tne UndndSeT dSkeu IllIn 10 lie
hue out at a barber shop to get
shave. / got my shave and walker
@n the depot and bought a ticket t,
Atlanta, "Ga. ! got into the train
but was arrested before il started.
Williams had $61 1000 belonging
10 Mrs. Gibson in his possession
When arrested. Mrs. Gibson dc
dlares that Williams had her hyp
Iiotized and that this explains hi
lbower over her.
She is in a local hospital and viii
do back to Columbia as soon as sh
IL able, but the districs attorney will
Have her held as q witness.
Mrs. Gibson is the niece of tn
ihte Squire Levi p. Metz, who wa
very wealthy, but on account of tn
allure of bank in which he wa
Interested many years ago ther
Were many judgments against hir
ahd he never deposited his money 1
al bank. On his death Mrs. Gibso
SECURED the money he left and on
deposit alone, made about two year
a4so, amounted to $35, 900. Sh
tlken began to dispose of her real @:
tdte. selling two pieces for abor
10000 each. Her mind becam
Weakened probobly on account G
tide worry about the large sum {
mIoney and the fact that large
part of 1t was kept al her house O
uJlper Main street. Last Octobt
sdme one hearing of this, attempte
TOD kill her. but her screams arouse
the neighbors and the man escape
Litter the Ipolice arrested negi
who proved conclusively that he ha
ntkthing to do with the case an
ntkthing further was done towar
aIfprehending the assailant. One
htkr peculiar habits was the man
fot gold coin and gold certihcat
arid practically all OF her none
amounting to about $4,000 was
this form.
tAs her mind became more unse
tlshd she showed desire for trav
arid left here few days ago for u
xxrl4.x IL mnc mt known at u