The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-06-21
WOMAN ROBBED.
Columbia Woman Assaulted by
Columbia Man in Texas.
HE IS ARRESTED

to. SiNty-Onc. Thousand. Dollars
Was Taken But Arrest Was Made
Before He Could Make His Es-
cape.
Mrs. Sallie A. Gibson Of Colmn-
bia, rich and very eccentric, was rob-
bed of $61,000 at San Antonia, Tex
as Friday. The man who robbed
her, Rufus Williams, is also Co
lumbian and formerly kept a livery
stable near her residence on uppcr
Main street.
The first news received of the rob
berry was an Associated Press story
Friday morning, which stated thnt
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 1i.--Ru-
fus Williams Of Columbia is in ial
her charged with robbery and assault
with deadly weapon upon Mrs. Sal
lie Gibson. He made the following
confession today:
u came to San Antonio on the
18th inst. from COLUMBIA, S. c.. via
st. Louis, Mo. Mrs. Sallic Gibson
came with me. We hired horse and
buggy to ride around and drove out
In the country some five or six miles
from town
we came to Il 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 Il Kind Of
open space. 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 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 $5O,0OO. all in 900
Dills, from her bosom and laid il by
her grip, the money wrapped i'm II
paper, but | know that it was $50
600 as | had previously had It in my
possession. ] also knew that she
had 81 900 in the grip, something
over $1,000 in gold. ! knew that
/ she had all this money because !!
Il so Id sSsep eperal Slpi ieCes of proper in
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 | had
told her that 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
go back she would kill me.
"rhcn there were several words
passed and got up and picked up
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 i'm tho edge Of the
water. then took all ..cr money
and put it in the buggy and started
to drive off and Just as | started
she hollorcd 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 mama
ger of the stable hooked up another
horse and buggy and we drove over
town awhile. All this time | kept
the grip and the money in the bug
gy with ne. After driving awhile
with the manager | asked him To let
me out ut Il barber shop 10 get Il
shave. | got my shave and walked
on the depot and bought IL ticket to
Atlanta, Ga. I got mfo the train
but was arrested before il started =
Williams had SGl,0O0 belonging
:, to Mrs. Gibson in his possession
Fwhen arrested. Mrs Gibson de-
clares that Williams had her hyp-
Noticed and that this explains his
power over her.
She is in a local hospital and will
go back to Columbia as soon as She
is able. but the district attorney viii!
have her held as witness.
Mrs. Gibson is the niece Of tho
late Squire Levi u. Metz. who was
very wealthy. but on account OF the
\ failure Of Il bank in which he was
interested many years ago there
were many judgments against him
and he never deposited his money in
bank. On his death Mrs Gibson
secured the money he left and one
deposit alone. made about two years
ago, amounted to $35, 900 She
then began to dispose Of her real cS
tate, selling Two pieces for about
$4,000 each, Her mind became
weakened probobly on account OF
the worry about the large sum O
money and the fact hat a largci
part Of il was kept a, her house on
upper Main street Last October
some one hearing of this. attempted
to Kill her, bat her screams aroused
the ncighbors and the man escaped
Later the police arrested ncgr,
who proved conclusivcly that he mac
nothing to do Witll the case anC
nothing further was done toward
apprchcnding tho assailant One o
ALTAR h.lhitS Inc mann;