The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-09-02
SHOT BY R0BBER.
ATLANTIC CITY FURNISHES a
SENSATION.

wealthy Cubman Of Baltimore Sho
Oh Beard Walk at the Popular Wa
serins Place Wednesday Night.
The imminence Of an arrest
Baltimore, Md, in connection Will
the shooting of Chas B. Roberts, O.. ;
Atlantic City's board walk Wednes-
DAY night. the inimation that the ;
police are in position to identify |
Roberts's assailant, the assertion
that, contrary to what has been hith
erto published, the Would-se murder
er was not masked, thus upsettin$
the story Of attempted h!ghTa.
robbery, and the remarkable nun
Der of conflicting statements relatiT'
to the crime, were the features o.
the days Developments in the case.
Atlantic City, n. j., August Is
Refusing to accept stories to the e:
tect that Chas B. Roberts, the wealth.
clubma nfBaltimore, was shot o.
a highwaynan while in rollln
chair on the board walk with Mrs. u
Williamson also Of Baltimore, on
wednesday night, the police OF tha
city are still working upon the toeor
that the Baltimorean was the yIct1n
OF a vengeful man. While they VII
not say that they believe Mrs. WI
l;ans's husband knows somethln;
about the shooting, they admit that
he will not be eliminated from the
case until he has proven conclusive
" that he was entirely ignorant o
the shooting, and the circumstance:
which led up to it, So determined
are they in this direction that De
tactive Harry Wilson was sent tt
Baltimore to make a thorough ID
vestigation.
The wounded man is still in seri
ous condition at the city hospita:
His condition is considered dangerous
and the physician will not probe sol
the bullet in his liver until his condl-
ton improves. They fear that 70
operate upon him noE might prove
fatal.
Mrs. Williams is still at the Hotel
Brighton, and while the poIce Will
not say that she is detained as 9
witness the- led inouirers to believe
that such is the case The negro, who
was pushing the rolling chair IN
which Roberts and Mrs. Williams
were at the time Of the shooting, Is
still locked up, and If he knows who
Mr.. Roberts's assailant is he declines
to make known his identity.
Relatives Of Mr. Roberts gave out
a statement in which they said that
Mr.. Roberts came there to see c. J.
Obey Norris on business, and that the
board walk ride vas incident which
followed a dinner at the Shelhourne
with Mrs. Williams and party OF
friends. Chas. Stewart, a brother
in-law Of the injured man, said:
"Why, the whole thing is as simple
as can be. It was merely an attempt
ed robbery. From what I can learn
Mr.. Roberts was asked to step out CT
the chair, and before he could move
he was shot down. At the time. in
the excitement and suffering severe
Il he could only give brief explana-
ton, and this was verified BY Mrs.
Williams.
''As far as there being anything
claudestine in the meetings Of MT.
Roberts and Mrs Williams onne Of as
believe it. Up until Tuesday Mr..
Roberts did not even know he was
coming here. He always stopped at
the Brighton, and since Mrs. Will
liams was there it was but natural
that he should meet her. He invited
Mrs. Williams and her daughter to
dine with him at the Shelbourne.
Then he asked her to take ride in
a rolling chair.
sMrs. Roberts and Mrs. Williams
have known each other for years.
There was absolutely nothing il
their going out together, but they
just happened to be victifs Of high
Eaynan."
Mrs. Williams describing the shoot
ing corroborates the general opinion
OF the friends Of Mr.. Roberts, and
Is positive that the msn who did the
shooting stopped the Chi N which
she and Mr.. Roberts were, aud order
ing them to throw up their hands
demanded money. When Mr.. Rob-
erts refused to turn over the money,
the hignwayman SHOT The robber,
she says, was masked
Policeman Rust, who heard the
shooting and ran to the scene thinks
the shot was fred at Roberts from
the back Of the chair, which is in
contradiction to the statements that
the robber confronted Mr.. Roberts
and Mrs. Williams and fred directly
into the front Of the chair.
So far as clearing up the mystery
is concerned, little definite progress
has been made.
Mrs. Roberts. the wife Of the
wounded man. arrived there Saturday.
She is in close attendance upon her
husband and refuses to be seen or
have aything to say. Several Of Mrs
Wil!iams's relatives also arrived on
Saturday and joined her at the
Brighton.
LyNCEED BIZ MOS.