The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-01-17
THY ARE HELD.
Of Five alleged Yeggmen
Jailed at Lancaster.
They We're Found Bncamped in the
Woods Well Armed and Supplied
With Explosives.

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A special dispatch from Lancaster
to The News and Courier says party
OF five good looking, fairly well
dressed white mon, suspected OF be-
inE safe-oraokors, arrested Thursday
night near Van Wyck. on the Sea-
board, were brought to Lancaster on
the Southern and lodged in Jail. The
technical charge against four Of them
ts that Of carrying concealed weapons
and against tho fifth Of vagrancy.
Thursday afternoon j. A. Hyatt, a
merchant Of Van Wyck, received n
phone message from Waxhaw, N. c.,
to look out for suspicious charac-
ters. Shortly afterward two stran-
gers entered his store and bought
some eatables. He watched tho di-
rection in which they went and af-
ter nightfall he and eight OF his
neighbors, we'll armed, started out
| in search Of the men.
The suspects. who proved to be
five in number, were found encamp-
ed about half mile from Van Wyck.
they were surrounded and ordered
to surrender, which they did without
resistance, saying afterwards that
they thought the woods full OF men
and resistance, therefore, useless.
Every man, except one, who has on
~ one arm, had in his possession a
latest improved revolver. The party
also had yalise or two filled with
highly explosive materials. such as
nitro glycerine, dynamite caps and
also soap.
They declined to state why they
were in Van Wyol, but gave the fol-
lowing names and addresses: c. r.
Shaw, Of Norfolk, Va; Henry S. Hal
Ian. OF Atlanta, Ga James Scanelan,
Charlie Williams, ] ~. Leonard, the
three last named refusing to give
any addresses The one armed man
is Hallan, who, with another mem
ber OF the party, is said to answer
TO the description of two men the
postoffice department is looking out
for.
Immediately upon their arrest IN
spectors II. y. Gregory and NJ o.
Halverstadt were wired. They ar
rived Lancaster Thursday night
They began the Investigation about
10 O'Clock p. m. Thursday, which
continued till daylight Friday morn
ing.
The men arrested are not predis-
very talkatye. When they were
brought down stairs in the Jail to he
examined one refused to come and
had to he brought down by force
Among the things found were money
hidden away on the person OF each
One had some hidden away in his
coat which he sewed up; and had
money hidden away in his under
clothes, About 500 in currency was
obtained from the five, knives and
razOrs were also taken away. A
razor was found on one man which
was hidden in little sack and tied
around his neck, the sack being un-
der his clothes, which were removed
only with difficulty.
Mr.. Gregory seems to know some
possibly all. of the men, though he
is keeping quiet about It, However.
when one man was brought before
him, Frank Shaw, Mr.. Gregory re
cognized him and said: "Why, Frank
| didn't expect to sec you here
Neither did | expect TO see you"
said Shaw. Shaw is Just out Of pris-
on since last February. having been
sent up for robbing a safe in rail
road office at Peaks, Lexington coun-
ty. South Carolina. He had promised
MIR. Gregory to turn over a new leaf
but he was lead into temptation