The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-15
they ARE HELD.
Party OF Five Alleged Yeggmen
Jailed at Lancaster.
They Were Found Eacampea in the
Woods Well Asaea and Supplied
With Explosives

& special dispatch fron Lancaster
TO The News and Courier says party
! of Eve good looking, fairly well
dressed white men, suspected Of be-
ing safe-craekors, arrested Thursday
night near Van Wyek, on the Sea-
board. were brought to Lancaster on
the Southern and lodged in Jail. The
technical charge against four Of them
Is that of carrying concealed weapons
aad against the nth Of vagrancy.
Thursday afternoon J. A. Hyatt, a
merchant Of Van Wyck, received a
phone message from Waxhaw, n. c.,
TO look ous sor suspicious charac-
tors. Shortly afterward two stran-
gers entered his store and bought
some eatables. He watched the di-
reetion in which they went and af-
ter nightsall he an5 eight Of his
neighbors, we'll armed, started out
in search Of the men.
The suspects, who proved to be
Eve in number, were found eDcamp-
ed about a 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
ly one arm, had in his possession a
latest improved revolver. The party
also had valise or two filed with
highly explosive materials. such as
nitro glycerine, dynamite caps and
also soap.
They declined to state why they
were in Van Wyek, but gave the fol-
lowing names and addresses: c. F.
Shaw, Of Norfolk, Va; Henry S. Hal
Ian, Of Atlanta, Ga; James Scanelan,
Charlie Williams, J. T. Leonard, the
three last named refusing to give
any addresses. The one armed man
is Eallan, who, with another mem
Der Of the party. is said TO answer
% the description Of two men the
postoncs department is looking out
for.
Immediately upon their arrest In
spectors II. T. Gregory and NJ. O..
Halverstadt were wired. They ar
rived Lancaster Thursday night
They began the Investigation about
10 o'clock (. N. Thursday, which
continued till daylight Friday morn
ing.
The men arrested are not predis-
posed to answer questions and not
very talkative. When they were
brought down stairs in the Jail to be
examined one refused to come and
had to be 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 800 in currency was
obtained from the Ave, knives and
razors were also taken away. A
razor was found on one man which
was hidden in a little sack and tied
around his neck, che sack being un-
der his clothes, which were removed
only with difficulty.
NJ. 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, M-. Gregory re-
cognized him and said: why, Frank
I didn't expect to see you here.
Neither did I expect to see you,
said Shaw. Shaw is just out of prls-
On since last February, having been
sent up for cobbing a safe in rail
road Office at Peaks. Lexington coun'
ty. South Carolina He had promised
Mr.. Gregory to turn over new ieal
but he was lead into Temptation
again.
/ They are men Of pleasant appear
anee and wear good clothes. There
is little doubt about them being pro
sessional safe blowers and that the!
are the ones wanted in several place.
IN this State. Their pictures wer'
taken Friday with trouble.