Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-02-14
NO. 13.

left side and one on upper right SIDE.
Hair, dark brown and thick. Eyes,
dark brown. Nose, regular. Chin,
broad. Face, medium full, cheek
Tattoo marks in blue ink; right fore
arm, back; cross, hand and word
Faith" left forearm, side: heart.
anchor and cross; right forearm, in
side; ballet girl over initials 81. NJ.
D." left forearm, back: clasped hands
and heart: left forearm. inside: few
traces Of the beginning Of design;
breast; prison window with woman
looking out through bars. Scars; left
forearm three large circular scars
between wrist and the tattoo designs;
two large circular scars on right shin.
Charlie Williams. - American,
white. Crime charged, safe blowing
and possession Of burglars tools. Age
between % and %; height, feet
? ga inches; weight 142 pounds.
Build, slender and round shouldered.
Complexion, fair. Teeth, good; one
small gold filling in an upper front
tooth. Hair, dark yellow. Eyes, hazel.
Nose, medium and pointed. Chin,
broad. Face, medium full. Beard,
clean shaven. Scars; large scar on
right chin; two small light colored
moles on right cheek. Tattoo marks.
large cross entwined by vine and
bearing inscription, I'm memory Of my
mother" with rays of rising sun at
top of cross and flowers on vine in
red ink.
James Scanlon.-American, white.
Crime charged, safe blowing and pos
session of burglars tools. Age be-
tween SS and 43 years; height, s feet
9 3-4 inches: weight 151 pounds
D,aIlA ofa oh
dered. Complexion, medium dark
Teeth. fair: one gold tooth, upper
front to left OF centre. Hair, brown
and thin, bald at front. Eyes, blue
gray. Nose, large. Chin, broad. Face,
medium full Beard, clean shaven.
Scars: Front of right thigh, near
groin, round circular indentation,
possibly a gun-shot wound; left
cheek, colored wart.
C. F. Shaw, alias Frank Short"
alias Frank Taylor" alias Missouri
Shorty" - American, white. Crime.
charged, safe blowing and possession
height, feet ga inches; weight,
120 pounds. Build, short and medium
slender. Complexion, sandy Teeth
fair tobacco stained, some missing on
both sides. Hair, light brown. thin
and bald in front. Eyes light brown.
Nose, regular and broad. Chin, med
ium thin. Mustache, light brown.
Scars: Two on right forearm; one on
each knee; back of right leg, long ir-
regular raised formation; right side
Of nose flesh colored mole.
Henry s. Hallan.-American, white.
Crime charged, safe blowing and pos
40 years; height; feet 1-2 inches;
weight 140 pounds Build, medium
slender and rather straight, slightly
round shouldered. Complexion horid.
Teeth fair, some missing on both sides
Hair, light and slightly gray, thin on
top and slightly bald at front. Eyes,
gray. Nose, thick and rather short.
Chin medium broad. Face, full. Beard,
clean shaven. Scars: Right arm off at
shoulder; few scattering scars on claves
Of legs.
Recent Operations.
During the past four months gangs
Of '.yeggs" have been operating ex-
tensively in almost every section Of
"hauls" have not been so large as
those recorded in this section about
six years ago, when Nolan Mckinley
Johnson Fisher, ct al, were operating
through the Carolinas The South
Carolina statute providing life i'm
prisonment for the use Of explosives
In blowing open a safe, except upon
recommendation to mercy In which in
stance the lowest sentence that may
be imposed Is ten years, has proved Of
great value, giving this state practical
immunity from the professional safe
blowers for a period OF more than
two and a half years. The first and
only case tried since this statute was
enacted was tried at Lancaster, John
Fisher, alias Connecticut Shorty"
and Charles O'Day alias Missouri
Charley" being convicted and given
sentences Of fifteen years each in the
state penitentiaIy. One juror, who was
a brother Of the proprietor Of the
house at Wadesboro, n. c., where
Fisher and O'Day were kept for
in their capture near L'esville, N. c.,
held the jury for six hours, forcing
the other IL men to make a recon-
mendation for mercy. In passing sem
tence the judge said that he consider
ed the severe wounds inflicted upon
both men at the time of their capture
as being equivalent Of five years i'm
prisonment, therefore, he gave each
fifteen years instead Of twenty, which
he said he would otherwise have i'm
posed. The crime with which Fisher
anu " Lay WSIc CIldl BCu "co bhO WV"
ing of the safe Of the Springs Bank
ing and Mercantile company, at Heath
Springs, S. c., on the night Of March
313t, 1905. From the date Of this
crime until November 18th, 1907,
there was not a single case of safe
blowing in this state. Since that date
the following safes have been "puffed"
in this and neighboring states, and
this is only a partial list:
Store Of r. A. Ellison, near Ninety
Six, s. c., November 18th; postoftice,
office. Mauldin, S. c., November 29th;
postoffice, Pelzer, S. c., December
End: store, Grover, N. c., latter part OF
November; postoffice, Dallas, Ga,
December 10th; bank, Sharon, Ga,
December 18th: store, Ruby, s. c.,
December Goth; postoffice, Uptonville,
Ca, December Goth: postoffice, Dunn,
N. c., December 2Sth.
Since the arrest of the five men at
Van Wyck and two men, George Bar
ton and J. P. Eaker, at Augusta, Ga,
there has been a kind of dearth OF
crimes of this kind in this section and
1t is probable that there will not be
many "blowings" until another gang
can get down here and size things
up. However, Barton, one Of the men
arrested at Augusta, who is charged
with attempted burglary Of the bank
Of Sharon. made his escape from the
Fulton county Jail, Atlanta, on the
night of February End, together with
John Harper, who was confined there
for murder under sentence to be hung.
The night jailer, James Brown, and
two TRUSTEES, Joe Williams and John
Graves, have been indicted by the
Fulton grand jury for completely in
the escaDe of these two criminals.
While a number Of safes in the Car
olinas were blown, as noted above,
the operations Of the two gangs In
this section the past year covered
period of less than two months and
the fact that their plans were "nipped
in the bud" so soon is due to the vigil
lance, foresight and "heady" work Of
Postoffice Inspectors Gregory and Hal
verstadt While the latter is not so well
known in this section of the country
as is Mr.. Gregory, he is one of the very
best men in the United States secret
service, and these two hitched up to-
gether will be able to make 1t warm
for professional criminals on any and
all occasions. Mr.. Gregory is a native
of North Carolina, his home being at
Greensboro. while Mr.. Halverstadt Is
an Ohioan. Inspector Bulla, who work.
ed up the case against the five men
for the Dunn burglary, is connected
with the Washington division, and
while not so we'll known In this sec