The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-03-31

and how they had worked it togeth.
er. He said the letter to miss Dow
was written by himself but that "Van
Burean" dictatl l most Of it and told
him in a general way what to say
to her Later he answered other re-
plies that were received as result
of the advertisement, without the as
sistance of his allegeI friend.
Other Girls Had Answered.
He told Of receiving replies from
girls in the city and from others than
Miss Dow" outside of the city. 1t
was arranged for two of the girls to
meet the "agent" at the Congaree ho-
tel and on Sunday night, March 22,
he went there and stayed all night.
He said that Van Bureau was to
have met the girls expected at the
Congaree and went there himself and
registered but later Van Burean
told him that he had to go to Sum-
ter on the next atrin and asked him
(Bistow) to go to the hotel) and
meet the girls. He said that the girls
had failed to come and he left word
with the proprietor that if they called
after that night that he was suddenly
called out of the city and would be
back in day or two.
He talked with the proprietor OF
the Congaree, he said, about being in
the show business and to prove to
him that he was~no fake showed
them some of the letters that he had
received addressed to the wallace
Amusement Co." and left them with
him. He had not been back since to
that hotel and did not know whether
any of the girls ever went there TO
meet "Van Burean" after Sunday
night.
''Van Burcan"-Where:
Rristow insisted that Miss Dow
was the only one of the girls whom he
had met, but Ivan Burean" had met
several, mentioning one in Brookkand
and one on Blanding street, etc., He
gave the names Of four or five girls
living in the factory district whom
they had planned to get into the COM
pany but he had left it to van
Burean" so see them and make the ar
rangements.
He denied that he placed the ad in
The State and said that he had never
gone to the postoffice and called for
the mail. On being shown an order
sent to the postmaster directing that
the mail for he Wallace Amusement
Co., be delivered to boy" he ad-
mitted that he wrote it. The order
was signed Charles Van Burean"
and was written on piece of yellow
paper. He also admitted that he had
sent the same boy to the Office on
several occasions for the mail. When
Bristow was taken in charge by In
spector Gregory he had just S1.2O Cd
his person and that is the amount
with which he had planned to take
Miss DOW" cut and give her good
time. He said that this was Ivan
Bureaus" money and that $3.50 was
given to him by the latter just as he
(Van Burean) was fixing to leave
Columbia for Atlanta Monday morn
ing.
He also had a new tape line In his
pocket and the money was to be used
in paying for telephone message. His
attention was directed to the fact that
if S1.50 was given to him for that
purpose he had already spent 20
cents of it for something else and
was planning to spend more of 1t in
taking Miss Dow" out for a good
time about the city. Well, he could fix
that, he sad.
Bristow in Arrest.
INSPECTOR Gregory had Bristow
locked up at the police station at 1.@O
o'clock Friday morning for safe-keep-
ing and at noon Friday he swore out
the warrant before Commissioners
Werner. Inspector Gregory spent the
entire day Friday following up the
investigation and every step brought
more convincing and more damaging
tetimony against Bristow. Several
Columbia girls who had answered the
ad were interviewed and turned over
to Mr.. Gregory the letters which they
had received from this fake "amuse-
ment" cor pany.
One young woman stated that she
would not like to have her name ap-
near in connection with the case but
that if it were necessary In order to
insure Bristow being given the severe
penalty which she felt he deserved
she would gladly appear as a witness
Many places that BristoW stated
he had visited In company with Van
Burean were, visited by Mr.. Gregory
and at ach place it was learned that
Bristow had been there alone each
time. He gave the names of several
houses of i'll fame which he had Wis
tied with Van Burean, but the In
mates of these places knew no one
but Bristow of the alleged pair. He
had come and gone alone. Every
where the evidence only added to the
theory that Bristow and Van Bur-
can" and the "Wallace Amusement