Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1909-05-27
FOUR IN JAIL
They Are Charged With LootIng
the Express Car
OFFICERS ARRESTED
Them on Warrants Sworn Out by
Pinkcrtou DctcctivrS-All the Ac-
cuscd Protest Their Innocence and
Deny Any Connection With the
Crime-Prisoncrs Factory Boys.


Crimc-PrisOncrs Factory Boys.
A dispatch from Aiken to Tho
State says four arrests were made
late Thursday afternoon in connec-
tiOn with the robbery of tho South
ern Express car on the Southern
train No. II Tuesday night between
Warrcnville and Augusta. Those
under arrest are Charles. Henry and
Ben Haultman and Lonnie Price.
Warrants for arrest were placed
in the hands OF Sheriff Rabora by
the Pnkerton detectives who came
to Warr0nville and took charge of
the case Wednesday morning.
Sheriff Raborn went down to War
rcnvillc Thursday afternoon on the
4:30 trolley car. accompanied by
Deputies Musco Mamucls, Monroe
Vernon and Barney Craig The sus-
poets were easily captured and they
were Immediately brought to Aiken
and placed in Jail They Staunchly
deny being connected with the rob
bory and laugh at the charges made
against them. They are typical fac
tory boys and none of them looks
To be more than - years of age
No comment is made 10y the dctec-
tivcs, and nothing is known OF thn
evidence against the men
What has b"cn discov red of an
discriminating nature is being CLOSELY
guarded and nothing can be learned
~ IN.
Vile. they found Henry Gaultman
at his boarding house writing a let
ter The contents of the letter HAD
no connection whatever with tn
train robbery. lI"n Gaultmau Wa
follow d to a plum orchard wA"re h
wns found eating green plums
Charles Gaultinan and PRICE wer'
found near FOX's crossing Pric.
Eaid he had started to Aiken on bus
incEs
They maintain their innocen" and
state positively chat they will hav,
no difficulty I'm proving an Hlibi
They are small of stature and scarce.
ly more than striplinSS The officer
do not believe that they are con
n"Ctcd with the robbery. There ar,
six Pinkcrton detectives at work
and IN can not he asCcrtaincd VIII tn
er or not more arrests are contcm
plated in connection with the case
1t is understood that these boy.
have been under surveillance sine,
the detectives started ON the case
They are all residents of Warren
Vile and are operative I'm the War
renville mill. The BOYS do not bear
bad Countcnanccs, and ii is quit,
evident that If they are the guilty
PARTIES there must have been som,
prompting, and it is generally be-
licvcd that they must have been urs
ed hy dime novel" reading or some
thing similar. Further than d,ny
ing th"ir guilt. the Gautmaus an,
Price will not have anything to
say.
Another MIN Arrested.
\ dispatch from Aiken TO tn,
Augusta Chronicle says in addition
to the four men already arrested
charged with completely in the train
robbery of Tuesday, late Thursday
night Constable Craig and one o.
the Pinkcrton detectives arrived il
the city with man giving his nam,
as w NJ Narklo. whom they com
mitted to jail on suspicion OF beiut
connected with thu robbery. Mark,
tolls varying stories. He says he
has worked all over the county and
knows no one i'm these parts.
H." claims. however. To know Gov
Gilrhri-t i'm ElOTida He was mn;