Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-07-21

GAY MARRIED MAN ARRESTED.
Girl Very Repentant--Father Takes
Her Home-Gives Bond.
(Greenville News, 18TH

NGTeenVlHe NEWS, tStn.
Charged in a warrant sworn out
by the father of Miss Louise w. Nor
ris, of Greenwood, who had eloped
from her home in Greenwood with
him, with being fugitive from JUS
tice, N. E. w. Sistrunk, merry-go-
round operator about twenty-fonr
years of age, whose home Is in Spar
tanburg, where his wife and her mo-
ther live, was taken into custody by
the officers here yesterday morning
and held until lat" In the afternoon
when his mother-in-law, Mrs. Emma
G. Cash, OF SpartaDburg, said to be
worth considerably more than $50,-
600, gave bond in the sum of $500,
for his appearance before the court
in Oconee county within the next
three months. The father of the girl
she is about twenty-five years old
came here in company with his
friend, j. x. burst, president of the
Bank of Greenwood, who took the
young woman home. She confesses
to have left Mccormick, where she
had been visiting, with Sistrunk and
Followed him to Augusta, Atlanta
and back to Seneca, where he was ar
rested and where she paid his fine Of
v,
all the money she had, and lett with
the man, whose wife was in Spartan
burg. When the train from Seneca
arrived in the city IN the morning of
yesterday the conductor informed
Oficer McLeskey Of the trouble the
man had been into in Seneca and
that he was then in company with
the girl. Sistrunk was at once arrest
ed and the girl Went to the Mansion
House, where she registered as Miss
Louise w. Norris, Greenwood. She
was assigned to room so. After be-
ing locked up the man sent for an
attorney, and employed James Price
to defend him. He sent q telegram
to his wife and she and her mother
came TO the city on train No. IL. In
the meanwhile the father ,had gone
before Magistrate Stradley and sworn
out a warrant charging the man with
being fugitive from justice. Attor-
ney Price went before the justice Of
the peace with the wife and mother
in-law of the accused and Mrs. Cash
gave certified bond of $500. The
man accompanied his wife to Spar
tanburg in the evening.
AT first 1t was thought that the
charge Of abduction would be lodged
against Sistrunk, but 1t seems that
such charge could not be substan-
tlated, the woman being old enough
to know her mind, and so it was said
by the attorney for the man, cogni-
zant Of the fact that Sistrunk was
married Just what charge will be
preferred against him is a matter of
conjecture
Mr.. Norris is one of the best known
gentlemen OF Greenwood. For q
number of years he was the agent of
the Seaboard Air Line Railroad there
and for a long time his daughter
worked in the office with him Re-
Gently she went to Mccormick to
visit friends, and while there met
Slstrunk, who was operating q merry
go-round, and who boarded at the
same house with her. He Is alleged
TO have persuaded her to leave with
him. They went to Augusta and
from there to Atlanta. They are a!-
legged to have registered as man and
wife at the hotels they visited.
Mr.. Norris went at once to the DO
lice station, where the man was con-
fined, and talked with Chief Kenne-
uV. A telegram was sent to the au-
thor1ties in Greenwood asking them
TO be ready to meet the train upon
which the prisoner would be sent,
and to guard against any violence, q
report being received here to the eff
feet that the people Of Greenwood
were much incensed because Of the
actions OF the man. The arrival of
the wife Of the accused with her mo-
ther made it unnecessary to take him
to Greenwood.
Attorney Price, in speaking of the
case last night, said that he was con-
fident that his client would be charg
ed with nothing more serious than
disorderly conduct, and that the
case would not appear as sensational
as 1t at first seemed.
Many people here know Mr.. Norris
and sympathiZe with him because of
the misfortune.