The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-02-11

man known as ,S%%;;;,,:S .S%;i,,,.s = a ;rp white
Der Of the notorious McKinleyncn'
Noiand gang of safeblowers re- on
wives interest in the bank robbery N
at Latta on the night of Feb. rs,
1904. SwipeS' was convicted
of this crime and has just fl nished
serving five year sentence in the
federal prison in Atlanta Now
SwipeS' must answer to the
charge of burglary for on the night d,
of the bank Robbery he entered the uh
store of J. L. Davis and took there one
from certain articles of merchan
disc. Swipes' is the last of tn, been
Mckinley Noland gang. The
ers have been called to fan, others
Great Judge higher up, the he " a,
ships and confinement. of pr,
strain upon them after the free Ilk,.
and easy life they had led in the,r,m-
open air. Following is a story or con-
Of the crime taken from the Stois had
The operation of the robbel
gang Of which Swipcs" is ath in
was prominent member at Latta
was among the bolicst bits. of u
work pulled OF; three Jobs" the zen
| however, that of the Bank of Lat q.
ia, was badly .munGled, and the
! robbers had to abandon it. and ,.,
turn to the post';ffica. ThoSn mail how
of the explosions in theec,l. Sunday
bent the vault doors SO badS accidcntal-
it was impossible to opening through
and get the 'swag" it con eighhor and
lE the postotfice which is the dnug!l-
same building with the sd retIrG"'
| ]. l.. Davis, both safes Nae ,I"" G'rh
cracked" " The booty e. 0m omJ l"m, t,ro
these two safes was $50 in with ;,', him
and over 500 in money. ocis;om. lie
On Feb. "a, Mccarthy, hving she
Johnson, and Fisher left Choutsidc the
ton going to Dillon, camping had
there for the night Thd
morning Johnson and Fishes ".
to Latta to locate" the
while "Swipes'' and McCich lna.
went into the town of Dill to have :.
purchase. catables. Shortly the many
noon Mccarthy and IS,
were joined at their camp James
of Dillon by Fisher ar 81 'n'lh. ''a.'
who reported that tn ',."l.'.' '' .i'S
ed the two banks al ''..'''''' HIM.
both looked good. 7 II r.o ,,,.,..,..,,,.,
camp after dark and enteI s,Iiri... Inv
town of Latta about midnis head while
Feb. IS. Mccarthy broke orniv House
blacksmith shop and securaucsda~ He
mcr, brazc, chisel, eta his net.
which tCHtate3r entr;...ce have recent
building Wien ;arr De in en-" i!,l SHrF'2e me
safe. They had with then Thirty, ,n.ne
satchel containing their nlI,'' Gown
TOOLS: together with the ,'ILMS ro,,,.. %. re- s
glycerine and other cssent, ,,i,n,, ,,oi.
the cracking" of the saf,York
four went to the Bank
and made an entrance on T..
next to the railroad = i''-, -,,y,r
and Fisher were left OH The outssIr,.aH AS. as
as guards, while Mccarthy and lIn;n rGat
Johnson did the drilling On the
vault door. Later Mccarthy and ,d
Johnson came on the outside of 80,
the bank and Fisher was sent in of
to make the explosion. Afte. the ONLY
vault door was blown open Fisheccurred
and Johnson prepared the dodQ. years.
of the safe. AS soon as they wermakina
ready for the explosion the vaul ami
door was closed to deaden resident
sound. The force of the expInd has ap-
bent the vault doors and W. preliminary
them in such shape that they the capital
not be opened, even tbou9l Ground, to
men tried to force them with Way"
sledge hammers. ise OF East
After abandoning this job the recently
yeggs turned their attention too .. an DIT
postoffice, after deciding th;oes v;aor-
was too late to try to effect ar
trance to the other bank. reconsider.
and johnson blew open the allowing
in the postoffice building, wiips, etc.,
Mccarthy and Swipes' st,
guard on the outside of the buc.
ing. After completing these
the four men tied rags saturafse4 cvi-
with oil of mustard to their shoes.ainst
and going up the zr6lroad tracezulea,
went into camp az the bIu,> mi assassi-
from the town IA, the present ruler.
spoils or Il felt aggrieved that the iti-
went to ~ of the American feet did not
they eciude at least one Spanish port
It is said uncfFicially, that it would
have done much 10 wipe out the last
| sting Of the Span