Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-08-27
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

- Anderson, August IA: The State
Association Of Red Shirt Men Of 1876
was formally organized here today by
the election of the following officers:
Commander, Col. ]. c. Stribling OF
Pendleton; first vice commander, D.
H. Traxler of Florence; second vice
commander, C. D. Smith Of Green
vile: treasurer, James M. Payne of
Anderson; secretary and historian,
Edward Trescott Of Pendleton. The
purposes of the association as set
forth in the constitution and bylaws
drawn up by Hon. w. L. Mauldin OF
Greenville, and adopted today, are to
perpetuate the deeds Of the men OF
1876; to teach the coming generations
the importance Of the part they had
in the states history and to record
the deeds of the men Of the time. The
meeting today opened with prayer BY
Rev. r. r. Dagnall, who was followed
by Mayor ]. l.. Sherard, who delivered
the address Of welcome, throwing wide
the doors Of the city to the visitors.
Response was made by Col. John G.
Mobley of Winnsboro, who closed by
inviting the Red Shirt Men to Colum-
bia to attend the State Fair in Novem-
ber, which invitation was accepted.
Tonight Judge Robert Aldrich of Barn.
we'll, spoke at the court house. To-
morrow will be the big day Of the re-
union, featured by the great parade to
be pulled off at 10 o'clock, when 1t Is
expected that there will be several
thousand in line. Senator B. R. Till
man and former Governor John G.
Sheppard are here and will speak to-
morrow morning as soon as the parade
has reached the park. Dinner Will be
served Immediately afterwards. There
are a number of companies camped
about the city and so far about 500
delegates are here.
Spartanburg special Of August "a,
to the Greenville News: There was q
tremendous sensation this morning
when 1t became known that Private
Rice Nolan Of the police department,
who was secreted in Warren Dupre's
book store to catch a burglar who
had been Systematically robbing the
the store, caught F. r. Mulligan, a
brother police officer in an attempt to
get at the cash drawer. Mulligan
tered the front door with key and as
he started to the cash drawer, Officer
Nolan arose from his hiding place.
hasty retreat. The officer gave pur-
suit and opened fire.. shooting three
times. Mulligan was chased in a dark
alley way, where he was captured. He
broke down completely. He was car
ried back to the store, and Mayor
Floyd and Mr.. Dupre were sent for.
Some sort of a compromise was reach
ed, for it Is understood that Mulligan
has left the city. This Is the first time
in the history Of Spartanburg that
such a case has developed in any de-
partment. There Is considerable crit
icism of the officials on the part Of
the citizens that the case was dropped.
How did Mulligan obtain a key to the
Dupre book store? This is a question
that is being asked by many people.
Some Of the police officers say that it
Is not difficult matter to get key to
the store with the old time locks that
have fiat keys. A bunch of fiat keys
and good files will do the work in fit
ting almost any Of the old time locks.
There is some talk going the rounds
that others are implicated in the af-
fairs of last night and for this reason
that an effort Is being made to hush
up the matter. This however, is only
talk and is given for what it is worth.
One fact Is certain and that is every
possible effort has been made by the
city officials, the police and other in
terested to keep the matter under
cover.