The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-08-26
VERY BAD PAIR
A Man and Woman Who Should
be Kept Locked Up
TRIED BADGER GAME

On an Honest Man From Spartan
burg at Asheville-They Also
Tried to Work q Columbia Man
Rut He Called Their BlufR-RoW
Their Game Is Worked.
The Record says that Mr.. and Mrs.
T. Baxter Mitchell of Sparanoure,
who figured in the alleged attempted
badger game, against the wealthy
stockman, Mr.. o. P. Morgan also
of spartanburg, in the sWannanca
Hotel in Ashevilie on the l3tn' are
well known in Columbia, particularly
tn the Columbia police, and how they
were run out of Columbia reveals
an interesting study of the unoet
world.
Chief Cathcart has the picture OF
the Mitchell woman and her sister
on a postcard, but he was unable
to catch the couple in any badger
ing game here, although they are al
legged to have made at least one at
tempt, the victim promptly calling
the bluff and getting off without CIV
ing up even any checks.
The victim on this occasion run
into a bathroom with Mrs. Mitchell.
Almost Immediately afterward the
Outraged" husband stormed in with
revolver in hand, and, after giving
a stiff line of talk about his ruined
home. demanded money. The VIC
tim coolly called the bluff, threaten
ing to kill both the man and the
woman If he was not allowed to pass
out. He passed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mitchell occupied
quarters over a leading Main street
store. and the chief and his men
watched the pair so closely that after
the arrest OF Mrs. Mitchelrs sister,
who is now in house in the restrict
ed district, for occupying the wrong
sort of house in respectable neigh
borhoods, they left town and the
chiefs information is that they went
to Charlotte.
The single woman, when the
chief told her what he knew OF MIS-.
Mitchell, broke down and told him
of Mrs. Mitchell's career, pleading
pathetically ,for the pFotection OF
her little child which was lbeing
raised by the Mitchells. The single
woman appears to have good traits
and she wanted to give her. child as
near a respectable surrounding as
possible.
Mitchell is a member OF a nne
family of Spartanburg, but his own
personal career is well known there,
as is his wife's, who was run out or
spartanburg for keeping house OF
ill-fame. They were regularly mar
ried all right. A spartanburg pa
mare drew a curious, II not insplr-
ing word-picture of Mitchell down
at the depot to see his beloved wife
out of town on the occasion or the
recent Justly celebrated exodus or
such women from Spartanburg.
MIR. Morgan's Statement
IN the Spartanburg Journal Mr.
Morgan makes very clear and de-
tailed statement of the ahsr as
follows:
Referring to the card OF }. D.
Mitchell printed in the Cnarlotte
Observer 1 wish to make the follow
ing statement.
"This scheme of which I was an
entirely innocent victim, was simply
a bold hold-up to attempt to get
some money out Of me-. am told
that these people have several times
practiced the scheme successfully
but they failed in my case because
stopped payment on the checks
was forced to give them, and had
them arrested. II had been guilty
would have kept quiet and nobody
would ever have heard Of the az
fair. But I employed lawyer, had
these fakirs arrested and got my
checks back. .
"I have lived here all my life
and am known as decent. honest
truthful man, and I am not afraid
of this attempt on the part OF these
neople to blacken my name and char
acter.
az was in Asheville on my husi'
ness of trading horses. l made my
beadouarters at Millard's stables.
where I had my animals. Mitchells
wife telephone to the stable several
times for me. Finally she got me
to the telephone and said that her
husband was looking for me, tnae
they were on their way to Tennes-
see to go into the stock business
and that he wanted to talk with NE
about some stock. She said he
wanted me to come to the SWan-
nannoa Hotel between 3 and
o'clock. I agreed to do so.
Accordingly I went to the hotel
at the imte Appointed. While
was standing in the Office the Mitcn
ell woman came up to me and spoke
to me, asking if l were not Mr.. Nor
gan. She then stated that Mitchell
o,t hut would ba back in a