Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-02-02
THE FINISH OF ssARBER MOORE.
Brief History Of Nun Who Cracked
- Seneca Post Office Safe In 1907.


A Washington dispatch says: Paul
Sauls, the 17-year-old boy who shot
two men while standing guard for his
father as nightwatchman in the post
office at Tallahassee, Fla, recently
did not know that he would win ma
tional fame by the act. But, he has.
One Of the would-be robbers proved
to be the notorious Tennessee Dutch,
who escaped from the Greenville,
S. c., jail and made such spectacu-
lar run through North Carolina
year ago. The post Office department
here has issued n brief story Of the
life OF the noted safe cracker and
robber. With feeling Of Joy 1t Is
announced:
h One of the two burglars killed at
on the Sth, has been
identified as Tennessee Dutch, who
has been leading the postal authori.
ties merry chase for several years.
CARRIER Moore, this being the real
name Of Tennessee Dutch, was born
at Clarksville, Tenn. His father was
Hungarian Jew. AS a boy he at
tended the school of his native town,
with X. p. Smith, the present post
master Of the place. His pet nick
name then was "Gobble" or Cob
Ter" At an early age he became
tramp, running away from his home
to follow the bent Of his roaming
mind, and soon developed into n pro-
fessional beggar. Having led a roam
ing, struggling, Indifferent sort Of an
existence for some time he took to
safe cracking, becoming an expert at
the business, and made himself felt
in the underworld. The postal in
spectors considered him one OF the
wiliest and most troublesome in the
trade. The strongest Of jails could
not hold him. At the time of his
tragic death he was a fugitive from
justice. having escaped from the
Greenville, S. c., jail OH April > Of
/ last year. Being overtaken near
one-armed pal, George Barton, he
again made a daring escape, and had
been at large ever since. With Bar
ton, a well-known safe-breaker, and
others, Moore robbed the post Office
at Seneca, S. c., on the night of No
vember IA, 1907, and that at PelZer
twenty days later. The following
February, on the Sth, he helped to
do a job at Canton, Ga. During the
last year he operated at Maryville,
Tenn. Moore did not always have
smooth sailing. Ups and downs
marked his tempestuous career. Un-
der the name Of John Rutherfordton
he was convicted Of burglary in Car
roll county, Mississippi, and In April.
1904, sentenced to five years impris-
onment on the Rankin Place farm.
near Jackson, from which he escaped
in September Of the same year. I'm
der the name Of Joe Martin he was
Smith farm, Smithsonia camp, in
OglethorDe county, Georgia, from
LaWrenceville, to serve two sentences
of nine months each, on the charges
of malicious mischief and vagrancy
He was also suspected Of having par
ticipated in two safe openings at
Carl. While confined In this jail he
set fire to the building in an effort to
get away. He was discharged from
there IN October, 1907. At different
places, on various occasions. he was
committed to Jail temporarily for all
sorts Of offences. Tennessee Dutch"
declares the post Office account, was
shot by young man, while he and
one Of his pals were trying to rob
the Office at Tallahassee. Fla. The
boy was on duty for his father, who
is night Waterman l,r the govern
ment building, when he heard a
knock at the door. Before answer
ing he took up a pistol. Some one
shouted from the street that mail
bag had been picked up outside. The
young man opened the door to receive
It and found himself confronted with
two men, covering him with revolv-
ers, and commanding him to hold up
his hands When the robbers tried
to bind the boy with rope he man
aged to get his weapon in position
and fired, the shot taking deadly ef-
feet. Lifting the gun to his shoulder
he shot to death the remaining crook.
Every ball counted as the holes in
the bodies Of the dead men indicated.
One man had three holes in his head
and the other one in the stomach.
The associate Of Moore in the Flor
ida affair has not been identified.
Tennessee Dutch was desperate
chap when cornered. He took any
sort OF chance to escape. The boy
that killed him showed the right kind
OF courage. His name is known
around the world