Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-04-12
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Rabens.
The first and second counts in the
indictment charged the defendant
with being an accessory before and
after the fact, to James johnson,
John Fisher and John +. Mccarthy,
who, it was charged, had on Deem
her ID, 1908, broken and entered the
store house Of the Courtenay Manu-
featuring Company and had stolen
$6,S38.S1. On the charge Of felony
he has not been tried. On the
charge Of receiving stolen goods he
has been convicted and had served
most of his sentence.
AS stated heretofore, there Is
enough Of the romantic in this one
case to fill a volume, and some things
cannot be elaborated, such as the
suit Of the Courtenay Manufacturing
Company to attach the $4,000 cash
bond put up by Rabens after his con-
viction. But there is one incident,
more than any other, which caused
the secret service men to put almost
implicit confidence in the confession
and testimony Of Mccarthy.
Sleutling an Heirloom.
In the safe at Newry was a beauti-
full brooch, property Of the Courte-
nay family. Three years after the
robbery Mccarthy told Inspector
Gregory that Johnson had taken the
brooch, had had it made into a ring
and had given the handsome piece Of
jewelry to a woman in Jacksonville,
Fla. Mr.. Gregory not long afterward
was called to hat city on official bus
mess, and there learned that such a
woman had lived at the address
given and at the time named. From
the post Office he learned her for
warding address. To make a long
story short, he finally, with great
are and not a little effort, traced
the woman from one city to another,
and finally located her at Alleghany,
Pa, where she admitted that she
had had the ring, but had been
forced to put it in pawn. Mr.. Greg
DRY was eager to confirm every detail
of McCarthy's testimony, so he went
to the distant city named by the
woman and bought the ring out of
pawn, and notified the Courtenay
family that he had recovered it for
them.
Ycggs md Their Work.
John T. Mccarthy, who Is now do
ing secret service work and is a trust
ed operator, Is a native Of Philadel-
phia and his real name Is John o,
Dandrell. After he had made a clean
breast of all that he knew of yegg
affairs, the government agents traced
his evidence step by step and con.
firmed each circumstantive detail
They found in the woods evidences
Of the camps Of the yeggs and of the
places where swag had been buried
for when loot Is heavy the gang
plants 1t" in order o to be ham.
pered in making a getaway.
"The first thing we do when We
reach Il base of operations" sale
Mccarthy, in a story published in
The State at the time, "is to secure
a Grams map, giving the James ant
location Of banks in, our vicinity, 70,
we always try to proceed intelligently
in our work, and the banks are more
inviting than post Offices. A job |.
usually done by four men, although
sometimes there may be three, blu
four at least Is almost necessary FOL
a successful operation. When we Sc
cure the map, we study the railroad
time tables and the general topo
graphical features Of the immediate
section. We select the bank and one
or more Of the gang will so scout
ing to see that the job can be safel,
pulled off. The police protection O
the town is investigated, and atten
ton Is given to the movements o
trains and general avenues Of escape
as we'll as a place where we ma!
safely meet before beginning work.
"A man will go into the bank O,
post Office to have a bill changed tina
he might survey the location o
things, and as tho scouting Is
most important part of the job it II
always carefully attended to. some
times two or three days being de
turns to the base, and acquaints tn
party Of his Investigations, and If hi
report Is favorable, a time is thel
made accordingly.