Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-17
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in Oconee county several years ago.
| Through his attorneys, Rabens made
| a hard fight to keep out or the peni-
Tertiary, but 1t was a futile contest and
he was placed behind the bars. The
pardon Of the governor enables Rabens
to return to Charleston much sooner
than he had hoped to do. Rabens was
charged with being the fence" for the
gang Of yeggmen who operated In
South Carolina some years ago, blow
ing safes In postofflces and cotton
mills. In several instances better re-
suits were gotten with the prosecution
of the yeggmen in the state than the
! Federal courts and the United States
authorities gave way to the state In
the trial of Rabens and his pals on the
charge of robbing the Newry cotton
| mills. 1t was not known In Charleston
that any steps were under way for the
pardon OF Rabens and his return to
Charleston without any notice Of his
| case was a surprise. His former friends
and companions could scarcely believe
that 1t was Rabens when he showed
himself few days ago for the first
time about his establishment on upper
King street. The State says no an
nouncement as to the pardon of Ra-
bens was made by Gov. Blease. Gov.
Ansel refused a pardon to Rabens, and
1 IL "dS liidl SuSh q HOlOi iouo
prisoner as he would surely have to
serve out his term, but 1t seems he
found favor with the governor, and he
turned him loose, without letting any
one know anything about 1t before he
was pardoned.
Columbia State, March II: Last
August or September, after the first
state primary and before the second,
a man who supported Mr.. Feather
stone for governor told a member OF
the staff Of The State that man nam
ed Gallman had come to Columbia
that day bearing a letter Of introduce
ton from a resident Of Union. Mr..
Featherstone was not in Columbia
and Gallman called to see one Of the
men active in his campaign, present
ing the letter to him. The letter said,
among other things, that Gallman.
the bearer, had a brother In the pen
litentiary and that the bearer Of the
letter had large political influence In
Union, Spartanburg and Greenville
counties. The bearer Of the letter
desired to know II Mr.. Featherstone
could be depended upon to pardon his
brother In case of his election, pro-
vided the influence Of the bearer were
exerted for Mr.. Featherstone's elec-
tion. Mr.. Featherstone's friend
promptly told the bearer Of the letter
that no pledges or promises would be
made. The Union man thereupon
begged that the matter be taken un-
der consideration, and left, showing
some anxiety to catch q train. or
course the matter ended there, so far
as Mr.. Featherstone and his friends
were concerned. The man who told
The State man about the visit re-
marked at the time that In any event
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lopments in the Gallman case. Yes
terday the announcement was pub
lished that the governor had paroled
James w. Gallman, a prisoner In the
state penitentiary, convicted In 1907
of manslaughter and serving a SEN
tence of fifteen years, during good
behavior.
- Greenville, March II: The contract
for the construction of the roadbed OF
the Greenwood -Spartanburg line Of
the Piedmont & Northern Railway
company's interurban electric railway
was awarded late today at the local
| Oliver Of Knoxville, Tenn. for sum
ranging between 100000 and $1,000
900. The provisions Of the contract
call for the completion Of the line to
Belton within six months; for the
completion Of the line to Greenville
within eight months and for the COM
pIetion Of the line to Spartanburg with
in Is months. Work will begin at all
points between Greenwood and Green
vile as soon as the contractors can get
the necessary equipment brought here
| from headquarters, which will be only
few days. W. s. Lee, vice president
and chief engineer Of the Piedmont &
| Northern Railway company, together
/ with F.. Thomason, treasurer and as
sistant to the president Of the compa-
ny; J. B. Duke and q. V. Taylor, and
other officials Of the company, arrived
| in Greenville from Charlotte at Liz
o'clock and met representatives OF sew
| eral Of the largest contracting firms or
the country at the offices Of the Green
vile, Spartanburg & Anderson Rail-
way company, on west Washington
street. Bidding for the construction OF
| the big Job was exceedingly keen, but
William J. oliver, the railroad wiz
ard" Of Knoxville, Tenn, the man who
made the lowest bid for the construc-
| tion of the Panama canal, was award
ed the contract for the construction
of the roadbed of the interurban line
for a distance of some 80 miles. It was
stated by an official Of the company
that the contract with Mr.. Oliver call
ed for the completion Of the roadbed
| from Greenwood to Belton within six
months from the time work was start
ed. He further stated that the con-
tract called for the completion OF the
| line on to Greenvile within eight
months and for the completion of the
entire od-Spartanburg link
within fifteen months. The contract
for the line from Charlotte to Kings
Mountain was let last week.
-Laurens, March Is: In the court
Of general sessions here today, Judge
Watts made a ruling In an alleged
bigamy case In which some fine dis
tinctions are involved as to marriage
in South Carolina and other states.
Judge Watts held that when q mar
ried man in South Carolina contract
ed marriage in another state and af-
terwards brought his second wife back
to this state while his first wife Is
yet living, this does not constitute the
crime Of bigamy against the state OF
South Carolina, but against the state
in which the second marriage was en-
| tered into, hence the courts Of this
state had no jurisdiction In the case at
bar. The case under consideration to-
day was that against T. s. Johnson,
charged with bigamy, Mrs. Susie
Johnson, as alleged wife No. 1, having
brought the prosecution. She swore
that she was married to Johnson at
Union IA years ago, and that he de-
serted her two years ago and rev
months afterward married a girl at
Columbus, Ga. In December wife No.
| | found her husband living In Laurens
mills with another woman whom he
claimed was his lawful wife. john
son was arrested on the charge Of big
amy at the instance Of Mrs. Johnson.
the first. The defendant denied that
he was ever married to the Union
county woman, but admitted that he
lived with her number of years In
this state. On motion Of defendants
attorneys, Judge Watts directed YER
dict Of mot guilty" Solicitor Cooper
argued that inasmuch as Johnson and
wife No. had lived together in South
Carolina as man and wife, the laws Of
the state had been violated. The other
held further that the second agree
ment of marriage had not been made
in South Carolina and, therefore, the
crime Of bigamy was not against this
state. However, Judge Watts sug-
gested that the charge Of adultery
could be brought to fit this particular
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