Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-03-15
BILL MINER WILL GET AWAY.
VIM. Pinkerton Prophesies that They
Can't Keep Him in q Cann.
(Atlanta Constitution, 9Th. J


who can get through brick walls"
Such was the statement made yes
terday to representative Of the Con-
tuition by William Pinkerton, head
Of the well-known detective agency,
concerning the leader Of the band Of
robbers who recently held up the
Southern Railway train, robbed the
express car, and were convicted and
sentenced in the Gainesville Superior
Court.
Miner, who is an old offender, and
who was convicted in Gainesville un-
der the name Of George Anderson, is
well known to the detectives.
When Mr.. Pinkerton received, seve-
raj days ago, picture Of the old
man who led the gang, he remarked:
That's old Bill Miner; you'll find
he has the figure Of dancing girl
tattooed on his left forearm"
II turned out as he had said Miner
or Anderson, has been sentenced to
twenty years in the Georgia peniten-
tiary, but 1t is the firm conviction of
Mr.. Pinkerton that he will soon make
a getaway, and Mr.. Pinkerton knows
Miner about as well as any one else.
Should the prediction be correct
Miner will have to evade the officers
of two countries, as he Is under life
sentence for a train robbery in Brit
ish Columbia
Remarkable Case.
BY way Of Illustration, Mr.. Pinker-
ton related the interesting circum-
stances Of the case Of former crook
named Suttles, with whom he had ex-
tensive dealings.
Suttles went from the Burlington
Railroad to the Pinkerton force as a
detective, and did fairly we'll as a
sleuth until he turned a pretty good
trick In all express robbery case, and
officials of the express company
wined and dined him until he was
spoiled.
Mr. Pinkerton could never get any
more out of him after that, and sub
sequently let him go.
1t wasn't long after that that the
Southern Express Company went to
the Pinkerton agency in Chicago to
trace down robbery at Meridian,
Miss. The trick had 'been turned
with duplicate safe key.
"I'll wager that fellow Suttles had
something to do with it," was Mr..
Pinkertons first remark.
Investigation proved that Suttles
and an old race-track tout had COM
mitted the robbery and divided the
spoils, although the express people
were under the opinion that Suttles
was assisting in hunting down the
criminals.
Not long after he had been con-
victed and sentenced Suttles escaped
from the penitentiary at Jackson.
"Some time after that l was in New
Orleans" Mr.. Pinkerton said, "when
race track tout | knew came to me
and told me he knew where there was
fellow | wanted. / guessed who it
was, and replied, Well, l don't know
that | want him, but perhaps the
police would like to get him.
However. l decided to look him
up. This tout told me | had better
take gun, as the fellow was armed
and was very desperate. That's all
right | said, I guess | won't need
it.
81 arranged 1t with a couple Of
officers, then l went off up the street
and met Suttles in front of the hotel.
He showed a gun into my stomach as
soon as | spoke to him, but l knew
he wouldn't shoot.
"A few minutes later the two Off
GERS came along, one of them seized
his right arm and l hit him quick,
knocking him down.
He was returned to the Missis-
sippi penitentiary, and warned the
warden that he had better be careful
or Suttles would get away.
mot long after that | received
letter from the warden stating that
not only had Sutties got away, but he
had taken one Of the penitentiary
guards along with him.
II replied, You may consider your
self lucky that he did not carry off
the entire penitentiary.'
Sequel to the Story.
Suttlcs went to juneau. Alaska
and made money. Some time after
that Mr.. Pinkerton was i'm the West
and met man on Pullman who
knew Suttlcs.
lyon might tell him it would be