Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-10-03
sou1H CAROLINA NEWS

ATTORNEYS for Bissel Bigham ana
Iobn Fraser. arrested ten days ago on
the charge Of having perpetrated the
Parr Shoals robbery, claim that tney
can easily prove alibis for the two
Young men, and that the Wnoie anair
is quite farcical except for the numiI-
iation involved. 1t Is claimed that tne
statement that the young men ielt
Chester, Wednesday night, preceoins
the robbery, and were absent until the
Following Monday, is unfounded. A
letter sent by j. L. Sanders, chief OF
notice of Chester, to the j. G. Whlte
Construction company, suggesting tnat
men who could identify the ROBBERS De
sent to Chester, Is made a basis OF the
accusations; but Chief Sanders Is quot
ed as saving that the letter had no
connection whatever with the TWO
young men.
Lancaster special Of October !, TO
the Columbia State: Walter Stecks,
a white man of the Tradesville sec
tion. is in Jail here, being held for the
killing of Robert Davis, negro
whose dead body was found lylns on
Stecks' piazza. The coroners jury oe-
cided that Stecks had done the Kill
ing. Sheriff Hunter received q pnone
message yesterday from the Trades
Vile section Of tine county tnat DAVIS
was found dead upon Stecks piazza,
The sheriff hastened to the scene ana
found conditions as stated over tne
phone. The negro was lying oeau
upon the piazza with two bullet hoies
through his head. Evidently the ne
gro was killed while lying down, II
Is decided. as is indicated by the
holes in the sill under his head where
the shots are embedded. A thorough
Investigation was Immediately begun:
A coroner's jury was empanelled ana
an inquest was held over the negro
the verdict being that the dead man,
Robert Davis, came to his death py
reason of gun shot wounds at the
hands of one Walter Stecks, the man
upon whose porch the negro was
found. Stecks was arrested py Sner-
if Hunter and brought back to Lam
caster, where he Is now In JAIL
Columbia, September 30: the
Joint committee on endowment repre-
senting the three educational insti-
tutions of the Presbyterian churcn
in South Carolina, the Presbyterian
college, and the Columbia Theological
Seminary, met in Columbia last Tues
day to receive the final report of Rev.
&C. Bridgeman, financial secretary,
who has had the active management
of the campaign, and to plan for the
future interest Of the project. Ihe
report of Mr.. Bridgeman showed that
a total of 500, 500 had been subscribed
TO the fund by nearly five thousand
members of the Presbyterian church
and their friends in the state ana TWO
interested Christian women living
without the state. OF this amount
little over $40,300 has already been
paid in. The call for the second IN
stallment of one-fourth is being mail
ed this week, and this should bring
in $4,000 or more within a Few
weeks. The third fourth will be due
next spring, and the last fourth
wear from now. The Rev. e. E. Gill
iespie. D. D., the chairman, John NC
Sween, the treasurer, and the Rev.
DIR. d. M. Douglas and the Rev. ,.
c. Byrd and the Rev. DR.. Thornton
Whaling. the three presidents OF the
three interested institutions, were ap-
pointed a subcommittee to attend
TO the details Of the work until the
full completion of the work about
wear hence. One Of the most i'm
portant duties of these men will be TO
arrange for canvass to be made in
few churches that chose to defer max
ing their canvass from the time the
general canvass was made until this
fall. This supplemental canvass
should result In adding several thous-
and dollars to the funds.