Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-06-04
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Copyright, 1918, by the New York
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HN3HNA mitted in various parts of
H%JHkAS the United States within
kLNAS)1 the last decade there is
E=@1@SSS one name that stands
glaringly forth. Whether as princi-
pal or mentor, 1t matters not, but in
any event the name of portland
Ned" creeps in and in almost every
instance he shared in the loot OBJ
tanned. This much has been ascer-
tanned by those post Office inspectors
detailed by the chief inspector at
Washington to round up the band Of
yeggmen which had robbed hundreds
of post offices in the smaller cities
and towns and who never failed to
shoot with unerring aim where it
was necessary to effect robbery or
to escape following its commission.
port Ned as he is more famil-
iarly called by his comrades in crime,
has lived a charmed life. His activ-
tiles were closely identified with
those Of John f. Mccarthy, alias
West Philadelphia Johnny" who
after his capture, conviction and in
carceration in the Vermont peniten-
tiary 'squealed" on yeggs in general
and disgOrged himself of information
regarding this class of crooks which
placed in the hands Of the postal au-
thOritieS data that led to the capture
and conviction of scores Of men that
Mccarthy consorted with and in
many instances those he had led in
their most daring operations. AS
'squealer" Mccarthy has no parallel
in yeggdom, and two men now doing
long tine in New England peniten-
tiaries unhesitatingly assert they
will kill him on sight. Mccarthy
knows he is a marked man and while
he has spent several years in New
York city of late there is not money
enough in the city, the postal police
avow, to entice him to the Bowery or
other sections Of the city where yegg-
lnen make their headquarters.
Portrait in Rogucs' Gallery.
The portrait Of Port Ned" adorns
every Rogues' Gallery in this and
other countries, and a glossary OF his
o~imirHl activities ilummalcs the
pages OF those documents devoted tO
tostai thieves now ON ale with the
Federal Inspector "Portlaud Ned
whose real name is James Johu.0u
also IL known as Edward Murphy
Edward IaDC..lU, Edward Moran,
Edward Howard, Edward Smith, Ed
ward Woons, George House, George
ward Woods, George House, George
nolds and Ned" He served a long
term in the South Carolina peniten-
tiary, and in the Federal prison in
Atlanta, Ga
Following are few Of the post Of
flee robberies he was connected with
according to the post Offices official
report:
brakes Branch, Va, early in
1898; Murfreesboro, N. c., March
or April, 1898; Plymouth, n. c.,
June 13, 1898; Bramwen, w. Va,
August 10, 1898; Prosperity, S. c.,
May s, 1902; Fort Mill, s. c., June
8, 1902; Clemson College, S. c.,
September 2, 1902; Enoree, S. c.,
November %, 1906; Waverly, Va,
June 3, 1903; Columbia, w. Va,
June ~, 1903; Apex and Youngs-
1903; Winsor, n. c., some time in
1903; Christiansburg, Va, 1903;
Covington, Va, 1903; Mount Olive,
N. c., December 3, 1908; ,Latta, S.
c., February 25, 1904; Enfields, N.
G., March. 1904; Dover, Del, May,
1904; Port Norfolk, Va, June 16,
1904; Kingstree, S. c., September
21, 1903; McColl, S. c., December
8, 1904
Other robberies pinned on Port
land Ned: Russburg. Va, N. and
W. X. r. office, 1898; Hampton, S.
c., County Treasurers office, latter
part of 1901; Fort Mil, S. c., bank.
September, 1902; Enoree, s. c., cot
ton mill. November 26, 1902 Lib
erty, S. c., bank, about November 2,
1902; Mullins, S. c., bank, Decem-
Der, 1902; Ninety-Six, s. c., bank.
1902; Fredericksburg, Va, store, in
1903; Bowling Green, Va, County
Treasurer's office, and at Amherst.
va, bank, In 1908; Spring Hope, n.
G.. bank, October. 1908; Denmark,
5. e., bank, November, 1903; Nc
Con and Forest City, s. c., banks.
about October, 1903; Brunson, s. c.,
bank, November, 1903; Mount Olive,
y. g., bank, December 3, 1908;
Courtenay, S. g., cotton mill office,
december, 1908: St George, S. c.,
bank, and Monks Corner, S. c.,
county Treasurer's office, February,
6oo4; Latta, s. c., bank, February
10, 1904; Kenly, N. c., two stores,
March, 1904; Randelmann, N. c.,
Dank; Townsend, Del, two stores,
ABOUT April, 1904; Sandy Springs,
Md, bank. in April or May, 1904:
New church, Va, store, May, 1904:
BridgeVille, Del, bank, May, 1904:
SUFFOLK, va, store, June Il, 1904.
was discharged from Moundsville.
va, october /, 1901, where he had
served three years for robbery OF tho
post Office at Bramwell, Va. on Oc-
toDer 10, 1898; is under indictment
in the United States District Court
at Raleigh, N. c., for robbery of the
post office at Plymouth, N. C.. on
June 13, 1898; Is under three in
dictmonts in the United States Cir
cult Court at Charleston, s. C. Has
operated generally in Eastern and