Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-06-04
UNCLE SANS WAR
ON THE YEGGS."
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saw Ned" running toward him he
crouched, took careful aim and sent
| n bullet through "Ned'S" forearm.
The yegg, cOrnered and desperate,
shot in return and the negro rolled
over with a bullet through his breast.
Ned" got away and found his com
rades, who evidently convinced him
that they had done all possible to
warn him before fleeing. In any
event Ned" forgave what he at first
had characterized as treachery and
| agreed to go on to the next point
where another promising bank safe
! had been marked for lOOting.
1t was at Forest City, n. c., that
! the yeggmen gathered, and when
noses were counted "Ned. "Chicken
Bill" 'Waltcr" and CONNECTICUT
Shorty" lined up for the nights
the cracksman, and the others, with
the cracksman, and theothers. with
the exception of "Walter" did look
out duty 'Walter" elected to go
inside 10 assist Ned" In reality
the other yeggs distrusted "Ned" and
wanted a second man present to
count the loot, since they had learn
ed by bitter experience that Ned"
was not always on the level when it
came to dividing the spoils.
The vault door, as we'll as the in
ner safe, yielded readily to "Ned's"
manipulations, and when the last
shot of soup was fired the golden
horde lay exposed. Upward of $5.-
600 in gold and bank notes was pro-
cured, and quite big sum in dimes.
nlckels and pennies was dragged out
in the little canvas bags in which
they were packed. After the loot
had been equally divided Chicken
BIZ bought the others share of
dimes, nickels and pennies at a lib
eral discount, and, packing them in
a suit case, started across the coun-
try to farm house he knew he
could find lodgings in until the hue
and cry over the bank robbery had
subsidized. The others caught a
freight train passing through the
town and fled the State the night of
the robbery
"Chicken Bill" Riddled.
Long before daylight word went
around the little town that the bank
had been robbed and a posse was
quickly formed. 1t was an easy mat
ter to trace the robbers to the lair
where the cash was divided, but only
the remnants of the midnight meal
the burglars hal indulged in there
were found. The trail Of Chicken
Bill was picked up, and three hours
after he fled the town the posse over
took him and his burden, and in the
night that followed Chicken Bill"
fell with a dozen bullets piercing
his body, and died before any one
could reach his side. His share of
the ioot alone was recovered.
Ned was once more in funds
and, ripe for another spree, went to
charleston to see Rabens and any
old cronies who might be lurking in
Rabens' cribs After stay of seve-
raj days there he visited Norfolk and
thence to Alexandria, where he made
| several attempts to again "get" Ry-
an, who by this time had entirely
| recovered from the effects of the bui-
lets Ned" had fred into him. Fail
| ing to find Ryan, he located Maud,
| his wife, and together they went to
| New York, where Ned" drove a
sharp bargain with the keepers of
FENCES along the Bowery for the
'stickers' he had brought with him
While In New York Ned" met his
OLD associate, Mccarthy, and, accord
ing to the latter, told him that he
mad elevated" himself from "P. o.
man Cpost Office yegg) to a lug
man. (bank MANI. and had found
the change not only far more profit
able, but one attended by fewer
risks.
Yeggmen go on the principle that
when banks in small cities and towns
are robbed, unless an unusually big
sum is taken, they have only the DO
lice to elude. Few of the small town
banks belong to that association of
banks which for years employed
Plnkerton's and now Burns's men to
run down the burglars who rob them.
When post office Is robbed, how
ever, it is Uncle Sam they have to
reckon with, and they know that he
never relents and that his agents
continue their search if it requires
years to get them. All yeggs are fa-
talists, and each will tell you that
sooner or later they will be caught
and do their "bit," for they have a
wholesome respect for the bulldog
tenacity with which post office in
spector holds on to any clew he may
obtain.