The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-09-30
CLAIM TWO YOUTHS
HAD BEEN ARRESTED
BIGH4N AND FRAZER POINTED
OUT AS GUILTY PARTY.
According to Manager, Warrants Could
Have Been Issued Before.

Jr., and Bissell Bigham of Chester,
who were arrested in that city Thurs
day, charged with holding up and
robbing the cashier of the j. c. White
Construction company of $4,000 at
Parr Shoals, Friday, September 5,
were positively identified by seven men
as the guilty parties, within few days
after the hold-up; that their arrest
was deferred for certainty's sake; tnat
the two men were formerly employed
on the works here; that they were
arrested on warrants sworn here by j.
T.. Mcclellan, superintendent here for
the White company, On evidence OBJ
tanned, not by the Burns detectives,
but by Mr.. Mcclellan, who was clipped
off" by we'll known citizen of Ches-
ter; that the $4,000 has not been re-
covered as yet; and that the third
man, who is believed to nave been
the ringleader and to have used Fra
ser and Bigham as tools, has not been
arrested. This third man is supposed
to have fired the shot which disabled
Deputy Sheriff Joyner. This infor-
nation was obtained from and vouch-
ed for by J. T. Mcclellan and the
Burns man in charge of the case.
It was said, further, by Mr. Nc
LellaA and the Burns man-who
would not give his name because Of
rules of his agency forbidding him to
do so, as he said-that John Frazer,
Jr., and Bissel Bigham left Chester
Wednesday night preceding the rob-
berry at Parr Shoals and did not re-
turn. until some time between night
fall Sunday or dawn Monday following
the robbery; and that in getting back
to Chester they were met and picked
up by an automobile some distance
out Of that city on the road running
to BIairs.
Mr. Mcclellan advanced the posi-
bility that the missing man was pro-
fessional and had, after the getaway
from Parr Shoals, held up his two
confederates and relieved them of the
$4,000 This, Mr.. Mcclellan said:
has been down before.
Not After Innocent.
Mr. Mcclellan and the Burns man
were concerned with the report which
came from Chester this morning to
the effect that a mistake had been
made in the arrest of Frazer and Big
ham. They wished it understood,
they said, that they would in no case
want to injure an innocent man. Mr..
Mcclellan said that he knew the men
were of prominent Chester families
and he said tnat the arrests were
deferred until the evidence had been
sifted.
Contrary to the ideas of people in
Chester regarding the part played by
the Burns detectives in the matter,
and evidence secured by them, the
evidence the men were arrested on
was secured before the Burns people
knew anything about it and was Sc
cured on positive Identification of the
men and not by hearsay," said Mr..
Mcclellan
The Burns man substantiated Mr..
McLellan's statement He said that
the Burns men were sent to Chester
by Mr.. Mcclellan with the following
Instructions:
Proceed at once to Chester. Sus-
poets at this point have been thor
oughly identified. Cover same until
can communicate with proper au-
9herities for papers for arrest. VIII
advise your further later on.
The names Of the seven men said
TO have identified Frazer and Bigham,
Mr.. McLallan and the Burns man
said, they could not make known at
this time; but they said that these
names and all the details Of the case
would be made public later. To give
the Information out at this time, they
said, mtght seriously interfere with
obtaining further evidence and the
arrest Of the third robber The Burns
man said that for him to give his
name would mean discharge from his
agency. He would not admit that
the names of the two detectives who
worked in Chester were correctly
given in press dispatches.
Saw the Pair.
Friday morning, September 5, the
day of the robbery, according to Mr..
Mcclellan one of the men who are
said to have identified Frazer and
Bigham was at a point about three
miles above Parr Shoals, where the