The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-09-10
The SEARCH. i I. FOR. ROBBERS.
HUNT FOR PARR SHOALS BAN.
DTS CONTINUED.
wan hunt During Sunday Focused
ON Woods Near Dawkins. Posses
Relieved.

sueTS were led saturday afternoon by
Robbins blOOdhOunds failed to locate
the three bandits wanted for the Parr
Shoals robbery. Hedges and high
ways had been guarded, railroad
tracks had been patrolled and other
precautions taken; but when the
searching party beginning it's task at
daybreak. covered the clump Of woods
into which the trail led, no robbers
could be found. Rinds of three water
melons, supposed to be the remains
or the bandits evening repast, fur
nish evidence that the three men tar
ried in the underground September's
new moon sank at about 1890 o'clock
and j. T. Mcclellan, superintendent of
construction, who was in personal
charge Of the searching parties, said
yesterday that if the men travelled
during Saturday night it was after the
moonlight has ceased to cast its glow
on the woods, leaving the place very
dark.
Relieved by dozen men from Parr
Shoals, who arrived on the early train
yesterday morning, about the same
number of searchers, fatigued from
duty, returned to camp for needed
rest. The new arrivals Immediately
joined Mr.. McLellan's party At day.
the tree where they lost the trail
at dark Saturday afternoon. AL
though they could still scent the old
track, they could not follow it's course
further than to the tree which had
been the previous stopping place.
Guard Robbins took his bloodhounds
over the vicinity, but at a late hour
they had been unable to trace further
the steps of the three men.
Where the men went, and where
they are headed are the questions
worrying the authorities The search
will be continued.
Dawkins, little city of one store and
a depot, had an exciting Sunday. Cit
liens from nearby points came to
town, and a number of residents of
that community joined in the days
search. Most of the hunting was
done about three miles from Daw-
kins, which is station on the Co.
mbia-Spartanburg line of the South
ern railway, 10 miles north of Parr
Shoals
j. I. Mcclellan, superintendent of
construction, was found by The States
reporter about two miles from town.
Sitting on the side of the public road.
he gave an account of the search
which has been made for the ban
dts since the robbery occurred Fri
day afternoon. Mr. Mcclellan believes
that the three men came out of the
woods about $50 O'Clock Saturday
night and stayed around that vicin-
ity all night. He said that every road
was patrolled, the ravines and hollows
had been thoroughly covered, and
that the only chance for the men
to have escaped was after the moon
went OWN.
twenty-five minutes after the rob-
berry occurred, the sheriffs of the sur
rounding counties were notified" said
Mr.. Mcclellan, land by o'clock posses
had been started out with the mem
bers Of the volunteer fire department
as captains"
After these men had spent a busy
night, fresh forces were organized
Saturday mOrnin. and started in pur-
suit. A tip that the men were in
the vicinity was gotten by Mr. McLel-
Ian from q negro who claimed ne had
been held up in the woods between
Parr Shoals and Sueville and that one
of the men said, We had better be
going" when they heard dogs in the
distance. The negro said that the
men were still blacked up and carried
bundles, and that they departed up
ravine which runs from PARIS pas
ture to Monticello. With this infor-
nation, Mr.. Mcclellan said that he
started out .arly Saturday morning
with about ~ men. He followed the
ravine from that point to Monticello,
covering swath of country four
miles in width. When he got his
men near Monticello, he divided them
into three forces, and one swung to"
wards Dawkins, covering that space
Of territory between Monticello, thc
ravine and Jenkinsville. Arriving at
Jenkinsville at o'clock Saturday af-
! ternoOn, Mr.. Mcclellan met Sheriff
/ Hood of Fairfield county and calling
Parr Shoals by telephone, found that
IL negro had seen three men on the
! edge of Il melon patch. His horses