Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-07-16

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tended with more hair breadth esca )e
than the celebrated round-up alrd
raid which had its climax in Bait =
more, where twenty-five Of the most
notorious yeggmen operating in the
East and South We're captured, each
man being taken 1t gun-point.
Word had gone forth from Wash
ington that the band Of yeggmen op-
Grating in the East and South were
becoming daily bolder and their post
office safe blowings so frequent that
they must be checked at all hazards.
and the yeggmen brought to Justice
Inspectors Bulla, Hooton and Greg
ory were the men detailed on the
case.
Inspector Hooton trailed a number
of yeggmen and their followers to
Mrs. Herr's saloon in Baltimore.
After a long campaign of prepara-
ton a number of these men were
captured. Most Of these were the
smaller fry OF yeggdom, burt the post
Office inspectors were especially elat-
ed over the capture of Robert l..
Shainback, alias william Johnson"
alias will James Sherwood, alias
James Shannon" FATTY Ghee;"
John King, alias James r. Bren-
man," alias John B. Stirlwell," alias
"Pa. (Pennsylvania) Swipes;;" John
Adams, alias I'd. c. (Distrct of Col
lumbia) Jack" and Charles Nor,
alias Charles Norway" alias "Nor-
way Slim
The captives were speedily arraign-
ed before United States Commission
er Rogers, and each was held in de-
fauit Of $4,000 bail. a..
4 Good Nights Work.
The inspectors, elated over their
nights work, called on the police to
Institute raids the other resorts
that had been watched. Detective
Bra"' ~ led the invading party on
onf of the Caroline street cribs, and.
u,
might sticks and blackjacks were
freely swung, and 1T was badly bat
tered band Of burglars that were
hailed to the city prison at the conclu-
sion Of the hearing before the Com
missioner.
In this haul John Smith, alias
Emerson Palm, alias Frisco Slim"
(but not the original Frisco Sfim");
Frank Burns, alias Thomas Grady
John Collins, alias John Warren;
William Smith, Edward Fitzpatrick,
alias Burlington Fatty" and James
A. Gallagher, alias est. Louis Jim
my" were seized. All Of this group
were taken to la Plata, Md, where
three were positively identified as
participants in the robbery Of the
village bank. 1t was an easy matter
TO connect the others, together with
some Of those taken in the earlier
raid, with the Mount Airy bank bur
glary, and this done they joined
their companions in the Baltimore
city jail for safe-keeping.
Detective Bradley meanwh hiie had
arrested Robert Cassidy, alias big
Casey" alias wilmington Rad" af-
ter a knockdown and drag-out fight.
Bradley had been on the lookout for
Big Casey" for some weeks, al
though he was compelled to "spot'
his man by means Of a photograph,
for he had never seen him. 1t was
in the eastern section Of the city,
notorious for the thoroughly bad
men and deprayed women who in
tested it's narrow, crooked streets
and dark and rat infested alleys,
that Bradley came face TO face with
Casey" He knew his man at first
glance, and, unfortunately for him.
Casey" knew Bradley. Before the
detective could draw pis tol or black
jack Casey" struck ou. from the
shoulder and his huge list landed
flush on the detectives face. But
bradley, while dazed for a moment
was made of stern stuff, and, spring.
ing to his feet, he planted a blow in
"Casey's" midriff which sent him
reeling. Before the yeggman could
recover his equilibrium and return
the blow the butt of Bradley's re-
volver crashed over his skull and
Casey" went down for the count. q
captive after years OF successful
lodging.
An Exciting Raid.