Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-12-02

ably be published there is not the
slightest reason for believing that he
has any objection, and here goes the
story with Il regret that ii has to be
condensed and shortened for space
reasons. thus robbins it of much of the
fine detail with which it was origin
ally told:
Williams. who has half dozen or
more aliases, was arrested on account
of brawl with Il sailor in IL dive
Both We're drunk and 10th were ar
rested, loaded into the patrol wagon
and started off for police head quar-
ters. 1t appears that at the time OF
Williams arrest he had in his posses
sion a kit of burglars tools and bot
tie of nitro -glycerine, and being So
Der enough to realize the Conse-
qucnces of having these things found
un his person, he took the first oppor-
tunity he saw To get rid of them. The
kit, he threw away, and the bottle OF
nitro glyCerine, he allowed to droI
down his breeChcs leg To the stone
paving at the risk of blowing the pa
troll wagon To atoms. The police did
not see the throwing away of the ar
tiClcs; but woman opposite whose
house the incident occurred, did, al
though it was not until later that she
realized just what it all meant
tro-glycerine had been dropped from
the wagon. a mail wagon from the
News and Courier office came along
and broke the bottle. There was ar
explosion. as the result Of which the
wagon was partially demolished. La
ter on, another wagon passed over the
same spot, and the horse stepping or
stones between which the nitro-g!y-
cerine had trickled. caused another
explosion which injured the animal SC
badly that it had to be shot
These two explosions naturally pro-
duCed much Commotion and investiga-
ton, during which the woman who
had seen the nitro o-glycerine thrown
from the patrol wagon, came forward
and told what she knew. She tried tC
make her husband go into the street
and pick up the articles; but not car
ing to take the risk of being blowr
sky high he refused, whereupon she
went out herself. got the fragments OF
hn nd IA Ia T. =
kit, and telephoned the police. She die
not know Williams. but was able tC
identify him as the man who haG
passed her house at certain time
and had thrown out the discriminating
articles. Williams stOutly protested
his innocence; but the police seeing
that they were on hot trail, sent fol
Postoffice Inspector Gregory, who or
going to Charleston recognized the
man at once as an old professional
with a record of frequent conviction.
and escapes.
Williams was committed to Jail ant
came near escaping. He had secreteC
in his clothes a small file and cOrse
stay and with these he managed t.
make a saw. With the saw he made &
wooden key that would work the loci
and except for the timely arrival Of
the jailer, in another fifteen minutes
he would have been gone. All these
things came out in connection witt
the trial, and the evidence generally
was Of a nature that left no doubt OF
the mans guilt of the offenses charg-
ed.
When it came to pronOuncing SEN
tence, Judge Prince said he knew II
would be foOliShneSS to send the mar
to the chaingang where he could not
he expected To stay Il week, and so tC
avoid the alternative he gave Will
liams ten years and one month. Will
liams was an insolent, defiant fellow
and when the sentence was prOnOunc-
ed he INDUCED in some remarks that
were intended to be insulting. where
upon Judge Prince added five years tC
the sentence. At this Williams under
took to say something further, anG
Judge Prince gave it to him like this:
You may as well understand that you
are certainly going to the penitenti-
ary. dead or alive, and If you do no,
give some evidence of your ability tc
be civil, | will add some additional
years to your term" Upon that the
fellow subsided.
I'm view Of the mans character as
it had been shown by the testimony
and of which he had given evidences
himself" said Judge Prince, Il deter
mined to see that no mishap should
occur between Charleston and the
penitentiary. Upon inquiry ] learned
that one of the deputies who were tc
take the prisoners to the penitentiary
had killed several men in his time, and
| cautioned him particularly as &c
Williams. instructing that If the feI-
low tried to get away and 1t should
become necessary, to have no heSlta
ton in killing him. The deputy prom
ised to get the fellow to the peniten-
tiary and he did. He chained the fell
lows right wrist to the left wrist oi
another deputy, and both deputies
watched him with the greatest care
until he was finally turned over To the
penitentary authorities.
II had never really desired to send
the fellow up for more than five
years." Judge Prince explained. but
as | nave dlTeduI Sdlu, hutN 'h'''
they would not be able to keep him on
the chaingang, and for that reason
had to send him to the penitentiary
shortly after entering upon his term
Williams who is a man of education
and culture began writing numerous
and pitiful appeals to me to give him
another chance to make good. | also
had letters from the mans father who
is a well-to-do business man of oak
land California, and who promised
that if his son should be released he,
the father. would set him up in bust
ness. and do everything possible to
help persuade him to abandon the !lie
of crime that he has been pursuing
since he was twenty years old. from
pure choice. In view of these things
coupled with the purpose | had had IN
mind all along, about two years ago
wrote Governor Blease asking Tor
clemency; but for reasons of his own
no doubt. Governor Blease did not see
proper to grant a pardon or parole AT
that time, and | knew nothing further
about the matter until | read in the
papers the other day that Williams
had been pardoned and re-airested.
During the recital Of the story Judge