Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-09-02

much excited, and apparently unex-
pectedly to Mr.. Harter and said to him
exeitedly: Mr.. Harter, where Is my
pistol?' I haven't got your pistol
said Mr.. Harter. And the man, ad-
vancing. said: Well, you must have
it, and drew his pistol and struck
the policeman. The policeman drew
his gun and tried to rise. AS he rose
he struck the stranger, and then the
firing began. And my impression Is
that after he was struck. the stranger
placed hts gun against the policeman
and fired several times very rapidly;
so much so that you could hardly tell
which was doing the shooting. 1
turned my head away, could not
stand 1t, and ran for the doctor, and as
I passed by saw the stranger stand
ing over his victim, looking at him.
When / say policeman or Harter
mean the dead man. have been In
formed that the man who did the
killing was named Walker, and was
a section master on the Southern.
got the doctor and hurried back as
fast as I could. / went right to the
station agent and said: Hadn't we
better telegraph for the sheriff" He
said: No, it's no use. He's going to
give himself up left the agent and
went into the waiting room and met
Walker. I'm sorry, my friend, you
have got into great trouble He made
no reply. He grunted; but evidently
didn't want anything more to say to
me, but went Immediately to the doc
tor and asked him to examine his
wound on the side Of his head.
understood the doctor to say that 1t
wasn't very serious. About twenty
minutes before the train came In,
Harter bought ticket from the agent.
I did not see him buy the ticket. I
presumed that he did. Harter was
sitting on a bench outside the station
and did not attempt to rise until at
tackled. AS long as I was there
did not see Walker give his pistol to
any one"
Columbia Record, Saturday: Co
lumbians who returned this morning
from Charleston on the Elks' special
declare that the union station In that
city was the scene Of wild excitement
fast night when Southern railway
passenger train No. II reached the
depot at 9 o'clock from Columbia, the
news spreading like wild fire that the
express messenger had been held up
by q lone bandit and his car rified OF
about $1,000. 1t was impossible here
this morning to confirm the amount
reported to have been stolen, but that
the hold-up occurred was known to
be fact The robbery occurred near
Ten Mile, 1t is assumed. which. as Its
name suggests, Is that distance Irom
Charleston. While the messenger,
whose name was Coleman, II was SAID,
was busily engaged In Strengthening
UP his car and arranging his papers
for the final stop, q masked man en-
tered the car from the platform, COW
cred Coleman and forced him to re-
treat into the chest Of the car, after
which the bold stranger locked the
lid and thus became master OF the
car and free to plunder to his hearts
content. Coleman offered no resist
ance, seeing that the bandit had the
drop on him. When the train reached
the union station in Charleston, the
train crew realized that something
was wrong when Messenger Coleman
was found to be missing. Sounds
from the closed chest quickly attract
ed attention and upon the release OF
the imprisoned messenger, the crowd
at the station was apprised OF the
startling news or course, the pro-
portions Of the booty grew until the
act of the single bandit was classed
with the depredations OF the James
boys. AS stated, 1t Is impossible to de-
termine how much money was obtain
ed as Il will be necessary to check
over the manifests. None OF the
papers in the car were negotiable, It
was said, and the bold bandit will
have to content himself with the pile
approximated at a thousand dollars.
So far as could be learned this morn
ing no arrests have been made. al
though 1t Is certain that the Southern
railway and the express company have
sleuths already on the scene. 1t was
impossible to learn where the bandit
got aboard, Coleman himself being
unable to say as he saw nothing OF
the man until he found himself gaz-
ing into the barrel Of a six-shooter.
The bandit left the train somewhere
within a. radius of ten miles or
Charleston, II Is quite certain.