The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-10-01

ton. They walked back, according
to Mr. Mcclellan, and were seen and !
identified at Parr Shoals station be-
fore train No. Is arrived from CO.
lumbia at 2.22 o'clock with the pay
roll money and before they had, as Il !
Is alleged, blackened their faces. When
train No. 13 had pulled up, three men
with blacked faces. all of them wear
ing blue overalls, purchased. accord
ing to Mr.. Mcclellan, at Will Evans
store in Columbia and firemen's caps, !
appeared. and Frazer and Bigham
have been, 1t is claimed, identified as
two of the three. Where the third
man came from was not known. He
was a total stranger.
Later four of the men who are said
to have identified Frazer and Bighanl
at Parr Shoals were sent to Chester,
unaware Of the object of the journey
by Mr.. Mcclellan, who went there him
self. and these, it is asserted, they
pointed out and identified Frazer and
Bigham again.
Bigham, as described by Mr.. McLel-
Ian, is about 80 years Of age, feet
10 inches tall, with peaked features;
right hand injured; weighs about ITS
pounds, and Is smooth faced. At the
time of the holdup he had, it is al
legged, weeks growth of beard on
his face, which could be seen before
and after his face was blackened.
Frazer, according to Mr.. Mcclellan
is a man about 3s years of age.
weighs from 1S5 to 100 pounds, is
feet 9 inches tall, heavy set, with
broad shoulders. and at the time of
the robbery had about four weeks
growth of mustache on his face. He
Is OF light complexion, square jawed,
fiat footed, quick of movement, and of
uneasy manner according to Mr.. Nc
Lellan.
Last night Mr.. Mcclellan was told
that the ages Of Frazer and Bigham
were given by relatives and friends in
Chester as 22 and 26 years, respect
lively. Mr.. Mcclellan said that OF course
he could not 'gainsay Q. mother or
father" but that Frazer appeared to
be a man OF 3S years Of age and Big
ham a man of 32 or thereabouts, and
that IL they were only 20 and 26 they
had really lived longer.
The name Of A. b. Bigham ap-
pears on the payroll of the j. @.
White Construction company as hav-
ing worked at Parr Shoals June Is
to 20. rated as a carpenters helper,
While at work his foot was injured
by the fall of piece OF timber, and
he had to quit work. Bigham appears
to have shoWn some hesitancy in re-
turning to work and his lawyer, who
handled his injury claim, wrote Mr..
Mcclellan to fine out IL Bigham would
be taken back. Mr.. Mcclellan wrote
back that he was glad that Bigham
was out again and said that he would
be glad to take him back aud said
that he saw no reason why Bigham
should be timid about asking to be
taken back. The name "Bissell Big
ham" appears in the correspondence.
On the payroll appears also the
name OF M. L. Frazer, who worked at
Parr Shoals June % to 27 and was
discharged at the end of that time for
incompetency. II this be John Frazer
he gave an assumed name at the time
Mr.. Mcclellan said that there was
some doubt as to whether or not John
Frazer worked here. Some said that
he did. others can not so state. Men
who know John Frazer, Jr., say, ac-
cording to Mr.. Mcclellan, while he
may not have worked he did visit Big
ham while the latter was working
here. The only other Frazer that Mr..
Mcclellan can account for is a Golfer
dam man who also happens to have
the name of John, but who is short
and has red hair. This man is from
Maine and came to Parr Shoals with
the construction company.
Mr.. Mcclellan was asked upon what
grounds he had sworn out the war
rant for the arrest of j. B. Upton
and why he was arrested and later re-
leased, Mr.. Mcclellan said that he had
sworn out the warrant at the instance
of the Burns men and the police of
Columbia; and that Upton was re-
leased because the evidence was not
sufficient to implcate him in the Parr
Shoals robbery, and because the de-
tectives and police knew where to find
Upton IL wanted. Mr.. Mcclellan said
this later.