Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-09-24
J. Z. TpToN rs RELEASED.
Prosecutions May Follow Arrest
Governor Talks OF PardoninH.

completely in the Parr Shoals hold
up. was released on bail yesterday.
Messages were received in Green
vile yesterday to the effect that Mr..
Upton had been exonerated of the
charges preferred against him, and,
or course, released from custody.
me circumstances surrounding the
cc'ease were not given in the mes
sages lCreived, though both Mr.. Tip
ton and his counsel, Alvin Fl. Dean,
were led to Nelieve that all was well
IN his case. No intimation of the
fact that his elease was granted on
bond was cont lined in the messages,
according 20 the information, which
The News received from the wife of
the accused nan and from his coun-
sci. Since the circumstances were
not known inquiry was made Of the
Columbia officials with the result
stated above.
May Prosecute AccuSers.
Over the telephone Mrs. Upton
stated that prosecutions would fol-
low the arrest Of her husband. as
the charges made against him were
preposterous. Mr.. DeSn said tho. no
definite steps had yet been taken
looking to such prosecution, but that
counsel would look into the matter
and advise her of the course to pur-
sue. or course Mrs. Upton and her
friends are greatly perturbed over
the arrest, and will, if circumstances
permit, seek what redress is possi-
BILE. The Incarceration Of Mr.. Tip
ton and the seriousness Of the
charges laid at his door have caused
much interest here, not only among
his friends, but the general public
as we'll. Many denials of his guilt
nave been made, and when the mes
sages were received in the city yes
terday stating that all was 90. X"
there was considerable relief felt.
No additional arrests have been
made In the Parr Shoals robbery
case. Officials working on the case
nave several clues which they are
following, Is the statement from CO.
lumbia.
An interesting sidelight on the
Parr Shoals case was the report cur
rent that the paymaster Of the ].
G. White Construction Co., from
whom the money was taken, had re-
ceived a letter dated from Chicago.
thanking him for the money, and
stating that the writer would call
again some time.
AS Governor Sees 1t.
A Columbia special yesterday gave
the following as Governor Blease's
statement with regard to the case:
Governor Blease, in talking about
the Parr Shoals arrest, declared that
II the arrest and convictions were
made on evidence worked up solely
by Burns detectives, and the parties
should be convicted, he would par
don them by telegraph. Burns
men are nothing but bribc-takers
and perjurers, and l wouldn't be-
iieve a thing they said or did he
stated"
"Detectives" Arrested at Union.
(Union Progress.)
Two white men calling themselves
detectives, were arrested and COM
mitted to the city Jail yesterday af-
ternoon by Acting Chief of Police
e. B. Wood and Policeman ]. p.
Moseley, as they were about to
rause trouble on North Gadberry
street by charging three we'll known
men Of this city with having been
the robbers who relieved the pay
master at Parr Shoals Of over $16,-
900.
The men, who gave their names as
Thomas Knowles, who was about 40
years of age, and Lewry Chaimblin,
who appeared about 80 years of
age, arrived in Union on yesterday
morning and during the afternoon
seemingly had taken on quite a drop
Of something that was not "grape
juice" Soon they began TO accuse
Will May, Jim Cromer and Hugh
Whitlock Of having been the men
who performed the daring robbery at
Parr Shoals, and soon the parties
thus accused began to get weary Of
the joke, and the police anticipating
that there might be trouble, took
the so-called detectives into custody.
and this morning they were fined SO
each.
A message was sent to Parr Shoals
to know If there was really such
mon formerly there, and this morn