Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-07-06
WYAII BACK In JAIL

captured on farm three miles west
Of Trenton, the county seat Of Dade
county, Ca, about II o'clock Sunday
morning, by Sheriff w. N. Tatum of
that county, although the arrest was
made at the instigation Of Deputy
Sheriff F. E. Quinn, who was in Tren-
ton at the time. Wyatt was brought
back to Yorkville yesterday afternoon
over the C. & NV. and is now secure
ly locked in a cell In the Jail where
he will remain until his trial for the
robbery Of the stores of Messrs. j. T.
Crawford and ]. M. Williams at Nc
Connellsville about six months ago,
and also for his daring escape from the
Jail on Thursday afternoon, January
28.
News Of the capture Of Wyatt in
the Georgia county reached Yorkville
about o'clock Sunday afternoon. The
arrest was the chief topic Of converse =
ton all Of yesterday, numbers Of peo-
pie gathering on the main square
after each train in the hope that they
might catch a glimpse Of the cunning
prisoner as he was being taken to Jail.
Quite a little excitement was created
when Deputy Quinn, his arm in the
arm Of his prisoner, who was hand
cuffed, marched to the corner and
turned him over to Sheriff Brown, who
was waiting here and who conveyed
the man on to Jail. Wyatt wore a nom
chalant look as he passed the crowd
on the corner; in fact, he seemed to
ignore the presence of any one. There
was a broad smile on the face Of
Deputy Quinn as he greeted the sher-
iff and there was a smile Of equal
breadth on the face Of Sheriff Brown
as he greeted his deputy and the COW
eted prisoner. why, howdy, Wyatt
said the sheriff and the escape replied
with grin, "howdy, sheriff"
Where Sheriff Brown and Deputy
Quinn got the information concerning
the whereabouts of Wyatt and upon
which they were able to capture him,
is fact known only to the two. Sew
eral score persons have asked the Of
ficers that question in the last twenty
four hours. The officers have told no
one, nor will they. Wyatt himself has
in vain tried to gain this intelligence
from them.
For several weeks the officers had
known that Wyatt was going by the
name Of J. E. Woods. Until the past
few days they did not know his ex-
act whereabouts. At last having OBJ
tanned all necessary information,
Deputy Quinn left Yorkville Friday
afternoon for the little town Of Tren-
ton, which is the capital Of the wild
and mountainous county Of Dade, in
Georgia. He arrived at his destina-
tion Saturday and informed Sheriff
Tatum Of that county, that ]. E.
Woods, who ran a small farm about
three miles out from the little town
was ]. r. Wyatt, who was wanted in
the county of York for burglary and
Jail breaking.
Sheriff Tatum was surprised. He
had heard of Wyatt. In fact, he had
q picture OF the man, a complete des-
cription of him and notice Of the
reward which Sheriff Brown had Of
fered for his capture. However, he
knew Wyatt, alias Woods we'll. Woods
farm joined his own and he was even
then dealing with Wyatt, alias Woods
for the purchase Of his farm. He had
never connected Woods with Wyatt,
however.
Deputy Quinn was anxious that the
Georgia sheriff go with him at once
to arrest Wyatt; but that officer sug-
gested that no action be taken until
Sunday when he, being on good terms
with Wyatt, would go out and arrest
him without exciting the least sus-
picion. Deputy Quinn agreed and the
next morning Sheriff Tatum arrested
Wyatt, who denied that he had ever
been in York county, South Carolina
Upon being greeted by Deputy Quinn
in Trenton, he confessed that he was
the man wanted and readily agreed
to come without requisition.
Sunday afternoon he was brought
to Atlanta and from that place to
Blacksburg yesterday morning. Con-
nection there for Yorkville was missed
and the deputy had to take his man
to Gastonia and from thence to
YOrkville yesterday afternoon.
Wyatt's Story.
Wyatt was visited by a represen-
tative Of The Enquirer after his in
carceration in the Jail yesterday af-
ternoon. He was stretched upon a
pallet on the floor of his cell and ap-
peared to be thoroughly worn out as
well as greatly chagrined at being
back again. His physical appearance
was quite different from what 1t was
when he was in Jail before. He was
considerably thinner and had shaved
away his mustache and beard. His
face wore care-Worn expression
which he did not possess formerly.
He talked quite freely to the reporter
and stated that it was all over now
and that he was going to make a clean
breast of the whole affair when his
case comes up for trial next week-the
robbery charge and the jail-breaking
accusation.
He said that he was not surprised
at his capture, and that he had several
times remarked to his wife that he
would not be surprised to be taken.
Speaking of his escape he said that
while he was the man who opened the
door to the cages, other prisoners in
the Jail had attempted to do so before