The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1915-02-10
WATERLOO BOY
ROBBED BANK
Loaned Part Of Money 20 Innocent
Friend and Dotl Started TOR Coal
Fields.

Flel0S.
q. l.. Long, the young Waterloo man
arrested In Greenville Thursday morn
ing FOR robbing the Bank Of Waterloo,
was granted bail in the sum of $500 by
Magistrate Traynham Monday morn
ing and soon after left for hi shome
q. L.. Prollitt, the other young man ar
rested with him at the time, was re-
leased soon after the arrest without
any charges being preferred against
him, 1t being clearly shown that he
was innocent of any connection with
the robbery. Young Long cleared him
of all completely in the crime soon af-
ter the arrest by stating that he alone
mad robbed the bank and that Profit
knew nothing of it, The story of the
case, as taken from The Grecnville
News, Is as follows:
First Sergeant Noe of the police
department yesterday afternoon ar
rested G. l.. Long and G. l.. Proffitt.
TWO young men Of near Waterloo
and Laurens respectively, charged
with having stolen $125 from the
bank OF Waterloo last Saturday near
noon. Long confessed last night to
the officers that he took the money
alone and that Promtt had nothing
to do with it.
when seen last night at the city
Ea!l, Long did not want to talk when
reporter for the Greenville News
saw him by permission of the off,
GERS. He at first believed that tho
reporter was detective and stated
that he had nothing to say. When
told by one Of the officers, however,
that he was a newspaper reporter
and not a detective, Long replied:
That's worse, I'd rather talk to a
dctective!"
When Informed that there was no
way Of keeping the story out Of the
paper, he stated that he was willing
to make a clean breast of the entire
affair and did so. He began by
saying:
I'm from good family and"
Here he choked UP and silently wip-
cd his eyes. Several times while tell
ing Of the affair Long broke down;
but finally gave a very lucid account
OF the whole thing.
Gle stated that Saturday morning
he went alone to the bank and found
all the doors open, incluing that OF
the safe and that he entered and
helped himself. he took 500 in
50 notes and $25 in dimes, the latter
being found upon him. He said that
$50 Of the currency was buried upon
his fathers farm; but when asked
refused to give his fathers name. Il.
is Wash Long however, we'll known
farmer Of near Waterloo.
Long stated that as long as he
could remember the bank was left
standing open around the dinner
hour and that he decided to rob it,
so he entered and took the money,
unmolcstcd.
He went to the farm and buried a
part Of tho money and then got
Pronitt, who lives near Laurcns, 20
accompany him to this city, the two
being enroutc to the Virginia coal
fields. Both carried suit cases with
all their clothing in them and they
had another small grip to carry soil.
ed linen and their shaving apparatus
"Promtt has evidently travelled
about to some extent for his suit
case bore the express tags of num-
Der OF cities somewhat distant from
the quiet little town Of Laurens. He
was clearly the shrcwder OF the two
for he refused to talk to any great
extent beyond saying he had nothing
to do with it.
AFTER the robbery the bank off,
cials kept quiet and hence the fact
was not known outside of limited
few until the capture Of the boys was
made. Sheriff John ID. Owings, Of
Laurens, stated last night over long
distance telephone that he first
learned OF the robbery last night and
that he would come for the prisoners
today.
"'rhc police received telephone
call from Laurens yesterday aftcr-
noon to look out for these two men
on the afternoon train, though the
message camo after the train had
arrived The officers scattered about
over town and began looking for
them. Sergeant Noe went by the