The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-04-20
TRUNK OF WHISKEY SEIZED.
Contained 236 Pint BottleS-W. ID.
Blume Bound Over.

| hibition law was made last Saturday
morning, when w. D. Blume was
taken into custody. MIR. Blume was
| arrested following the seizure of a
trunk full of whiskey by Sheriff Ray.
This trunk had come in on the morn
| ing train from Augusta, due at sos
o'clock A negro, Henry Glover, had
| loaded the trunk on a wagon and
| started toward Edisto river. Sher-
! iff Ray received information concern
| ing suspicious trunk having been
| brought in on the train, and imme-
diately followed the wagon and in
tercepted Glover about mile from
Bamberg, selling the trunk and team
and placing the negro under arrest.
On examination, Sheriff Ray, who
was accompanied by Mr.. G. w. Rentz,
found that the trunk contained 22O
pints of whiskey and Is bottles that
had been broken. A preliminary
hearing was held Saturday morning
before Magistrate H. D. Free, and
upon the evidence heard, Mr.. Blume
was bound over to the circuit court
for trial, and Henry Glover and Rob-
ert Miller were bound over as wit
nesses. Bail was fixed for Mr.. Blume
at $500 and for the negroes at $3.50
each. Mr.. Blume on Monday put up
cash bond and was released from
custody.
/ At the preliminary Saturday the
defendant was represented by R. P.
Bellinger, Esq, and Messrs. S. G..
Mayheld and H. NJ. Graham appeared
representing the vigilance committee
of the mass meeting held some time
ago.
- The Preliminary Hearing.
The first witness at the preliminary
hearing was Henry Glover, the negro
who had the whiskey in charge at
the time of the seizure. Glover testi-
fed that he works for Mr.. Blume,
and that Mr.. Blume had sent him to
get this trunk on Saturday morning;
that it was>a little after day when he
loaded the trunk on the wagon; that
Mr.. Blume had told him to carry the
trunk to the river. Robert Miller,
porter at the depot, helped him to
load it on the wagon. Had carried
things to the river before for Mr..
Blume, but had not transported any
liquor. It was Mr.. Blume's team he
was driving.
Sheriff Ray testified as to stopping
the negro on the road to Edisto river.
He said that the trunk contained 220
pint bottles and 16 pint bottles that
had been broken. That it was labeled
whiskey. When he accosted Glover,
the sheriff testified, he asked the ne
gro what he had, and Glover replied
that it was whiskey. When asked to
whom it belonged, Glover replied that
it was Mr.. w. D. Blume's. The sher-
iff could not say whether or not the
trunk had been put on the wagon be-
fore daylight On examination
by Mr.. Bellinger, Sheriff Ray stated
positively that Glover told him when
asked that the trunk contained whis-
key. A bottle of the whiskey was III
troduced in evidence. The package
was marked III. G. Williams & Co.,
Old II Whiskey; H. G. Williams &
Co., Norfolk, Va ....
Robert Miller, porter at the depot,
was next called. He said that he
helped Henry Glover load the trunk
Saturday morning. Miller was rather
evasive when first questioned, but
finally admitted that he saw Mr..
Blume the night before, and that Mr..
Blume paid him $1.00 to take the
trunk off the train next morning.
Miller first said he just happened
along about train time. He said that
he had never helped in this capacity
before. He claimed he did not know
the contents of the trunk, but han
died it Every gently Mr.. Blume
was not there, but he was over about
the stables. One passenger,
a colored boy, got off the train
that morning. He had suit case,
and walked away with it in his hand,
and asked nothing about the trunk.
He did not see the wagon until the
truck with the trunk on it had been
pushed back and Mr.. G. H. Smoak
had come over and looked at the
trunk. The wagon then came up and
he helped load the trunk on it.
Saw Trunk Put Off Train.
Mr.. G. H. Smoak testified that he
saw the train come in Saturday morn
ing, and that he saw only one colored
boy get off. That he saw the trunk