The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-11-04
SIN lnone DlIn0 TIGERS.
sEvENTEE I'm ARRESTS MADE
WITH TWENTY. NINE CASES
AGAINST DEFENDANTS.
Csses weV Worked up by Local De.
sectivcs and Are Now Being Tried
F1vc Of Negroes Plead Guilty to
Selling Whiskcy.
From The Daily Item. Oct. so.

From The Daily Item. Oct. so.
Consideration wac created In tho
blind tiger circles of the city this
morning when the police officers be-
ran 70 rail- on the alleged blind tigers,
rounding up seventeen of them and
placing them in guard house, while
further search was made for several
others for whom warrants have been
isssed with q total Of twenty mine
Cases charged against defendants.
Further arrests ara expected and
more case will be entered on the
docket. N the alleged tigers are plac-
"a In the guard house.
OF the sixteen persons arrested
three are white men. while tho others
are colorsd. The cases were worked
up by thrse local men. acting az de-
~tsctives. Afsssrs. l. T. Holloway, r.
c. Hatnslh and w. H. Bisckman.
Thee men have been at work OF and
ON sincs IN September and the arrests
made today are the results of their
work. The persons arrested charged
with selling whiskey are: Arthur
nnctnoy. Sam LAdson. Elixa Farmer,
.; Geo. A. Brown. Jr.. Geo. w. Mc-
Lsod, John Simmons. Robert Sea-
wSishs, EAsex Kennedy. .; Joe Me-
cellum. .; Robert Anderson. VIM. ".
Moors. Jr,. Adam Tindal. q; J. ID.
Dress. .; Geo. Tindal. Anna Rogers,
.; Nehemiah Wells and Hannah ia
her. Geo. A. Brown. Jr.. Geo. w.
Ntleod and =. d. Gregg are the
three white defendants. the others all
beins NEGROES Geo. A. Brown, .r..
was released on ball Of elk hundred
dsilAfs thin morning to await tria, of
the eAsss against him. None OF the
OTHERS had secured ball at Q O'Clock.
when Recorder Hardy called his
eorrt to erdsr this morning there was
oa1y one small case before him. he
no the liquor cases. and this was
speedtly dispossd Of and the LIQUOR
cases taker up. Those who had stated
thsar Intention Of pleading guilty were
arraiensd tlrvt Essex Kennedy plead
gullty on two charges and no guilty
"a thts4 charge ON arst asrsiirn-
usot but Nsst decided didersntiy
ebeut 4. whsa he had taken time "a
1cneo4Se snAi rscousct the thIfu
~ - pleea Sslley "a
) 80 q % dk5I Icsss'
He sdstsd that he did not ussIkiiy a,sll
whtskey. but had been overpersuatsd
By Mr.. Holloway to let him have
the bDose.
Robert Anderson had the same tale
OF being overpersuaded by Mr.. Hollo-
way. but Head guilty and was given
: sentence OF $50 or 80 days on one
charge.
Nehemiah Wells plead guilty and
was gtvsn q sentence Of $50 or 30
days ON M charge.
Joe McCollum was araigned on two
counts. plead guilty on one Of them,
but stated that he had never receiv-
Cd IN money at the time Mr.. Hoilo.
way had secured the whiskey on tine
second count. This turned cut TO be
= case which had not been lodged
against hira by the detective and q
third case was entered against him,
He then plead guilty to all three and
was given q total Of $50 or 90 days
Adam Tindai plead guilty to two
charges anil paid q fine of 800, giving
check on the spot. He runs a store
on Manning Avenue.
Hannah Baker plead not guilty, as
did y. ID. Gregg. who runs a store
on tho corner Of Manning Avenue and
Divine street and Geo. w. Mcleod.
Arthur Pinckney said he went for
whisksy and got II from Laura Wild
or. but he had not sold IL.
There were eight OF those arrested
yesterday disposed of In the Record
sr's court yesterday afternoon and
this morning and the defendants were