The Robesonian., 1918-03-04
LUMBERToN, NORTH CARoLIN
TYSON AND CLIFTON
BOUND TO COURT

Pauls Told in Recorders Court
Clifton Turns States Evidence
Supply of Presumably Stolen Goods
Found Under Old Barn at Tyson's
Home at Hope Mills.
Neill Tyson and Ed Clifton, the two
white men arrested Monday night Of
last week on the charge of robbing the
A. R. McEachern Co.'S store at St..
Pauls, were given a preliminary hear
Friday. Tyson was bound over to the
Superior court under a $4,000 justi-
fled bond, while Clifton was bound
over under a $500 justified bond.
Both made bond and were released. |
CnlIUn oIUIy vi I>uDucly.
The two men were tried separately ,
and neither went on the stand in his
own behalf. Clifton was put on the
stand by the State in the case against
Tyson. He testified that he saw Ty-
son at Fayetteville Sunday night
about 10 o'clock and that Tyson told
him that he wanted him to make a
trip with him the following Monday
night: He said Tyson told him he
would be on the road about o'clock
and that if he did not find him on the
road to go to his (Tyson's) home at
Hope Mills. He left Fayetteville about
Tyson on the road near Hope Mills.
Tyson told him that he wanted him
to take him to St. Pauls as he wanted
, to see man there. They drove to St.
Pauls and he drove his automobile
through town twice at Tyson's re-
. quest He said Tyson told him that he
!. did not know where the man he was
looking for lived and told him to drive
his car in front of the McEachern
{ store and race the engine and prob
y ably the man he was looking for
: would come to them. He saw a man
: walk up to where Tyson was and while
y he was racing the engine of his auto
= mobile Tyson broke the plate glass
: out on each side Of the door in the
, store building and loaded the 81 au-
X tomobile tires on the auto. He was
y not sure whether or not the other mar
l1 of the tires on the auto. The job wa:
% completed in about two minutes ant
/ he drove towards Fayetteville. HI
y said he told Tyson to put the tires ou
of his car, but Tyson refused to d.
so until after they had sighted an au
tomobile near them At Tyson's re
quest they drove off the main roa
- and Tyson hid the tires in a swamp
- He then took Tyson near Hope Mill
and put him out and went on toward
Fayetteville. Before reaching Fay
etteville his gasoline gave out and h
had to stop. The party from S
M Pauls came upon him and he tol
su s them about the robbery and agreed
. take them to where the tires we1
If hidden, which he did.
~ On cross examination the Wltnes
- testified that the party that owe
tn to took him shot few times and calle
w for a rope, but denied that he refuse
1n 40, to tell about the robbery until aft
~ III this had taken place. The witnss sa
~; ~; he had only known Tyson few wee]
-ai. o.1. and denied owing Tyson $45 in mon'
,eA ~, which he borrowed about Christina
~ ~ He said Tyson did not pay him f
'oN the trip, but promised to pay hi
md later.
'io Tires Worth S4Oo; Building Damag
$500 or SA09.
n Mr.. C T. Fisher, manager OF t
D McEachern store, testified that
the night of the robbery he went
the store and found that tie glass
'ith each side of the door had been brok
=, and that piece of scantling was lyl
vas near the store. He said vnat TIE au
- mobile tires recovered were the sal
a. ones which had been in the show w
dows and that the tires were wo'
S4OO and the building was damag
,be- between $500 and S4OO.
DOT Hid Tires in Swamp.
ert- Mr.. J. C. Lindsay Of st. Pauls t
d. titled that he was with the crowd tt
and overlook Clifton and that Clifton t
ing the crowd that the tires were IN
his swamp and went and showed VIII
tat the tires were He also said that
Y is Of the same lot of tires was found
man the road between St. Pauls and
eriff noint where the tires were found il
Oc- swamp near the road. He said
tires found had the firm name OF A
McEachern Co. on them.
ank Sheriff R. E. Lewis testified t
Clifton told him about the robb
Tuesday after he had been arres
in a manner which corroborated
..ai' u'oas story told on the stand.
We W. The State was represented by 5
r,le sne citor w. Lennon of the record
IVY wv court, Messrs. Mclean, Varser &
a aIu Lean, Messrs. Mcintyre, Lawrence
oUus %ls Proctor, and Messrs johnson & 10
Inc son. Clifton was represented by
y. n. F.. Stacy of Lumberton and
'tton VIC. Bullard of Fayetteville. Ty
the the was represented by Mr.. T. A. Men
,,,ar o,,. Jr.
ever Other Goods Found Under Barn
tne Sheriff R. E. Lewis, Rural Pol
II LII man A. H. Prevatt, Policemen M
Newton of St. Pauls and Mr.. e.
ouse Hone ,sn Mills Friday night and fo
under an old barn at his home one
pound tub of lard, three 10-po
* Of buckets of lard, two hams and
Co. cheese. The cheese cover pore
Mr.. following inscription: u. II. Caid'
,urer Lumberton, N. Z" Ihe names on
said other articles found had peen scra
there ed off.
sold Mr.. Caldwell checked enc
,rs .se short in an order which came thre