Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-06-26
OCONEE SHERIFF KEPT BUSY
Looking After Stills, Deserters from
Army-Charge of Larceny.


The office Of the Sheriff of Oconee
has been kept con the hump for
some time past, and every now and
then Deputy Sheriff B. r. Moss and
! rural policemen sally forth and take
In still or two. Last week, how
ever, the first case Of burglary that
has come up for some time was re-
ported to the Sheriff's office, and the
case was given attention at once.
Some time during last Wednesday
night or early Thursday morning the
store of Mrs. Dovie Moore, near the
Long Creek church and academy, was
entered and a number Of articles
were taken from the stock of goods.
The things stolen consisted of one
box of plug tobacco, one box of snuff,
48-pound sack of -four. 25 pounds
Of green coffee and bucket of lard.
Mish Cobb was arrested and stands
charged with the theft of the articles.
He Is now in jail awaiting trial at
the July term of court, he having
waived the preliminary hearing be-
fore magistrate. Tracks were
found leading away from the Moore
store room, and these were followed,
taking the officers to the home Of
Mish Cobb, where the articles enum-
Grated above were found about the
premises. The box of tobacco was
stored away inside the family organ,
the -four was sewed up in mattress,
while the coffee had been put into
fruit jars, then on shelves in an out
house. with paper so placed as to
screen the coffee from view. Cobb
has been living in Anderson county
and was subject to the call, of the An
harQnn IN nd hipl, l., Il
but recently called him to report for
military service at that point Sunday
afternoon to be ready to entrain on
Monday morning.
In tracking Cobb it was found that
just outside the store room he had
removed his shoes, then put them on
again after travelling for short
while barefooted, making a second
stop to remove his shoes and repeat
ing the tactics Of travelling a short
distance without shoes, then putting
on the shoes again. Another indica-
tion as to the probability Of the trail
leading to the finding of the culprit
was the fact that on some bushes
along the way traces Of the lard that
had evidently been shaken badly in
transit over the rough trail, were
left on small bushes that lined the
way taken by the party leaving the
store.
Deserter Captured.
II. NJ. Elliott is the name OF a
young man captured and lodged in
the Oconee jail on the charge of de-
sertion from the army. Elliott states
that he is member Of Company c.,
121st Infantry. He deserted from
Camp Wheeler, at Macon, Ga. On
August goth, 1917, Elliott says, he
enlisted for army service at Elberton,
Ca, and he left the military camp
some time during last November.
Since that time he has been knockin;,
about In the upper section Of Oconee.
He had been for some time in the Vi
cinity Of the Oconee poor farm, in
which locality he was located at the
time Of his capture. Elliott is about
| 8 years Of age and small for his age.
He had been wearing knee pants for
some time, thus eliminating the last
trace of anything that would lead
the general public to suspect that he
had ever had any connection with
the army. Tho Sheriff's office at once
notified the Adjutant General OF the
State of Georgia, and 1t Is probable
that he will be sent for by the au-
tbOrities OF Camp Wheeler, though 1t