The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1919-07-03

the return trip OF Capt. McLaurln,
but last night when he stopped there
to take Oh the baggage it was found
that it had been seized by the auth
critics of that town and they would
not release it.
OF course the baggage contained
whisieT. 1t is stated that there must
have been at least one hundred
quarts of ii.
How much more was on the train
will never be known 1t is not
thought that more than one suit case
was taken from the ;rIin at Ebene-
zer and spirited away by the men
who made themselves very scare af-
ter the men had displayed such de"
termind spirit.
The story of the affair as gathered
from passengers was about as fol-
lows:
When train 35 had passed Ebenezer
there were three pulls on the bell
cord. Conductor McLaurin decided
at once that some one was merely
tampering with the cord, and pulled
the engineer ahead. This perform
ance was repeated at least three
times. Finally the brakes were ap-
piled by the pulling of the emergency
cord. Capt. McL2urin Immediately
started back through the train and
when he reached the Pullman car
saw a man passing suit cases out of
the window to other men standing
on the ground. All of the men were
white. It was then about six
O'Clock in the morning and he obtain
ed full view of the men who were in
the party, but was unable to identity
any of them, all evidently being
strangers. One of the men was a big
husky fellow and seemed to be tho
leader. When Capt. McLaurin de-
monstrated with him FOR stopping the
train and for making Of it travelling
bar room. the ma nbecame angry. Mr..
McLaurin told him that he would
have to put the suit cases back on
the train at once, and the reply OF
the bootlegger was that he dared any
one to touch them. With this remark
the man pulled his pistol and kept it.
in his hand. b. this time number
of passengers had alighted from the
train and had gathered around. The
other members of the liquor bunch
scented trouble and mixed in with the
crowd and Capt. McLaurin saw no
more of them. The big fellow, how
ever, was loath to give UP his liquor,
when he apparently enjoyed
the advantage Of having an arsenal
in his hand with which to carry his
when Capt. NcLaurm signed the train
back and Baggage Master Johnson
started to heave the suit cases into the
car. He levelled his pistol but evident
ly thought better Of turning loose on
the trainmen, and started to walk
away to the edge Of corn field, where
he witnessed the loading of the stuff.
In the meantime Capt. c. M. Gregg
who happened to be on the train ana
had been awakened by a messenger
from Capt. McLaurin reached the bag
gage car and stood in the door way
with a pistol in hand guarding the
baggage master as he picked up the
suit cases and placed them in the
car. The bootlegger after this made
no move and disappeared into the
corn field. |
Just about this time an interesting
thing happened, and from it there
may result information leading to ar
rests in the case. A Florence negro
hack driver known here as Goat
Brown drove up in his big touring
car. Some of the passengers de-
clare that they saw gun in his
hand. Browns connection with the
case has not been determined. 1t isl
that he stated that he
happened to pass by and stopped to!
zee what the trouble was. Brown
we'll know to the authorities here.
and has figured in several liquor
cases.