Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-08-18
MIR. FLANAGAN IS BACK AGAIN.
Had Been or Oh "Visit," Having is
capped from Gang z Months Ago.

r. G. Flanagan Is back with the
working forces OF the county once
more after an absence OF some two
or two and a half months, he having
escaped from the chain gang after
serving about three months OF Il six
months sentence for violating the
state liquor laws.
F'lannigan was taken into custody
by the sheriff Of Laurcns county, he
having been captured while circu-
lating around in territory in the vi
cinity of the Grcenyille- LaurcnS
county line, and Sheriff Alexander.
Of Oconee, was notified to come and
get the escaped OcOnee convict. He
went over at once and returned with
Flanagan last Wednesday night.
Flanagan was originally Il red
eral prisoner In the Oconee Jail, but
both the State and Federal govern
ments had warrants for his arrest
and trial for violation Of lhe liquor
laws. Being in The Oconee Jail, and
the State Court conyening in Ocomee
before the Federal Court could han
die the case, he was transferred to
the state. Court docket, heard and
sentenced to six months on the pub
lie works. or course Flanagan is
aware Of the fact that us soon as he
completes his sentence serving in
OcOnee he will be turned over to the
Federal authorities; hence evidently
his desire to escape the penalty he
has already received and "tte wrath
to come" as we'll.
Sheriff Alexander, as the original
custodian Of Flanagan while Fed
eral prisoner awaiting trial, feels a
decided desire to be able to turn his
man over to the higher authorities
when he Is called for, and he hopes
that the gang will hold him more
securely in the future.
Boon Andrews Also ut Large.
Boon Andrews, another white con-
Wet, recently escaped from the gang
and is still at large. Andrews was
convicted OF larceny and was given
90 days at hard labor on the public
works. He was sentenced at the July
tern of Court. He served about two
weeks and made his escape. His Of
Tense was stealing number Of me-
chanics' or carpenters tools from the
workmen at the Walhalla plant Of
the Victor Monaghan Company.
We are informed that on August
s Andrews boarded Blue Ridge
train at Seneca. and that the conduc-
tor in charge Of the train recognized
him as the man who had escaped
from the chain-gang. One door OF
the coach III which Andrews sat was
locked, and the conductor instructed
one OF the train employees to guard
the other. The conductor telegraphed
ahead to Sheriff King, Of Anderson
to meet the train at the coal chute
out OF that city and get Andrews for
the Oconee officers, but in some way
the willy Andrews suspected some.
thing was wrong, and ut an oppor-
time moment, when the train was
down to a speed Of something like 20
miles an hour, he raised car win
dow to Its greatest height and made
jump out OF 1t, escaping and leav.
ing the Anderson sheriff to greet only
a prisonerless train. Andrews, how
ever. we arc informed, left his grin
on the train.
Another Reported Wednesday,.
Wednesday night the report that
prisoner had escaped from the
county Jail caused considerable ex.
cl1ement among people on the street
nut 1t was learned that the report
mad gotten confused with a report of
another escape from the chain gang,
Thls report was that negro had
escaped but we have been unable to
learn VINO it was, or. in fact, whether
the report was correct.