The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-03-28
THREE WHITE MEN
ARE CAUGHT WITH
THE GOODS.
Three Employees of Seaboard Were
Arrested Saturday Charged With
Car Breaking and Grand
I.arceny-Tried Thi,
Morning in City
Court.

A good deal Of excitement was
caused Saturday when it was an
nounced that three of the employees
of the Seaboard Air Line Railway had
been arrested charged with car
breaking and grand larceny. Those
arrested were T. J. Douthart, Hal
Morrow and A D Mckinney. The for
mer is an engineer of the road and
has teen in Abbeville some fifteen
years. He stands towards the top of
the list Of engineers on account of
long service. Morrow was formerly
an employee Of the company, but
lately lost his position. Mckinney is
a flagman, a son Of a prominent con-
ductor on the road.
, As the story comes to US, an engi-
neer of one of the night trains, when
pulling into the shop yards Friday
night, saw someone going out of the
yards carrying a box, which he cor
rectly surmised to be freight taken
from one Of the cars in the yard. He
reported the matter to the officer Of
she railroad, and the city policemen
were summoned, They set a watch
for the culprits and as result Of the
watch the three parties stated were
seen in the act of carrying away the
goods alleged to have been stolen.
No, attempt was made to arrest the
parties at the time but they were fol-
lowed to their homes.
Saturday morning Chief Johnson
and Mr.. Blackwell arrested Mr. Douth-
art at his home. They went into the
garage at his home, the doors of
which had been left open, and there
they found several pairs of overalls,
about ore hundred pounds of. tobac-
co, e sack of coffee, small case of
shoes and some other articles. Mr..
Mckinney was arrested late in the
afternoon Saturday after he had
come in on run. His rooms were
searched with his consent, he having
made confession in the matter, and
there a considerable quantity of
stolen goods were found.
All of the parties were put under
a bend of $100 for their appearance
in the city court, and later Douthart
and Mckinney were arrested under
state warrants and required to give
bond for their appearance in the
state courts. It is understood that as
soor as Morrow gave bond for ap-
pearance in the city court he left
town and that he has not been ar
rested under a state warrant.
Mr.. Douthart was seen yesterday
and explains the matter by saying
that he was drunk at the time and
does not know what happened. He
had been drinking heavily in the af-
ternoon he said, and Morrow and Nc
Kinney had promised to secure him
gallon of liquor at night That night
they phoned him, and he supposed
they had gotten the liquor which he
wanted, so he went to the shops. They
were drinking too, he says, and the
trouble all came about because all
parties were under the influence of
liquor. He denies having anything to
do with breaking into the car, and it
is understood that the other parties
deny having broken into the car, say
ing that 1t had already been opened,
and Douthart says that the goods
were loaded in his car without his
what they were and where
they came from.
The parties were tried in the city
court this morning.
When the cases against the three
defendants were called in city court
this morning each failed to answer to
his name and the bonds were forfeit
ed.
Nothing further has been done in
the case so far as learned. Superin-
tendent Carlton and other officials of
the Seaboard Air Line are in the city
today, as well as kindred of some OF
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