The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-10-18
ASSISTANT CASHIER
TELLS OF ROBBERY
SIGNS CONFESSION AS TO RE.
MOVAL OF SAFE
,Twenty-Six Thousand Dollars of More
Than Eighty Thousand Lost
RecoVered

Than Eighty Thousand. Lost
Recovered
The State.
Florence, Oct. 14.-With the ar
rest of j. Hugh Truluck, assistant
cashier of the First National bank of
Olanta, this afternoon, and his signed
confession to the part he played in
the robbery of the home, of Sam W.
Young, Florence county farmer, of an
iron safe containing Liberty bonds,
war saving stamps and mortgages and
other securities amounting to between
S80, and 100000, events today
followed thick and fast in robbery
that has created no little interest in
this section of the state. In the alb
sence of Mr.. Young, the safe was re-
moved from the house and was found
later in Lynche's river rifed of its
rich contents.
Arrest was made in Sumter yester-
day of two brothers, NJ. A. Truluck
and A. H. Truluck and they were
brought here today and questioned
closely by Mr.. Whitfield, a represen-
tative of the Burns Detective agency,
who has worked up the case and caus-
ed the arrest of the two men in Sum-
ter.
One Gets Release
When the third Truluck boy, cou-
sin of the two men arrested in Sum-
ter, was arrested while in the Bank
of 0tlanta this morning, sensation
was created. It was found later that
NJ. A. Truluck had nothing to do with
the actual theft of the safe and he
was released. 1t was established that
the other Truluck, however, had made.
! conhdante of him, that he knew all
about the business from beginning to
end.
As a result of the work Of the de-
tectives, $4,000 worth Of bonds, war
savings stamps and securities have
been recovered so far and the officers
believe they viii get the rest of the
stolen loot. When they walked into
the sheriff's office here they entered
at once into. a continuation of their
confession to Mr.. Whitfield, Burns
agency detective who put the clinch-
ers on the information he had previ-
ously received by having one of the
Truluck boys sign the same name to
~gcheck he had signed on check
drawn on the First National bank of
Florence for $1,000. This check
bore the signature of Fred A. Jones,
which the boy confessed was the as
sumed name he had adopted to carry
out in Florence the disposal. of the
stolen Liberty bonds.
Followed Clues Far
With the confession from Hugh
Fruluck, the master mind who engi-
neered the sale of the stolen securl-
ties. and a confession from the two
Truluck cousins, who committed the
actual theft, Mr.. Whitfield believes
that he has closed case upon winch
he has been working for several
months and one that has led him from
Florida to Maryland and on to New
York, for it was in New York bank
of the stolen bonds, through check
that he found the first trace sot one
of the stolen bonds, through check
signed for it's purchase.
It was stated in the confession OF
M. A. Truluck, that the only regis
tered bond in the list had been burn
ed. It was a bond for 81 900. 1t was
stated today by Mr.. Whitfield that
following the confession of the Tru-
luck boys, he visited the Presbyterian
church at Olanta, and found stored
under the steps the war saving GER
tifcates which they declared had been
hidden there.
1t was stated today that Mr.. Young
some time ago withdrew his funds and
securities from the First National
bank of Olanta, because of some dis
agreement. This fact is believed to
strengthen the evidence against the
assistant cashier, who officers believe
concocted the plot to take possession
of the bonds.
Sumter, Oct. 14.-A. P. Truluck of
Ola nta. who was placed in the city
guard house yesterday under sus-
pieion of completely in the Sam Young
! robbery in Florence county the middle
/ ofzAugust, is said to have made full
confession of mis- guilt to L. P. Whit