The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1921-12-10
TWO WHITE MEN
ATTEMPT HOLDUP

! York, Dec. 1.-TWO white men CIV
ing their names as j. B. Pesy of Co
lumbia and l.. f. Odom of Lancaster
were committed to the York county
Jail last night, following an attempted
York people eight miles east of town
shortly after nightfall.
The York car in which were r. D.
Alexander, Jr., Paul Neil, Mrs. J. l.
Barron, Mrs. C. II. Hart, Miss Bessie
Barron and Miss Louise Barron, was
stopped by Perry and Odom on the
Rock Hill road near Newport, Perry
approaching with a revolver and de-
claring the York people were pinched
fer speeding. Finding more occupants
in the car than he evidently expected
and meeting with withering verbal
barrage, Odom desisted from his ap-
parent purpose to cNtort the payment
of bogus fine for speeding OF from
highway robbery, and permitted the
York people to proceed on their way.
Upon reaching York they immed-
| ately reported the matter to Sheriff
| Fred E. Quinn and the York police.
who kept on the lookout for any sus-
piclous appearing strangers. Perry
and Odom came on to York, bought
some gasoline and stepped into drug
store, after which they continued on
their way. During their brief stop :.
here, however, they were recognized
by some of the York people they had
held up and Sheriff Quinn started in
pursuit. The strangers were over
hauled and arrested on the western
outskirts Of town.
Perry readily acknowledged his
connection with the holdup but coun-
tered by declaring that he was a de-
tcctive working for Sheriff Hese of
Columbia. He is 25 years of age and
says he is sop of NJ. Perry, former
| ly of Columbia but now of 'Blaney. He
claims to have spent most Of his fife
in Columbia and says he has done
I private detective work for Rural Po-
liceman Dunnaway. -
| Odom, who is of about the&sasaie
age as Perry, seems to haves4fad little
connection with the. .,hofdup. ,s
J. b. Perrysof Columbia, who was
arrested in York with L. E. odom Sof |;
Lancaster Thursday night, charged
,EWith asatteppsed ,h9ldup Of an. aasto -
mobile party of York citizens, Is not
and has never been employed by Rich
land county as detective, according
to L. Alex Heise, Richland county
sheriff. Perry, according to informa-
tion from York, claimed that he was a
detective working for Sheriff Heise
and also said that he had done private
detective work for Rural Policeman
Dunnaway. Both of these claims,
Sheriff HeiSc said last night, are in
correct.
Sheriff Hcise also said that he was
searching for Perry to charge him
with stealing five bales of cotton
from Maria Perry, his own father, a
former Columbian, now living in
Blaney. Mr.. Perry, Sheriff Heise said,
moved to Blaney from Edgewold
about three weeks ago, leaving some
cotton at his Edgewold residence for
some time. intending later to have it
transferred to Blaney. Five bales were
missed and the theft was reported to
Sheriff Hcise by Mr.. Perry. An in
vestigation was undertaken and, Sher-
iff Heise said, drayman was found
who testified that he had moved the
five bales for young Perry, who, in
the meantime had disappeared, the
story of his arrest being the first news
received of his whereabouts.
l.. f. Odom, the supposed Lancaster
man, is not known to Sheriff Heise.-
The State.