The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-02-24
TWO STORES ROBBED AT
LITTLE MOUNTAIN
Two Stores Entered and Safes Brok-
en- Open and Money and Bonds
and Checks to $1,000

The stores of w. P. Derrick and "
B. Counts at Little Mountain were
entered on Monday night and the
safes broken open and the money and
bonds and checks taken. The total
amount is around $1,000. The fol
lowing story of the robbery is taken
from the Columbia Record and Sher-
iff Blease stated on Thursday that
there were no developments or any
clue to the parties wao committed the
robbery.
Yeggman cracked two safes IN
two stores at Little Mountain, New
berry county Monday night and OBJ
tanned loot consisting of cash, bonds,
and checks amounting to nearly 81
600, according to information recelv-
ed by Sheriff Heise from Sheriff
Blease, and later from Deputy E. A.
Wheeler of Little Mountain, who ar
rived in Columbia at about II o'clock
bringing the details of the robberles
and a list of the booty.
The safes were in the store OF
Counts & Shealey Co., and the store
of w. P. Derrick. The lock to door
on the Counts & Shealey Co., was
broken off and the yeggnen, enter
ing without difficulty blew the safe
into pieces with nitrogIyccr;nes.
After the successful JOB, the rob-
bers broke through window IN Der
rick's establishment and filing crew
ices in the safe there With explosive,
helped themselves when the big door
had been blown away.
The robbers looted the safes COM
pletely as they were in nndispnted
possession of the stores, no one IN
the town having been aroused by the
noise of the explosions. The thieves
were believed to have bee1 protes-
sionals and probably the same ones
who blew the safe in the Boney store
at Blythewood few nights ago.
! Deputy Sheriff Wheeler said that
so far as the officers had been able
to learn, the yeggmen left no trail
that would indicate the direction
taken after having blown the safes.
Neither could the investigators de-
termine whether the yeggmen Travelled
afoot or in automobiles.
! All day Monday a stranger, MD
die aged and rather grizz.ed was
seen lettering in the town, but his
conduct did not arouse any suspicion
that he was a lookout for a gang of
thieves, and yeggs, as the o.ficers now
believe was his role. At first. it was
said. he was very talkative but toward
the latter part of the day, he became
less communicative. He was seen III
the rear of the Counts q Shealey
store, it was recalled today, ano he
seemed to be paying attention to that
section of the store used as the Of
fees.
! The Newberry officers sent out a
general alarm to Auguata, Green
Vile, Spartanburg and other cities
located on the more Travelled nigh
ways and the railroads. The officers
in the various county seats we've fur
nished with lists of the stolen securl-
ties. The Columbia police depart
ment was Informed of the affair of
about the same time that Sheriff
Heise was notified. City officers and
Sheriff Heise proceeded to watch the
principal roads entering Columbia.
List of the Loot
! From the Counts & Shea!ev store
the thieves obtained the following,
according to the official listing:
Two 500 Liberty bonds; one $50
Liberty bond; $500 worth Of War
Savings stamps payable 20 William
, B. Skealey, 500 worth Of wal saw
ings stamps, payable to Catherine E..
Shealey; $50 in currenc!T; S25 Sill
ver; check by Colnrs and Parr and
drawn on the F. & n bank {and pay
able to Counts & Shea!ey CO..: one
check from T. L. Shealy payable to
Counts & Shealey Co., and drawn on
hme F. & NJ. bank. This check was
$3.50.
From the Derrick store the Segg-
men obtained: Currency in IS and
los amounting to SIS; silver
amounting to S35; one 500 Liberty
bond; three $50 Liberty bonds; three
S5 gold pieces; three checks in the
following amounts: S1S.75; $3.50; !;
s21.