The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-04-07
TWO HIGHWAYMEN
ATTACK FARMER

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Orangeburg, April 6.-Stewart F.
Coy of Pittsburgh and John A. Robin
son of Blackstone, N. D., are in the
Orangeburg Jail, having been arrested
on charge Of attempted highway
robbery. These young white men came
to the home of E. l.. Bull, a prominent
farmer of the Parler section of Or
angeburg county last night, and told
Mr.. Bull that they were tourists, their
, car had broken down and to please
drive them to Parler that they might
catch the night train. Mr.. Bull con-
sented and while driving his car to-
ward Parler and when Vance mill dam
was reached, the road being quite Sc
cluded at that spot, the young men as
! sailed Mr.. Bull with their fists. Mr..
Bull was being choked by one of the
1men, but he managed to get his knife
and he cut that mans throat from ear
to ear, cut the other man on the hand
and about the mouth and shot one of
the men in the leg. Although Mr.. Bull
was bruised considerably, he was not
! badly hurt. The robbers were pain
fully injured and could not even at :.
tempt an escape. Mr.. Bull soon got
) help, got the car Strengthened out and
delivered the injured men to Magis-
.gtrate j. r. Bardin, who in turn
sbrought them to Orangeburg.
) DR.. w. r. Lowman, the county ply
fsician, attended the injured men at the
Orangeburg Jail and dressed the
wounds. The men are not dangerously
wounded, but are suffering from Sc
verely cut throat, another with his cut
face and hands and one has a pistol
shot wound in the leg. Mr.. Bull was
confined to his room today.
- Yesterday afternoon, near Elloree,
III. Van Ohsen, Jr., and w. Glenn Grif-
, fifth made an attempt to stop and ar
rest these young men, taking them
sfor automobile thieves. They asked
for the warrant and when none could
be produced, refused to be arrested
and one of them shot Mr.. Won Ohsen
in the shoe, the ball going between his
I. toes, infiicting very slight injury. One
of the men was armed when the at
tack was made upon Mr.. Bull.
Elioree, April Gas result Of a
most daring holdup and ATTEMPT, upon
life, sBuliy sprosperou
farmer Of the Antioch church section
of Orangeburg county, five miles west
of Parlers, is seriously wounded and
two young white men, strangers in the
community, are themselves badly cut
and bruised and one has a pistol ball
through his left leg.
Last night about 8 o'clock two young
white men called at the home of +. L.
Bull and prevailed on him to take
them to Parlers to catch the train.
Mr. Bull offered to give them supper
hut they declined, saying they were in
a hurry. On their way to Parlers,
when they reached somewhat seclud-
ed spot near Antioch church and near
Evans min pond, the stronger of the
two men seized Mr.. Bull, holding him
PoihISI PloSSSoSu W Dcldboi
Mr. Bull over the head with a large
hludgeon. Although Mr.. Bulls arms
were tightly pinioned he managed to
disengage his right hand and reach
his knife with which he slashed right
and left and cut the left wrist of one
of his antagonists clear across the
arm to the bone, and the face of the
other from ear to ear. These wounds
forced his assailants to let go their
grip when Mr.. Bull seized his pistol
part Of the left leg just below the
knee, the ball going clear through the
leg. Had not Mr.. Bull been a man of
powerful strength physically he would
have been at the mercy of the two
highwaymen.
The alarm was given and soon Pet
Way, deputy from Calhoun county,
and Henry Ballard, constable for Mag
istrate Jesse Bardin of Elloree, were
on the scene and arrested the two men
and brought them to Elloree where
thir wounds were attended to by DR..
Pelham l.. Fielder.
They hesitated to give their names
at first, but finally said they were
John Robinson and Stewart Coy, late
ly from Minneapolis, but it is thought
these names are assumed.
This morning Magistrate Bardin
held a preliminary hearing when both
men pleaded guilty and in default Of
bail in the sum of 81 900 each, both
were committed to the Orangeburg
Jail to await the next term of the
criminal court.
Young Robinson tried to get in
touch with his people, who he said
lived in Flaxton, N. D., and Coy with
his in Harrisburg, Pa, but up to the
time of their leaving here for Orange
burg with the constables no replies
had been received.