The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-03-30

Il CreSS WAS NldQc, MI ECOIS IOlu
Of her husbands movements; of an
accident that happened to the car she
end he were riding in while in Co.
lumbia, OF Ills having to go to bed
fol treatment while recovering from
injuries and o. the low state of their
Frances when ne recovered.
"He blew the Blythewood bank and
got S1,165 from there" she said.
at Roberta, Ga, re lest his car-had
to leave in hurry. From Augusta
he did the Blythcwood robbery and
then we moved to Columbia.
81 had gotten him to promise that
he would quit after this season. See,
safe blowers dc not wlrk in the sum-
mer-the winter is their season.
after we had moved to Columbia
my husband did the Little Mountain
lob and then tried Blackstock, but
lost out thee.
"Then he worked Gilbert. At Gil
bert he only got S15-he blew the
wrong safe and did ra. have time to
blow the other before he had to get
away. The last job was at White
Oak. Here he got about $4,000 in
bonds, which were burned. He got
about 5000 in money, cf which $3.50
was in gold.
"For the Trenton job, he got his
dynamite in Brookland. He brought
| it home and boiled it and It'd me ne
was going in the country. He went
to Trenton to get the bank. What
Happened at Trenton is we'll known.
"He always hal confidence in me
and kept nothing from me-"
When asked what disposal was made
of bonds and stamps, Mrs. Moore said,
"New cards would be gotten for the
war saving stamps and they would
be put on these new cards. If the
bonds were registered, they were de-
stroyed. If not registered, they could
be disposed of with considerable ease.
"Once utter we had been away from
Columbus, We returned and found the
House we had occupied had been burn
ed down. Deep holes were dug all
about the place where people had
been looking for buried money-they
licd gotten it, too.
care my people living! Well, after
II had run away from school, my
father was very bitter and forbade
lany communication with me. I heard
from a sister occasionally, and once
she wrote me that father had had
q stroke Of paralysis and was call
ling for me. I went to see him and
he asked me to stay at home. / told
him that il he were sick / would glad
lily come to see him but that my place
was with my husband and that if he
could not ccne to the home with
lme, why I would not come either.
| So am just going to see how things
there turn out and do not care to
give my maiden name"
| Mrs. Moore said her husband usual
lily worked alone though she said he
Ikad accomplices on certain jobs which
were large. He was e man of little
education, she said, though he had
Travelled over the United States. She
said he was az years of age.
"My husband never killed any one
lir his work as a safe blower" said
Mrs. Moore. "There had been some
tslk that he might have been involv-
Cd in 4 robbery in Georgia in which
the night watchman was killed.
"He never killed any one," she re-
peated. 81 told him often that if a
lman's life came in between him and
the money or the bonds to let the
r,oney and the bonds go. told him
thought it was the worst thing a
nan could do-to take life.
81 was often curious to know how
he felt about religion" said this 20
years old woman who was married
to man mora than twice her age.
81 used to tell him that l wished
he would live straight and that l
could lead a Christian life. He would
laugh and say, The idea Of your be-
ing a Christian He didn't believe
in God. l used to ask him # he was
not afraid Of being killed. He would
say that he was not afraid tc die.
"Mr. Moore was not jolly man.
he was rather gloomy ana was not
talkative. He would tell me things
but he was net the kind 70 strike
up acquaintance ond exchange con-
fidences.
"Once l remember ne told me how
he came to take up blowing as a
profession. When he was a Young