The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-03-28
TALKS FURTHER
OF MOORE'S LIFE
SAFE CRACKERS WIDOW SAYS
HE NEVER TOOK A LIFE
Man Killed at Trenton Pulled
First Job With Two Boy
Friends
The State, "a.

shot to death at Trenton last MONDAY
night when he was in the act of blow
ing open a safe with nitroglycerine.
She has told Of numerous robberes
in which he was concerned and OF
her work in selling some Of the bonds
which were taken from safes in dif-
ferent parts of the country. She has
told of the "jobs" at White Oak, at
Little Mountain, at Blythewood and
at various points in Georgia. There
had been some talk that he might
have been involved in robbery IN
Georgia in which the night Watchman
was killed.
"He never killed any one" she re-
peated. 81 told him often that If
mans life came in between him and
the money or the bonds to let the
money and the bonds go. l told him
/ thought it was tie worst thing
man could do-to take life.
81 was often curious to known how
he felt about religion" said this 20
wears old woman who was married to
to a man more than twice her age.
81 used to tell him that / wished ne
would live straight and that ] could
lead Christian life. He would laugh
and say, "The idea Of your being a
Christian" He didn't believe in God.
used to ask him if he was not afraid
of being killed. He would say that
he was not afraid to die.
"Mr. Moore was not Jelly man
he was rather gloomy and was not
talkative. He would tell me things
but he was not the kind to strike up
acouaintances and exchange co,lfl-
dences.
Told of His Youth
"Once l remember he told ME how
he came to take up safe blowing IS a
profession, When he was young
chap he got in with two other boys
and they were about broke. They went
into an Italian settlement in city
and began looking for money. The
Italians all lived in tenement and
they kept their trunks in one room
and stored their savings in these
trunks. These three young men, one
of whom was J. C. Moore, entered
the house and broke open the trunks
with a broad axe and secured between
$4,000 and $4,000.
'.The Italians soon came swarmlng
out after them and caught up with
the three in freight yard. They
were about to be hung when freight
train passed. Mr.. Moore broke away
from the crowd that had him and
ran right under the moving freight
train and got out on the other side
and escaped into some woods. He
told ME the other two boys were
hanged. l do not know in what city
this occurred"
Mrs. Moore has voiced few regrets
over her stirring past but yesterday
she said, ''They say your father al
ways knows best. My father tried to
keep me from marrying Mr.. Moore,
and if l had Astened-well maybe
things would have been different. But
Mr.. Moore was always very kind to
me, with never cross word and while
we were not millionaires, l always
had whatever wanted.
Il used to try to get him to stop
this business of Swallowing. He
was always lucky at cards, and for
amusement would often play, and
nearly always won. tried to get HIM
to quit safe blowing and take up
gambling; 1 know gambling is not the
best life, but it's better than safe
blowing. But he always said he didn't
like to gamble and so he kept at his
old business.
81 guess it doesn't matter about
using my picture she said, when ret
erence was made to a photograph.
I've had so much notoriety already
That when | go out from this jail ev-
cry one will say, There goes that safe
blowers wife so l guess little more
publicity won't matter one way or
the other.
Promised Machine
''When Mr. Moore went on the
Trenton joo, he and l were planning
to buy an automobile. He has prom
ised me red roadster-we were GO
ing to see It when he came back.
Mrs. Moore was more nervous yes
terday than she had been during the
day previous and showed much more
feeling when talking over the FIVE
years of her life with the professional
safe cracker,
She said Yesterday that she did not