The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-01-20

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walls for the past eight or ten
wears have a capable confeder-
ate or agent in Elizabeth City
is the theory of J. J. Watson
resident manager OF the Rich
mond Cedar Work. who has
been doing a little detective
work on his own account,
Mr. Watsou's automobile was stolen
from the streets in this city last
thanksgiving night. Mr.. Watson has
= doscrfDrion ot two men who were
seen with his ear which exactly ta'lSS
with tbe description of Fulton Lowry
and a pal who were caught Win "u-
o-ber stolen automobile about twb
weeks ago and lodged in jail in Tar
boro. Mr.. Watson has also learned
from q kinsman of the Lowrys th"'
Er1-op Lowry was in Elizabeth City on
or about last Thanksgiving Day
Mr. W,tson's theory that the Low
rvs have powerful ally higher up III
E,zabeth City is not Il new SuSpieiou'
Tbis theory was strongly advanced Dy
o+bor citizens when the Lowry bcYS
were doing their worst in Eiizaoe!n
Citv in the spring and summer OF ''i'-
T. v.os notorious mt the time that when
oyer the police had the LowryS cor
- s,r,,o ono would give the young
criminals a tip. The LowryS always
knew the movements. of the po''ce
bours in advance They were never at
bor,o when the police searched their
bor,o or Pearl st. And it Is also no
toriors that the police never once made
= rboro search Of the Lowry home un-
IL they were practically forced to DO
So when the house was surrounded oE
citizens posses which had been or
papized and directed unknown to the
police.
II Is also notorious that John Lowry
tho elder of the two boys. was permit
tpd TO saw his way out of the PaSquo-
+snk County jail after he had been con-
victe5 and sentenced to p years IN
S+oto Prison. For nearly SIX months
the notorious Lowry boys had Deen
kept in a death cell at the State Prison
in Raleigh. pending their trial here.
They we're kept in death cell at the
Soto Prison under constant guard be-
cause the authorities knew that an or
dinary iail would not hold them. No
ono knew their cunning and resource
fuIress better than Chas. Reid, the
sheriff of PasQuotank County. But
Cbas, Reid kept the Lowrys In jail
here for three days after their triaI
and conviction before undertaking 10
rtprn them to the State Prison. He
permitted their friends and relatives to
ness them packages. Finally he TOOK
the guard off the Jail. And on Sunday
following their conviction Reid entered
the iail and left the Jail door open De-
hind him. While Reid was buSying him.
self about the Jail, John Lowry, who
had sawed his way out of his cell,
slipped out of the open Jail door ana
hasn't been seen since.
Fulton Lowry went on to the stare
Prison. The officials of the State Prs
on should have known their man and
taken care to guard him. But instead
of keeping Fulton Lowry Shackled or,
in confinement he was given free foot
in an open camp. He stayed In camp
only a few weeks.
For three years after quitting STATE
Prison. Fulton Lowry saw the world as
William Fulton, enlisted in the United
States Navy. He acquitted ghimselt
well enough in the navy and got an
honorable discharge. He came back to
Elizabeth City as early as last Thanks
giving Day, after having been away for
three years or more. He dared not
show his face on the streets or COM
municate with any one except trusted
resident confederate. That he had such
a confederate is evident from the fact
that he knew exactly the hour that Dr.
A. Il. PendletOn and his family would
be away from home on Christmas
night: aud in that one hour he and
companion robbed the PendletOn home
of nearly $1,000 worth of pewelry, furs
and other yaluables. Fulton Lowry
could not have known the movements
of Dr. PendletOn and the lay OF his
premises if there were not some in
Elizabeth City to keep him posted. Who
is that some one? The policeman who
unravels this mystery will have quail
fed himself for the Office of a police
chief at salary worth while. The
Hon. f. F. Aydlett, for many years at
tOrney for the Lowrys, might render
the police valuable assistance without
seriously injTing his reputation for
safeguarding the secrets of his clients
Chief Of Police Leon Holmes of this
city went to Oxford, y. c. last week
to identify the two thieves held there
in connection with the theft of an auto
mobile in that town. Chief Holmes
positively identified one of the pair as
Fulton Lowry. The other, a slightly
taller youth, was not John Lowry, as
had been suspected, and Chief Holmes
could not identify him.
Fulton Lowry gave his name as Will
liam Fulton when jailed in Tarboro.
He refused to recognize Chief of Police
Holmes and told the Chief that he had
never been to Elizabeth City and didn't
know anything about this place. Asked
to explain what he was doing with the
stolen property of an Elizabeth City
man on him, he said. "Slim Jenkins