Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-09-01
MURDERED FOR MONEY.
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len. who was also arrested charged
with completely in the matter has been
released, but is being held under BOND
as a material witness.
1--WE believe from what we learned
at Camak that my brothers were Kill
ed with robbery as n motive" said Mr..
Carson baltimore yesterday. From
the best information we could get
while at Camak, Dan and Bratcher
were in q restaurant at Camak eating
supper. Hall and Allen, who are en-
ployed temporarily as guards by the
Central Of Georgia railroad, were in
the restaurant also. The restaurant
keeper says that Bratcher had a roll
Of money which he took out of his
pocket to pay for the supper. There
was at least 800 in the roll. The two
guards saw it and when Bratcher ana
Dan went out they soon followed.
"It was the intention of my broth
ers to go coon hunting early Monday
morning and they started out up the
railroad track. Then they were killed.
Each of the boys was shot one time
Dan in the back and Bratcher in the
head. When the bodies were found
each of the boys were grasping a Gig
arctic between his fingers, both OF
them evidently having been smoking
when killed. Bratcher's money was
gone and his watch was gone.
After the killing W. T. Hall walked
five miles to where he found rail
road man and surrendered to him.
claiming that the two brothers had at
tackled him and that he killed them in
self defense.
"The railroad station at Camak is
within 200 Yards of the spot where the
boys were killed and there were sew
eral employees on duty at the time OF
the tragedy Hall did not stop to in
form them of it, but walked five miles
to inform the man lie did advise of 1t.
"The young man Allen, who was
later released, claimed that Hall Lad
called to him from his post come dis
tance away, and when he went to Hall
the latter told him the two Lattimores
were about to attack him. According
to Aliens story one of my brothers
said: 'Tu kill you," and made a mo-
tion toward his pocket Then, accord
ing to his story, Hail shot and killed
both of them.
According to a story told by
lady living near the scene, she saw
Hall and Allen hold q flashlight over
the two men lying on the track as
lnCy went lnIOu6I lHc pOShSbS VI NiS
dead men.
There were no eye witnesses to the
killing, it appears. except Hall and Al
len, and the former has accepted all
the responsibility. Hall did not testi-
fly at the inquest. Sentiment was so
strong against him that Sheriff Hogue
Immediately took him to hiding
place.
Dan baltimore, Jr., had been living
at Camak, which is little town of
about 500 people and a railroad juno
tion point, about three years and one
half He was in the employ of the
Postal Telegraph company. My broth
er, Bratcher, who had been working on
road construction work in Barnwell
county, for some time past, had only
recently gone to Camak to visit DAN
"Camak is about fifty miles west Of
Augusta, Ga, between Augusta and
Macon. Warrenton Is the county seat
while there have been no troubles
between striking railroad shopmen
and railroad owners. the railroad prop
erty has been heavily guarded. Peo-
pie around Camak say that they had
never heard my brother, Dan, open
his mouth about the railroad strike.
Bratcher was about 80 years old and
Dan about 30"