The Lancaster Ledger., June 12, 1901Jumped from a Window.
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A Burglar in Beaufort Snags
Himself on a Picket Fence.
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Beaufort, June 9. - A bold attempt at robbery was frustrated at the Sea Island hotel here last night. Mr. G. Garret, a commercial traveler of Laurens, S.C., who is a guest at the hotel, retired at 10 o'clock p.m. to his room in the second story of the building and a few minutes later Alfred Folk, the night watchman, carried him a pitcher of ice water, and the guest remarked to Folk, "I believe that there is some one under my bed." The watchman proceeded to investigate and found a negro crouching beneath the bed. However, before the two men could capture the intruder, he leaped through an open window to the ground, a distance of fully 30 feet, striking on a picket fence as he fell.
Mr. Garret and the watchman pursued the man with as little delay as possible, guided by a trail of blood, as far as a town well on Craven street, a block away. The well was covered with blood, but the pursuers lost trace of their man there and returned to the hotel.
A citizen residing on Craven street immediately in the rear of the hotel saw a groaning man run across the street and could have shot him had he known what had happened. [Seems a bit harsh.]
Another citizen who lives on Craven street opposite the town well upon which the blood was found was attracted by the groans of a man, and going upon the street just in time to see a dark figure rise from the well and make off.
Today the police, upon the information of a citizen, searched three negro tenement houses in the back part of town, but up to this writing no trace of the fugitive has been found. W.T.W.
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Wife Testified Against Husband
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And Had Him Convicted of Burglary and Larceny. Was Anxious to Get Rid of Him.
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And Had Him Convicted of Burglary and Larceny. Was Anxious to Get Rid of Him.
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Special to The State.
Greenville, June 8. - The indictment of Pink Tollerson [Pink :)] upon the charge of burglary and larceny resulted in his conviction, and the court sentenced him to seven years in the penitentiary at hard labor. Tollerson was concerned in the robbery of the company store at the Poe mill on Christmas eve, and the quantity of goods stolen showed he was not alone in making the raid, but the other fellows have not been captured, and Tollerson had to go it alone in the trial. The notable feature in the case was the testimony of Madame Tollerson, whose evidence alone convicted the defendant and who proclaimed her anxiety to have him incarcerated indefinitely. She was notified by the court that she was not compelled under the law to testify against her husband, but she promptly waived her rights in the premises and evidenced a readiness that is unusual to convict him. Senator Dean asked her whether she was not desirous, for reasons unnecessary to mention then and there, to get rid of her husband and her answer was, "I shure am," and that she wanted him safely housed for an indefinate period. Her testimony was to the effect that Tollerson came home drunk, and that he brought a large quantity of goods with him, which were described and identified as the goods stolen. Tollerson made a confession in jail to Mr. J.H. Maxwell, manager of the company store.
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There were also some pretty interesting advertisements on this particular day.
See, they lure you in thinking it's a juicy story, only to end up being a cure-all pill advertisement.
This one is hard to make out, but I think the pigeon milk injection part
makes it post-worthy all by itself!
For those who don't know, "the piles" are what they used to call hemorrhoids.
Seems a tad upbeat, don't you think?
This one's actually kind of cool. The first rubber tired buggies.
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