Thief Robs and Burns Blaney Store

THEN STEALS HORSE

Kershaw Posse Pursue Fugitive Who Makes Successful Getaway on Stolen Animal.

Special to The State.

Ridgeway, March 20. – A Kershaw posse is searching for the thief who entered and robbed the store of William Branham at Blaney and then burned the building. A successful getaway was negotiated on one of Mr. Branham’s horses, stolen from a nearby barn.

The sheriff of Kershaw county was summoned to the scene and the fugitive was traced to the spot where the horse was discarded.

The triple crime is supposed to have been committed by one of the negroes on Mr. Branham’s place who had come to the house earlier in the night and asked for the key to the store.

A posse is searching for the suspected negro, but in the event of a capture it is believed that his captors will allow the law to take its course.

Mr. Branham’s loss has not been ascertained, nor had the amount of insurance been learned.