Along The Way
_____ By Emily Klllette /
Duplin has had its share of mys
terious crimes. Many of the sensa
tional crimes have never been
solved.
The county was buzzing with talk
of the white crosses in connection
with the robbery of some homes
during February of 1935. Just as the
law enforcement officials are today,
? those of 1935 worked hard to find
clues to solve the crimes.
The story "Mystery of White
- Crosses Excites People of This
? Section," appeared in the February
; 28. 1935 issue of THE DUPLIN
? HERALD. And, the week prior to
? that, a story appeared "Burglaries In
' Two Duplin Stores Early This Week"
? and both are reprinted as follows.
Mystery of White Crosses Excites
People of This Section
? Excitement reigns through this
- section because of the sudden ap
I pearance of mysterious white
\ crosses.
,- White crosses mysteriously ap
peared in dwellings in Faison one
I evening last week and that night
.? several homes were robbed.
? * ? Then crosses appeared on homes
in Warsaw, in Mount Olive and in
"i Clinton. People were scared in these
* I towns.
? I - One home entered and two rob
u -hers captured in an attempted store
* -rtibbery in Warsaw added to the
* Incitement there.
- 7 - Saturday night in Warsaw, Mrs.
- -George Bennett sat up reading after
~ -Ijer husband had gone to bed. The
? Ibook apparently was an interesting
? ;one. Finally she prepared for bed.
-Deciding to see if the back door was
' licked before retiring, Mrs. Bennett
? stepped into the hall and collided
? with an intruder she thought was
* ijjored.
- The man neia Mr. Bennett s
- * trousers in his hands. dropped them.
T and broke fr>>m the house in "high
--Igear.' Mrs. Bennett rushed to her
te ' husband and shook him awake, but
? the r< 4>ber had gone.
?* - ; Sunday night Police Officer Mills
I- Hodges hear a noise in the A. Brooks
?? ; Store. He called help and got Mrs.
** - Brooks, leaving men guarding the
r\ front and back d<H>rs of the store.
I When he went in, he captured
?- ; Raymond Outlaw and Henry Jones in
? the act of picking out what they
,[? wanted.
; - The men were placed in jail and
i-l - (ried before Magistrate E.D.
Williams Monday morning. They
I were bmnd over to court under
; $2,000 bond. The men entered the
- Slice through the sky light.
? Though the two captured and the
one seen at the Bennett home were
. colored, folks don't believe they
\ ? were responsible for a he
- I crosses.
MARANATHA REVIVAL
BEGINS FEB. 25
Revival at Maranatha Pentecostal
? Free Will Baptist Church on NC 24.
* three miles east of Beulaville. began
Feb. 25 and runs through March 1.
The Reverend Ronnie Weaver is the
evangelist. Services are at 9:30
nightly.
Rev. Weaver is the paste* of Delco
PFWB Church, a graduate of Hari
tage Bible College and is a member
I of the Heritage Quartet.
Everybody thinks that the crosses
marked homes where scouts decided
an easy entry could be made. The
colored folks are telling all sorts of
stories about these things. Men
claiming to want to buy old gold had
visited houses in Faison and Clinton
i he day before ihe robberies in
Faison. Mayor Martin in Faison was
a heavy loser, $40 in cash being
taken from his home.
The white crosses on the houses
are made with chalk. Residents of
this section refuse to discount the
idea that they might have been made
by practical jokers.. No robberies
have as yet occured in Clinton or
Mount Olive since the crosses ap
peared. Precautions are beine taken.
Shoplifters plied their trade in the
stores of D.E. Best, the Fashion
Shop and Katz Department Store last
Saturday. Constable D.B. Barnes got
on their trail and found the goods,
but the pilferers escaped leaving no
trace of their identity.
Burglaries In Two Duplin Stores
Early This Week
Burglars broke into two Duplin
County stores early this week at
places a few miles apart.
The store of C.E. Quinn, leading
merchant and prominent citizen of
Kenansville, was broken into, offi
cers reported, and all the cigarettes,
a quantity of men's and women's
clothing and other merchandise, and
some silver change were taken.
No finger prints were found, it
being apparent that the burglars
used gloves. Officers had a finger
print expert to assist them in an
effort to ubatin clues as to the
identity of the burglars. The amount
of Mr. Quinn's total loss has not
been announced. His store is a tew
hundred feet from the courthouse.
Another attempt at robbery in
Magnolia was made Tuesday
morning about 5 o'clock. Four white
men parked their car at Quinn
Gaylor drug store and with -?n iron
bar broke the front door. - gaining
entrance.
Sam Pope, night watchman, was
on the job and quickly appeared with
another man, and the robbers ran
out and fled in their car, heading in
the direction of Delway. I he watch
man fired several shots and stated
that he believes he broke the glass
in ?>?????? "ar. The men were pursued,
but not caught.
The night watchmen at Delway
saw a car pass, believed to be the A
one which was in Magnolia, and^
turned in the direction .of Clinton.
The robbers got nothing in the drug
store excep! Dr. Quinn's gun. Sam
Pope, the watchman, is on duty in
Magnolia every night.
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