Comments on: The Mace of the Palmetto State http://www.andrewcusack.com/2005/08/23/the-mace-of-the-palmetto-state/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:35:29 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Debbee http://www.andrewcusack.com/2005/08/23/the-mace-of-the-palmetto-state/comment-page-1/#comment-25340 Debbee Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:26:56 +0000 http://www.andrewcusack.com/net/2005/08/23/the-mace-of-the-palmetto-state/#comment-25340 My Dad is Charles Clayton Norton., and yes Feb.4,1971 he did steal the Mace from the State House. My Dad is Charles Clayton Norton., and yes Feb.4,1971 he did steal the Mace from the State House.

]]> By: John Gilbert http://www.andrewcusack.com/2005/08/23/the-mace-of-the-palmetto-state/comment-page-1/#comment-9126 John Gilbert Sun, 30 Nov 2008 01:40:17 +0000 http://www.andrewcusack.com/net/2005/08/23/the-mace-of-the-palmetto-state/#comment-9126 Here is some additional information on the SC offical mace. This information is from the 2/25/71 Gainesville Sun Newspaper. I researched this when on an official tour of the State House last week, the tour guide refused to tell this story of the 1971 theft. The last time the mace disappeared was on February 3, 1971 when it was stolen by Charles Clayton Norton, a 35 year old Columbia, SC native and State House security guard. It was recovered by the FBI from Norton's car in the parking lot of the Veteran's Administration hospital in Gainesville, Florida on Febrary 25. The mace was returned to the State House in Columbia where it remains today. Here is some additional information on the SC offical mace. This information is from the 2/25/71 Gainesville Sun Newspaper. I researched this when on an official tour of the State House last week, the tour guide refused to tell this story of the 1971 theft.

The last time the mace disappeared was on February 3, 1971 when it was stolen by Charles Clayton Norton, a 35 year old Columbia, SC native and State House security guard. It was recovered by the FBI from Norton’s car in the parking lot of the Veteran’s Administration hospital in Gainesville, Florida on Febrary 25. The mace was returned to the State House in Columbia where it remains today.

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