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MACON ROBBER
ARRESTED HERE
RAILROAD MAN THE THIEF.
1 W. JAMES, WHO ROBBED TICK
• ET OFFICE. CAUGHT.
Jtan Had Formerly Been Em
ployed In Office of SI. D. A S. Hall
way nod Knew How to Fi* Skele
ton Ticket*—Tootk Seventy Odd ot
Theui and Properly Stamped
Them—Tried to Sell Five of Stolen
Ticket* Here and Ticket Broker
Reported the Matter to the Police.
For burglarizing the Macon ticket
cfflce of the Macon. Dublin and Sa
vannah Railroad Saturday night. Law
rence Wesley James was arrested at
the Pulaski House yesterday by De
tective Frank Wall.
By the arrest the railroad was prob
ably saved several thousand dollars, as
James had in his possession seventy
odd tickets, that coald be made out to
almost any place on the face of the
earth.
The arrest was due to Harry Kar
ger, ticket broker, to whom James
tried to sell five return tickets to Ma
con. Because of the nervousness of
James and the fact that it is unusual
for one person to have five return
tickets to any one point.
Ticket Broker Suspicion*.
Mr. Karger became suspicious and
reported the matter to the local repre
sentative of the Macon, Dublin and
Savannah. Other railroad men were
Informed of the matter and the super
intendent of police was notified. De
tective Frank Wall was then assigned
to the case.
At the time the matter was reported
to the police. It was not. known that
the Macon office had been burglarized.
Mr. Karger had furnished the railroad
men with a description of the man who
tried to dispose of the tickets, and this
was all that Detective Wall had to
w ork on.
While Detective Wall was working
on the case the chief of police in Macon
and the Macon, Dublin and Savannah
railroad officials there had been wired
for information. The man was arrest
ed by Detective Wall, however, and
locked up at the police station before
any answer was received from Macon.
Detective a* Ticket Broker.
• Detective Wall spotted his man at
the Pulaski House. He sent word up
to his room to come down, and in
troduced himself as a ticket broker.
He told James lie understood he had
tickets to Macon that he wished to
dispose of. and the suspect readily
produced the tickets. Wall then ask
ed if those were all he could get, and
a large batch of tickets was brought
forth.
"Well, I am an officer and I want
you to take a little walk with me,”
said the detective.
James agreed without a scene and
he was carried to police headquarters.
There he pretended not to know what
he was wanted for. His bluff lasted
hut a short time and he finally admit
ted the robbery.
Worked for the Road.
James was formerly commercial
agent at Macon for the Macon, Dublin
and Savannah Railroad and chief clerk
to Traffic Manager Williamson. He
■was discharged from his position there
about three months ago. Since then
fie was for a time employed in the lo
cal freight office of the Georgia Rail
road in Atlanta, but held his position
there only a short time. He had been
In Macon only two or three days when
tie entered the offices and stole the
tickets.
James says he was merely trying to
Set transportation to some place where
he could get a Job. He had lost out
In Atlanta after being discharged in
Macon and he wanted to go to work,
he claims. The transportation he took
would have sent him around the world
several times.
Tlokel* Properly Stamped.
The tickets were all stamped proper
ly by the Macon. Dublin and Savannah
Railroad, so that any road accepting
one of the tickets would have been
perfectly safe. The Macon, Dublin
and Savannah would have had to have
made good any ticket used on another
road.
The stamping was evidently done by
James while he was robbing the office.
He was familiar with the work, and
knew Just how to fix the tickets. He
stamped them from March 22 to April
24, so that they could be disposed of
at different times.
The tickets were skeleton ones; that
Is. they were good on any railroad
ever which they were made out. The
road Issuing the ticket would have
been held responsible by the other
roads.
Had Stolen Mileage Book.
James trip from Macon here was
made on a stolen mileage book. He
admits his crime, and says he will go
hack to Macon for trial without mak
ing any trouble. General Passenger
Agent J. A. Slreyer, of the Macon,
Dublin and Savannah, will arrive In
Savannah to see about having James
taken back to Macon and tried.
Some time after the arrest had been
made, a telegram was received by the
superintendent of police from the chief
In Macon, requesting that James be
arrested. The railroad men here al
so received advices about the Macon
robbery after inquiry had been made
from Savannah.
The satchel belonging to James was
secured from the Pulaski House and
opened at police headquarters. In it
■were found seventy odd skeleton tickets
already stamped, mileage books, and
several annual passes, all of which
he had secured the night before at the
Macon office.
Had Race Horae Chart*.
The secret of the young man’s down
fall was also revealed. Among the
contents of the satchel were a number
of racing forms, most ot them clipped
from the New York Telegram. It is
Relieved that betting on the races led
to his downfall.
For some time, though, local railroad
men say James has been crooked. He
was fired front his job In Macon, it is
charged, because he failed to account
for a number of tickets that he sold.
He Is also alleged to have passed a
number of small checks that proved to
be worthless about this time. These
led to his arrest then and he was held
for several days by the Macon police.
He was released, however, as no one
cared to prosecute.
Had Key* tn Office.
James frankly admits stealing the
ticket*. He was familiar with the
workings of the office, and says he still
retained keys which admitted him. In
addition to the tickets he took, he broke
open the desk of Auditor Smith and
took several annual passes.
Carried a Gntdc Book.
In James' grip was found a guide
book, so that he could properly fill out
bis skeleton tickets. His arrest prob
ably saved the Macon, Dublin and Sa
vannah a large sum of money. Had
It not been for Mr. Karger nothing
Continued on Sixth Page.
WHOLESALE POISONING
PUZZLES THE POLICE.
Officer* Cos n Aden! That Strychnine
I* Being t ted.
Without a clue upon which to work,
the police are wrapped up in a poison
ing case that promises to give them
no end of trouble.
Detective Frank ."Wall confesses that
since poison is not feminine, it is not
just in his line. The other plain
clothes men are etfluially as candid, and
it does not seem at all likely that
the poisoner will be brought to justice
just yet.
Even the superintendent himself ad
mits that he has struck a stumbling
block. From investigations that have
been made, it is beliewd that in every
case reported at headquarters strych
nine was used. Just how the white
powder was administered has not been
positively determined.
But the officers are oonfldent of one
thing. There is only or*e poisoner, and
he is a man. A woman, they Argue,
wouldn’t hawe the heart to be so cruel.
The police, too, can supply a motive,
something that is absolutely essential
to every crime, and without which
no human bloodhound can ever hope
to track a criminal.
The last of the poison victims was
a valued pet dog belonging to City
Attorney W'illiam Garrard. It died a
few minutes after it was seen by
Veterinary Surgeon Jasme, with all the
symptoms of strychnine poisoning. Col.
Garrard reported thie master at once to
the polec and an Investigation develop
ed the fact that wfthin the last few
days there have been a number of such
cases.
The officers learned that a valuable
Maltese cat belonging to Mr. Qornelius
Moses had been killed in a similar
manner, and that the valuable dogs of
several citizens have met like violent
deaths. The sleuths have reached the
conclusion that someone cvho has re
cently suffered from the bite of a dog
has armed himself with strychnine, and
is on the warpath. Every effort will
be made by the authorities to run him
to cover.
FOUR ARE HELD
FOR CHILD’S DEATH.
Will Bp Given a Hearing Before the
Recorder Thla .Morning.
Before Recorder Myrlck this morn
ing “Queen” Elizabeth Victoria, the
negro girl charged with being responsi
ble for the death of Tom Paul, the
young whtte boy who was killed by
a blow in the stomach with a brick,
will be given a hearing.
There are three others to go before
the Recorder in connection with the
crime, though "Queen” Victoria is the
girl charged with throwing the brick
which resulted in the boy’s death.
Janie Davis and Adel Rivers, two
other negro girls, are also under ar
rest in connection with the killing.
They were present at the time of the
“rock battle.” Both girls say ’’Queen”
Victoria threw the brick that hit
young Paul. Celia Hughes, the moth
er of the girl charged with the crime,
is under arrest also, It being alleged
that she told the girl to throw the
brick.
The funeral of Tom Paul took place
yesterday afternoon from the residence
of his father, William Paul, No. 241
East Broad street. The interment was
in Laurel Grove.
VAGRANT OCCUPIED
CAR ALL ALONE.
> Arrested at the Union Station
by Patrolman Smith,
Sleeping as though he were occupy
ing a private car, West Davis, a ne
gro, was arrested at the Union Station
early yesterday morning by Patrolman
F. J. Smith of the Union Station force.
Davis had entered a car and gone
to sleep as though he owned the whole
station. He is charged with disorderly
conduct, sleeping in a car and va
grancy. This last charge was booked
because the negro was unable to show
that he had any means of earning a
livelihood. He will be given a hear
ing before Recorder Myrick this morn
ing.
0 P E R ATIONNECESS ARY
FOR SAM M’GEHEE.
Little Fellow'* Condition Still Re
garded n* Critical.
An operation was performed yester
day on Sam McGehee, the 11-year-old
son of Dr. and Mrs. M. M. McGehee
of No. 349 Tattnall street, who fell
down the steps and Injured his stom
ach Saturday.
The boy Is in a critical condition,
and his parents are very much exer
cised about his condition. The case is
a peculiar one. The child was running
up the steps when he missed his foot
ing and fell. He was taken to the St.
Joseph’s Hospital, and the operation
was performed there.
FOR BLOCKINGSIDEWALK
MAN WAS ARRESTED.
Salvation Army Had Canard Crowd
lo Congregate.
For obstructing the sidewalk at
Broughton and Barnard streets and
refusing to move when ordered by an
officer, Paul Werner will be arraigned
In Police Court this morning. He was
arrested by Patrolman William Shee
han.
The Salvation Army was holding
forth at the time on the streets and
the officer had had a good deal of
trouble trying to keep the sidewalk
clear. As Werner did not move when
ordered to do so, a case was made
against him.
FLUSHED*CRAP GAME.
Patrolman T. P. Lee, of the Ocean
Steamship force, flushed a crowd of
crap shooters on the Ocean Steamship
Company's dock yesterday. All of the
gamblers got away, except Banks Chap
pel, a negro 32 years of age. ChAppel
will be given a hearing before the Re
corder this morning.
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SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, APRIL 25. 1904.
SOLDIER DROWNED
IN TYBEE INLET
MICHAEL KEENAN THE VICTIM.
TWO OTHERS WERE RESCUED
FROM A WATERY GRAVE.
Private* Fuller and MeClellan Near
ly Boat Their Mve* With Comrade.
Kxhfln*ted When Taken from Wa
ter—Men Had Been Flatting and
Were Rowing for lainding When
Their Bateau Unpaired—Corporal
Connelly Reaeued Two Men and
Iteeovered Keenan’* Hotly.
While his two comrades were fighting
desperately to keep their heads above
water, Private Michael Keenan of the
Fourteenth Company, Coast Artillery,
Fort Screven, was drowned In Tybee
Inlet early yesterday afternoon.
Privates Jack Fuller and Winfield
McClellan of the same company, had a
narrow escape and tn an exhausted
condition were pulled from the water
by Corporal Thomas Connelly of the
Fifth Company. Fuller and McClellan
were more dead than alive when res
cued.
Keenan, Fuller and McClellan had
been fishing off Sutton's Place, South
End. Corporal Connelly was in anoth
er boat some distance away and was
also fishing. Keenan and his compan
ions had weighed anchor and were
rowing across the inlet for the landing
when the bateau capsized.
Fought Agalnat Strong Tide.
All of the soldiers were able to
swim, but there was a swift current
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FORGER F. C. BOIVE AND BRIDE.
In Police Court this morning Fred C. Bone, the eighteen-year-old forger,
who has confessed to five crimes will be arraigned. Once more he will admit
his guilt and Recorder Myrlck will probably remand him for trial In the
Superior Court.
Whether Bone will be tried here for his last crime, or be returned to Jack
sonville to be punished for the four other forgeries that he admits, is a mttter
that will be determined at a later date by Solicitor General W. W. Osborne.
In the face of his frank admissions of guilt the boy forger’s young hride
has remained true to him. She has paid him frequent visits at the police sta
tion and has more than once declared that where he is tried she will go. She
has scorned the advice of those who suggested that she get a divorce and be
gin her young life anew.
• If Bone is sentenced in Savannah his bride may secure employment and
remain here. Her sole desire is to be rear her husband, even though he be
wearing a felon’s stripes. In the event that he is sent to some convict camp
where she cannot follow him, it is her purpose to go to his relatives in In
diana and remain with them unt*l he has paid the penalty of his sin.
The picture given above is a splendid likeness of the young couple and was
taken upon the day of their arrival in Savannah. Bone and his bride rat for
the photograph at M. Ed. Wilson’s studio and the youthful forger made an
effort to get Capt. Wilson to cash a worthless check for SSOO at that time.
running when the boat was swamped.
Realizing that each had an equal
chance in the fight against the strong
tide, the men made no effort to save
each other.
Corpl. Connelly saw the boat when
It turned turtle and put out in his
boat for the struggling men as fast
as he could. He worked valiantly
at the oars and but for his assistance
Fuller and McClellan would have also
filled a watery grave.
Soldiers Could All Swim.
The three men were battling hard
against the current, in an effort to
reach shore, but were fast losing their
strength. Weaker and weaker they
were getting and harder and harder
Corpl. Connelly tugged with his oars.
McClellan was the first man pulled
into Corpl. Connelly’s boat. He had
little strength left. Fuller was pulled
from the water as he was about to
sink and was helpless. A minute later,
and he would have been drowned. The
condition of both men made it neces
sary that medical assistance be se
cured.
Keenan Wn* Lust Sight Of.
When Corpl. Connelly reached Fuller
and McClellan, Keenan was still swim
ming. headed for the landing. In the
excitement of the rescue of the two
men who were nearest to the boat,
the third man was lost sight of for
a minute or two.
During this time he went down, and
when Corpl. Connelly turned to look
for him he was missing. He had been
regarded as a good swimmer, and it
is believed at the fort that he was
seized with a cramp while trying to
make shore. Corpl. Connelly put out
for the point where he last saw Keen
an, without delay. A short while
later the drowned soldier was found
by the corporal.
Effort* Made lo Revive Him.
Keenan was carried to the landing
and rolled until the arrival of the post
ambulance and a surgeon. Every ef
fort was made to resuscitate him be
fore the arrival of the ambulance.
Keenan was hurriedly taken to the
post hospital, where renewed efforts
were made to kindle the sjgirk of life
that it was hoped might remain in his
cold frame. The soldier's lungs, how
ever, had filled with water and the
strangulation had resulted in his
death.
So far as is known, Keenan, who
was 30 years of age, had no relatives.
He enlisted In New York, and hts en
listment shows that he stated he was
without relatives. His body will be
shipped to Marietta, where there Is a
national cemetery, for Interment.
$120.10 Savannah to St. Loot* and Re
turn.
Southern Railwaj announces the
above very low ro-”i trip rate from
Savannah to the St Louis Exposition,
tickets to be sold only on Monday, May
16. and Tuesday. May 31, limited to re
turn ten days from date of sale, and
good only In coaches. Best route and
service. Complete information gladly
furnished at City Ticket Office, 141
Bull street; 'phones, 850. E. G. Thom
son. city passenger and ticket agent,
—ad.
ATTEMPT MADE TO
BURN TWO HOUSES.
Timely Arrival of Patrolman Pre
vented Serious Conflagration.
An unsuccessful attempt to burn
the houses at Nos. 644 and 646 Liberty
street, east, was made yesterday
morning at 3 o’clock. Patrolman J.
Farrell discovered the fire and rushed
to the scene in time to save the house.
Barrel staves and other inflam
mable material had been piled be
tween the two houses and soaked with
kerosene. The officer discovered the
first just after it had been started and
before any damage had been done.
He managed to extinguish the flames
by pulling the burning material away
from the house.
Last night Detective Murphy and
Patrolman Farrell made an investiga
tion of the matter and officers are at
work, trying to apprehend the guilty
party. The two houses are occupied
by John Cahill and W. F. Colson, col
ored.
GRABBED PISTOL AND
WAS FATALLY WOUNDED.
John Clark Died a* Resalt of
Wound in Stomach.
From a bullet wound received at
Hardeeville early yesterday morning,
John Clark, a negro, died at the Geor
gia Infirmary yesterdhy shortly before
noon.
The rr*an had been brought to Sa
vannah for an operation in the hope
that his life might be saved, but he
died only a short time after he reached
the hospital.
Clark jerked a pistol out of the
pocket of another negro at Hardeeville
and in some way the weapon was fired.
The bullet penetrated the stomach, cut
ting several of the intestines. Clark
came to Savannah in charge of Dr. W.
B. Ryan.
HOW TO GET RICH.
Lesson 2. Chapter 2.
In less than thirty years that part of
Savannah south of Gaston street, the
city’s biggest and best section, with the
exception of a dozen houses, has been
built up. South and east of the
Park was a cypress swamp, and south
and west of It a barren waste. One
could stand where the Georgia Histor
ical building has since been built and
see the distant gates of Laurel Grove
Cemetery. It was as bare and barren
as it was on that fatal October day in
1779 when Count Pulaski’s Polish
squadron charged the British lines
about Savannah!
Look at this vast area to-day with
its thousands of houses! Land that was
then very dear at an average of SI,OOO
an acre is very cheap to-day at an av
erage of SI,OOO for lots ten or twelve
to an acre! All this is true, but it
is so astounding that exclamation
points must be used instead of
periods!
The “dear reader” may ask, “What
If this statement is true? What have
1 to do with it; I was not here thirty
years ago!” But my “dear reader,”
that is Just the reason why you are
interested; if you had been here thirty
years ago, and were half as smart as
many men think they are (which, by
the way, they are not), you would
now be enjoying that dolee far
niente” referred to in a previous chap
ter, by reason of the profits accruing
from this great growth of the city\
However, you were not here, and had
no, chance to make your fortune, and
It is, therefore, more necessary that
you should take advantage of the next
j great spreading out of Savannah, by
making an investment while real es
tate is cheap. Thirty-ninth street,
east, is far out, so you think, but
Gaston street was just as far away
for all purposes, thirty years ago. A
lot on Thirty-ninth street, egst, or a
low priced lot anywhere on the line on
which the city Is moving, is what is
necessary to cure you of that “tired
I* feeling" which sometimes coms over
! you. If you can see your way to do
it, that is, if you can see where the
money is coming from to pay for it,
buy a lot or block of lots somewhere.
Such an investment will teach you les
sons in economy and frugality, and
make a happier man of you. Buy a
lot on Thirty-ninth street, east. If
you will, but, anyhow, buy a lot!
ad.
(To be continued).
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or W. H. Leahy, division passenger
agent, and secure a nicely bound, Illus
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Th Short Lice—Seaboard Air Line
and Pennsylvania Railroad—Savannah
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7 Bull street. Phone 28.—ad.
FAKES ABOUND
IN MODERN LIFE
GAMBLER LOVER OF MY SOUL
A FAVORITE REFRAIN OF SOME
LAWYERS, SAYS REV. W ILLIAMS.
The “Sliyater” Make* Hi* Appear
ance In the Divorce Coart a* Wei!
a* in All the Court*—Scored Wom
en Who Hay Gown* on Credit—Re
ferred to Magi*trates a* “Injust
ice* of the Peace”—Moral Leper
Handled Unsparingly Sermon
Koaited Money Lender* and Pawn
Shop*.
Ganiblers, lawyers that defend them,
the judges that sentence them, the di
vorce court lawyer, the saloon-man,
the immoral man, one and all, were
handled without gloves last night by
Rev. A. M. Williams in a sermon at
Trinity Methodist Church from the
subject “Bread Badly Bought.”
Methods of earning a living were
discussed and those which the speaker
deemed wrong were unmercifully
scored. After describing the scene on
the mount when Satan asked Christ
to turn the stones to bread, Mr. Wil
liams said the reason Christ did not
do so was because the time , was not
right, nor the occasion one on which
to show His power. Had He done so
the bread would have been badly
bought. He then discussed the
ways in which bread is badly bought
in modern life.
“Dishonesty buys bread badly,” said
Dr. Williams: “Bread, gotten without
rendering service of some kind to so
ciety has the stamp of divine disap
proval. In its lowest form this is seen
in the petty thief. He generally gets
caught and the court is always ready
to put the heaviest penalty on him.
He is not on 'the inside’ and so can
not secure the license to ply his trade,
like the policy lottery thief who is
causing more harm to the solid In
terests of a community.
“Being of limited resources he is not
available for campaign club purposes
like the gently handled big gambler
thief. All, however, belong to the
same class in the eyes of the Al
mighty.
Tbe Dead Bent Class.
“The next class is the dead beat class.
I am so often their victim that I must
speak tenderly lest I be charged w'th
resentment. Scarcely a week passes
that 1 do not hear his mournful storv
and witness his crocodile tears.
“Then there is the credit dead beat.
Every merchant on Broughton street
can tell you about him. This time I
must say ‘her’ as well as ‘him.’
"The woman who forces mer
chants to dress her beyond
the Income of her husband be
longs to this class. Would not
Bull street take on a peculiar hue if at
some unknown corner every costume
dead beat from the merchants could be
metamorphosed into a statement of in
debtedness?
Unpaid Bills of Women.
“'You women who owe for your attire
don’t know what the merchants tell
about you. The other day a merchant
showed me a design: Brother McCon
nell's picture on one side; on the other
side the unpaid bills of a woman. Un
derneath he had written: ‘Gum it.’ He
never suspected that I knew the wom
an. She was buying her bread badly.
“Under another head are the fake de
velopments of the day. Man earns
bread dishonestly when he becomes a
party to ar.y of them. This period of
the world history might properly call
fakedom. Everywhere are fake goods,
fake food, fake medicine, fake financial
schemes —fake methods of getting mon
ey is to buy your bread badly.
The Shyster Professional Man.
“Bread is badly bought when it is se
cured at the cost of the best interests
of others. Parasites that prey on the
vices, weaknesses, ignorance of their
fellow men are numerous. They often
have brains, but misuse the powers
with which they are endowed to curse
humanity.
“There is. first, the shyster in pro
fessional life. One of the curses of our
day is the lawyer bleeding the
public weal, material and moral, by hi 9
despicable wiles. The one with the
nose that hunts out the doubtful claim
for damages.
"There is the divorce shyster who
seeks to foment domestic infelicity in
stead of frowning on the dissolution of
the holy bonds of matrimony. Then
there is the lawyer so near the gam
blers' den that he may be said to be
singing all the while:
" ‘Gambler, lover of my soul,
Let me at thy pocket fly.'
“11l justices” of the Peace.
“Near akin to this class are the 'in
justices' of the peace. They get bread
by taking advantage of the poor, ig
norant, passionate negroes, and absorb
a good part of their month’s hard
earnings by Issuing peace warrants on
almost Imaginary foundations. This
Is a species of air castles that pays.
Such men get plenty of bread, but
their starvation would be worth more
to society.
“Next comes the shyster in trade,
the extortioner in loaning money, hold
ing pawns or selling goods. Let us
discriminate, for there are legitimate
ways of loaning money. But these
kinds do not justify confiscation, ex
tortion and oppression. When that is
a man's business he is one of the
devil's favorites.”
The Moral Lepers.
After scoring the saloon men round
ly, both retail and wholesale, the
speaker took up those morally lost. In
treating of them he said:
"The saddest illustration of bread
badly bought is the woman of ill re
pute. Sanger, in his history of them,
declares that one-fourth of the cases
he had before him were lead to that
life by destitution. Moreover, the
largest number from any one cause
was this class.
"This bread, gotten in shame, In bit
terness, in tears, is badly bought, in
deed. Better the sharp, short 4 e *>th
of starvation, for this life means early
death, a death of pain of body, anguish
of mind, wrechtedness of soul.
"The stories of the beginnings of
such a sale are often pathetic. I heard
a story in which a design to sell bread
at such a cost is a reasonable sus
picion. I give the outlines.
Is a Hnman Fiend.
"A young couple, in which the wife
is possessed of great physical beauty,
falls into misfortune and pressing want.
A plausible man of the world with
an unsavory reputation, finds them
out.
“He begins by marked attention. In
vitations to a box In the theater and
such like.
“Money help is offered the man with
Continued on Seventh Pajje.
CAUGHT BURGLAR AND
TIED HIM WITH ROPE.
.
Police Were Then Telephoned to
Send the Patrol Wagon.
An alleged burglar securely tied
with a rope was turned over to the
police authorities last night.
Henry Williams, a negro, was the
man arrested and Robert Seals, also
colored, was the man who caught him.
It was about 11:15 o'clock that Seals,
who had gone to bed, heard someone
at his window. He got up and slipped
out into the yard. He called to the
man at the window, but the would-be
burglar ran and attempted to jump
the yard fence.
Seals caught him as he was half
way over the fence. He held him and
securely bound him with a rope. The
police were then notified and the
patrol wagon was sent for the pris
oner. Seals, the man whose house
Williams tried to enter, lives at No.
302 Harris street, east. He is one of
the drivers for Mr. J. J. McDonough.
ATTACHED LANDLADY’S TRUNK.
She Wn® Preparing lo Sail on Steam
er W hen Held Up.
An interesting case came up in
Justice Hohensteln’s court Saturday
afternoon, in which Mr. William Co
burn took out attachment proceedings
against his former landlady, who was
about to sail for Philadelphia on the
steamship Lexington. He caused her
trunk, which was at the wharf of the
Merchants and Miners’ Transportation
Company, to be seized by the officers,
and had his landlady summoned to ap
pear in court.
The charge which he made was that
while he was boarding at the lady's
house, on Liberty street, sKe decided
to leave Savannah and go to Philadel
dia, and that while engaged in pack
ing her property, she damaged his
personal property to the extent of SSO
by soaking the same with water. The
lady appeared in court and asked that
the hearing be postponed, and deposit
ed with Justice Hohenstein a SSO cash
bond and $lO cash to cover the costs in
the case.
The trunk was then returned to her
and she leached the wharf in time
to catch tne departing steamer. The
defendant stated that she will appear
in court to fight the proceedings. If
she fails to put in her appearance the
bond will be forfeited, and the amount
deposited for the bond will be used in
satisfying the judgment which the
court will grant to the plaintiff in the
case.
Burnett’s Vanilla Extract has out
lived criticism. It Is the finest and
purest vanilla extract that can be
bought. One bottle of Burnett's Va
nilla is better than three of the doubt
ful kind. Its purity and great strength
make it the most economical brand.—
ad. _
Sunday excursions to Charleston, via
Atlantic Coast Line, $1.25 for round
trip. Leave Savannah 8 a. m., (city
*ime), returning, leave Charleston 7:45
p. m. Cheap and delightful trip.—ad.
Sunday excursions, via Atlantic
Coast Line. Effective, May 1: Jack
sonville $2.00, Brunswick $1.25 for the
round trip; tickets limited to date of
sale. By using Atlantic Coast Line to
Jacksonville on Sunday, entire day
can be spent in Jacksonville. Watch
schedules of baseball games issued by
Atlantic Coast Line and keep posted
regarding Sunday games in Jackson
ville. —ad.
$32.00 New York and Return
Via Seaboard Air Line Railway and Old
Dominion Steamship Company, through
Norfolk. Tickets on sale daily, limit
ed for return six months from date of
sale. Ticket office, 7 Bull street.
'Phone 28. —ad.
Atlantic Coast Line gives benefit of
a short line mileage detachments be
tween Savannah and Augusta, 133
miles. —ad.
League Game*.
If you desire to keep posted on the
schedule of baseball games in the South
Atlantic League secure a vest pocket
schedule card of ticket agent Atlantic
Coast Line at De Soto Hotel.—ad.
St. Lonii World'* Fair, April 30—De.
cember 1, 1804.
Low rates and superior service from
Savannah via Southern Railway.
Round trip tickets, with season limit.
$38.35; sixty-day limit, $32, or fifteen
day limit, $26.05. We will run through
Pullman sleeping cars from Savannah
to St. Louis during the exposition.
Southern Railway is the "World’s Fair
Short Line.” Call on me for any de
sired information, E. G. Thomson, C. P.
and T. A., 141 Bull street.—ad.
World's Fair, St. Louis. Low round
trip rates via Atlantic Coast Line. Sea
son tickets on sale April 25, and daily
thereafter $38.35. Sixty day tickets on
sale April 25 and daily thereafter, $32.
Fifteen day tickets on sale April 25 and
daily thereafter $26.05. Coach excur
sion tickets on sale Mav 16 and 31,
limited ten days, including date of sale,
$20.10. Ticket agents will furnish full
information. —ad.
Quickest Line By 2 Honrs and 13
Minutes to New Y'ork.
Atlantic Coast Line Florida and West
Indian Limited, carrying through Pull
man drawing room sleepers and dining
car, leaves Savannah daily at 2:15 p.
m. (city time), arrive Washington, 7:54
a. m., New York, 2 p. m. following
day. Space may be reserved at De
Soto Hotel ticket office. Both ’phones
No. 73.—ad.
Graylieard.
Now comes that season when you
are tired after walking ten steps. You
ache. Y’ou are fretful. No appetite. It
Is worth a gerat deal to be relieved of
this trouble. Graybeard will relieve
you. Take a bottle home to-night and
you will be fresh and bright to-mor
row.
Graybeard Is found at all drug stores.
$1 a bottle, 6 for $5. Graybeard Pills!
25c. Little treasures. —ad.
Baltimore and Helnrn via. Seaboard
Air Llae Ry.
Only $25 through Norfolk In connec
tion with the Bay Line. Information
at 7 Bull street. ’Phone 28.—ad.
Atlantic Coast Line gives benefit of
short line mileage detachments be
tween Savannah and Augusta, 132
miles. —ad.
Do Yon Feel Tired?
This is the time of year when nine
people out of ten feel broken down.
They feel tired after walking a block.
No appetite—peevish. It is worth a
great deal to be relieved of these ail
ments. And there is no sense in hav
ing them if they can be relieved. Now,
Graybeard is specially recommended in
these cases. It tones up the system.
Gives you an appetite. Relieves the ail
ment.
Graybeard Is found at all drug stores,
$1 a bottle. for $5. Graybeard Pills—
little treasures—2s cents.—ad.
Summer Things.
You’ll need these In your sum.
mer home nnd we can supply y 0(1
at low prices:
Ice Cream Freezers.
Water Coolers.
Lemon Squeezers.
Lemonade Shakers.
Ice Picks.
Ice Shavers.
19 West Broughton Street.
Fair To-(lay.
Warbnrlnes tone the lazy liver,
eorreet constipation and drive out
malaria.
They never fail to dispell gloom
iness and give a feeling of new
life.
15 Cents the Box.
“Gef It At Rowlinski’s,”
( Broughton \
and 1 Meet
Drayton /
POTATO BUGS
Now on the War Path —For
Their Destruction Use
BUG DEATH
The Best Insecticide and
Plant Food combined
known, non-poisonous.
lib 15c, 31bs 35c, 51bs 50c, 12 l-21bs
SI.OO, lOOlbs $6.50.
J. TANARUS, SHUPTRINE,
DRUGS AND SEEDS.
Congress and Jefferson.
Savannah, Ga.
FOR
33 Years
We have sold the
Mathushek
Piano!
WE STILL SELL IT, and are the
only dealers who sell it in this sec
lion of the United States.
In addition to this time tried piano,
we can offer you choice ol about 20
makes of pianos and a number of
makes of organs at prices that cannot
be duplicated, considering quality.
When you see it on our floor yon
know it is good.
LUDDEN & BATES S.M.H.
Everything Musical.
GAS
IS CHEAPER NOW,
... ONLY ...
121 c
A HUNDRED FEET.
Does not heat the house.
Cheapest fuel known.
SAVANNAH GAS C 0„
7 and • Congress Street, West.
Allan Bond & Cos.
Coal
Celebrated New River and
Pocahontas Steaming
and Blacksmith Coals.
Both Phones 507 Office 14 Bull St.
Savannah, Qa