Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-07
4 RoRBER Run DOW.
How Detective Wetherhorn Nabbed the
Author of the QuinRn Burglary and
Eourd sha Stolen PronerfT.

How Detective Wetherhorn Nabbed the
Author of the ouinan Burglary and
Found the Stolen Property.
Early Yesterday morning Detective
WetberhOru was passing the jewelry
store OF Elias Muhlberg, on Congress
street. when be saw a negro within the
door. apparently concluding a trade
Of some kind. The negro happened
70 turn round, and. seeing the de-
tective in the vicinity, left
in haste. ard walked rapidly down the
street The movements Of the fellow sug-
rested 20 the detective that be was en-
deayOring 10 avoid him. and he Therefore
went into the store, and requested the
proprietor to let him see
that watch that the negro
had just left. The idea Of asking for the
watch occurred to WetherhOrn after he
entered the store, the stealing Of Mr.. NJ.
/. Quinan's watch. an account Of which
appeared in the MORNING NEWS yester-
day. pr L ptin- ire inquiry uuou the In
pulse % The moment. 4 watch was
shown as having teen left there in pawn
BY the negro. The detective obtained
possession Of il. and afterwards saw Mr..
Quinau. who offered him So for the re-
cOyery Of the missing timepiece ard the
man who stole il. Ar. Qunan
LAEn uEsel4lEA tue at A-lE~ "-4~A
| WetherhOru produced IL. but remarked
/ that he didn't expect 70 arrest the
/ thief. Mr.. Quiuan's surprise on again
I seeing his watch may be better imagined
I than described.
me detective then left Mr.. Quinan.
took a buggy and drove out Whitaker
street and procured the services
& 90 = negro named Jack BrCwnlOW. who
E rh0u-hr he could md the thief from the
4 rzrGf R-rr-~ visited
Z q number OF barrOOms and out-Of-the-way
/ corner groceries. and finally came upon
F the missing man on Price street,
+ 10 the southeastern portion Of the city.
{ The two men being acquainted tO0k z
Z drink together. when BrOwnlOw suggest
I - that the other man. whose name Is
E Tom SolOmons. should walk up 70 Magis-
i Jrate ITsOB's ONCE. where, II was SAID,
I WerherhOru wished 70 see him. S0lOmOus
{ readily asseuted 70 t1e proposition. az the
Z same time wondering what kind Of J0o
I the detective was schemIng on. Brown
E low expressed MS entire ignorance OF TIE
{ object % his being sent after SOlOmOns,
E but AZ the same time IL occurred 70 him
/ that his prisoner knew well enough
/ what was wanted, but was at
/ tempting 70 throw sand' in his
eyes. When the two had walked
/ four OF i've blocks in company, S0lOmOns
a lane, lodged into a yard and disappear
/ ed. Br0wnIOW returned 70 WetheThOTn
/ and reported what had occurred
and the two returned 70 search
! for the fugitive. BrOwnlOW
was told If be saw SOlOmOns to call on a
policeman 70 assist him. The men then
separated. and in about half an hO1I
BrOwnl0w again saw his man and pro-
| cured The assistance Of a policeman
and took him into custody. The thiei
was swift-fOOted. and while the three mel
/ were walking on Price street he again
made a break and dashed OF. followed by
two pistol shots from the pOiceman's re
/ vOlver. which, however, missed
their mark. and the pursuit
| was for a time abandoned. BrOwnloW
| however, knew a swift running negro and
| got him 10 assist in the chase for SOlOm0ns,
who was again seen at a distance, and
/ was finally run down and captured. he
was taken before Magistrate Tyson, and
| committed 10 Jail on a warrant charging
him with larceny from the house.
At the instance Of Mr.. Quinan. Brown.
| low was also arrested as an accessory,
and gave bail IN the sum Of $500 for his
| appearance at q preliminary examination
% be held next Thursday.
The prisoner. SOlOmOns, is a medium
sized, quick mOtiOned black man, about
~ years Of age, and is thought 10 belong
70 a gang Of thieves who have committed
a number Of thefts in the city at different
times during the past two or three months