Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-11
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
RITRGLARIEs NTHE SOUTHERN
PART OF THE CITY.

An Organized Gang Going the ROUNDS
-Hart,s Bakery the Latest Field OF
Onerattons-A Woman Plans the JoD'
snd Five Men Gather the Plumber
THE Nefghborhood up in Arms.
The southern section Of the city is IN
fss+ed with what seems TO be regular!
organized band Of burglars. Their opera
tons have been very extensive for the
mast week, and are Of the most daring
and audaciOus character. Its estimated
that they have robbed OF attempted TO rod
at least a dozen houses, and the neighbor-
hood is up in arms.
The latest sufferer is Fred Hart, baker,
at Lincoln and Duffy streets. His house
was robbed Tuesday morning be-
tween 6 and O'Clock. Mr.. Hart
was in the bake shop and Mrs. Hart was
| in the store. The thieves e1ecled al en-
| trance through a back kitchen, and thence
| through a window into the second story
! rooms. They broke into the trunks HuI i
| rangaeked the bureau and drawers, ana
| succeeding IN getting about $50 worth OF
/ clothing. almost completely depicting the
/ family wardrobe. Thes g1t no money.
! During the time it is supposed tnat lhe
1 tbfe-es were operating mulatto man th-
1 tered the store and engaged Mrs. hart IN
| oonvarsatiOn. After be had been talking
| for fully ten minutes ne salu
| esYo1l're cleaned out" Thinking
no referred to the stock Of cakes, Mrs.
| Hart said that tie men were engaged IN
! baking. and would maze some shorty.
~ don't want to buy any, he said "puI
/ You're cleaned out" He went away
| shortly. and Ehez some one mad occasion
to go to the ransacked apartments, t4s!
/ found that the negro had spOAen the
truth-tbeV were sscleaned Outy Tor a fact.
This man had beep noticed lettering
| AROUND the house al lnesday
| Afternoon. and he is undoubtedly
Confederate. On the same day
this occurred, a muiatto woman went 70
tine house and tried to engage hefselI as a
! cook. She insisted on being employed'
[ and finally asked for drink OF water,
] v,ifb ti1e IDEA. it is thought, of getting a
looL al how t.e house was arraIesee.Hl
inside.
| From all that can be learned the gang
| consists of five men and a woman. Some
OF the men are white and some are color
| ed, and they look like tramps. The wO-
/ man, il is believed, goes about in the day
time seemingly looking for work, but
really TO gee into the houses, either to let
| her male cOnfederates in at night or to tell
them how to get in. At several houses
she has applied for permission to cook
some provisions she had with her. Inva-
| riably when this request was granted, on
the following night something would be
stolen.
Early Tuesday morning a peculiar at
tempt was made to rob the house of Mr..
DOnneau, on Anderson, near HOus-
ton streets. About O'Clock Mr.. Don
neau was awakened by heavy knocking
at the front door. Raising the window he
asked what was wanted.
4 Il want YOU to come down and claim
your property" was the answer.
whats that you say?" queried Mr..
Donneau, not understanding what the
fellow was driving at.
''COme down. / want protection" was
the answer.
''If you don't get away from there PHI
| give YOU protection" warned Mr.. Don
mean, now convinced that the fellow was
an impOstOr, and the stranger beat hasty
| retreat.
As he was about to lie down Mr.. Don
| neau heard a noise in the back OF the
| house, and going to a rear window looked
| out. Whoever was there had hidden,
| and the noise was not renewed. They
had evidently been warned by a signal
/ from the man in the front of the house,
whose ruse had failed.
An attempt was made last Friday night
to rob the grocery stsre Of George Renken,
| at Anderson and Bull streets. They broke
into the yard of Mrs. Schmidt on Tuesday
night, but got nothing.
The coolest exploit of the robbers took
| place at the house of John W. Hunt, of
/ the firm of Joyce Il Hunt, on First avenue,
! between AbercOrn and Lincoln streets.
\ After the family had retired the
/ marauders broke into the house
and completely ransacked the larder.
| They safe the table in the dining-rOOm and
ate everything that was cooked. They APP
parently went no further than the dining
room, and all they took was a couple of
/ dozen eggs and a can Of milk. Two other
houses in the neighbOrhOOd were ran
sacked the same night. Mr.. Harris house
! was entered