Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-30
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Arrested in CharIestoIf and to De Sts
- 's.e--,,1,an To Day-A Search OF Dis
: - p.xeaIs a Cracksman's HEAD
quarters. IL.
Roderick. the railroad trunk rooOer'
whose exploits were recited In the M'lKN-
ING NEWS yesterday, was arrested III
charleston Yesterday morning. A search
vasmade ofhis house on Purse and walker
streets. and a large quantity Of wearing
anparaI was recovered. When Detectl'e
Wetberborp. accompanied by Detective
Kaufman, first entered the house. VIZ
is a one-story wooden structure, MIs'
Roderick denied all knowledge oil any
thing being IN her possession WHICH,
,rss not hers. A search OF the premises
bovyavar discovered many articles "hl ~
So vyoIlId not claim, and Wnlch she 0N-
miftad were stolen by her HusDahu.
Mrs Elliott. who had been teseSi.
for came on from Jacksonville ana lde, -
fed her tur-lIned cloak, from WhlCn 1lS u =
mad Leen stripped, several dresses anu ilI- d
quantity Of house linen. I, ~ .. 49,
~ cJotbiup belonging 10 Mr. Eliott were
- recoyercd. Among other things IN
tbs boIIse was a complete kit OF burglar 5
tools comprising a ring OF skeleton
teTs ufppers and jimmies, and lot OF
cI6+binU which evidently did not belong
n tba household goods Of ROderlck. A
small box of Jewels, which some sup
nOsnd were diamonds. were also fecoEeIeu'
Owing to the fact that Mrs. hOueIlcA IL
in a delicate state OF health she was mol
placed under arrest. ..,,.,,od
While all this was being accom- pIisu u'7e;
the officers had not been able 10 spOt
=, 1----f-s- hiding Mace. II was
believed that he was in Charleston, ana
earIv in the morning the detective, with
" r. Leaken. Esq, attorney OF the
savannah. Florida and Western Railway,
in the absence Of Judge Chisholm, aDpre-
bendiug that some word would be re-
ceived by Mrs. ROderick from her nus
band bv mail. hit upon a plan oil intercept
ing the letter and thus locating MS nldlns
Mace. During the search Of the premises
| n letter and postal card were delivered by
the carrier to Mrs. Bridget FOgarty, a
neighbOr of Mrs. ROdeTick, addressed
Mrs. Bridget FOgarty, for Mrs. L. ID
| ROderick."
| The officers obtained possession OF the
| letter. and. reading il at Mrs ROderlck :
re0uest. discovered that Roderick was IL
| Charleston at No. Is Line street, anO
would remain there until he received a
trunk ard box which ne eXpecled me-
wife to send L. him. WIN TINS cue, II
vas an easv mar to secure MN
Detective Miller in CharleseC va '9 ~
graphed TO make the arrest. Early a." Tx
afternoon message was received saying:
'.Have your man." and asking instruc-
tiOns. Arrangements were made for the
prisoners transfer by requisltiOn, and
Detective WetherhOrn left last night
by the fast mail armed
with the necessary papers for his extra:
ditiOn, and with a pair of handouts and
shackles to insure his safe transport. He
will be brought back this morning if there
is no delay.
The discoveries already made will proba-
bly, lead TO the arrest Of other parties, and
the breaking up Of bold gang Of thieves
and receivers Of stolen goods.
From information received from
Charleston it appears that ROderick was
accompanied by a woman, and that he
had not even faithful to his wife, who
attempted to hide his crimes.
Detective WetherhOrn said to MORN
ING NEWS reporter that he had Swallowed
ROderick about two months ago as sus-
piciOus individual. He had at first sus-
pected him of SHOWING the queer" and
managed to get several bills which he
presented at various places into his pos
session. They were closely exam
ined but were found to be all right.
About the same time he put up guam
tity of broken jewelry, broken watches
and chains, rings and brooches pounded
together at Munlberg's for advances. The
officer watched his man closely, and al
though he was satisfied that he was a
crook. he was unable to obtain any evil
dence upon which to arrest him
The iewelry put up with the broker
was carefully examined and efforts were
made tO.trace it TO where il was obtained,
but without success. The developments
in the present case may possibly
bring to light other Tascalities in
which ROderick is implicated and
NAV discover the authors of a number OF
thefts and rObberies which have been
committed, and which have batfied the
efforts of the police and detective force
to solve.