The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-18
ATTACKED BY TRAIN MEN.
A Savannah Peddler's story OF High
way Robbery.

way RODDoTy.
JEsUP, GA, Dec. 15 1885
| B. IT. GdrfLlkel, Savannah:
| was robbed on the East Tennessee Virginia
| and Georgia railway train last night. | have
man arrested. will be down to-day.
| +. BRoDY
T. Brody is a German peddler, and gets
his supply Of goods from B. NJ. Garfunkel, a
clothier and dry goods merchant on Brough-
ton street. Brody left Savannah via the
Savannah, Florida and Southern railway
for Jesup ten days ago. to work the country
around there. He was not heard from until
Sunday, when his telegram was received.
He reached Savannah yesterday, aud when
seen by q MORNING News reporter, he
made the following statement:
| had worked the county around Jesup
and wanted to come home. I was some
distance from the railroad when night over
took me and by the time l got to the sta
tion-No. &, a few miles below Jesup-the
passenger train had passed. ! waited
around the depot until l o'clock Saturday
morning when a freight train came along.
The fagman was the only man | saw and |
asked him if | could ride on his train. He
said yes, by paying 80 cents. 1 did so and
he told me to get in an open box car next
to the engine. At the first station where
the train stopped before reaching Jesup the
fiagman came to the car and said that l
might ride in the engine and get warm.
Il got out of the car and started to get
my bundle of goods, but he told me that |
could not put them on the engine and told
me to leave them in the car / did SO. l
rode on the engine until we got to Jesup.
When the train stopped the engineer got
down off of the engine and asked me if l
had any money. | replied that had paid
my fare. He said that he did not care
about the so cents, that he wanted more
money, and he clutched me by the throat,
while another man whom l could not see
tried to go through my pockets.
A third party ran up with a coupling pin
and started to strike me, but I wrenched it
out of their grasp and ran. 1t was about
three hundred yards from where the train
stopped to the depot. | ran down to tho
depot, but it was sometime before I could
find the Waterman. When found him we
went back to where the men had attempted
to rob me, but the engine was pulling out
and it was not stopped. The watchman
found part of the goods in car which had
been side-tracked, but only small quantity
OF them were found. After the goods were
found, the Waterman said l could not get
them until paid him SIS for finding them.
81 left the goods in the watchman's pos
| session, and after davbreak l went to the
| house of the city marshal and reported the
| about it after he consulted the watchman
After seeing the Waterman, he went off
| and arrested the fagman, and at my in
stance he was lodged in Jail The marshal
assured me that the goods which the watch
man had were safe and requested me to
return to prosecute the case to-day. Owing
| to sickness in my family, l wired the mar
sbal to put the matter off until tomorrow,
when l expect to be present"
| Brody lives at No. "a Walnut street, and
is looked upon by the people of the neigh
borhood as an honest and hard working
man.
Mr. Garfunkel told MORNING NEWS
reporter that he has the utmost confidence
| in Brody. He has been supplying him with
| goods for a long time and the man has
| alwas acted in the best faith and he has
| every reason to believe his story.
"Will you assist him in prosecuting the
| caseP'
| II do not know yet. think he has been
most shameful!y treated, and the men who
| are implicated i'll the onslaught should be
| punished to the full extent of the law"