The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-30
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| Systematic Robberies that Have Been
Going On for Two Years on the Bal
timore Steamships Tracked Down
and Seven of the rincipals arrested
Thousands of Dollars Worth of
Property Lost and Made Good by
the Transportation Companies.
Detectives Wetherhorn and Mowatt made
a big scoop Sunday night and yesterday,
after patient work for the past two months,
and as result six negroes are in Jail and
one out on bond, all of whom are connected
with systematic robberies of merchandise
which has been going on for the past two
years from the Baltimore steamers. The
stealings averaged from $1,000 to $1,000
annually, sum which has had to be made
good from time to time by the Merchants
and Miners Transportation Company and
the Savannah, Florida and Western rail-
way.
The goods stolen consisted of clothing
shoes, hats, dry goods, notions and almost
every class of merchandise shipped to and
from Baltimore, but principa ~ from Bal
timore to points in Georgia, Florida, Ala
btma and South Carolina. The parties
arrested ara Dennis Saussy, boss h adler;
Jack Washington, header; Dan Gilbert,
Stepney Myers, Charles Berrien, Ben
Green and George Williams, tie latter
being out on bond.
STEALING FROM SHIPS,
These men were employed in unloading
the vessels, and hardly a ship has come to
port that boxes had not been broken open,
portion of the contents distracted, and
nailed up. When the goods reached their
destination there would be a shortage which
had to be made good by the steamship COM
pany and the railroad. The last theft was
done last week, and the trail was hot enough
to follow the thieves to their holes and a
miscellaneous lot of merchandise, such as
clothing, shoes, hats, ETC., was discovered in
the homes of Saussy, Green and Gilbert,
while the scoop was SO perfect that all were
found in possession of stolen goods. Find
ing that they were trapped one by one con-
fessed their guilt until nearly all have ad-
mitted to the robbery.
COLLECTING THE PLUMBER
In an upper room of Justice Molina's
office last night two tables were covered
with the plumber which has been recovered,
and some of the prisoners made statements
to the MORNING NEWS reporter.
Ben Green, trucker, living in Broughton
street lane, confessed to taking a pair of
pantaloons and vest out of box of cloth
others helped themselves. About three
weeks ago, he said, he took two hats out of
box while unloading the Johns Hopkins.
he identified a pair of pantaloons and
vest which he saw Saussy take from box.
Dennis Saussy, header or foreman of a
gang OF truckers, lives at Thunderoolt,
where some of the stolen property was re-
covered. He would not admit his COM
plicity in the robbery, but he could not tell
where he had bought any clothing for three
years, and yet several suits, new hats and
shoes were found at his place, which he
claims he bought.
CONFESSED THE ROBBERY.
Dan Gilbert, another trucker. lives at
Arnold and South Broad streets, and con-
fessed to stealing a pair of pantaloons in
March and wearing them out, and he said
that he had seen Saussy and Washington
stealing clothing and hats from the steamer
not longer than three weeks ago He said
that he bought a hat from Washington
which the latter had concealed in q pair CT
overalls.
Jack Washington is another header Of a
gang of truckmen, and lives on East
Boundary, between South Broad and Presi-
dent streets. He denies any completely in
the robberies, or that he sold a hat to
Gilbert, but admits that he told Gilbert
that he might get hat if he could, but he
George Williams lives in Congress street
lane. He admitted taking a hat, and said
that Gilbert and Myers took one at tae
same time He said that he saw Saussy steal
a suit which Saussy claimed to have bought
for So 50 from a colored trucker The hats
have been identified as being shipped by
Erhard. Joiner & Co. of Baltimore, who
put IN claim for the loss, which has since
been paid.
DISCOVERY OF THE ROBBERY.
Stepney Myers, who lives in Broughton
street lane, and Charles Berrien, of Indian
street lane, both truckers. were in Jail and no
statement was obtained from them, but
they are likely to explain their connection
with the robberies to-day.
The case has been well worked, and a
wholesale system of plumber has been broken
up. Mr.. Mowatt is the detective of the
Savannah, Florida and Western railway,
and about two months ago called in Mr..
Wetherhorn to assist him in tracking the
thieves down. How this was done Mr..
Mowatt will not say, but it is suspected
that decoy was used and when the robbers
were caught dead to rights a descent was
mo on