The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-07
MORE CRAcKsMENs WORK.
Parsons & Pixies Drug Store Broken
Info-Tha Thiauas Run Down

IptO-Ihe IhleVeS Run down.
The drug store Of Parsons & Pike, South
Broad and jefferson streets, was broken
into Thursday night More than fifteen
auger holes were bored in the panel OF the
back door. and an entrance was thus
effected. An inventory of losses was taken
as soon as the store was opened ut q O'Clock
yesterday morning, and there we're found
missing 50 from the money drawer, re-
Volver belonging TO one of the proprietors,
five silver spoons, extracts, cigars, etc.
Detective Wetherhorn was Immediately
put on the scent and PawnbroSer Muhlberg
was notified. The pawnbroker did not have
long to wait before white man entered
his place and wanted to pawn a revolver.
Muhlberg took the pistol and told the man
TO come back later for his money. Mr..
Pike was shown the revolver after the man
had gone, and he quickly identified it rs his
property. The stranger returned for his
money after dark and was arrested. He
was carried to the barracks and locked up
for the night. There he gave his name as
j. j. Mallov, and in his pockets were found
pawn tickets for various articles made out
IN different names. one of which was
RelchS, and another King.
Malloy was seen at the barracks. He is q
young man, "a years Of age, and claims TO
be a resident Of Savannah He says his
mother lives here and that he has other rela-
tives in the city. He was not very talka-
The names on the pawn tickets he
says, were the names of friends
whom he sent to pawn different
articles while he was gambling. He is
recognized by those who know him as a
gambler in a small way and lounger about
the dives of the city.
Detective Wetherhorn was not long at
work on the case before he ran down clew
to the Fretwell & Nichols robbery,
He worked it up, and between 10
and II o'clock last night he arrested Clar-
ence Russell at his home on Hall street, and
there he found the goods stolen from the
drug store, and most of the stuff taken
from Frotwell a. Nichols store.
Russell was formerly a clerk in Parsons
& Pixies employ and he also worked at
Fretwell & Nichols He has recently been
i'll Macon, but came back here a couple
of weeks ago When the officer
went to his house Russell denied
having anything to do with the robbery,
but he finally admitted that he was the
thief, and the tools with which he cut his
way into the store and the stolen property,
were found in his possession. He
had some of it in his pockets.
He said that he knew where Fretwell &
Nichols kept their key to their safe, and it
was this that he was after He intended to
rob the safe and had no thought of
taking anything from the showcases
when he got into the store.
1t was the safe key, too, that he was
after in Parsons 81 Pixies store but he failed,
to find it, He says that Malloy was with
him in this work. Officer Wetherhorn got
the entire story out of him 1t was clever
capture for the officer, and the case was
deftly worked MP
Russells father lives in the eastern part
of the city, and is'said to be an industrious
carpenter. His son is a gambler, and is
known among the police as a crook in q
small way, who hitherto has been able tc
evade the clutches of the law