The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-23
THROUGH ABROKEN PANE
HOW THE WALKERS ROBBED THE
ODUM POSTOFFICE.

Berry Walker to be Tried in the United
States Court and His Brother in Jail
as Witness - Kile Walkers Story
of the Robbery and How He Was
Put up to 1t by His Brother-The
Walkers Mother Arrested for Com
phcity.
United States Commissioner Frank La
mar held a preliminary examination yes
terday in the case of Berry Walker,
charged with robb.ng the postoffice at
Odum. Wayne county, on Nov Q, and in
default of $500 bail, committed the prisoner
to jail.
Quite number Of witnesses were exam
ined, and the burden of proof was held by
Commissioner Lamar as going to show that
Berry Walker instigated his brother,
Kile Walker, to commit the robbery, which,
including registered letter of SAC so, footed
I'D 1927. Kile Walker turned states evil
dence. A warrant has been issued for the
mother of the Walker brothers, and she
will be brought here for examina-
ton to-day, the testimony indicating that
she was cognizant of the robbery, if, indeed,
she is not the custodian of the money. Ii
was established by witnesses that Berry had
spent money freely after the robbery.
THE ROBBERY.
There were ten broken panes of glass in
the postoffice window near the safe, and the
cash drawers of the safe were removed,
their contents distracted and the registered
letter envelope and the two cash drawers
thrown in rosin barrel, where they were
found. Berrys actions were very suspicious,
as he is alleged TO have found some of the
papers and called attention TO the fact, say
ing he could not read and asking what the
papers were.
The particulars of the robbery were told
by Kile Walker, who said:
1.-The safe was in the postoffice near the
window. The two window panes were
broken out, and the safe door was omen.
l reached in and took the drawer out of the
safe and carried it around behind the stable
! took the money out of it and left 1t lying
there, and the other drawer l left at the
warehouse, near the railroad. / think there
was about $500 or $500 in it. The regis
tered letter took the money out of, threw
it on the turpentine barrels and left the
check in the letter.
BURIED THE MONEY.
az carried the money home and put it
behind the ceiling-board until next morn
ing, when l took it and buried it in the
smoke-house under the sill, and that was on
Saturday, Nov. 10, about 10 o'clock. l told
Berry Walker, my brother. about it, and
told him | would give him 800 if he would
not say anything about it. After that |
told him that took the money out of the
store l told Berry about it because he
would not tell anything and my other
brothers would He told me to get IL and
give him some of it. told him l did not
want TO bother it then. did not tell him
where it was buried. 1t is still buried there
Berry and | talked about it and he wanted
me TO get it and count it to see how much
was there, and to give him what | had
promised bim."
Kile Walker, upon the adjournment of
the court, was committed to Jail for safe
keeping, as an important witness for the
government.
Berry Walker made a statement, in which
he said that he informed his brother Kile
that if it were true that he had taken the
money, he was in danger of the Jail or the
chain-gang That Kile did not promise to
give him 500, or any other sum, but adj
United that Kile gave him to understand that
he had stolen and was in possession of the
money.
TOO FREE WITH THEIR MONEY.
The testimony of Bsscomb Carter was to
the effect that the three Walker brothers,
Dan, Berry and Kile, came to his store with
a girl named Tiercy Dixon, all of them
dressed up, and said they were going to
have their pictures taken, and that Berry
made purchases aggregating So and pre-
sented IS bill in payment, saying that he
would go over to Toodles' for another s..
He went off and came back with another IS
bill, which Carter thought he recognized as
one of the bills stolen. Berry represented
that he had got the money from Toodles,
but the latter denied that Berry had ever
asked him for money! IL was also shown
by the evidence that the Walkers were
poor, and that they were unable to spend
as much money as they exhibited. 1t is
expected that the greater part of the stolen
money will be recovered since Kile's con-
fession.