The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-25
WHERE STOLEN GOODS GO
DETECTIVES MAKE A SUCCESSFUL
RAID ON j "FENCE"

ana the PlunQer from nan a OOZSl
Robberies Found There-Brown Sen
to Jail and Another of the Gang Cap
tured in East Savannah - Officer
Have Lively Chase
Charles V. Browns "fence,n at No.
Broughton street, was raided yesterday
and the officers made good haul Il
alluding to the burglary of Raderick's con
fectioneTy store in the MORNING NEWS o
yesterday, the statement was made that i
was believed the same party who had lef
the bag of candy on the steps of Brown
place is the same one who plundered Cleve
lands drug store a short time back. The
developments prove the correctness of the
statement, and also establish the fact that
Brown has been keeping a fence, where
stolen goods from different places all over
the city have been received
Detective Wetherhorn has been working
on the case, and at ?. o'clock yesterday
morning he visited Browns place and und
that while Brown was apparently asleep in
the rear of his little store, his door was aJar
so that ANYBODY could enter without alarm
ing the neighbors by the noise.
IDENTIFYING THE PLUMBER
In company with a MORNING NEWS re-
porter the detective, accompanied by
Brown, took a box of cigars out 10 Mr..
Cleveland's residence on Duffy street, for
identification, but the box did not prove to
be Mr. Cleveland's Brown was permitted
to return with bis cigars. and his fears
quieted until morning. when the officer
made descent upon the place and found
some nine or ten caddies of tobacco I'M
opened and three or four broken caddies;
in fact Brown had so much tobacco that
half caddy package was molding. 1t was
not in box, and Brown had used Jamaica
rum on it TO keep it from spelling. There
we're some twenty-five or thirty boxes of
cigars, me Of them very fine brands which
had been changed from their original boxes,
showing conclusively that they were stolen
goods. Mr.. Cleveland recognized some of
his cigars among the stolen property. He
also identified a plush toilet set and other
articles which had been stolen from his
place. He estimates his loss at about $50.
CIGARS FROM ALL OVER
A barber by the name of FISHER identi-
fed cigars stolen from him, which
were the cigars first submitted to
Mr. Cleveland for Identification
When Brown found that the evidence was
against him he confessed that the tobacco
cigars, toilet set hosiery, wines, liquors, a
cornet horn and various other articles had
been brought to his place at differ
from Miles Williams. a oolored man
living in East Savannah. He admitted
that he knew they were obtained from
different places, and he says that Williams
was in the habit of bringing them to his
place at an early hour in the morning, and
that sometimes Williams got money from
him and sometimes sent boy.
Mr.. Raderick SAID that this is the second
time his place has been burglarizei. OF
the SIS worth of goods taken from him
Saturday night, he recovered only about
$40 worth.
A wELL-FILLED FENCE"
Brown, who kept the fence, had caddies
of tobacco concealed in several places about
his narrow little store, which is no more
than covered hallway He claims to be
West IIdia negro, who came TO this country
thirteen years ago. and for the past six years
he has been living in Savannah. When ar
rested he was very reticent and contradic-
tory in mis- statements, but when he realized
the position he was placed in, and, thinking
that he might get off easier by c0nfess5o1
If how, and from whom he obtained tbs
stolen property, lie gave the name OF tbs
party from whom he had been obtaining
The stolen goods He was handcuffed and
taken to Jail by Mr.. Raderick last night
GAVE THE OFFICERS THE SLIP.
Justice William H. Mathews volun-
teered to find Williams yesterday
afternoon, and took vehicle and
drove out to East Savannah
He found Williams in front of his cabin and
told him he wanted him to go to town with
him. Williams asked permission to go in
the house and put on his shoes, reasonable
request, Matthews thought, and he CON
sen ed. Williams spoke to his wife, asked
her to change her clothes and go down town
with him. As she entered the door she
ftst1i systlgN- -
the officer heard window opened from the
rear. He got around the house in time to
see Williams running for the swamp. He
had jumped out of the window, and PLAYED
the same dodge that he did on Officer Nor
gan when the bag of candy was left on
Browns step.
MADE A CLEAN BREAST OFT
Brown admitted yesterday that Williams
came back TO his house half hour after
Officer Morgan conveyed the bag of candy
to the barracks, to see if it had been taken
in by Brown. When Brown was asked
what had become of the cigarettes that had
been stolen from Cleveland's drug store, he
admitted that he had since retailed them
out. Evidently Brown, who lives only a
short distance across the street from the
drug store, had piped for Williams
while he was going through the
store. Brown must have been doing
mits getting the greater part of a we'll
stocked store in tins surreptitious way His
shoe bench seems to have been blind to
convey the idea that he is industrious
Cashmere bouquet soap, Florida water, fine
perfumes and a stolen toilet set adorned the
place where he slept in the rear of his
store. his stock is a miscellaneous one,
showing that the thieves who have been
stocking his store have robbed all kinds Of
retail houses.
WILLIAMS ARRESTED.
At o'clock this morning a second raid
was made on the cabin Of Miles Williams,
and Williams was arrested and lodged In
jail. Officers Wetherhorn and Mathews and
MORNING NEWS reporter took a carriage
near midnight and drove out to East Sa-
vannah. When within 100 or 800 yards of
the house halt was made, and the trio
walked the rest of the way and surrounded
the house. A dog barked vigorously and
flock of geese set up fearful chatter. Off |
GER Mathews knocked at the front door and
Officer Wetherhorn at the rear As they |
entered there was scrambing in |
the bedroom, and when Wetherhorn
struck a match In the room Williams was
discovered crawling under the bed, but as
it was low, If was painful operation. He
was dragged out, his hands tied and a
search made Of the premises Some Clicauot
champagne bottles, recently emptied, were
found concealed in q closet, and some canned
milk hidden away in a barrel in the room