The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-08
ROBBED BEFORE HER EYES.
A Colored Woman Finds $3.50 Too
Much Money to Take Care OF.

a Colored Woman Finds $3.50 Too
Much Money to Take Care Of
Nancy Anderson, a colored damsel. came
her share of the proceeds from the sale of
some real estate sold by her mother, and
Carrie Davis, another negro woman, from
whom Nancy rented a room at No 81
Stewart street, is now lodged in the jail for
getting away with $l4S 80 Of it
On the night of the day that Nancy re-
ceived her money she counted il in the pres
ence of James Davis and his wife, Carrie,
and stating that she would take it 10 the
bank the next day for deposit. she went to
her room and put it in the cupboard. Later
on she went out to attend society meeting
and locking her room door, hung the KEY
behind picture on the mantle
of Carries room. On her return.
finding the key where she left it she
did not suspect that her money had
been disturbed, so she went to
bed. The next morning she discovered
that $2l2 50 of it was missing. She imme-
diately went 10 Carries room, and finding
her out, and noticing that the bed had been
fumbled, she turned the mattress over and
found tin box which contained SSl of her
money. She said nothing about it think
ing she might find more of her treasure hv
still hunt During the day Jim Davis
came to Nancy's room and handing her the
key of the cupboard, said he had found it in
his room.
Nancy let things remain in NdfR QUO. as
Wilkins Mioswb Der would have put il. until
Friday of last week, when she missed So
She then visited Carries sister, Mary Ann
Jones' corner of Minis and West Broad
street lane, and without mentioning her
previous loss told of her loss Of the Sl2
Mary innocenuy asked her if she had got
the money Carrie had left with her Mary
last month. She told Nancy that Carrie
had brought big roll Of money with a red
string tied around it, and asked her T. take
care Of it until morning for Carrie, to keep
the latter's mother from getting hold Of il.
and that the next morning Carrie had
called for 1t, saying she would return it to
Nancy. This was a piece of news for
Nancy, and she hunted Carrie up and de
manded the return of her money. The
latter stoutly denied it. and persisted in the
denial She was arrested on a warrant
issued out Of Justice Molina's Court and
lodged in jail, where She confessed her
guilt yesterday 70 her sister, in the pre>e,ca
Of Constable Endres. but she insisted TIA,
she had none OF the money left. although
there remains somewhere near So un9r-
counted for.
The officer found that Carrie had bought
two ine dresses, one Of them satin. tbs two
costing about IS, aud that She na;a IS in
advance for having them made W. ~.
also bought SIS lounge a s. tr1Ss. aai
spent s. for medicine. Tie warrAn. c1s--e>
her with larceny from the house u over So
There are two queer features c1a--,..,l
with the money. One IS TIA. 81 re t-.- liz
vision Of the money between mother s.+
daughte-, Nancy tpoS 3. and -a-e Care
the custodian ~ A.. ard wan ---ea.-ss--s
were Threatened n I-,-ica Ns--1--r.-s .---.-
the money was fo-r1------ z-1 -1- --.sSa-
cution was d7c0p's5- Ire c--s- ss---4 4
that Nancy acooz,V4li=1 Car u--- -
vas making t1e pglTC-2sss a1,-ys --t---al
20 with the s-ol@n u1r-ev