The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-30
THE WHEREABOUTS OF BREWER.
The Jesup Rioter Believed to be in the
Oksfnokee swamp.


Okefinokee swamp.
The rumor is current, but a MORNING
News reporter failed to trace It TO its orr
gin, that Albert Morea, who murdered his
wife in this city few weeks ago, was with
the Desperate Bob Brewer in the Je5up riot
Christmas day.
Those VINO know Brewers skill as q
woodsnan, his thorough knowledge of the
swamp lands and painless woods of Georgia,
are not inclined to believe that he viii be
captured soon, if at all, and that those who
undertake Il win do so thoroughly imbued
with the idea that he will not be captured
alive, and that when they meet him, if not
taken OF his guard, he viii shoot to kill
There Is enough of the Indian in him to
make him wary. His escape from Jesup,
under the Circumstances, shows daring as
well as judgment. He evidently carvassed
the situation, selected in advance the
avenues Of escape and followed them sue
eessfullyl although pursued by men reused
TO the highest pitch of zeal in the chase by
reason Of the outlaws murderous days
work
IL IS not believed by those who know the
shrewdness Of Brewer that those who fed
with him remained long with him, or that
he permitted them to know what ffnal direc-
ton he took when he parted company
with them; but that. On the contrary, he
advised them to conceal their arms and
drift apart to avoid suspicion, identified
ton, and capture Once rid Of them and
having provided himself with cartridges
buried under his direction, he turned to-
ward the Okefnokee swamp, with which
he Is familiar, and from which there is little
hone CT routing him.
To track down such a man as Brewer
will necessitate princely reward. for it
viii require some one as skilled in wood
craft as himself. as quick on the
trigger as Brewer and as sure in aim as the
fugitive is Recognized to be, for the man
who hunts him takes his life in his hands.
The hesitation of his pursuers, when young
woods fell dead and the elder Woods went
down with a Winchester ball crashing
through his cheek, shows that, great though
the desire was to intercept his flight, none
would venture with range OF his fire after
two had fallen, and it is doubtful if Brewer
fired a third shot after that. He had ac-
complished the purpose of halting his
pursuers, and, arguing that they
would not advance again until re-
enforced, and his covert surrounded. he
moved on, and when the circuit of his
hiding place was finally made, he was miles
away. Used to the chase, long journeys
were nothing to him. He had the greater
part OF the afternoon and twelve hours Of
tween himself and the scene of his murder
Gus exploits.
- believe Brewer was ten miles away
from Jesup when the first detachment Of
Hussars left Savannah" said Col. Gordon.
They left this city at $3.50 o'clock in
the afternoon. 1t was no trouble
for Brewer, travelling, as he
could, in a direct line through
an unsettled country to have been greater
will MI &ts II 49,
when the day began to break the followi q
morning he could have reached the great
swamp
This is the view taken by the more
thoughtful people Of the section where
Brewers lawl sss acts were committed, and
especially by those who know that Brewer
has hunted on the Suwannee and Satilla
rivers, one OF which runs through the Oke-
hnokee swamp, and the other along its east
err boundary, and which affords the only
secure retreat within easy reach of the
refugee.
Brewer was born in Telfair county, and
is therefore not the North Carolina impor-
tation that many think him to be. Mr.
Parker, a turpeutine operator in that. sec
ton, says that Brewer has been raftsma n,
hunter. and belonged to that class who
Visit the camps and gamble, but that he
never heard of his committing robbery
His commanding stature, being over six
feet his skill with the rife, and his knowledge
of the country made Brewer feared BY
many. and, Col. Gordon says, the negroes
fairly ldolized him
Brewers sister, whom Col. Gordon saw
in his rounds among the negro quarters In
Jesup, he says, has the stolidity and
naughty and independent spirit of the In
dian, with the features of the latter rather
than those OF the African, her nose being
straight like the Indian.