The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-07
AN UGLY CUSTOMER Gagged.
Bob" Bierines Under Charges which
are Likely to Send Him Up.

| BOD Merines Under Charges Wnlcn
are Likely to Send Him Up.
! A half dozen officers were not enough to
take Robert Meriues, a longshoreman, to
Jail yesterday. He fought like mailman,
and got in some singing blows on the con-
stable while his hands were bound with
cuffs. He knocked Officer Humphreys
down and kickei hin, and dealt Constable
Nathans several blows He nit Constable
| Nathans back Of the ear while his hands
were bound and stunned the officer.
The prisoner was finally got to the Jail,
where he was locked in a cell. He is charged
with ofenses which, If proven on him, will
send him to the penitentiary for a long
time. He Is charged with robbing by force,
assault with intent to murder, assault and
battery and numerous petty charges.
Inc charge upon which Meriues was ar
rested yesterday was that of robbery by
force Thomas Manion, a Savannah, Flor
ida and Western railway engineer, pre-
terred the charge. Mauion claims that
Merines Knocked him down, and took from
MIN s'1 20 AID gold watch ana ring. He
SAID That between and 3 o'clock yesterday
morning, he was in a house on Indian street
playing poker with friend, when Merines
and another man came in and took hand in
tne game. During the game Merines lost 81.
Manlon's friend got up and left. Later
Merlnes left and the game broke up. When
Manlon went out of the house, he saw
Merlnes leaning up against a tree on the
sidewalk Manion paid no attention to him,
thinking that be was waiting for his friend.
Whom he was about two doors from where
he saw Merines he heard somebody coming,
and he turned just in time to see Merines as
ne Knocked hum down. MerneS robbed
him while the other man held his hands.
Manlon said that he tried to find a police
man, but he could not, and he waited until
: o'clock, when he reported the matter at
justice SheftalPs Office, and the warrant
was issued.
Officer Sam Nathans executed the war
rant. He found Mernes in a barroom on
bryan, near Barnard street. He brought
the man to Justice SheftalPs Office and left
soon afterward. Justice Sheftall sent down
Tor officer Humphreys of Justice Russel's
court, who came up to carry Merines to
JAN. Merines went with the officer until
he got as far as the barroom i'll which he
was arrested, and then he stopped and re-
fused to go another step farther
When the officer insisted upon his going
to Jail, Merines showed fight. He jumped
at the officer and kicked him and struck
him. Constable Nathans, who had been
out to serve another warrant, came to Off
Ger Humphreys assistance, but Merines
stubbornly fought both officers. Other Of
ncers lnterfered, and the prisoner was at
last conquered and taken to jail.
Justice Sheftall turned the papers over to
the city court He will not give the man
an examination. Merines came from
Charleston several years ago, presumably on
account of being implicated in some serious
violations of the law there. He has been in
Jail a number of times for beating his wife.
While in the Justices Office yesterday he
exhibited Manion's ring, and cursing
Manlon, who sat across the room, told him
that he would never get it, He was under
the influence of liquor, his friends say.