The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-18

all there except about $50 which had been
spent.
DeLautsr admitted that he planned the
robbery. He said that he, Turner and
Perkins walked out to Four-Mile Hill
Friday night, and as the engine slowed
down at that point they boarded the train.
! He put Perkins on guard between the cars
with instructions to let no one pass and to
pull the bell-cord when himself and Turner
\ finished the job
DE LAUTER DID THE WORK.
DeLauter graphically described how sur
| prised Messenger Coulter was when he
heard bullet whiz by his head and turned
around and looked into the barrel Of his
pistol. After getting what money they
could they jumped from the train, fired their
pistols and walked a short distance through
the woods until they were at a safe dis
tance. The envelopes were first opened
and the money was taken out. The en-
velopes were then burned. The pouches
were next cut open AMI the little money
they contained was taken out. After that
the correspondence and envelopes were
burned.
The robbers thsn started back to the city,
after putting the pouches under the gum
tree on the Ferrill place, where they were
found.
THROUGH LAUREL GROVE AT MIDNIGHT.
They followed the OZeechee canal bank
until they reached the back fence of Laurel
Grove cemetery. Scaling the fence they
crossed the cemetery just about midnight,
eating nut inrO Carnnfarv hrr ,1fro r.
ing high picket fence.
DeIauter's story about getting into the
Henry street lane house and counting and
dividing the money is identical with the
story told by Minnie Ward and published ii
yesterdays MORNING NEWS.
DeLauter said he, Turner and Perkins
left the house Saturday morning between lC
! and IL o'clock and came up town as fer a.
the market. where Turner and Perkins
waited while he went to the Palmer Hard
ware Company's store and bought three
44-celiber revolvers.
ATE BREAKFAST AT THE MARKET.
He then went back to the market aud the
three had breakfast in Fried a. Hlc5s
restaurant. After breakfast they took in
the saloons and had several drinks. Then
they boarded a Belt Line ear on Bay street
aud rode as far as tho White Bluff road,
where they got off and walked to Burroughs
station aud bought tickets to Live Oak, Fla.
They stopped there all of Sunday at the
house Of a colored man and reached MAdi-
son about daybreak Monday morning.
They knocked around town for several
hours before they went to Mosely Hall.
DeLauter told Detective Jackson he had
made up his mind to go into express rob-
bling on an extensive scale, and was to have
his fathers house at Mosely Hall as head
quarters, because it was an out of the way
place He intended to hold up and rob the
Georgia Southern express car near Jasper
Fla, some night next week, but of course
the engagement was off Ia view of the
peculiar circumstances in which he was
placed"
| WAIVED AN EXAMINATION
After the confessions were secured
| DeLauter, Turner and Perkins were taken
to Justice Naughtin's office for a commit
msnt trial. They were taken out of the
express office by the Bryan street entrance,
| guarded on all sides by officers. AS soon as
| they appeared tho crowd made rush to
| get glimpse of the robbers. and the uproar
was 80 great that the prisoners covered, as
though they feared they were about to be
lynched.
The crowd followed to Justice Naugh-
tins office ana the doors had to be closed
and locked to keep the people back. De-
LAuter, Turner and Perkins were asked If
they desired q preliminary trial. They
answered mo" seemingly anxious to get
away from the gaze of the crowd.