The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-28
CLOSE ON THE OUTLAWS.
ONE OF FEHERKAMP'S AssAIL-
ANTS CAPTURED.

| The Negro Who aided in the Wood
Vile Robbery il Jail and the White
| Desperate Who Shot FeEerkamp
Arrested in Charleston-rhe Per-
petrerors OF the Outrage Believed
| to be Part of Crecksmsn Gang.
Detective Wetherhorn "a rapidly adding
70 his reputation, and his work of the last
few days deserves special comnendation.
| Yes :erday he captured the negro who
assisted the white desperate in his murder
Gus assault on Henry Feherkamp and
Richard Bockelman in Woodville Friday
night. Yesterday morning he heard that
two white men and negro were boarding
| at a colored Voman's house on Whitaker
street, beyond Anderson, and that they had
| been acting in a suspicious manner. The
detective set TO work and soon learned that
the colored woman had found the
shests of the bed on which
the white men slept stained with
| blood, aud that the mao had asked the
woma to burn them, saying he would pay
her for the loss.
CONFESSED HE WAS PRESENT.
Wet herhorn decided at once that the men
were the WoodYille outlaws, as the white
man had been shot in the arm by FeheF-
kemp. He secured description Of
the negro, and soon captured
bis man. The negro gave his name
as Randall Reed. He said he had recently
arrived from Atlanta.
Reed was taken to Justice Naughtins
office, and after great deal of pumping
admitted that be was present at the shoot
ing in Woodville. but denied that
he hf as anything any 4. to ,; DO With With
did IL all and was atrucx tvUica IN tha arr,
by the feturn fire Of FeherkanIp, which ac-
counted for the blood found on the sheets
KIT OF BURGLARS TOOLS.
Detective Wstherhorn went to the col
ored womans' house, and On searching the
boarders' rooms found q complete set of
burglars tools and two 3S-caliber
revolvers, with several rounds of am-
munition. Three Of the auRers
wereshlled with cement, showing that they
had ueen recently used in breaking into
something.
Reed gave description of the white men,
but said only one Of them was in the Wood
vile assault, the other having been picked
up since. The detective endeavored TO capt.
ure the man with the wounded arm, but
somehow he got wind Of the turn affairs had
taken and skipped.
ON THE FUGITIvE's TRACK.
The detective thought that he had gone
out into the country and would board some
Of the outgoing trains during the day, so he
gave description to the conductors aud
asked them, In case the fugitive got aboard
their trains, to have him arrested on reach.
ing their destination.
About 8 O'clock in the afternoon he re-
| eeived a telegram from Conductor Blanch-
ard, of the Charleston and Savannah rail-
way, stating that man answering the de-
| scription had boarded his train at Central
| junction, and asked for instructions
Detective Wetherhorn wired him to have
tho man arrested and held.
CAPTURED IN CHARLESTON.
Conductor Blanchard sent another dis
patch from Charleston saying that the man
was in Jail there awaiting the detectives
orders. BE will probably go after the man
| to-day.
Reed said that he and the white man had
been travelling together for some time, and
had job in view in Savannah. The
detective, however, thinks that when he
| gets the white man back he will be able to
show that they did "job' here, and an
| extensive one at that
| Bockelman was sent for, and he at once
identified Reed as the negro who shot him
in FehersxamP's store. Justice Naughtin
COMMITTEES the negro to Jail on charge of
assault with intent to murder