The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-07
A WOMAN GRABS A THIEF
MRS. ANNIE NAvosRPs CAPTURE
OF a DESPERATE NEGRO.


Isaac Savage Throttled With Thiefs
Plumber in His Pockets and Eeld
Until an Ofcer Arrives-A Roberts
vile Robber Who Got into the Wrong
HOUSE.
There are many brave women in Sa-
vannah. One is Mrs Annie Navaski, and
as a result OF her bravery Isaac Savage, a
colored thief. is behind the bars OF Chat
ham county jail. with every chance of
doing q long term of service In the peni-
Tertiary.
Mrs. Navaski lives at No. Is Sims street,
with her husband, who is peddler Of jew
elry. Yesterday morning about 1890
o'clock she returned home after a
shopping expedition, and laid her pocket
book on z table in the front room. Savage
walked II Immediately sftsrward under the
pretense Of wanting 20 buy some jewelry.
Mrs. Navaski told the negro that her hus-
band was not at home and be would have
20 call later if he desired to buy.
WALKED OFF WITH PURSE.
Savage started toward the door as If to
bout, and Mrs. Navaski stepped into an adj
joining room. In minute or two she
thought of her pocketbOOk, which she had
left on the table. She went back hurriedly.
but glance at the table showed that the
purse was gone. So was Savage, and Mrs.
Navasd felt satisfied that the book had
gone with him. She ran to the corner aud
saw the negro going toward Schroeder's
grocery, at Purse and Jones streets.
She determined not TO lose the pocket
BOOK without an effort, as il contained a
gold necklace, two gold rings and $40 gold
piece. As rapidly as her feet would carry
her Mrs. Navaski followed the thief. Into
Schroeder's he went, and in after him went
the pluckv woman. She mede no outcry,
but simply demanded of Savage that he
give up the stolen purse. He denied having
1t, and she thought she would use more Wig
orous means
KNOCKED DOWN AND HELD.
With quick movements she grabbed the
negro by the throat and then the fun began.
Savage tugged to get loose, but the more he
fought the tighter became the grip around
his throat A crowd quickly gathered,
attracted by the unusual sight Of a woman
getting the hest of man.
Constable Hartgan of Justice McDer-
motifs court happened to be in the neigh
borhood in a gig, and, seeing the crowd, be
drove quickly to the scene to ascertain the
trou lie. When he arrived Mrs. Navaski
was clipging to Savage with grip of death,
demsndi her property. Officer Hsrtigan
made himself known to her, and she inn
mediaGely turned her prisoner over to him
with a request that he have him sent to jail.
The constable took Savage to Justice Nc
Dermott's offics, and Mrs. Navaski arrived
shortly afterward. The negro was hand
cuffed and searched, and in one Of his
pockets was found the purse, with every
thing intact.
HELD FOR LARCENY.
Mrs. Navaski then swore out a warrant
charging Savage with larcency from the
house of goods over the value of $50, and
Justice MoDermott committed him to Jail
to await the action of the grand jury of the
superior court.
Mrs. Navaski is not a very large woman,
but her capture Of the thief shows her to be
endowed with an amount Of courage seldom
displayed by the female sex of the present
day.
Savage is well known to the police as a
man OF unsavory reputation, having served
several times on the chain-gang for various
ofenses. In Justice McDsrmott's office,
while the warrant and commitment were
being made out, he threatened all sorts of
dire punishment on Mrs. Navaski as soon as
he got out OF the trouble, but it Is likely,
after jury gets through with him, it will
be many years before he has an oppor-
tunity OF again plying his vocation.