The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-18
TAKEN AT THE PISTOLS POINT
The Robbers SURPRISED IN Bed and
Forcsd to Surrender.

The Robbers SURPRISED Ia Bed and
Forcsd to Surrender.
The story of the robbers capture at
Mosely Hall is an interesting one. The de-
tectives who left Savannah Monday night
reached Madison at noon the next day. At
Live Oak they learned that DeLauter,
Turner and Perkins had been there all
of Sunday and a part OF Sunday
night at a Negroes house, and had left for
Madison just before day.
As was understood beforehand, the de-
tective party divided on reaching Madison,
and went by different routes to the old
FreiGhley house. After meeting there and
consulting they again separated and scat
tered through the town to find out IL the
robbers had been seen there.
GETTING THE LAY OF THE GROUND.
They soon learned that the trio had spent
gay day in Madison on Monday. They
drove around in a fine turnout, drank
whisky and "sported high" generally. Just
before leaving town for Mosely Hall they
enlivened things by fusilads Of shots.
After getting these facts Detective Jack
son called his posse together again for con-
sultation. Then it was decided to follow
Detective Wetherhorn's instructions as to
having Detective Lilienthal wait upon
Sheriff Dickinson In the guise Of drum
mer, lay the facts before him and get his
assistance.
LILIENTHAL'S GRIP.
Early in the afternoon Lilienthal, armed
with his innocent-looking sample case,
which he had provided himself with in
Savannah, left the Freighley house and
walked two miles to Sheriff Dickinson's
house. He let Sheriff Dickinson into every
thing and told him that the assistance of
himself and posse was wanted to aid in
the arrest Of the robbers. The sheriff
agreed and said he would meet the de-
tectives with teams on the Mosely road
about mile from Madison at $50 o'clock
that night. He told LilienthaI that the
DeLauter house was not at Mosey Hail. but
| two miles beyond, between il and Perry.
Lilienthal hurried back TO the Freighley
house and made his report.
WAITED FOR NIGHTFALL.
| Nothing further was to be done until
night. and the party hung around the hotel.
s. many strange faces in Madison. as mat
ter OF course, aroused considerably curios-
ity among the people to know what it all
meant One man, who probably would
have exploded il he didn't find out what
the strangers were after. tackled Detective
Jackson to know what be aud his party
were doing in Madison. The willy detective
answered that they were q party of rich
prospectors from Missouri, aud were anx-
ious TO invest their money in phosphate
lands
DETECTIVE JACKsoNS JOKE.
The inquiripg Madisonian was delighted
to know that the gentlemen wanted to put
money in Florida lands, and hoped they
would be successful both in securing what
land they wanted aud making big money.
This ruse of the detective relieved every
body's anxiety. The man who had found
outn what the detectives were after told all
| his friends.
At o O'Clock the detectives separated add
left the hotel by different routes-some
through the doors and others through back
windows-in order not TO excite suspicion.
They met on the outskirts Of the town and
proceeded to the meeting place appointed
By Sheriff Dickinson. There they had to