The Brookhaven leader., 1891-12-03
A BOLD ROBBERY.
A Store Broken Open and Goods Hauled
Away by the Wagon Load.

son, Jr., who clerks for A. Krauss, one o
Brookhaven's leading merchants, opened
the store he discovered that it hat
been burglarized aud considerable guam
tity of goods stolen. Mr.. Kranss was in
formed of the situation, and hasty in
vestigatiOn revealed the fact that u sacl
of coffee, two barrels of flour, two kit,
of mackerel. abont 10 pounds Of rice, a
quantity of meat, n dozen pairs of shoes
a pair of boots, bolt or two of domestic
q quantity of ribbon and other article.
were missing.
The burglar had assembled Ia the ROOT
Of the store Ivy means of ladder in the
rear, broken hole through the sky light
aud let himself down to the floor by means
Of rope fastened on the ontside. He
then broke the lock and lifted the bar OF
n rear door, loaded the goods on II wagon
he had provided for the occasion and
drove off.
The first clue obtained was the rope,
which had been distracted from the
butcher shop of Mr.. Haynes where ne.
gro named Bill buster was some times
known to work. The wagon tracks were
soon discovered by Marshal Hurst, and
the further discovery made that 1T was
drawn by horse wearing three shoes.
There was no trouble in following the
tracks, made in the fresh mud
left by the rain which fell dur
ing the night, aud it was soon found
that the goods had been driven
out aud unloaded at the house Of VIM.
Holloway, cOlored, alias, Bill Buster, OIL
the Wesson road about mile north OF
town. Buster, meantime, had "dnsted,"
but Mrs. Buster and two daughters were
found at home, who denied knowing any
thing whatever of contraband goods.
Marshal Hurst, however, who was &C.
complained by Messrs. Eli kits and z. L.
Hoskins and Alex Winston, colored, be-
gan searching the house and premises,
and soon a whole dray-ful of goods were
discovered hidden away in different
places. Mr.. Krauss, who made a subse-
quent visit to the place found still others,
1t was also found that Buster had APP
propriated (of course without the knowl-
edge of the owners) the horse of Mr.. Mi
azza, and the market wagon of Mr..
Haynes, to perpetrate the theft, and re-
turned them after they had served his
purpose, to their accustomed places. Mr..
HOskins says he heard the wagon pass to
and fro in front of his house between
and 2 o'clock at night
Not quite all of Mr.. Krauss's goods were
recovered, but among the lot recovered
were about $40 worth of dry goods which
were identified by MIR. Max Preibatsch as
goods stolen from him when his store was
bnrglarized and his iron safe blown open
last February, which also furnishes a
clue 10 the perpetrators of that crime.
Dnster. kept out of the way all day
Thursday, but Friday morning he volun-
tariy came in to Justice McAlllan's office
and gave himself mp. Three affidavits
were filed against him one by Mr. kranss
for burglary and one for grand larceny;
and one by Mr.. Preibatsch for grand lar
ceny. He was given preliminary exam
nation before Justice Mcmillan Monday
and the testimony of the States witnesses
being in accordance with the above facts,
he was bound over in the sum of $500 in
each case to answer to the next term OF
Circuit Court, which bond, being unable
to give, he Went to Jail.
Mcssrs McNair and Brennan appeared
as his attroneys at the preliminary trial,
but offered no testimony in defense, pre-
ferring not to show their hand until the
trial in the circnit court.
1t is rumorod that Buster threatens to
make clean breast of it at that time and
will lmplicate Others in this and other
burglaries that have occurred here within
the last few years. He himself has very
unsavory reputation. He is cole black
negro of forbidding countenance, and has
served a term or two in the penitentiary
already for grand larceny. He 10 doubt
bad assistants in committing the burglar
les in question, and some strong circum-
stantal evidence has already been secur
ed against certain others.