The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-10-17
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A HIGHWAY ROBBER F.!
An Escaped Convict COnceals Him
self in Durham,
And Enters Several Houses While PeO-
pie Attend Church.
HOTLY PURSUED By THE CITIZENS

Mr.. j. W. Hamilton Comes Near Captur-
ing Him-He Makes HIS Way to
Geer's Woods and Escapes.
Yesterday soon after people had re.
turned from church, and generally were
quietly eating their Sunday dinner, on
Morgan and Morris streets there was COM
motion most coufOunded.
Repeated burglaries round about had
put the police on the scent for stolen
goods, and about 1:30 p. m. Chief Woodall
had come upon the rogues depository in
the old wooden Duke factory, on Morgan
street, and removed from there to the
station house quite lot Of plunder, con
sisting of ladies' and mems wearing ap-
parel, jewelry, ETC., worth some seventy
or eighty dollars.
About 230 p. M, Mr.. J. w. Hamilton,
who lives on Morris street, saw a negro
searching where the police had taken the
goods from, and he went over and grabbed
him. The negro was the notorious
HenrySRogers, an escaped convict, and
also recently escaped from the work house
of this county, where he was sent some
weeks ago for hitting Yancey with bill
lard ball
When Mr.. Hamilton had gotten as far
as the Globe warehouse, whittier he had
brought the negro alone and unarmed,
he declined to 60 farther unless let
loose. Hamilton had him by the coat,
out of which he slipped, and, putting
Colts navy shooter in Hamilton's face,
snapped it. Hamilton grabbed him the
second time, and the negro again at
tempted to shoot him after pulling loose.
At this juncture other parties appeared
on the scene. Mr.. M. II. Jones started
toward the desperate, but was stopped
by looking down the muzzle of the navy,
and the warning words: am a high
way robber. 'Tis death to me to be
taken, and death to the man who tries
it," Mr.. Jones was unarmed, as was
also Mr.. julie ROney. whose action was
like Mr.. Jones.
From this on it was a running and ex-
citing chase, crowds Of people joining in
AS it hurried on to Strayhorn Springs
and thence 20 the Geer woods, back of
the Cheek residence, when sight and
trail were both lost by the pursuers,
whose numbers, in boys and men, were
not equivalent to one man with a gun, or
even pistol.
I Mr. A. j. Ethridge, whose house was
entered on Saturday and Mr.. Green Wis
tied on Friday, both living some three
miles from town, have ide1 tilted a num-
Der of articles stolen from them, and
Chief Woodall has given them possession.
This Henry Rogers is desperate char
acter, and unless caught or killed, will
yet cause much trouble. According to
his own assertion, he is an outlaw, and
should be shot down at the first attempt
to escape when he is again come up with.
He is as black as negro can be, with
much larger mouth than common, about
) feet u inches in height, and will prob
ably weigh $50 pounds.
Let him be caught, or, better still, killed,
that the law may be saved trouble and
expense, and that ladies and children can
sleep in peace and quiet in their homes.
He is not subject for mercy or delay.
Let his end be quick and certain.
This morning at 8 o'clock the Worlds
fair party TO attend the dedicatory ser
vices AT Chicago passed throgh here in
private cars. The party consist Of Gov
ernor Holt and staff, Col A. B. Andrews,
wife and daughter, Miss Jennie, Miss
Mildred McPheeters, Mrs. r. II. Cotton
Mrs. A. w. Haywood, H. w. Miller and
S. F. Telfair. Mrs. E c. Laird was to
Join them at Haw River. Their route is
oyor tho Chesapaak & Dhio road and