The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-25
REDWINE IS A PRISONER.
BE WAS FOUND IN A HOUSE IN
THE SUBURBS OF ATLANTA.

40 N0-AAAsS q 0hOHSasS OI SSS,OOO,
But Denies That he Carried of
$4,000 When he Left the Bank.
Only $413 Found on His Person.
Two Men Arrested on a Charge of
Helping Him to Escape.
ATLANTA, Ca, Feb. 24.-Greas excite
msnt was created here to-day by the arrest
Of Lewis Redwine, the defaulting cashier of
the Gate City National Bank. The arrest
was made at 1880 O'Clock by Policeman ]
T. Wimbush. who was off duty at the time.
Redwine was hiding In the suburbs, near
the East Tennessee railroad shops, at the
residence of D. L. Oakes, No. 81 Rockwell
street. His whereabouts was betrayed by
Mrs. Oakes, the mistress of the house, who
had admitted him during the night as a
lodgsr, not at the time knowing who he
was Mrs. Oakes will get the 81, 200 re-
ward for lodging Redwine one night.
Horace Owens, private detective well
known to the local department.. and b. H.
Black, an employe of Marsh, Smith Il Marsh,
Wholesale dry goods merchants, have been
arrested as accomplices Of Redwine, charged
with abettinR bis escape.
ADMITS A SHORTAGE OF S29, 900.
Redwine denies having carried any money
away with him on his flight from the bank,
but admits a shortage Of $4,000. ONLY
s413 were found in his pockets by the police,
though no clew TO the $4,000 which
tie bank claims Redwine took out
Of the vault last Tuesday before his
flight has :, been obtained. This disclosure
has added complication to the already
tangled situation, and has thrown suspicion
on the statements Of the bank officials.
Sensational developments of greater
magnitude than any that have been hereto
fore published are expected to be sprung at
any moment and great excitement conse-
quently prevails.
RUSH TO SEE THE PRISONER.
When the report OF Redwine's capture
was started in circulation it spread like
whirlwind. In less than fifteen minutes
from the time the word was relepnoned
to the chief of police it was upon every
tongue. Business men left their desks and
rushed toward the police station, and law
yers by the score joined the populace in
mad rush toward the same goal. No
such scene of excitement has ever been
approached in the criminal history of
this city By the time the hack
containing the defaulting cashier and
Chief Detective Wright dashed into sight
Pryor street, in the vicinity of the station,
was blockaded for square in each direc-
tion, with 1000 people scarcely able to con-
trel themselves in their excited effort to
catch glimpse of the young man who had
demolished the Gate City National Bank
by his fast life.
REDwINE's ESCAPE.
When the absconding cashier left the
bank on last Tuesday afternoon he says be
walked out Of the Pryor street door OF the
bank saloon, though Vice President We'll
born Hill was standing at the corner watch
ing both this and the Alabama street
entrance. He went straight to the suburbs
in the southern portion Of the city and to
the notorious establishment of woman of
bad character known as Cora Howard.
Redwine refuses to say much about his
flight and nothing at all concerning his
relations with the bank just prior to his
AAS AOA w uI6 CuA6L OE DOuCe,
however, that the reason he did not escape
was that he had not sufficient money to
do so.
MYSTERY AND A CLOSE. CALL.
There is a mystery surrounding his man
ner Of reaching the Cora Howard establish
ment and also az to what his intentions
we're after reaching that place. Tuesday
night this house was visited by detectives
twice in search Of Redwine, but he sue
ceeded In escaping capture by hiding be-
tween two mattresses while the officers
searched the very room in which he was
secreted. From the stories of Owens and
Black, the men arrested as Red
wines accomplices, it appears that
Owens learned of Redwine's presence
In the Howard place Tuesday night, and
after the search Of the city 1t is believed he,
in company with Black. succeeded in discov-
ering the cashier. What agreement was
made between them is not yet known, but
1t is established that Redwine left Cora How
ards house and slept under the roof Of
Owens home on Wednesday night. Then
on Thursday night, in order to disarm sus-
PASASh ~ AS OW0As dlu Dl6Ch bOOk
the cashier to the house Of Mrs. Oakes, where
he was finally arrested, to spend that night.
DOUBLE GAME SUSPECTED.
The theory Of the police is that Owens
worked double game on Redwine. When
he was discovered it is believed that Owens
agreed to assist him TO escape, instead of de-
Hvering him up TO the law. in consideration
o ia snug bribe. and that after receiving this
money he intended to keep the young man
In his reach until the reward, which was
dnally announced last night, should be Of
Tered, when he would deliver him up and
claim this prize. Fate, however, seemed to
oVertake this scheme. 1t so happened that
Mrs. Oakes, to whose house Owens took
hedwine, had known the young man and
bis family we'll in Coweta county, and when
she saw him, she at once recognized him
aud determined to win the Yeward herself.
THE CAPTURE.
Accordingly she notified Policeman VIM
oush to come to her on given signal, and
when Owens was away and Redwiue locked
10 his room she and the policeman pro-
ceeded to effect the capture. The police
man mashed open the door Of the room and
with his pistol leveled ordered Redwine TO
throw up his hands. The cashier offered to
outbid the reward by $500 to be released,
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