The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-23
A NEST OF BURGLARS.
The Police Make Capture of Down
Town Robbers.

There was a surprisingly large mum
Der Of Sunday morning robberies yester-
day morning. and the police appear 10
have been successful in capturing the
guilty parties. About a dozen of these
are now in the barracks as the result Of
the good work Of the police, all of whom
will probably be turned over by the re-
corder 10 the city court this morning
The most important of these cases was
the robbery Of Jacob Shoen's saloon on
Barnard street opposite the market.
which occurred beuwe en- and 3 O'Clock
POlicemanC. y. Murphy, who was on duty
on St. Julian street, found a negro curled
up in the doorway of Schoen's place at
As O'Clock. The policeman did not. be-
lieve the negro 10 be asleep as he pre-
tended TO be and ran him OF He noticed
that he moved of very slowly and that
he seemed merely waiting for the officer TO
get out Of sight to return to the place.
A little after O'Clock Policeman Bos-
tick, who was on duty in the market, was
informed by some negroes that the door
of Schoen's place was open. He pro-
ceeded TO investigate at once. and found
that the place had been robbed. He blew
his whistle, and Policemen Murphy and
Stark came to his assistance. From in
formation which they could gather they
were satisfied that the plunder had
been taken down into Yamacraw, and
they soon struck a hot trail leading to
house on Ann street. They entered the
house and found, as they expected, a
considerable amount of stuff, consisting
of several bottles of whisky, cigars, to-
bacco. cigarettes and other articles.
Alexander BLIZZARD, who was found in
the room with the plumber. confessed to
having robbed the place. He was placed
under arrest by Officer Murphy and taken
back to the scene of the robbery. Blizzard
said he had concealed himself in an old
ice chest in the saloon before the saloon
closed Saturday night and was locked up
in the place. About the time stated he
opened the door and admitted
his accOmplices, whose names he
gave, one Of them being the negro who
was run away from the place by
Officer Murphy. BLIZZARD said he had
taken about 80 in small change from the
till his part of which he had given to
Ophelia Wan, the colored wife of John
Wah, Chinaman, who has rooms in the
same house with him on Ann street. He
said that the money had been hidden by
the woman under a tablecloth IN her
room. The money was found as described
and the Chinaman and his negro wife or
mistress placed under arrest and taken
TO the barracks.
Isaiah johnson, the man who was run
away from the place by Officer Murphy,
was found by him at the market at 6
o'clock and sent to the barracks John
son was drunk probably on the liquor
which he had taken from the .barrOom.
David Young was arrested in the market
by Officers Starr and Bostick, who
also arrested Robert Gordon at West
Broad and Bay streets, and William
Gardner was arrested by Officer Mcclure
in the market. All Of these were impli-
Gated by Blizzard as having a hand in the
robbery. Richard Hamlin, colored, fol-
lowed the arrested parties into tho bar
racks. He seemed so much interes ted in
the case that Sergt. Baughan, who was
on duty in the office, put him under arrest
as a suspicious character.
Officers Stark, Murphy, Bostick and
Mcclure, who had shown such commend
able activity in following up the case,
continued their work together with
Officer McHugh after being relieved from
duty at O'Clock. They expect to make
another arrest of parties Implicated in
the robbery. The value of the goods
taken from the saloon is not thought TO
be over $50.