The morning news., 1894-10-21
PULLRp oUr oF A coAL oELLAR.
Proprietor Graham Of the Pulaski
Tackles a Supposed Burglar.

William Edwards was turned over to the
superior court by Recorder Wilson yes
| terday morning on the charge of burg
larry. Edwards was arrested by Proprie-
tor c. F. Graham Of the Pulaski house
/ and one Of his employees about midnight
/ the night before, being found hidden in
/ the coal cellar.
The man was seen by the storekeeper
/ of the house TO raise the cellar door.
/ which is in the lane in the rear of the
I hotel, and slip down into the cellar.
/ There have been several small burglaries
committed around the Pulaski this
I last week, and Mr.. Graham and his en-
{ ployes We're on the watch expecting that
another attempt woud be made. When
! the man was seen to enter the cellar it
was at once concluded that his object was
to burglarize.
Mr.. Graham and his colored porter
went down and dragged the man out
Z The capture proved TO be a very abiect
specimen of humanity. When questioned
as to the object of his going into the eel
lar, he said that he went there to sleep
He was very reluctant to give any infor-
nation about himself, but finally said
that his name was William Edwards
and that he had only been in the city
day and a half. having come here on
schooner named Thomas from Baltimore
The vessel, he declared, had come into
port by mistake, and had gone right out
again. This, Of course. is a very improb-
able story. The Jennie Thomas is the
only schooner of that name which has
visited this port recently, and she is still
here.
The man was locked up in a room until
the policeman on Bryan street came
along, when he was taken to the bar
racks. A skeleton key was found in his
pocket when he was searched in the bar
racks. A bunch of skeleton keys was af-
terward found in the room in which he
had been locked. The keys were wrapped
up in rag when found, and the suppos-
tion naturally is that Edwards threw
them there.
Some surprise was created in the police
court yesterday morning when Detective
kaVanaugh volun tarily declared that
there was no means of access from the
cellar to the rest of the hotel He said
that he had examined the cellar the night
before and knew this to be a fact De-
tctive Kavanaugh's statement surprised
those who heard It, as it appeared 10
throw discredit upon the statement of Mr.
Graham, who had stated that access
could be had from the coal cellar to
other portions of the hotel. Mr. Graham
established his statement after leaving
the court room by taking several parties
to the cellar and showing them a trap
door leading from it to the kitchen, from
which access could be had to pretty much
the whole of the house.
The cash drawer of the bar-room of
the Pulaski was robbed of $40 Wednesday
night, the thief crawling over the tran
som and going out through the dorr,
which he left open. A valise full of
clothing was also taken from the room of
a guest the next night. 1t is possible
that these thefts were committed by Ed
wards, and that he was preparing for
another raid when he entered the cellar.
A policeman stated in the court room
that Edwards looked like one of a party
of three white men whom he chased
away from Theus Brothers window
Thursday night. The men were lat
tempting to break in the window when
he came up to them.