The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-28
KEPT A FENCE FOR BOYS.
Delaney jerks Said TO Have Bought
Stolen Goods With Cookies.

Detectives Bosseu and Kavanaugh
Unearth a Large Thieves Fence in
Yamacraw - Everything in Stock
From Shotguns to Carpet Tacks.
Where the Umbrellas Went-Mer-
chants May Identify Some of the
Articles in the Inventory.
Detectives Bossell and Kavanaugh IN
earthed the biggest thieves fence yester-
day that has been found in Savannah in
years. Delaney jerks, colored, has
been running a cookshop at No. So Farm
street for nearly twenty years. The
place has always had a bad name, but
jerks was either so lucky or $50 cautious
as TO keep out of the court.
A day or two ago the detectives ar
rested a small white boy with caddy of
tobacco in his possession. The boy
acknowledged that he had stolen the
tobacco and said that he was Oh his way
to jerks place to sell it. The detec-
tives concluded that it would be
worth while to investigate Jenks' place
and see just what sort of business he
was doing. The result showed that the
conclusion was justified. About 4 o'clock
yesterday afternoon they paid jerks a
call. There was nothing on exhibition in
the front room except the small stock of
cookies and baked meats with which
jerks appeared to do business.
ALL KINDS OF PLUMBER FOUND.
They pushed their way into the back
room, and here there appeared to be moth
ing but lot of old rubbish, covered with
boxes and barrels. The boxes and bar
rails houayar told Aifaraut tala xub hon
they were examined. AS the result of
their examination the detectives dis
covered the most miscellaneous lot of
plumber that it has been their lot TO run
across.
Hidden under the boxes and barrels in
the back room, the basement and upstairs,
were umbrellas, knives, pistols, specta-
Giles, cartridges, tools of every deScrlp-
ton. leather. lead, brass, copper, guns,
rifles, bundles of Roman candles, boxes
of tobacco, household articles of every
description and supplies of all sorts.
jerks was placed under arrest and
charged with conducting a fence for
thieves. He denied the charge, of course,
but acknowledged that he had lots of
stuff which he had taken from boys in
exchange for something to eat.
WHAT jerks SAID ABOUT IT.
He said the boys would bring the things
there and he would give them eatables in
exchange He pointed out the following
lot of stuff which he said he had re-
ceiyed in this way from boys: Three
washboards, boxes of screws, s wash
pans, II AK handles, 80 bundles of Roman
candles and a large lot of the same loose,
bagatelle board, II states, boxes of sky
rockets, l box of clay pipes, % packages
Of tacks, a lot of Pigeon Wing, Uncle
Remus and Sirloin tobacco, a box of cigar
cites, boxes OF candy, 8 base ball bats,
| a case of potash and some other miscel-
| laneous stuff. All this was taken posses
sion of by the detectives and carried to
| the barracks.
A large lot of blacksmith and shoe
makers tools was also found, which
jerks claimed to own. There were also
! two double-barrel guns, a single-barrel
| gun and rifle, which were taken posses
sion of by the detectives.
BELIEVED TO BE A FENCE.
jerks place is believed to have been the
| headquarters for all the gangs of boy
thieves, white and black, which have in
tested the city for so long, and which
proved such a nuisance to the merchants
during last Christmas. AS he evidently
in eata bles, his stock cost him
very little, and he could afford to
| take his own time in disposing of it.
Many an umbrella has found its way to
jerks place He appeared to have about
six dozen umbrellas on hand, nearly all so
badly rotted and widowed as to be
| worthless. jerks is likely to get a long
| term if the facts as stated are proven,
but it will hardly be as long as the time
during which he is believed to have con-
Quoted thieves fence in Savannah.