Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-18
Again Gets in His Work-This
 Time in Daylight.
GOT AWAY WITH TWO GUNS
Office 4s5yars Has an Interest," ing seeting With Him, and
 It z Thought Wings Him.

T g is negro who has been doing lot - robbing and window smashing lately w z boldness is astonishing, if not staI ding. Daylight does not seem to fade him in any great measure, for he committed one of his boldest pieces of work before it was good dark on Sunday. About fifteen minutes before o'clock Sunday afternoon passers by noticed yellow negro, who is well built and stands about feet 8 inches, standing on the edge Of the sidewalk on First avenue, in front Of the Southern club. He stood there as a North Birming- ham dummy was pulling out and an East Lake dummy coming in. These two dum- ID ies passed each other in front of May & Thomas hardware store, at 2013 First ave nue, and made considerable noise. While this noise wss being made by the passing dummies this negro walked deliberately up 10 show window of the May < Thomas Hardware company and threw brick bat into 1t, making very large hole.
 When ihe brick bat was thrown the negro walked off short distance to see if anyone was looking.
 A gentleman passed, saw the hole, and then walked in the direction of the Bank saloon in search of policeman.
 In few seconds another man and boy stopped ana gazsd at the broken window. While they siood there the negro who had broken the glass ran up to them and put ting a pistol in their faces said: tD-n it, burn the wind. !" They left. The negro then grabbed two Winchesters and ran of up First avenue at a 2;40 gait. He turned the corner at Twenty first street and dis appeared in the darkness.
 Officer Newman followed close behind the negro, but was never able to get glimpse of him.
 The negro is supposed to be the same one who has been smashing windows and steal ing firearms for several weeks past
 He is also thought to be the one who fired at Officers Johnson and Ball at the union depot a few mornings since. It is also thought he is the negro who fired at Frank Dobbs Saturday on the corner of Fourth avenue and Twentieth street, and whom the officers gave lively chase. The negro is a bold ore, and has stolen at least two dozen firearms during the last six weeks.
 The police are after him and hope to bag him in few days. They expect to have to do some shooting, too, when they get him.
 OFFICER BYARS' ENCOUNTER WITH THE NEGRO, WHO SUCCEEDED IN
 EsCAPING-THoUGHT TO BE SHOT. Last night Officer Byars put on citizen's clothes aud vent on the Southside to look for the negro who had been committing all these depredations. He ran across him at Brooks stable, on Avenue 4, between Twenty second and Twenty third streets.
 There he saw large yellow negro man trying to sell a 32- caliber Winchester rifle to white man for g 50 The officer WalK6Q up lO ln6 Iutu duu duNiSeu tuo white man to buy the gun, as 1t would be cheap at $5, but the man said he was afraid some one else would claim it.
 With that Officer Byars took the gun and began examining it. The negro held his hand on large pistol which protru1ed from his overcoat pocket The officer handed the Winchester back to the negro, thinking he would receive it with his right hand, thus removing il from his pistol. But the negro was too smart to be caught mapping in any such way and received tue Winchester in his left hand. As he did this tbe officer grabbed him aad snatched the pistol from his pocket, but was unable to hold him.
 The negro broke loose, and as he ran the officer shot at him three or four times. Two of the shots, he believes, hit him though he was not certain of it. The negro fell to the ground, but quickly arose, turning and firing on the officer as he did so. As soon as he regained his feet he again started on the run and was almost immediately lost 10 sight.
 One man who was near by said he was almost certain the negro was hit by at least two of the bullets, but they evidently did not produce serious wounds.
 The pistol taken from the negro was identified as one that had been stolen from the Birmingham Arms company's store few nights ago.