The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-18
THE CITY DOING IT'S BEST.
Its Detectives on the Watch .but the
Burglars Don't Mind Them.

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Mayor McDonough was asked yesterday
what the city is going to do to put a
stop to the burglaries in the southern
section of the city. The mayor replied
that he had done all that he could to
apprehend the burglars, and he does not
see what further there is to be done.
1--WE have had six special men on watch
in that section at night for some time"
he said, sand they are still keeping up
the watch. They will be out in the south
ern section tonight and every night for
some time to come / can't see for the
life OF me why some of the burglars
haven't been caught before now, and l
only hope that we will be more fortunate
from now on.
One of the members of the police force
told MORNING News reporter last night
that he believed half Of the robberies in
the southern section of the city were all
in the Imagination of the people
They sec some place where the
servant has been feeding some negro
through the window, he said, land they
cry out at once that somebody has tried
TO roo the house. If you were a police
man and saw the number of negroes that
are fed through the back windows at
night by the women servants, you would
not be surprised that there are so many
robberies committed. The negro gets on
to the place through the servant, and
knows just how to 90 about robbing it, -
mounted man, who was met out in
the southern section of the city last night,
SAID that Savannah is a very hard CITY
for the police to look after because of the
lanes, which are so convenient for the
thieves to slip into when they hear or
see an officer coming. ''Most of this work
is done from the lanes,'' he said land it
is very hard for the policemen to find a
man in the lanes because they are so dark
and 1t is so easy for a man to slip into the
yards and hide until the officer passes"
Whatever the trouble, the people in the
southern section of the city are getting
very tired OF the failure of the police TO
accomplish anything toward catching the
thieves, and are ready now to take desper-
ate measures. The wonder is that none Of
the thieves have been shot before this and
this is what is likely to happen at any time,
The talk about imaginary robberies is
very well from police standpoint. but
the people who have suffered by the rob
berries look at it in a different way, and
are inclined to regard the Indifference of
the police as responsible for good many
of the robberies. Last week was a
prolific one for the burglars. In all nearly
dozen houses were robbed or attempts
were made to roo them. The neigh bor-
hood of Montgomery and New Houston
streets was the last scene of operations
Three are four houses in a row were
taken in one night. The robberies have
become so frequent and annoying that
officers outside of the city's force have
been employed to see what can be done
Detective Wetherhorn has under arr
rest negro whom he believes to have
been implicated in the robberies that have
been going on for so long time The
negro was arrested on suspicion. At first
he denied having any money. A search
showed that he had "a in his pockets.
The negro insisted that was all he had.
further search was made, and inside a
bandage around his leg below the knee
were found S17 in paper morey and
Canadian cent or half cent This settled
the Negroes veracity, and he was locked
up Detective Wetherhorn is satisfied
that he knows who some of the parties
engaged in the wholesale robbery of
houses are, and he is on their track.