The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-24
HAVE GOT SMALL BIZ THIS TIME.
Chief MeDermott and Detective
Wetherhorn in baltimore

WetherhOrn in baltimore.
Chief McDermott and Detective wether-
horn have arrived in Baltimore by this
time. being due there at an early hour
this morning, and by the time the readers
Of the Morning News are reading their pa
per the two officers will be taking a look
at the only Abe Small in the Baltimore
penitentiary.
It is not believed there will be any dit-
hculty about getting Small back 10 Geor-
gia, although he has confessed TO a burg
larry at Salisbury, Nd. a few months ago.
Marshal Frey wired Chief McDeTmOtt to
come on with the reQuisitiOn. which is
taken 70 indicate that he had seen the
governor and obtained his permission TO
turn Small over 10 the Savannah officers,
on condition that he should be returned 10
Baltimore If there should be any slipup in
the case against him here. Gov. Brown
need not worry himself on this point.
SmalFs confession of the Salisbury bur-
giary Is proof Of the shrewdness which
has carried him so long in his course of
crime, and furnishes the last clinchcr in
his Identification. After he had been iden-
tined by Isaac Levy and Engineer john
son Of the steamship Decatur II. Mil
Ter he wrote a letter TO the mayor Of Sal
isbury, confessing TO having participa ted
in a burglary committed IN that town
several months ago. He knew that he
was caught, and his scheme was to have
himself kept in Maryland FOR trial on the
charge Of burglary. There is no doubt
that he would have secured his own con-
viction and sentence In order to keep
away from Georgia, and he also held out
the hope of securing the conviction of
his accomplices in the burglary. Hav-
ing secured sentence to the Maryland
penitentiary, Small would simply wait
lor an opportunity 10 escape. as he did
from the South Carolina penitentiary.
Inc Baltimore papers give a very inter
esting account of Smalls Identification by
Isaac Wilson, the negro man whom Chief
McDermott sent on from Savannah.
Wilson went to the Jail in company with
Deputy Marshal Farnan and Isaac Levy,
the man who caused Smalls arrest. Fiji
teen colored prisoners were brought out to-
gether, and Wilson at once pointed out
Small. The latter denied his identity. He
admitted having seen Wilson before, but
said 1t was in Baltimore. He grew very
nervous as Wilson talked to him Familiarity
and finally accused Wilson of identifying
him for the sake Of the pay he would re-
ceive. Turning to Levy Small said: IN
get you in the next world if don't get
you in this"
Small then told Deputy Marshal Farnan
that he had written a letter to the mayor
OF salisbury, confessing to that official
MS Implication in a burglary which was
committed in that town some months ago.
Small said that If he was taken back to
Salisbury, he would plead guilty TO the
charge of burglary and willingly go to the
penitentiary.
Wilson, it will be remembered has had
hard time with his own race in Savan-
nah, because Of his activity in endeavor-
ing to secure the arrest Of Small He took
an interest in the case from the begin
ming, and he II was who informed the
officers that Small was in hiding in the
field south of Lovers Lane a few
days after the shooting of OH
Ger HUMPHREYS. He accompanied the
officers to the scene and was a witness to
the shooting of Policeman Neve. Wilson
only escaped being shot by throwing him
self into ditch. He kept up with SmalPs
movements as long as he remained in this
vicinity, and did what he could to bring
about his capture. From that time his
life was made a burden by the friends of
Small. While in the southern suburbs
one night nearly a year ago he was set
upon by half a dozen men, and in self
defence was compelled to shoot one of
them. For this he was sentenced to six
months in jail, very unjustly, many peo-
pie thought. He actually served only a
short portion Of the time, however being
given outside work as a trusty most of the
time, and was, on one occasion, sent out
OF the state TO Identify a man supposed to
be Small in North Carolina. He was also
sent on two or three trips in the state on
similar errands. Under these circum-
stances it was natural that he should have
been 10