The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-19
PLENTY OF ABE SMALLS.
THE BALTIMORE POLICE BELIEVED
TO HAVE THE RIGHT ONE.

NOrtOnvilIe. Ny, Equally Certain
That He Has smaII-HIs Descrip-
ton Fits the Desperate. Too
When Abe small left savannah he
must have divided himself into number
OF personalities. each an exact counter
part OF the original Besides the Abe
small. supposed. who shot ". j. Herring
ton on the line between screven and
Burke counties last week, there are now
two Abe Smaus under arrest al different
points and only awaiting the orders OF the
chief Of police 10 be headed for Savan-
nah.
The Baltimore police are satisfied they
have the right man. and want Chief Nc
Dermott 10 come for him al once. So IS
X. D. Rodgers Of Nortonville. KY. who
has been on smaITs tran for some time.
Sunday Chief AIcDermott received tele-
gram from Rodgers, stating that ne had
located Small. and asking for Information
and Instructions. In reply the chief wired
hiu and also mailed MIN circular with
SmalTs picture and description.
Before Rodgers was heard from again
Marshal Frey Of Baltimore telegraphed
that Small had been arrested IN his city.
having been pointed out by a former
pawn brokers' clerk from Savannah.
The description telegraphed from Balti-
more Wednesday was not satisfactory and
further information was asked for. Il
came yesterday afternoon in the shape OF
a dispatch which seems to give an al
most exact description of Small
Close upon the heels Of the Baltimore
telegram came the following from Rod
gers:
Nortonville. Ky. July IS 1ss5.-Chief OF
Police. Savannah. Ga: Have Abe 3. Small
In jail here. Come for him. Deduct ex-
penses from reward Answer
X D. Rodgers.
Chief McDermott wired back asking Cor
q description Of the man under arrest and
II the circular sent Rodgers had been re-
ceived. Last night he received the fol-
lowing answer:
Nortonville Ky. July IS. 1s95.-Frank
McDermOtt. Chief Of Police. Savannah.
Ga: Received circular. Negro In Jail Fills
description in every particular Answer.
K. d. Rodgers.
NOILOuFlllE IS a IdllIDdQ LOMH at the
junction of the Louisville and Nashville
and the Chesapeake and Ohio railroads
In Western Kentucky.
The Baltimore dispatch is more definite.
II reads as follows:
Baltimore Nd, July IS. 1Ss5.-Chief Of
Police McDermott. Savannah, Ca: Party
a years old, weighs 10 pounds. dark brown
skin, two Of upper front teeth out. Very
small scar corner OF left eye Scar on
r-iuhf Ia sou he wa "a
clerk for Strauss on jefferson street.
Jacob Frey, Marshal
This is as exact a description of Small
as the Savannah detectives could give
themselves. In fact it is a little closer
than that given in the circulars The
small scar on Smalrs neck is not mem
toned in the circulars sent out from Sa-
vannah. but 1t has since been learned that
Small did have such a scar. Chief Nc
Dermott is almost convinced that the man
under arrest at Baltimore is Small.
There are other circumstances which
seem to make il absolutely certain that
Small has been caught. When the party
arrested in Baltimore was taken to the
station house he gave his name as VIII
liam Thompson. Detective Wetherhorn
recalled yesterday that when he searched
5malls shops on Randolph street after
the killing Of Policeman Neve he found
letters there addressed 10 William Thomp-
son. Furthermore the sign over the shop
door was Thompson & Co." This would
appear TO be almost conclusive.
Chief McDermott is now awaiting
another telegram from Marshal Frey at
Baltimore. The photographs and circular
mailed to the latter Wednesday night
should have been received by last night.
II reply is received to-day stating that
the party under arrest corresponds with
the photograph and the description given
IN the circular arrangements will be made
at once to. bring the prisoner back TO Sa-
vannah
Chief McDermott intends to go to Bal
timore himself II this is the case, accom-
panied by one of the detectives or some
officer who knows Small, so there can be
no possibility of a mistake. In the mean
time further information will be asked OF
the man under arrest at NortonviHe Ky
There is one circumstance that worries
the chief and the detectives in connec-
ton with the Baltimore arrest. They can
not ind anybody in Savannah who knows
Samuel Brown, the pawnbroker's clerk
who caused the arrest. Uncle Adam
Strauss is out of the city, but none of
the other pawnbrokers, who are all in the
same neighborhood. nor their employees.
have any knowledge of anybody by the
name of Brown having been in "Uncle
Adams" employ in recent years, and
neither do the parties now in charge OF
Mr.. Strauss shop know anything of such
q man. This appear 10 be the only MISS
ing link in the chain now.
Brown gave the Baltimore police a pref
~ good story about Small He told them
that Small had killed 4 constable by the
name Of HUMPHREYS who undertook 10
arrest him for burglary and afterward
killed policeman who was sent to ar
rest him; that the state had offered 81 900
reward for his arrest and the city $500
Brown, 1t seems, was in Baltimore on a
visit He saw a negro whom he knew
20 be Small go into a saloon. He imme-
diately informed two police officers of
the fact and had Small arrested He was
positive in his conviction that the man
arrested was Small. The reward is no.,
20 large as that stated by Mr.. Brown TO
the Baltimore police. but if he has really
caused the arrest of Abe Small he de-
serves the fun amount offered $3.50. and
the thanks Of the people of Savannah, be-
sides.
Detective Wetherhorn says that SmaHs
right name is not Abe, but April b. Small
He was sentenced to three years in the
South Carolina penitentiary for burglary
and after serving half his sentence es-
capped and came TO Savannah.
TO PICNIC AT GREENWICH.