The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-21
WAITING TO HEAR IT'S SMALL.
CHIEF MDERMOTT CONFIDENT
NEVE'S SLAYER Is CAPTURED.

NJ hAAAAAhpNE NAaDAAEE ~
BE the Right Mantle Kentucky
Small Answers the Description
Equally as Well, However, as the
Alleged Small Marshal Frey Has
Under Arrest-smaIrs Victim in
WaynesbOro Improving.
1t is SILL undecided which of the two
negroes under arrest as Abe small. one
At Baltimore and the other at Norton
vile. Ky, is the right man. or whether
either one is the man for whom Chief
McDermott has been 50 persistently look
ing for the last several months.
Isaac Wilson, the negro spotter who
was sent on to Baltimore by Chief Nc
Dermott for the purpose Of Identifying
Small, provided he is r-any under arrest
at that city failed to reach his destina-
tion yesterday. He was delayed by a
wreck on the Atlantic Coast Line at Vel
don. \. C.. so he telegraphed Chief Nc
Dermott, and consequently did not reach
Baltimore until late last night
The people Of Savannah, who are so
anxious to learn if the party under ar
rest at Baltimore is Small, as they have
been led to believe will have to curb
their patience a day longer. Chief Nc
Dermott expects to hear from Wilson to-
day, and he feels confident that the tele-
gram viii announce that it is Small whom
the Baltimore police have under arrest.
Chief McDermott also received a letter
yesterday from X d. Rogers, who be-
lieves that he has Small under arrest at
Nortonvillp Rogers saws in his
letter that Small answers the descrip-
ton given in the circular sent him last
week in every particular, and that he
had taken him to a photographer, who
agreed with him that the Identification
was complete. Chief McDermott wired
Rogers to have Small photographed and
send him the picture. This will give Mr..
Rogers an excuse to hold his man until
II is known positively whether the man
under arrest at Baltimore is or is not
Small.
Rogers enclosed a newspaper clipping
giving a full account of his capture of the
negro whom ne believes to be Small. The
negro has been going under the name of
Grant Boyd, and has been in the employ
of the Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwest
ern railroad as a brakeman. Rogers is a
saloon keejer in Nortonville. on the line
of the railroad, and frequently sold the
negro whisky In some way he learned
that the negro's real name was Abe Small,
and having heard that an Abe Small was
wanted in Savannah for murder, he en-
tered into a correspondence with Chief
McDermott on the subject. A few days
before his arrest the negro was discharged
by the railroad company. He then went TO
Dawson and made arrangements for his
wages to be left there with the depot
agent. The name ne gave the company
was Abe b. Small. He doubtless gave his
real name for fear that he might not be
able to collect the money under an as
sumed name
In the meantime Rogers had been mott
fled by the chief Of police of Hopkins
vile to be on the lookout for a negro
named Small, giving a description. Mr..
Rogers at once recalled Grant Boyd as
suting the description and learning that
he was about Dawson went there and
learned that he had left there for this
place and had asked the depot agent TO
forward his wages here when the pay
train came. Accordingly Rogers came TO
the city, arriving here on the O'Clock
train this morning. After daylight he
went out on West Court street and pass
ing by a colored boarding house saw his
man standing In the yard. The negro rec
ognized him and came out in the street.
Mr.. Rogers told him that he had come TO
the city 10 buy whisky. The negro asked
him if he could not set up the drinks, and
Rogers told him that he would, but want
ed to step into a sporting house across tho
street first. The negro was asked to be on
the lookout for the police, as he (Rogers)
did not want to get caught in such a re-
sort. The negro agreed, and took a seat
on the front porch Rogers then went to
a telephone near by and summoned the
officers to come out at once and make the
arrest.
Small alias Boyd is also suspected OF
breaking into a storehouse a short time
ago al White Plains in Hopkins county.
Rogers is sure that he is the negro
wanted for murder in Savannah. This
forenoon he swore out a warrant before
Judge Sanders charging Small with the
HOUSEKEEPING in White Plains, and the
case was set down for $3.50 o'clock this
afternoon. The negro is said to be a
desperate character. He denies being
guilty of any wrongdoing but f9ter he
was locked up appeared frightened and
uneasy.
Several railroad negroes went to the
city hall after his arrest and claimed that
they had known the darkey from boy
hood, but had not seen much of him for
the past two years. They claimed that
he was born and reared in johnson City
Tenn.
This afternoon Small was taken before
Judge Sanders and ordered held in the
! custody OIL JdllOf Miller uDll Rogers COulC
so to Hopkins county and return with a
warrant issued by the county judge OF
that county. Rogers will return to the
city tomorrow, and If he has the proper
papers the prisoner viii be turned over
to him. A telegram was received from
Chief Fritz of Hopkinsville this afternoon
stating that there was $50 reward for
Small and to hold him.
Small is charged in Hopkins county
( with breaking into the storehouse OF
Davis Bros last April. at White Plains
Rogers claims that he has spent consider
able time and money in running down a
bad criminal. Chief Fritz of Hopkinsville
first gave him the description of Small
Small denies the charge preferred
against him. and claims that he is limo
cent. His home is now in Memphis, where
he has a wife and child"
A Waynesboro dispatch to the Morning
News says that the negro who shot Hon
". J. Harrington is known there as John
Thomas, with several aliases. He came
| from Berkeley S. c. two or three years
ago to Burke county and is certainly the
negro who killed Policeman Neve, and
whom the authorities in Savannah know
as Abe Small The negro escaped to South
| Carolina across the Savannah river. Mr.
Harrington is improving. He is one OF