The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-24

the brakes and yell at the child. which
was within two feet OF the car before
halt. BY this time the mOtorman had
succeeded IN stopping the car, and the
girl ran out. seized the child By the
hand. and conducted IL home.
Stealing at Tampa has become an ordi-
nary nightly occurrence, which has so Tar
progressed without being checked by the
are entered and articles taken. Miss Mary
! Taylor city editor Of the Daily Times, is
among the latest victims. She is recover
ing from long spell Of sickness and her
nurses kept her watch on table 50 as 10
correctly time the doses Of medicine and
nourishment. After O'Clock Friday night
she was resting easy and the nurses re-
tired In the morning the watch was gone,
likewise a purse that had little IN II, ana
a small handbag had been taken out in
the ehtryWay and searched. AT another
house the burglar or bu glars. after steal
ing a watch, some change. and pair OF
trousers, went into the dining-room and
had lunch. Still another party was
awakened by his dogs making great dis
turbance and as he threw the window
open he saw a negro leaping the fence;
Nearly all these depredatiOnS are credited
to a Jacksonville negro named Alexander.
While attending a negro festival near
Glen. St Mary Saturday night, Noah Hicks
was instantly killed. and his brother, WI
ley Hicks, was seriously wounded by Gov
Williams, negro desperate. The murder
er is at large, but posse is in pursuit
and II caught he will be summariiy dealt
with, as the shooting was unprovOked
The Hicks brothers, after attending a
meeting Of the industrial legion at Glen
St. Mary last night, accompanied several
young men to the negro festival, which
was in progress at the home of a negro
named Philip Sampson, a mile west of
Glen st. Mary. Several Of the party en-
tered the building and sat down to sup
per. The Hicks brothers stood outside Of
the door waiting until a table could be
arranged for them. While waiting, VIII
liams. who is large negro, pushed
against them. at the same time eXclaim-
ing, Stand 10 one side, and let these la
dies pass As the brothers stepped to one
side, a pistol shot rang out followed by
others in rapid succession, and the great
est excitement prevailed. When the smoke
had cleared away and quiet was restored,
II was found that Noah Hicks was dead
with bullet-hOle in his side, while Wiley
Hicks was seriously wounded by shot
in his shoulder, breaking his collar-bOne.
DR.. j. n. Taylor was sent for and he
dressed the wounds of the injured man.
Coroner Corbet is holding an inquest over
the body of Noah Hicks. The Hicks broth
ers are members of large prosperous,
and highly-respected family. The muir
deFed man leaves widow and two small
children. The sheriff of the county is off
on a camp hunt but everything possible
Will be done by the posse to catch the muir
derer.
The residents of Water street in North
city, ST. Augustine, We're thrown into
state of excitement Saturday night
by one of the boldest attempts at rob-
berry ever perpetrate1 in the city. Not
only was the man bent on wholesale
robbery, but murder as well. First the
robber got into the residence Of John
Il. Dismukes, president of the First Ma
tional Bank. Mr.. Dismukes heard a
noise and awakened the family. The
house was searched, but no one could
be found. The folks went to bed and
afterward heard the robber leave the
house, The thief, who proved to be
large black negro, next went to the house
Of Or. L. Alexander, and there most of
the excitement occurred. In getting into
the doctors bedroom window he aroused
him. and as the doctor saw the man
stealing in he grabbed for his pistol,
which was beside him. The weapon was
covered with a newspaper and the doc
tor lost some time in getting 1t. By the
time he had secured Ii the negro was
lowed by DR.. Alexander. The negro
sprang over into a large tree, and as he
scrambled to the ground he fired at the
doctor, but his aim was. not sure and
the bullet missed its mark DR.. Alexan-
der tried twice to fire his weapon, but 1t
would not work. Finally it exploded on
the third attempt, but the negro
then searched his house and grounds.
Some Of his clothes were missing from
the house, but when he went into his
garden he found It strewn with wearing
apparel of all descriptions, which the
thief had secured. but dropped in his
hasty retreat. There were clothes be-
longing to Mr.. Dismukes and his valua-
BILE gold watch and chain, besides a full
suit Of clothes belonging to DR.. Alexan-
der Under the doorstep he found
package of valuable papers belonging to
Mr.. Dismukes, which the man had hid
den Upon comparing notes afterward
the gentlemen found that none OF their
valuables were missing. The negro af-
forwards broke into the house of Eman-
uel de Marco on San Marco avenue. He
succeeded in making off with several
pairs of pants which contained a consid-
cradle amount of money.