The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-06
TOOK A RooMMATE'S SAVINGS.
MOTORMAN BURROUGHS OF THE
ELECTRIC RAILWAY IN A
BAD FIX.

Fitted His Valise Key to Conductor
DIx's Trunk and Took Out $40.
That is the Charge Against Him,
But He Denies It-BurrOughs Ar
rested and s75 Found i'm His POck-
ets-His LandIady After Him, Too.
L. ]. Burroughs was lodged in the bar
racks yesterday on the charge of lar
ceny. He is charged with robbing the
trunk of roommate at his boarding
house on East Broad street He says he
is from Wilmington, and has been in Sa-
vannah for some time
Lately Burroughs has been running on
the Electric railway as an apprentice mo-
torman. Two weeks ago he went to
board at Mrs. Barefield's, No. 1874 East
Broad street. Conductor c. E. Dix of the
Electric railway, who boarded at the same
house, had been out of town for two
weeks visiting relatives. He returned this
week, and was put in the same room with
Burroughs. The two men occupied the
same bed. Dix had $40 in cash of his saw
ings left after his trip, which he put away
in his trunk. Burroughs was in the room
at the time, lying on the bed.
Dix got up early yesterday morning
and went down to breakfast. After break
kerchief and met Burroughs coming down.
Burroughs went into the dining room
and seemed in a great hurry He did not
wait Tor his breakfast, but ate part of a
biscuit, drank little tea and went out
When Dix got to his room and opened
his trunk he found that his $40 was gone.
He concluded at once that Burroughs had
gotten it, and going down stairs, in
quired for him. He was told that Bur
roughs had just gone, and when he mem
TONED his loss everybody recalled Bur-
roughs' strange haste at the breakfas,
table. On further examination of the
room occupied by the two men it was
seen that the key of Burroughs valise
Was in the valise. The key was tried on
iIp1oo, tr4 INK ana Il was found that It would
unlock the trunk although considerably
smaller than the trunk KEY. This con-
nrmed the suspicious against Burroughs.
in search of him.
This was a mistake on their part as
t5ih ay should have notified the chief of po-
lrg for several hours they reported the
matter al the police barracks at 10:45
O'Clock. II was learned that Burroughs
was frequent visitor to Essie Nays
house, No. 81 New Houston street and
Chief McDermott sent Detective Sculiy
| there to investigate
The detective was informed AZ the housa
that the man had been there during the
morning and had gone, but was expected
70 return. 1t was said that he had gone
uoWn on Bay street, and the detective
/ went an that direction to look for him
| A little later Burroughs showed up at
the house, and this information being
communicated to the police, Acting Sergt
| Davis went there and made the arrest
burroughs, of course, denied all know
| ledge OF the robbery. When examined
| at the barracks, however, the sum OF
| T5.25 was found on him. This was a sur
| prise to his acquaintance at the board
| ing house, as he had been apparently
| penniless, not having enough money to
/ pay for his laundry even Burroughs
| claimed that he had been saving up his
! nome. When asked where he earned il
| he said that he received $29.25 from San
/ ford Ross & Co. i'll November but could
not explain where the rest came from
he was given a large and airy room
| in the station house.
Mrs. Barefield, the boarding mistress
1 called in the afternoon. She said that
! Burroughs owed her for two weeks board
| lacking one day, and that he appeared
to be without funds during the entire
! time that he was at her house. She was
! permitted 10 see the prisoner and sue
/ ceeded in securing an order for $3.50 on
/ Chief McDermott from him, being the
! amount due by him for board. The order
! was paid by Chief McDermott out of the
money taken from Burroughs
What IS worrying Chief McDermott is
up to a day or two ago and did really steal
! $40 from his roommate, Dix, where in the
mischief did he get the other $35 Is found
| on him at the time of his arrest? The
1 only explanation is that Burroughs must
! have touched somebody else besides Dix