The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-13
BAKER UNDER ADARK CLOUD
Chief Of Police Wright Makes Him Out
a Very Bad Nan.

He Claims That the Bar and Billiard
Room Run by the Police Court Clerk
in the National Hotel Was a Render
vous for Crooks and Thieyes-seversI
Instances Cited Where Baker IL
Alleged to Havo Received Stolen
Goods.
Atlanta. Ca. Jan. 12.-w. G. Glenn, at4
torney for the detective department. to-
day submitted the formal indictments
brought against Capt. Amos Baker. clerk
of the police court, who win be the FIRST
official Investigated by the Atlanta Lexow
committee next Tuesday ]. w. Wright.
chief OF detectives. assumes the role of
prosecutor
II half Of the specification are true,
Baker, in the language OF the street. 'Is q
bird" After brief review OF Bakers ca.
reer as a saloon keeper on his own hook.
Chief Wright says. the Indictment being
on nine counts: 'He then went with Mr..
BIN HAN in the bar and billiard business
in the National hotel.
That place was known as the rendezs
vous OF hobos. crooks and thieves froms
every part Of the country. During an
this time the above was a gathering placa
for such men as Tom Powell. George Rob-
erts. Hugh Wright, Ed Morris, Fred Hin4'
man, Jim Bone. John Doyal and a nums
ber OF others of the same class. popularity
called hobos, and these men and numerous
other crooks and thieves were found more
or less frequently until broken up by the
authorities. They also ran blind tigers
and sold whisky on Sunday"
Several Instances where Baker ls ala
legged to have been the receiver of stolen
goods are cited. and Chief Wright alleges
that "he and Dan Falvey also robbed n
party Of his watch and s. in money in his
billiard room. This party made a kick
about the watch and they gave Ii back to
him and kept his money. They got him
IN back OF the billiard room made him
drunk, slipped an old pistol which they
kept at the bar, In his pocket called a
policeman, had him arrested. prosecuted
him for carrying concealed weapons and
put him in the chaingang. This was done
on Nov. 2s, 1892 G. Love Is the name
Of the man concerned. Baker was con-
nected with quite number Of just such
robberes as the above.
About the 10th day OF February, 1897
man named Greene Of Southwest
Georgia or Florida was robbed at the
National hotel In tho billiard room oe
$3.50. his gold watch ana pistol.
About June 10, 1891. a man by the name
OF Dunwoody was robbed OF a considerable
amount OF money and his watch at the
same place.
About Doe. 20, 1899. drunken stranger
dropped several silver dollars into a spit
toon. a purity present picked It up and
after the stranger left Baker called for
his divide and II was given him.
AT different times during the year OF
1891 a room WIS rented by Baker to par
ties for the purpose Of shooting craps,
each party paying him 50 cents for the
privilege Of getting IN the game.
Baker can be found at any time now in
the company of gamblers. saloon keepers.
etc.
In the spring Of 1893 Officer Looney re-
ceiVed quite a lot OF cigars. several boxes
Of tobacco and a barrel OF sugar. which
they received from Tom Dodd at night.
while he was drinking The goods were
taken from his fathers store while he was
asleep"
With such a record as this the detec-
tives think Baker is a nice man to be
clerk Of any sort OF court.
Baker 3 side will. II is understood, show
the detectives up in a bad light for allows
ing such condition of affairs to exist