The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-27
STOLE WATCHES AND JEWELS.
A NICE LOOKING YOUNG FELLOW A
PROFESSIONAL THIEF.

IA. Lynes. Who says His Home is In
Richmond, Va, Robbed the House
NJ which He Was stopping of Sew
eraI Hundred Dollars Worth of
VaIuabIes-He Promptly Confessed
when Arrested and Begged for
Nercy-He Robbed by Wholesale
and Had Apparently Decided TO
Make n business of Thievery.
A. Lynes. a nice looking young Eel
low. who has been taking things easy in
Savannah for the last three or four
weeks. is now boarding with Chief Nc
Dermott, from whom he is receiving the
most careful attention.
Lynes had to all appearances started
out with the intention Of making pro-
fession Of sneak thieving. In all probability
this was his first effort. as he very evil
IDENTIFY had TO experience and confessed
his crime the moment he was charged
with IL
Lynes came TO Savannah about month
ago from Atlanta. where he said he had
been taking in the exposition. He secured
board at a house on Broughton street
where he remained only a short while.
When he left the house various small
such a nice, boyish looking young fell
low that the people with whom he had
boarded hardly thought of him as the
thief.
After leaving this house he went to d
fashionable boarding house on Bull street.
where he engaged 10 take his meals. AS
he could not be accommodated with
room there, he was directed to a private
house on Taylor street, where ne secured
a room. Although Lynes was in the
house three weeks, suspicion was not d.
Tected coward him until shortly before
his arrest. Wednesday night a young
lady member OF the family discovered
that a valuable diamond ring and dia-
mond breast pin were missing, and fur
Their search showed that a valuable old
gold watch, q family heirloom more than
q hundred years old, was also missing.
The inmates Of the house were all well
known TO the family with the exception
OF Lynes. Certain actions Of his, of
which nothing had been thought at the
time, were recalled as suspicious The
matter was reported at the police bar
racks and the detectives after consider
ing the case, decided to arrest Lynes. De-
tectives Kiley and Scully met the young
man on Bull street, on his way to dinner
He had just left the De Soto, where he
had been playing pool in the basement
he was soon lodged at the barracks,
hand.
.Lynes broke down at once when charg-
ed with the robbery and handed out the
diamond ring and breatpin. He said that
his home was in Richmond, where his
father is business man. He had been
taking in the exposition, he said, and
came 10 Savannah 10 look for work He
told a very pitiful story and seemed will
ing to give his whole history. When
searched, the old gold watch, already
mentioned. was found on him along with
a hlled case gold watch, inscribed with
the initials. ~. T. b" rolled gold pin
with love-knot, two gold pens, bunch
OF keys and a small file.
know what Lynes was doing with the
hle until he noticed that the keys on
the bunch had been filed and he con-
Guided that Lynes used his file to make
his keys fit the locks of other peoples
trunks and drawers.
Two pawn tickets were found on him,
one for an overcoat and the other for a
ring. The sum of SIS in cash was also
missed by one OF the dodgers at the house
where Lynes stopped, which is naturally
supposed to have been taken by him. He
had only 80 cents in money on him. how
ever, when arrested.
For beginner. Lynes certainly made a
clean sweep. When his room was searched
II was found that he had appropriated a
lot OF clothing belonging TO two young
house. He had taken shirts and
suits Of clothes, and had gone so far as
TO send some of the stolen garments out
in his laundry: Had he been permitted
TO leave the city before the thefts were
discovered the losses would have been
quite serious. Altogether. the stolen goods
round IN his possession are worth several
hundred dollars
A young man who saw the arrest start
cd the report that the detectives had cap
tured Win Myers, the murderer of For
rest crowley, who escaped from the At
idnta jail several months ago, but there
was no such luck in store for the police.