The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-18
DON'T THINK 1T is ABE SMALL.
THE POLICE DOUBTFUL OF THE
DEsPERADO's CAPTURE.

The Description OF the Man Arrested
I'm baltimore Lacking In Several
Important POints-His Identifica-
tiOn by samuel Drown, "A Former
Clerk of sUncIe ADAM" the Only
Ground for Belief That the Right
Man Has Been Arrested-A Photo
graph and Description of Small
Mailed to baltimore.
It is a question whether the negro IN
der arrest in Baltimore as Abe Small is
Small Marshal Fry of Baltimore
seems to be pretty sure that he has the
right man and some of the circumstances
are in his favor. At the same time the
description of the man under arrest
is not at all satisfactory to Chief Nc
Dermott.
Although the Morning News was tele-
graphed of SmalTs arrest Tuesday night
Chief McDermott received no notifica-
ton of the fact from Baltimore until 8
o'clock yesterday afternoon. when he re-
ceived the following dispatch from Mar
shall Fry:
1--WE have arrested Abe Small who, we
are informed, is wanted in your city,
charged with the murder of Officer Neve.
Advise me-
Chief McDermott replied at once:
Investigate and wire me description.
If Small will come at once. See circu-
lars and photograph sent some time
ago"
At 6 o'clock the following reply was
received:
Party under arrest denies being Small.
He is a very dark brown, smooth face.
small ears. about $50 pounds. feet 81
inches. "A years, West India negro. Sam
uel Brown. who says he was a clerk in
pawnbroker's office in Savannah at time
of murder, Identifies him as Small. Have
no record Of circular"
Small had a well-marked scar over his
left eye and a broken front tooth. The
failure to mention these marks in the
descript ton is what makes Chief McDer-
mott think that the Baltimore police have
not got Small. Neither was Small
West India negro, and his hight lacked
an inch of that stated in the Baltimore
dispatch. Chief McDermott sent a pho
tograph and a circular giving a descrip-
ton of Small to Marshal Fry by nights
mail and wired him TO look out for them.
The Samuel Brown mentioned as iden-
tifying Small in Baltimore and having
previously been a pawnbroker's clerk IN
Savannah, is believed to be a young man
who was in the employ of Uncle Adam"
Strauss at the time of the Neve murder
Mr.. Strauss is out of town at present. and
the detectives could not learn positively
if there was such man in his employ
at that time.
The other pawnbrokers say they have
had no such man in their employ. As
Small was great frequenter of the
pawnshops 1t is very likely that if Brown
was a clerk for Uncle Adam" at that
time that he is familiar with Small ana
this is the only circumstance that leads
the detectives to hope that the Baltimore
police have got the right man.
The hope was generally expressed among
the police officers that the man arrested
at Baltimore might indeed prove to be
Small. Nothing that has happened in a
long time would give them so much salts
faction as to have Small safe behind the
bars of Chatham county jail.
Nothing further has been heard from
Screven county of Mr.. W. j. Harrington,
who was reported to have been shot while
trying to arrest a negro believed to have
been Small two or three days ago.