The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-11
THEY CARRIED ABE MEALS
NOW ONE Is IN LIMBO FOR WRIT
ING OBSCENE LETTERS.

She Is Charged with Mailing Them
TO Herself. and IL l. Presumed She
Was Trying 20 Get Another in
Trouble on Account Of Jealousy
over Policeman Neve's slayer.
Mamie Taylor Had bertha Rogers
Arrested. But Got In Trouble Her
seIf-Abe Says He Cannot AnOrd
10 BE Mixed Up in Any such Case
as ThTs.
Abe Small has been heard from again.
Lock sand bars do not always prevent
a man from creating mischief, and so
it has been with Abe. but this time, no
doubt. ne IS innocent Of any evil inten-
tions.
From all accounts and Indications, there
are two or three dusky damsels who
are in love with Abe. despite his condi-
ton and early prospects Tor eternity, and
little jealousy has caused some viola
tions of law which may get one or TWO
OF them into trouble with Uncle Sam.
Bertha Rogers appeared before United
States Commissioner NJ. A. Connolly yes
terday on a charge preferred by Mamie
Taylor, alias Mamie Brown. Of writing
and mailing an obscene and vulgar letter
The letter was addressed to and received
by Mary Brown at No. 40 Perry street
lane Just as soon as the letter had
been received she took il at once to the
Office of the solicitor general and made
a complaint. Mr. Z. 2. Salas, assistant
TO Mr.. Fraser, told her the matter should
be brought to the attention Of the United
States authorities. and he sent the letter
to Commissioner Connolly.
The hearing took place yesterday at
noon. Bertha Rogers strongly denied all
knowledge Of the letter. and when asked
to do so wrote out several words and
phrases and signed her name. The writ
ing was in no respect like that in the
letter. and this, taken together with sew
erdl other circumstances in the case, led
to the suspicion that Mamie Taylor her
self was trying to engineer some deep
plot against her rival. She became rather
nervous when asked to do a little writ
ing herself, but finally managed to do
so, and, on comparison, her writing was
found TO be very much like that contained
in the letter which was written TO her
self. Bertha Rogers name was spelled
wrong, but in exactly the same manner
as II appeared in the letter. There were
many other similarities between her hand
writing and that in the letter.
After the case had reached this stage
ana WIlle the commissioner was eAdlllD-
ing another witness, Mamie walked out
of the office and started away. Commits
siOner Connolly called her back, but she
needed him not, and rushed for the door
of the custom house Down the steps she
went and around DraytOn street, where
she was finally stopped by two negro men,
in front Of the Southern Bank. Deputy
Marshal Wilson came up then, and took
her back to the custom house, where the
commissioners court was being held. Her
escape and struggle to get away when
caught was the last circumstance which
appeared to fix the guilt upon her. and
when she returned She found that she
was adjudged the probably guilty party
and while Bertha Rogers was allowed to
go on her own recognizance, the Taylor
woman was required to give bond in the
sum of $500 for her appearance before tho
United States court. That she failed to
do, and had to go to jail.
1t happened that this was not the first
letter received by the Taylor woman. An
other vulgar letter had been received by
her several days before the one in ques-
ton, and this one is also in the possess
sion of the commissioner The name OF
Jane Thompson is signed to the first let
ter. Mamie entered no complaint on that
letter, but ii appears found out that the
sending Of such letters was against the
law.
In the letter written by the Thompson
woman, for whom the authorities are now
looking, Abe Small's name was mention
cd 1t appears that all three of these
women had been in the habit of visiting
the Jail for the purpose of seeing Abe
whenever they could get a chance, and
also of sending him meals with fried
chicken and other delicacies, believing
that some day he would be released. The
case looked very much as If Mamie,
after she found out that sending such
letters through the mail, was an offense
against government laws, decided 4
would be a good way to get rid of her
rival. to prefer some such charge as this
against her. Therefore, the letter was
written, II seems, and Bertha's name was
signed to 1t. The Taylor woman insisted
before the commissioner that Bertha must
necessarily be guilty, because of the fact
that her name was signed to the letter.
She continually harped on this fact and
that in itself was a suspicious feature.
Small knew all about the case, and was
conversing about it before ii was twelve
hours old. He seemed interested in each
of the women, and wanted to know
what was going to be done about it, He
seemed onto the fact that Mamie was try
ner or other, because of jealousy, and
that led him to ask several questions
When one of the United States officials
was in the Jail on business he called to
him and mentioned the matter.
Please don't let my name come out in
any such dirty case as that" he said,
because l can't afford it,"
Abe appears TO have become very care
full of his reputation of late. He is on
his good behavior in the Jail and if is
said he never does anything out of the
way. 1t is no doubt for this reason ne
thought he could not afford to let his
name come out. Abe has a new trial
now. and he undoubtedly wants to make
a good showing as possible, as it appears
he is by no means as yet out of danger
of losing his neck.
UNDER ARREST FOR ROBBERY.