The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-05

AreA~r vAtsa peunA Over . ~ CsimSnal
Court foe Rsbbsng Mr. M~asehisoD's Safe
His Clothes raaded with Grssnbaeks
Arthur White, the young negro GRIM
/ ;nal who belongs to the youthful gang
| of robbers Who are before every crimi-
nal court. and several Of whom are now
I'm jail for different robberis, was before
! Justice John J. Fowler yesterday morn
| ing on the charge of b the safe
OF Mr.. j. w. Murchison on "Wednesday
Of last week
Mr.. J. w. Murchison was h first
witness. He testified that the SAFE
in his office, which is in the middle OF
the store, was robbed on Wednesda
of last week of $50 or $40 in money
a post office order and checks
ing to SITS or more. The bills We're 81,
81. s., $40 and so.
Mr.. George Phillips. clerk IN Wright
& Co.'S bicycle establishment, testified
that on Saturday last White came in
Mr.. Wright's place of business n and
rented a bicycle for 65 cents. He went
off with the wheel and soon afterwards
returned with a punctured tire. Mr..
Phillips gave him a broom and told
him to sweep out the store n when
White started to sweep he let the
broom fall. When he stopped TO pick
it up his cap dropped off on the floor
and five SO bills were dumped out or
il. Mr.. Phillips asked him where he
get the non n he said 1T was con-
federate money, and offered to bet 20
cents that ii was not good. "A bystand-
er offered to bet him 81 that ii was good
but White said he did not have 25 cents
to put up. Mr.. Phillips SAID he did not
know at first whether the money was
croo1 ar moi brr- hafiavainO il Was and
hearing of Mr.. Murchison's loss. went
to him and told him about il.
Thomas Hankins, and William Nose
ley testified hat White showed them
$50. William Hallsey and James
Haynes also testified that they saw
him with large bills of money. John
Mcintyre, coiored, testified that he saw
the money fall out of Whites a o.
Mr.. Wrights.
Mr.. L.. L. pullman testified that he
went to the Jail with Deputy Sheriff
VIM. Guion yesterday and saw the Of
ficer find $50 in Whites clothes.
Deputy Sheriff Guion testified as fol-
lows: After arresting White L tried to
find out from him where the money
was and where he had gotten it.. He
told me that he had no money; that he
drove some COWS to the slaughter pen
twice for Mr.. Carroll for which he re-
ceived 80 cents for both trips and'that
he got 40 cents from home-70 cents all
told. I prevailed a long Gime with him.
but he steadfastly protested his inno-
cence. So today in the presence Of Mr..
Bultman / took all of his clothes off
and thoroughly searched every nook
and corner of them. AT las when l had
abou concluded that he had no money
1 took off his pants and spread them
upon my knee and began to rub my
h md ovn~ fha matches 10 coo IF could
detect anything. On the inside of the
pants just below the waistband I felt
a hard lump under a big patch. l ex-
amined and found a littel opening be-
tween the pants cloth and the patch
like a little pocket. I put my finger un-
der the patch and pulled out a Tobacco }
bag-this is the bag-containing one
$40 and three $40 bills-$50 in all. When
1 asked White to explain he mumbled
and would not talk.
At first White denied that he knew
anything of the robbing but he finally
confessed, and told how he slipped in
the store and robbed the safe while two
clerks were in the store. He said he did
not know the checks and post office or
der were of any value and threw them
in a pile of paper in h yard Of the
Seaboard Air Lin building OF north
Front street. He also confessed that
tiary for robbing h safe OF Judge w.
8. OBJ Robinson in this city, when he
was receiver of the First national bank.
After hearing the evidence and con-
f~ession, Justice Fowler bound White
over to the criminal court in the sum
of 500. He failed to give bond and
was committed to Jail.
Officer Guion yesterday afternoon
found the postoffice order n checks
torn up where White said he had
thrown them. He went to a house on
Sixth street, between Brunswick and
Hanover, under which White said he
thorough search he could not find any.