The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-02

l1ntl one year. and then on the road e,ev- /
a. years. during all of VIII ich time my work |
was 1.l right / married. while ] was on
Glib. road, and becoming 4 red OF that work
asked 10 be given an ofIic E.
ID WIS given the Brun EwicI Office and, |
though 1 had had no ex 9erience in Office
work. / had the nerve TO tackle anything.
When [ took charge 1 took the safe without
,lJa-lng the combination, and my clerk
had picnic. Before ] I called il I was
aort, and for this, Though l dlscharg-
eI rle clerk at once, lkl Jew / would be
uea accountable by the company, and
would have to pay it. For that reason
Z d.t not tell the company, as I knew no
excuse would be taken. THEN aFi English
man by the name of Benne Il forged a $50
'Eeaanse draft on me, and for this was
nsld responsible.
That made a shortage of about $50. I
Was savins on 1t along as l could and
would get notice of the coming Of the
route agent to check me up. This enabled
me 10 tide over without my ;Lccounts show
ing any variation. But on the night of
D,c. %. 1 realized that 1 could. not make
my accounts balance because I did not
know just how / stood.
That afternoon ! received a package
containing $500, and at night the $1,000
came from Savannah. Under the circum-
stances the temptation was too great for
me suppose, and / couldn't help it. I was
desperate, and had been for s ometime liv-
ing % life Of misery, so tn; 1t / did not
cane much what became or m e. Had It not
ueen for my wife and wo chi ldren ] would
hong ago nave killed myself.
II walked all the yay to Savannah
through the woods. had in tended to take
To the swamps and keep O. u of the way
for q while, but could lot stand it, | was
afra d TO tackle the inns because ! was
known on them. l beca me desperate and
once started on my way he re- to take my
toll and blow m hrs / pl
ways had respect for t 5e officers of the
law, 50 made no resistan &C when they ar
rested me; but I felt k,3 doing So for
death would have been a blessing. l took
'he chances on this thing and lost, and
that's about all of it,
1t may he said that it was practically
impossible for Mabry to have evaded ar
rest Within a go or 800 mile radius from
Brunswick there were men everywhere
looking for him. The de- Y he left Bruins
wick pictures of him, Win description
We're sent to every city in the United
States, thousands of them being scattered
over the country. Though every vessel at
Brunswick was searched a n extra precau-
ton was teken by cabling all the ports
on the other side to wli eh they were
bound. The circulars all 81 fered a liberal
reward, and sooner or later his arrest was
| inevitable.
A brunswick dispatch sa. Is the news Of
Mabry's capture created z reater interest
| IN Brunswick than his disappearance.
| Newspaper extras were ISIS led and at the
! depot tonight an immense crowd met in.
| coming trains in antici9at on of Mabry's
! arrival. His home which has been throng-
| cd since Thursday with ladies', sympa-
! thiziug with Mrs Mabry. who is pros,
trated over the occurrence, tonight is
thronged with friends.
Goodyear e Kay VIII rep esent the prose.
/ cution and Crovatt & Whitfield the de-
| Tense. Plans are being mi de now to make
/ the case a notable one
! All the patrol boats amt special officers
| in this customs district lave been called
| in. and he people are G agerly awaiting
| Mabry's return tomorrow