The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1898-12-22
BURGLARY.

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o'clock, the stores Of Phillips & Phil
| lips and w. H. Fox were burglarized.
The discovery of a package of oatmeal
and some thread in the rear of the
JOURNAL office by Mr.. Mosher's little
i daughter as she came from church,
caused Mr.. Mohser to notify Marshals
Nell and Hicks and Night-watchman
Mcdonald, who visited the store of Mr..
| Fox and found the putty cut from
around window pane and half of the
glass removed. Here oatmeal packages
were in reach and had been taken.
About this time the editor of the
the Journal and Mr. Ed Cook, return
ing from church, had passed two negro
men, one yellow and the other black
who were standing in the doorway Of
the steps that lead to the Masonic
Hall. Their acts were suspicious and a
good look was taken at them for the
purpose of identifying them This in
formation was given to the officers, ard
Immediately Phillips & Phillips store
was visited, and it was found that a
large pane of glass had been cut from
the front window and goods had been
removed. Inside of the stairway where
the negroes had been standing box of
tobacco, a can of nuts, candies, etc
were found. This fastened the crime
upon the two unknown negro men, and
about that time they were seen to
saunter from Powder Springs street
and pass on down the sidewalk in
front of the National Bank. Mr.. Cook
and the editor Immediately recognized
the negroes us the parties who had
been standing in the hall door where
the goods were found. The negroes
were closely followed, and after they
turned the corner at Read 4 Dupre's
store dash was made for their capture
which was effected by the officers, not
before the negroes separated and start
, ed to run. In their pockets were plugs
of tobacco, cigars, oranges, Il cocoanut
candy, &c, and a pocket knife and an
old case knife, which they had used tc
cut the putty out around the glass
Mr.. Marion Phillips was sent for and
he said the store had been entered, 8
watch taken from the show case, and
other goods besides those recovered
| still missing. DR.. Homer Reynolds be-
came interested in the case. and he
went to the scene where the negroe.
| were arrested and found the watch OF
4, the ground where the yellow negro
4 had dropped it,
4 The negroes were placed in Jail, anC
gave their names rs Amos Baldwin anC
: Arthur Croft. They tried to implicit,
5 white men, but finally Baldwin con
2 fessed that they were the only two con
cernad in the burglary that he STOOD
, in the window of Phillips < Phillip
r and received the goods as Croft handed
: them out from the inside. He wa
/ pressed to tell where he had hid tn,
J other goods, and then sand he woul(
take the officers to the place wher
: they were hidden He led the officer
n to Powder Springs street, and over il
: Mr.. kulhman's yard he PORTED on
o where the goods in sack had beer
: dropped over the fence in a corner
The goods we're identified by Mr.. Phil
lips, and the negro carried back to jail
y This was the second time Phillips &
/ Phillips store had been burglarized il
: two weeks in like manner, and evi
IDENTIFY these two negroes are the guilty
4 parties.
, Cobb Superior Court convened Mon
| day morning and true bills were found
On Tuesday morning the negroes plead
guilty and were sentenced to ten year,
each in the penitentiary Croft plead
guilty under the name of Arthur Will
t liams. Justice followed swift, but il
was deserved