The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-27
CAUGHT AT HIS OWN GAME.
GUS WILLIAMS. ALIAS GARNER, IN |
TOLLS FOR SWINDLING.

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op'alt1cu ia iia"V uiS'i' "N'
pectIng merchants.
Garner is only % Years OF age. but ne
.,..tr,.al, ec,,, merchants HI, a
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pan tnat mas neeh suceeSslu'iS "0l iNe' "
long time. on making purchases ne asked
the merchants to have the goods sent to
lsr, ar b{s ba.el He wanted A receipted
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case, but when the porter reached the no
tel. Garner was there too He was wait
fno In tho 1abhv
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he would say wv ait here a moment ana
/ viii return with the money
1,boeo who delivered Foods for J. T.
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Charles Marks waited as they were Ioid'
but Garner gave them the dodge. He
skinned ONT some of the side entrances,
ana mo-, -t-,,,l, q bea-1ire for the vvon1an's
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house VINO was apparently set'lhs tHe
benefit of his dopredations.
Slngularly enough. however, it remained
for ,,,bislF,, IN oe4 tho ,o1,nq man in iron
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yesterday at Beisingers store, at Whlta-
ker and Congress street lane. Adopting
the same plan as IN the other cases, he
ordered the goods sent 10 the De soto, az
the same tine requesting that they be ac-
companled by recelpted Dill. In every
instance the reeeipted bill racket threw
dealers off their guard, and they had no
hesltancy IN sending out the stun. They
didn't care who Garner was, SO long as ne
pald cash lor what ne bought.
Garner was at the DE Soto waiting for
the porter, and had everything fixed 80
put the game through IN the same way rs
the others. Asking the messenger TO wait
~ tHS iODDy u4lH ne returned from ms
room, Garner took the whisky and appar-
enuy started 60 his room. The porter did
not care 10 stand in the lobby, but walked
out TO the Verdnda. He did not suspect
any crooked work, but seeing Garner go
ing away with the bottles, having evident
~ slid out through the ladies' entrance,
he gave chase. lie wanted an eXplana-
ton on overtaking Garner and as the
young mans previous successes made the
discovery so unexpected, he was unable
70 clear himself to the porter's sausfac-
ton
one or the provost guards was called by
the porter, and Garner was placed under
arrest Detective Woods was then sent
from the police barracks. All the cases
had been reported TO Chief McDeTmott, so
that when it was reported an arrest had
been made on this charge, he knew the
man caught was probably responsible for
an the other work.
The officers were unable to get a con
fession from the young man as to whether
he had had anything to do with robbing
the other merchants. He firmly declined
TO admit anything, and declared his name
was Gus Williams and not Rudolph Gar
ner, as reported. He denied that he $
the son OF an Atlanta railroad man. but
a letter containing sood advice, and ask
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