The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-12-19
JUDGE NABBED A BURGLAR.
Judge FALLtGANT CAUGHT A.
nFzRr WHITE ~ HIs MAILMAN.

mar WHITE ~ HIs HALIw ~.
The nurEtaE wa- without uis shoes
and was Ja-t Pss-inE Through
the Curtains. ~ the Hear 81 the
Hati. and StartinE - the stairway
When He Wa. Taken tn charge
h. the Court Had Cr~Pt In
Through th~ InIatrhed Front
Doar-White says Ese Mas s~~kiaE
tar Protection % the LRw--Judac
FaIIiEant'- second Experience ct
the kind.
r. the last ten wears there has been
many q convicted burglar who has been
melted out punishment Ter his sins az M
aands az judge FaIizant The judge
played an uuaccastomed role in one -
these dramas JAS, night when pc caught
and heid-a burglar who had gained an
entrance 90 his residence.
Judee Faulrlnt was sitting in one or
the front rooms OF his residence. WHIT.
ker ard CASTOR streets shortly before j.
O'Clock when enc nel1eut occurred. The
fnout door had been anut hut evidently
the lock had not caught. for AZ the judge
sat and read be- thought ne heard the
door steauhuy opened He stepped out
INTO tbs hall jus, Ia time 20 see "a negro
with MS shoes or creeping through tine
curtains lnsthe rear and starting up the
sta4rway.
In bout half second Judge Fa.iigaut
was upon the woud-bs burglar and had
h.m very securely IN custody. The arrest
ocras soueA some little excitement and Sir.
Barrow Carter. Judge Falngsnrs som
lu-law who was on the second floor.
came down stair. 20 see wnas WIS the
trouble ana hclped hold the negro.
The burglar seemed TO b. rather badly
frightened. Tho shoes De- had taken
from his feet h. was carrying under hts
arm. and he was making elaborate pre-
CAUTIONS 20 prevent his movements being
heard That all these precauf ons should
have amounted 20 nothing and thAt be
should have been caught so neatly aua
50 easily suficed to di.sipltc WHATEVER
amount ~ nerve he IS accustomed 90 car
~ with him. Judge Falisans said ne
negro wound have been shaking IN hts
shoes h hc had had any on
4 telephone call for the patrol waeon
vas sent to the station house. huf before
the wagon arrived Park Policeman r. T.
Davis had reached the scene and taken
the burglar into custody He was care
ried 10 the station house ana locked a.
o. cell. There be save his name as Al
bert White
The negro b. quite well known about
town aoi has borne iu the past "a good
reputation. For number 81 years ne
VAS employed by a cotton house on the
Bay. and az one time vas member of
the Old Guards Bend
White said that be had no intention 81
stealing auythluE IT, expiaiuc dthlt ne has
been living with one-lereed white man
on jefferson street and that the one-le g-
ged man had threatened him Afraid that
this threat woud De carried out ~ was
looking for the protection Of the Law. ami
selected Judge Faing1uts residence as
the place where most o. this could Pc
had.
He ala not explain why be- hal taken
OF his shoes ana started up the stairway.
Possibly ~ was because ne thought e
would be- necessary. in order 10 secure The
protection Of the laW. 20 pay the costs of
court and wished TO save himself this
expense. His plan was probably 10 get
In some secluded nook on the second firor
and hide until the family had retired.
I Then be would have been ln "a position
20 rife the house az his leisure aud in
comparative safety.
The ease against White viii be- called
In the Police Court this morning. when
Judge Falligant has been summoned 20
appear a. "a witness. IL will probably BE-
his last appearance in the drama. a. u
the ease o. tried ultimately ia the SUI
perlor Court he VIII De- disqualified from
presiding.
This s. not the frst time that Judge
Fan cant has nahhcd a burglar. some ten
years ago he was attracted by some ex-
Ctsemenl az the residence oftne late Judge
Chisholm. just across the street from bis
own The Judge went over 90 investigate
and found that "a burglar had been cor.
nsred under o ano ia the drawing room
This event was more spectacular than
the occurrence Of last night. FOR there
were pistol shots and other disturbing
elements OF oxcitement before the intruder
was finally disiOdged