The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-24
STOLE THREE DIAMONDS.
Corporal in Spanish War Robbed
His Former Landlord.

| r. A. Ferris. a well known young man
who served during the Spanish War as
corporal in Company b of the Second
| Georgia Regiment, is detained at police
headquarters and may be tried in The
South Carolina courts on a charge OF
grand larceny.
Ferris was first Swallowed by Detective
Stark, Tuesday afternoon, but was not
taken in custody until yesterday morn
ing. He is charged and in fact has con-
fessed. that he entered the room of A NJ,
Greenfield. of Beaufort, S. c., and took
a diamond ring valued at 800 and $50 in
cash. The diamonds, three in number,
were recovered yesterday by Detective
Stark, and are now in the possession of
that officer.
Ferris was employed at Beaufort and
boarded with Greenfield, who is proprietor
of a jewelry store. During the early part
OF the month the young man lost his po-
siton and on January 19 left for Savan-
nah On the night of the 18th Green
fields wife discovered that some one had
entered her room and taken $50 in cash
and a ring with three handsome diamond
sets, which she highly priced The serV-
ants were suspected and arrested, but the
ring could not be found. Greenfield wrote
to a friend in this city and Detective
Stark was called in to work on the case.
1t has been stated that Ferris was not
In Beaufort on the night of the robbery,
and at first there appeared to be no pos
sibility of his having taken the ring and
money Detective Stark learned Tuesday
morning however, that Ferris left Sa-
vannah for Beaufort on the morning of
the 18th, and that he had driven from that
place to Yemassee on the same night, and
had then returned to Savannah by rail.
Other information made the officer sure
that Ferris had committed the robbery,
and Greenfield was wired for. He arriv-
ed in Savannah Tuesday afternoon and
registered at the Pulaski House. Ferris
has quite a number of friends in the
city, and il was decided not to place
him under arrest until requisition papers
could be obtained. A telegram was sent
to the Governor for the necessary papers
and the suspected man was Swallowed
until yesterday morning.
Detective Stark met Ferris on Bryan
street and charged him with having been
in Beaufort on the night of Jan. To- This
the man stoutly denied. He was taken
to the Pulaski House and was questioned
closely by the detective. Ferris contin-
ued to assert that he had not been in
Beaufort since his first departure and
only weakened when Stark started with
him for police headquarters. The oncer
was sure that he had the right man, be-
cause of the fact that Ferris wished to
hide the truth of his presence in the place
on the night of the robbery. When ne
saw that the detective was in earnest,
the prisoner begged for mercy and ad-
mitted that he was guilty of the charge.
He had taken the three stones from the
ring, he said, and had had them placed
In two other rings. Theeone with the
two stones he had given to a young wo-
man. and the other, containing one stone,
ne had pawned for $36 He also told Stark
where the original ring could be found
The detective first took his prisoner TO
headquarters and then recovered the miss
ing gems and the ring. After recovering
the property Greenfield said that he might
not prosecute the young man and wired
to stop the requisition papers.
Ferris is still held at headquarters but
may be released this morning. Green
field stated last night that he had re-
covered the ring and diamonds, and tina
he would be willing to let the matter drop
| If he could be repaid for the expense he
the detectives that he had no way 10
obtain money enough to repay the Beau
| fort man, and the outcome of the matter
will not be known until this morning.
Ferris was liked by his comrades in the
army. and his downfall win cause much
surprise and regret He is said to have
originally come from the northern part
Il al the state