The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-07-15
RIG POLICE COURT DOCKET.
80. the Bath House Thief and
,,.nv others Before Recorder.

,he Bath House Thief and
,,.nx others Before Recorder.
rortv-four prisoners made up the
let in Police Court yesterday
ming and Recorder Myrick had his
.ards full disposing of them.
VttEal, the motley throng of wrong
aoe~s was interesting. Men charged
Nth all manner of crime were in the
.,,,rr room, but most of the prisoners
were apparently calloused and their
snrroundings did not appear to be I'M
familiar to them.
Iearoes charged with crimes from
..+en.rtel murder down to drunken
-ass sat together in fraternity and APP
.,sare6 to be little interested in the
p1readings, even when their liberty
Vas at stake.
0ne OF the most pathetic figures in
.La court room was J. L. o. Gates,
son, Ocala, Fla, who is we'll known
80 ons of the cleverest and most skill
o., hath house thieves who have ever
tt+srared in this section. Gates, al
tbongh he appears to be frank and
ratber dull. is a worthy successor to
prince Ananias, as he has told more
fa,rv tales since his incarceration than
INV other prisoner the police can re-
member.
Yesterday he was charged with the
.haft of 4 gold watch from 1. D. Boris
If Aacan. Although Gates has been
o,astinred and ss-questioned as to
+be owner of the watch, which was
tnnnd in his possession, he was firmly
dsrar4d that the watch was the prop
ertv of mis- sister, in Ocala. When ar
raiened. however, he placidly admit
tod the third charge against him, and
vas remanded over to a higher court
for trial.
When Gates was first arrested he
said the theft of a watch from Frank
r Battey at Tybee was his first Of
fense. and that he was very sorry for
the crime His story at first aroused
much SYM athy.
linn " illians, a negro, alias Fer
nandina,' was remanded to the City
Court Tor stealing a watch and sum
of money from j. E. Reardon, while
the latter was sleeping in the vicinity
of the Union Depot. Detective Nose
Davis arrested "Fernandina," and it
was leoraed that the negro had at
teuptcl u sell Reardon's- watch.
Charley Wade colored, who was ar
rested for stealing $50 from Mrs. t. S.
Iamon was held for trial in the Su-
nerior court After the money disap-
neared it was found in a hole made
in an old mattress, where the negro
had secreted ii.
Nelson Cuyler, the negro who was
arrested by officer Eaglsson for steal
ing pair of trousers from the store
of B. Goldman, at No. PIG West Broad
street, was turned over to the tender
mercies of the City Court. When ar
rested the negro had the trousers con-
cealed under his coat and he coolly In
formed the policeman that he was not
aware how they had gotten there.
Albert Jenkins, the negro who stole
a quantity of lunches which had been
prepared for wharf laborers, from the
house of Hannah Morgan at No. 3S
Reynolds stseet, was turned over to
the Superior Court for trial. The ne
gro broke into the place and after
eating the lunches stole a quantity of
food and several fiat irons which he
took away with him. He was arrested
by Policeman ]. J. Clancy several
hours after the burglary was conlpnit-
ted.
A large number of the prisoners ar
raigned were held for further exami-
nation and the large Saturday and
Sunday crop of DRINKS were given the
alternative of paying a fine or spend
ing time under the employ of the
city, Many of them were compelled to
do the latter