The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-29
DELANCEY'S THREAT
WILL LAY 1T DOWN AGAIN WHEN
HE GETS A CHANCE.
FUGITIVE BACK IN JAIL.
HOW HE ELUDED THE OFFICERS
AND ESCAPED.

Tried to Stowawny on New York
Steamer, But BlOOdhounds Were
Close Behind Him and He Made "A
wounded by Deputy Sweeney,
Who Fired on Him-Beat His Way
to FIoridn-WiII Have an Extra
Sentence for His Escape
With an air that has made him one
of the most notorious and shrewdest
negro crooks in the South, Dorsey De-
lancey arrived in Savannah yesterday
morning from Jacksonville in the Gus
tody of Chief Deputy Sheriff Sweeney.
He even now declares that he will
make his escape whenever an oppor-
tunity offers itself.
TN lay it down any time 1 get a
chance" is the way the negro himself
puts it. By laying it down" Delaney
means that he will put his sentence
aside whenever an occasion presents it.
self. Delaney gave Chief Sweeney 10
trouble on the return trip and talked
freely of his movements after he walk
ed out of the Jail, week ago yes
terday. Delaney says that he had ev-
cry reason to believe that he would be
caught. but that he made up his mind
to spend Christmas with his father in
Jacksonville. He had intended if
things worked smoothly, to leave to-
day for Boston by steamer from jack
sonville.
The first thing that Delaney did
when he left the Jail was to go to
the home of his woman and beat her
numerically because she had taken up
with another man. He then made for
the water front and attempted to stow
away on a steamer leaving for New
York. Chief Sweeney was hot on his
trail with bloodhounds and Delaney
adopted ruse to get across the river,
intending to make his way to Hardee-
vile. He told a boatman that a cap
tain on the Seaboard dock wanted him,
and Delaney crossed the river with
the man. He was hiding in the bushes
when Chief Sweeney passed, and at
once made his way back to the city
Delaney had close call when Swee-
ney shot at him near Bolton and East
Broad streets, and one of the bullets
took the skin from the negroes knee
The prisoner says that he crawled I'M
der stoop on Gwinnett street until
the officer passed, and that then he
ran back into East Broad street and
went into the Bolton Street Baseball
Park, where he spent the night. on
Monday morning he went to Sunny
Side, and remained in the negro settle
ment until after dark. He caught a
train for Burroughs Station Monday
night, and on the following morning
Jumped a Seaboard Air Line train for
Jacksonville. He remained in that city
until arrested by officer Crawford for
the theft of clothes from a store on
Bay street.
Although at present Delaney has
only two years to serve, before the
county officers have finished with him
ne viii have five years hanging over
his head He will probably be taken
before Judge Norwood to-day and
presented for escaping from the chain
gang at which time he was badly shot.
The officers will ask that he be given
twelve months on this charge. He will
also be presented for assaulting the
woman on the morning that he made
ms escape and, too, for leaving the
county Jail. where he was kept while
recovering from his wounds The Off
GERS are in hopes that he will be given
twelve months on each of these
charges The prisoner himself cares
little whether he has one or five years
and is certain that he will be able to
make his escape after he has been at
work only few months.