The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-14
A NIGHT OF HOLD-UPS
ALL OF THEM WE'RE AT THE POINT
OF PISTOLS.
PROMINENT CITIZEN TACKLED
THREE NEGROES UNDER ARREST
BY THE POLICE.

Negroes Demanded Mr.. e. w. Bells
Cash, bat Were Brighten ned Away.
HOIdup Occurred in Front of Mr..
j. III. ii. Osborne's Residence on
Gwinnett street-efber RObberies
Were in Vicinity cf Plant System
DepOt-Three Negroes Under Ar
rest and One Positively Identified.
Found With Pistol and Money.
Negro Railroad Porter Who Out
ran Robbers Identified the Pris-
Oner.
Highwaymen were busy in the neigh
borhood of the Plant System depot
early yesterday morning, and also at
tempted a hold-up on Gwinnett street,
near Barnard, shortly after midnight.
The police have information that the
robbers were successful in three cases,
and have three negroes under arrest.
Mr. L. w Bell was the victim on
Gwianett street, but the highwaymen
were frightened off. One of them
covered Mr.. Bell with revolver and
ordered him to surrender his cash. The
hold-up occurred in front of the resi-
dence of Mr.. j. H. II. Osborne and the
noise attracted the attention of DR.. H.
d. Osborne. DR.. Osborne telephoned
police headquarters and officers were
hurried to the place, but no trace of
the highwaymen could be found.
In the neighborhod of the Plant
System depot there were four holdups,
three of which were successful. The
police, however, have only been able
to secure the names of two victims, al
though it is expected that the other
will appear in Police Court this morn
ing when three suspects, one of whom
has been positively identified will be
arraigned. The prisoners are C. H.
Ulmer, John Binyard and Robert Bin
yard, all colored. Ulmer was arrested
by Patrolman Clancy and the Bin
yards by Officer Beach.
Timer has been identified as one of
those who attempted to rob Louis Hill,
colored, of No. SAB Hall street, east, on
East Broad and Jones streets. Hill is
employed as a Pullman porter, and
had just come in over the Plant Sys-
tenn. He was going down East Broad
street with a satchel when accosted by
charges, threw pistol in his face. and
ordered him to give up Hill took to
his heels and made his escape, leav-
ing only his hat behind.
Patrolman Clancy learned of the
hold-up and received information that
Ulmer and a companion had relieved a
cabman of $1.15 at the point of a pis-
toll, and had also robbed another ne
gro. He located Ulner on East Broad
street at o'clock and placed the ne
gro under arrest. Ulmer was taken
completely by surprise and was not
given an opportunity to resist. When
searched a concealed revolver and $1.50
in cash was found on his person. W.
mer is held for the Hill hold-up, and
an effort is being made to learn the
identity of the cabman and the negro's
other victim.
Patrolman Beach secured Informal
ton that John Binyard had assisted
in holding up and robbing Alex Mitch
ell, colored, Of s1.15 and a pocketknife
on Nichols and East Broad street. Bin
yard was arrested and is charged with
pointing a pistol as we'll as highway
robbery. At o'clock Robert Binyard
was found drunk and asleep on the
East Side. He was placed in custody
by the same officer and in addition to
the charge of drunkenness was docket
ed as a suspicious character.
Mr.. Bell visited the station house
during the morning, but was unable
to identify either of the three as the
men who held him up. He knew that
the pistol used was nickle-plated and
the one found on Ulmer was of nickel
| plate. All three of the men deny the
charges entered against them. Ulmer
admits being friendly with the Binyard
brothers, who are well known to the
police, but says that he has never
committed any crime with them or
anybody else. He claims that he car
ried the revolver for his own protec-
ton, and makes no denial of the charge
that it was concealed when he was
placed under arrest. Robert Binyard
says that his only crime is drunk
enness, for which he has been arrested
on a number of occasions, and John
claims that he has not been guilty of
anything.
The descriptions furnished by the
stranger who was held up on Price
and Liberty streets about a week ago
and relieved of his cash fits John Bin
yard and Ulmer to perfection. The
police are not in possession of the
travelling mans address at present and
there is little likelihood of his identi-
fving them The negroes denV this