The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-12
WILL HOLD ROBBERS
ALABAMA AUTHORITIES WANT To
TRY SAFE BLOWERS.
GOV. JELKS SAYS So.
WILL NOT HONOR REQUIsITION Pa
PERS on REQUEST.

MONTGOMERY Police Want Safe Rob-
hers on Three Charges and Gov.
JeIks VIII Give Them First
Chance TO Convict-Men May Never
Answer for Foye a Eckstein
work - Detective Murphy win
Leave warrant and Probably
Bring Pictures Back - Robbers
We're Armed and Had Plenty of
Money.
Although nothing has been heard yet
from Detective J. J. Murphy, who left
for Mobile Thursday night with war
rant for the men who robbed Foye &
I,ckstein's safe. it is not believed now
that the prisoners will be brought to
Savannah for a long while, if at all.
In two places in Alabama the safe
blowers are said 10 be wanted. and
Gov. Jelks has announced that he will
not honor requisition papers from an
other state if evidence is brought out
that the men are guilty of robbery in
Alabama. The Florida authorities are
making a hard fight for the men, but
the present indications are that they
will be first tried in the state in which
they We're arrested.
May Have TO wait.
In this event Detective Murphy can
only lodge his warrant with the Ala
bama authorities and Savannah Will
have to wait her turn. If they are
convicted on all the charges made
against them in Alabama the safe
blowers will never go to trial in TINS
city, unless they should escape from
the Alabama penitentiary and be cap
tured in Georgia. Within very short
space of time the men appear to have
turned a great many tricks and are
a badly wanted pair
The police believe that both men
had a privilege stand during the re-
cent fair in Savannah. Parties re-
ported to the superintendent of po-
lice, after the description of the two
men had been published in the Morn
ing News, that men answering the de-
scriptions were at the fair with
stand. They were accompanied by two
young women and We're said to have
been from Chicago. Detective Muir
ply will probably bring back photo
graphs of the men and it can then
be determined if they were the same
individuals who were at the fair.
Had Plenty of Money.
Both Of the safe blowers were armed
when made prisoners. When search
ed 1853 was taken from Duncan and
1926 from Russell.
The men carried a dress suit case
and a small alligator skin hand grip.
The hand grip, when searched at the
station, contained a complete outfit of
the very latest safe-blOwing and bur-
glar tools, one stick of dynamite and
a lady's jacket, in which was wrapped
considerable money. The money was
counted by the detectives, and amount
ed to S1,O71.41.
Among the money found in the pos
session of the safe blowers was a 81
bill which was pasted with a piece of
paper with the words Eel Paso, Tex"
stamped on it. There was also a Mex
lean dollar among the money. Just
what disposition will be made of this
money is not known, but it is doubtful
If those from whom il was taken will
be able to get it back, it not being pos
sible to identify currency.
Wanted in Montgomery.
The following was sent out by the
Associated Press last night:
Montgomery, Ala. Dec. 1.-Gov.
Jelks has informed Gov. Jennings of
Florida that the requisition papers for
Ine return OF AlDeIL DIlscoll anu Il.
Russell, the two men arrested at Mo-
bile on the charge that they cracked a
safe in Jacksonville, would not be
honored If there is sufficient evidence
10 convict them in this state on the
several charges pending against them.
The men are said TO be wanted also
at Savannah, Ga, Valdosta, Ga; Bes-
semer. Ala. and several other places
for cracking safes.
It is believed that there is sufficient
evidence in this city to convict them
of robbing the three safes in the Forbes
building.
At an early hour this morning De-
tective Murphy telegraphed that the
men are wanted in Montgomery and
that the Governor Of Florida has ask
ed that requisition papers for the men
be honored.