The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-16
HAVE THIRD BURGLAR
FRANK HICKS MADE A PRISONER
BY THE POLICE.
ONE OF ROBBERS CONFESSED.
TRAPANI'S GROCERY ROBBED BE-
FORE LATTIMORE'S PLACE.

O'GormOn Says Smith and Hicks En-
tered the Grocery, Then Tried
LoveII's Sons. Hut FaiIed-smith
and Hicks Both Deny Their Guilt.
Hicks known to the Police as n
had One-Has Done Time for Stenl-
ing 800 From Chatham Bank,
Where He Was Once Employed.
Following a complete confession by
John F. O'Gorman, Detective Frank
Wall last night arrested the third men,
Der of the trio of boys caught in the
act of burglarizing the store Of Will
liam & H. H. baltimore shortly before
o'clock yesterday morning. as re-
ported in the Morning News.
The third prisoner is Frank Hicks,
lad who has done time" and who is
known to the police as a crook. He
was at one time employed in the store
where the Messrs. Lattimores are now
located, and had an excellent knowl-
edge of the building and its surround
ings. He used the information he had
of the premises to advantage in effect
ing an entrance.
One burglary was committed and one
was attempted before. the lads got into
the hardware store. The grocery Of
L. Trapani & CO., No. 119 Barnard
street, under the Odd Fellows build
ing. was entered and a quantity of
cigars and liquors was either consumed
or taken away. The hardware store Of
Edward Lovell's Sons. Nos. 113-115
Broughton street, west, was next Wis
tied and a lock on the door was partly
filed away. A lock on the same door
had been badly battered the night be-
fore, but in neither case was the bur-
glar able to effect an entrance.
The thieves next visited the Latti-
more store, Frank Smith and O'Gor-
mon, it is alleged, pushed Hicks to
the roof of Marks shoe store and he
had little difficulty in getting in place.
1t had been planned to have Hicks open
a door in the lane so that the other
boys could enter. In the face of the
full confession made to the detectives,
Smith and Hicks deny all knowledge
of any of the burglaries. Some of
the cigars taken from the grocery store
were found on them when arrested,
however.
O'Gormon declares that he took no
part in the Trapani robbery. He saw
Smith and Hicks go into the grocery,
and when they came out he Joined
them. He says he talked with them
and that Hicks said he wasn't going
home without money, and that none
had been found in Trapani's. The trio
then visited Lovells store, where they
made a failure. Lattimore's was Sc
lected as the next place, and but fol
the fact that the negro woman llv-
ing in the lane was aroused by the
noise, the boys would probably have
been successful in their mission. AS
it is they must answer for burglary
The case against the boys first arrest
ed was continued yesterday by Recon IL
er Myrick, and they will be avraIgned
with Hicks this morning.
Hicks is very well-known TO the de-
tectives. He has served a term for
theft. The officers are confident that
he did all of the planning and the 9TH
er boys confession bears them out in
this theory. Hicks was at one time
employed in the Chatham Bank and
touched that institution for something
over 800. He was arrested at the
time and escaped with "a sentence of
six months. The money was taken
while the present bank building was
undergoing repairs and temporary
quarters were being taken up on Whit
aker street. Hicks has been seen in
preliminary fights and has called him
self Kid Mccoy while figuring in the
affairs of the roped arena.