The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-01-05
OHM ED BRYANT, Robert Zee,

Ohm ED BRYANT, Robert lee,
OI viii Henderson, Abe Williams
~ and Will Jones, five negroes,
we're arrested yesterday morning on
three charges each of highway rob-
berry, and three of the negroes have
been identified as having taken part in
several of the burglaries and holdups
within the past few days.
The negroes were arrested through in
formation secured first by Lieut.. John
Johnson of the police force. They were
surrounded in a hut on Second avenue
between Twenty fourth and Twenty-fifth
streets. and at the point of Winchesters
were forced to surrender and be handcuf-
fed and brought to the city jail, where
they are being held pending their pre-
liminary trial.
The negroes are all well known to the
police Three of them have been identi-
fed as having participated in the crimes,
and the guns they used, the clothing
they wore and the stuff they are said to
have stolen was found in the room in
which they were arrested.
WU Negro WOlntil, JudDlld davenport
and Ida Mitchell, were arrested at the
same time and place and charged with
receiving the stolen property.
Identifies Three.
Among those who identified the negroes
is ]. p. Messer, who was robbed at the
several nights ago. He secured his
watch from one of t.-a negroes. and
without hesitation he identified Abe Will
liams, VIII Hudson arl VIII Jones. One
of the Panorios Brothers, a Greek also
identified three of the negroes as among
those who robbed them of a considerable
amount of money several nights ago at
their store on First avenue and Twenty
eighth street. These three negroes were
Jones, Hudson and Bryant.
W. C. Scott, Jr., who was held up and
robbed by five negroes Saturday night
shortly after Kinds was shot, also iden-
titled one of the negroes, he being the
only one he saw. He recognized the hat
the negro wore. The negro man who was
in Mckinney & Kinds store when the
latter was shot Saturday night by me-
BTbtS, lutHlilltu TWO VI tnt HeBIOtS, w IL
liams and Hudson. A quantity of the
property found in the building where the
negroes were arrested has been identified
as that coming from several places which
have been burglarized within the past few
weeks
Weapons Captured.
Even the weapons which the negroes are
cai IN I, caI ~, ot.i.,
tured by the police. There were two sim
gle-barrel shotguns and two pistols one
of which is an immense affair. One of the
shotguns had been freshly fired when 1t
was found yesterday morning, and the po-
lice believe this was the gun fired at
Kinds in his store at Avenue + and Thir-
tenth street. A large number of loaded
shells for the shotguns ana cartridges for
the pistols were found on the place, be-
sides bunch of keys and other articles.
The watch of J. p. Messer was found In
the room, and that has been turned over
to him.
House Surrounded.
The house in which the negroes were
sleeping was surrounded after break of
day, in order that the negroes might have
chance to return from their nights
work. The party which surrounded the
house consisted of Chief Austin, Lieuten-
ant Johnson, Detectives Waldrop, Jor-
dan and Culpepper and Policemen Brown,
Thompson and Tully. Each man was
armed with a Winchester rifle, and had
his pistol in his hand in case he needed
1t for close quarters. All the men, with
the exception of two, surrounded the
house. and these two went through the