The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-23
Advertiser Bureau.

dispatch from London dealing with the
 sale. in that city. of a set of Apostle
 Spoons" the purchaser of which paid the
 fancy price of $94.COo therefor. The fact that the thirteen spoons brought such a sum indicated the scarcity and therefore
 value of these rare specimens of the sil- yer and goldsmith's art.
 Mobilian, Henry Hanaw. is possessor of one of these valuable curios. Mir. Ha- naw stated that the spoon had been in
 his family fully a century, having been
 brought to America by his father. Joseph Hanaw, from the family home in Rhine Province, Germany. The elder Hanaw had | been given the spoon by his father. This spoon shows Its antiquity from the date of manufacture. which Is 1665. These fig
 ures with the letters 'I. R. F. are to be seen on the back of the bowl, which, with l the six-sided handle is of pure silver. The manufacturer mark, peculiar hiero- phyphic. is to be seen on the back of the handle. The end of the handle has golden figure which Is the direct cause of the name of the spoon. This figure represents one of the Apostles whose headgear is a peculiarly made broad brimmed hat. The figure, which necessa- rily small, is exceedingly good as regards its workmanship. The following infor- nation was given by MT. Hanaw regard ing these spoons:
 "The best known of the old spoons to
 the general public are the Apostle spoons. These were seldom found before 1500. but were very popular for a century and a half afterwards. It was an old English custom for sponsors at christenings to preses these spoons to the children for whom they answered. The wealthy gave a complete set, others a smaller number, and the poor gave a single spoon with the figure of the Saint in honor of whom the child was named. or perhaps. the patron Saint of the donor. These spoons, which were so called from the figures of the Apostles which they b5fe on their handles. are of con | siderable value from their antiquity and rarity. Good specimens always fetch high prices-from to 10 pounds or more each.
 complete set of thirteen Is seldom seen and a fine, early set of matched spoons would realize very large sum if offered | at auction. One set which have been sil-
 yer gilt, Is owned by Corpus Christi oC | lege at Cambridge, England. The gilt has | been nearly worn off and the stamps lshow their date to be 1576 One figure, that of Saint Paul. is of earlier date than the others. and may have served as a model The detail is more perfect, and the numbus is plain, that of the others being rayed.
 Tn the set Saint Peter Is identified by a key almost as long as the figure itself; Saint John by a bird and cup, Saint An drew by a Salter cross, Saint Matthew by a wallet and sometimes an ax or spear, Saint Bartholomew by butchers knife. and Saint Paul by a sword.
 Spoons are sometimes changed into apostle spoons by the addition of a mod ern statuette of q saint cut from Ger man spoon the stem of the spoon show l ing an old hallmark to deceive the un wary"
 The one owned by MT. Hanaw is prized hry h i'm of q antiquity. but because of the period of time it has been in his family. The early history of ths particular spoon Is lost, but MT. Hanaw has proof of its being ir his family more than 100 years. MT. Ha- naw who is a member of one of the le- gal firms of Mobile, has other rare curios brought by his father from Germany one of which is, perhaps, older than the Apos- tic Spoon. It is a solid gold medallion.
 diamond shaped. with a smaller similarly shaped medallion pendant, which Is pe- | culiariy designed. The lager medallion Is
 subdivided into nine squares. each differ | ently marked with heirophyphcs un-
 known to the oldest student in this city. | Sheriff J. M. Armstrong of Baldwin | County, after a six weeks chase behind
 John A. Stafford, white. wanted for ab-
 duction found him in Florida, secured 1 hin. and the child he had abducted, re- l
 took Stafford to Bay Minette for trial | Staffcrd formerly lived in Biloxi. Miss. | where he deserted his wife and two small
 sons. The wife secured a divorce and
 control of the children was vested in her
 by the decree of court. Stafford a littio
 over six weeks ago stole one of the boys
 and took him into Clarke County. Ala
 bama. Sheriff Armstrong was notified,
 and, securing warrant went after Staff Tha. faL hA ohg rptfh him, left. going into Florida. For six
 weeks he trailed his man and landed | him. Abduction being a penal offense,
 end Stafford having brought the child | into Clarke County. he will be arralgned
 for trial at Bay Minette.
 l Charley West the demented negro who
 last week escaped from the Mount Yer
 non insane hospital for negroes and who lis conceded to be one of the most desper-
 ate negroes that ever roamed the streets
 of Mobile, thrice incarcerated in the in-
 sane hospital and as many times an
 escape therefrom, was appreherded this
 morning between Dauphin Way and
 Spring Hill Road several miles west of
 Mobile by County Jailer Frank Cazalas.
 MT. Cazalas with Sheriff Powers, had
 been in search of West and learning that
 the negro was in the vicinity of his home,
 which is about four miles from the city
 on the Spring Hill road. he with his son.
 set out after separating from Sheriff
 Powers. to catch the negro. Coming upon
 one of the priests of Spring Hill College
 and describing the man. he was seeking.
 Cazaias learned that West was just a | little way ahead of him. Hurrying for
 ward he came upon West and covering
 him with his pistol he ordered him to hands up." West seeing the game was
 up, did as told.
 | Deputy United States Marshal Gates.
 coming along MT CaZalas asked him to
 place hand cuffs on West, which he did | Information was then sent by telephone
 to the sherff's office and Cazaias brought
 the badly wanted man to the county jail
 whore he now Is safe and secure.
 | Since Friday night last members of the
 city police department had been making
 a vigorous search for West in WragG Swamp and up and down Hoope~'s Greek
 and in the vicinity of his home in the
 western part Of the city. Saturday it | will be recalled, Detective Davis got sight of West in Hoopers Creek Swamp and sent load of buckshot after him, the ne gro. howeavr, getting away.
 At o'clock this morning Lieutenant Edward Rondeau. Special Officer Griffin and PatrOlman Donahue went on a still hunt for West Later Chief of Police Case and detail also went in search of him, both parties failing in their effort
 Sheriff Powers who. with his deputies, | had also been making diigent efforts to ytf lno xNrtNl