The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-04
FROM SECOND STORY
ESCAPED CONVICT AND BURGLAR
JUMPED To LIBERTY.
ATLANTA OFFICER FoILED.
TRIED TO ARREST DESPERATE
CROOK SINGLE-HANDED.

Savannah Detectives, Headed by |
Murphy, Were to Have Made Ne |
gro IA Prisoner After Dark-TayIOH |
Occupied Room in Rear of Alder
man SchrOeder's Residence-TwO |
Large Trunks, Loaded With Plum
der, Taken in Charge by the OFF,
cers-NegrO Under Bond for Rob-
bling Dying Mans Rooms Re-
Gently.
Cornered in his room in an outbuild-
ing, in the rear of the home of Alder
man E. A. NJ. Schroeder, at No. 81
Huntingdon street, east, yesterday by
T. B. Lansford, a member of the At
lanta police force, Tubelow White,
alias Tom Terrell, alias Tom Taylor,
an escaped convict and a burglar,
jumped through a second-story window
into the lane and got away.
Detective ]. J. Murphy had located
the negro's place of abode and was to
have made the arrest after nightfall
with his brother officers. officer Lans-
ford, however, in his anxiety to turn
the trick alone, and take the man back
to Atlanta with him, went single-hand-
ed to make the arrest. with the result
| stated above. That Taylor. as he was
known to the Savannah police, had
been committing robbery on a wh8e-
sale plan is shown by the collection of
| plumber that is now held at police head
| quarters. There are two large Saratoga
trunks loaded with clothing, jewelry
and cutlery.
The Atlanta police officer arrived yes
| terday morning for the purpose of get
| ting the negro, who was sentenced in
Atlanta under the name of White. On
| three charges of simple larceny he was
! given three years, and was wanted for
! escaping from the county works. The
| Atlanta police learned that he was liv-
| ing in Savannah with an Atlanta wom-
an named Maggie Williams, in the rear
| of Alderman Schroeder's house. Officer
Lansford reported at police headquar-
tiers upon his arrival in the city and
made known the cause of his visit.
known to Savannah Police.
Under the name of Taylor the es-
cape was known to the Savannah de-
tectives and they laid their plans for
his arrest during the evening. He Is
under bond now for his appearance in
the City Court, on a. charge of larceny
after trust, and the plain clothes men
knew that they would have no difficult
| ty in getting their man at the proper
time.
But the Atlanta officer became impa-
tent and when he suddenly entered
TaylOr's room the negro sprang
through the open window. His head
struck with much force against the
sash, and he was stunned for a mo-
ment. When Officer LansfOrd got into
the lane Taylor was nearly a block
away, however. and he lost the At
lanta officer in a minute.
Later he found the Williams woman
and after allowing her to pack up her
| belongings, went with her to the I'm
ion Station, where tickets for Atlanta
were purchased. Lansford and the
woman, however did not take the trip
that they expected to. When it was
learned at police headquarters what
had happened the police were incensed,
and both Lansford and the woman
were detained.
Trunks Filled with Plumber.
Taylor's two trunks were ordered
removed to police headquarters and
Bicycle Officer Christie was sent to de-
tain the Atlanta patrolman and the
woman. Christie walked to headquar-
tiers with the Atlanta man and the
woman was sent in. in the patrol
wagon. In the superintendent office
Officer Lansford told of the escape of
the negro and the woman's belongings
were searched. Then both were al
lowed to depart.
Razors, jewelry of all descriptions,
hats, silk handkerchiefs, weapons and
fine clothing were stored away in the
trunks in large quantities. A COM
plete inventory of the plumber will be
taken this morning and the officers will
set out to find owners for the stuff.
Until this list is made out no property
will he ready for identification.
There are half dozen gold filled
and silver watches, gold rings, but
tons and pins, silver rings gold filled
rings, buttons and chains, and gold
chains. Three loaded revolvers were
found on a table in Taylor's room and
in his trunks were brass knucks, a
billy and eight or ten razors. There
were more than dozen pocket knives,
two of them silver, and two boxes of
'forny" jewelry.
Had Much Clothing.
Several overcoats, and in the neigh
borhood of twenty pairs of trousers
some of them new, were in the bottom
of one trunk. Taylor conducted a press
ing club on Harris street. between
Montgomery and jefferson streets, sew
eral months ago, and it is believed that
most of the clothing belonged to his
customers. On two occasions he re-
ported to the police that his place had
been robbed, and once he claimed that
sixteen pairs of trousers were taken
His customers never entered COM
plant
On Sept. Taylor was arrested by
Bicycle officer Christie for robbing the
room of Henry Lowery at No. 401 JEFF
ferson street. Lowery was sick in bed
and was too weak to stop Taylor's work
of plumber. A watch and chain, and
clothing, were taken at that time. At
a preliminary examination in Police
Court he was remanded for trial in the
City Court, and furnished bail for his
appearance at the same time demand
ing an indictment. The sick man whose
house he robbed, and who witnessed the