The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-09
BURGLARS GET A
SAFE FROM STORE
Police Think it Was Hauled
Away in Wagon
SERIES OF CRIMES
Negro Killed at sloss Furnace-Lady's
Purse snatohed BY Nearo--An In.
truder at Campbell Home
Demands Money.

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lanta Furniture company at 2i21 Second
avenue unknown parties stole a small
iron safe between and 10 o'clock last
night The safe contained some valuable
papers and between $75 and 500 in money.
When the proprietor of the establish
ment, I. Gingold, went to his store last
night about 10 o'clock to look up some
papers he found his safe missing A
search failed to reveal its whereabouts.
Police officers were summoned and the
search continued In the alley, but IL
could not be found
1t became evident that one of the bold
est robberes ever committed In the city
had occurred.
No Trace of Safe.
The police have not yet been able to
teriously spirited 1t away.
The theory is that the burglars entered
the store either from the front or rear
doors. The front door was locked but the
rear door was only closed. II the burg
lars had priced open the front door 1t is
thought there would be some marks to
show that entry had been gained in that
way. The rear door does not show that
1t was priced open either.
However. the fact remains that the safe
was stolen and is nowhere to be found.
The little safe. Weighing about 600
pounds, was standing near the front door.
1t is the opinion of the police that the
burglars moved 1t to the rear door and
carried 1t away IN vehicle of some kind.
Other Crimes.
In addition to this bold burglary other
crimes were committed In Birmingham
last night. George Maps. negro. was
Killed by being knocked in the head with
a pick by another negro at the Sloss fur
mace. Berdie Smith, a negro woman,
was Knocked in the head with a large
rock at Five Points ON the South High
lands negro grabbed a pocketbook
from Miss Wright, who lives at 17O7
Eighth avenue and the home of d. A.
Campbell at 2O17 Avenue d, was entered
by negro who made demands upon Mrs.
Campbell for all the money that was in
the house
The police were kept busy answering
calls The slayer of Maps has not been
captured and his name is unknown. He
worked at the furnace and became invoI-
we'd in a difficulty with Maps. It is
said that early In the morning a truck
being handled by Maps ran against the
other negro. Heated words were ex-
changed. Late in the afternoon the quar-
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the police that the negro who killed
Maps raised pick and struck him with
the sharp end. Death resulted almost
instantly. A large cash in the negroes
head shows where the iron struck him
The hole is finger deep.
Grabbed Purse.
While Miss Wright was walking
towards her home negro suddenly APP
preached from behind her, and reaching
for purse she held in her hand, grabbed
1t and ran. The purse contained about
H.50 in money. This occurred at
Eighteenth street and Eighth avenue
about O'clock. The police were notified
and a number of negroes were searched
last night. No arrests ha been made
in the case.
About o'clock last night d. A. Camp
bell left his home on Avenue B to go to
a drug store. Soon after he left the house
a negro went to the residence and de-
manded that Mrs. Campbell give him all
the money she had. Mrs. Campbell was
frightened, but told the intruder there
was no money in the house. He insisted
that he knew there was. AT this junctdre
Mr.. Campbell came home. As he ascend
ed the steps to the porch the negro ran
for the rear door and escaped. Mrs
Campbell heard him speak to some per-
son as he went on the back porch,
Will Phillips, negro, Is In the city jail
on charges of assault with intent to MUIR
der and an attempt of criminal assault
upon BERTHE Smith, negro woman. The
negro was arrested by Policeman Thomp-
son about 10 o'clock last night. The
officer Investigated the case and 1t was
reported to him that Phillips met the
woman at Five Points, on Twentieth
street, and assaulted her with a large
rock He threw the rock and 1t struck
the woman on her head INJECTING a SER
ious wound.
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