The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-25
BANK ROLL MISSING
MONEY DRAWER LOOTED AT DOsS'
GAMING ROOM AFTER SHOOTING.
POLICE ONLY FOUND $50.
ACCORDING TO DOSS ESTIMATE
SHOULD HAVE BEEN OVER 800.

over $500 Is Also Missing from the
Safe-AlsO j. j. MObIey, Who Was
Seen to Come Down the Stairway
Mt IL O'clock Wednesday Morning
Was Seen at the Union Station
Yesterday MOrning-NO CIew to
His Whereabouts.
After the excitement of the shooting
in Doss' gambling room night before
last, has come the inquiry as to what
became of the money left in the
drawer of the faro table.
A careful estimate made by Doss
and Evans yesterday placed the
amount that should have been in the
drawer at $40. Detectives Stark and
Bostwick only found $50. That amount
was handed in at police headquarters.
According to a statement made by
an employee of the house $500 was
placed in the drawer of the bank table
every day when the room was opened.
Similar amounts were placed in the
other tables where craps and roulette
were played. The money had been
taken out of the other tables before
the principals in the shooting ARRAY
came in, as the house was being closed
when they sent word to wait a while.
The money was left in the drawer of
the faro table.
According to the estimates made by
Nh hoI
put in the drawer earlier in the night.
This was in addition to the $500 bank
rolf which was in cloth bag. Rosen-
thai and O'Dell bought 500 in checks,
which they paid for. Reynolds bought
$40 and another party $35. Rosenthal
and O'Dell drew out $10O between them.
Rosenthal lost his part of the 800 back
and $50 more, which ran the amount
that should have been in the drawer
up to sos.
Police Have No Clue.
The police have no clew to the
money. The negro porter claimed that
he did not go back into the room after
the shooting. Someone turned the
lights off a few minutes after Reynolds
and Doss were carried out, and they
were turned on again by the police.
The money was taken out of the
drawer before the lights were turned
out While the lights We're off Evans
and the person in the back room with
him went into the front room to see if
any one had been left behind. The
drawer to the faro table was standing
wide open. There was. nothing in it
except a silver quarter. The safe,
which is in the private office, was
open, but the contents had not been
disturbed. Evans closed this and
locked it.
The money in the faro drawer and
that in the safe is missing. 1t is
known who got the silver that was in
the safe, and it is also known that the
same party did not get the money out
of the faro drawer.
It was at first thought that as the
shooting commenced Doss pulled the
money out of the drawer and put it
into his pocket. He said afterwards,
however, that he did not do this,
Got Money Out of Safe.
1t is believed beyond a doubt that ].
]. Mobley, who was in the employ of
Doss, got the money out of the safe.
The amount was about $780, nearly all
of which was silver.
This was money used in a policy
shop which Doss is said to have con-
Quoted. Tuesday night Doss took the
silver, and did it up in paper rolls, $50
in each roll, and stacked it in a leather
bag that was used for carrying the
money back and forward to the pol
icy shop. Mobley had been in the hab-
it of managing these drawings, and
knew the combination to the safe.
At II o'clock yesterday morning he
was seen to enter the rooms, and
shortly afterwards came out with a
leather bag. Eye witnesses thought
nothing of seeing Mobley with the
money bag, as they had seen him often
before, and they presumed he was
going to conduct the noon drawing.
Nothing was thought of the matter
until Ben Neisz, accompanied by sew
eral witnesses, opened the safe to get
the money. The door was locked, and
when opened it was seen that the con-
tents had been taken. Neisz is
employed by Doss, and he at once
commenced an investigation. He was
told that Mobley had been up and got
the money, and he thought everything
was alright, concluding that Mobley
had placed it in the bank. Inquiry
developed the fact, however, that
Mobley had not visited any of the
banks.
MObIey Missing.
Inquiry at the place where he had
rooms developed the fact that he had
not been there since Wednesday morn
ing, and that his belongings had been
moved. Those who knew Mobley re-
fused to believe that he had taken the
money and skipped out but circum-
stances seemed to support such a the
DRY.
Investigation developed the fact that
Mobley was seen at the Union Sta
ton night before last and it is be-
lieved that he took a train out of Sa-
vannah.
The police have not yet been noti-
fed of the circumstances in this case
as it is thought that Mobley may have
deposited the money some where and
left Savannah to spend the holidays.