The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-11
WORK OF HIGHWAYMEN
MANY HOLD-UPs REPORTED TO
 MOBILE SHERIFF.
Believed That Two Men Are Repsonsi- ble for the Crimes-Magnificent Driveway soon to he Had by
 the County.
Advertiser Bureau

Mobile August 10. Horse stealing and hold-ups on the highways in this county have been re- | ported with startling regularity the 1 past six or eight months. The sheriff and | his deputies have made strenuous eff forts to run doyn the thieves. but, thus | far. have met with no success. From reports recorded by Sheriff Powers, l from time to time. indications point to the fact that two white men are the criminals.
 Frank F. Bass. living at No. 301
 South Franklin street, this morning
 reported to Sheriff Powers that about eight o'clock last night. on Moffatt
 Road, between Mud Creek and the Bienville Reservoir. he was help up by two white men and robbed. The men held revolvers on him and relieved his pockets of S36.50. One of the men, he tsaid. was about five feet five inches
 and of stout build. The other was
 about five feet. eight inches and of slim buildA Bass was coming to his home in the city.
 T. P. Darling. residing at Citrone1le reports that Monday night some one
 stole horse from his stableA The sherif is also in receipt of a telegram from G. W. Pierce of Lucedale. Miss. just over the State line. requesting him to look out for a young white man
 about five feet. ten inches fair skin
 and light hair. who stole a sorrell pony
 from that place. Sheriff Powers de-
 clares he will do everything possible
 to catch the men who are doing this
 work in Mobile county.
 Mobile county will in the very near future. have the finest driveway iu
 the South, perhaps in the entire coun- try. From Mobile to Bayou le Batre Is thirty-five miles along Mobile Bay front and the Mississippi Sound. The Bay Shell Road Company now hus a
 shell road along the bay front. from
 the city limits to South End, a distance of five miles. Bayou le 2atre and Coden has a road CT similar build along Mississippi Sound to the bay. The Board of Revenue and Road Commis- sioners for aome time contemplate ted completing the gap between the two | roads, A monster petition is now in course' of preparation to the board to complete the gap. It may be said on authority that as soon as the petition ! is filed the board will aquiesce and order the gap filled. With the shell | road completed a driveway of between | thirty-f1ve and forty miles in length. skirting the bay and sound. will extend | from Mobile to the Missippi line. l The Mobile Auto Club Is much inter- ested and it is safe to predict that the road will be built before the new year. l When completed the road will pass South End, the Chemical Works at the | mouth of Dog River, Alabama Port. | Heron Bay, Coden and Bayou la Batre It was expected in certain circles
 that tonight something would develope | in the matter of water works in Mobile | The committee of the General Council | invested with authority regarding the citys water works plant met tonight
 Mayor Lyons and members of the Coun-
 cil other than the committee were pres-
 ent, as was MT. McCallam of the Bi-
 epville Company. After more than an | hour of talk by MT. McCallam the
 Mayor asked him the direct question, | Are you prepared to name a figure
 for your plant?" When answered neg
 atively the Mayor suggested to the
 committee that he could see nothing in
 hearing further as to operating a wa
 ter works plant and the committee
 rose.
 | The Johnson Rickert wedding, which | occurred at o'clock this afternoon was preceded by demonstration on the part of the brides father foreign to the ceremonies planned. Mir. Rick
 ert objected to the marriage and by way of asserting his feelings smashed
 a number of the wedding presents and | the household furniture and then went after the groom. The police were call
 ed in to intercede and are now looking
 for the irate father Backed by the
 brides mother and the determination | of the young man. the ceremony was performed at the hour appointed. William Martin and J McAlIister. | the young men who assaulted J. E. Zegier Monday night on Dauphin Street, were before Judge Tharp in the Recorders Court this morning on warrants, charging assault to murder. The defendants waived examination
 and were ordered to give bonds in the
 sum of $500 each for trial in the City Court
 | Judge Tharp irSt the Recorders Court
 this morning, tried the defendants ar
 rested last night by Chief Case and
 Detective Murphy in q room set apart
 for gaming purposes. All but five
 were dismissed. The five were fined
 s1o or twenty days each, in the city prison.
 1 Harry and Lee Lewman. the con- tractors engaged In building the Tom