The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-07
NEWS OF GULF CITY.
MuBrLE POLICE DEPARrMENT
 IS KEPT BUSY.
Thomas Dunn, Young Negro, Was Caught by Patrolmen in the Act of Attempting to
 Crack Safe.
Advertiser Bureau. -Asr MaRAh c

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 Advertiser Bureau,
 Mobile, March S.
 Mobiles police department has been kept very busy the past two days and nights with the result that a number or arrests were made. The category or of- lenses included drunks, dangerous'r end suspicious persons, disorderly conduct
 murder, bicycle stealing and safe piow- ing.
 At i;50 o'clock this morning, Policemen Farmer and Finnegan, noticing a light in the oflce of Walsh & Wilson on the wharf at the foot of Government street, and within 15o feet of the passenger sta ton. Slipping up carefully, they saw Thomas Dunn. young negro. well known here, on hia knees working diligently on the door of the safe. Rushing in they captured sthe negro and sent him in to headquarters with the charge of burg lary against him. Dunn. it was found later, had broken open nearby house, secured stedge hammer ,and axe and two chisels. He then opened the door of Walsh & Will sons of7ice and began work on the safe. The combination knob was battered off I and thevaxe. at the time the negro was | caught, had been driven into the crack | of the door. One of the chisels had been worn out through use on the door. The l work of the negro was unusually bold. He did not deny his work at headquar- ters.
 | From movements the past forty-eight hours opinion Is formed that the manager of the Old Dominion Telegraph Company | which, it is alleged by Chief of Police Case, in warrants already Executed, is operating g pool room here, will have the sheriff of Mobile county after him to- znA 4AnaT | by Manager Quinn from certain events which have transpired. Yesterday State Solicitor Webb and City Attorney Boone visited the place and the latter explained | to the solicitor his version of the modus operandi of sending away money to be placed on horses. Later a deputy sheriff visited the room while the races were in progress and is said to have. plRced money in the same manner as the others present were doing. Sherin Powers was seen and asked if something was not on tapis. He replied that there was, but he had held consultation with his attor- ney and would not act until his opinion | was given. This was yesterday. Your representative is reliably informed a fa- vorabIe opinion was handed the sheriff to- day. Sheriff Powers also stated that the l form of the warrants had been drafted. Indications point. to action in the infe-
 
 warrant will be asked of the judge. A number of cases, it will be recalled, have already gone from the Recorders to the City Court against Manager Quinn and | other employees of the Old Dominion. and injunction proceedings are pending in the Chancery Court.
 The remains of z. Fourment were in- tered in Magnolia Cemetery this after noon, the funeral taking place from St. Vincent's Catholic Church at o'clock. There was an unusually large attendance of sorrowing friends at the obsequies and many handsome floral tributes were plac- ed on the grave.
 The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Father Shea. In the funeral cor tege were delegations from the Knights of Honor, and Ship Carpenters Asso- citation. The pall-bearers were: Ed. Tuler. John venas, E. A. O'Brien, Jerry Dono- van. James McArthur and John Haga- man.
 The mysterious disappearance of Greg or Gordon. a Louisville and Nashville machinist. is the cause of considerable speculation. Two months ago John H. Redmond, another Louisville and Nash vile employe. disappeared directly after payday. and his body was, more than week later, found in Mobile the river. A surmise is that Gordon met a similar fate. He( too, had just had a payday, and like Redmond left home to pay a num- Der of bills. Nothing, so far has been heard of Gordon since he left home on February 2sth.
 The remains of W. H. Webster were taken to Charlottesville. Ind. this noon by his bereaved wife over the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. MT. Webster was 50 years of age. and native of Ohio. He had been resident and ofn- cial of Charlottesville for many years. On January 18th Mir. Webster. accompa- nied by his wife, came to Mobile. hoping to be benefited. he being an invalid. His death occurred yesterday. Deceased was a prominent member of several secret fraternities.
 The Hard Cash completed taking on a l large cargo of provisions and grain for Demopolis and way landings by o'clock this afternoon, and was expected to get away tonight. When the call for deck l hands ;I go aboard was given at 7I O clock, only four showed up of the en- tire crew, and the boat was tied up un- til tomorrow. The boats are experience ing more trouble now than during the recent longshoremen's strike.
 Mobile early this morning was visited by a heavy rainfall. followed by a drop in temperature. Market gardeners are fearful that another cold spell. which is in prospect. will injure young plants. | The truck farmers of this and Baldwin | county report everything promising for 1 fine early crops, provided the cold spell | fails to materialize.
 Mrs Ann Badgett. aged 70, a native of | Rhode Island, died at her home, 406 | North Conception street this morning. 1 She was stricken with paralysis Friday l Mrs. Badgett was an estimable woman. | She leaves a son who Is custodian of the | Cathedral.