The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-02
CAR WRECKER
UNDER ARREST
CIRcUMSTANTlAL EVIDENCE
POINTS STRONGLY To NICK MIN
ToSH, COLORED.

pmeers Believe They Have the Man
Who Piled Timber on the Trestle
Near Bonaventure Saturday Night.
He Had Been struck by Conductor
Edwards and Had Gotten on
: Car Mt Cemetery just Fifteen Min
utes Before Car 500 Ran Into OBJ
atructions-The Lumber Was TAX
en- from station Nearby.
With the very strongest of circum-
stantial evidence to show that he is
the man guilty of attempting to wreck
Thunderbolt car No. 500 Saturday
might. Nick Mcintosh, a negro, who
has repeatedly had difficulties with
the street car conductors. and who
was struck by Conductor Edwards on
" a short time before the attempt to
wreck the car was made. was arrest
ed yesterday afternoon.
The case against Mcintosh was work.
ed up by Detective j. j. Murphy and
Deputy Sheriff Ed O'Connor, and the
circumstances point so strongly to him
az the guilty party that there is lit
tie room left for doubt, though the
negro himself denies having anything
to. do with attempt TO wreck the car.
His own statement. however, will be
used against him, as he denied leaving
a preceding car at BonaVenture Gene
terry, near the scene of the attempted
wreck, though the conductor of the
car, and the woman, who was with
Mcintosh both state that he got off
there. .--.. ,, -.
Hit by Conductor.
On the car leaving Thunderbolt at
9:37 o'clock Saturday night, Mcintosh
and negro woman left Thunderbolt.
Just before getting to Bonaventure,
the. negro pulled the bell rope, and
the conductor demonstrated with him.
There were some words passed, and
Conductor Edwards struck Mcintosh
with his fist. The negro left the car
at the cemetery, though the woman
with him tried to get him to go on
to East Savannah. where he resides.
Car No. 500 with seyenty-three pas
sengers aboard, the next car coming
along, just Is minutes after McIn-
tosh had gotten off, struck the
obstruction on the trestle. The lum-
Der which had been used to block the
track was obtained from the rear of
the BonaVenture station, close by. A
scantling, about ten feet long, and
about by 21s inches. which had been
used as a handrai at the back of
the station was found on the track.
IS we're three heavy planks, which had
been taken from the floor
Had Made Threats.
1t is said. also by the officers that
Mcintosh some time ago, when he had
n1if O. ha.l
threatened to get even IL he had to
run. a car off the track to do so. Two
years ago he was sent to the chain
gang for twelve months for attempting
TO cut a motorman and conductor about
the same place where the attempt to
wreck the car took place. The negro
certainly has had rows enough with
the street car people to furnish a mo-
tive, and he was certainly where sus-
picion would fall upon him naturally.
His own statement adds to the be
lief that he Is the guilty party. He de-
mics getting off of the car at Bonaven-
ture, and claims he left the car at the
Yacht Club. He says he knows Moth
ing about the attempt to wreck the
car. On Saturday night he did not go
TO his home in East Savannah at all,
as he had started, but returned TO
Thunderbolt and spent the night there.
Pointed Out by Conductor.
Yesterday afternoon. the officers
learned that Mcintosh was back at
work at Thunderbolt. Conductor Ed
wards, in citizen clothes was sent out
there TO point him out to the Warsaw
marshall The marshal arrested him,
and afterwards turned him over to
Detective Murphy, who locked him up
at police station. The case will not
be taken. UP for a day or two The
negro is cha with attemnfinR IN
wreck a passenger car, a special Of
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