The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-17
FIRED TWICE AT
PAIR OF ROBBERS.
WOMAN FOUND UNDER HOUSE.
AFTER BURGLARS HAD BEEN RUN
AWAY BY PISTOL SHOTS.

Home of j. w. Mock, No. 622 Forty
second Street. West, Was Enter
ed by Negro Burglar Early Yes
terday, While Another Watched
Outside-Mr. Mock Fired Twice,
But Negroes Escaped-OnIy a Few
Days Ago Burglar Entered Home
of W. NJ. jenkins, just a Block
Away and Fired at Mr.. jenkins.
Aroused at 4:30 o'clock yesterday
morning, ]. w. Mock, who resides at
No. 422 Forty-second street, west, dis
covered a burglar in his house and fired
is not thought that either of them
took effect.
On the outside watching was Sec
ond negro, whom Mr.. Mock saw run
away.
Mr.. Mock's house is only a block
from the home of w. NJ. Jenkins, which
was entered early Saturday morning,
and it is believed the same negroes
went to both houses.
At Mr.. Jenkins house, it will be re-
membered, the burglar was caught and
grappled with, and he fired his pistol
twice at the occupants of the house.
Mr.. Mock was armed and used his
weapon at once, causing both negroes
to run.
Woman Under House.
A most extraordinary feature of the
burglary was the finding of a negro
woman, with a big market basket, I'M
der the house after the burglars had
run away. She gave her name as
Nancy Jones and was turned over to
the police, but was released by the
Recorder after hearing in Police
Court.
There was no evidence to show that
the woman was an accomplice of the
burglars, and had come with them to
help carry away the plumber. She
claimed that she crawled under the
house in the early part of the night to
get out of the rain AS there was no
evidence to the contrary, the Recorder
dismissed the case against her.
In Mrs. MOck's Room.
The burglar entered the room of
Mrs. Mock. Mr.. Mock occupied an
adjoining room, with a connecting
door open. He was aroused by a slight
noise in his wife's room and went to
investigate. AS he entered the room
he saw a negro man only a few feet
away, who Immediately ran for the
window. Mr.. Mock followed and fired
as the negro leaped to the ground.
Without a minutes hesitancy, Mr..
Mock jumped out after him and fired
the second shot at the two negroes. The
one who had been in the house and the
one who had been watching outside
fed together. The pistol which Mr..
Mock had was only a small one, and
his aim was not true. After the ne
groes got started, they soon disap-
peared.
The Woman Wns Found.
Seeing there was no chance of get
ting the burglars, Mr.. Mock called for
a light to look at the window. that he
might determine how the house had
been entered. He found that two of
the Stats in the blind had been cut, and
the glass broken. The latch was then
unfastened by reaching through.
After examining the window Mr..
Mock noticed tracks leading under the
house. Putting the lamp down on the
ground, he saw two feet protruding
from the foot Of a chimney. Getting
his pistol ready he crawled under the
house and pulled out the woman.
She claimed she had lost her way
and had been caught in the rain in the
early part of the night. She said she
crawled under the house to get out of
the rain. The fact that the tracks were
visible was regarded as an indication
that she went under the house after
the rain instead of when it started.
NeighborhOOd Alarmed.
The fact that two houses in the
neighborhood have been entered in the
last few days. and that in one case
the burglar fired upon the occupant of
the house, has seriously alarmed the
| neighborhood.
Almost every one has prepared now
in case burglars should again try to
| operate there. In neither case did
the burglars succeed in getting any,
| thing, as they were discovered soon
after entering the houses