The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-20
TWICE ROBBED
ON ONE TRIP
WAS ]. J. HOOD OF COL L0RADo
HE CALLED AT POLICE HEADQUAR-
TIERS To TELL HIS TROUBLES.

On Trip Back to the south From
bed of Money in Memphis, and His
Ticket in Savannah-Says He Does
Not Know What to Do to Protect
HimSelf-It Is Thought He Came
BACK South to Get Married.
Twice robbed on his way from Col
orado to South Carolina on visit to
relatives whom he has not seen in
years, was the story that ]. ]. Hood
had to tell at police headquarters last
night.
His first experience with the light
fingered gentry was in Memphis and
the second robbery took place in Sa-
vannah within an hour after Hood had
reached the city. At headquarters,
after telling of the losses that he had
already sustained, Hood was doubtful
of being able to get to his destination
without being held up again.
Having already been robbed of $50
in Memphis. Hood was more or less
on the lookout for crooks when he ar
/ rived here. He reached the city after
supper, however, and started out to
get something to eat. 1t was not long
before he was taken in charge. He
was told to go down an alley near the
Union Station to find restaurant. He
did so. Before reaching the end of the
alley, however. he was held up, While
he was being talked to he was robbed
of his railroad ticket which was is
sued from Pueblo, Col, to Charleston,
S. C.
story of the Robbery.
When Hood appeared at police head
quarters there were several officers and
the superinte~ dent of police in the Of
flee.
Il have been held up and robbed of
my ticket" he said. 'I got into Sa-
vannah and walked down the street
little ways and was told to go in
this alley. Three men approached me
and took my ticket away"
Hood, after a few minutes talk, ad-
mitted that he had not been held up
He had been robbed, however. There
is mo- doubt about that, and the po
lice are now at work on the case. Al
topether, it is a rather usual one.
Hood has been living in Colorado
for years and he wanted to come back
to this end of the country to see his
relatives. Though born in North Car
olina, his nearest kin now live in the
Palmetto state in Orangeburg. He
bought a return ticket to the nearest
point, which is Charleston. With a
generous supply of coin, his return
ticket and a thousand-mile ticket on
the Sante Fe road, he began his jour-
ney.
Lost Cash in Memphis.
All went well until he reached Mem
phis. There he was robbed of $50 be-
fore he ever left the depot. 1t was
worked in the regulation style, one man
talking to him. second crowding
against him. while the third went
through his pockets. Most of the
money stolen, however, was in a draft
on a Colorado bank and Hood imme-
diately wired the bank to stop pay
ment. so he lis hopeful that he has
saved a large amount of that. Here
he was touched for the ticket alone.
He had put all his money in his socks
except a little loose change.
'I don't know what to do" he said
to the police. I'm getting experience
and paying for it, but this is enough"
Detective Wall suggested that he
check himself up every seven and
quarter seconds to see if he was all to-
gether, but the man from the far
West did not take favorably to the
plan. He was very much worried as
to where he should spend the night,
being afraid, he would lose his money.
The police suggested that he go on
tc his destination, and they would COM
municate with him in the event his
ticket was found. The ticket, even
with the part that has already been
used, is worth over $50.
Police Suspect Romance.
It is thought at police Headquarters
that Hoods trip back to the South is
the result of a romance He would
not admit that he had come back to
get married, but he did deny it very
strongly. If his usual run of luck
follows, however, some one will get
the bride before he reaches his desti-
nation.
Hood is a ranch owner and a man
of some means in Colorado Though
able to hold his own on the plains,
he is absolutely at the mercy of any
sharp that appears in the guise of a
friend. He talked earnestly and long
with the officers of the law as to the
best means of protecting himself from
robbers.