The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-18
STOLEN PROPERTY
 IN CHIEFS OFFICE Several Hundred Dollars Worth of Goods Recovered MANY HOUSES ROBBED One Neoro Was Arrested Last Night. Goods Were Traced Through ln-
 vestieation of Negro
 Servant.

of nolice has been temporarily converter into q etoreroom where stolen goods re- ooversd hv the police were placed on ex- hibition yesterday The haul IS sa'u 'o be one of the biggest on record. one ar rest has been made and several others are expected to result from It. Questioh- ing of an innocent servant girl Is thousn' to have led to the tip which proushe ohou+ inc invasion of the house or Ed williams negro, in alley G, between Tbirtv-frst and Thirty-second streets and the home of another negro DOC hch- ols at Avondale, where the property was found Policemen Nix and Kay are re- sponsible for the recovery or the soous' and with Echols' arrest they thinK they have A clue to a band of negro burglars wbo have been operating in Birmingham .,oo tho latter mart of June. The police invite all persons who have been roppeo to call at the station and identity their nronertv if it is among the goods ID hand
 List of Goods.
 Here are some of the things recovered' large trunk. apparently new three dress su,t cases; four baskets; one brown sul skirt. one ladies' green muslin suit' one hue skirt; one brown cloak; one black skirt; lot of new goods, eViuen.is inst purchased; roll of heavy gray cioeh for mems suitng; fancy imported skir'' suggestive of Japanese pattern; several black coats: goods for making several heavy dresses for children; numper oi blacls silk underskirts; razor outht blue serge. coat: parasol with ivory handle and silver knob pair of ladies snoes' girls hat; number of pairs Of trousers one black coat; half box Red Meat to- bacco. assortment of chinaware, lnciuo- ing plates, cups and saucers' cream pl.ch- CTS and other articles; lot of silverware' sucb as knives, forks and spoons; lot or glassware. including dessert dishes and larger limitations of cut glass. Besides
 these things, there are many suits or sn-
 derclothing, to say nothing or mousse | wrappers, pieces of cloth, and other odds and ends that usually accumulate around the average house.
 | All day yesterday stream Of people l poured in and out of the chiefs ofhce. 1 Many of the things were identified and turned over to the owners. In every case the persons had reported robberies to the
 police at some prior time. Among those | identifying stolen property were: Mrs
 w T. Self. 1914 Fifth avenue; 4ars. w. T.
 Fischer 4Sl0 Third avenue; D. J. Poncel-
 Tor, 23O3 Fifth avenue; John Mcclellan
 of the Birmingham distillery; Mrs. w. w.
 Mitchell, 4O14 Fifth avenue, South, who also identified one of the suit cases as the property of w. A. Smith of Gadsden who
 recently stopped at her home.
 Started Monday.
 l The story of the finulng of the goods
 begins with a message received by the
 police Monday afternoon, just after they
 had examined servant in the home of
 Mrs. Sarah M. Burgamy that her house
 had been robbed. She did not suspect
 the girl, nor did the police; they merely
 summoned her before them to get pos sble clue. She knew nothing, but few
 hours later a message was received that l Ed Williams, in Alley G, might know | something. On the way to Williams
 house Policeman Ray met the man but did
 not have sufficient proof to place him un-
 der arrest. The house was dark when the
 officer entered and found three baskets l packed with clothing. He carried these
 to police headquarters. Policeman Nix | then visited the house and found the suit l cases under a bed Shortly after return 1 ing to headquarters he was informed
 that Williams had employed drayman
 to move certain things to the home of | Doc Echols in Avondale. Nix lost nc
 time in going to EchoIs' home and the
 sight of a big trunk was the first thing
 that greeted his sight. He was convinced
 that it was stolen property and he called
 patrol wagon When opened at the sta
 ton 1t was found to contain many valu-
 ables some of which have already been
 named in the list.
 l EchoIs' Arrest.
 l Echos would have been placed under arrest when the policemen got the trunk
 but he was not at home. Plans were made
 to return last night, although the officers
 were of the opinion that he would leave when 1t was learned that the trunk hao l DttI IelioFtu. DuoItly DcloTe Il OClOcH l last night Policemen Nix, Ray and Ell | ledge went to his house near the South
 ern roundhouse They found not only | Echols, whom they placed under arrest | but the third suit case and several black | coats. They were taken to the chief s office and placed with the other things Echols was charged with receiving and | concealing stolen property.