The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-21
NEGRO ROBBERS
 CAUGHT AT YORK Broke Into Store at. Marion Junction Tuesday Night DOGS EASILY TOOK TRAIL Newton Smoke. Who Lives Near Evansville, Is Charged With seri-
 ous crim> Against MT.
 Burden.
DOGS EASILY TOOK TRAIL

Selma April o--fspecial.) )-Last night Deputy Sheriff Williams returned from York, Ala, where he caught two negroes implicated in robbing the store of H. P. Randall al Marion Junction on Tuesday night That the store had been robbed was discovered Tuesday night about 9 o clock the proprietor having gone to the store to get some articles for some one about that hour. Deputy Sheriff Jim Townsend was immediately telephoned an asked to send the dogs of the county, wl..ch he did, A. $. Williams leaving with them at , o'clock yesterday morning.
 The dogs immediately took the trail running about a hundred yards to the seed house where the cash drawer of the store was found containing cents. From the seed house the dogs followed the trail to where the parties boarded a freight train going west towards Meridian. Tee- grams were immediately sent and three negroes Alfonso Shappe Wingned Lewis and William Brown were arrested at York, charged with the burglary
 The negroes had hoboed their way to York and there were in the act of buy ing tickets the Alabama Great Sou- tnern when they were arrested. Alfonso was found to nave a pistol on his per- son and about $50 in money The sheriff carried him to Livingston and landed him in Jail, a charge of carrying concealed weapons being lodged against him The pistol found was one belonging in the store that was robbed as was also the money, something like slOO being taken from the same Lewis and Brown were 1.Vatt l,a, t. I,.1 txrs1 Hams and they admitted to him that they had watched the store while Alfonso went in and secured the money and the pistol and that Alfonso had given them part of the money.
 Bad Man at Evansville.
 MT. Burden, who lives near Gainesville, came to the city today and swore out a warrant charging Newton Smoke with pointing a pistol at him and threatening him. MT. Burden states that as he was coming to Selma in his wagon he met Smoke who had been away from the locality for five years and that at the point of a pistol he was made to get down from the vehicle and go off the road about seventy-five yards. where Smoke threatened him, saying that he intended to get even with those who charged him with the crime of burglary committed about five years ago. MT. Burden told smoke ne would have to get even with the whole precinct then and after a few more words the man with the pistol al. lowed MT. Burden to return to his wagon
 Deputies Williams and Townsend left about l o'clock for Burnesvil1e to serve the warrant. They have been warned that the man wanted was heavily armed and liable to cause trouble and have gone prepared for any emergency.
 Department Will Not Dlsband
 The volunteer fire department of the city will not disband although a paid department is established. This was de- veloped from the formal call being pub lished for the annual election which takes place next Monday week and for the hold ing or convention of delegates of thc three companies on Monday. April 24 al p. m, to nominate officers to be voted for at the election. The three companies have charters from the legislature that arc considered of some value and the members will likely hold together and will have annual reunions and social fat.