The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-29
Al DESPERATE NEGRO
OFFICERS ovERPowER MAN bE-
 I.IEyFD TO BE BURGLAR
rk v.,u.hIe Jewelry From House
 and Ran--Capfured Under sen ..tlonal Cfrcumstances sy Ot- - nscT,ade and Jackson.

.... ao.,erate resistance, Dave rsns,. a negro. believed by the police
 "a he one of the principal members oI
 gspg of burglars which mas been
 st-ins in Montgomery for some
 ,,asrs was captured last night py snecia, oficers oscar McDade ana E. l M Jackson. The officers say the ne- gro had just stolen severai nuno.eu .s : doIIars worth of jewelry from the honss of Lizzie Cummings. negress. i,yjng at inc corner of Coosa and Tal- Iapoosa Streets.
 The way in which Haney handled his scheme for robbing the women of inc house he invaded, shows beyond doubt that he is an experienced man In the lower order of criminology The arrest was made shortly after [ a,.inct and if was only made after Of- 6cer McDade had clubbed the negro nearly into insensibility with the butt of his revolver and the negro had bit- ten deep into the arm of the poiice- man.
 Probably the most sensational fea- ture of the capture was the fact that the policeman and the negro struggled on a railroad track with train ap- proaching at a fair rate of speed. They were on the ground and could not be observed by the engineer.A negro bystander. however, stopped the train before it reached the writhing. strug- gling bodies.
 Haney, a middle-aged negro. last night went unobtrusively into the house of the Cummings woman. He carried in his hands three bottles of soda water. On gaining admittance to the house he entered the room of Cleo Dotrey, an inmate. On trunk in this room there lay a diamond solitaire, a pair of diamond earrings. an ame- thyst ring, a diamond ring, a turquoise ring and a gold locket and chain. The man edged his way to the trunk. He asked the woman: who, had followed him curiously if they wanted to pur- chase the soda water. They replied in ward the trunk he grabbed the entire lot of jewelry and sprinted out of the door.
 The woman cried for the police. Off, fcers Jackson and McDade were near the scene and Officer McDade. the more fleet footed of the two, gave direct chase, while Of1cer Jackson ran down the block toward the railroad tracks to head off the fleeing negro.
 Near the corner of Tallapoosa and Commerce Streets Officer McDade reached Haney. The officer drew his pistol and felled the negro with a blow from It's butt. The negro fell near the railway tracks of the belt line. He attempted to rise but Officer McDade was upon him in a second They struggled to the centre of the track. rolling over and over. McDade was unable to fire and used the butt of his pistol with terrible effect on the ne- gro's head. The negro fought back viciously and bit into the policeman's arm.
 Just at this time. Officer McDade mo- ticed train of the belt line approach ing. He called out time and again but his voice was drowned by the noise of the engine. A negro bystander, seeing his predicament, rushed for ward and hagged the engine. Just at this time Officer Jackson, who had been around the block, arrived and with his assistance the burglar was overpowered. He was taken to the police station fighting every inch of the way and begged the officers to throw him in the river instead of im- prisoning him.
 A warrant was sworn out charging him with grand larceny.
 During the last few weeks, burglars have operated extensively in Ward 3 and 4. among the places entered being the store of Teague & Sons on Com merce Street, where they secured $4S0, the residence of Mrs. Marcus on Adams Street, the residence of Horace Hood on Scott Street, and the residence of W. D. Westcott on Court Street, where they secured gold watch and $50.