The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-09
BOLD BAD BURGLARS
TOOK REVOLVER FROM UNDER
 CITIZENS PILLOW.
6adsden Man Slept Too soundIy and Though Prepared and Looking
 for Robbers, He Voted Them

|
 l Gadsden. June s.-(special )-A
 heavy set black negro broke into tho
 house of W. H. Bean on First street | Thursday morning near o'clock. riff
 led the pockets of Mir Beans trousers, | awoke Mrs. Bean by breaking open
 her trunk and escaped through the | window by which he entered and as he
 made his escape he fired his pistol at | Nr Bean.
 Mir. Bean followed him and had him | hemmed in a fence corner and was | about to hit him with a brick when | he dropped his hat and knife and made his escape. This Is one of tho boldest burglaries ever attempted In l Gadsden. The negro was cool handed | If not an expert at the business. and is l likely the same person who entered | MT. Blackwelrs house Tuesday morn- l ing about day light.
 Mir. Bean lives in the old Ward home | on First street. It was almost day light and a light was burning In Mir Beans room. The negro raised the window on the front porch and prop | ped 1t up with a box. He went through the pockets of Mir Bean, and then | went Into an adjoining room of his wife
 and opened her trunk and was about to go through 1t when she asked him what
 he was doing. The negro quickly dart cd through the window and awoke Mir. Bean. who gave chase. He made his escape through garden.
 Some time during Wednesday night burglars entered the home of q F. Canterberry on South Fourth street and robbed him of his watch, pistol and | money. Mir. Canterberry had heard of so many burglars in Gadsden that he decided to take every precaution. When he retired Wednesday night he hung his trousers containing his watch and money at the head of his bed ana placed his pistol under his pillow and left the light burning in his room. This however. dld not make any difference with the robbers They entered l through an unlocked door. got the mon ey and watch. threw the trousers out | of the window. raised the pillow on | which MT. Canterberry was sleeoins' | secured the pistol and left the mousse | Mir Canterberry did not discover ms I loss until next morning Several otn- | CT burg1arfes have been reported put | teh facts have not been learned.
 l Mayor Charles P Smith through a | Cincinnati firm of attorneys, Kramer | and Kramer, has petitioned the district ! court in that city to annul the con tracts entered into between the city or | Gadsden and the A. L. Rich Company | bankrupt He represents that on | March 1st, Rich and Company entered | into a contract in writing with the
 city of Gadsdan for the purchase of l s1oo000 worth of water works bonds.
 an issue of $30,000 in bonds to be used
 for sewer purposes and $20,ooo Tor
 street Improvements. Rich was to pay
 s1.0 0oc on them. Mayor Smith states
 that pending an examination Of the
 proceedings authorizing the issue or
 bonds and before the consumation of
 the transaction, Rich disappeared and
 his whereabouts is still unknown. and
 further. that since he and his company
 have been adjudicated bankrupt. In | asmuch as the city of Gadsden needs the i'm 'ovenients for which the bonds
 were issued and as Rich and Company are unable to carry out their contracts. | he asks that 1t be cancelled and an-
 nulled in order to release both parties
 SO that the bonds can be readvertised.
 The matter was submitted to Receiver
 Edgar Stark. but he has not acted upon
 it. The court will set the date of the
 hearing.
 courts Wednesday for assault to mur-
 der and the jury brought in verdict | convicting him of a simple assault and
 assessed him fine of SIS.
 Frank M Smith and Miss Madge Ed
 wards were married at the home ol
 pr, and Mrs. W. S. Edwards Wednes-
 dav night, at 10 o'clock The marriage d
 | only by the immediate family. Tht
 ceremony was deferred until 10 o'clock
 so that MT. Smiths father and mother
 who were expected on the Southern al
 10 o'clock could arrive to witness th'
 ceremony Rev. J. D. Dickinson, pas
 tor of the First Baptist Church off1ciat'
 ed after which MT. and Mrs. Smitf
 went to the Commercial Hotel, where they have apartments. The bride is the only daughter of Dr. and Mrs. w S. Edwards and has been reared IT Gadsden She is quite popular in the younger society set and Is an accom- pIished musician. Mir. Smith came tt Gadsden from Atlanta. He Is a mem her of a we'll known family and is z valued employe of the Southern stee Company The marriage of this young Z couple came as a surprise to theii many friends as they did not know tha an engagement existed, While both are very popular 1t was not known thai they intended to marry so soon.
 E. N. Cookson, a prominent saw mil \ operator and Mrs. Emily M. Suspicion were married at her residence on Lo- GUS Street, Wednesday evening at o'clock. Rev J. E. Smith officiating Both are we'll known in the city where they have a large number Of friends. The police were notified at noon tha Robert Cox, a young white boy hae snatched basket or groceries lloAi the delivery wagon of Pentecost and
 Morrow. The driver was delivering goods on Ninth Street when the boy s made away with the basket of grocer ies. Cox lives in Alabama City.
 Chief White has notified the police men to arrest all negroes not working on the charge of vagrancy. It Is i'm possible to get work done in Gads' den at any price. The yards and gar dens are in need of work and the ne groes loaf around town and at nigh rob every thing they can Ot lat there has been a large number or burg laries in the city and the chief intend; to put a stop to them.
 John Brown and Lag Harris. the two negroes who broke into SnS ders Caf' Tuesday night were found guilty of th' crime in Police Court Thursday morn ing. Harris entered a plea of guilty and they were each fined $15 and sen fenced to sixty days on the streets. The baby of MT. and Mrs M C. Wes had a narrow escape from death oN poisoning A liquid preparation ha' been placed in a saucer to XIII fhe'
 and the baby drank 1t. Doctors wer'
 summoned and by quick work saNe'
 the child
 Thursday morning Chief White ant
 Policeman O,Bapnon arrested Monro
 Allen. a negro as a suspicious chardc
 fer. The negro had box of Jewelry a number of watches, rings and 10
 of gold spectacles. He claims that n
 neddles these articles and it may b.