The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-03-20
D. A. MINOR ARRESTED.

D. A. MINOR ARRESTED.
ARRESTS IN JACKSONVILLE,
FLA, CAUSE BIG SENSATION.
The Southern Railway Alleges That
Property Was Stolen From Them
Gus Muller Lost Goods Also
Prisoners are Well known.
Jacksonville Evening Metropolis,
March Il.
Developments of gigantic proper
tons are being made today in the
robberies Of the -Shaylor Com
pany and J. H. Horn & Co., the big
Bay street dry goods establishments.
Bryant Nichcls, a white man keep
ing q store at No. 1885 Louisiana
street was arrested on the 7th instant
on two charges Of larceny made by
the Southern Railway and the jones
Shaylor Company. A quantity of
goods identified as belonging to the
Jones-Shaylor Company was found at
Nichols store and taken to police
headquarters.
Yesterday Arthur c. Dillman and
H. C.. Jones, two young men who
have been at times connected with
the Jones-Shaylor Company and j. D.
Horns were arrested on the charge
Of stealing goods from the Jones
Shayior store amounting in value
to something over s12o. Both were
held in $500 bail and committed to
Jan by Justice Howell. Jones said
he thought he could give bail, but up.
to noon today he failed to do so, and
it is probable now that the amount
of bond in his case will be increased
to something like $4,000. This is on
account of the police obtaining infor-
nation, they say, further involving
Jones.
Dry goods said to have been stolen
and valued at between $4,000 and s5,-
600 have been taken from Nichols
place and stored in the stock room at
the police station.
Mrs. Nichols Arrested.
Last night Mrs. Leila Nichols, wife
of Bryant Nichols, was arrested by
Detective cahoon on charge of
grand larceny. Justice Howell fixed
bond for Mrs. Ni1hols in the sum Of
$1,000, which was given during the
forenoon Of To-Day. Mrs. Nichols told
the officers enough to show them
that parties were involved further
than they had expected, and that they
had been buying goods claimed by
the police to have been stolen for over
a year fren parties now under ar
rest.
Two More Arrests.
Today Detectives Cahoon and
Crawford and Deputy Sheriff Frank
Jones arrested D. A. Minor, manager
OF the D. A. Horn & Company's store
on the charge Of grand larceny. The
warrant was made out by the South
en Railway, and alleges the theft Of
cigars and tobacco amounting in val
ne to over sS7.
In connection with Minor, A. e
Barry was also arrested Barry and
Minor have concession from the
Dixieland Company to sell lunches,
cigars, ETC., in the park grounds. Sew
eral weeks ago cigars valued at s114
were alleged 20 have been stolen
from Gus Muller & Company, and the
police claim to have located these
goods and traced them to Minor and
Barry as the owners.
Barry claims to know nothing
about where the stock came from, as
he states that Minor furnished it.
Barry was also docketed on the
charge Of grand larceny.
Boxes os Goods Found.
In searching for evidence, the Off
GERS got word that several suspicious
looking boxes of goods had been
sent to the Catherine street Clyde
dock for shipment to c. N. Wheeler,
Charleston, S. c.. The officers went to
the dock and found six boxes, two
large ones and four small. One box
contained silks, and the others ci-
gars and dry goods. The property is
valued at something like $1,000. A
prominent Bay street merchant stat
ed that he was positive that the box
of silks came from the j. D. Horn
store. Some of the other prperty had,
if is claimed, been stolen from the
southern Railway freight house, and
So, 1f,,1lar e, COMPANY.