The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-24
BAD NEGROES ARE
 LANDED IN JAIL Believed to Be Responsible for
 Recent HoIdupS SEVEN MEN IN THE GANG Are Charged With Highway Robbery, Robbins Stores and Cars and Gen
 eraly Trying to Shoot
 Up the Town.
SEVEN MEN IN THE GANG

A bunch of desperate criminals, who have been shooting up the town, and who are probably responsible for nearly all of the recent burglaries, car-breaking, highway robberies and organized rascal ity, was landed in jail yesterday morn- ing, much to the credit of the police force.
 While 1t is not positively known that the seven negroes are the ones who held up three different persons Monday night, there is much cause to believe that they are the ones who killed Brakeman Close in the Southern yards. Sunday morning, and held up old man Bucks Monday night, relieving him of $s1
 They are all desperate negroes, a gang that has been working for several weeks under the able direction of Dove Oliver, who is said 10 be capable of anything. After their streak Of good luck Satur- day night, when they got all of Brake man Closes money, they all got on big drunk and went out Monday night with the avowed purpose of shooting up the town and robbing everything.
 According to a well founded belief they
  ly known, had robbed three different ne- groes, entered three stores. broken open two freight cars and shot off guns in different parts of the city. They finally came together at about F o'clock with their spells.
 After slowing most of it away, they went back for fifteen boxes of tobacco, carried it to the stable of the Rates Transfer company on Powell avenue. and proceeded 10 take possession of wagon.
 When the negro watchman approached they all drew guns and fired. He avows that after he got behind a telephone post there were nine shots that rang out He then took to his heels and ran to a nearby house. Policemen Burke and Stokes were attracted to the scene but were unable to capture any one but Will Moore.
 However yesterday morning Detectives Patton and Murphy took the negro to their office and extracted a partial con- fession from him that they meant to kill anyone interfering with them; had broken open stores and two freight cars and stolen all kinds of goods.
 When they started back to the jail with him they ran into two negroes peep ing around the hall to see what they would do with Moore. The prisoner point ed them out as members of the gang, and they were arrested. Thus reinforced, the detectives went on down to the wardens office, where three negroes had just ar rived, charged with gaming. and arrested by Officer Jones.
 Moore pointed to them and swore they were the robbers too. So within five minutes the detectives had six of the most desperate negroes in Birmingham behind the bars.
 Dove Oliver was captured by Officer Gvens. He had deliberately held up three negroes Monday night at the same place, and within an hour of the time that MT Bucks was robbed.
 The negroes knew him, hunted all yes terday morning. and finally spotted him. They all three swear that he took all their money. After he was placed in jail Moore told Patton that Oliver was the leader of the gang and the capture was complete.
 Their names are: Dove Oliver, Will Moore, Walter Johnson, alias Two Head; Green Bowden, alias "Devil'; i; Gold Caters. alias Hatheld George Rob erts, alias "Shine.H Patton and Murphy have recovered much of the stolen prop erty.