The Detroit times., 1908-12-14
VICTIMS OF NEGRO
BURGLAR ARE
b RECOVERING
GILBERT SAMPSON, MOST sERI.
oUslY INJURED, HAS CHANCE
FOR LiFE-POLICE HAVE GOOD
CASE AGAINST SUSPECT.

The police claim to have some dam
aging evidence against Walter Hall.
alias James Williams, Jamaica Ne
gro. who says he Is only 10 years old.
arrested. Sunday, on suspicion OF be-
ing the man who brutally beat up Mr..
and Mrs. Gilbert Sampson and Max
Simon. boarder, with hammer
when detected In the act OF looting tho
Sampson home, No. 32S Adelaide-st.,
late Saturday night. In St. Mary s
hospital. where the three victims are
being cared for, all are improving.
Mr. Sampson Is the most seriously in
iured, and IL was at first thought he
would die. II Is now believed he has
a chance for life. Both Mr.. and Mrs.
Sampson sustained fractured skulls.
When arrested by Patrolman School
and Ryff. OF Hunt station, at Maple
and Rivard-sts, early Sunday morning,
Hall carried blacksmith's bloody
hammer up his sleeve. He wore 4
cap, which has since been identified,
the police say. as having been stolen
from the home of Eugene Sullivan, No.
1876 Napoleon-st., which was entered
about an hour after the Sampson home
was burglarized. The assailant OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Sampson left behind q
black SLOUGH hat lost in the fight. The
suspects shoes are said to fit foot
prints leading from both the Sampson
and Sullivan residents.
The police also found In Halls pos
session two razors, 50 In money and
an old penny, all OF which have been
identified by Mrs. Sullivan as having
been stolen from the Napoleon-st. ad-
dress. She also identified Hall as tho
intruder Mrs. Sullivan, II appears,
was awakened by the burglar, but
was too frightened to make an cutlery.
1t was first supposed that two Ne
groes were In the Sampson job. The
police are now convinced that one man
Is responsible. and that man, they are
almost certain. is Hall. He Is known
sometimes as the lone burglar" and
Is an ex-convict.
The man who entered the Sampson
home crawled through bedroom
window. The boarder, Simon, return
Ing late from a theater, felt draft
OF cold air. He traced 1t TO the open
bedroom window, which he closed. AS
he turned TO leave the room. n Negro
Sltppeu lIoHl SudubW anu oNt"NhOu
Simon with a heavy iron bar. Simon's
cries aroused the Simpsons, upon
whom the burglar turned with ham,
mer. The Negro then escaped through
the same window that had admitted
him Simon managed TO notify the
police and several detectives were
soon at work on the case.
Simon Is 81 years old and brother
of Mrs Sampson.
Several homes In the neighborhood
OF the Sampson residence have been
entered during the past few weeks and
the burglar in every instance IL
thought to have been a Negro The
police suspect that Hall, or Williams.
may have been responsible for all OF
these jobs.
Hall was convicted OF larceny from
a dwelling in the night time In the re-
corders court about year ago and
served 30 days in the house of correc-
ton.
IL am proud OF the work done by
Patrolmen Ryff and School, said
Capt. Marquardt, OF Hunt-st station.
Monday II think they are entitled
10 great deal OF credit for picking up
Hall in the way they did"
These officers, along with others,
have been doing special duty for sew
era days past in an effort TO put A
stop 10 the epidemic OF robberies In
this section OF the town.