The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-06
CHIEF SHOOTS MAN
FELIX HOPKINS IS WANTED IN
 PENSACOLA.
Police Had Trouble When They Raided Crap Game--Greek Identifies
 Negroes Who Robbed Him.

Pensacola. Fla, July 5.--Felix Hop- kins was shot and perhaps fatally wounded this morning by Chief of Po- lice Sanders. when the latter headed a detachment of officers in raiding .
 "crap" game in the north eastern section of the city.
 The crowd in the game had congre- gated under some small trees. and the officers made a rush upon them. Chief Sanders caught Hopkins by the arm and was holding him when some of
 the men whom the officers attempted to arrest began firing. The chief drew
 his revolver, and at the same moment Hopkins attempted to break away from the grasp of the officer. Tn the scuffle the revolver was. discharged. the bullet passing through the lungs. Took Banner on Cars. According to telegrams received here this morning from delegates the ban
 ners placed on the special Florida car.
 occupied by delegates and Pensacolians
 en route to Denver came 10 grief Just before the car reached St. Louis. as of- fcials of the railroad. teIegraphed~ to the conductor in charge of the car to tear down the banners, which said: I-"FIorida Is for Bryan"
 This was done to the dispieasure of the delegates from this state, all of
 whom go instructed for Bryan and who bore the expense of placing the ban- ners on the car. After leaving St Louis however, the banners were again plsc- ed on the car and reached Denver this morning.
 Greek Identifies Negr0.
 Nick Dimois, the Greek storekeeper,
 who was assaulted and robbed yester- day morning by negroes, this morning identified two negroes, Sam and Joe
 Daniels and two of the men who had l Aod h 4rn fn his dnAF t7 F- der that they might make some pur-
 chases.
 The Greek claimed that the negroes
 under arrest are positively two of the
 men, and even told their respective po-
 sitions in the store prior to their as-
 sault upon him. One piece of money.
 silver dollar, taken from the ne- groes. was identified by the Greek. who said that he would recognize by reason
 of the fact that 1t had rusted. and that he had at first to receive believing that 1t was not good.
 The police officials who arrested the two men, believe that they form a 1 gang who have been committing such | crimes during the past few weeks, their method being to enter the store of the ignorant Greeks on the pre-. | tense of making purchases and rob
 them, either by assaulting or :. by | snatchkng their money and fleeing. smithvyick Takes Charge. J. H. Smithwick, yesterday appoint ed receiver of the J. L. Phillips Co owning property in Florida valued al | nearly a million dollars, left this morn- l Ing for Tallahassee. Fla, and Way
 cross, Ga, where he will take charge of the property.
 | The failure of the big firm came as
 a surprise to those close in touch with their business. and 1t is believed. was
 made solely to tide over present busi- ness conditions.
 Capt. Bennett Detached. Capt. F. NJ. Bennett. for more than
 a year captain of the Pensacola navy | yard, has been detached from duty here and ordered to Key West. This order | came today, and is effective at once.
 The successor of Capt. Bennett hal
 not yet been announced. Commander
 Heilner of the yard not yet having re' ceiyed any notification from the de- partment as to who will be assigned | to duty as captain.