The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-02-26

| freshly killed. The cattle would De
shot in the head, the throat cut and
the carcasses would be covered over
with brush. At least seven head have
been handled in this manner and the
officers, making a quiet investigation.
effected the arrest of three persons
yesterday, charging them with this
series of crimes. They were: John
Strattayy Greek, arrested first on a
charge of stealing a horse and bug
gy; Charles Hendricks, a young man
about "a years of age, residing with
his relatives on the Campbell place,
north OF the city, and Sylvester Per
kins, negro, said to have been en-
ployed by the Greek, who conducts
farm north of the city, near Brent's.
Each of the parties was placed under
a bond of $4,000 None of them could
give that security and last night they
had to undergo the humiliation Of
spending the night behind the bars.
Hendricks and Perkins were placed
in the city jail, while the Greek, be-
fore the arrest of the other two. had
been placed in the county Jail on 9th
er charges.
Many Disappeared.
Each of the arrests were made by
Deputy Johnson, upon complaint of
Mr.. Hancock, who directly charges the
three with having butchered five
head of his cattle. Chas. Wilson, OF
this city, is also victill. He sent
a fine COW into the Oakfield settle
ment for pasturage, and the animal
strangely disappeared. 1t could not
be learned whether the men had been
connected with that offense or not.
The killing of each COW, making a
separate offense, is equivalent to
charge of grand larceny.
Hendricks was taken before the
county solicitor soon after being ar
rested. 1t was partly at his request
that he was taken there. and he is al
legged to have made a full confession
to the solicitor, not trying to hide his
own guilt in the least, but making it
plain to the solicitor that he had been
paid for the part he had taken in the
matter.
The negro was not allowed to see
any of the other prisoners. He IS
alleged to have placed the entire
blame upon another man, but the Of
ficers say that he has made num-
Der of statements, and upon the
strength of some of them another ar
rest may shortly be effected. At any
rate, his bond was fixed at the same
figure as that of the others. And
he was locked up, too.
Mr.. Hancock, who has been in the
city several times of late giving any
and all details which he could learn
of. said that one of the cows which
had disappeared was found in a
swamp beheaded. Another one was
found shot and the throat cut. The
place weber another was skinned was
hunted up a third time when search |
ing for the cattle, and the hide was
all that remained of once beautiful
animal. Mr.. Hancock complained to
the officers of the manner in which
he had been treated, but appeared 20
suspect no one. The Greek attempt
ed to explain when pressed by the
deputies that negroes were doing the
stealing, but he seemed to keep close
ly with everything in connection with
the several scrapes of the nature re-
ferred to.
I People who have known Hendricks
and Strattay in the city, learning OF
their arrest, were quite ready to ex
press the belief that the wrong men
were in custody, since these two bore
excellent regulations. The negro was
not so well-known, but nothing has
ever been proven against him as far
as could be learned. /