The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-05-16
4 NOTORIOUS
NEGRO THIEF
Is CAPTURED
TWO WaGoNLoADs OF vALu-
ABLE ARTICLES FOUND
AT HIS HONE.
While s.ss3Shg Chickens sam Wilson
Dropped Street Tax Summons in
Yard Of Officer Ruzsell, Which Led
to fiis Arrest.

Traced by a street tax summons
which he dropped in the yard of Of
fcer l.. NJ. Russell, of the police de-
partment, While stealing chickens a
few nights ago, Sam Wilson, prob
ably the mcst notorious thief Bruins
wick has ever known, has been cap
tured and two full wagonloads of sto-
len articles, including everything inn
aginable have been recovered and are
now at the ,police barracks where
many of the articles have already
been identified by the owners.
few mornings ago Officer Russell
missed nine of his chickens. While
looking around TIE yard he found
summons which had been given to
Sam Wilson by Officer Richardson
only a few days previous This gave
him clue as to who had stolen the
chickens. Officer Russell did not
know the negro so he turned the sum-
mons over to Officer Richardson. THIS
officer rememl cred the negro and
Friday he captured him. He was
given a preliminary hearing before
Justice Lambright yesterday on the
charge of stealing tle chickens, and
was bound over to a higher court
In order tc secure direct evidence
against him, Officer Russell visited
his home at 1919 Ellis street. There
he found some, of the chickens and
while locking around the yard he also
discovered rain coat which was
stolen from his house several months
ago. HeTthen came to the conclusion
that then egro was a notorious thief.
Later he secured search warrant
and Yesterday, accc mpanied by anoth-
er officer, he went to the house of
the negro. The two officers were
astounded when they started their in
spection of the house.
No less than 90 suits of clothes.
many of them costly ones, were found
hidden in various places about the lit
tie shanty. Some of them have al
ready teen identified and were stolen
from prominent people of tce city.
Three or four solid gold watches, a
half dozen watch chains, rings and
otter jewelry were found, hats, shoes,
clothes of every kind and description
in abundance, solid gold and silver
spoons, llnenware, saws, hammers
and other kinds of tools and various
tther things were found, all hidden in
various places about the house. From
room to room the officers searched
and in every room articles were re-
covered. Valuable rugs, carpets. and
POTTER house furnishings, were found.
securely hidden in one place was a
very handsome clock and on the face
OF it was printed l.. r. Akin & Co.,
having probably teen stolen from
their store at Mount Pleasant. A hat
recently stolen from Capt. J. w. Hall
was recovered; several rugs stolen
from the home of w. A. Potter were
identified by him, while other citi-
zens who have missed things recent
ly visited the Jail and soon found
their missing articles.
In the kitchen one would have
Fought it the home of a millionaire.
Handsomed isiles, knives, forks and
spoons, strips of the choicest bacon,
mans, eggs by the dozens, the lest
Hour and CHER groceries were found
in abundance. 1t would take columns
to epumerate all of the articles which
were hauled to the pelice barracks in
the two drays.
1t is now the opinion of the officers
that Wilson and his wife, who was
also arrested last night are guilty of
practically all of the robberies which
have teen reported in the city for
the past year, and tie negro is also
possibly guilty of the wholesale chick
en- robberies which have been going
on in the city for months.
From all reports Wilson is nctori-
Gus character. According to his state.
ment he has already served eight
years in the penitentiary for robbery.
He has been living in Brunswick
for some time and has been occupying
the present shanty on Ellis street for
t,the past several months. He had most
of the articles securely hidden: every
blind in the house was nailed, and in
the different rooms were all kinds of
various boxes, etc, each containing
some of the stolen articles.
Both. the man and woman are in
the county jail and it is safe to pre-.
kdict that they will serve their full
time limit in the penitentiary.