The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-23
lMPLICATES Two WHITE
men And OTHER NEGROES
OF own Free Will Neil Makes confes.
sion to Number of Recent Rob.
oer'es-other Arrests Expected To-
day-stolen Goods Identified.

Ian McIllVTay executed another
well planned coupe last night when
he, IN company with C. P. Carter of
McLaurin, captured Monroe Neil alias
woods, in the act of robbing the Bar
ron Supply Company's store. which is
located on the southeastern extension
oil the NJ. c. railroad about ID miles
from Hattiesburg.
Mr' McGilvray planned and carried
out the capture of Neil in very mucb
the same manner in which the arrest
OF Marvin Dearman was made several
weeks ago, and in this case used ,
negro named John Russell to get in
with Neil and learn his plans. Acting
on the reports of Russell Mr.. McGu
Vray set the trap which worked sue
cessfully.
IN the capture of the negro. Neil.
1t is very likely that another band Of
organized burglars will be brought to
justice, as he of his own free will and
accord and without any promise of
Ienlency, made a free and open CON
lession of the operations of himself
and the men he duplicates. as his con-
tederates, giving the time and place of
each burglary and the names of those
connected with each.
In the presence of Mr.. McGilvrav.
Mr. Carter and Deputy Sheriff Cahall,
Neil told News representative his
story. He stated that he first engaged
in the burglary business in the early
winter at Purvis, Miss, and was in
duced to do so by two white men,
Earnest, alias Lucky" Brooks and
Heck Wells. Three other negroes, AL.
bert or "sOn" Tart, Lewis and Tart
Fox were also connected with the rob-
berry at Purvis. Since that time the
gang has been operating with regulari-
ty on the NJ, C. and n. O., M. & C.
On the 2lst of January the Barron
Supply Co. was robbed Neil says
Wells and Brooks, the two white men.
and Albert Tart were with him in that
robbery. On the 9th of January the
store of Robert Field on the N. O., M.
& c. was robbed by the same parties
with the assistance of Lewis Tart.
Albert Tart is now in the county Jail,
and the hat he was wearing at the
time of his arrest was identified as
one stolen from the Field store.
The attempted burglary last night
was executed by Neil alone, but the |
negro Russell was with him acting in
the role of informer.
How Capture Was Effected.
Mr. McGilvray states that about 10 +
o'clock last night he and Mr.. Car
ter stationed themselves in the ware
house of the Barron Supply Company
where they could watch the store
building through a latticed window,
and in a short while Neil appeared on
the scene. After satisfying himself
that the way was clear, he went up
the railroad tracks, removed his shoes
and returned with a large augur, which
is now in possession of the officers,
and for two hours busted himself bor-
ing out a section of the store wall.
Through the hole he entered the store
and Mr.. McGilvray blocked his exit
by taking up his station at the open
inc Neil was busy throwing shoes
and goods outside when he heard Mr.
Carter step up on the porch. He made
a break for the hole in the wall and
his nose met the muZzle of Mr.. McGil-
vray's pistol. He jumped back into
tba store like a cat-scared rat, when
he received notice from Mr.. McGll
vrav that any attempt to escape would
meet with shooting, the detective at
the same time announcing himself
Neil injured: rs dat you, Mr. Dan
paing assured that it was, he askeo
more inquisitively, if possible is dat
,1r nan McGivray?" Reassured that
II was none other than the sleuth' he
como forth like Davy Crockett's coon
Tho two white men implicated by
Neil are thought to be somewhere on
the N. o. C. N. railroad at present