The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-12-31
FORMER TERRELL COUNTY MAN
TELLS NARROWING TALE OF
RIDE IN SAVANNAH.
BANDIT RENAMED TO JAIL

Entered Car to Be Taken Home an6
Was Assaulted and Robbed as Ma
chine Sped Through Streets. His
screams Attracted Attention. Two
Women Figure in Affair.
The Savannah Morning News
nrints an interesting account of the
thrilling experience in that city a
few nights ago of Wade W. Dismuke
a Young man who was reared in Ter
reu county near Chickasawhatchee
and went from there TO Savannah a
few years ago. The Morning News
story is as follows:
With a struggling, screaming vic
tim of an assault and robbery in the
tonneau of an automobile two white
men were arrested early yesterday
morning by Patrolman Ellis at Hall
and Price streets.
The victim. w. W. Dismuke, of
No. AIS Gwinnett street west, de-
clared that he had been beaten and
robbed of $3.50 after having entered
the car as a passenger on the west
side. Evidence of the beating to
which he had been subjected were to
be seen in bruises on his face and
body.
]. L. Tyre and John Thomas were
the alleged assailants of Dismuke.
They offered no explanation of the
charge against them and refused to
discuss it. Their pleasure was, they
said, to await that which would de-
velop in police court
The case was docketed for a hear
ing yesterday, but owing to the bat
tered condition of Dismuke was con-
tinued. Tyre and Thomas are charg-
ed with assault and robbery by force.
Passenger in Car.
Dismuke's story of his experience
as told to the police was thrilling
one. 1t is borne out by the testimony
of at least two patrolmen, and it
may be that information expected to
be obtained from two women will
shed further light on the affair.
According to Dismuke, he entered
the car on West Broad street and
gave instructions to be taken home.
After entering the car he drew ont
wallet, which contained $3.50 in
bills, he claims. Tyre and Thomas
were sitting together on the front
seat, but he believes that they saw
the money and that their cupidity
was aroused by the sight.
Suddenly, he asserts, Tyre climbed
over the back of the rear seat and
began beating and kicking him with
out mercy. He screamed loudly. At
that his assailant became more vi
cious in his attack and tried to choke
him, he says.
Thomas, at the wheel, put on more
speed at the cutlery of the victim, he
alleges. Tyre went through the peck
cts of Dismuke and extracted the
wallet, almost without the victims
knowledge The beating he had re-
ceived, he says, so nearly killed him
that he did not realize what was hap
pening when Patrolman Ellis stopped
the car at Hall and Price streets.
He did not even know the sections
of the city he had been carried to.
What Patrolman Found.
When Patrolman Ellis halted the
car Tyre was still on the victims
chest beating him. Dismuke was
screaming wildly and making frantic
efforts to escape the blows, but the
advantage his assailant had on him
in the cramped quarters made this
impossible.
After the trio had been taken to
the station Dismuke discovered the
loss of his wallet. A search of the
car was made for it, but without
avail. But So was found on Tyre
when he was searched and no money
at all on Thomas
Patrolman Patrick, on duty at the
union station, was the first to see
the alleged automobile bandits and
to hear their screaming victim. He
caught sight of the speeding car as
it passed the station, but was unable
to learn the identity of the occu-
pants. His report at headquarters
however, was the cause of a general
alarm being sent to every policeman