The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-09-12

lNeSe AlCllulS were DIOuSHt " LAC
hospital Only those who were liv-
ing were carried away from the
scene. Many were found dead upon
the arrival Of the ambulance.
homicide that attracted widest
attention was the Staying OF Lee
Maddox, a youth who was killed Sat
urday night by G. G. Miller, night
Waterman at the Atlanta, Birming-
ham and Atlantic building, when
Maddox and a gang of six, it is al
legged, attacked the Waterman. Mil
Ter was freed in police court Monday
afternoon.
Grace Witness Killed
Another killing that attracted con-
siderable interest was the killing OF
Martha Ruffin, a leading witness in
the famous Grace trial, who was
slain by Elk Smith, negro, on Au-
gust % near the Ruff1n woman's
home. Smith was arrested and bound
over to criminal court.
The day following the murder of
the Grace witness Policeman C. F,
Preston was killed at Kennedy and
Lambert streets when he and his
partner, Policeman Cochran, were
attempting to enter a residence to
arrest R. E. Maner. Maner was ar
rested and tried for the shooting.
The bullet inflicted only a slight
wound.
During the fourteen days police
men have suffered more attacks,
probably, than during the Christmas
and New Year holidays. Several
have necessitated surgical attention
for the wounds received in handling
prisoners.
Recorders court faced it's biggest
docket Monday morning when court
opened upon 1S5 cases accumulated
since Saturday noon. One hundred
and six cases had been booked dur
ing the day at midnight Saturday.
The remainder followed through
and Sunday night
Over 600 Arrests Made
In the neighborhood of 600 or ZOO
arrests have been made during the
fourteen days of crime. This, in it
self, is record unparalleled. A ma
jority of this number were docketed
under charges of drunk and disor-
derby conduct, while the more SER
ious charges of murder and assault
with intent to murder were found
here and there.
An alarming percentage were
women. numbers of whom had been
arrested in brawls and fights that
sent victims to the hospital. A large
portion of the female prisoners were
docketed with charges of disorderly
and immoral conduct. Many of the
white women were arrested in the
downtown district.
The inaccessibility of the police
and hospital records Prevents a
thorough account being taken of the
homicides since August 10. Only
three of the slayings were to be
found recorded at headquarters No
hospital data is kept on homicides
where the victim is not removed to
Grady.
Ten Have Met Death
Hospital and police headquarters,
however, approximate the list of
deaths at ten, with the probability of
the number increasing with the pass
ing of patients who are lingering at
Grady from wounds that sent them
there during the crime period.
One of these cases, in particular,
is that of an unknown man, we'll
dressed and apparently 60 years old,
who was found unconscious and dy
ing shortly before midnight Satur-
day on Decatur street, near Yonge.
He was carried to Grady hospital, a
deep knife wound in the back. Rob
berry is believed to have been the
motive.
Fifteen big burglaries were re-
ported at headquarters since the
18th. There were many more. some
of which escaped police notice, and
others of which were too small to-
be entered in the daily report of the
captains. A large number of high
way robberies were also recorded.
One particularly noticeable fact Of
the crimson era was the increase of
what the police term "high-class"
crime. More arrests for forgery were
made during the two weeks than at
any other time of the year, five in all,
while the number of prisoners taken
to headquarters and tried on charge
of bogus checks was alarming.
Negro Swindlers Increase
Negro swindlers have also increas-