The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-30
BOLD ATTEMPT At ROBBERY
,,prEG CRIME COMMITTED IN
SHADOW OF THE CHURCH.
.hhars Bind PASTORS Son During
evening Service and Pillage Par
.orage for Mission Collection.

Robbers Bind fastor's son turing
evening Service and PilIage Par
sonage for Mission Collection.
r,-ine the only occupant of the
,.,sa with a rope and holding pis-
~, 70 his head while a large con-
W. in the church hardly thirty
saot away were engaged in worship
aoring robbery of the Methodist
tonnage was attempted Sunday
gIab+ frustrated in their efforts to
sn5 a large sum of money they be-
1 1il was in the parsonage, search
tor which was continued during al
osr the whole time church services
nore in progress, the perpetrators of
aorbaDs the .boldest crime on record
~ Dawson made good their escape,
leaving nothing which has so far de-
raIoped into a tangible clue.
Found Boy Tied With Rope.
The burglarious visit was discov-
orod upon the return of Rev. and
wrs 2 F. Morgan from church after
tbe services. They found Gambler,
tbair sixteen-year-old son, lying un-
. oonscfous in the hall with his hands
socnrely bound behind his back and
Nc feet tied to his hands. An alarm
was given, and several of the congre-
rotiou who had not left the church
Yard responded. Young Morgan was
.roIeased. and soon was sufficiently
reviyed to state that three men
,nddenlv entered the room in
which he was sitting and tied
him with a rope, one of the number
sanding guard over him with a pis-
fol and saying that he would kill
him if he did not remain quiet. He
wae thrown out into the hall before
tho deDarture of the robbers, who re-
NAMED in the house for more than
half an hour
Knew Money Was in House..
The crime was evidently commit
ted bv persons familiar with the fact
that a missionary collection had been
taken by Mr.. Morgan Sunday MORN
ing and that this money, amounting
10 s148. was carried to the parson~
age nv him. While nearly every
room was entered by the men in their
HINT for the money the most diligent
search appeared to have been made
in the pastors study, where every
thing was topsy turvy.
The money was locked in dresser
in this room, and this drawer was
the only one in the house that was
mot searched, due in all probability
to the fact that it was by an open
window next to the church and the
thieves feared detection by some of
the congregation should they forci-
bly, open it.
The rope with which young Nor
gan was bound was taken from a
baby carriage in one of the bed
rooms. The young man states that
the robbers came up to him from
behind and seized him before he was
aware of their presence in the room.
He believes they were negroes, al
though he did not get a distinct view
of two of them. One Of them he
describes as a large yellow man.
While it is not definitely known
how the burglars effected their en-
trance into the residence it is
thought they may have climbed a
tree by the side of the house to the
rear gallery upstairs and then made
their way to the first floor. The
gronud is very hard about the house
and the thieves left no footprints.
The city and county authorities
were soon notified of the bold deed,
and nothing is being left undone to
run down the guilty parties.
There are some who do not believe
the crime was perpetrated by ne
groes, but that it was the act of
white persons.