The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-03-06
GUESTS CAPTURE
A NEGRO Thief
CONTINUED rom Page One.)

ny porter and the other an unknown
man. He attempted 10 break away.
and succeeded in getting as far as the
edge OF M grounds. when one OF the
guests. sheriff Of Kings county.
caught him by the throat We fairly
carried him into The hotel lobby and
sal him down II . chair:
By that time nearly all the inmates
OF the hotel had run down stairs.
attracted BY the scuffle and shouting
Many thought il al alarm OF fire. That
niger was some scrapper, Even when
he was surrounded BY a dozen or more
people and before l could get to the
telephone 10 summon the police. he
broke through the group. dashed into
the dining room. threw a gentleman
guarding The door. 10 the floor, and
ran for the kitchen We caught him
before he got out OF the room. how
ever. and held him forcibly until Chief
Milton arrived.
The Porte-'s Story.
The colored porter vas then sum
moned 10 the stand After being
sworn, he said:
4 was Just ready 10 leave for the
night. and had asked Mr. Schmidt il
there was anything more l could do.
Then I went through the kitchen and
our the back way. guess / must have
walked pretty quiet. l had or rubber
soled shoes. Before l knew il. nearly
ran into a man playing Tashlight on
the window OF room number g When
he heard ne he threw the light in
ny face and I grabbed him I hung
on, but he dragged me toward the
gate He was big man and mighty
strong Then I yelled for help and
Mr. Schmidt and the guests rushed
out He gave them job. I can tell
you. before they landed him safe in
the living-room
Many More Robberes TO His Credit
Later. one Evans Berry, a colored
chef. working in a Daytona restaurant
and living in Midway, told his story.
Il seems on the night OF February y,
thief entered his room and stole a
watch and cuff links Berry found
the cuff links next morning. but the
watch vas not discovered until Chief
Milton took the same out OF PENS
pocket before committing him TO jail
A colored man by the name OF
Whitehead who owns a home in Mid
way. testified he had rented Pen a
room some little time ago about two
months said During the weeks
that followed. ne noticed his boarder
returned at night with the most gen
erous assortment or chickens. eggs.
cuts OF meat. and occasionally clothes.
4 number OF articles we're later found
in Pens room and ofought into court.
all of which were identified easily as
stolen property
Bound Over on 81 $50 Bond
After the evidence vas submitted
Justice OF the Peace Hobbs bound over
his prisoner for trial before the Grim
inal court, in DeLand on a bond Of
$1,000, in default Of which the negro
WAS returned TO Jail The original
charge was made by Mr. Schmidt. but
enough additional charges followed TO
insure a long and busy term for Pen
in the convict pen
1t seems he has broken into more
than 80 houses in Daytona. securing
an unestimatable amount OF plunder,
very small part Of which has been
discovered.
For at least two months Pen has
been Systematically robbing this city.
One prominent Beach street resident
told OF being disturbed at midnight by
the banging Of a screen door Upon
investigation. he could find nobody