Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-12-27
@nr5H ibe Pigeon Game o. Pulled
or boz Macon.

ON Saturday afternoon, Deccmbe
l4th, Nelson DoHaby, a well know
colored man, rushed up TO Marsha
Maury and excitedly exclaimed The,
got my money; they got my money.
When the marshal finally got hin
quieted enough 10 tell him what ma.
/ happened, he elected the information
that two negroes had him-famme,
him, Nelson, out Of 5000 by the wei
known. dropping the pigeon game
"and one Of dem went dis er way, an,
de other one dat er way" meaning
] that one had gone up the street %
wards the Hotel Macon, and the othel
towards Methodist hill, a colored sec.
ton Of town. As it was only a few
minutes Of train time Marshal Maury
thought it likely that the fim-fam.
mers would make for the depot, Sc
he called Night-police Eiland, anC
started in that direction in Roy Dents
car, and as luck would have it they
passed one Of the negroes in front OF
Mrs. Murphey's residence. Nelson
identified him in a most vociferous
manner, but the old negro denied the
charge, claiming never to have seen
Nelson before. He was made TO get
into the car and the party started for
the depot When the forks of the
street was reached at the fair ground
they decided to 90 the old road by
the creamery, and again luck was
wit hthem, as they ran into the other
negro soon after turning the corner
lie was riding on a wagon, and as
soon as he saw the car coming he
"limbed down and held up his hands
for the handouts, remarking, "Well,
gou got us this time, boss
They were placed in Jail and an
forts made to find out if they were
wanted elsewhere, but nothing was
'ound, and they were tried before
layer Horton and fined $50 each.
1t seems that pious, preacher-like
ID negro engaged Nelson in con-
crsation in front of the Bank of Ma
IN, and in a few minutes another
egro, much younger and sportier
king came across the street from
laus' store, and when near the mid
e Of the street, picked up an cnvel-
pc, which the old negro noticed and
llled to him and asked him what it
as. 1t was fund to contain a $500
i'll. They all agreed to divide it and
ley went down the hill towards the
riggs old stable, and it was then
%'scovered that there were two $500
lis, instead of one, and arrange
'ents were made to have it changed.
he old preacher like negro had $137,
nd Nelson didn't have any money
ut went to the bank and drew out
200, and went back and they put it
Il in an envelope. Then it was dis
oyered that the banks were closed
ud the bills could not be changed I'M
/ Monday morning and in the mean
me the ,Iegro who first picked up
n envelope containing the fortune,
tolld put it in the safe of a man
nom he had worked for for seven
ears. The old negro then started
owards the Methodist hill and the
Their, with the money, started up the
treet, leaving Nelson in the middle
t the road; and it suddenly occurred
o him instead of having about $3.50
f somebody else's money, he was out
200 that belonged to his wife, so he
,ot-footed to Marshal Maury with his
ale of woe, and with better luck than
he deserved.
Soon after the crooks had been put
n Jail, a negro came in the sheriff's
flee that had been beaten out of sos
n he same n last fall, but he
'ould identify neither as the man who
rad beat him.