The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-02-12
NEGRO ROBBER
ARRESTED
Capture by Police Officers May
Solve Several Mysterious
Burglaries.

The probable solution of many of
the robberies and burglaries that
have been turned in to the police
station was found yesterday with the
arrest of Marsh Ellis, negro. Arti-
cles answering descriptions of those
taken from homes in all sections of
the city We're said to have been fond
in the Ellis home. Lukes all
arrest of Ellis and his wife =.
by Captain Harper and OFF,
nell.
The officers started on the trail Of
the negro yesterday morning at {
o'clock, when fruit store of Catches
Brothers on East Government COM
planned of the robbery of the cash
register. Officers O'Connell and Nc
Intyre answered the call and after
obtaining a description of the negro
who was said to have robbed the
register started on the chase.
Captain Harper appeared on the
scene and joined the two officers.
About 1890 a man reported recog-
nizing Ellis as the man who robbed
his home on Barrancas avenue re-
Gently and attempted to hold the ne
gro for the officers. In spite of using
pliers and other articles on the mead
of Ellis, the negro broke away and
the man followed. At the home of
Ellis Officer 'Connell appeared on the
scene Just as the negros wife was
about to use a brick on the head of
the man who was trying to hold her
| husband The woman was taken to
! the city Jail.
Yesterday afternoon Captain Har-
per and officer O'Connell were riding
| in a negro section of the city and
saw Ellis standing by building.
tThey stopped the car and o'connelI
started after the negro. Ellis ran
! around the building but was stopped
and held by Captain Harper, who had
gone in the opposite direction from
| O'Connell in the effort to head Ellis.
Four shots were fired in the effort to
| halt Ellis.
During the chase after Ellis. a skin
game with II dark participants was
| broken up, three hoboes were placed
under arrest, a deserter was taken in
tow and other suspicious characters
were landed in the city Jail.
AT the home of Ellis the officers
found a large variety of articles, in
cluding a bank book belonging to w.
G. Porter an overcoat said to have
been taken from the home of Mr..
Alslip, Barra meas avenue; a quantity
of money, several pairs of trousers,
silk shirts, coats, suits of clothes, a
gold watch, pistol, pocket books, silk
stockings, 10 pairs of shoes, razors
and other articles These were all
taken to the police station and will
be held for identification.
Some of the articles We're identified
by people whose homes have been
robbed and any one who has lost ar
ticles by robbery is asked to view the
articles in the effort to determine the
ground covered through these activi-
ties
The Catches store cash register has
been robbed regularly and systemat-
ica1iy, according to the manager of
the store. The regular robbery has
been going on for some time and the
storekeeper set trap for the burglar.
Win lne result tIdl yeSieTudy the
negro was. identified as he was taking
the money from the register.
The burglar would oren the regis
ter while the manager of the store
was on the sidewalk or was in the
other room of the building. AS the
burglar was elnptying the contents of
the register yesterday he was grabbed
by the extra man who was in wait
ing for the prowler. The negro broke
away but was recognized. A good
description was given the police as
the negro made a habit Of sitting
around the store.