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Monday, August 28, 2023

J.C. Gattis Arrested After He Climbs Fire Escape to Enter Room in Savoy Hotel, Aug. 28, 1923

Man Arrested on Felony Charge

J.C. Gattis, white, was arrested Monday night after he is alleged to have entered a room in the Savoy hotel by the fire escape and through the window. The room was unoccupied as Etta Holley, who had secured it, happened to be out when her unwelcome visitor entered the room.

The proprietor of a business establishment on Main street, the back of whose store is near the Savoy hotel, saw Gattis as he climbed the fire escape and made his way into the room. She called the police after he entered the room and the arrest followed. A warrant charging him with housebreaking was sworn out and he will be given a hearing Tuesday.

As far as known Gattis secured nothing from the room. Soon after the entrance had been effected, the occupant of the room returned and found that it had been entered. She immediately checked out for Winston-Salem, her home, stating that she wouldn’t stay at the hotel unless she could get another room, which she couldn’t, it is said, because the hotel was full.

From page 3 of the Durham Morning Herald, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 1923

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