Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-25
THE ISLAND MYSTERY.
r4E IDENTITY OF THE NEGRO
KILLED OS II. CATHERINE's.

KILLED on II. CATHERINE'S-
Letter. Found in Hi Trunk Lead I" me
probable Discovery Of His Name
Formerly Employed A. a servant ID
~avannah-Hi- Habit and Hist"rs
Hi appearance on the Nish' -
the HaerteI Murder
Further Investigation Oi the 7hy''iN=
II Inc uuEn9Tn NEGRO ID IL '~a-HTi 4i4T
Island last FRIDAY revealed among D'ii5i
.re.t- 5fscovered ID . small trunk Wnlcn
sets5 ~ his possession. the remains d
- .coorfi0u and several envelopes ad-
,.-1s-ed o. -Mr- Clarence F. Williams
northeast corner u Meeting and >0cietl
streets. Charleston :. 90
Young man named Peter DeBeauX..
-uDIgv1d in the mailing department ~
inc MORSISG NEW-- VINO "a -
r0rresrlndeuce with Williams was
-dugbf Is "a reporter and asked IF D. kne"
the man Williams in Charleston very
well.
--Ye-. slr. should say did; ~ write
letters - each other"
Have YOU any ri hi. letters IN your
possession
II have some il my room.
Have YOU ever lost ~ missed ans aIlei
40 II. don-t believe any OF them
-- r,i--fr---
Where j. y1ur room.
AR Mr.. Crg-ty'-. No. 20 Bryan street.
-.Ha.- sou ---u strange negro man
about -ra place within the past month OF
-5y 7geek-e
III frr-t r-c1 lect. Ees. there " a. man
there a tew weeks ago. doing some "nii'7-
Washing
% What kind 0f boxing man " a. ne
A tall slim negro with u--- cA'-h
fan--.-
What was his names
u am not sure. but ! think they calISl
him John. I don't know what Ms oinef
name is
90 Have you Sen u heard ~ nm since;
o. So. -lr. nur perhaps Nh tT0lL! can
-... -.-. .=- -...--.e. and more about him.
could ie have possibly entered your
room and taken UaT.ers addressed o. Llar-
.-r-- 2 Williams
-U1 -rf-Hr for I have Tot 10 en-
..-rl-a- 4s4 az .ix-Ivihz about there
.-i-f -a.-- address 9u them. and If be went
Ir ms room % do any work be might have
taken one. OF TWO. don't know whether
be- was sent into ms room or not.
Mr. t-4frv NAV BE- able % tell whether
=. - i- IN room and what his fun
r..r.... ,,s-. blir don't think the man
.4w there was the man killed Oh -.
,.ri.,-i,..-- %
TI.a -arrrr.r called ON Mrs CrOttv. At
f--t -ra am NOT rccollect that a negro
sr-g,.rifi tho description was ever en-
r.Iovef sf.g1It the house. but when asked
tr.,-t..Ii r..yro. named John had not been
..,,'r.I,,-e5 ~ Mr. frnttv 10 whitewash in
.i,. I...aro,.I,r She admitted that such a
,i.,,, 49, tbara i f.yy week. agO-Over
f,,-.. ,-.sL. AGO. Al lea.t-but he did not
,,bit.c-,.b tho basement. He was run
mind, 30, ,.,,,a I,oat an tine river. As be said.
t-y.ry nov and then he would call
t[be1 ~ wa. ou shore 10 sec the family,
- o,ar j year AGO he was employed for "A
80 y-eaL- .,I,o1it The house and ward. He
f.r,,,,f,- Iived iu Charleston where BE-
...ii I.., No. r,iI.t Mrs. Cr0ttv said he
,r,- - tail slim black man. with high
,b,.E Loue-. and that She
ftotl.,I,t be yas a rood honest negro
without much sense. That hc had ac-
CO.'S Ia Mr.. De ReauX's room until
sine cautioned the latter not 10 let him
rufnc in his room. Tor IL anything should
De- mi-sIu. from II. she would not be re-
-pon-ible. for what might be- lost. John.
,. She called him. had am accordion and
some. other musical instrument which he
exhibited. and AS he had recently learned
"a play ono or two tunes. was anxious to
show Mr. Crotty and Mr.. DcBcauX how
he could piav.
Mr.. Croitv. who is employed by Messrs.
hidden IL Bates wa. called upon. and
said he heard Johns fun name when he
FIRST saw him about a wear ago. but could
.t,It rofor,.b.r that Inc was known as
John. and thai deceased once said he was
"A pilot al Charleston. where he
had mother and sister living.
Why he came here was not
learned. John wa. employed al Mr..
Crotty-- about three months when he first
came 10 Savannah since that time the
deceased J,5. seen only occasionally.
,rbru h.. reporrad that he was running on
some boat. The last time he called he re-
iuaiuad about half am hour. and said that
be bsd been working on "a fatb0at which
VAS lrin.sin. wood from Whitemar5h
Island. or some other island in
that virinitv. John told Dir. Crottv the