Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-29
HUNTING THE MURDERERS
THE INVESTIGATION OF THE
WATERS ROAD TRAGEDY.

| tives at WOrk-EffOrts OF the JurYmeh
| The Jail Guarded with an Armed
Force-No Further Attempt at Lynch
ing.
The excitement and indignation IN the
communit- over the Hertel tragedy has
| not abated. though there is disposition
10 let the officers of the law and the law
! itself take their course with the prisoners
| who have been or may hereafter be arrest
| ed on suspicion. There is no doubt that the
/ dends who committed this double murder
will be discovered and suffer for their
crime. Like most Of such crimes
the culprits will eventually be traced by
their own talk. on the night OF the MUIR
der there was a negro shouting party at
a house on the Waters road, at which
number of town darkies were present,
| some of them notorious to the police.
| Through information given by parties
| first arrested on suspicion. the names
I Of SIX more were asceItalneu,
and Yesterday the police arrested
/ sam Frost. Elijah Newton, George Noods,
sam kittIps. John Charlton and Richard
| Collins. all cOlOred. and lodged them in
/ jail. They were together a part OF Satur-
/ dav night in the vicinity Of the murder.
l and have given conflicting statements
| concerning their movements. one OF
| them has a scar on his face which
another saws he did not have on SATURDAY.
night. but which he noticed
on sunday morning. while the party
Z himself saws be received the
cut on Monday. II Will take time TO get
at the real culprits, but the activity of
the authorities gives hopes that they will
be brought TO justice.
N CHARGE OF The PROPERTY.
Mr.. NJ. Mendel. of Mendel x Co., liquor
/ dealers. coroner Bay and Bull streets.
/ took out temporary letters Of administra-
I ton on Monday and took possession Of
/ the store. the firm being one Of the credi-
/ tors of the murdered man. Mr..
/ Nelson. brother of Mrs. Hertel,
l has taken legal advice and will probably
I take issue with Mr.. Mendel.
/ The store was closed and the locks
| sealed and Waterman placed in
/ charge OF the premises. From the
I police It is learned that the murdered
| woman's clothes and household goods
were not interfeTed with and remain in
I the rooms as they were left the night of
/ the murder.
THB INQUEST CONTINUED.
AthaIf-past nine O'Clock the inquest was
I continued with closed doors. The testi-
/ mOnv Of several new witnesses was taken.
/ and il is understood important evidence
was obtained. In conversation with the
I Coroner. at the adjournment Of the in
I quest. he stated that there was little
doubt i'm the minds of the jurors as to who
I the guilty parties are. lie further stated
l that there We're but two more links miss
/ ing i'm the chain OF evidence which,. II Is
believed, will furnish proof of
/ this terrible and heart-rend-
ing tragedy. and that as soon
as they are linked together with others
/ the whole chain of evidence Will be com
/ plete and the names of the parties will
/ be gwen 10 the public.
DETECTIVES HARD Al WORK.
There are now seven detectives at work
f on the case. one Of them being the oldest
and most competent in the city, who
[ voluntarily and gratuitOusly offered his
/ services yesterday morning. One of them
gave TO the Coroner important Informal
/ ton as To the whereabouts Of one of the
/ supposed accessories, who let fall a word
I or two in "a barroOm on Fahm street. Mon
day night. He was arrested yesterday
morning and consigned to Jail
Two Of the force appeared disguised in
+ a certain locality last night. and obtained
from an old negro woman. who keeps a
cOluTed clearinghouse, important facts
concerning the two men who called at the
/ shop in Lovers lane on the night of the
tragedy. These facts have had great
weight in developing other important
I points in the case. and caused the imme-
/ diate arrest Of another party who showed
considerable nervousness and fright when
confronted with proof Of his whereabouts
on saturday,
THE JURY A. 4 DETECTIVE FORCE.
The iurymen who have been selected
10 conduct this very important case to
successful termination. have resolved
themselves into a detective force. and are
bending all their efforts to secure the
apprehension Of the mUrdererS. The
following j. their card to the public:
I'VE. the jurymen. investigating the
murder OF Henry Hertel and wife, have.
since being impaneled. searched minute
~ into the case, and are still doing so;
and this morning received information
that a body Of men assembled at the cOun-
tv Jail last night for the purpose
I I'VE are led to believe OF
lynching the party or parties now in Jail.
placed there ON suspicion. which goes to
show that they ignore the jury and their
action. We have become special detec-
tiyes and searched the county for evil
dence, and feel that we are discharglng
our duty as jurors, and will continue to
do so until the case has been thoroughly
I investigated.
F. WILSON. Foreman.
=. J. Wheaton. c. HOuser,
Thomas Churchill, VIM. Mastach,
Robert II. Thomas. Clinton {. Martin,
VIM. 4. Houston, J.. b. TOOmer.
II. Mckinstry, Charles King,
Henry Sammon.
b. +. SHEFTALL,
Coroner Chatham County.
The inquest was continued yesterday
afternoon and last night. but the proceed
ings were secret. Additional testimony
was taken. but whatever was done was
withheld by the Coroner.
VICTIM OF A MISTAKE.
The negro Thomas Hamilton, who was
arrested OH suspiciOn-haying in his pos
session pair Of pants with what was
supposed to be marks Of blood upon them
1t appears, was the victim OF mistake.
! painter. who was engaged at work on a
new house where the negro was also en-
+ plOyed, gave the latter pair of pants
which were smeared with red paint.
The negro took them home to his wife.
who lives near the scene Of the murder
Z She put them in the wash tub. where they
were seen by some of her neighbOrS, who
gave information 10 the police which led
+ 10 his arrest. These facts were estab-
/ lished by responsible witnesses, and on
Monday night, when the mob threatened
the jail a statement was made to that
. effect.
1 \ News reporter, in conyersing with a
. prominent city official last night, was in
I formed that there seemed to be no rea-
sonable doubt that the perpetrators of the
\ crime would he captured within forty
eight hours.
"Have YOU assuring reasons for sucR a
/ beliefT'' asked the reporter.
/ Yes. nav reasons are sufficiently we'll
/ founded. and with several clues given i'm
/ to-day, there is no doubt, in my mind,
/ that the murderers Will speedily be meted
I out Justice upon the scatfOld."
FURTHER SEARCH OF THE PREMISES.
The bitches and sluices in the locality
/ Of the house where the murder was com
mitted We're thoroughly searched and
/ dragged yesterday with the hope Of find
| ing the instrument with which the muir
! der was committed. The wells in the
neighbOring yards were also searched,
/ but without important results. 1t
I Is believed that the weapon, which
\ without doubt was a heavy Ratchet, was
not carried far. but was concealed some
where in the vicinity. A deep miry ditch
I extends along Waters road on both sides
] Of the roadway, and ii is thought that the
weapon is sunk deep in the mud some
/ Wh6re at the bottom Of this gutter.
/ MEETING IT ST. ANDREWS HALL.
/ A letter signed by number of German
citizens. calling meeting to devise
means to avenge the death of the
murdered people, was circulated
. yesterday, and last night
| crowd assembled in 81, Andrews Hall.
! feeling of deep indignation EXISTS
/ among the German people, and they are
| determined that in some WaV the muir