Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-30
MAKE FRASER'S CRIME.
TELLING HIS STORY THROUGH
A CELL DOOR.

The Green Eyed Monster houses ~
Wrath and He Shoots the ran
woman of His ChOice-Detaiis Oh
Tragedv-How the Prisoner spenos
His Time in His Cell.
A dark. ginger colOred negro was l!Ins
-, his face on a cot in a low cell III lne
aast corridor of the Jail yesterday d
4opN-r~G NEWS reporter. with guaIu'
walked I'D to the grated door, Inc prs
orer was ssMake" Fraser, sloul' mus
e.,,Iar man. about % years old, who mad
boon committed for the murder OF negro
-rnn,ar in GIynn county. Upon being
49," 49, rrosor 1T I'D on his cot and looked
at his visitors. When as.@.Ao VINO - :, wac
he killed he replied; 'Maria Cooper.
How did it happenW asked IAe re-
pOrteTy 10 si5o
Fraser got up, and standing by the slde
If his cot. said: "Wait a minute tlll put
~, INV shoes. and I'n tell you all about
As the prisoner stood UP be. seemed 70
he about feet 10 inches in nelgEt, VIII q"
fair proportion Of physical deVelopIneht
about the chest. His forehead is OF me
dium height. His eyes, with dull,
heavy expression, attract the attention |
of the observer to features which are not |
Otherwise repulsive. He was dressed |
in a dark hickory shirt and brown pants.
STORY OF THE MURDER.
When he had put on his shoes he seated |
himself on the end of the cot close to the !
cell door and leaned towards the reporter, |
and he proceeded to tell the story OF tne |
tragedy in a low and somewhat eonndens |
tial tone Of voice. de had not Deeh III
formed that his interviewer was re- |
pOrter and was not aware what the |
mission If his caller might De, |
mt he appeared to nave no hesltancy IN
making his statement. The rePol .eA' !
however. noticed three or four times Wnen |
he finished a sentence that ne SCI med 10 |
| feel depressed and would cast glance at |
the floor. and then quickly raising MS
head as though he had awakened from
| some terrible dream, would continue the !
| narrative.
WOMAN IN THE CASE.
ssThe trouble began about the woman |
Maria Cooper, who was killed." he SAID. |
Il had been at work cutting timber ABOUT |
10 miles from Brunswick. Near theTe Is |
a store Kept by white man named Aleck |
OssendOrier. The store is at an angle |
formed by an elbow in the wagon |
road ana short distance from |
tho East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia |
Paiir6ad as YOU come this way lIOnI
Brnnswick. Ossendorfer and myself were |
1riendIv- and one Sunday, about Aug. ~,
,vas nassing there when he asked me 10
come down the following Sunday as ne
wanted to see me. Maria lives IufIneT
down the road past the store ana !, l Ven
the following Sunday 10 OssSn IoI ~
with my account book, Out lounu Tue ''0i0
closed.
GOING TO SEE MARIA.
ssAfter talking with.some men in front OF
I I NgaVrT nr-Hz
where Maria lived. On my way 1t began
to rain and 1 stopped at a house this side
Of the one where Maria lived. was
asked If I expected to find Maria
at the house when got there.
| thought it singular to be asked such a
question, and ] said: Why do you ask
me the question: They answered:
Maria must be the other way-she has
not come back YETI Just at this time
missed my account book, and walked
back towards the store and found
it right by the store door. 1t was
raining hard. l staid. about the door TO
keep from getting wet, and finally went
to the rear of the store, where there IS a
stable.
DISCOVERING THE TROUBLE.
ssWhile there another cOlOred man came
down the road and knocked at the Ir94I
door of the store, and got no answer. lie
then said: you might as well ~o9e9ar the
door. for 1 heard YOU cough QkcersIrier
opened a side window and lOOT, o . he
did not see me and asked thetonst what
he wanted. The latter said: iapparat you
to read letter for me and tepaiGwer IT, !
Ossendorfer read the letter, ithorit55n S SaiG:
can MI, VIII ai, '1e me T6' nciplnnt away'
and after awhile, wherohce rain was
| over, Ossendorfer OBfn m the rear |
door and, looking Osask. ald; some
rascal has been pglup aO4u IIy - mere re-
do nere ond diS ssi d04 TO alndorfer: I came
here according to pasnise and brought |
nv account boqn ana you wouldn't open |
the door. Pvezatio, waiting out here IN |
the stable for e > come until l found |
YOU were insid VI don't think you have |
treated me fair 70
BEENefo SEE MARIA.
".You know that I've been rum
ming with Maria Cooper, and nave |
been spending all the money
had to spare on her. Osseng0rler salu:
You mustn't think that. We've only |
been in here to keep out OF the ram. l /
couldn't leave the store open on Sunday |
| replied: You and Maria were in here |
before the rain. and you've been mere |
ever since, and Pm going to give Maria |
whipping.' OssendOrfer said: NO you /
won't; you shall not do any such thlnS| |
WHERE THE SHOT WAS FIRED.
THE store has a small room partitioned |
OF in one corner, in which there is bed. |
In that room OssendOrfer kept pistol |
and a shotgun. He also had pistol In /
his pocket. / said to him, i have no |
pistol, knife, or anything of that kind, land |
YOU have l went towards the door OF /
the small room, when Maria called out to |
Ossendorfer kill him. meaning me. l |
grabbed the pistol In OssendorteTs |
room, when he and Maria seized /
il, and in the scutfle Maria /
was shot. Ossendorfer shot at me twice.
One ball went through my coat sleeve /
near the wrist and the other hit me in the /
side.
DODGING THE BULLETS.
Il lodged about the counter in the store,
when OssendOrfer, Selling the gun, ran
out the back door and fired in. L
lodged behind the woman and then went
away, as my wound was bleeding good
deal and l wanted to get it attended to.
Ossendorfer went before magistrate and
had me arrested, and | was then sent
here"
''What became of the woman" asked
the reporter.
''She's dead. She was shot twice, once
l., 10 oft ar1C WI |