The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-08
THE CUMMINGS.

One Dead and Another Dying-Detec
ttves at Work on the Case.
From the atlanta (Ga.) Constitution of Tues
day.
The Cummings come to the front again,
and the story this time is a fitting climax
to their history here.
One of the girls, Matilda, is dead. She
died Friday and was buried Saturday at
Westview. The old woman sobered up,
bought lot in Westview, and gave her
daughter decant burial. The family were
formerly Catholics, but they have all been
accommodated and the priest refused to
officiate at the funeral Ten or fifteen
women, white and black, and few negro
men followed the body to its last resting
place. and without ceremony of any kind
the body was buried.
Another daughter, Susie, is dying.
II will be remembered that the old widow
Dunning had three daughters-Maggie,
Susie and Matilda. Maggie and Susie, the
two eldest, married negro husbands, the
former in Illinois and the latter in Atlanta.
Susies marriage Is well remembered here,
and feature of that story that has bear,
ing in this is one to which no great atten-
tion was paid at that time.
A plot was laid for the murder of the old
lady. Susie left here with Green Jackson
her negro husband, carrying off several
hundred dollars. After this was spent Susie
came back to Atlanta and has since lived
with her mother.
Soon after Susie was released from Gus
tody here her mother sold out her property in
the country. amounting to about $1,000,
and invested the money in Newton stree
property. She has a number of tenants
nearly all-if not all-of whom are negroes
The old lady herself moved over in q lit
tie two-room shanty on Newton street, aid
has been on chronic drunk ever since.
The family have been upon intimate terms
with their negro neighbors, and they have
ali been quietly growing older.
From the little house on Newton street
the girl Matilda was buried, and there 1t is
that Susie was lying yesterday at the point
of death.
There is great deal of excitement over
it all among the negro neighbors and foul
play is suspected.
1t is said that after the former plot to
murder the old lady failed, the elder of the
daughters, Maggie, left Atlanta with a re-
mark to the effect that her sister Susie was
fool and that she (Maggie) would work the
game alone next time.
Matilda Dunning died suddenly, and soon
after she died the blood settled in dark
spots all over her body. The attention of
the undertaken was drawn TO these facts,
dAtSi odliSl hliiStll buuJ INC uSutn
had been an unnatural one, he report ed the
matter at police headquarters.
Detectives Bedford and Cason went to
work on the case, and it is
understood that their work tends
TO confirm the foul play theory.
The death Of Matilda, the only one OF tbs
daughters that never married negro, m
the probable death of Susie, leaves red
headed daughter with fair prospect Of
falling hcir to the old lady's properly.
Or agalH, the negro relatives may be doing
the work themselves
The old lady said after Susie married
that Matili n should have all the property,
but the fayorite daughter Is dead, and even
if Susie doesn't die, the chances are TINT
the property will bs equally divided, for
the probabilities are that the old lady won't
sober up long enough TO make an )ther Will.
The speculation in the case is simply Us
TO where the third daughter is and what
she is doing, and what the negroes are
doing.
1t is almost settled fact that Matilda
Dunning died violent death.